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Opening brings the mixed-use development to 100 percent occupancy as summer gets underway
WHEELING, Ill., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With summer officially underway, Wheeling Town Center is welcoming Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas, opening this July. The 40,000 square foot, seven-screen state-of-the-art movie theater, located at 401 W. Dundee Road will open in the previous CMX CinéBistro location, providing a luxury, dine-in theater experience.
"Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas was the missing piece in making Wheeling Town Center a living and family destination with it all," said Joshua Goldstein, President of The Lynmark Group, Wheeling Town Center's developer. "You can visit – or live steps from – this vibrant town center complete with amazing food, unique movie experiences, and entertainment for family and friends, all in one central space."
Operated by Dallas-based company, Cinergy Entertainment Group, Inc., this latest addition completes the Wheeling Town Center, bringing the mixed-use development to 100 percent occupancy as summer gets underway.
"We couldn't be more excited to expand to Wheeling this summer," says Traci Hoey, Vice President of Marketing, Cinergy. "Wheeling Town Center is beautiful, and we can't wait to bring friends and families together with our new entertainment venue."
Cinergy Wheeling marks Cinergy's ninth open location, which will offer custom experiences, including recline-and-dine cinemas, wait staff with online ordering, a selection of alcoholic beverages and chef-inspired American dishes, and a spacious sports bar lounge area. The venue will host monthly sensory friendly screenings of family friendly movies for guests with sensory sensitivities, featuring brightened lights, lowered volume, and more space to move freely in the auditoriums. Cinergy will also host family events including French toast breakfasts, a ticket to a children's movie, and meet-and-greets with movie characters.
"It's great to see Wheeling Town Center bring back something that truly made it unique," said Jon Sfondilis, Wheeling Village Manager. "Once the cinemas officially open, the town center will be a year-round hot spot."
The opening is a timely addition to the variety of restaurants and free summer activities that have already kicked off this summer at the Wheeling Town Center. From Kids Fest, to Wine & Yoga at the Park, to the Sunday Concert Series, Wheeling Town Center has events for everyone. You can find the full summer series line up here.
Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas joins a dynamic mix of tenants open at Wheeling Town Center, including 312 Nails, Artic Spoon, AT&T, City Works, Inland Bank, Meat & Potato Urban Kitchen, Mia's Cantina, Starbucks, and The Learning Experience®.
Cinergy Wheeling is steps from the ultimate luxury living experience, ONE Wheeling Town Center. The exclusive five-story complex, with 300 plus suites, is a corner stone at the town center, with unique apartment spaces, high-end finishes, and modern amenities, including a heated outdoor pool, spacious cabana, putting greens, yoga studio, fitness center, and more. For a 360-degree tour and to learn more, visit onewheelingtowncenter.com.
Cinergy Dine-In Cinemas in Wheeling is currently hiring. Prospective team members can apply here.
About the Wheeling Town Center: The Wheeling Town Center is a mixed-use development at the center of it all, featuring a luxury five-story, 300-unit apartment building and a pedestrian-friendly plaza that connects residents and visitors with the development's 100,000 square feet of retail, restaurants, and entertainment venues. Learn more at: thewheelingtowncenter.com
About Cinergy: Cinergy Entertainment Group, Inc., crowned Top Family Entertainment Center of the World in 2019*, is a one-stop entertainment experience providing movies, games, attractions, food and beverages for guests of all ages.
All Cinergy centers feature luxury recline-and-dine cinemas with alcoholic beverages and a menu of chef-inspired American favorites. In addition to upscale cinema amenities, many Cinergy locations feature a unique selection of interactive games and a variety of other amenities, including bowling, axe throwing, laser tag, escape rooms, Virtual Reality, and elevated ropes course with zip lines.
Privately held by the Benson family and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Cinergy operates eight luxury cinema and entertainment centers in North Carolina, Oklahoma and Texas with 75 screens. For more information and to buy tickets, visit Cinergy at www.cinergy.com
*As named by The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) in 2019
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BOSTON, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Goulston & Storrs, an Am Law 200 firm, has received a top ranking in Private Wealth Law in Massachusetts in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA High Net Worth (HNW) Guide. Five Goulston & Storrs directors – Mark Balk, Mark Christopher, Andrew Rothstein, Marshall Senterfitt, and Mark Swirbalus – also ranked among the top attorneys in the directory.
Goulston & Storrs was one of only four firms to receive a Band 2 ranking in Private Wealth Law. Highly-regarded for handling trust and estate planning and administration for domestic and international clients, Goulston & Storrs' private client team "also has a particular expertise in contentious probate and fiduciary matters" and is known for "top quality work that is thoughtful and contextual."
In the Private Wealth Disputes category, Mark Swirbalus, co-chair of Goulston & Storrs' Litigation group, and Marshall Senterfitt received top rankings. According to Chambers, Swirbalus is an "outstanding" trust and estates litigator who is "smart, reasonable and practical, but zealous in representation for clients." Senterfitt "totally instills confidence" and is "thoughtful and careful and as good a probate and general civil litigator as you will find."
In the Private Wealth Law category, Mark Christopher was ranked with Chambers noting that he "advocates with heart and energy" in trust and estate administration and fiduciary litigation matters. Andrew Rothstein, who co-chairs the firm's Private Client & Trust Group, also ranked for his "tax efficient wealth planning for families." Rothstein is "good at explaining things and following through so the client is sure what they want to do." Finally, Mark Balk was recognized with Chambers highlighting that his "excellent reputation as a thoughtful advisor to high net worth families is well deserved."
The Chambers USA HNW Guide to the world's leading private wealth advisors is culled from thousands of in-depth interviews with clients to assess the reputations and expertise of business lawyers worldwide. Rankings are based on technical legal ability, client service, depth of team, commercial vision and business understanding, diligence, and value for money.
About Goulston & Storrs
Collaboration is not just a pillar of our strategy; it is the key to our competitive advantage and approach to clients, community, and each other. At Goulston & Storrs, we practice law with excellence and integrity. We are a place where mutual respect and collaboration drive open discussion, transparency, creativity and optimal results for our clients. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace where sophisticated business is conducted with genuine camaraderie. To learn more about us, visit www.goulstonstorrs.com.
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New details released in case of man accused in fatal shooting of Topeka mother
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - New details have been released in the case of the man charged with involuntary manslaughter in the April 10th shooting of Samantha E. Baum, 27.
Dickinson County Undersheriff Brian Hornaday tells 13 NEWS that Eric S. Wymore, 48, of Beulah, Co., was traveling in the same vehicle as Baum and another occupant at the time of the shooting. He said it was reported to have happened about a half-mile east of the Solomon exit on westbound I-70 while the vehicle was being driven.
Hornaday noted that a single shot was fired from a handgun, which hit Baum in the back. She was believed to have been driving the vehicle at the time of the shooting.
Currently, Hornaday said Wymore has been charged with Involuntary Manslaughter, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He said the Sheriff’s Office has requested those same charges be filed in Dickinson Co. Court.
He had his first appearance earlier in the week and was released on a $10,000 Own Recognizance Bond.
Wymore appeared in court again at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon as ordered by the court.
13 NEWS requested the arrest affidavit of Wymore for the incident, however, Wymore’s attorney brought a motion for the judge to seal the affidavit, which was granted. The attorney argued the disclosure of that information would:
- Jeopardize the safety or wellbeing of a witness, victim, confidential source or undercover agent, or cause the destruction of evidence
- Reveal information obtained from a court-ordered wiretap or from a search warrant for a tracking device that has not expired
- Interfere with any prospective law enforcement action, criminal investigation or prosecution
- Reveal the identity of any confidential source or undercover agent
- Reveal confidential investigative techniques or procedures not known to the general public
- Endanger the life or physical safety of any person
- Reveal the name, address, telephone number or any other information which specifically and individually identifies the victim of any sexual offense described in Kansas law
- Reveal the name of any minor
- Reveal any date of birth, personal or business telephone number, driver’s license number, nondriver’s identification number, social security number, employee identification number, taxpayer identification number, vehicle identification number or financial account information
Wymore’s lawyer argued the release of the affidavit could also further endanger the safety or well-being of those connected to the case.
Baum was shot on Sunday as the three were headed westbound on I-70, toward Topeka. Deputies said she was able to make to the Dollar General parking lot before officials arrived and rushed her to Salina Regional Medical Center where she later died as a result of her gunshot wound.
Baum was the mother of an 8-year-old daughter and an 11-year-old son. A GoFundMe has been established to help care for and put her children through school.
A visitation for Baum will be held at the Brennan-Mathena Funeral Home, 800 SW 6th Ave., between 5-8 p.m. with a funeral at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, April 19.
Shooting of Samantha Baum
Memorial funds established for children of I-70 shooting victim
Memorial funds are set up to assist the children of a Topeka woman who died earlier this week.
Services set for Topeka woman shot and killed on I-70 Sunday
Funeral services are set for the woman shot and killed while driving along I-70 in Dickinson Co. on Sunday.
Family remembers mother of 2, killed in Salina along I-70
A Topeka woman died in Salina Sunday evening after she was shot driving along I-70 near Solomon.
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LAS VEGAS, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Access Community Capital is proud to be a sponsor and fiscal agent of the 2022 Nevada SBA Awards luncheon. This year saw an impressive array of businesses that managed to thrive despite a challenging business environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The luncheon, held on May 5, 2022, at The Smith Center in Las Vegas, NV was a sold-out event with well over 260 attendees. Nic Steele, Executive Director of Access Community Capital said "This year's luncheon was an amazing celebration of the resilience in Nevada's Small Business ecosystem. All the winners are a testament to the entrepreneurial spirit that is continuing to drive Nevada's economic growth."
Congratulations to the 2020 and 2022 SBA Award Winners !
Minority Owned Business of the Year:
2022 Winner - Don Tortaco
2020 Winner – Edwin Suarez Physical Therapy, LLC
Woman Owned Business of the Year:
2022 Winner - Live Electric Inc
2020 Winner - Free Brands Inc.
Family Owned Business of the Year:
2022 Winner - See Us Now Staffing, Inc.
Microenterprise Business of the Year:
2022 Winner - PHamily Hair Care
2020 Winner - Bio Logical, LLC
Veteran Owned Business of the Year:
2022 Winner - Heritage Mortuary Inc.
Northern Nevada Legacy Award of the Year:
2022 Winner - Huck Salt
2020 Winner - Full Tilt Logistics
Southern Nevada Legacy Award of the Year:
2022 Winner - Ferraro's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar
2020 Winner - Michael E. Minden Diamond Jewelers , Michael Minden
Rural Owned Business of the Year:
2022 Winner - McAdoo's Restaurant
Entrepreneurial Spirit Award of the Year:
2022 Winner - Scott Muelrath, Henderson Chamber of Commerce
2020 Winner - David Eclips
Exporter of the Year:
2022 Winner - Ganesha Enterprises
8(a) Graduate of the Year:
2022 Winner - HSG
Lenders of the Year:
2022 Winners
SBA Nevada National Lender of the year (Total # of loans) - U.S. Bank (1st) , Wells Fargo (2nd)
SBA Nevada Lender of the year - Nevada State Bank (1st) , American First Credit Union (2nd) , Meadows Bank (3rd)
Cosponsorship Authorization # 22-10-C. SBA's participation in this Cosponsored Activity is not an endorsement of the views, opinions, products or services of any Cosponsor or other person or entity. All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
About the Small Business Administration:
Since 1953, the SBA has worked to ignite change and spark action so small businesses can confidently start, grow, expand, or recover. The Nevada District Office has a collective team of resources to help your business prosper.
About Access Community Capital:
Access Community Capital ("ACCESS") is a minority-led mission-driven organization founded by entrepreneurs who understand the plight of business ownership and remain committed to addressing the inequities present in the lending landscape. ACCESS provides loans, grants, and investments to assist small businesses and promote economic development in low-moderate income communities. ACCESS complements traditional financial institutions by increasing access to affordable capital in communities often underserved, including minority-, women-, and veteran-owned businesses. In addition to providing commercial and micro loans, ACCESS also provides mission-related program services such as capacity-building technical assistance and grant making. For more information, please visit http://accesscdfi.org/
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FREDERICK, Md., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regent Education, the leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions that simplify the financial aid process for higher education institutions offering traditional and nontraditional enrollment models, today announced a significant addition to its portfolio. With the launch of Regent Fund, institutions now have an intelligent, automated, two-way-integrated scholarship management solution that not only ensures that they award every available dollar but also streamlines the scholarship management process.
Financial Aid leaders and Scholarship Managers today are tasked with the high-stakes and highly visible responsibility of optimizing scholarship dollars. They're under pressure from donors and enrollment teams alike to accelerate 'every dollar out' to increase enrollment, ensure student success, and maintain donor relationships. They're also challenged by complex eligibility and awarding rules, decentralized student data, manual processes, multiple stakeholders, and under-resourced staff.
For administrators looking to optimize scholarship management, Regent Fund fully automates and streamlines the scholarship management process from application to eligibility to awarding to reporting. Regent Fund accelerates optimal awarding and minimizes staff workload by leveraging extensive two-way data integration, automated workflows, and built-in logic. Specific benefits include:
- Expand student access to all available scholarship funds – Regent Fund's unified smart form is configured to streamline the application process across all your scholarship programs. Proactive communications ensure that students stay on track to complete the process.
- Intelligently harness diverse data sets to identify qualifying students based on complex eligibility criteria – Regent Fund integrates multiple, disparate data sets from student scholarship applications, ISIRs, your SIS, and other institutional data to give you a more complete picture of the applicant pool.
- Use powerful sorting and weighting capabilities to prioritize recipients for limited funds – Regent Fund's highly configurable and intelligent matching, ranking, prioritization, and selection capabilities enable you to award scholarships in an automated, configurable, and intelligent way.
- Leverage automated, two-way integration to quickly reattribute unused scholarship dollars to additional eligible students – Regent Fund's automated, two-way integration capabilities synchronize Regent fund data with award amount updates made in your FAM, SIS, AR, or other system – you can quickly reattribute unused, cancelled, or unaccepted scholarship dollars to new recipients.
- Increase visibility to donors and stakeholders into how scholarship funds are being spent and their impact – Regent Fund's queries, dashboards, and reports increase your visibility into the full scholarship management lifecycle; help you understand where you are with your awarding; and enable you to share results and insights with donors and stakeholders.
"William Jessup University offers diverse sources of scholarship funding to help our students pay for college, each scholarship with its own unique criteria and processes. We are tremendously excited about the prospects of what Regent Fund means to our ability to maximize the distribution of available funds and minimize the workload of our financial aid office to do so," said John Swan, Director of Student Financial Services at William Jessup University, who has participated in Regent Education's "Early Adopter" product-feedback sessions.
"Regent Fund is the next natural progression of financial aid automation, and we're excited to add this innovation to the Regent Education Suite of solutions. We're especially excited to enable Financial Aid leaders and Scholarship Managers to manage the complex scholarship process and ensure that they award all available dollars to their learners more efficiently," said Jim Hermens, CEO of Regent Education.
Regent Education is the leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions that automate and simplify the financial aid process for higher education institutions offering traditional and nontraditional enrollment models. Regent's solutions encompass the automation of financial aid management, verification processes, student financial planning, scholarship management, and state financial aid applications. These solutions offer institutions an unprecedented ability to automate the financial aid process to increase efficiency, mitigate compliance risks, expand enrollment, improve the student experience, and enhance financial management and financial aid lifecycle visibility. Since its inception, Regent has packaged and delivered $5 billion in financial aid to more than 250,000 students. For more information, visit https://regenteducation.com/.
Regent Education
Diane Eves, Marketing Director
(301) 662-5592 or marketing@regenteducation.com
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150 healthy, happy dogs found living with homeless family in Arizona desert
SURPRISE, Ariz. (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) – A homeless family was found living in a makeshift Arizona campground with 150 dogs that were well cared for, according to officials.
The bizarre hoarding situation was discovered last week near the city of Surprise off U.S. 60.
Elli Smith, the founder of the Sky Sanctuary Rescue in Phoenix, got a call last week about an emergency situation in the Northwest Valley. A family living in the desert on state land with 150 dogs was being forced to leave and needed help with their animals.
“Honestly, the whole situation was sad,” Smith said. “Not just for the animals, but for the people, too.”
The dogs and their owners had been living there for almost a year, enduring the extreme heat and monsoon storms. However, when the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and animal rescue crews arrived, the dogs surprisingly appeared to be in pretty good condition.
“It was extremely surprising,” said Caitlin Beall, director of Sky Sanctuary Rescue. “When we arrived on scene, everybody was well-fed, everybody happy, everybody socialized. Typically, you have very scared animals, and that just wasn’t the case, and that was a testament to how much these people cared.”
Sky Sanctuary Rescue took in 55 of the dogs to receive the medical care they needed, with plans to then have them all adopted. The number of dogs that arrived was about five times more than what the rescue usually brings in at one time.
The sheriff’s office took the rest of the animals from the desert compound to be adopted as well.
“That day was hard, but this is where the real work starts,” Smith said. “Now, we have to get vetting for the animals, find fosters for all the animals. We have to have supplies to take care of all these animals until they get homes. We need to find adopters and need volunteers to care and spend time with them.”
Many of the dogs do require some medical attention, but nothing that should prevent them from finding a forever home, the shelter said.
A sheriff’s spokesperson said the family who owned the dogs will not face any criminal charges and has reportedly found a new place to live. The hope now is that their dogs will do the same.
Officials did not provide further details about the family or what led them into this situation.
“We see people that neglect animals with all the resources in the world,” Smith said. “To see people with nothing taking such good care of these animals, it was really heartbreaking.”
For more information on how to help the dogs, visit:
- Donations: Skysanctuaryrescue.org/donate
- Adopt or foster: skysanctuaryrescue.org/applications
- Website: skysanctuaryrescue.org
- Social media: @skysanctuaryrescue
Maricopa County’s MASH also took in many of the dogs. Here’s how to help:
- MCSO MASH Unit Amazon Wish List: amazon.com/registry/wishlist/AMLLSNSHM41M/
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Astreya, a premier IT managed services & technology organization, announces the appointment of Ani Patwardhan as Chief Operating Officer.
Ani joins Astreya with over 20 years of operating and consulting experience. He is a customer-centric, well-rounded senior executive with a track record of accelerating operational and financial outcomes.
In his new role with Astreya, Ani is responsible for the company's Client Delivery, Solutions, and Global Operations teams consisting of 2000+ professionals worldwide.
Andrea Bendzick, President of Astreya, said, "Ani is a proven, battle-seasoned COO with a superior track record of delivering results and creating value. His strategic mindset combined with his deep experience in driving growth and execution will play a vital role in supporting Astreya's next chapter of progress. I look forward to working with Ani and the team to propel Astreya forward on its financial, operational, and cultural transformation."
Ani began his career as a Mechanical and Software Engineer. After business school, he worked as a consultant for McKinsey and as an executive at General Electric (GE), where he held rising roles of responsibility. As a General Manager, he led the performance turnaround of a P&L with $350M in sales which included 800 people across 7 sites globally. Subsequently, he worked across Blackstone Group's PE portfolio to improve processes and drive performance turnarounds. Later he held senior operating leadership roles as Group Vice President at Gartner and COO at CarbonLITE.
Ani holds an MBA from University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MSME from The Ohio State University, and a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. He is a certified six-sigma green belt.
With over 20 years of managed service experience, Astreya has been the leading IT solutions provider for some of the world's most recognizable and innovative organizations. Our quality of service and comprehensive lineup of IT solutions help organizations overcome complex business problems and achieve operational efficiency. We accelerate innovation-driven growth and transform technology into a company's most valuable resource. Combining world-class experience and specialized skills, we deliver on our promise of excellence every day.
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Pedro from 'Napoleon Dynamite' says new 'Buzz Lightyear' movie will 'blow your mind'
Efren Ramirez said he moves on diligently from one acting role to the next, whether it's appearing in the 2004 oddball comedy "Napoleon Dynamite" or lending his voice to this summer's anticipated blockbuster, "Lightyear."
While he speaks fondly of portraying a high school student named Pedro who ran for class president with the aid of the improv-dancing Napoleon, the 48-year-old Ramirez said he fully invests himself in every character on a screen or stage, cult classic or not.
That also applies to a voice acting role in "Lightyear," featuring popular "Toy Story" character "Buzz Lightyear." The movie opens June 17.
"So when a project like 'Lightyear' came about ... from TV shows to feature films to animation voice-over, I do the work because that's what the work requires me to do," Ramirez said enthusiastically. "The process, even in theatre, is all the same. You really have to live in the moment and trust the story that you are involved with as an actor."
Ramirez said he was both surprised and intrigued when offered a role in the computer-animated, science-fiction film made for children.
"They explained to me the technology, and the whole thing is just incredible."
Ramirez said he plays a science engineer in support of space ranger Buzz Lightyear.
He wouldn't say much else. Movie studios strictly prohibit him from elaborating, he said.
But in a gracious effort to accommodate the questioner, Ramirez added: "What else can I say? I could say that the movie is incredible, the story, and just because of technology, and because the way it's done, it looks incredible, it sounds wonderful, it's composed."
Offering a final thought, he said loudly: "It will blow your mind."
"Lightyear" is undoubtedly a noteworthy role for Ramirez, who has appeared in numerous television shows and movies, including "Crank," "Employee of the Month," "Eastbound & Down" and "Casa de mi Padre." However, it's Pedro Sanchez for whom he's forever synonymous.
That enduring link to the sleeper hit indie movie is what brings both Ramirez and "Napoleon Dynamite" co-star Jon Heder to the Canton Palace Theatre on Sunday for a 6 p.m. special screening. Ramirez and Heder also will discuss the film and answer audience questions.
During an online video interview, Ramirez was comedic, engaging and open to talking about all things "Napoleon Dynamite," while hinting at the possibility of a sequel.
"Throughout the years, there were talks about doing a prequel and doing a sequel ... and I don't think we're in that stage of having to do a prequel anymore" he said. "It all depends, because if you do a sequel, it's got (to) support the story, and it's got to continue on like what would actually happen."
Asked about the likelihood of a follow-up, he paused.
"Um, uh, legally, all I can say is it is up in the air," Ramirez said, laughing at his own skirting of the question.
In the meantime, he said, "Napoleon Dynamite" continues to attract devoted fans to special screenings like the one set for Canton.
"There's no expletives, there's no cussing ... so this is a film that grandparents introduce their grandchildren to; families can sit together and watch and enjoy (it)," Ramirez said.
"And it's interesting to see how families are dressed as the characters. You see kids who are in like grade school still and they're dressed as Pedro. They're dressed as Napoleon, some dress up as a llama ... and people bring footballs, people bring cakes, piñatas ... (and) they've got the iconic, 'Vote for Pedro' T-shirt."
More:Canton Palace Theatre marking 95 years of movies, music, entertainment and survival
During the 25-minute chat, Ramirez also shared insights on the movie's message, whether he was class president material in real life, and his vision of what a sequel could look like. Highlights follow, with answers edited for brevity and clarity.
So what's the meaning of "Napoleon Dynamite"?
"It really is simple. It's hope in humanity. As different as each and every character is, they're all trying to find some hope in their lives; every individual is seeking to find something greater of themselves, and what makes this film wonderful is that every single character finds that change in the very end of the movie."
Being recognized as the beloved "Pedro"
"We had no idea that ('Napoleon Dynamite') was going to become what it is today. It's a worldwide hit, and there's actors like Daniel Day-Lewis (and) Johnny Depp who really hide behind the characters they play, so they become so memorable.
"I had no idea what was going to happen with 'Napoleon Dynamite' as Pedro. ... I play a character who ... not only tries to find who he is in his life, but how he fits into the world, and he decides to become something greater beyond himself, which in high school is to become the president of the school and do something that is nearly impossible...
"When you play such a positive character, when I walk around the Earth, it's me. I'm grateful. I got my parents a home, I got my home (because of the movie's financial success).
"... And when I pass by high schools or I see teenagers and college students and families, and they look at me, they're like, 'Pedro!' ... It's something positive, something wonderful to think about. That we're not alone in the journey of life, and it's all goodness. I'm very fortunate to be able to be part of something memorable for the rest of my life."
Were you class president material in real life?
"Oh, gosh, both Jon Heder and I have twins, and my twin was much more like the MVP of soccer and cross country, and he hung out with the popular guys. I was part of the chess club, the Christian service club, the book club, the choir club. That was just me. I wore black, more like the emo kid. I listened to Depeche Mode ... and New Order.
"I knew I wanted to be part of something ... but I wasn't ready to figure out where I fit in the world until I took theater ... then I found my voice."
Ramirez's concept for a sequel to "Napoleon Dynamite."
"The first thing that pops in my head would be now that Pedro's a lot older ... he's married to Summer Wheatly, and they've got a couple of kids, and they open up a bakery, and he's become a citizen, and he's thinking about running for city councilman ... which is very positive.
"And in that world, Napoleon Dynamite ... is probably dealing with certain kinds of struggles, so it's Pedro, as well as his uncle and a few other (people) who are trying to help Napoleon, and their kids try to acclimate themselves into a better way of life.
"Who knows, it's possible, anything can happen. So we'll see."
The movie's enduring popularity
"Prior to 'Napoleon Dynamite,' my focus was just on ... hoping to be a real good actor, whether I'm doing Shakespeare on stage or Tennessee Williams ... just trying to go up on stage and have the courage to use myself into those voices, those characters, and live that world the best way possible is my own dream.
"But to be able to be part of something that is memorable, where even after almost 20 years, I'm involved with a little piece of that spark that really connects the artist with the audience, it's such a wonderful experience, and every time I do (a special screening), I am utterly grateful."
Reach Ed at 330-580-8315 and ebalint@gannett.com. On Twitter: @ebalintREP.
If you go
WHAT – Special screening of 2004 comedy "Napoleon Dynamite" starring Jon Heder and Efren Ramirez
WHEN – 6 p.m. Sunday; doors open at 5 p.m.
WHERE – Canton Palace Theatre, 605 Market Ave. N in downtown Canton
TICKETS – $25 and $35, with a limited number of VIP tickets available for $125, which includes a premium seat, signed poster and pre-show meet and greet with Heder and Ramirez. Tickets can be purchased online at https://cantonpalacetheatre.org/ and by calling the Palace Theatre box office at 330-454-8172 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/entertainment/2022/05/19/pedro-napoleon-dynamite-hints-sequel-hypes-lightyear/9761730002/ | 2022-05-19T11:24:51Z |
You just call out my name, and you know wherever I am, I’ll come running to see you again. Winter, spring, summer or fall, all you got to do is call. And I’ll be there ... you’ve got a friend.
— James Taylor
Friends are a rarity. (People ... not that ’80s TV show.)
In this time of Facebook’s hold on society, where people talk about their thousands of friends — the majority of whom, for most people, they’ve never even met before — finding a true friend is indeed a special occasion.
I don’t have a lot of friends. As Eddie Vedder memorably sang, “Some folks just have one Yeah, others they got none ...” I tend to be among those folks ... because I can be pretty much an a$$ at times and because I don’t consider myself a particularly good friend to have. Plus, many of the “friends” I’ve had over the years have tended to be of the fair-weather type ... let a few clouds move in, and adios, MF.
Which is fine. You live and you learn.
We, over the last few days, experienced a tragedy in our family. Talking about it is painful, but suffice it to say it’s something you don’t get over easily.
While the overwhelming majority of you reading this could not care much less about something bad that happens to someone else, especially someone you sometimes have a love/hate relationship with, I wanted to reach out and say thank you to the people who have contacted Tara and her family to offer condolences and words of sympathy.
No one knows what to say in times of severe hardship, but knowing people care sometimes matters more than any words. And, on rare occasions, you learn that some people you weren’t sure of are the kind of people who come through when the need is greatest. They’re like ... well, friends.
I’ve learned in the past few days that there are people out there — some I knew only casually, others I knew well enough but more as acquaintances, who have hearts of friendship I never considered possible. It’s not that Tara or her family needed friends ... but they sure have needed friendship. Sometimes it does take an entire community.
What we do when something tragic happens is we endure. We wrap ourselves in the comfort and love of the people around us, we grieve and then we move on ... not because we want to but because we have to. As time gradually soothes the ache in the hearts of the grieving, we remember the tragedy, but we also remember the good things that arose from the tragedy.
I’m not going to speak for Tara, but I know she’ll have a hole in her soul from now until forever. But she also can take comfort in the fact that — beyond any shadow of doubt — she is well-loved. And when she needed her friends, those she has long had and others who stepped up when she needed them most, they came through for her.
And, by association, many came through for me as well at a time when it seemed that there was no adequate way to do the things that needed to be done.
For those people, I thank you. And for Tara’s many friends, I thank you as well. Certainly — hopefully — we’ll get around to thanking everyone individually. But know that your acts and words of kindness did help make the hurt of unbearable circumstances just a little less painful to endure. | https://www.albanyherald.com/local/carlton-fletcher-understanding-the-nature-of-friendship/article_1774272e-021a-11ed-94be-bb9d875155c4.html | 2022-07-12T23:01:25Z |
DALLAS, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Back by popular demand, Taco Bueno's Hickory slow-smoked brisket is here, but only for a limited time.
Cooked slowly and consumed quickly, the limited time Brisket Menu Lineup includes tacos, nachos, quesadilla and queso, all featuring Hickory slow-smoked brisket. Get the menu items a la carte or in a Combo when you add a drink.
Brisket Tacos feature Hickory slow-smoked brisket, pickled red onions, minced cilantro in a warm flour tortilla.
The Brisket Quesadilla comes loaded with Hickory slow-smoked brisket, a healthy layer of a blend of cheddar and pepper jack cheeses and pressed in a warm flour tortilla.
Brisket Nachos piles on top of a generous portion of crunchy tortilla chips, the Hickory slow-smoked brisket, refried beans, queso, pickled red onions, Pico de Gallo and sliced jalapenos.
During this period, Taco Bueno is also offering queso loaded with Brisket. The Brisket Queso, dresses the traditional queso with Hickory slow-smoked brisket, Pico de Gallo, sliced jalapenos, and minced cilantro. Served with tortilla chips, this makes the prefect add-on to any meal.
The limited time menu items are offered starting at $4.49. But hurry, Hickory slow-smoked brisket is here till it isn't.
To find your local Taco Bueno, and to order online, visit TacoBueno.com.
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Taco Bueno is committed to providing an authentic, better-tasting Tex-Mex experience through made-fresh-daily preparations, hand-selected ingredients, and genuine friendly hospitality. Founded in 1967 in Abilene, TX, Taco Bueno is a privately held company that operates nearly 145 restaurants throughout the American South and Southwest – including Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. To learn more about Taco Bueno, please visit www.TacoBueno.com or www.facebook.com/BuenoHeadquarters.
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New Data Finds Cities Driving Economic Recovery, Job Growth
RENO, Nev., June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) released its 2022 Metro Economies Report, which details the economic situation and outlook for every metropolitan area in the United States. This new data, revealed during the USCM's 90th Annual Meeting taking place in Reno, Nevada, shows that cities are the dominant drivers of economic activity in America and are responsible for the overwhelming share of the growth in the U.S. economy over the last year. The Metro Economies Report, prepared by IHS Markit, also projects that a majority of American cities will see employment return to pre-pandemic levels by the end of this year, and that inflation will slow considerably in the coming two years.
The full report, which includes data for every U.S. metro area, can be found here. With the release of the data, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther, the chairman of the USCM Council on Metro Economies and the New American City, released the following statement:
"The pandemic tested American cities, but they have proven resilient and are now leading the nation back to economic strength. It's clear from this data that the health of the nation is tied to the health of metro economies. Metro areas remain the powerhouse of the American economy, and this report validates the work mayors have been doing locally and the investment made by our partners at the federal level. Real economic challenges remain, but the future looks increasingly bright for American families and businesses."
Key Findings from the Metro Economies Report:
- U.S. metro economies' contribution to national income and economic growth increased for the eighth consecutive year in 2021.
- US metro economies accounted for 90.0% of real gross domestic product in 2021.
- In 2021 metro economies accounted for 94.1% ($0.97 trillion) of GDP growth and 90.7% of employment growth.
- Wages earned in metro economies represented 91.8% of all US wage and salary income, and 88.1% of US jobs.
- U.S. metro economies added 5.9 million jobs in 2021
- Report projects 3.6 million jobs will be created in 2022 nationally.
- Inflation projections: 6.8% for 2022, 2.8% in 2023 and 1.9% in 2024.
About the United States Conference of Mayors -- The U.S. Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. There are more than 1,400 such cities in the country today, and each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
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Dunkin’ doughnuts are coming soon to West Temple.
A new store is now under construction at 7451 W. Adams Ave., next door to the Westfield Market shopping center. An opening date has not been announced.
A building permit for the new restaurant was filed with the city of Temple in November 2021, officials said. A Dunkin’ sign was posted on the site months ago, but the company would not confirm a Temple location at the time, the Telegram reported.
The Temple Dunkin’ will join the company’s four other Bell County locations in Killeen, Fort Hood and Harker Heights.
The Canton, Mass., company, founded in 1950, describes itself as the world’s leading baked goods and coffee chain. The company has more than 11,300 Dunkin’ restaurants worldwide, including 8,500 locations in 41 states.
The Temple restaurant will feature a drive-through lane, on-the-go mobile ordering, free wifi and dine-in options.
Dunkin’ previously sought a location in Temple for a restaurant, the Telegram reported.
In 2012, a Houston-based franchise owner was scouting locations in Temple, including sites near Baylor Scott & White Medical Center–Temple and Temple Mall, according to Telegram archives.
Dunkin’ sales exceeded $9.23 billion in 2019, the company reported. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/business/article_85ce5d04-c37a-11ec-90d8-9f47d2eb9a25.html | 2022-04-24T04:39:11Z |
The Data & Analytics Segment Achieved 26% YOY Revenue Growth during the Quarter
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Mastech Digital, Inc. (NYSE American: MHH), a leading provider of Digital Transformation IT Services, announced today its financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights:
- The Company delivered consolidated revenues of $62.1 million in the second quarter of 2022, which represented organic growth of 16% over revenues of $53.7 million in the 2021 second quarter;
- The Company's Data and Analytics Services segment reported revenues of $11.3 million, an organic increase of 26% over last year's $9.0 million;
- The IT Staffing segment achieved revenues of $50.9 million and record gross margins of 23.3% during the second quarter 2022. Top-line organic growth totaled 14% compared to the second quarter of 2021;
- GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.20 in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $0.19 in the second quarter of 2021, after adjusting for a $0.12 benefit due to the 2021 favorable revaluation of a contingent consideration liability; and
- Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share was $0.30 in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $0.29 in the 2021 second quarter.
Second Quarter 2022 Results:
Revenues for the second quarter of 2022 totaled $62.1 million compared to $53.7 million during the corresponding quarter of 2021. Gross profits in the second quarter of 2022 increased by 17% to $16.7 million from $14.3 million in the same quarter of 2021. GAAP net income for the first quarter of 2022 totaled $2.4 million or $0.20 per diluted share, compared to $3.7 million or $0.31 per diluted share during the same period of 2021. As noted above, the Company's second quarter of 2021 included a revaluation of a contingent consideration liability which favorably impacted net income by $1.4 million and earnings per share by $0.12. Non-GAAP net income for the second quarter of 2022 was $3.6 million or $0.30 per diluted share, compared to $3.4 million or $0.29 per diluted share in the second quarter of 2021.
Activity levels at the Company's Data and Analytics Services segment were solid, as revenues expanded by 26% over the second quarter of 2021 and 11% sequentially over the first quarter 2022. Data and Analytics gross margins took a dip during the quarter as the business increased its billable staff by 22% in anticipation of higher revenues during the second half of 2022. Many of these resources were in training programs during Q-2 2022, which impacted utilization. Demand for the Company's IT Staffing Services segment remained elevated during the second quarter, as the segment achieved record revenues and gross margins.
Commenting on second quarter financial results, Vivek Gupta, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer stated,"Both of our business segments delivered solid double digit year-over-year revenue growth, as well as strong sequential revenue growth during the quarter. While net income was impacted by investments made in the Data and Analytics segment to support future growth and strengthen our cloud services capabilities, I am very pleased with our overall strategic progress during the quarter."
"I'm happy to say that we delivered record revenues in the Data and Analytics segment during the second quarter and we are excited about the future opportunities for this business," said Ganeshan Venkateshwaran, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company's Data and Analytics Services segment.
About Mastech Digital, Inc.:
Mastech Digital (NYSE American: MHH) is a leading provider of Digital Transformation IT Services. The Company offers Data Management and Analytics Solutions, Digital Learning, and IT Staffing Services with a Digital First approach. A minority-owned enterprise, Mastech Digital is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures:
This press release contains non-GAAP financial measures to supplement our financial results presented on a GAAP basis. The presentation of these financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. Investors are cautioned that there are material limitations associated with the use of non-GAAP financial measures as an analytical tool. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to their comparable GAAP measures are included in the attached financial tables.
We believe that providing non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share offers investors useful supplemental information about the financial performance of our business, enables comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and allows for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating our business. Additionally, management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in evaluating the Company's performance.
Specifically, the non-GAAP financial measures contained herein exclude the following expense items:
Amortization of acquired intangible assets: We amortize intangible assets acquired in connection with our June 2015 acquisition of Hudson IT, our July 2017 acquisition of the services division of InfoTrellis, Inc. and our October 2020 acquisition of AmberLeaf Partners. We exclude these amortization expenses in our non-GAAP financial measures because we believe it allows investors to make more meaningful comparisons between our operating results and those of other companies within our industry and facilitates a helpful comparison of our results with other periods.
Stock-based compensation expenses: We incur material recurring expense related to non-cash, stock-based compensation. We exclude these expenses in our non-GAAP financial measures because we believe that it provides investors with meaningful supplemental information regarding operational performance. In particular, because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types that companies can use under ASC 718, we believe that providing non-GAAP financial measures that exclude these expenses allows investors to make more meaningful comparisons between our operating results and those of other companies within our industry and facilitates comparison of our results with other periods.
Contingent consideration liability revaluation: In connection with the AmberLeaf acquisition, the Company was required to pay future consideration contingent upon the achievement of specific financial objectives. As of the acquisition date, the Company recorded a contingent consideration liability representing the estimated fair value of the contingent consideration that was expected to be paid. In the second quarter of 2021, this contingent consideration liability was reduced by $2.0 million to $900,000, and in the fourth quarter of 2021 the liability was reduced to $0, after the Company determined that relevant conditions for the payment of such liability were unlikely to be satisfied. We believe that providing non-GAAP financial measures that exclude these adjustments to expense are useful for investors to understand the effects of these items on our total operating expenses and facilitate comparison of our results with other periods.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Certain statements contained in this release are forward-looking statements based on management's expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "scheduled," "estimates" and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which include but are not limited to projections of and statements regarding the Company's ability to generate revenues, earnings, and cash flow. These statements are based on information currently available to the Company and it assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements as circumstances change. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results and trends may differ materially from what is forecasted in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation, the level of market demand for the Company's services, the highly competitive market for the types of services offered by the Company, the impact of competitive factors on profit margins, market conditions that could cause the Company's customers to reduce their spending for its services, the Company's ability to create, acquire and build new lines of business, to attract and retain qualified personnel, reduce costs and conserve cash, the extent to which the Company's business is adversely affected by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and governmental responses to limit the further spread of COVID-19 and other risks that are described in more detail in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
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Donna Kijowski
Manager, Investor Relations
Mastech Digital, Inc.
888.330.5497
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LP Building Solutions (LP) (NYSE: LPX) today announced an agreement with Pacific Woodtech to acquire LP's Engineered Wood Products (EWP) business for $210 million. The acquisition includes LP's laminated veneer lumber and I-joist manufacturing facilities in Wilmington, North Carolina; Red Bluff, California; and Golden, British Columbia, Canada, associated timber license assets, and the SolidStart® brand. The completion of this transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory reviews and is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2022.
"We believe that Pacific Woodtech is well positioned to invest in and grow the SolidStart brand, and its acquisition of LP's EWP business marks another important step in LP's ongoing strategic transformation," said LP Chair and Chief Executive Officer Brad Southern. "We will work with Pacific Woodtech to ensure a smooth transition for our EWP employees, customers, and suppliers. I want to express my sincere thanks to the entire EWP team for their patience and professionalism throughout this process. I wish them all the best moving forward."
"Adding the EWP facilities in Golden, Wilmington, and Red Bluff to Pacific Woodtech's existing EWP business propels our company to new growth," said Pacific Woodtech President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Enright. "We aim to drive positive change at the cutting edge of engineered wood products, and this acquisition will provide a more streamlined and focused EWP resource for the industry. We are committed to making this a seamless transition, one that allows for the retention and care of current employees, clients, and suppliers and strengthens our position as a leading force in the EWP market going forward."
LP's financial adviser is UBS Investment Bank. LP's legal advisers are Troutman Pepper and Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.
As a leader in high-performance building solutions, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions, NYSE: LPX) manufactures engineered wood building products that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. LP's extensive offerings include innovative and dependable building products and accessories, such as siding solutions (LP® SmartSide® Trim & Siding, LP® SmartSide® ExpertFinish® Trim & Siding, LP BuilderSeries® Lap Siding, and LP® Outdoor Building Solutions®), LP Structural Solutions (LP® TechShield® Radiant Barrier, LP WeatherLogic® Air & Water Barrier, LP Legacy® Premium Sub-Flooring, and LP® FlameBlock® Fire-Rated Sheathing, LP NovaCore™ Thermal Insulated Sheathing, and more), LP® TopNotch® Sub-Flooring, and oriented strand board (OSB). In addition to product solutions, LP provides industry-leading customer service and warranties. Since its founding in 1972, LP has been Building a Better World™ by helping customers construct beautiful, durable homes while our shareholders build lasting value. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates 25 plants across the U.S., Canada, Chile, and Brazil. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.
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Federal prosecutors have asked Judge Paul A. Magnuson to sentence Lane to between 5.25 years to 6.5 years in prison for his role in the fatal restraint of Floyd on a Minneapolis street in May 2020. Earl Gray, Lane's attorney, said he plans to ask for a sentence of 27 months.
Former Minneapolis police officers Lane, Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng faced state and federal charges over their actions -- or lack thereof -- in May 2020 as their colleague Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into the neck and back of Floyd, who was handcuffed and lying on his stomach, for more than nine minutes.
Lane, a rookie officer on his fourth day on the job, held down Floyd's legs during the arrest, while Kueng restrained his torso and Thao stood nearby and held back a crowd of upset bystanders. In federal court earlier this year, Lane testified that he asked Chauvin twice to reposition Floyd while restraining him but was denied both times.
Lane, Thao and Kueng were each convicted of violating Floyd's rights during the fatal restraint. Thao and Kueng were also found guilty of an additional federal charge earlier this year for failing to intervene to stop Chauvin. A sentencing date for Thou and Kueng has not been set.
In addition, Lane pleaded guilty in state court to aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter last month. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison's office and defense attorneys jointly recommended to the court a sentence of three years, according to Ellison's office. Lane is scheduled to be sentenced on September 21 on the state charge, according to the court.
As part of the plea deal, Lane's sentence on the state charge will run concurrent with his federal sentence, and he will serve his time in a federal institution, his attorney Earl Gray said last month.
Thou and Kueng also face a state trial that is slated for late October on charges of aiding and abetting second-degree unintentional murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. They have pleaded not guilty.
Chauvin was convicted last year of murder and manslaughter in a state trial and was sentenced to more than 22 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to federal charges of violating Floyd's civil rights in December and was sentenced to 21 years in prison earlier this month. Chauvin's federal sentence will run concurrently with his state sentence.
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JUNO BEACH, Fla., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. today announced that it will conduct a remarketing of its Series J Debentures due Sept. 1, 2024 (the "Debentures") (CUSIP No. 65339KBL3), which are currently outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $1.5 billion, on Aug. 2, 2022 (and, if necessary, on the following two business days). The Debentures were originally issued as part of NextEra Energy, Inc.'s Corporate Units (CUSIP No. 65339F796) on Sept. 9, 2019 (the "Corporate Units") in conjunction with a Purchase Contract Agreement, dated as of Sept. 1, 2019 (the "Purchase Contract Agreement"). The Debentures are guaranteed by NextEra Energy Capital Holdings' parent company, NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE).
If the remarketing is successful, the interest rate on the Debentures will be reset to a rate that will enable the Debentures to be remarketed at a price equal to or greater than the sum of the Remarketing Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price, the Separate Debentures Purchase Price and the Remarketing Fee (as those terms are defined in the Officer's Certificate, dated Sept. 9, 2019, creating the terms of the Debentures under the Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1999, as amended). The reset interest rate and the subsequent interest payment dates will be established on the date of the successful remarketing and become effective on the third business day following the date of such successful remarketing. The Remarketing Fee will not exceed 0.25% of the sum of the Remarketing Treasury Portfolio Purchase Price plus the Separate Debentures Purchase Price.
Upon a successful remarketing, the proceeds of the remarketing of the Debentures that are components of the Corporate Units will be used to purchase a portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof), or if U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof) that are to be included in such portfolio have a yield that is less than zero, then, at NextEra Energy Capital Holdings' option, such portfolio will consist of an amount in cash equal to the aggregate principal amount at maturity of the applicable U.S. Treasury securities (or principal or interest strips thereof), which will be substituted for the Debentures and pledged to secure the obligation of the holders of the Corporate Units to purchase NextEra Energy common stock on Sept. 1, 2022, pursuant to the Purchase Contract Agreement. The proceeds from the remarketing of any Debentures that are not a component of Corporate Units and whose holders elect to include some or all of those Debentures in the remarketing will be paid to such holders.
Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are the remarketing agents.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities to which this communication relates in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the offering to which this communication relates. Before a prospective purchaser invests in the Debentures, such person should read the prospectus in that registration statement and the related prospectus supplement to be filed with the SEC and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and the offering to which this communication relates. A prospective purchaser may get these documents when available for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer or the remarketing agents will arrange to send a prospective purchaser the prospectus and the related prospectus supplement if such person request it by calling Barclays Capital Inc. toll free at (888) 603-5847, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC toll-free at (866) 471-2526 and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC toll-free at (800) 221-1037.
NextEra Energy, Inc.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) is a leading clean energy company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light Company, which is America's largest electric utility that sells more power than any other utility, providing clean, affordable, reliable electricity to approximately 5.8 million customer accounts, or more than 12 million people across Florida. NextEra Energy also owns a competitive clean energy business, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, which, together with its affiliated entities, is the world's largest generator of renewable energy from the wind and sun and a world leader in battery storage. Through its subsidiaries, NextEra Energy generates clean, emissions-free electricity from seven commercial nuclear power units in Florida, New Hampshire and Wisconsin. NextEra Energy has been recognized often by third parties for its efforts in sustainability, corporate responsibility, ethics and compliance, and diversity. NextEra Energy is ranked No. 1 in the electric and gas utilities industry on Fortune's 2022 list of "World's Most Admired Companies," recognized on Fortune's 2021 list of companies that "Change the World" and received the S&P Global Platts 2020 Energy Transition Award for leadership in environmental, social and governance. For more information about NextEra Energy companies, visit these websites: www.NextEraEnergy.com, www.FPL.com, www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) between February 24, 2021 and June 9, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important August 29, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Wells Fargo securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Wells Fargo class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7261 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 29, 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.
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WUXI, China, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following article was published today by China Daily USA.
Youth, a driving force of social, economic and cultural advances, has been playing a pioneering role in promoting global sustainable development. A recent online dialogue among global youth has gone viral.
Themed "Wuxi Dialogue Linking Youth", the exchange activity has sparked heated discussions among young talent working and living in Wuxi and their peers across the world.
In 2020, Wuxi, in eastern China's Jiangsu province, proposed becoming a Zero-Carbon City.
Yan Qing was impressed by the city's commitment to the climate. After graduating from Tsinghua University, he moved to Wuxi through an open selection program for talent. He was tasked with exploring ways to build a Zero-Carbon City. His research received great attention and was published in an authoritative international journal.
"Wuxi has beautiful natural ecology and amiable environment for talent growth. Trust and encouragement for young talent have endowed me the opportunity to grow up together with this city," he said.
Young people are most concerned about innovation and entrepreneurship, said Lu Xinyi, a graduate of Johns Hopkins University.
"Wuxi is the birthplace of China's national industry and commerce. Innovation and entrepreneurship are in the genes of this city," she said.
Lu Xinyi started on entrepreneurial projects while finishing her degree and worked at a venture capital incubator in New York. She believes that Wuxi can provide a broad stage for eager young people.
In 2021, Wuxi's per capita GDP ranked first among large and medium-sized cities in China. She believes that Wuxi will make a difference in the information technology industry.
Yue Yunxiao often expresses his fondness for the friendliness of Wuxi, a city that always tops the annual list of China's happiest cities. When he couldn't return home during the Spring Festival last year, he still felt the warmth and comfort of home under the care of his leaders and colleagues. Now, as a member of the Wuxi Youth Volunteer Group, he continues to spread friendship and goodwill to make Wuxi a hometown for non-natives.
Han Shutong, a graduate of University College London, said, "Wuxi is open and inclusive. Here young people can get together with like-minded people who develop a sense of belonging and find something new and interesting."
She came to Wuxi, the birthplace of Wu culture, thanks to the open selection program and became a teacher in a key provincial middle school. "When I have a little spare time, my friends and I like to enjoy a cup of coffee with an opera mask art in Wuxi Opera Museum, and we can also enjoy the new art supported by technologies such as VR and AR in Wuxi Studios," Han Shutong said.
More and more youth stay in Wuxi for its unlimited chances for success, inclusiveness and genuine care. They are a powerful engine for Wuxi, a charming, dynamic and innovative city facing the world and the future.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammysmight be missing stars like Drake, The Weeknd and Kanye West as a performer, but the biggest night in music could still shine bright on the Las Vegas Strip.
The ceremony relocated to Las Vegas for the first-time ever with several artists who could have epic nights including Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Jon Batiste. The awards shifted from Los Angeles because of the rising COVID-19 cases and omicron variant in January. Sunday’s show will air live beginning at 8 p.m. Eastern on CBS and the Paramount+ streaming service.
Host Trevor Noah calls Las Vegas a “perfect place to have a celebration” with fans at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Last year, the Grammys had a music festival vibe with parts of the show held outdoors in an intimate in-person setting with music artists mixed with pre-taped performances.
Noah expects an entertaining show with several performers set to hit the stage including Rodrigo, Eilish, Lil Nas X, Jack Harlow, Brandi Carlile, Batiste, Silk Sonic, H.E.R., Chris Stapleton, Leslie Odom Jr. and Brothers Osborne. He said the awards will be a celebration of the music industry coming back to life.
“There’s an element of this (show) that’s like a music camp,” Noah said. “I think it’s going to bring a different energy, and I’m excited to be a part of it.”
It’s still unclear whether the Foo Fighters will take the stage following the recent death of its drummer Taylor Hawkins. The rock band – nominated for three Grammys – is scheduled to perform during the ceremony, but they recently canceled all upcoming concert dates.
The Grammys will continue to move forward without West, known as Ye, after news surfaced earlier this month that he wouldn’t perform at the show because of his “concerning online behavior.” The Weeknd is still boycotting the awards and Drake said he wanted no part in competing for a Grammy, withdrawing his two nominations.
The three popular performers will be missed, but the show will certainly go on.
The multitalented Jon Batiste enters the Grammys as the leading nominee with 11in a variety of genres including R&B, jazz, American roots music, classical and music video. Justin Bieber, Doja Cat and H.E.R. are tied for the second-most nominations with eight apiece.
The awards will introduce its expanded 10 nominees in three major genres — record, album and song of the year. The growing categories will make the competition stronger but could make choosing a winner a lot tougher.
For album of the year, the Recording Academy expanded the category’s eligibility for any featured artists, producers, songwriters and engineers — even if the music creator co-wrote one song on the project. That means there could be a large amount of winners on stage, depending on who wins.
For example, if Bieber’s “Justice” wins at the show, more than 50 creators could pack the stage. The same could be said for Ye, Doja Cat and H.E.R., who have a plethora of contributors.
But Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever” features songs written by the young star and her brother Finneas, who produced all of her tracks. Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga and Rodrigo are sitting in the same boat.
Harvey Mason jr., the academy’s CEO, said the number of creators in a category won’t dictate the winner.
Either way, Noah said he doesn’t mind.
“It’ll be great to see that moment,” he said. “You get to be on stage and celebrated for your work. I’m excited for that. I want to see 25 people on stage celebrating and sharing the love and joy for something they’ve done.”
Before the awards, the academy will hold a couple events including a tribute to Joni Mitchell at the MusiCares Person of the Yearon Friday night. Chaka Khan, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Porter and Beck are among those expected to perform.
On Saturday, Grammy winner John Legend will be honored during the academy’s Black Music Collective. The singer will receive his first-ever Recording Academy Global Impact Award for his personal and professional achievements in the music industry.
Legend will be celebrated with a performance by Summer Walker, D-Nice and MC Lyte as the voice for the evening. Jimmy Jam will be making remarks. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/grammy-awards-sets-sight-on-las-vegas-for-first-time/ | 2022-04-01T18:04:34Z |
-Benny (HeyBenny.com), a Techstars '22 company, helps employees take full advantage of their Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) by lending them the money they need to maximize their benefits
-Customers include employees from: Microsoft, Salesforce, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile, & more
-Benny is currently accepting new customers across the US
MADISON, Wis., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benny, the platform helping consumers build wealth with their benefits, today announced their graduation from Techstars Boulder and the closing of a $1M pre-seed funding round, led by Matchstick Ventures.
Andy Kalmon started Benny because he was one of millions of people who couldn't afford to participate in his Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP). Because of this, he was leaving almost $2K on the table each year. This was money he couldn't afford to access, and no one was offering a solution. He was missing out on one of the largest wealth building benefits available to him.
"It was a grind, but eventually, I was fortunate to get just enough breathing room in my financial life to be able to start taking advantage of my ESPP… I wish I could have done it years before but there wasn't a company looking out for me and my best interests, that's why Benny was created. I believe there is a massive opportunity in the employee benefits space, specifically wealth-building benefits, like employee stock purchase plans. I'm not just talking about education, but actual financial products that are built for the people who are experiencing this pain. That's what we're building at Benny." - Andy Kalmon, CEO & Founder of Benny.
Benny's early customer reception is impressive, attracting customers from Microsoft, Salesforce, Alaska Airlines, T-Mobile and more.
"Employers right now are looking for new ways to attract and retain talent, that's no secret. What we like about Benny is that it takes existing benefits and ramps up participation by removing the financial barriers to make them more inclusive. Couple that with increasing pressure on employees' paychecks and you can't help but get excited by a product that truly helps employees earn more and increase engagement for employers. A solid win-win." - Ryan Broshar, Partner at Matchstick Ventures.
Natty Zola & Ryan Broshar at Matchstick Ventures believe in Benny's mission and the market opportunity, investing $1M into Benny's pre-seed round. The $1M pre-seed round will be used to accelerate Benny's customer acquisition, product development and recruiting efforts.
About Benny
Benny is a financial wellness platform that provides education and innovative lending solutions to democratize participation in ESPPs, allowing employees to take advantage of their company's programs and build wealth.
About Matchstick Ventures
Matchstick is an impactful early-stage technology investor in the North and Rockies. They invest where innovative ideas, huge markets and most importantly, ambitious and diverse founders strike. Matchstick exists to act as a catalyst for their founders, partners, and startup communities.
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NEW YORK (AP) — An appeals court in New York dismissed New York Attorney General Letitia James’ lawsuit against Amazon over its coronavirus safety protocols and a former employee who led the successful union organizing effort on Staten Island.
Besides potentially exposing workers to the virus at two Amazon facilities in New York City, the lawsuit filed by James last year claimed that Amazon illegally retaliated against workers who spoke up about poor safety conditions in its warehouses. They include Chris Smalls, the fired Amazon worker who now heads the Amazon Labor Union, and Derrick Palmer, the group’s vice president of organizing.
The appellate court said in its ruling Tuesday that federal labor law preempted state labor law, and the National Labor Relations Board “should serve as the forum” for disputes arising from conduct that’s protected or prohibited by federal labor law, not the states.
It also said the lawsuit’s efforts to require the retailer to comply with New York’s COVID-19 workplace guidelines was dismissed as moot because the restriction in place at the time have since been lifted.
The court also pointed to a separate NLRB case over another fired employee, Gerald Bryson. It said that case involves “essentially the same allegations of retaliation, and the possibility of inconsistent rulings on the same issue poses an ‘obvious and substantial’ ‘risk of interference'” with the NLRB’s jurisdiction.
Palmer, who was given a final written warning in the early days of the pandemic, is still employed at Amazon.
The court’s ruling is a win for Amazon, which had sought to have the case thrown out but its motion to dismiss was denied by a trial court last year.
“Throughout the pandemic, Amazon has failed to provide a safe working environment for New Yorkers, putting their health and safety at risk,” said Morgan Rubin, a spokesperson for the attorney general, in a statement. “As our office reviews the decision and our options moving forward, Attorney General James remains committed to protecting Amazon workers, and all workers, from unfair treatment.”
The Seattle-based online retailer did not immediately respond to a request for comment. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/new-york-appeals-court-dismisses-ag-suit-against-amazon/ | 2022-05-11T15:35:05Z |
VANCOUVER, BC, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Liquid Meta Capital Holdings Ltd. ("Liquid Meta" or the "Company") (NEO: LIQD) (FRANKFURT: N5F), a decentralized finance infrastructure and technology company focused on bridging the gap between traditional and decentralized finance, today provided an update on its exposure to a decentralized exchange (DEX) that is part of the Ronin blockchain ecosystem, owned by Sky Mavis.
On March 29, 2022, the Ronin Network announced a security breach whereby the Sky Mavis' Ronin validator nodes were compromised, resulting in 173,600 Ethereum and 25.5M USDC being drained from the Ronin bridge in two transactions. As a result of the hack, certain DEX's and the Ronin blockchain were halted and the support teams of the Ronin blockchain immediately attempted to try and recover these funds. The funds that have been compromised on the bridge serve as collateral to a portion of the assets held on the Ronin network, and if this collateral is not recovered it could have an impact on the price of these assets.
Liquid Meta has provided liquidity to a liquidity pool on a DEX that exists on the Ronin blockchain, and which is interconnected to the bridge that experienced the security breach. This DEX is currently halted pending an update by Sky Mavis and the Ronin teams.
"Although we did not have any direct exposure to the hack on the Ronin bridge, Liquid Meta has approximately $2.3 million of exposure on the Ronin network DEX," said Jonathan Wiesblatt, CEO of Liquid Meta. "This represents approximately 10% of our total liquidity deployed, in line with our ongoing deployment strategy and internal risk criteria and, as a result of which, we wanted to provide this update to the market. There is currently an active investigation into the breach and Ronin, Axie Infinity/Sky Mavis are in the process of outlining how to best move forward. It is important to note that our liquidity on the Ronin network DEX is currently safe while Sky Mavis and the team at the Ronin Blockchain work to resolve the issues with the breach."
Mr. Wiesblatt also stated "Liquid Meta's mission is to deliver access and transparency to the world of DeFi. We are aware of the risks that are part of this nascent industry. Even though our risk assessment of the blockchain and DEX met all our internal risk criteria and controls, we acknowledge we are also part of a larger ecosystem that is interconnected. The Company will provide additional updates as they are received and when appropriate."
About Liquid Meta
Liquid Meta is a decentralized finance infrastructure and technology company that is powering the next generation of open-access protocols and applications. The Company is creating the bridge between traditional and decentralized finance while ushering in a new era of financial infrastructure that benefits anyone, anywhere.
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It's not your imagination: As the rapidly spreading BA.5 coronavirus subvariant causes a surge in infections across the United States, more people are catching Covid-19 for the second or third time.
But on average, these reinfections do not seem to be happening more rapidly, according to a new analysis from the gene sequencing company Helix.
BA.5, another offshoot of the Omicron variant, is now causing about 80% of new Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Helix, which sequences Covid-19 tests to monitor variants, recently plumbed its data to find out how many times the same person tested positive for Covid-19 and whether there are more reinfections now compared to earlier waves.
Out of nearly 300,000 infections since March 2021, the share that are reinfections almost doubled from 3.6% during the BA.2 wave in May to 6.4% during the BA.5 wave in July.
These reinfections don't seem to be getting closer together, however.
In April, during the BA.2 wave, the average time between positive Covid-19 tests for the same person was about 230 days; by July, it was about 270 days, or about nine months.
"The most recent data we had pulled showed that the fraction of all infections that are reinfections have increased quite a bit. There was a jump," said Shishi Luo, associate director of bioinformatics and infectious disease at Helix.
Luo says she thinks a mix of factors -- including waning immunity, broad spread and mutations to BA.5 that help it sneak past the body's defenses -- are probably all contributing to the increase.
On average, people who are getting reinfected now were last infected about nine months ago. That doesn't mean there aren't some recent cases in which people have gotten new bouts of Covid-19 just weeks apart. Luo can see those in the data. But they aren't the norm.
"Statistically speaking, you're more likely to get reinfected the longer it has been since your last infection, just based on the data we've generated," she said.
The Helix data echoes the results of a recent study on reinfection from Qatar, which routinely screens its 2.8 million residents for Covid-19, testing about 5% of the population each week.
The BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants arrived in Qatar in May and were dominating transmission by June.
Researchers used the national screening data to look at instances of reinfection.
They found that people who'd had Covid-19 infections before the arrival of the Omicron variant had little protection against a reinfection that caused symptoms during the BA.5 wave: just 15%. But protection from a past infection by an Omicron variant was higher: about 76%.
"Those who got infected with a pre-Omicron variant now have really limited protection against the infection of BA.4 or BA.5, so they cannot really count on natural immunity to protect them," said Laith Abu-Raddad, an epidemiologist with Weill-Cornell Medicine-Qatar, in Doha, Qatar.
"Those who get infected more recently with an Omicron variant, they have pretty good strong immunity -- but of course not total immunity -- against reinfection," Abu-Raddad said.
These study results may not apply to everyone. The population of Qatar is unique because it is mostly made up of men who travel into the country for work, the researchers say, and few people there are over the age of 50.
But Luo says people shouldn't panic when they hear about friends or family members getting Covid-19 for the second time in a month. "That's not the typical experience."
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Searchbloom named among best workplaces
DRAPER, Utah, May 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Searchbloom has been named to Inc. magazine's annual Best Workplaces list. Featured in the May/June 2022 issue, hitting newsstands on May 17, 2022, and prominently featured on Inc.com, the list is the result of a comprehensive measurement of American companies that have excelled in creating exceptional workplaces and company culture, whether operating in a physical or virtual facility.
Achieving the Inc. magazine's Best Workplaces award is a major milestone for Searchbloom. The Search Engine Marketing industry is young, and the ability of professionals to enjoy their work, have a growth path, and be effective is key to future success. Searchbloom's culture prioritizes these elements and much more. Receiving this prestigious award provides positive evidence that Searchbloom's values-first model is leading the way for future generations of SEOs.
After collecting data from thousands of submissions, Inc. selected 475 honorees this year. Each company that was nominated took part in an employee survey, conducted by Quantum Workplace, which included topics such as management effectiveness, perks, fostering employee growth, and overall company culture. The organization's benefits were also audited to determine overall score and ranking.
Cody C. Jensen, Searchbloom's CEO & Founder, shared this about receiving the award: "Searchbloom's company culture has been a top priority for a long time. We recognize and celebrate our team's success every day. Everything we do centers on fulfilling our promise and living up to our collective values. The results have convinced me that this is the path forward."
"Not long ago, the term 'best workplace' would have conjured up images of open-office designs with stocked snack fridges," says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. "Yet given the widespread adoption of remote work, the concept of the workplace has shifted. This year, Inc. has recognized the organizations dedicated to redefining and enriching the workplace in the face of the pandemic."
About Searchbloom
Searchbloom provides cutting-edge search engine optimization and pay-per-click advertising for businesses to improve revenue using their revolutionary A.R.T. and A.C.E. methodologies. Its mission is to be the most trusted, transparent, and results-driven SEO and PPC marketing company in the industry.
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The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
CONTACT: Cody Jensen, 801-590-4051, press@searchbloom.com
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Transportation Industry Sees Greatest Increase in Scale of Higher Burnout Risk
PLEASANTON, Calif. and ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today published a new report – Addressing Burnout Risk in 2022 – powered by employee engagement solution Workday Peakon Employee Voice. The report finds that, of the 10 industries tracked year-over-year, frontline industries such as transportation, healthcare, and government demonstrated increases in the levels of higher burnout risk, with the transportation industry showing the steepest rise of 16% since 2021. In addition, of the 10 geographies tracked year-over-year, the UK has become the country with the highest proportion of organizations (41%) in the higher burnout risk category. Meanwhile, the proportion of U.S.-headquartered companies with higher burnout risk remained at 17%.
The report, launched at Workday Rising, the company's annual customer conference, measures how burnout risk has evolved since 2021 across different industries and geographies, based on an analysis of de-identified employee survey data from 1.5 million employees from more than 600 companies around the world. Burnout risk is assessed using employee survey scores relating to connectedness, energy levels, and fulfillment, and then categorized as higher, medium, or lower risk.
Burnout Risk by Industry
The study found that the majority of surveyed industries saw greater or sustained levels of higher burnout risk in 2022, compared to 2021. Industries that operated on the front lines of the pandemic, such as transportation, government, and healthcare, saw the steepest increases year-over-year, whereas manufacturing, professional and business services, and financial services saw reduced levels of higher burnout risk.
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Burnout Risk by Geography
The report found global variation among the 10 geographies tracked year-over-year, with six seeing either increased or sustained levels of higher burnout risk, and four showing improvements.
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The issue of employee burnout is increasingly prevalent, with a 2021 survey, conducted by the American Psychological Association, finding that three in five employees reported negative impacts of work-related stress. However, as the Workday report explores, there are key actions employers can take, powered by intelligent listening, to help mitigate the risk of employee burnout. These include:
- Cultivating a more compassionate culture by building transparency around the issue of wellbeing and strengthening workplace policies to support it.
- Enabling people leaders to solve problems by encouraging open dialogues on workload, workplace fulfillment, and the impact of their contributions.
- Giving employees a shared sense of purpose by clearly articulating the organization's strategy and how new ideas speak to that vision.
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"The increasing levels of higher burnout risk in frontline industries like government, healthcare, and transportation reflects an urgent need to address the energy, connectedness, and fulfillment levels of employees," said Phil Chambers, general manager, of Workday Peakon Employee Voice, Workday. "From the Great Resignation to the more recent wave of quiet quitting, it is vital that leaders understand employees' evolving needs and take positive action to help keep them engaged, motivated, and meet them in the moment."
For more information:
- Download the report, "Addressing Burnout Risk in 2022"
- Read the blog, "How Rising Rates of Burnout Risk Are Impacting Different Industries in 2022"
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Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Workday applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management, and analytics have been adopted by thousands of organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 50% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.
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9-year-old boy drowns in apartment pool, police say
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (Gray News) – A 9-year-old boy drowned in an apartment pool in California, according to police.
The Mountain View Police Department said dispatchers received a call Wednesday afternoon about a child who was found unresponsive in the pool.
While officers were on their way to the scene, the caller provided CPR to the boy until help arrived.
Police said the boy was rushed to the hospital, where he died.
Detectives said the investigation is ongoing and they are working to understand the circumstances of what happened.
“I am devastated about this case,” Mountain View Police Chief Chris Hsiung wrote in a Facebook post. “We are all thinking about the family tonight.”
The child’s identity has not been released, and police did not provide further details.
Mountain View is about 15 miles west of San Jose, California.
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DALLAS, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas employment boutique Clouse Brown is building its roster of executive employment lawyers with the addition of Megan Dixon, an attorney with experience handling a broad range of litigation matters for employers and employees before administrative agencies, state and federal courts, and arbitration tribunals.
Ms. Dixon has represented clients in claims of discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, breach of contract, wage and hour disputes, non-compete matters, and other employment-related tort claims. She also has significant appellate experience and has obtained favorable appellate rulings on behalf of her clients in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and other state appellate courts.
In addition to the Fifth Circuit, Ms. Dixon's other admissions include the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western federal District courts in Texas.
"With Megan joining the firm, we're able to offer our clients additional talent and support when it comes to litigation and alternative dispute resolution," said Clouse Brown partner Alyson Brown. "She is a welcome addition to our employment law team."
Ms. Dixon is a member of the Dallas Bar Association Labor and Employment Section, the Texas Employment Lawyers Association, and the National Employment Lawyers Association – DFW Chapter.
Recognized by her peers for her work in the profession, Ms. Dixon has been selected to the Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars list for her work in employment law every year since 2016, and she has been selected to the Top Women Attorneys in Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers every year since 2020.
A cum laude graduate of Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, Ms. Dixon has served on her alma mater's employment law panel, as well as on a similar panel at Texas A&M School of Law. She also authored Working Together to Eliminate Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, published in the UNT Dallas Accessible Law Journal.
About Clouse Brown PLLC
Clouse Brown is a Dallas-based employment law boutique. The firm represents senior executives, business owners, physicians, corporations, and others in a variety of complex employment litigation, arbitration, and negotiation matters. For more information, visit ClouseBrown.com.
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President Bill Clinton, Governor Kathy Hochul, and Mayor Eric Adams visited the Empire State Building to announce the new, free, online resource to implement successful net zero retrofits of existing commercial buildings
Hi-res imagery/b-roll from today's event and tonight's Empire State Building lighting, as well as remarks by ESRT Chairman, President and CEO Anthony E. Malkin, can be downloaded here.
NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT), joined by President Bill Clinton, Governor Kathy Hochul, Mayor Eric Adams, and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) President and CEO Doreen Harris, announced today at the Empire State Building the publication of the new Empire Building Playbook: An Owner's Guide to Low Carbon Retrofits. Co-developed with NYSERDA and supported by other NYC-based landlords and the Clinton Global Initiative, the innovative guide outlines the step-by-step process for existing commercial buildings to develop a pathway to carbon reduction with proven returns on investment.
"The free, online Playbook charts a path for landlords, tenants, and service providers to reduce greenhouse gases and related carbon associated with the operations of buildings, achieve the goals of New York State, and comply with Local Law 97," said Anthony E. Malkin, chairman, president, and CEO of ESRT. "ESRT will use the Playbook to compete for tenants and protect and create value for our shareholders. We maintain our industry leadership position with proven paybacks on actions taken towards a more sustainable future. The Playbook demonstrates the case of how to achieve 75 to 90 percent emissions reductions with a payback of four to eight years through a combination of building system upgrades with a renewably sourced grid."
ESRT's Dana Robbins Schneider, SVP, director of energy, sustainability, and ESG led ESRT's development of the playbook with major funding from NYSERDA as did the Durst Organization, Hudson Square Properties, and Vornado Realty Trust. The work shows how to codify test, refine, and verify the in-building projects. Beyond the Empire State Building, the Playbook contains case studies for retrofit analyses done by each of these partners, which includes One Bryant Park, 100 Avenue of the Americas, and One Penn Plaza. ESRT partnered with the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative to drive leadership in action toward climate resilience and a carbon neutral future.
"If you believe New York should have more jobs, if you believe that we should avoid the worst consequences of climate change, if you don't want to see the rising waters flood the south end of Manhattan, do this," said President Bill Clinton. "Give people the dignity of work, create new businesses, and clean the air. We know, now, we don't have any excuse. Our grandchildren are depending on it."
The Playbook will continue to be updated in real time with additional case studies, technologies, and best practices as the state's Empire Building Challenge partners complete their decarbonization plans and implement the work. To celebrate the launch of this critical guide, the Empire State Building will sparkle in green the night of April 21 beginning at sunset.
"NYSERDA was honored to work with Empire State Realty Trust and some of the state's leading real estate owners to develop the Empire Building Playbook, a resource that demonstrates to building owners that New York makes it possible to decarbonize challenging high-rise buildings and if we can do it here in the Empire State, we can do it anywhere," said NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen M. Harris. "As Governor Hochul continues to prioritize economy-wide carbon neutrality in our fight against climate change, public-private partnerships like this bring forth replicable and scalable decarbonization solutions that foster healthier and cleaner places to live and work while building the clean energy economy in New York State."
The Playbook process – with a projected timeline of three to six months – sets forth a series of steps, from the assembly of a team and delegation of responsibilities to technical analysis, development of energy and financial models, and economic analysis. The business case is confirmed in the last step, where energy and maintenance costs, implications of LL97 fines, refined capital and implementation costs and incentives are established.
"With our foundation in the groundbreaking, deep energy retrofit at the Empire State Building, our mission is to energy efficiency and decarbonization more affordable and therefore accessible to more businesses that make New York State great," said Ms. Schneider. "This work is globally scalable. Our portfolio investments have already reduced energy consumption and emissions, created environments focused on health and wellness of our building occupants, and reduced operating expenses for both ESRT and our tenants at accessible rents. The Empire State Building leads the industry as we build upon the last decade's 54 percent reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions and target carbon neutrality by 2030."
Designed for all levels of technical understanding, the full Empire Building Playbook is available online at nyserda.ny.gov/ebcplaybook. Details on New York State's Empire Building Challenge, the $50 million state initiative that supports the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act goal to reduce 85 percent of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, can be found online.
For more information about ESRT's sustainability achievements and future targets, please visit esrtreit.com/sustainability.
About Empire State Realty Trust
Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESRT) is a NYC-focused REIT that owns and manages a well-positioned property portfolio of office, retail and multifamily assets in Manhattan and the greater New York metropolitan area. Owner of the Empire State Building, the World's Most Famous Building, ESRT also owns and operates its iconic, newly reimagined Observatory Experience. The company is a leader in healthy buildings, energy efficiency, and indoor environmental quality, and has the lowest greenhouse gas emissions per square foot of any publicly traded REIT portfolio in New York City. As of Dec. 31, 2021, ESRT's portfolio is comprised of approximately 9.4 million rentable square feet of office space, 700,000 rentable square feet of retail space and 625 units across two multifamily properties. More information about Empire State Realty Trust can be found at esrtreit.com and by following ESRT on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Carl's Jr. Will Be the Official Burger of UFC in Australia and New Zealand Through the End of 2022
FRANKLIN, Tenn., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc., parent company of Carl's Jr.®, and UFC, the world's premier mixed martial arts organization, are teaming up for a knockout partnership that brings together two renowned, global brands.
Known for their bold, craveable burgers, Carl's Jr. is launching a full creative campaign with a mix of local and national media across traditional and digital channels, including social media and print. Later this year, a limited-edition UFC-inspired burger will launch in celebration of this iconic partnership. Customers will also have the chance to enter to win various prizes including access to UFC event hospitality & ticketing, UFC Fight Pass subscriptions, UFC Store Gift Cards, Carl's Jr. swag, and other prizes through December 2022.
"We are thrilled to announce that Carl's Jr. Australia is the "Official Burger of UFC." UFC and Carl's Jr. are two global powerhouses, and we know this partnership will enable both brands to unlock new audiences," said Mike Woida, President of International at CKE Restaurants Holdings. "As we continue to grow our business in Australia, we look forward to getting our delicious burgers into the hands of UFC fans across the region and around the world."
To build excitement leading up to the UFC's first-ever Fight Night in Paris, Carl's Jr. Australia is giving one lucky customer the chance to win an Ultimate Prize Package – a VIP trip to a UFC Event in Las Vegas. More details will be posted via Carl's Jr. Australia and UFC ANZ social channels within the next month, so make sure to stay tuned.
"We're delighted to partner with such an iconic and beloved brand like Carl's Jr. Australia and welcome them as our first Official Quick Service Restaurant partner within the ANZ region," said Nick Smith, Vice President of Global Partnerships, UFC. "Much like UFC, Carl's Jr. recognizes the appetite and growth opportunities within this region, and we could not be more eager to collaborate and engage with new audiences and fans within this category."
With custom co-branded creative, guests will be able to enjoy a taste of the UFC and celebrate the newest star in the octagon!
Follow Carl's Jr. Australia and UFC ANZ on social media for the latest news and promotional offers.
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CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. ("CKE"), a privately held company based in Franklin, Tennessee, in the United States, runs and operates Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, two beloved regional brands, known for one-of-a-kind premium and innovative menu items such as 100 percent Black Angus Thickburgers®, Freshly Baked Biscuits and Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders™. With both a US and international footprint, Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC and Hardee's Restaurants LLC have nearly 4,000 franchised or company-operated restaurants in 44 US states and over 35 international markets and U.S. overseas territories. For more information about Carl's Jr. Australia visit https://carlsjr.com.au/. For information about CKE, please visit https://ckefranchise.com/ or its brand sites at www.carlsjr.com and www.hardees.com.
UFC® is the world's premier mixed martial arts organization (MMA), with more than 688 million fans and 198 million social media followers. The organization produces more than 40 live events annually in some of the most prestigious arenas around the world, while broadcasting to nearly 900 million TV households across more than 170 countries. UFC's athlete roster features the world's best MMA athletes representing more than 75 countries. The organization's digital offerings include UFC FIGHT PASS®, one of the world's leading streaming services for combat sports. UFC is owned by global entertainment, sports and content company Endeavor, and is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, visit UFC.com and follow UFC at Facebook.com/UFC, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok: @UFC.
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BLUE BELL, Pa., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The severe flooding in Appalachian Eastern Kentucky has taken a devastating toll on the people, businesses, and properties of the area. To help support the individuals who have been displaced or lost loved ones, The Columbus Organization has donated $5,000 to the Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund, a fund established by Governor Beshear following the severe weather that began July 26th.
The Columbus Organization is the nation's largest provider of care coordination services and a leading case management agency in Kentucky for individuals living with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD), acquired brain injury, and complex health concerns. The company has a long history providing care coordination services, and in Kentucky continues to be an integral part of the fabric of the communities where they work and live.
Johnny Callebs, Executive State Director for Kentucky commented, "As someone born and raised in Eastern Kentucky, it is heartbreaking to see what so many are going through. Columbus and other generous donors provide hope for recovery, but the current trauma is just overwhelming. I am proud to work for an organization that immediately, and without hesitation, saw the role they could play in supporting the people of our state. Eastern Kentuckians have a strong fighting spirit and will bounce back. I'm grateful that Columbus will be a part of that."
Grief counseling is being made available for any Columbus staff who are struggling with issues related to the disaster.
For 38+ years, The Columbus Organization has been a national leader and pioneer in care coordination specifically for individuals living with intellectual/developmental disabilities, behavioral concerns, or complex care needs. Having served over 100,000 families, the company continues to be at the forefront of innovation, developing and implementing revolutionary outcomes-based models for early identification and holistic management of health risks among individuals with intellectual, developmental, behavioral, medical, and/or complex care needs. In addition to its team of almost 500 highly-experienced care coordinators, dedicated Quality Assurance division, and unparalleled national infrastructure,Columbus is also a recognized leader in clinical staffing and quality improvement services for organizations that serve the behavioral health community. The company delivers an unmatched depth of expertise, breadth of resources, diversity of thinking, and dedication to ensuring everyone can achieve their meaningful-life goals through transformative approaches to healthcare. For more, visit www.ColumbusOrg.com, follow @TheColumbusOrg on Twitter, like The Columbus Organization on Facebook, or follow The Columbus Organization on LinkedIn.
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Jan. 6: Trump spurned aides’ pleas to call off Capitol mob
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite desperate pleas from aides, allies, a Republican congressional leader and even his family, Donald Trump refused to call off the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol, instead “pouring gasoline on the fire” by aggressively tweeting his false claims of a stolen election and celebrating his crowd of supporters as “very special,” the House investigating committee showed Thursday night.
The next day, he declared anew, “I don’t want to say the election is over.” That was in a previously unaired outtake of an address to the nation he was to give, shown at the prime-time hearing of the committee.
The panel documented how for some 187 minutes, from the time Trump left a rally stage sending his supporters to the Capitol to the time he ultimately appeared in the Rose Garden video that day, nothing could compel the defeated president to act. Instead, he watched the violence unfold on TV.
“President Trump didn’t fail to act,” said Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a fellow Republican but frequent Trump critic who flew combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. “He chose not to act.”
After months of work and weeks of hearings, the prime-time session started the way the committee began — laying blame for the deadly attack on Trump himself for summoning the mob to Washington and sending them to Capitol Hill.
The defeated president turned his supporters’ “love of country into a weapon,” said the panel’s Republican vice chair Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming.
Far from finishing its work after Thursday’s hearing, probably the last of the summer, the panel will start up again in September as more witnesses and information emerge. Cheney said “the dam has begun to break” on revealing what happened that fateful day, at the White House as well as in the violence at the Capitol.
“Donald Trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office,” Cheney declared.
“Every American must consider this: Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of Jan. 6 ever be trusted in any position of authority in our great nation?” she asked.
Trump, who is considering another White House run, dismissed the committee as a “Kangaroo court,” and name-called the panel and witnesses for “many lies and misrepresentations.”
Plunging into its second prime-time hearing on the Capitol attack, the committee aimed to show a “minute by minute” accounting of Trump’s actions with new testimony, including from two White House aides, never-before-heard security radio transmissions of Secret Service officers fearing for their lives and behind-the-scenes discussions at the White House.
With the Capitol siege raging, Trump was “giving the green light” to his supporters by tweeting condemnation of Vice President Mike Pence’s refusal to go along with his plan to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory, a former White House aide told the committee.
Two aides resigned on the spot.
“I thought that Jan. 6 2021, was one of the darkest days in our nation’s history,” Sarah Matthews told the panel. “And President Trump was treating it as a celebratory occasion. So it just further cemented my decision to resign.”
The committee played audio of Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reacting with surprise to the president’s inaction during the attack.
“You’re the commander-in-chief. You’ve got an assault going on on the Capitol of the United States of America. And there’s Nothing? No call? Nothing, Zero?” he said.
On Jan. 6, an irate Trump demanded to be taken to the Capitol after his supporters had stormed the building, well aware of the deadly attack, but his security team refused.
“Within 15 minutes of leaving the stage, President Trump knew that the Capitol was besieged and under attack,” said Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va.
At the Capitol, the mob was chanting “Hang Mike Pence,” testified Matt Pottinger, the former deputy national security adviser, as Trump tweeted his condemnation of his vice president.
Pottinger, testifying Thursday, said that when he saw Trump’s tweet he immediately decided to resign, as did Matthews, who said she was a lifelong Republican but could not go along with what was going on. She was the witness who called the tweet “a green light” and “pouring gasoline on the fire.”
Meanwhile, recordings of Secret Service radio transmissions revealed agents at the Capitol trying to whisk Pence to safety amid the mayhem and asking for messages to be relayed telling their own families goodbye.
The panel showed previously unseen testimony from the president’s son, Donald Trump, Jr., with a text message to his father’s chief of staff Mark Meadows urging the president to call off the mob.
Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner also testified in a recorded video of a “scared” GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy calling him for help.
And in a gripping moment, the panel showed Trump refusing to deliver a speech the next day declaring the election was over, despite his daughter, Ivanka Trump, heard off camera, encouraging him to read the script.
“The president’s words matter,” said Luria, D-Va., a former Naval officer on the panel. “We know that many of the rioters were listening to President Trump.”
Luria said the panel had received testimony confirming the powerful previous account of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson of an altercation involving Trump as he insisted the Secret Service drive him to the Capitol.
Among the witnesses testifying Thursday in a recorded video was retired District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department Sgt. Mark Robinson who told the committee that Trump was well aware of the number of weapons in the crowd of his supporters but wanted to go regardless.
“The only description that I received was that the president was upset, and that he was adamant about going to the Capitol and that there was a heated discussion about that,” Robinson said.
Chairman Bennie Thompson, appearing virtually as he self-isolates with COVID-19, opened Thursday’s hearing saying Trump as president did “everything in his power to overturn the election” he lost to Joe Biden, including before and during the deadly Capitol attack.
“He lied, he bullied, he betrayed his oath,” charged Thompson, D-Miss.
“Our investigation goes forward,” said Thompson. “There needs to be accountability.”
The hearing room was packed, including with several police officers who fought off the mob that day, and the family of one officer who died the day after the attack.
While the committee cannot make criminal charges, the Justice Department is monitoring its work.
So far, more than 840 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. Over 330 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors. Of the more than 200 defendants to be sentenced, approximately 100 received terms of imprisonment.
No former president has ever been federally prosecuted by the Justice Department.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Wednesday that Jan. 6 is “the most wide-ranging investigation and the most important investigation that the Justice Department has ever entered into.”
Five people died that day as Trump supporters battled the police in gory hand-to-hand combat to storm the Capitol. One officer has testified that she was “slipping in other people’s blood” as they tried to hold back the mob. One Trump supporter was shot and killed by police.
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Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick, Kevin Freking, Mike Balsamo, Chris Megerian in Washington and Jill Colvin in New York contributed to this report.
Follow AP’s coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearings at https://apnews.com/hub/capitol-siege.
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NATO poised to sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland
BRUSSELS (AP) - The 30 NATO allies started a ceremony to sign off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership bids of the two nations to the alliance capitals for legislative approvals.
The move further increases Russia’s strategic isolation in the wake of its invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February and military struggles there since.
“This is truly a historic moment for Finland, for Sweden and for NATO,” said alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
The 30 ambassadors and permanent representatives are formally approving the decisions of last week’s NATO summit when the alliance made the historic decision to invite Russia’s neighbor Finland and Scandinavian partner Sweden to join the military club.
Despite the agreement in the alliance, parliamentary approval in member state Turkey could still pose problems for their final inclusion as members.
Last week, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that Ankara could still block the process if the two countries fail to fully meet Turkey’s demand to extradite terror suspects with links to outlawed Kurdish groups or the network of an exiled cleric accused of a failed 2016 coup in Turkey.
He said Turkey’s Parliament could refuse to ratify the deal. It is a potent threat since NATO accession must be formally approved by all 30 member states, which gives each a blocking right.
Stoltenberg said he expected no change of heart. “There were security concerns that needed to be addressed. And we did what we always do at NATO. We found common ground.”
Every alliance nation has different legislative challenges and procedures to deal with, and it could take several more months for the two to become official members.
“I look forward to a swift ratification process,” said Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has given the process added urgency. It will ensconce the two nations in the Western military alliance and give NATO more clout, especially in the face of Moscow’s military threat.
“We will be even stronger and our people will be even safer as we face the biggest security crisis in decades,” said Stoltenberg.
Tuesday’s expected signing-off does bring both nations deeper into NATO’s fold already. As close partners, they already attended some meetings that involved issues that immediately affected them. As official invitees, they can attend all meetings of the ambassadors even if they do not yet have any voting rights.
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CyberProof's relationship with Microsoft – integrating the CyberProof Defense Center with Microsoft's XDR capabilities – illustrates how successful collaborations can transform security.
LONDON and ALISO VIEJO, Calif., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CyberProof, a UST company, announced that it is collaborating with Microsoft to provide Managed Extended Detection and Response (MXDR) capabilities for Microsoft Security Services for Enterprise, which is a new managed service for large enterprise customers and is part of Microsoft's new portfolio of security services. Microsoft Security Services for Enterprise is a comprehensive, expert-led service that combines proactive threat hunting and MXDR with dedicated Microsoft security experts to manage onboarding, daily interaction, practice modernization, and incident response. The service uses the human expertise and service delivery experience of MXDR providers such as CyberProof alongside internal Microsoft teams to extend threat detection and response across Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Sentinel security solutions.
CyberProof's experience with the most complex, enterprise-scale transformations helps customers reduce the cybersecurity risks associated with digital transformation. The CyberProof Defense Center platform runs natively on Microsoft Azure and integrates with the Microsoft Security stack. This enables CyberProof to help enterprises solve vital challenges as they scale their security operations – from log collection and analysis to proactively hunting for malicious threat activity.
CyberProof's nation-state trained cybersecurity experts provide Managed XDR services and expertise for enterprises looking to migrate from legacy, on-premises security solutions to cloud-native security. As a Microsoft Gold Partner with R&D teams working closely together in Tel Aviv, CyberProof collaborates with Microsoft to provide clients with end-to-end security services including advanced threat intelligence and hunting, use case engineering, and vulnerability management.
The expansion into this market by Microsoft provides validation of the significance of advanced MXDR services – which are growing rapidly. According to Gartner, 50 percent of organizations will be using MDR services for threat monitoring, detection, and response functions that offer threat containment and mitigation capabilities by 2025.
According to Tony Velleca, Chief Executive Officer, CyberProof, "Our Managed XDR service offering indicates a shift in security operations supported by cloud-native technology. Forward-thinking CISOs are quickly discovering the many benefits of a cloud-native security architecture and we are helping them solve the most complex challenges as co-innovation partners with Microsoft." He continued, "We are proud to work together with Microsoft as a part of Microsoft's partner community and are excited about the process Microsoft is undergoing."
According to Yuval Wollman, President, CyberProof, "CyberProof shares Microsoft's belief in the crucial importance of collaborating within the cybersecurity community to improve customers' threat detection and response capabilities. As members of Microsoft's partner community, we are now offering Managed XDR for Microsoft 365 Defender and Microsoft Sentinel in our portfolio." He added, "CyberProof was among the first to deploy Microsoft Sentinel in a highly regulated, global enterprise, and today, our close partnership with Microsoft is expanding to address the increasing demand for Managed XDR services."
According to Kelly Bissell, Corporate Vice President of Security Service Line, Microsoft, "CyberProof is committed to collaboration within the cybersecurity community. We value CyberProof's capabilities in cyber defense and appreciate the team working with us to improve the ability of our customers to predict, detect, and respond to security threats faster."
One can read more about CyberProof's Managed XDR service here.
About CyberProof
CyberProof, a UST company, is a cyber security platform and services innovator that is dedicated to helping companies use information technology to solve business problems without the fear of cyber-attacks. To achieve this, we combine our expert talent and SeeMo, our virtual analyst, with the power of strategic partnerships, visionary clients and academia. Our enterprise-scale approach allows us to effectively anticipate, adapt, and respond to cyber threats in an increasingly connected world while reducing complexity, and provide our customers with unmatched adaptability, transparency, and control. CyberProof is part of the UST family. Some of the world's largest enterprises trust us to create and maintain secure digital ecosystems using our comprehensive cyber security platform and mitigation services. For more information, see: www.cyberproof.com
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For more than 22 years, UST has worked side by side with the world's best companies to make a real impact through transformation. Powered by technology, inspired by people, and led by our purpose, we partner with our clients from design to operation. Through our nimble approach, we identify their core challenges and craft disruptive solutions that bring their vision to life. With deep domain expertise and a future-proof philosophy, we embed innovation and agility into our clients' organizations—delivering measurable value and lasting change across industries, and around the world. Together, with over 30,000 employees in 30 countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at ust.com
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Salt Lake City becomes 7th market with one-of-a-kind employer health center solution
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marathon Health, a national leader in employer health solutions for companies of all sizes, today announces the opening of its newest Network in Salt Lake City. The first health center, located in Draper Peaks, opens this month with more locations to follow from Ogden to Provo. Salt Lake City becomes the 7th market to provide this unique offering to local employers, joining Indianapolis; Charlotte, N.C.; Cincinnati; Columbus, Ohio; Las Vegas and Orlando, Fla.
"We love partnering with employers to design and deliver a totally different healthcare experience," said Jeff Wells, MD, CEO and co-founder of Marathon Health. "Our ability to flex and implement a solution that meets each employer's unique needs is critical, especially now as they face once-in-a-generation shifts in workplace culture."
Longtime client CHG Healthcare, based in Midvale, Utah will expand its onsite health center to include Network access for all employees and their dependents. "We're thrilled to offer another innovative solution that offers flexibility and choice for our people," said Anne Hopkins, Director of People & Operations, Benefits and Wellness for CHG Healthcare. "The Network center will provide extended hours so that our people and their families have another option for free healthcare in our hybrid work environment. Over the past 10 years, our partnership with Marathon Health has allowed us to continue to build better healthcare for our people."
Onsite health centers, which operate at an employer's place of business, are a great solution when there is a large concentration of employees in one place. For those with a hybrid workforce or with smaller concentrations across multiple offices, the Marathon Health Network is a great alternative. Network centers are located in popular areas where the employees and their families live, work and shop. That convenient access drives higher engagement, which in turn drives healthier behaviors and financial savings for the employee and the employer. This care model provides a turnkey health solution staffed with world-class providers, behavioral health counselors, onsite medications and labs, health coaches and incentive programming.
Marathon Health delivers an independent primary care model that gives providers extra time to build relationships with their patients and remains free of any hospital or health system partnership. This unique model includes multichannel access which is critical in delivering true primary care. Marathon Health's data-driven approach also gives employers comprehensive reporting and analytics to demonstrate the value of improvements and overall cost of care.
Marathon Health patients save their employers $2,000 on average annually and report better management of chronic conditions and their overall health. To date, Marathon Health has saved its clients more than $1 billion in healthcare costs.
Local employers, benefit consultants and healthcare professionals are invited to attend the grand opening of our Draper Peaks location at 131 East 12300 S. Unit R400 in Draper on August 23, 2022, from 8:30 – 10:30am. Tour the health center, meet the care team and learn more about providing this cost-saving benefit for your employees.
Marathon Health partners with employers to deliver a healthcare experience that's convenient and focused on driving real behavior change that results in better health outcomes and financial savings. Employers save an average of $2,000 for each employee who engages with Marathon Health, with the average company saving around $11 million. Marathon Health delivers its advanced primary care solution across more than 250 onsite, Network and virtual health centers in 42 states. Marathon Health was named Best in KLAS 2021 and 2020 for its excellence in Worksite Health Services. For more information, please visit www.marathon-health.com.
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Testimony: Florida school shooter was intellectually slow
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz as a toddler was intellectually and physically behind other children, which caused him to isolate himself and hit and bite to get what he wanted, a daycare administrator and former neighbor testified Tuesday at his penalty trial for mass murder.
Cruz’s attorneys began the second day of their defense by building on testimony that his birth mother’s cocaine and alcohol abuse during pregnancy left him severely brain damaged, putting him on a road that led to him murdering 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
They are trying to persuade his jury to sentence him to life without parole instead of death. Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to the murders, and the trial is only to determine his sentence.
Anne Fischer, who ran the daycare center Cruz attended from about age 1, said he did not progress as fast as other children and was smaller. She said while the other toddlers could ask for their water cups and use a spoon, Cruz could not. She said he would fall down when he tried to run, and his head and ears seemed disproportional to his body.
“He isolated himself a lot. He would sit in the corner and observe,” Fischer said. “Because of his language delays, it was easier to use your hands because you didn’t have the words to express yourself.”
He pushed other kids because he “didn’t know how to express himself,” she said. “If someone else had a toy that Nikolas wanted, he would just go up and grab the toy and hit the child’s hand to get the toy or the object. If a teacher was trying to work with him to get him to use his spoon or not his hand. He would hit the teacher’s hand away.”
She said Lynda Cruz, his adoptive mother, was loving toward Nikolas and tried to do the best she could, but was slow to admit he had problems.
She said that since the shooting, she sometimes feels a bit guilty, wondering if there was something she could have done “so he could be a better person.”
Patricia Devaney-Westerlind, who lived across the street from Lynda and Roger Cruz, said Lynda Cruz kept the family’s 4,500-square-foot home immaculate and that she was nurturing to Nikolas and his younger half-brother Zachary, whom the family also adopted.
“He was a cute little baby,” she said of Nikolas. “She would go and get him all these sailor outfits. She was just the happiest I ever saw her.”
But she saw many of the same issues that Fischer did — that other than her daughter, who was about eight months younger than him, Nikolas Cruz could not relate to other children.
“I didn’t see anything that different until about maybe 18 months old. He’s very, very hyper. Very,” she said. “Always running around. He wasn’t talking, so if he wanted a toy, he would go after someone.”
Devaney-Westerlind said when the children of the neighborhood would gather at her home, Cruz would stay by himself and hide behind the blinds.
“You’d see all the kids playing on the floor with different toys and he’d be somewhere else,” she said.
She said Cruz was a bed and pants wetter until he was 6 or 7, which caused other children to pick on him.
“He would get upset and he would start breaking their toys,” she said. “He would be very upset, he would clench his fists. He’d be very angry. It would go on for a while. He wouldn’t get over it.”
The defense is trying to overcome the prosecution’s case, which featured surveillance video of Cruz mowing down students and staff as he stalked a three-story building for seven-minutes, photos of the aftermath and a jury visit to the building.
For Cruz to receive a death sentence, the jury must be unanimous. If one juror votes for life, that will be his sentence.
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- Single Stock Futures (SSFs) is the second in a series of Derivatives products to be introduced in the Saudi Exchange
- 10 underlying stocks were selected for SSFs contracts based on certain criteria to ensure market interest and liquidity
- The launch of Single Stock Futures will enable the expansion of the Saudi Exchange's Derivatives Market to include additional derivatives products.
- SSFs contracts will be cleared and settled by Muqassa in line with international best practices.
- SSFs contracts will be live on the 4th of July 2022
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, June 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Saudi Exchange today announced its intention to launch Single Stock Futures (SSFs) contracts, the second derivatives product to be introduced in the Saudi Exchange. From the 4th of July 2022, the new contracts will be available to trade, that will commence on enabling local and international investors to hedge and manage portfolio risks more effectively as well as diversify products available for trading in the market.
SSFs contracts are standard futures contracts with an individual stock as its underlying asset. The underlying stocks have been selected from the largest and most liquid companies listed on the Saudi Exchange. SSFs are traded on the Exchange, similar to other cash market products. SSFs contracts will be cleared and settled by Securities Clearing Center Company "Muqassa" in line with international best practices.
Speaking on the occasion, Mohammed Al Rumaih, CEO of Saudi Exchange, said: "We are excited to introduce the second derivatives product to the Saudi Exchange, as we continue to deliver on our commitment to providing a sophisticated and innovative range of products and services to local and international investors. The launch of SSFs contracts further supports the advancement of the Saudi Capital Market by creating diversified offerings, complemented by hedging tools to manage risk and limit losses in adverse market conditions."
All investors can trade SSFs through a registered Derivatives member. The 10 underlying assets of the SSFs contracts include: Al Rajhi Bank, Saudi Aramco, Saudi National Bank, Alinma Bank, SABIC, stc, Saudi Kayan, Saudi Electricity, Almarai and Ma'aden. The stocks are selected based on a list of criteria that aims to ensure liquidity to meet market demand, maintain market integrity, and enable effective portfolio management, trading, and hedging opportunities.
The Saudi Exchange launched the Derivatives Market in 2020 and seeks to introduce additional derivatives products such as Single Stock Options.
Learn more about trading Single Stock Futures on the Saudi Exchange here: https://www.saudiexchange.sa/wps/portal/tadawul/knowledge-center/about/derivatives?locale=en
About Saudi Exchange
The Saudi Exchange is the authorized entity in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to act as the Kingdom's securities exchange (the Exchange), listing and trading in securities. The Saudi stock market is the 9th largest stock market among the 67 members of the World Federation of Exchanges and is the dominant market in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The Exchange is the 3rd largest stock market amongst its emerging market peers. For more information see: www.saudiexchange.sa
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CHICAGO, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a national leader in consumer financial services, PLS is concerned about how inflation is affecting its customer base. To support the community and help New Yorkers struggling financially during these challenging times, PLS lowered their check cashing rates. PLS is charging 1.99% on cashing payroll checks, recurring government benefits, and PLS Money Orders. PLS continues to sell money orders with no fees attached. PLS operates 43 community financial services centers in New York.
To let New Yorkers know about the lower rates, PLS is launching an outdoor advertising campaign in New York. Running from April 4 - May 29, 2022, the PLS Loves NY advertising campaign will consist of strategically placed ads inside buses and subway trains, on subway platforms, bus shelters, and street kiosks. The integrated campaign will also be featured in digital and social media.
"We want to do what we can to help the people of New York save money with financial solutions that are more affordable, especially now with inflation concerns. We're excited to be able to offer the kind of exceptional service we're known for and help people when they need it most." said Dan Wolfberg, Co-President of PLS."
About PLS®
PLS, headquartered in Chicago operates over 200 community financial services centers across the country. PLS believes that customers deserve better than the existing services available in the marketplace to meet their critical financial needs. PLS financial service centers offer free money orders, discounted check cashing, Xpectations!® Visa® Prepaid cards, money transfer services, and bill payments. Some PLS locations offer auto insurance, vehicle license, and registration services. The PLS brand also includes automobile dealerships located in Indiana and Texas. PLS employs over 3,000 team members from the neighborhoods it serves. PLS does not offer any lending products. Visit PLS at www.pls247.com for additional information on products and services.
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MONTREAL, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Lightspeed Commerce Inc. ("Lightspeed" or the "Company") (TSX: LSPD) (NYSE: LSPD), the one-stop commerce platform for merchants around the world to simplify, scale and create exceptional customer experiences, today announced it will report fourth quarter and full year 2022 financial results before the market open on Thursday, May 19, 2022. Management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company's financial results at 8:00am ET on Thursday, May 19, 2022.
Lightspeed Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results Conference Call
When: Thursday, May 19, 2022
Time: 8:00 am ET
Live Call Registration: https://conferencingportals.com/event/rPYvDbSx
Replay: (800) 770-2030 (US/Canada Toll-Free) or (647) 362-9199 (International). Conference ID 74316. (The replay will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the live call until 11:59 p.m. ET on May 26, 2022)
Webcast: https://investors.lightspeedhq.com
Investors and participants can register for the telephonic version of the call in advance by visiting https://conferencingportals.com/event/rPYvDbSx. After registering, instructions will be shared on how to join the call including dial-in information as well as a unique passcode and registrant ID. At the time of the call, registered participants will dial in using the numbers from the confirmation email, and upon entering their unique passcode and ID, will be entered directly into the conference.
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale and provide exceptional customer experiences. The cloud solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financing and connection to supplier networks.
Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality and golf businesses in over 100 countries.
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Grab Holdings Limited ("Grab" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GRAB). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Grab and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
In December 2021, Grab went public through a special-purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") merger, emphasizing the Company's dramatic growth in the food delivery, digital payments, ride-hailing and financial services areas through its "super app." The Company highlighted a purportedly significant opportunity for further growth in the firm's core businesses in Southeast Asia and other regions. Then, on March 3, 2022, Grab announced its first quarterly earnings report as a public company. Among other items, the Company reported a 44% revenue decline from the same period in the prior year, along with a loss of $3.6 billion for the year. Grab's management blamed the results on the Company's need to increase spending in order to offer higher commissions to attract drivers and greater incentives to users and partners.
On this news, Grab's stock price fell $1.95 per share, or 37.28%, to close at $3.28 per share on March 3, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Stitch Fix, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFIX).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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This lawsuit is on behalf of purchasers of Stitch Fix Class A common stock between December 8, 2020, and March 8, 2022, inclusive.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 25, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to the filed complaint, Stitch Fix made numerous false and misleading statements to investors concerning the synergy between the Company's Fix and Freestyle programs, and repeatedly denied claims that the Freestyle program could cannibalize the Company's legacy Fix business. Specifically, Stitch Fix repeatedly assured investors that the Company's Freestyle business was "an additive experience" and "complementary" to the Fix business, that "the combination of those two things will allow us to address many more types of clients," and that "we see solid growth in both sides of the business." In truth, Stitch Fix concealed that these programs were not complementary or additive. Stitch Fix knew that the Freestyle program would be much preferred to the Company's original Fix model and that the Freestyle program would inevitably cannibalize the Company's legacy Fix business.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a durable, affordable and earth-friendly alternative to conventional wooden ties used by railways," said an inventor, from Elgin, S.C., "so I invented the C G CROSSTIE. My design could help to preserve wooded areas and it could reduce the amount of waste delivered to landfills."
The invention provides a more reliable and long-lasting design for a railroad tie. In doing so, it offers an alternative to using wooden ties that eventually split and rot. As a result, it helps to reduce the cost while extending the life of ties. It also eliminates the need to cut down large swaths of old-growth trees. The invention features an environmentally-friendly design that is easy to install and maintain so it is ideal for the railroad industry.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CSK-171, 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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Biden launches $6B effort to save distressed nuclear plants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a $6 billion effort to rescue nuclear power plants at risk of closing, citing the need to continue nuclear energy as a carbon-free source of power that helps to combat climate change.
A certification and bidding process opened Tuesday for a civil nuclear credit program that is intended to bail out financially distressed owners or operators of nuclear power reactors, the U.S. Department of Energy told The Associated Press exclusively, shortly before the official announcement. It’s the largest federal investment in saving financially distressed nuclear reactors.
Owners or operators of nuclear power reactors that are expected to shut down for economic reasons can apply for funding to avoid closing prematurely. The first round of awards will prioritize reactors that have already announced plans to close.
The second round will be opened up to more economically at-risk facilities. The program was funded through President Joe Biden’s $1 trillion infrastructure deal, which he signed into law in November.
“U.S. nuclear power plants contribute more than half of our carbon-free electricity, and President Biden is committed to keeping these plants active to reach our clean energy goals,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement. “We’re using every tool available to get this country powered by clean energy by 2035, and that includes prioritizing our existing nuclear fleet to allow for continued emissions-free electricity generation and economic stability for the communities leading this important work.”
A strong majority of states — about two-thirds — say nuclear, in one fashion or another, will help take the place of fossil fuels. A dozen U.S. commercial nuclear power reactors have closed in the past decade before their licenses expired, largely due to competition from cheaper natural gas, massive operating losses due to low electricity prices and escalating costs, or the cost of major repairs.
This has led to a rise in emissions in those regions, poorer air quality and the loss of thousands of high-paying jobs, dealing an economic blow to local communities, according to the DOE. A quarter or more of the fleet is at risk, the DOE added. The owners of seven currently operating reactors have already announced plans to retire them through 2025.
Most U.S. nuclear plants were built between 1970 and 1990 and it’s costing more to operate an aging fleet. The only nuclear plant under construction in the United States is in Georgia. Costs have ballooned and another delay was announced in February.
The shuttered reactors include Indian Point Energy Center in New York, Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Massachusetts, Fort Calhoun Nuclear Generating Station in Nebraska and Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa. Entergy cited low natural gas prices and increased operating costs as key factors in its decision to close Indian Point last year. New York officials sought the shutdown, saying the plant 24 miles (39 kilometers) north of Manhattan posed too great a risk to millions of people who live and work nearby.
Twenty more reactors faced closure in the last decade before states stepped in to save them, according to the Nuclear Energy Institute, the industry’s trade association. Illinois is spending nearly $700 million to keep three plants open while additional renewable resources come online.
Low electricity prices are the main cause of this trend, though federal and state policies to boost wind and solar have contributed as well, the NEI added.
There are 55 commercial nuclear power plants with 93 nuclear reactors in 28 U.S. states. Nuclear power already provides about 20% of electricity in the U.S., or about half the nation’s carbon-free energy.
If reactors do close before their licenses expire, fossil fuel plants will likely fill the void and emissions will increase, which would be a substantial setback, said Andrew Griffith, acting assistant secretary for nuclear energy at DOE.
While natural gas may be cheaper, nuclear power hasn’t been given credit for its carbon-free contribution to the grid and that has caused nuclear plants to struggle financially, Griffith added.
The bailout for the nuclear industry is reminiscent of assistance the auto and airline industries received after the 2008 economic collapse and the coronavirus pandemic, respectively.
With barely a month left in office, former President George W. Bush authorized $25 billion in loans to General Motors and Chrysler from a $700 billion bailout fund initially intended to save the largest U.S. banks. After President Barack Obama took office in 2009, he appointed a task force to oversee GM and Chrysler, both of which eventually declared bankruptcy. The companies took an additional roughly $55 billion in aid and were forced to close factories and overhaul operations before recovering and adding jobs. Most of the industry’s bailout loans have been repaid.
More recently, airlines received $54 billion in taxpayer money to keep people employed through the pandemic, but they eliminated tens of thousands of jobs anyway by offering incentives for employees to quit or retire early.
David Schlissel, at the Ohio-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, said he wishes the federal government, before it allocated the $6 billion, had analyzed whether that money might have been better spent on ramping up renewables, battery storage and energy efficiency projects, which can be done quickly and cheaply to displace fossil fuels.
Now that the money is already set aside for nuclear plants, the federal tax credits for renewables should be extended and more should be invested in energy efficiency, he said, because the faster that’s done, the faster the nation reduces its dependence on fossil fuels and its emissions. Also, the nuclear plants are going to eventually retire, some sooner than later, so carbon-free sources of energy need to be in place for when they do, he added.
The Sierra Club has a nuclear free campaign that says nuclear is not a solution to climate change, and “every dollar spent on nuclear is one less dollar spent on truly safe, affordable and renewable energy sources.”
California is slated to close its last remaining nuclear power plant, Diablo Canyon, in 2025. Officials there think they can replace it with new solar, wind and battery storage resources, though skeptics have questioned whether California’s all-in renewable plan can work in a state of nearly 40 million people.
The Energy Department intends to accept annual applications for the civil nuclear credit program through fiscal 2031, or until the $6 billion runs out. Nuclear plant owners or operators can bid on credits for financial assistance to keep operating. To qualify, plant owners or operators have to show the reactors are projected to retire for economic reasons and emissions would increase. The department would also determine, with input from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, that they can operate safely.
Maria Korsnick, president and chief executive officer of NEI, said she thinks the federal program will level the playing field for nuclear energy and help clear a path to pass even more intensive policies, such as a nuclear production tax credit proposed in Biden’s now-stalled Build Back Better plan.
Democrats have said they hope to resuscitate parts of the social and environmental package and win over voters weary of the two-year-old pandemic and coping with the worst inflation in decades.
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McDermott reported from Providence, Rhode Island.
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LUXOR, Egypt, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The virtual world platform SuperWorld, along with renowned cryptoartist VESA have launched a groundbreaking art exhibit and NFT gallery in the Metaverse. The exhibit, entitled "LUXOR", features an AR / VR Luxor Temple modeled in 3D by the SuperWorld team, with dozens of NFT artworks created by VESA showcased throughout the virtual space.
The LUXOR project serves as a testament to the technology of the present and as a tribute to our ancient artistic and creative heritage.
"I'm thrilled to be working with VESA, and honored for the opportunity to bring his artistic and creative vision to life through the LUXOR project," said SuperWorld Co-Founder and CEO Hrish Lotlikar. "This exhibition is a great way to engage people in the history of the Luxor temple, introduce VESA's artwork to a broader range of NFT collectors, and showcase the amazing immersive tech we're building in SuperWorld."
"The culmination of this project, and having my work displayed in the Luxor temple in VR as designed by SuperWorld, is a tremendous honor," says VESA. "By resurrecting and paying tribute to the wisdom of our forgotten past and using it to articulate what is possible today, the Luxor project is not only exciting for me personally, but it also paves a roadmap for our creative future in the Metaverse."
The Luxor project's origin was initially inspired by Emmy-award winning writer, producer and Egyptologist, John Anthony West, whose series "Magical Egypt'' served as a catalyst for VESA in his journey toward creation. In addition, VESA has taken inspiration from the book Temple in Man, by R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, which crystallized his artistic vision and rendered the project all the more impactful. And thus, VESA has created a digital monument that–like all art which moves us–must ultimately be framed as a question: Where does our journey begin?
About SUPERWORLD
SuperWorld is a virtual world in augmented reality (AR), digitally mapped over the surface of the Earth. Plots of SuperWorld land are represented as non-fungible tokens (NFT) corresponding to real world space. Any user in SuperWorld can explore and create AR content, engage in a virtual real estate marketplace, or buy and sell NFTs in the SuperWorld NFT Salon. Visit SuperWorldapp.com
About VESA
The work of mixed media artist VESA combines photography, painting, bodypainting, and digital collaging into a single expression called "Artevo." VESA's art is featured in collections of some of the art world's biggest patrons, and his work has been widely featured from Forbes, BBC World News, and Vice, among others.
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Heat Advisory issued July 31 at 2:56AM MDT until July 31 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID
* WHAT…Hot temperatures of 95 to 103 degrees on Sunday
following poor overnight cooling tonight for many areas.
* WHERE…The eastern Magic Valley, Snake Plain, Arco Desert,
Marsh and Arbon Highlands and the Wood River Foothills.
* WHEN…From noon today to 9 PM MDT this evening.
* IMPACTS…Hot temperatures this afternoon following poor
overnight cooling this morning may cause heat illnesses to
occur.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
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ATLANTA -- A redistricting process set new boundaries for many state legislators ahead of Tuesday’s midterm primary, which led to some surprising outcomes, including the defeat of an incumbent lawmaker who oversaw the drawing of her district’s new boundaries.
Republican state Rep. Bonnie Rich of Suwanee, whose district was redrawn in her favor in a reapportionment committee she chaired, was unseated by Rep. David Clark, an outsider to many within his party and a thorn in the side of GOP House Speaker David Ralston.
Meanwhile, Democratic state representatives Shelly Hutchinson and Rebecca Mitchell were forced to cannibalize the other in order to win in their new Gwinnett County district. And a large turnover in experienced lawmakers is underway in the Legislature with both political parties losing valuable members to retirement and others giving up seats to run for statewide positions such as attorney general, lieutenant governor, labor commissioner and secretary of state.
The bulk of the attention from Tuesday’s election focused on the top of the ticket races for governor, U.S. Senate and Congress, but the GOP-controlled state Legislature oversees a $30 billion state budget that directly affects the lives of millions of Georgians.
For Rich, the loss to Clark is more surprising since she served as chair of the House majority caucus and of the House redistricting committee.
Clark, who is now set to take on Democratic nominee Louisa Shell Jackson in November, relished winning the primary by a 59% to 41% margin while fighting against the Republican political “machine.”
“The voters were clear this seat isn’t for sale,” Clark posted on Twitter. “Thank you to all the voters of HD100 for sending me back to the Capitol to be your voice! I will continue putting you first and doing what’s right no matter what.”
The Georgia Freedom Caucus, a conservative GOP legislative faction launched last December, also celebrated wins for each of its members during the primary, giving nods to Clark for his win over the “hand-picked establishment candidate.”
While Democrats had to play defense to contest the GOP’s new political maps, as a result of the new district, Hutchinson of Snellville edged out Mitchell by fewer than 900 votes to represent the Gwinnett County house district. Both candidates talked about the difficulties of running against a close ally.
Mitchell in 2020 defeated moderate Republican Rep. Brett Harrell. Hutchinson in November will face Republican Preston Wren.
And in rare intraparty public rebuke, a group of Democratic state legislators representing Gwinnett denounced the campaign tactics used by Nabilah Islam to win her Senate primary over Beth Moore, who is currently a state representative.
Islam barely avoided the June runoff by earning above the 50% plus one vote threshold, after earning 5,740 votes to Moore’s 5,662, or 50.3% to 49.7%, according to unofficial results.
But her tactics of sending mailers claiming Moore voted with Republicans 90% of the time prompted criticism from the Democratic House members representing Gwinnett, who said she weaponized statistics about votes with widespread bipartisan support.
“The four mailers sent out so far by Ms. Islam use Trump-like tactics designed to spread lies and misinformation in order to deceive voters,” the May 16 statement said. “We cannot sit idly by while the truth is under attack, nor as the reputation of Beth Moore – our colleague, our friend, and a true blue Democrat – is tarnished with falsehoods.”
But Islam fired back at the claims that she was spreading misinformation about Moore, claiming that Moore’s voting history was an outlier from the majority of her Democratic colleagues.
State Senate Majority Caucus Chairman John Kennedy, a Macon Republican, congratulated the slate of Republican state Senate nominees who now advance to the general election.
Each of the party’s Senate incumbents survived the primary, although the party will have to replace a group of retirees such as Rules Chairman Jeff Mullis and veteran Sens. Burt Jones and Butch Miller, who both ran for lieutenant governor.
Kennedy oversaw the Senate redrawing process that resulted in his opponent getting disqualified because her home was moved 200 yards out of the district.
“With this historic ground game in place, we are confident that we will be able to preserve and grow the Republican Senate Majority that has delivered tremendous, conservative leadership for our state – and bolster Republican candidates up and down the ticket,” he said in a statement issued by Citizens for a Greater Georgia.
Veteran Atlanta Democratic Rep. Roger Bruce is headed to a runoff against Rashaun Kemp next month.
House Democratic Minority Leader James Beverly, a Macon Democrat, said he’s impressed with the candidates that emerged from the primary and those heading for runoffs, especially new faces who will try to replace a wealth of institutional knowledge at the Legislature lost this year.
“The vacancies that they left, the people who stepped into the (races) are phenomenal, good, solid people,” he said Wednesday. “We want to make sure we get that core of people integrated into what we’re doing in the House.”
For example, in the Democratic Party primary for lieutenant governor, three metro Atlanta state representatives -- Derrick Jackson, Renitta Shannon and Erick Allen -- failed to make it to the runoff, but three potential Democratic replacements emerged from their House primaries.
Additionally, two incumbents running for seats in the opposite chamber, became the Democratic party’s nominees. Sen. Michelle Au, of Johns Creek, won a primary House district while Rep. Josh McLaurin of Sandy Springs earned the nod for a Senate race. | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/election-shuffles-lawmakers-redistricting-chair-loses-on-map-she-helped-draw-up/article_a112a476-de7d-11ec-bb87-37de916f3052.html | 2022-05-28T14:18:15Z |
Stenfeldt brings world-class enterprise software experience to lead inriver in sustained global growth
MALMÖ, Sweden and CHICAGO, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inriver, a software company that empowers organizations to deliver revenue-driving product information management (PIM) across every customer touchpoint, is pleased to announce the appointment of Niels Stenfeldt as the company's new CEO, effective September 1. An experienced chief executive with deep domain and industry expertise in product data technologies, Stenfeldt will lead inriver in its next phase of global growth and capture the significant market opportunity for the PIM industry as a whole. He succeeds Thomas Zanzinger, who led the company through COVID and its recent majority growth investment from THL Partners. Zanzinger remains a senior advisor to inriver and its board of directors.
Stenfeldt brings to inriver over 20 years of experience growing B2B enterprise software companies and successfully leading go-to-market strategy. He most recently served as CEO of Stibo Systems, a leader in master data management (MDM), where he played an integral role in growing the company's global customer base. Prior to Stibo, Stenfeldt led a global growth strategy as the head of worldwide sales and services for Esko, a packaging software company. In addition, Stenfeldt has held leadership roles at Oracle, SAP, OpenText, and Evenex (acquired by HighJump). Stenfeldt currently serves as chairman of the board of directors for Boyum IT Solutions and has been a member of the board of directors for inriver since July.
"I am thrilled by the opportunity to lead this exceptional company and work alongside some of the industry's best professionals as we continue to better serve our customers' evolving needs and accelerate growth in new customers across the globe. Inriver has a truly special position in this space of managing product data, and I strongly believe this industry will continue to rise in importance over the next several years as commerce becomes increasingly digital," said Stenfeldt. "I want to commend Thomas for his leadership and accomplishments as CEO, who during his time elevated inriver into one of the world's leading SaaS-based PIM technologies. I am sincerely honored to have the opportunity to succeed him from this point forward."
"Building on our remarkable track record to date and looking toward the next set of growth opportunities still ahead, inriver is very well-positioned for the future. Niels brings valuable understanding of customer needs and go-to-market strategies, and I have the highest confidence that he will help drive the company to new levels of success, accelerating growth globally while continuing to provide excellent software and services to our customers and external partners," said Zanzinger. "I welcome Niels to the inriver family and look forward to continuing to contribute to our mission as a senior advisor."
About inriver:
Inriver empowers organizations to deliver revenue-driving product information at every touchpoint. Inriver's Digital-first PIM™ enables organizations to bring compelling product stories to life for highly customized purchases, obtain actionable guidance on what influences buying decisions, and then quickly adapt to put insights into action. Inriver helps B2B and B2C organizations turn product information into strategic assets to drive revenue for over 1,600 brands and 700 customers globally. Headquartered in Malmö, Sweden, inriver has offices in Amsterdam, Chicago, Davao, London, Manila, Munich and Stockholm. For more information, please visit www.inriver.com.
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BANGALORE, India, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --South India's diversified Sona Group has forged a 50:50 joint venture with Australia's Mycelium Biotechnology Group to set up a state-of-the art Mycelium research and production facility in Salem.
Mycelium Biotechnology is an Australian group known for pioneering innovative solutions to optimise human and planetary health, using mycelium and other extracts from Mushrooms, an abundantly available and sustainable natural resource. As a global mushroom biotechnology group, Mycelium Biotechnology is engaged in mushroom growing, global distribution and offering biotechnology and nutraceuticals solutions through global partners.
According to Mr Chocko Valliappa, Vice Chairman of The Sona group, "We are happy to forge the Mycelium Sona Biotech joint venture with Australia's Mycelium Biotechnology, a research focused world leader in Mycelium based products and solution provider. The partnership will leverage Sona Group's research and innovation framework to add to the vast range of IP and patentable technologies."
The JV named as Mycelium Sona Biotech (MSB) has set up a research facility at Salem to focus on Nanotech Research, IP development, Extract Manufacturing, Milling, Bottling and eCommerce. Billed as one of the largest mushrooms laboratories in India at Salem with best Global Manufacturing Practices, MSB laboratory will research and grow high end mushrooms, extract Mushroom and Mycelium compounds, produce nutraceuticals that conform to FSSAI and FDA certification.
"We see great opportunity in the Indian market moving forward. Sona's background in health tech and research development is a perfect partnership for us to further advance our nano compound extraction IP. The launch of the first MSB facility in Salem comes at the most opportune time soon after signing of the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and India" says Mr William Scott, Chairman of Mycelium Biotechnology group.
With R&D, Business and Distribution centres located across Australia's East Coast as well as manufacturing facilities in Wisconsin (USA), Mycelium Biotechnology owns scores of IP. The bulk of this IP relates to cultivation methods and associated medium formulations for nearly 20 mushroom species, extraction processes of mushroom and mycelium biomass and formulations of mushroom extracts.
Some of the key portfolio companies expanding through the joint-venture include the following:
- REMbiotics, one of the divisions of Mycelium Biotechnology, addresses the global issue of depression (MDD, TRD, PTSD) using specific mushroom mycelium bioactive compounds combined with Australian native bush foods for a beneficial and synergistic effect.
- Shroompac focuses on mushroom and mycelium-derived sustainable eco-packaging materials for industrial and consumer applications.
- Preotica is an evolutionary life sciences company that has been focusing on enhancing animal immunity and microbial health. Utilising mycelium biotechnology extraction processes, the Preotica product has been able to produce some remarkable results, specifically in the poultry industry, aquaculture industry and for beekeepers across Australia.
The medicinal mushroom industry is expected to grow exponentially as more and more of the 5.1 million mushroom species are researched. The global fungi industry is forecast to exceed USD $86B by 2025, up from $53.7B in 2019. Growth will be powered in part by culinary demand, but an even larger driver will be rising adoption by the pharmaceutical industry. Varieties such as Chaga, not ever seen on a dinner plate, are now in the supplement spotlight.[1]
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio school districts could begin arming employees as soon as this fall under a bill signed into law Monday by GOP Gov. Mike DeWine.
The law, as enacted, requires up to 24 hours of training before an employee can go armed, and up to eight hours of annual training. The training programs must be approved by the Ohio School Safety Center, and DeWine announced he’s ordering the center to require the maximum 24 hours and the maximum eight hours.
Schools can provide additional training if they wish, DeWine said.
Before announcing the bill signing, the governor outlined several other school safety measures he and lawmakers have promoted, including $100 million for school security upgrades in schools and $5 million for upgrades at colleges.
The state is also adding 28 employees to the school safety center to work with districts on safety issues and to provide training under the new law. Ohio has also provided $1.2 billion in wellness funding for schools to address mental health and other issues, the governor said.
The new law “is giving schools an option, based on their particular circumstances, to make the best decision they can make with the best information they have,” DeWine said.
The governor said his preference remains that school districts hire armed school resource officers, but said the law is another tool for districts that want to protect children. He emphasized that it’s optional, not a requirement.
Several big-city Ohio mayors — all Democrats — joined together Monday afternoon to criticize the measure and failure of Republican lawmakers to consider any gun control proposals. The mayors are seeking universal background checks, red flag laws to take firearms away from anyone who is perceived a threat, raising the legal age for gun purchases to 21, and a ban on assault rifles like the kind used in the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting that killed 19 elementary students and two teachers.
“All of these things are common sense,” said Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz. “We’re in a situation where we can’t pass legislation that 95% of our citizens support.”
Also Monday, former Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, DeWine’s Democratic opponent for governor, criticized DeWine for signing the armed school employees bill, saying he had failed to make good on his promise to address gun violence after a mass shooting in Dayton killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen in August 2019.
Whaley also criticized DeWine for previously signing bills that eliminated Ohioans’ duty to retreat before using force — the so-called “stand your ground” bill — and made a concealed weapons permit optional for those legally allowed to carry a weapon. The concealed weapons change took effect Monday.
“The politics got hard and Mike DeWine folded,” Whaley said. “Nine people in Dayton was worth the political risk.”
In the wake of the Dayton massacre, DeWine announced his “STRONG Ohio” plan to address gun violence. His proposals include higher penalties for violent felons caught with guns and ensure that mentally ill people don’t have guns if a court deems them dangerous to themselves and others.
Cracking down on violent felons is also a way to protect children, the governor said. “We’re seeing a lot of children who are killed not in school, but in their own homes, on their own streets,” DeWine said. “And they’re killed by violent offenders, and they’re usually repeat violent offenders, who are shooting randomly, or shooting at somebody and the kid gets in the way.”
Last year, 120 children died of gunfire, compared to 96 in 2020 and 71 in 2019, according to state Health Department data.
DeWine on Monday once again called on fellow Republican lawmakers to approve those measures, though they’ve shown no interest in the bills so far.
Democrats have said the law sends the wrong message coming so soon after the Uvalde massacre. Republicans say the measure could prevent such shootings. Lawmakers fast-tracked the legislation to counter the impact of a court ruling that said, under current law, armed school workers would need hundreds of hours of training.
The measure is opposed by major law enforcement groups, gun control advocates, and the state’s teachers unions. It’s supported by a handful of police departments and school districts.
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Gillispie reported from Cleveland. | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/ohio-governor-signs-bill-allowing-armed-school-employees/ | 2022-06-14T06:56:36Z |
BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, Inc. (Nasdaq: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Total revenues were RMB6.7 billion (US$993.8 million1), decreasing 13% year over year.
- Membership services revenue was RMB4.3 billion (US$639.7 million), increasing 7% year over year.
- Operating income was RMB125.8 million (US$18.8 million) and operating income margin was 2%, compared to operating loss of RMB1.1 billion and operating loss margin of 15% in the same period in 2021.
- Non-GAAP operating income2 was RMB343.8 million (US$51.3 million) and non-GAAP operating income margin was 5%, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of RMB779.4 million and non-GAAP operating loss margin of 10% in the same period in 2021.
- Net loss attributable to iQIYI was RMB214.0 million (US$31.9 million), compared to net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.4 billion in the same period in 2021.
- Non-GAAP net income attributable to iQIYI2 was RMB78.3 million (US$11.7 million), compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.1 billion in the same period in 2021.
"We fought against the gravity of macro downturn throughout the second quarter of 2022 and booked operating profit growth. The process was extremely challenging, but the result was absolutely remarkable." commented Mr. Yu Gong, Founder, Director, and Chief Executive Officer of iQIYI. "In the third quarter, we built important partnership with Douyin and PAG. This together with the positive momentum of a series of blockbuster new releases makes us more confident than ever that we will be able to deliver greater profit growth in the future."
"Our gross margin expanded in the last three consecutive quarters, reflecting ongoing gains in the ROI of our content business. Meanwhile, we kept our spending disciplined and stabilized total operating expenses in the second quarter." commented Mr. Jun Wang, Chief Financial Officer of iQIYI. "We are committed to building a healthy and sustainable business that generates long-term value for our stakeholders."
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
Second Quarter 2022 Other Operating Highlights
- The average daily number of total subscribing members3 for the quarter was 98.3 million, compared to 99.2 million for the same period in 2021 and 101.4 million for the first quarter in 2022. The average daily number of subscribing members excluding individuals with trial memberships4 for the quarter was 97.7 million, compared to 98.5 million for the same period in 2021 and 100.8 million for the first quarter in 2022.
- The monthly average revenue per membership (ARM5) for the second quarter was RMB14.53, compared to RMB13.42 for the same period in 2021 and RMB14.69 for the first quarter in 2022, increasing 8% year over year.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Total revenues reached RMB6.7 billion (US$993.8 million), decreasing 13% year over year.
Membership services revenue was RMB4.3 billion (US$639.7 million), increasing 7% year over year, primarily attributable to the increase in ARM, as we launched a variety of premium content that elevated user experiences and continued to refine operations to improve monetization capabilities.
Online advertising services revenue was RMB1.2 billion (US$178.2 million), decreasing 35% year over year, primarily due to challenging macroeconomic environment, pandemic resurgence, and our strategy leading to fewer number of variety shows launched.
Content distribution revenue was RMB479.3 million (US$71.6 million), decreasing 30% year over year, primarily due to the decrease in the value of cash transactions and barter transactions.
Other revenues were RMB698.4 million (US$104.3 million), decreasing 37% year over year, primarily due to the soft performance of various business lines.
Cost of revenues was RMB5.2 billion (US$783.5 million), decreasing 24% year over year, primarily due to lower content costs during the quarter. Content costs as a component of cost of revenues were RMB3.9 billion (US$578.7 million), decreasing 24% year over year. The decrease in content cost resulted from our improvement in content strategy and improvement in operating efficiency.
Selling, general and administrative expenses were RMB800.6 million (US$119.5 million), decreasing 32% year over year, primarily due to the decrease in marketing spending, share-based compensation expenses, and personnel-related compensation expenses.
Research and development expenses were RMB482.2 million (US$72.0 million), decreasing 29% year over year, primarily due to the decrease of personnel-related compensation expenses.
Operating income was RMB125.8 million (US$18.8 million), compared to operating loss of RMB1.1 billion in the same period in 2021. Operating income margin was 2%, compared to operating loss margin of 15% in the same period in 2021. Non-GAAP operating income was RMB343.8 million (US$51.3 million) and non-GAAP operating income margin was 5%, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of RMB779.4 million and non-GAAP operating loss margin of 10% in the same period in 2021.
Total other expense was RMB291.0 million (US$43.4 million), compared to total other expense of RMB226.4 million during the same period of 2021. The year over year increase was a combined result of the foreign exchange loss driven by the appreciation of U.S. dollar against Renminbi, decreased interest expenses mainly due to the adoption of ASU 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity's Own Equity and less principal amount of convertible bond, as well as the fluctuation of other items.
Loss before income taxes was RMB165.2 million (US$24.7 million), compared to loss before income taxes of RMB1.3 billion in the same period in 2021.
Income tax expense was RMB36.2 million (US$5.4 million), compared to income tax expense of RMB30.4 million in the same period in 2021.
Net loss attributable to iQIYI was RMB214.0 million (US$31.9 million), compared to net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.4 billion in the same period in 2021. Diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS was RMB0.28 (US$0.04) for the second quarter of 2022, compared to diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS of RMB1.75 in the same period of 2021. Non-GAAP net income attributable to iQIYI was RMB78.3 million (US$11.7 million), compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.1 billion in the same period in 2021. Non-GAAP diluted net income attributable to iQIYI per ADS was RMB0.10 (US$0.01), compared to non-GAAP diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS of RMB1.33 in the same period of 2021.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments of RMB4.9 billion (US$733.0 million).
Conference Call Information
iQIYI's management will hold an earnings conference call at 7:00 AM on August 30, 2022, U.S. Eastern Time (7:00 PM on August 30, 2022, Beijing Time).
Please register in advance of the conference using the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, passcode and unique access PIN by a calendar invite.
Participant Online Registration: https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10024346-sgdy7f.html
It will automatically direct you to the registration page of " iQIYI Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call", where you may fill in your details for RSVP.
In the 10 minutes prior to the call start time, you may use the conference access information (including dial-in number(s), passcode and unique access PIN) provided in the calendar invite that you have received following your pre-registration.
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call through September 6, 2022.
Dial-in numbers for the replay are as follows:
International Dial-in +1 855 883 1031
Passcode: 10024346
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://ir.iqiyi.com/.
About iQIYI, Inc.
iQIYI, Inc. is an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China. Its corporate DNA combines creative talent with technology, fostering an environment for continuous innovation and the production of blockbuster content. We produce, aggregate and distribute a wide variety of professionally produced content, or PPC, as well as a broad spectrum of other video content in a variety of formats. The Company distinguishes itself in the online entertainment industry by its leading technology platform powered by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core proprietary technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with tremendous user engagement, and has developed a diversified monetization model including membership services, online advertising services, content distribution, online games, live broadcasting, IP licensing, talent agency, online literature, etc.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this announcement, as well as iQIYI's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. iQIYI may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about iQIYI's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: iQIYI's strategies; iQIYI's future business development, financial condition and results of operations; iQIYI's ability to retain and increase the number of users, members and advertising customers, and expand its service offerings; competition in the online entertainment industry; changes in iQIYI's revenues, costs or expenditures; Chinese governmental policies and regulations relating to the online entertainment industry, general economic and business conditions globally and in China and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the press release, and iQIYI undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement iQIYI's consolidated financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, iQIYI uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating (loss)/income, non-GAAP operating (loss)/income margin, non-GAAP net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, non-GAAP diluted net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI per ADS and free cash flow. The presentation of the non-GAAP financial measure is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
iQIYI believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its operating performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its business operating results, such as operating performance excluding non-cash charges or non-operating in nature. The Company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to the non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to iQIYI's historical operating performance. The Company believes the non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. A limitation of using these non-GAAP financial measures is that the non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that have been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant component in the Company's results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to the Company's data.
Non-GAAP operating (loss)/income represents operating (loss)/income excluding share-based compensation expenses, amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations and non-recurring employee severance costs.
Non-GAAP net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, Inc. represents net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, Inc. excluding share-based compensation expenses, amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations, non-recurring employee severance costs, disposal gain or loss, impairment of long-term investments, fair value change of long-term investments, adjusted for related income tax effects. iQIYI's share of equity method investments for these non-GAAP reconciling items, amortization and impairment of intangible assets not on the investees' books, accretion of their redeemable non-controlling interests, and the gain or loss associated with the issuance of shares by the investees at a price higher or lower than the carrying value per shares, adjusted for related income tax effects, are also excluded.
Non-GAAP diluted net (loss)/income per ADS represents diluted net (loss)/income per ADS calculated by dividing non-GAAP net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, Inc, which is adjusted for accretion for the redeemable non-controlling interests, by the weighted average number of ordinary shares expressed in ADS.
Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures.
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BANDERA COUNTY, Texas, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Patten Properties, a leader in premium recreation and residential property, is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of Grand View Ranch, a new hill county community outside of San Antonio, featuring 5 to 20 acre ranches with 40 mile views of the hills and valleys, starting from $99,900. Properties will be available to view and purchase on Saturday, July 9th, 2022.
"Whether you're looking for a weekend spot to getaway, or a place to build your forever home, Grand View Ranch is not just a place to live, it's a place to experience the hill country." Says Ranch Manager, David McCumber. "These amazing view ranches are minutes to Bandera, the Cowboy Capital of the World, or what we like to call, the Front Porch of the Hill Country," McCumber adds.
Grand View Ranch is a gated community with paved streets, underground utilities, and fiber optic internet. Residents here can enjoy the city amenities of nearby San Antonio, Boerne and Kerrville, with the privacy and well-being that can only be experienced in a peaceful home in the unspoiled countryside. With no time limit to build, property owners have the freedom to buy now, build when they're ready, and choose their own builder. Excellent financing is available, including special financing for Texas Veterans.
"The hill country area is not only one of the most in-demand locations in Texas, but in the entire country," McCumber continues. "Please don't miss this opportunity to take advantage of one of the most spectacular land buys in recent years."
Properties will be shown by appointment only, first come, first served on Saturday, July 9th. You can schedule your viewing online, https://grandviewranchtx.com/schedule-a-viewing/ or for a priority appointment or questions, call or text (833) 272-1810.
Patten Properties and its partners are recognized as being among the industry's foremost authorities on real estate investment and development across the nation. Our culture is founded on integrity and professionalism, which we proudly combine with a commitment to creating value and opportunity in today's exciting real estate environment.
BUILD IT UP is a program that Patten Properties developed for the purpose of creating a supportive connection with the surrounding community. Through the program, they will be donating $100 for every lot sold during the Grand Opening event on July 9th. They have chosen the Tarpley Volunteer Fire Department to be the benefactor of this event.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will address the U.N. Security Council for the first time Tuesday at a meeting that is certain to focus on what appear to be widespread deliberate killings of civilians by Russian troops.
The dead were discovered after the withdrawal of Russian forces from a town on the outskirts of the capital, Kyiv, and have sparked global outrage and vehement denials from the Russian government that it was responsible.
The United Kingdom, which holds the council presidency this month, announced late Monday that Zelenskyy would speak at the open meeting called for Tuesday to discuss the situation in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy is to address the U.N.’s most powerful body virtually after it receives briefings from U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, his political chief Rosemary DiCarlo, and U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths, who is trying to arrange an immediate humanitarian cease-fire and met with senior Russian officials in Moscow on Monday and will shortly be heading to Ukraine.
Videos and photos of streets in the town of Bucha strewn with corpses of what appeared to be civilians, some with their hands tied behind their back, have led to global revulsion, calls for tougher sanctions on Russia and its suspension from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body, the Human Rights Council.
According to Ukraine’s prosecutor-general, Iryna Venediktova, the bodies of 410 civilians have been removed from Bucha and other Kyiv-area towns that were recently retaken from Russian troops.
Associated Press journalists have reported seeing dozens of bodies in various spots around Bucha, northwest of the capital. The bodies included a group of nine in civilian clothes who appeared to have been shot at close range. At least two had their hands tied behind their backs. A bag of spilled groceries was near one of the dead.
Russia’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused Ukraine and the West on Monday of “a false flag attempt” to blame Russian troops for atrocities in Bucha that he charged were committed by Ukrainian nationalists. He called video of bodies lying in the streets “a crude forgery,” and insisted that during the time that Bucha was under Russian control, “not a single local person has suffered from any violent action.”
At a news conference, the Russian ambassador showed brief video footage of the smiling mayor of Bucha on March 31 calling the withdrawal of Russian forces a victory of the Ukrainian army and never mentioning “any mass atrocities, dead bodies, killings, graves or anything like that.” He also showed footage from Ukrainian television on April 2 showing Ukrainian soldiers entering Bucha, with “no dead bodies in the streets.”
He said Russia would present further “factual evidence” to the Security Council on Tuesday.
Nebenzia was asked whether he believed videos of Ukrainian family members speaking about the deaths of loved ones killed by Russian troops were also faked. He responded: “This is warfare. In warfare anything happens. You cannot exclude that civilians are dying. That is a sad fact of life.”
But he again charged that the Bucha videos were “staged.”
Britain’s U.N. ambassador, Barbara Woodward, called the images from Bucha “harrowing, appalling, probable evidence of war crimes and possibly a genocide,” and she said the Security Council needs “to think about how we deal with that.”
The council remains paralyzed on taking any action on Ukraine because Russia as one of its five permanent members has veto power. But the 193-member General Assembly, where there are no vetoes, has condemned Russia’s invasion and demanded an immediate cessation of hostilities, withdrawal of Russian forces and protection for civilians.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced Monday that the United States will soon introduce a General Assembly resolution that would suspend Russia from the U.N.’s premiere human rights body, the 57-nation Human Rights Council, saying there are increasing signs that it committed war crimes in Ukraine. The council is based in Geneva but its members are elected by the 193-nation General Assembly.
Thomas-Greenfield told NPR late Monday that the U.S. plans to seek a vote “as soon as possible this week, and possibly as early as Thursday.”
Any resolution to suspend Russia’s membership rights would require support from two-thirds of member countries that vote “yes” or “no.” Assembly resolutions are not legally binding — unlike Security Council resolutions — but they do have clout as a reflection of global opinion.
Russia had sought an emergency meeting of the Security Council to discuss Bucha on Monday afternoon, but Woodward told reporters that with Tuesday’s council meeting already scheduled “we didn’t see a good reason to have two meetings back-to-back on Ukraine.”
Nebenzia was asked if the U.S.-led effort to suspend Russia from the rights council and Britain’s refusal to hold an emergency Security Council meeting Monday at Russia’s request would affect talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
“This will not facilitate or encourage, or be helpful, to what is happening between Russian and Ukrainian peace talks,” Nebenzia said. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ukraines-president-to-address-un-security-council-on-war/ | 2022-04-05T13:42:58Z |
Teen battling brain-eating amoeba after swimming at Fla. beach
FORT MYERS, Fla. (WBBH) - Friends and family are hoping a 13-year-old boy from Florida pulls through after he was hospitalized due to a brain-eating amoeba.
Supporters of 13-year-old Caleb Ziegelbauer gathered Saturday outside Golisano Children’s Hospital wearing yellow, his favorite color, and holding signs expressing their love. The teenager has been at the hospital for more than two weeks.
“Wake up, Caleb. We just want you to wake up and open your eyes,” family friend Marla Kaluzavich said.
Caleb went swimming with his family July 1 at the Port Charlotte Beach Park. His aunt, Katie Chiet, says five days later, he got a fever – just before the family was heading out on a 19-day road trip.
“He started becoming disoriented and hallucinating, and they had to bring him here,” Chiet said.
Doctors say a brain-eating amoeba swam up Caleb’s nose and infected his brain. According to experts, 97% of people never recover from it.
However, the 13-year-old’s family is staying positive throughout the diagnosis.
“We try not to look at the numbers too much because there are miracles that happen every day, and I think we’re just going to see another one that happens here,” said the teen’s aunt, Lesley Cornelisen.
Family and friends, some of whom flew in from Minnesota, know Caleb may not have been able to see their display in the hospital parking lot, but they hope he can feel the support as he continues his battle.
“Wake up, buddy. We love you. We’re all here for you,” Chiet said.
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XIAN, Shaanxi, China, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shaanxi carried out an online marketing campaign— "Living Relics"—on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram from 17th to 21st May. During this campaign, "cultural relics" were placed in ancient environments, such as the "Western Zhou bronze mother and baby tigers" in the mountains and the "terra cotta senior officer" on the battlefield. The background of the cultural relics and the creative thinking behind them were perfectly presented. The charming cultural relics kept by major museums in Shaanxi Province and the profound historical, cultural accumulation of Shaanxi are demonstrated to overseas fans.
Visit Shaanxi launched the "Living Relics" campaign on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, where it introduced cultural relics of well-known museums in Shaanxi and historical stories about the cultural relics. The relics of Shaanxi were displayed to overseas fans in a more direct and more infectious manner with exquisite posters, which inspired the fans' exploratory curiosity.
The marketing campaign lasted for five days, gaining over 5.1 million impressions and over 100,000 interactions in total. Though the campaign has come to an end, its impressions and interactions are still growing. This online campaign has brought the platforms closer to the fans and enriched the image of Shaanxi's cultural tourism to its fans worldwide.
Cultural relics are not merely exhibits in the museum, they should be shown to the public with a more direct and more distinctive approach. By combining the rich historical and cultural deposits of Shaanxi and the media habits of overseas users, this "Living Relics" online event was an important effort to increase the global influence of Shaanxi's cultural tourism brand. In the future, Shaanxi will continue operating its cultural tourism brand regularly, and actively explore new possibilities for its cultural tourism to go global. It will give full play to its deep historical and cultural foundation and let fans from all over the world to get to know and fall in love with Shaanxi with cultural relics as the bridge.
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- Munich Re now endorses EvolutionIQ's claims guidance platform to the North American business partners and firms it reinsures
- Proprietary deep learning delivers comprehensive and continuous claims analysis, daily reprioritization and transparent decision-making guidance for examiners
- Partners' combined experiences and expertise help increase claim capacities and lower claim costs for insurers
NEW YORK, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EvolutionIQ and Munich Re North America Life (Munich Re) today announced they have entered into a strategic partnership to expand the use of next-generation artificial intelligence (AI)-based claims guidance to disability insurance carriers across North America. Under the agreement, Munich Re, as part of its insurance advisory services, will offer disability insurers in the U.S. and Canada direct access to EvolutionIQ's industry-leading claims guidance platform.
Leveraging advanced machine learning, EvolutionIQ's platform integrates with an insurer's system to monitor daily open claims, and then guide claims examiners to cases that require more attention, new actions, or complex decision-making. Insurance carriers and third-party administrators using EvolutionIQ for more than one year saw shorter claim cycles, which increases claimant satisfaction and allows for benefits to be paid faster; loss ratio reductions of up to 3.3 percent; and claim flow-through reductions, which measure movement from short-term disability to more costly long-term disability, of up to 45 percent – with all of the improvements directly attributable to EvolutionIQ.
This partnership will combine EvolutionIQ's advanced technology and Munich Re's deep expertise in disability insurance to help return disability claimants to work faster while reducing claim losses and expenses. Benefits of the partnership for insurance carriers include:
- Access to EvolutionIQ's dedicated team of experts for seamless program adoption
- Access to Munich Re's group and individual disability expertise and advisory services
- Rapid program deployment, with the platform typically operational in less than eight weeks
"Munich Re is the industry standard for reinsurance in the disability space, so they know firsthand how complex the sector is – and how ripe it is for modernization," said Michael Saltzman, COO and Co-Founder of EvolutionIQ. "We have long been impressed by Munich Re's digital transformation work and we are proud to be the claims guidance solution the company is recommending to their trusted partners and clients. Working together, we are going to dramatically increase claimant satisfaction, while simultaneously increasing efficiency and reducing costs in carrier claims departments."
"EvolutionIQ offers our industry a significant opportunity to control claim costs while delivering enhanced claimant satisfaction," said Mark Costello, Senior Vice President, Group and Living Benefits Reinsurance at Munich Re Life US. "Through this partnership, we have the opportunity to help our clients and their customers save money and reduce costs. We are excited to work with EvolutionIQ to deliver cutting-edge technology that delivers real business impact to our clients."
About EvolutionIQ
EvolutionIQ is the leading provider of claims guidance software. Using advanced, proprietary machine learning and natural language processing, the claims guidance platform actively monitors extremely complex bodily injury claims. The system combines real-time predictive accuracy, clear guidance and explainable AI, and EvolutionIQ's strategic deployment services to ensure adoption and business impact. As a result, EvolutionIQ claims organizations spend their efforts on claims they can impact – and their claimants get better, more tailored service. Insurers choose EvolutionIQ to increase their profitability and control over complex lines of business by integrating decision intelligence into every step of the claims handling process. For more information, visit www.evolutioniq.com and follow the company on LinkedIn.
About Munich Re
Munich Re is one of the world's leading providers of reinsurance, primary insurance and insurance-related risk solutions. The group consists of the reinsurance and ERGO business segments, as well as the asset management company MEAG.
Munich Re is globally active and operates in all lines of the insurance business. Since it was founded in 1880, Munich Re has been known for its unrivaled risk-related expertise and its sound financial position. It offers customers financial protection when faced with exceptional levels of damage – from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake through to the 2019 Pacific typhoon season.
Munich Re possesses outstanding innovative strength, which enables it to also provide coverage for extraordinary risks such as rocket launches, renewable energies, or cyberattacks. The company is playing a key role in driving forward the digital transformation of the insurance industry, and in doing so has further expanded its ability to assess risks and the range of services that it offers. Its tailor-made solutions and close proximity to its customers make Munich Re one of the world's most sought-after risk partners for businesses, institutions, and private individuals.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, reminds investors of a class action lawsuit against Inotiv, Inc. ("Inotiv" or "the Company") (NASDAQ: NOTV) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investors who purchased the Company's securities between September 21, 2021, and June 13, 2022, inclusive (the ''Class Period''), are encouraged to contact the firm before August 22, 2022.
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
We also encourage you to contact Brian Schall of the Schall Law Firm, 2049 Century Park East, Suite 2460, Los Angeles, CA 90067, at 310-301-3335, to discuss your rights free of charge. You can also reach us through the firm's website at www.schallfirm.com, or by email at bschall@schallfirm.com.
The class, in this case, has not yet been certified, and until certification occurs, you are not represented by an attorney. If you choose to take no action, you can remain an absent class member.
According to the Complaint, the Company made false and misleading statements to the market. The Cumberland, Virginia facility (the "Cumberland Facility") of Inotiv and Envigo RMS, LLC ("Envigo") suffered from common and extensive violations of the Animal Welfare Act ("AWA"). The Company's Cumberland Facility violated the AWA on a continuous and ongoing basis. The Company failed to remedy the serious problems with animal welfare at the Cumberland Facility. The Company was likely to face governmental scrutiny and potential action over the AWA violations. The Company would subsequently shut down the Cumberland Facility. Based on these facts, the Company's public statements were false and materially misleading throughout the class period. When the market learned the truth about Inotiv, investors suffered damages.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Pegasystems Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of PEGA during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased PEGA common stock between May 29, 2020 and May 9, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) PEGA had engaged in corporate espionage and misappropriation of trade secrets to better compete against Appian, a principal competitor; (2) defendants' product development and associated success was, in significant part, not the result of its own research and product testing but rather the result of such corporate espionage and trade secret theft; (3) defendants had engaged in a scheme to steal Appian trade secrets, which was not only known to, but carried out through, the personal involvement of the Company's CEO; (4) the Company's CEO and other officers and employees did not comply with the Company's written Code of Conduct, including its express prohibition on "stealing" confidential information from a competitor and "misrepresenting your identity in hopes of obtaining confidential information"; (5) the Company was "unable to reasonably estimate damages" in the lawsuit filed by Appian as a result of the foregoing misconduct (the "Appian Litigation"); and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about PEGA's business, operations, prospects, legal compliance, and potential damages exposure in the Appian Litigation were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis when made.
DEADLINE: July 18, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/pegasystems-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=28874&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of PEGA during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 18, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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President Biden signs PACT Act into law
Legislation expands access to Veterans Affairs health care
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Veterans exposed to burn pits while serving overseas will have an easier time getting medical care. For many years, veterans’ service organizations have been working towards the change, saying younger veterans were dying due to exposure to toxic fumes, and said they’ve had to fight the VA to access care.
President Joe Biden signed the bipartisan Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act on Wednesday.
The law makes millions of combat veterans exposed to fumes from burning trash and fuel eligible for care from the VA, and for many, they will no longer be required to prove their illness is directly linked to breathing in smoke from burn pits.
Millions of veterans are eligible to make new claims. VA Secretary Denis McDonough said the VA is ready to handle the influx of new claims with new hires, and by processing claims electronically. He also tells Gray Television that the VA will make care available to more veterans immediately.
McDonough said, “No matter what the law says in terms of when it starts, we’re going to consider that having started today with the President’s signature. We’re going to get to work on it.”
McDonough also said the VA setup the website, va.gov/pact for veterans to file their claims. Activist and comedian Jon Stewart said it was really nice to see a burn lifted from the shoulders of these families, “Let’s get them the benefits that they deserve, the people that are fighting it right now, let’s get them the care they need.”
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Which Pokemon game for the Nintendo Switch is best?
Pokemon has been around since the 1990s and is still popular today. Most Pokemon video games are played on the Nintendo Switch or a smartphone. The Nintendo Switch lets you play from home or on the go. Many people prefer the Nintendo Switch games, as they’re usually more fun. If you’re looking for an open-world game with plenty to do, Pokémon Legends: Arceus is an excellent choice.
What to know before you buy a Nintendo Switch Pokemon Game
What is Pokemon?
This fun series has hundreds of monsters that trainers catch and raise. As the creatures battle and adventure with their trainer, they gain experience and evolve into more powerful creatures. Pokemon was originally a GameBoy game, trading card game and animated series but has since expanded into mobile games, toys, clothing and more.
Types of Nintendo Switch Pokemon games
- Role-playing games: Most titles fall in the role-playing category. These games let players take on the role of a trainer. Players travel from place to place, adding data to their Pokedex as they meet and catch new Pokemon. In most cases, these role-playing games feature a powerful, legendary monster that players have to defeat and capture.
- Fighting games: Some titles let players choose from a roster of Pokemon and engage in battles. These games are often less popular than role-playing titles but can be pretty competitive.
- Photography games: The Snap series lets players solve puzzles and take photos of various creatures. These on-rails games don’t let you travel the world like role-playing games, but they can be relaxing compared to other titles.
- MOBA games: This is the newest type of Pokemon game. MOBA games play similarly to League of Legends. These titles let players join teams and battle against other teams online. MOBA games are among the most competitive Pokemon titles available.
Nintendo Switch Pokemon Game generations
The Nintendo Switch games primarily feature newer Pokemon generations, such as the eighth generation. Generation nine games were announced in February 2022. The Nintendo Switch also features remakes of popular generation one games and games with monsters from various generations.
What to look for in a quality Nintendo Switch Pokemon game
Online play
Games with online capabilities allow you to trade Pokemon with trainers worldwide. Trading is an excellent way to get monsters that may be difficult to catch on your own. In some cases, you can battle other players as well. Online capabilities typically unlock other in-game features, such as mini-quests that let you get new items.
A large selection of Pokemon
Not all games have the same number of Pokemon to catch. Most have more than 200 different species, although you may have to buy two games to complete your Pokedex. For example, Pokemon Sword and Shield have 400 Pokemon, but you will need both titles to catch them all. Still, many players can complete their Pokedex by trading online instead of buying two games.
An interesting story
Most games follow a relatively similar story. In most cases, a legendary Pokemon is wreaking havoc on the world because it is powerful and untamed. In other cases, the legendary creature is simply mysterious, and players are tasked with learning more about it. Still, certain story elements make each game unique. For example, in Pokemon Legends: Arceus, the player is transported across space and time by the powerful Arceus.
How much you can expect to spend on a Nintendo Switch Pokemon game
These games typically cost $50-$60, depending on how new they are.
Nintendo Switch Pokemon game FAQ
Does the Nintendo Switch have all Pokemon games?
A. There are currently seven games available on the Nintendo Switch. Many older games aren’t available on the Switch, but Nintendo has remade several classic titles and may continue to release remakes in the future.
Did Nintendo help make Pokemon?
A. Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures founded the Pokemon Company.
Is the Nintendo Switch similar to the Wii?
A. The Nintendo Switch features motion controls similar to the Wii, but you can use it as a portable gaming device.
How many Pokemon are there?
A. As of generation eight, there are 898 Pokemon, including legendaries. Generation nine has already been announced, and there will likely be more generations after nine.
What’s the best Nintendo Switch Pokemon game to buy?
Top Nintendo Switch Pokemon game
What you need to know: This game features an exciting story and a crafting mode reminiscent of the popular Breath of the Wild game.
What you’ll love: This allows you to catch Pokemon by battling them or sneaking up on them and throwing a Pokeball. Many players felt this game was a refreshing update on the typical Pokemon RPG format. It has a unique art style and an open-world map.
What you should consider: Many of the textures, trees and grass often glitch.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Nintendo Switch Pokemon game for the money
What you need to know: This features generation-eight Pokemon and allows players to explore the Galar Region.
What you’ll love: This game introduced powerful gigantimax Pokemon much larger than the creatures’ traditional forms. There are downloadable content options that allow you to expand the game’s features and story.
What you should consider: The NPCs don’t have as much personality as they do in other games.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This remake of the classic Pokemon Yellow game features several new mechanics that most players enjoyed.
What you’ll love: This game is ideal for younger players. You aim your pokeballs when trying to catch Pokemon, making it feel more skill-based than previous titles. This features online and local multiplayer.
What you should consider: You don’t battle wild Pokemon in this game, but still battle other trainers. Some people received copies from other countries, impacting the game’s online capabilities.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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CHONGQING, China, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Smart China Expo is held in southwest China's Chongqing from August 22 to 24. Chongqing's Dazu District participated in the expo with many local intelligent application achievements, including the monitoring and early warning system for Dazu Stone Carvings World Cultural Heritage Site, GIS visual control system and 8K ball screen movie 'Dazu Stone Carvings', according to the Publicity Department of Dazu District.
Thousands of Buddhist hands, like peacocks, surround Avalokitesvara statues. Impermanent big ghosts, with long two arms, embrace the reincarnation of all living beings in the six worlds. The 7-meter-high three saints of Huayan, due to the skillful use of mechanical principles by ancient craftsmen, Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva hold hundreds of pounds of stone towers without falling for thousands of years.
After 800 years of decay by the weather, visitors can still appreciate the profound connotation and unique temperament of Dazu stone carvings, and perceive the positive contribution of Dazu District, as a town of stone carvings, to the high-quality development of cultural relics protection, the inheritance and renewal of traditional culture, and the continuation of human civilization and art.
Dazu Stone Carvings, as the general name of all stone carvings in Dazu District of Chongqing, was built in the early Tang Dynasty and reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. Its more than 50,000 grotto statues represent the highest level of grotto art in the world from the 9th to 13th centuries AD. In 1999, it was included into the World Heritage List.
The thousand-hand Avalokitesvara, made in the Southern Song Dynasty, is the most famous statue in Dazu Stone Carvings. After more than 800 years, most statues in Dazu Stone Carvings are plagued with damages, and the thousand-hand Avalokitesvara suffers from 34 kinds of "bruises". After nearly eight years of difficult restoration, the statue reappeared in a fresh look in 2015.
The increasingly rich protection and research of Dazu Stone Carvings have attracted global attention. China and Italy jointly set up a stone cultural relics protection center in Dazu, which started the cooperation attempt in the field of stone cultural relics protection and restoration between the two countries.
Digitalization and intelligence have injected new vitality into Dazu Stone Carvings. The monitoring and early warning system provides effective support and service for the management of Dazu Stone Carvings World Cultural Heritage, and improves the heritage protection, management ability and public service level. The GIS visual management and control system of Dazu Stone Carvings uses the perspective of three-dimensional spatial geography to display the cultural tourism resources of Dazu through the effect of data model, thus forming a three-dimensional management and control system on all fronts.
For the first time in the world, the 8K ball screen film 'Dazu Stone Carvings' uses the production method of "live footage + CG animation", which converts the real space into digital space and combines the ball screen with 8K ultra-high-definition picture, thus bringing super audio-visual experiences to the audience.
In order to make Dazu Stone Carvings livelier, Dazu is stepping up the development of smart museums and smart scenic spots. The district has built a digital museum and a digital exhibition center and upgraded the portal websites, helping Dazu Stone Carvings to impress more people via the integration of more modern technologies and media platforms.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PacBio (NASDAQ: PACB), a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, today announced that the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options covering an aggregate of 475,000 shares of PacBio common stock to the Company's recently hired Chief Commercial Officer, Jeff Eidel, under the Pacific Biosciences 2020 Inducement Equity Incentive Plan (the "2020 Inducement Plan"), effective on August 16, 2022.
The award was granted as an inducement material to such individual's entering into employment with PacBio in accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5635(c)(4).
The options have an exercise price of $8.00 per share, which is equal to the closing price of PacBio common stock on August 16, 2022 (the "Effective Date"). The shares subject to the option shall be scheduled to vest and become exercisable as to 1/4th of the total number of shares subject at grant to the Option on the one (1) year anniversary of the Effective Date and as to 1/48th of the total shares subject at grant to the Option each month thereafter on the same day of the month as the Effective Date (or the last day of the month, if a particular month does not have a corresponding day), subject to Mr. Eidel's continued service through each applicable vesting date. The option grant is subject to the terms and conditions of the 2020 Inducement Plan and the award agreements entered into with the employee.
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LEHI, Utah, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A&W Restaurants has partnered with Jolt Software, the leader in digital food safety and operations execution software, for checklist, employee communication, and content management tools.
Founded in 1919 as a Root Beer stand in California, A&W was the United States' first franchise restaurant chain. Known for their signature Root Beer and Root Beer Floats, A&W popularized drive-in restaurants and was the first U.S. chain restaurant to expand to Southeast Asia.
"We are extremely excited to roll out Jolt to our franchisees," stated Rona Lascano, Sr. Director of Training and Restaurant Support at A&W. "The platform will give them the tools to increase consistency and build accountability within their stores, which will ultimately strengthen sales."
A&W has signed up to use Jolt's Lists, Communication Manager, and Information Library products. Combined, these products will foster cleaner stores, greater order accuracy, and employee accountability.
"Words cannot describe how honored we are to have been selected as the operations management platform for A&W. They are a fantastic organization to work with, and we are committed to helping in their continued business growth" stated CJ Lewis, Co-Founder & COO of Jolt.
Jolt creates digital operations management solutions to help restaurants, hotels, and retail outlets build accountability, enhance food safety, and boost employee performance, with confidence. Supported by solutions dedicated to creating peace of mind, Jolt's mission is to empower everyone to love work and live life. To learn more, visit www.jolt.com.
Now in its 103rd year, A&W is America's oldest franchised restaurant chain. Known for its All American Food, as well as Root Beer that is made fresh in each restaurant and served in frosty mugs, there are more than 900 A&Ws in the U.S. and Asia. Visit www.awrestaurants.com and www.awfranchising.com for more information.
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Teen student charged with sexual assault, attempted murder in alleged attack on his teacher
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - A judge on Tuesday set a competency hearing for a student accused of sexual assault and attempted murder of a Las Vegas teacher.
The teen has been identified as 16-year-old Jonathan Eluterio Martinez Garcia, KVVU reported.
According to Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, Martinez Garcia faces 15 felony charges in connection with the incident. He was initially facing six felony charges. However, Wolfson confirmed Monday that an additional nine felony charges were added.
His charges range from kidnapping, sexual assault, robbery, attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon or tear gas, battery by strangulation to commit sexual assault and more. He is being charged as an adult.
In court Tuesday, his lawyer requested that he be evaluated for competency, so a judge suspended a preliminary hearing until that evaluation. The competency hearing was set for May 6 at 8:30 a.m.
Bail for Martinez Garcia remains at $500,000, under the condition of high-electronic monitoring and no contact with the victim.
According to Las Vegas police, the incident occurred Thursday at Eldorado High School.
An investigation by the department’s Sexual Assault Section indicated that the teacher was in her classroom when a student entered to talk about his grades. At some point, police say, the teen suspect became violent and began punching the teacher. Police said he strangled her until she lost consciousness.
After that, authorities said the suspect fled the classroom after the attack, and the victim was later found by another school employee. Police were able to identify the suspect, and Clark County School District police officers took him into custody.
According to police, the teacher, who has not been identified, is still recovering.
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Powell: Fed will decide on rate hikes ‘meeting by meeting’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday underscored the Fed’s determination to raise interest rates high enough to slow inflation, a commitment that has fanned concerns that the central bank’s fight against surging prices could tip the economy into recession.
Powell said the pace of future rate hikes will depend on whether — and how quickly — inflation starts to decline, something the Fed will assess on a “meeting by meeting” basis.
Its decision-making will be based on “the incoming data and the evolving outlook for the economy,” Powell said in prepared testimony to the Senate Banking Committee, which he is addressing as part of the Fed’s semiannual policy report to Congress.
Powell’s testimony comes a week after the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by three quarters of a percentage point, its biggest hike in nearly three decades, to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%. With inflation worsening, the Fed’s policymakers also forecast a more accelerated pace of rate hikes this year and next than they had predicted three months ago, with its key rate reaching 3.8% by the end of 2023. That would be its highest level in 15 years.
Concerns are growing that with inflation at a four-decade high, the Fed will end up tightening credit so much as to cause a recession. This week, Goldman Sachs estimated the likelihood of a recession at 30% over the next year and at 48% over the next two years.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Amazon.com, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of AMZN during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
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WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Donation will provide aid directly to victims' families and organizations working toward community healing
IRVING, Texas, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TXU Energy today announced a $250,000 commitment to the community of Uvalde and the organizations working to provide critical aid in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting.
"The entire TXU Energy family grieves alongside the people of Uvalde and fellow Texans in this time of immeasurable tragedy," said Scott Hudson, president of TXU Energy. "While there are no words for the level of loss the impacted families and this community are experiencing, we hope our donation provides them with some comfort and support as they navigate the weeks and months ahead."
The $250,000 donation will directly support victims' families and fund nonprofits and medical institutions providing essential response services.
- $100,000 will go to the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, operating the Uvalde Strong Fund in support of victims, their families, and all the people of Uvalde. This includes nonprofit organizations working in Uvalde now and in the months to come.
- $100,000 will go to the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County, which has established a United with Uvalde fund to support the Uvalde community with immediate and long-term mental health resources.
- $50,000 will go to Uvalde Memorial Hospital, where doctors and nurses treated 15 people wounded in the Robb Elementary shooting. Funds will be used to support the hospital and its staff.
TXU Energy is deeply committed to strengthening the communities we serve. For more information on programs and services, click here.
About TXU Energy
More Texans trust TXU Energy to power their homes and businesses than any other electricity provider. We're passionate about creating experiences and solutions tailored to fit the needs of our customers, including electricity plans, online tools to help save, renewable energy options and more. TXU Energy is also committed to cultivating a dynamic and enjoyable workplace where all our people can succeed. Visit txu.com for more. TXU Energy is a subsidiary of Vistra (NYSE: VST). REP #10004
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Ethos Becomes First Insurtech on the Platform as Proprietary iPipeline Technology Feature Optimizes Filtering of Policies with Instant Underwriting
EXTON, Pa. and AUSTIN, Texas, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iPipeline® announces that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Ethos, one of the largest term life insurance providers in the U.S., empowering Ethos to help a wider range of consumers benefit from its online life insurance coverage platform. As the first insurtech on the iPipeline platform, Ethos can now offer its white-labeled and customized life insurance assessment, application, and policy delivery services to the more than 400,000 agents across the iPipeline ecosystem.
Ethos' mission is to make life insurance more affordable and accessible to as many Americans as possible. With Ethos, consumers can obtain life insurance policy quotes and apply online in minutes without medical exams. Using its proprietary technology stack, Ethos can process the application instantly, providing information about coverage eligibility and rates. Once the application is approved, the policyholder can activate their coverage immediately.
Insurtechs can appear lower in lists on quote engines that were traditionally designed to sort only by premiums. iPipeline resolves this issue by displaying a "speed score" to agents. Each carrier is measured by the amount of time it takes for an agent to complete their digital application, as well as the time it takes the carrier to make an underwriting decision. These speeds and qualification scores are displayed next to the carrier's premium. Now for the first time, agents can sort via speed and any of these categories, allowing them to help their customers get the best product for their needs, especially as more and more consumers expect instant online experiences.
"Each agent determines what matters most to their client. Sometimes that's speed—and sometimes it's price," said Bill Atlee, Founder and Chief Innovation Officer of iPipeline. "Our quote engines with the added 'speed score' search will help Ethos stand out in an industry that is used to a 30-to-45-day underwriting process. Agents can now view Ethos's products alongside traditional carriers with the ability to consider more than just price. We're excited to bring the Ethos products to the many agents in the iPipeline ecosystem, and we look forward to our ongoing partnership."
"iPipeline's distribution and innovation capabilities will help us as we continue on our mission to protect the next million families," said Vipul Sharma, Chief Technology Officer at Ethos. "iPipeline shares our commitment to making life insurance more accessible and improving the experience—at every point in the process. This strategic alliance allows us to seamlessly reach more consumers through the thousands of insurance agents who use iPipeline."
About iPipeline
iPipeline is building the end-to-end digitized ecosystem for the life insurance and wealth management industries, which will enable millions of uninsured or under-insured Americans to secure their financial futures as part of a holistic financial planning experience. The firm is working to optimize all application and processing workflows—from quote to commission—and consolidating them within one of the most expansive straight-through processing platforms, significantly reducing paper, saving time, and increasing premiums and placements for insurance agents. iPipeline is also committed to offering premier subscription-based tools to help financial institutions and advisors automate and digitize financial transactions, comply with regulations, and seamlessly incorporate life insurance and annuities into client accounts.
The iPipeline digital ecosystem incorporates one of the industry's largest data sets to enable advisors and agents to optimize their businesses. Since its establishment in 1995, iPipeline has facilitated 1.5 billion quote responses, $32 billion in savings on printing and mailing costs, the collection of 55 billion premiums, and the protection of 25 million lives. iPipeline operates as a unit of Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP), a constituent of the S&P 500®, Fortune 500®, and the Russell 1000® indices. For more information, please visit https://www.ipipeline.com/.
About Ethos
Ethos is a technology company. We make it easier than ever for everyone to protect their families with life insurance. Ethos has created the insurance industry's most advanced proprietary technology, eliminating the traditional barriers to life insurance by developing instant and accessible products that make it easy for everyone to protect their families with life insurance online, in minutes without any medical exams. We issue billions in coverage each month and an invaluable amount of peace of mind for our families every single day. Ethos is a global company, with offices in Austin, San Francisco, Seattle, and Singapore. To learn more, visit www.ethoslife.com.
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IRVINE, Calif., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATIF Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: ATIF) (the "Company," "ATIF" or "We"), a holding company providing business and financial consulting services in Asia and North America, is pleased to announce that it has deepened its investments in emerging technology companies with an investment in Phoenix Motor Inc. (Nasdaq: PEV) an electric drive system and vehicle maker.
Founded in 2003, Phoenix Motor designs, assembles, and integrates electric drive systems and electric vehicles (EVs), and markets and sells EV chargers for the commercial and residential markets. Phoenix Motors converts light- and medium-duty commercial vehicles into EVs for various service and government fleet markets and serves a broad spectrum of commercial fleet customers. Phoenix delivered its first commercial EV in 2014 and as of December 31, 2021, it has delivered a total of 104 EVs, consisting of 91 shuttle buses and 13 work and delivery trucks. It is currently in production of its third-generation drivetrain, which includes the largest battery pack and longest electric range for any Class 4 product on the market, offering up to 160 miles in range.
Jun Liu, President, Chairman of the Board, and CEO of ATIF, commented, "We are excited to be an investor in Phoenix Motor Inc., based on my strong belief in their growth prospects. We routinely work with entrepreneurs and up-and-coming companies with compelling technologies. We believe that Phoenix Motor brings a unique value proposition to ATIF and its shareholders. I am happy that ATIF participated alongside the other investors in their IPO and look forward to their continued growth."
About ATIF Holdings Limited
ATIF Holdings Limited ("ATIF") is a holding group with business consulting, asset management, and investment businesses, with offices in Los Angeles, California, Hong Kong, and Shenzhen, China. ATIF mainly provides IPO Advisory Services to small and medium-sized enterprises in Asia and North America. ATIF has advised several enterprises in China in their plans to become publicly listed in the United States. ATIF was awarded the "Top 10 Best Listed Companies 2019" from the "Golden Bauhinia Award," the highest award in Hong Kong's financial and securities industry. For more information, please visit https://ir.atifchina.com/.
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Local pastor feels blessed even after fire, credits firefighters for saving something significant
By Betsy Webster
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KCTV) — From outside, the most obvious signs of damage at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church are the windows.
Two plain glass windows are broken open. The large stained glass window is broken in places, but the rest of the windows were spared and that, says the pastor, is a blessing.
The damage to Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church at 34th and Hardesty is substantial. Ceiling tiles are soaked, as are the carpets. On Friday, parishioners and hired workers shoveled out debris and tore up carpet to keep the floor below from buckling. Pastor Tommy Williams wasn’t close to buckling as he helped the crew push a piano across the floor, though.
“Whatever God permit, you take it with a smile,” he said.
One thing that kept Williams smiling was to see two rows of stained glass windows intact despite all the damage elsewhere. Williams showed up Thursday night after an alarm went off at about 8:45 p.m.
“One of the firemen told me outside, he said, ‘We tried to preserve the stained glass windows,’” Williams remarked. “Just the mere fact that they was willing to take the interest in preserving these windows. Fantastic.”
Each window has a name or names. Some include the phrase “In Memoriam.” Each one was paid for by a member of the congregation about 20 years after the church was built in 1952.
Williams was told the fire was likely electrical, starting in the basement, traveling through the floor beneath the stage and up the walls.
“Hard to see sometimes, as you can see,” Williams said as he pointed to a torn out wall, “but we know God, everything he do is for our good. And sometimes, it brings about a blessing.”
The windows weren’t the only blessing. When he arrived Friday morning, he saw tarps covering the organ and piano to protect them from water damage.
“The fire department did that. We didn’t have no plastic in here. They brought that in and covered that stuff up,” Williams said, incredulous and grateful.
They won’t be able to have services inside for a while. He’s estimating a month or two for repairs that insurance should cover. But, there is no doubt there will be services on Sunday.
“We’re debating whether we’re going to have it in the parking lot or another church,” Williams said. “We keep on plugging. Nothing stop the work of God.”
Williams said it’s not the first fire they’ve had. Back in about 2004 or so, he said, there was an arson fire. He said the man who set it came back to the church on a Sunday, admitted what he’d done and asked for forgiveness. The pastor said he seemed to have some mental health problems. He gave that forgiveness and then some. He took the man out for a steak dinner.
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Veterinary Innovative Partners has implemented the GlobalVetLink Compliance Assistant platform in their veterinary hospitals to streamline pet travel appointments
AMES, Iowa, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Veterinary Innovative Partners has partnered with GlobalVetLink to implement the GlobalVetLink Compliance Assistant in their veterinary hospitals. The GVL Compliance Assistant is a comprehensive SaaS platform designed to streamline animal health compliance for all veterinary practices. Adding the GlobalVetLink platform to a veterinary hospital's suite of tools allows for seamless compliance and increased efficiency for veterinarians and hospital staff.
"We have seen a drastic shift of more pet parents traveling with their pets. The search for regulations and keeping up with the often-changing requirements had our doctors spending hours creating a valid Hawaii or International Health Certificate," said Brett Shorenstein, VMD, founder of Veterinary Innovative Partners. "When we brought GVL to our practices, the team has decreased time spent creating these documents and they are confident they are accurate when using the GlobalVetLink platform."
The GlobalVetLink Compliance Assistant platform is used by over 10,000 veterinary practices for creation and electronic submission of compliant health records for companion, production, and equine focused practices. The GVL Pet TravelPass automates regulatory research with built-in intelligent rule checking to streamline International and Hawaii pet travel. This replaces time consuming manual research processes and eliminates mistakes that prevent many veterinary practices from offering pet travel documentation services.
"As our team began to learn about the VIP team's current process, we were able to uncover how the GVL platform can help them," said Daniel Levine, Chief Revenue Officer at GlobalVetLink. "Seeing how our platform can save their teams hours per week, we are excited to be able to give the VIP team time back in their day to focus on their patients. As demand picks up for travel we are confident that the GlobalVetLink platform will continue to provide a compliant and efficient way to produce these documents for the VIP team and other practices throughout the country."
GlobalVetLink is the leading digital animal health company. Over 180 million animals per year in the pet travel, equine, and production animal sectors utilize GlobalVetLink's health records for state, federal, and international animal health compliance. Learn more at globalvetlink.com.
GlobalVetLink empowers and supports people to provide the best in animal care and safety. The GVL Compliance Assistant is a comprehensive SaaS platform designed to streamline animal health compliance for all veterinary practices. The Certificate Creator is the core of the platform and is managed by an intelligent Compliance Engine that verifies all certificates are compliant with state, federal and international rules and regulations. The GVL Health Record stores data for easy repeat certificate creation and ensures streamlined access to completed certificates. The Compliance Assistant platform automatically submits key animal health certificates to all 50 state animal health offices, and streamlines the submission to USDA-APHIS for international pet travel. Learn more at globalvetlink.com.
Media Inquires: Rebecca Haugland, 515-817-5075, rhaugland@globalvetlink.com
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government set out its agenda for the next year on Tuesday with sweeping promises to cut crime, improve health care and revive the U.K.’s pandemic-scarred economy — but no new help for millions of Britons struggling to pay their bills as the cost of living soars.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged that the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine had caused economic turmoil, but said “no government can realistically shield everyone from the impact.”
The government set out its legislative plans during a ceremony steeped in tradition, but without Queen Elizabeth II, who was absent for the first time in six decades.
The 96-year-old monarch pulled out of reading the Queen’s Speech at the opening of Parliament because of what Buckingham Palace calls “episodic mobility issues.” Her son and heir, Prince Charles, stood in, rattling through a short speech laying out 38 bills the government plans to pass.
The speech, which is written by the government, promised Johnson’s administration would “grow and strengthen the economy and help ease the cost of living for families.” There were plans to invest in railways, create a U.K. infrastructure bank and “level up” economic opportunity to poorer regions, as well as bills on education and health care funding.
Johnson said in a written introduction that the coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had created “huge disruptions to the global economy.”
“Where we can help, we will,” he said. But the speech included no immediate measures to relieve households struggling with soaring prices for domestic energy and food.
Many business groups and unions were disappointed.
The Confederation of British Industry was “encouraged” by the speech’s ambition, but the British Chambers of Commerce said that “unless the government takes immediate action on the economy (the measures) will come too late to help many firms.”
Christina McAnea, general-secretary of the Unison trade union, said the government had not “grasped the seriousness of the situation. Families are being forced into debt and are going hungry.”
Some of the planned laws appeared aimed at pleasing the government’s right-leaning voter base, including promises to seize “Brexit freedoms” by cutting red tape for businesses and overhauling financial services and data regulation now that Britain has left the European Union.
Law-and-order measures included a law to outlaw disruptive protest tactics favored by groups such as Extinction Rebellion, a proposal condemned by civil liberties groups. Human rights groups also criticized plans for a British Bill of Rights to replace current rights laws based on the European Convention on Human Rights.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which has upended the European security order, was reflected in plans to beef up spying laws, introduce a U.S.-style “foreign influence registration scheme” and toughen money-laundering laws — though the mild-sounding measures are unlikely to eradicate London’s reputation as a hub for ill-gotten gains.
Despite rumors beforehand, there was no legislation to alter post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland, a move that would worsen already tense relations between Britain and the EU. But the government hinted it could act, stressing the importance of the “internal economic bonds” between all parts of the U.K., a key theme for Northern Ireland’s British unionists.
Johnson’s Conservatives hold 358 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, which should ensure easy passage of all its legislation. But it has been repeatedly derailed by ethics scandals and internal Conservative dissent.
The opening of a new session of Parliament came days after Johnson’s Conservatives suffered a drubbingin local elections across the U.K.
Johnson’s personal popularity has been hurt by months of headlines over parties in his office and other government buildings that breached coronavirus restrictions. The prime minister was fined 50 pounds ($62) by police last month for attending his own surprise birthday party in June 2020 when lockdown rules barred social gatherings.
Johnson has apologized, but denies knowingly breaking the rules. He faces the possibility of more fines over other parties, a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled lawmakers about his behavior and a possible no-confidence vote from his own lawmakers.
The parliamentary opening ceremony is a spectacular pageant steeped in the two sides of Britain’s constitutional monarchy: royal pomp and political power. Traditionally the monarch travels from Buckingham Palace to Parliament in a horse-drawn carriage and reads the speech to lawmakers from a golden throne, wearing a crown studded with 3,000 diamonds.
The queen has only missed two previous state openings during her 70-year reign, in 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant with sons Andrew and Edward, respectively.
This year, Charles travelled to Parliament by car, rather than carriage, and did not wear the crown, which got its own cushioned seat. Charles was accompanied by his wife Camilla and his son Prince William, who is second in line to the throne.
Other symbolic elements were unchanged, including scarlet-clad Yeomen of the Guard and an official known as Black Rod who summoned lawmakers from the House of Commons to the House of Lords.
The ceremony takes place in the House of Lords, the unelected upper chamber of Parliament, because the monarch isn’t allowed to set foot in the House of Commons. Ever since King Charles I tried to arrest lawmakers in 1642 and ended up deposed, tried and beheaded, the monarch has been barred from entering the Commons chamber. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/uk-parliament-opens-with-pomp-problems-for-boris-johnson/ | 2022-05-10T15:29:24Z |
European Central Bank head says she’s positive for COVID-19
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has tweeted that she tested positive for COVID-19 and has mild symptoms but will continue working at home. She wrote Thursday on Twitter that she’s vaccinated, received a booster shot and her symptoms are “reasonably mild.” The 66-year-old said there’s no impact on the bank operations. The news conference she typically holds following the meeting of the bank’s rate-setting council is slated to go ahead next Thursday, with the format to be decided in the coming days. European countries are battling a surge of COVID-19 fueled by a highly infectious omicron subvariant. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/07/european-central-bank-head-says-shes-positive-for-covid-19/ | 2022-04-07T19:54:44Z |
Lake Wind Advisory issued May 20 at 9:00AM MDT until May 20 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID
* WHAT…North winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph
expected. The Freeze Warning has expired. There is a high
likelihood that another Freeze Warning will be needed tonight.
* WHERE…The American Falls Reservoir.
* WHEN…Until 9 PM MDT this evening.
* IMPACTS…Strong winds and rough waves on area lakes will
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BEAVERTON, Ore., April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC) will hold a conference call on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. Pacific time) to discuss results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Digimarc CEO Riley McCormack, CFO Charles Beck, and CLO Robert Chamness will host the call, and provide an update on the financial results, quarterly highlights and strategic priorities followed by a question-and-answer forum. The company will issue financial results in a press release before the call.
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Digimarc is a global leader in product digitization, delivering business value across industries through unique identifiers and cloud-based solutions. A trusted partner in deterring digital counterfeiting of global currency for more than 20 years, Digimarc illuminates a product's journey to provide intelligence and promote a prosperous, safer, and more sustainable world. With Digimarc, you can finally see everything. And when you see everything, you can achieve anything. For more information, visit us at digimarc.com.
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This moment in time, like so many during the last two-plus years of the pandemic, is a confusing one for our country. Mixed signals make it hard to accurately gauge risk and act accordingly.
On the one hand, with the almost complete lifting of restrictions and mandates around the country, and with case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths at relatively low levels, it's easy to feel that life is on track to getting back to normal, if not already there.
That's especially true when someone as cautious as President Joe Biden's chief medical officer, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says that we are out of the pandemic phase, as he did a couple of weeks ago on PBS NewsHour.
"Namely, we don't have 900,000 new infections a day and tens and tens and tens of thousands of hospitalizations and thousands of deaths. We are at a low level right now. So, if you're saying, Are we out of the pandemic phase in this country? We are," he said.
But hundreds are still dying every day. The United States is on the verge of the tragic milestone of 1 million confirmed Covid-19 deaths. In a statement marking the milestone on Thursday, Biden urged the United States to "remain vigilant against this pandemic and do everything we can to save as many lives as possible."
Covid-19 cases have been trending up in almost every state; the country is now averaging more than 70,000 new cases per day, according to Johns Hopkins University. Pediatric cases are on the rise too -- up 69% from two weeks ago, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Even hospitalizations, a lagging indicator, have been increasing slowly: They're up in more than half of states (including most of the Northeast and Midwest) compared with last week and as of Thursday morning stand at more than 20,000 -- levels last seen at the end of March.
The White House is warning that if Congress doesn't provide additional resources for testing, treatments and vaccines, the country will be ill-prepared for a surge this fall or winter, when it says the country could see 100 million new Covid-19 infections. That's just one possibility for the seasons ahead, and the White House hasn't released specific modeling to support that number. But if it happens, that's almost a third of the entire US population. For context, seasonal flu causes illness in 9 to 41 million Americans -- that's 3% to 11% of the population -- every year, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
And even Fauci felt the need to clarify his earlier remarks. "We're not over the pandemic. Don't let anybody get the misinterpretation that the pandemic is over, but what we are in is a different phase of the pandemic," he said in a telephone interview with CNN a few days after his original comments.
"A phase that's a transition phase, hopefully headed toward more of a control where you can actually get back to some form of normality without total disruption of society, economically, socially, school-wise, et cetera," he said.
So which is it: Are we headed back to life as usual or are we headed toward another wave of infections?
Absolute numbers vs. trendlines
I want to return to the analogy of the country as my patient, as I have done several times during the pandemic.
If I had to describe the current situation, I'd say it's like my patient has checked out of the hospital -- a bit weak, still being monitored carefully and receiving outpatient care.
And now, as the rising case numbers indicate, they've spiked a fever, developed a sore throat and are starting to feel all-around miserable.
The big question is, will they get better with time, or is this a harbinger of more bad things to come?
While it's true that the numbers are nowhere near as dire as they were with the Delta or original Omicron surges -- which saw an average of more than 166,000 and more than 807,000 daily new cases at their respective peaks -- these insidious increases in cases and hospitalizations reveal a trendline. In medicine, trendlines are often more telling than the absolute numbers themselves: They're important to spot because they show us where the patient is headed. And right now, the trendline is moving in a risky direction.
So it seems that we're now in a watchful waiting phase with my patient to see what happens next.
The patient in the next bed
Another way to predict which way my patient may be headed is to look at another patient with the same malady, but who is a little further along in their disease course. In this case, we can look to South Africa.
The news isn't exactly encouraging: Recently, the health minister cautioned that the country may be entering its fifth Covid-19 wave.
"We've been expecting... that probably middle of May... or even early in June, we may enter the fifth wave [of Covid-19]," Joe Phaahla said during an April 29th news conference. The wave is being driven by two new Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5; its unclear whether the illness caused by these new subvariants is more or less severe than earlier ones.
Former White House Coronavirus Task Force coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, who has been carefully tracking the situation in South Africa, foresees my patient's health following a similar trajectory.
"I know that another surge is coming and will be coming across the world," Birx said during a Washington Post Live discussion at the end of April. That's because, Birx said, approximately 50 to 60% of the South African population is infected during each surge fueled by a new variant -- a pattern that repeats itself every four to six months. Birx said this shows "there's no protection, and there's no long-lived natural immunity."
To be sure, infection-acquired immunity can be very protective, but with SARS-CoV-2, there is so much difference between variants that a recent infection with one variant may provide little protection against the next.
My patient, America, is still grappling with Omicron subvariant BA.2, according to the latest variant tracking estimates from the CDC. But a subvariant of BA.2 -- called BA.2.12.1 -- is quickly gaining traction, especially in the Northeast, and now makes up just over 40% of cases.
Birx is not the only one who thinks my patient is headed for a bumpy ride.
Dr. Peter Marks, director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research at the US Food and Drug Administration, said on Monday he is "a little concerned" about the direction of the pandemic and predicts a "modest peak" in the next month.
Dr. David Dowdy, an associate professor in the department of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, thinks my patient already may be surging.
"I think it's important for us to realize that in some ways, we are already in the midst of a surge," he said during a news briefing on Tuesday.
"There are indicators that the amount of transmission happening in this country right now, while not the same as it was this past winter, is at the levels that we were seeing during the Delta wave ... But what we're not seeing are the same rise in hospitalizations and deaths -- so, we're seeing a small uptick but not the same tremendous rise that we've seen with some of these previous waves."
It's all about the immunity
The problem all comes down to waning immunity, both from natural infection and from vaccines, including boosters.
According to data from the CDC released in late April, almost 60% of adults and 75% of children have antibodies indicating that they've been infected with SARS-CoV-2. But that doesn't necessarily translate to protection from the next variant.
And it's fair to say that waning immunity is also true for vaccines. Estimates show the amount of protection against infection hinges on many factors -- including the age and health status of the recipient, the type of vaccine a person received and the variant that's circulating. But protection fades after a few months.
A CDC task force presented data in late April showing that two doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine are only 30% effective against Omicron two to four months after the shots. That number is higher, 63%, with three doses of an mRNA vaccines, either Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna. But both numbers are lower than the initial protection the vaccines provided.
The good news is that getting re-boosted helps. A new study, also out of the UK and published Monday in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, found that a fourth dose of an mRNA vaccine provided a "substantial" boost to immunity at similar or even better levels than a third dose, when given about seven months after a first booster shot
Of course it's important to keep in mind, even though vaccines may not protect against infection by new subvariants very well, they are still very good -- though not perfect -- at greatly lowering the risk of hospitalization and death. These are the outcomes we all want to avoid and what vaccines are designed to do. In fact, the overall risk of dying from Covid-19 is about five times higher for unvaccinated people than it is for those vaccinated with at least their primary series, according to the CDC.
That said, waning effectiveness and higher transmission rates have led to an increase in the share of Covid-19 deaths among vaccinated people. According to CDC data, about 40% of Covid-19 deaths in January and February were among vaccinated people, compared with 25% during the height of the Delta wave in the second half of September.
But only about 15% of deaths in February were among those vaccinated and boosted. As has been the case throughout the pandemic, those age 65 and older face the highest risk.
Another way of looking at the numbers, according to a CNN analysis, is that people vaccinated with only their initial series faced about three times greater risk of dying (after adjusting for age) than those who also got their booster shot.
As for hospitalizations, CDC data from December and January (when Omicron was dominant) show that getting boosted was 90% effective at preventing that outcome, compared to 57% for those who only got the primary series and were six months or more past their last shot.
Doctors' orders: Get boosted
All of these statistics underscore how critical it is to get boosted.
A senior Biden administration official told CNN Monday that all adults in the United States should get a booster, noting that it's the best way to protect oneself.
But that's not happening. According to the CDC, currently in the US, just over 220 million people -- 70% of the eligible population (ages 5 and up) -- are fully vaccinated, that is, they've received their primary series. But only 101.4 million -- 46% of the fully vaccinated -- have gotten their first booster. And only about 10 million people have received a second booster, which is authorized for people 50 and older, as well as those who are 12 and older and who are immunocompromised.
The senior Biden administration official noted that Covid case numbers are currently highest in the Northeast -- states that have a relatively large percentage of the population boosted, which has kept hospitalizations and deaths relatively low -- and expressed concern that when cases pick up steam in the South, where the percent of people boosted is much lower, there will be a jump in hospitalization rates and deaths.
The FDA's Marks agrees boosting is the way to go. "It's really important that we try to get the Americans who have only received two doses to get that third dose," he said. "That may make a difference moving forward here, and it may particularly make a difference now that we're coming into yet another wave of Covid-19."
Dowdy, from JHU, said getting boosted is especially important for those at greatest risk. "So those whose immune systems are weak, those who are older, to make sure that you've been vaccinated, boosted and gotten that second booster or additional shots," he said.
"We're starting to see also that the older population and the immunocompromised populations are again accounting for a larger and larger fraction of people in the hospital and people dying. So those boosters are very important," he added.
Don't throw caution to the wind
While the country -- my patient -- is in a watchful waiting phase to see how their illness progresses, there are other small steps we, as individuals, can still take to mitigate risk. And by that I mean following the common sense public health measures we've been talking about for the last two years: putting on a high quality mask, especially in crowded indoor spaces; increasing ventilation where possible; and, now more than ever, keeping an eye on the local conditions.
Let me share a personal example. My mom's 80th birthday was this past weekend, and we decided not to have a big celebration because we're still not comfortable gathering a bunch of octogenarians together in a room. We gathered as a family -- but it was a much smaller group.
What struck me was, if my mom (or any of her friends) were to be exposed, the likelihood of being hospitalized or dying is very low because she's vaccinated and boosted. But as a virologist friend of mine said, it is still likely to be the worst viral illness she has ever had in her life, and she'd be miserable. And who wants to go through that at 80, or at any age?
Plus, there's always the worry about long Covid, with its long list of lingering and sometimes devastating effects.
As expert after expert has said, we have to accept -- my patient has to accept -- that Covid-19 is not going away; we're all going to be living with this virus for a long time. This is our new normal; we will adapt to this as we have adapted to so many of the changes to our daily lives brought by the passage of time.
We have the tools to survive; it's up to each of us to decide if and how to use them.
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In an interview this week with the Hollywood Reporter, Lynskey recounted a negative experience she'd had on the set of the 2000 film "Coyote Ugly." She said that production staff scrutinized her physical appearance, as well as the physique of her co-stars, including lead Piper Perabo.
"It was ridiculous," Lynskey said. "I was already starving myself and as thin as I could possibly be for this body, and I was still a (size) four. That was already people putting a lot of Spanx on me in wardrobe fittings and being very disappointed when they saw me, the costume designer being like, 'Nobody told me there would be girls like you.'"
Throughout filming, she was subjected to "really intense feedback about (her) physicality, (her) body," said Lynskey, who was interviewed along with her "Yellowjackets" castmates, including '90s child star Christina Ricci.
Both women said that they'd been typecast as "character actors" and denounced use of the word "quirky" to describe themselves. Lynskey recalled when a script changed a description of her character from "beautiful" to "cute and quirky."
"I never liked that word," she said.
Earlier this year, Lynskey opened up about the scrutiny of her appearance that began after her first film, Peter Jackson's acclaimed "Heavenly Creatures." While her co-star Kate Winslet went on to play several ingenue roles, Lysnkey said she didn't experience the same glut of offers.
"I kept getting reminded I was not the things you needed to be," she told Vulture in May. "Thin, confident, pretty. Mostly thin."
After being criticized for her looks during her early years in Hollywood, Lynskey told the Hollywood Reporter she feels "very protective" of her young "Yellowjackets" co-stars who play younger versions of the four main characters. Luckily, she and her co-stars said, the younger cast members are confident enough to stand up for themselves.
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NEW YORK , June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Unilever PLC ("Unilever") (NYSE: UL) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Unilever American Depositary Receipts between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive.
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ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Unilever includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: a) in July 2020, the board of Ben & Jerry's, one of Unilever's marquee brands, passed a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" ; and b) this boycott decision risked adverse governmental actions for violations of laws, executive orders, or resolutions aimed at discouraging boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel adopted by 35 U.S. states.
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Health Plan uses Connect Oregon platform to facilitate integrated healthcare services
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trillium Community Health Plan (Trillium) is proud to announce its partnership with Unite Us, a leading technology company connecting health and social care services, to further enhance the health plan's ability to collaborate with providers and local community-based organizations to provide integrated healthcare services for Oregon Health Plan (OHP) members in Lane, western Linn, western Douglas, Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties.
The Connect Oregon network, powered by Unite Us, is a coordinated care network of health and social service providers. Partners in the network are connected through the Unite Us Platform, an integrated, HI-TRUST-certified social care infrastructure helping providers and community-based organizations address social determinants of health and advance health equity. Trillium's care managers and member services staff will use the Connect Oregon network to efficiently coordinate care for OHP members, ensuring their access to needed services and supports.
"At Trillium, we are committed to ensuring our members have access to equitable, culturally sensitive care that addresses their whole health. This can mean helping members schedule preventive check-ups with their primary care providers; referring them to organizations that have safe, stable housing options; or connecting them with agencies that provide free or low-cost meal delivery services," said Sarah Brewer, Plan President and CEO, Trillium Community Health Plan. "Through the Connect Oregon network, we can facilitate engagement with a variety of services for our members while actively collaborating with our provider and community partners to assist if more care is needed along the way."
In alignment with Trillium's health equity strategy, the health plan will analyze metrics from the platform to track health outcomes and inform future partnerships and initiatives designed to invest resources where they are most needed, continuing to transform community health for all Oregonians.
"The collective goal of our partnership with Trillium Community Health Plan is to effectively increase equitable access to care for Oregonians regardless of circumstance," said Celia Higueras, State Network Director at Unite Us. "Trillium and Unite Us will work together to redefine the quality, impact, and intersection of health and social care across this community."
About Trillium Community Health Plan
Trillium Community Health Plan serves Oregon Health Plan members through the CCO model, which began in 2012. Trillium is a recognized leader for outstanding coordination of care. It was first awarded a contract with the state of Oregon to help manage care for the Oregon Health Plan in 1999. Trillium partners with an extensive group of providers to improve care and access to services for OHP members. For more information, please visit our website.
About Unite Us
Unite Us is a technology company that builds coordinated care networks of health and social service providers. With Unite Us' end-to-end solution, providers across sectors identify social care needs, send and receive secure, electronic referrals, report on tangible outcomes, and transform payment models within a secure and collaborative ecosystem. Unite Us' community engagement teams build sustainable partnerships with local organizations to ensure networks have solid foundations, launch successfully, and continue to grow and thrive. This HITRUST-certified social care infrastructure helps communities address social determinants of health and advance health equity. Follow Unite Us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook.
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WASHINGTON, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors will meet May 5, 2022, in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, DC. The public is welcome to observe the meeting beginning at 4:00 p.m. ET in the Benjamin Franklin Room on the 11th floor. The Board is expected to discuss the following items:
- Remarks of the Chairman of the Board of Governors
- Remarks of the Postmaster General and CEO
- Approval of the Minutes
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- Quarterly Financial Report
- Quarterly Service Performance Report
- Approval of Tentative Agenda for Aug. 9 Meeting
- Adjournment
A public comment period will begin immediately following the adjournment of the open session on May 5. During the public comment period, which shall not exceed 45 minutes, members of the public may comment on any item or subject listed on the agenda for the open session. Additionally, the public will be given the option to join the public comment session and participate via teleconference. Registration for participation in the public comment period is required. Should you wish to participate via teleconference, you will be required to give your first and last name, a valid email address to send an invite and a phone number to reach you should a technical issue arise. Speakers may register online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/bog-05-05-2022. No more than three minutes shall be allotted to each speaker. The time allotted to each speaker will be determined after registration closes. Registration for the public comment period, either in person or via teleconference, will end on May 3 at 5 p.m. EDT. Participation in the public comment period is governed by 39 C.F.R. 232.1(n).
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Tombstone with father’s hidden message is causing controversy
POLK COUNTY, Iowa (KCCI) - Some people love to get the last laugh, even in death.
A tombstone in Iowa is causing a bit of a stir because of a message hidden in plain sight that some people find offensive.
Each tombstone reads something different - some even with hidden messages, like the one for Steven Paul Owens.
The first letter of each phrase on his tombstone in the Warren-Powers Cemetery reads “F--- off.”
It’s a phrase the Owens family said he shared often and jokingly.
“It was definitely his term of endearment. If he didn’t like you, he didn’t speak to you. It’s just who he was,” said Steven’s daughter Lindsay Owens.
It’s something his family did as a harmless way to remember him, but it has been called into question by the cemetery.
Staff said they’ve been against the headstone from the beginning, as profanity has no place where loved ones are laid to rest for eternity.
Now, the family hopes they don’t have to get rid of the gravestone.
“No one’s forcing anyone to come out and look at it. That’s a choice that you make. We didn’t do it to offend anyone, make anyone mad or hurt anyone’s feelings. We did it because it was our father, and we love him, and that’s how we remember him,” Steven’s son Zachary Owens said.
The cemetery gave no immediate word if the family would be forced to remove the tombstone.
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WALTHAM, Mass. and LONDON, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CorEvitas, LLC is excited to announce expanded services to include specialty EMR data through its Specialty EMR Data Business Unit. Health iQ Limited, a subsidiary of CorEvitas, has provided innovative real-world evidence solutions in the United Kingdom and Europe for over 10 years. The organization is poised to offer expanded real-world data sets and innovative and customized technology solutions as it rebrands and fully integrates with CorEvitas.
President of the Specialty EMR Data business, Jilani Gulam, shares, "This rebrand and the use of the corporate tradename completes our integration with our parent company and consolidates our commitment to deliver true excellence in real-world evidence solutions."
The Specialty EMR Data business provides access to curated data sets including U.S. retinal EMR data, as well as UK and European primary and secondary care datasets to advance the understanding of population health. Further, with a suite of innovative software as a service tools that leverage these datasets, advanced algorithms and data analytics can be applied for health economic and outcomes research, as well as commercial applications.
CorEvitas captures a holistic view of the patient, providing expanded insights and best-in-class real-world evidence. CorEvitas' access to deep clinical registry data, which includes patient-reported outcomes, its precision medicine biorepository services, and its experience capturing the patient voice, provide an expanded view of patients' lived experience on therapies.
CorEvitas is the built-for-purpose, gold-standard provider of real-world evidence. Through syndicated registry data and analytic services, CorEvitas provides biopharmaceutical companies with the tools to demonstrate the value of their products to clinicians, patients, payers, and regulators. CorEvitas operates eight major autoimmune and inflammatory registries across the U.S., Canada, and Japan, collecting data from almost 500 participating investigator sites. In addition to contributing to hundreds of manuscripts and abstracts, CorEvitas supports U.S. and European regulator-required post-approval safety studies for multiple newly-approved treatments in autoimmune diseases. CorEvitas has built on its syndicated registry business with additional complementary capabilities over time. The Precision Medicine business advances the molecular understanding of disease and prognostic tools by pairing registry data with select biospecimens and 'omics data. The Patient Experience business complements and strengthens the company's strong presence in disease registries by providing market-leading expertise in supporting innovative, evidence-based patient engagement initiatives across the product lifecycle. This includes the HealthUnlocked technology platform, which hosts over 1.5 million patients in hundreds of condition-specific communities significantly expanding the scope of patient experiential data. The Specialty EMR Data business' deep relationships with the NHS and leading UK academic institutions gives CorEvitas access to a broad range of UK and international datasets across primary and secondary care, including access to a leading retinal data set. CorEvitas is headquartered in Waltham, MA and is a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity.
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Listen to the #UpNow Playlist HERE Featuring the Rising, Ghanaian Artist
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, artist-first music streaming platform Audiomack announced that it has tapped rising Ghanian artist Black Sherif as its latest #UpNow artist.
#UpNow is Audiomack's emerging artist program that highlights what's next up in culture by spotlighting and promoting the next generation of global music superstars. Black Sherif will be featured on the cover of Audiomack's prestigious #UpNow playlist and will receive amplification across the platform's channels with specialized marketing, editorial, social support, playlisting, custom videos and more.
"I'm excited to be an Audiomack #UpNow artist," Black Sherif said. "I've had Audiomack since high school. It was the first platform that I used and convinced my friends to listen to my music. It was easier, and it looked professional. It's been the primary thing for me to connect with my fans and share music."
"We're thrilled to have Black Sherif as our next #UpNow artist," Audiomack SVP of Marketing and Brand Strategy Jason Johnson said. "We have been fans of him since his first upload on the platform in 2020 and it is amazing to see his growth over the last two years. We look forward to collaborating with his team to help showcase his talent, expand his brand and further introduce his music to a diverse array of fans."
Recently crossing the 100 million global streams milestone on the platform, Sherif's lean but mighty discography captures his hustler's tale. His first upload was in August 2020, but he broke with viral 2021 hit "First Sermon," giving us the "Second Sermon" later that year. In December 2021, Sherif's star rose even further when Burna Boy hopped on the "Second Sermon" remix.
In March 2022, Sherif released his most introspective song yet, "Kwaku The Traveller." Cutting and poignant storytelling helped "Kwaku The Traveller" garner over 35 million streams, making it the most-streamed song of 2022 so far on Audiomack and Black Sherif's biggest hit to date. He also received major acknowledgement from DJ Khaled, who posted the Ghanian artist's latest single on his Instagram and heralded it as a "big chune."
Audiomack's #UpNow program has been renowned for helping identify and uplift the new generation of emerging artists across hip-hop, R&B, AfroBeats and more. Previous #UpNow honorees include Rod Wave, EST Gee, Blxst, Pooh Shiesty, Sheff G, Omah Lay and Ayra Starr, among others.
Earlier this summer, Audiomack reaffirmed its commitment to expanding its global presence by launching Audiomack Punjabi, a new vertical focused on amplifying the renowned genre, introducing the music to new audiences and featuring versatile playlists highlighting the region's most popular contemporary artists.
Audiomack, which launched in 2012, currently reaches more than 20 million monthly users globally. The streaming and discovery service has played an integral role in breaking new acts, such as Roddy Ricch and Kaash Paige; served as a trusted partner to Eminem and Nicki Minaj, among other notable artists, to debut exclusive releases; and helped rising African stars, such as Omah Lay, reach an international audience. As of January 2021, Audiomack is the top-ranked music streaming app on Apple's iOS in Nigeria, Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, and Kenya.
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AZ woman arrested for setting man on fire, causing apartment blaze, police say
MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5/Gray News) - A woman is now facing felony charges after police say she killed a man by pouring gasoline and lighting him on fire, which led to a blaze at an apartment last month.
Officers say 40-year-old Stephanie Williams was arrested on Tuesday evening.
Arizona’s Family reports, on June 8, firefighters were called out to a fire and explosion at an apartment at Arizona Golf Resort, near Broadway and Power roads.
When firefighters arrived, they found Wallace Robinson covered in third-degree burns that covered over 60% of his body.
Investigators said he was placed in a medically-induced coma, but died on June 25, more than two weeks after the fire.
Williams was also taken to the hospital with burns on her hands, arms, face and legs and was also put into a medically-induced coma.
Court documents say while Williams was being transported to the hospital, she kept saying, “I had to do it. He was going to kill me.”
Firefighters began investigating the cause of the fire. According to court paperwork, firefighters found it started on the bed where Robinson was lying naked.
Detectives say Williams doused him with gasoline and lit him on fire. The smell of gas was found in the apartment, Williams’ car, gloves, mattress pad and burned fabric.
A gas can also was found hidden behind a bush near another apartment, which is where Williams ran to get help, investigators said.
Firefighters say since both were the only ones in the room where the fire started, they determined Williams lit Robinson on fire due to his injuries.
The investigation also found there were several domestic violence calls over two years, with several leading up to the fire.
Court documents say in one incident, Robinson told police Williams lit a rug on fire in the room.
However, investigators said Williams told officers Robinson squirted lighter fluid on her and lit her on fire, even though she had no injuries.
As Williams woke up from a medical coma, police were able to talk to her on Tuesday.
Court documents say Williams told police she remembered being on fire and breaking a window to escape. She also recalled a woman pouring water on her and riding in the ambulance to the hospital.
However, she told officers she didn’t remember when gas was poured on Robinson and lit him on fire.
After police interviewed her, she attempted to leave the hospital in the middle of the night, but was arrested.
Williams was booked on one count of first-degree murder and one count of arson.
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HAMBURG, Germany, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vela Diagnostics has announced its appointment by the National Public Health Laboratory of Kenya (NPHL) as their supplier for SARS-CoV-2 genotyping tests, with funding from The Global Fund.
The NPHL operates under Kenya's Ministry of Health and plays an important role in the nation's healthcare by providing reference testing for key diseases and in response to disease outbreaks. It is currently embarking on a program to trace and curb spread of COVID-19 in Kenya, an effort funded by The Global Fund.
The Global Fund is an international financing and partnership organization that aims to attract, leverage and invest additional resources for prevention, treatment and care programs of diseases such as AIDS, TB and malaria.
Vela Diagnostics has an extensive infectious diseases portfolio, with solutions to support COVID-19 testing. These include the ViroKey® SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test v2.0, a test for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infections, and the ViroKey SARS-CoV-2 ID RT-PCR Test, which quickly identifies specific strains and potential variants of concern.
Especially relevant to the Kenyan NPHL's surveillance efforts is the ViroKey SQ FLEX SARS-CoV-2 Genotyping Assay, a next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based test for detecting genomic mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 RNA genome from nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs. The accompanying reporter software automatically calls out mutations and classifies them by lineage, providing critical insights to the molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Dr Leonard Kingwara, Head of the Genomics and Molecular Surveillance Laboratory Unit in Kenya, attests to the efficiency of Vela Diagnostics' SARS-CoV-2 genotyping assay in results generation, as well as its utility for expanding the scope of pathogen public health surveillance. "Vela Diagnostics' genotyping assay ensures timely results through automation and reduction of hands-on procedures. This has facilitated timely result releases for various research projects," says Dr Kingwara.
"We are very excited to be appointed as the primary supplier for genotyping kits for the Kenyan NPHL," says Dr Andreas Goertz, Managing Director of Vela Diagnostics EMEA. "This grants us an invaluable opportunity to expand our presence in Africa, including South Africa where our HIV genotyping assay is currently undergoing registration for sales in the country."
The Sentosa® SQ HIV-1 Genotyping Kit is a US FDA De Novo designated NGS assay for detecting HIV-1 drug resistance mutations (DRMs). "Our HIV-1 genotyping solution is the only commercially available NGS solution authorized by the FDA for sale in the US, and can detect down to 5% mutation frequency; more sensitive than traditional Sanger sequencing-based platforms. It also detects for mutations in the three most common drug target regions in one test, providing comprehensive mutation profiles for clinicians to decide on the optimal antiretroviral therapy to prescribe," says Rachel Yap, Global Product Manager for Vela Diagnostics.
"We believe our HIV-1 genotyping assay can act as a key tool in global efforts to curb the HIV pandemic and help achieve the goal of '90-90-90'," says Sam Dajani, CEO and Chairman of the Board for Vela Diagnostics, referring to the "90-90-90" treatment target originally created by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). It calls for 90% of HIV-infected individuals to be diagnosed by 2030, 90% of whom will be on antiretroviral therapy and 90% of whom will have achieved sustained virologic suppression.
About Vela Diagnostics
Vela Diagnostics is a leading provider for integrated IVD system solutions, from sample to result. VELA's test solutions utilize the automated Sentosa platform, providing the unique ability to leverage one system for NGS and PCR testing in infectious disease and oncology.
All Sentosa products listed above are by Vela Diagnostics. For more information, visit www.veladx.com.
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Shasta Computer Repair Reopens as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions, Offering Fast Fixes on Phones, Tablets, Laptops, and More
REDDING, Calif., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Local tech repair provider Shasta Computer Repair has reopened as an Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™ franchise. The store offers professional repair services for anything with a power button, from smartphones, tablets, and computers to game consoles, smart speakers, and drones—and everything in between.
While common repairs include cracked screens, battery issues, and water damage, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions repair experts have fixed more than 14 million devices and can help with most any tech mishap, with most basic repairs completed in 45 minutes or less.
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions Redding is locally owned by Andrew Bley and Matthew Jones. No stranger to tech repair, Bley and Jones founded Shasta Computer Repair six years ago and are excited for the opportunity to continue growing their business as part of the Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions family.
"We founded Shasta Computer Repair to fill a need for high-quality phone repair in Redding," Bley said. "Now, as part of the Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions franchise network, we can offer more repair types and provide even better service to our customers, thanks to the company's industry-leading processes, partnerships, and network of experienced repair technicians."
The store's expert repair technicians fix all kinds of technology, regardless of make or model, and the store is an authorized repair provider for Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel smartphones. Customers can book a repair appointment online or stop by the store for walk-in service. The store offers free, no-obligation diagnostics on all gadgets, as well as a 1-year limited warranty on all repairs. It even offers a price match guarantee on any local competitor's regularly published price for the same repair.
The new Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store brings the company's retail footprint to more than 800 locations across the U.S. Formerly known as uBreakiFix®, all U.S. locations will rebrand as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions throughout 2022.
"We are excited to serve people in Redding with fast and affordable tech repair," said Dave Barbuto, CEO of Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions. "We all rely on our phones and laptops more than ever before, and our mission is bigger than repairing shattered screens and broken charge ports. We fix tech because people depend on it to stay connected to things that are important to them. I look forward to serving this community through our new location."
The new store is located at:
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions
1020 E Cypress Ave Unit 200, Redding, CA 96002
(530) 399-6599
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, formerly known as uBreakiFix®, is the retail brand operated and franchised by a subsidiary of tech care company Asurion®. As the world's leading tech care company, Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices, appliances, and connections. Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores specialize in the repair of consumer technology, including smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers, and nearly everything in between. Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions repair experts fix cracked screens, software issues, camera issues, and most other tech mishaps at more than 700 stores across the U.S. The stores provide fast, affordable fixes for nearly any device type, regardless of make or model, including authorized repairs for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
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DENVER, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sola Salons, the world's largest and fastest growing salon studios franchise, is pleased to announce the appointments of Liz Hartwell as Vice President of Operations and Rachel Vaughn as Vice President of Marketing. The new additions to the Sola executive team come on the heels of the tremendous success the brand achieved in 2021 where it opened 53 new locations, eclipsed 600 units systemwide and welcomed more than 6,900 beauty professionals to its community of independent salon owners.
"We are thrilled to have Liz and Rachel join our growing team," said Christina Russell, CEO of Sola Salons. "They are exemplary leaders, each possessing a wealth of experience in our industry and beyond and will undoubtedly make invaluable contributions to our rapidly-growing franchise system."
Liz Hartwell was brought up in franchising with her parents operating multiple Massage Envy franchises throughout Ohio. She began her career path managing three of her parents' locations during college where she learned the dedication and ambition it takes to run a franchise business. She pivoted to the food industry in 2015, spending three years with the Wendy's Company before being named as the director of franchise operations for Amazing Lash Studio. During her tenure, Hartwell worked directly with franchisees to create strategy and action planning to impact top-line revenue and bottom-line profit, upheld brand standards, and ensured operational excellence.
As Vice President of Operations at Sola Salons, Hartwell will plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee operations activities for the brand, ensuring development and implementation of efficient operations and cost-effective systems to meet current and future needs of the organization.
Rachel Vaughn brings over 15 years of marketing experience to Sola Salons. She spent 10 years at a traditional marketing agency where she built holistic marketing programs for large national consumer packaged goods and consumer brands such as Kraft Foods, Einstein's Bros. Bagels and PepsiCo. From there, she moved into the fast casual food industry and served as the director of marketing for Smashburger, Live Basil Pizza and Tom's Urban (now Tom's Watch Bar) where she fell in love with the franchise model. Finally, she found her niche in beauty and wellness franchising, serving as the director of marketing for Floyd's Barbershop before moving on to WellBiz Brands where she was the vice president of marketing for leading franchise concepts Amazing Lash Studio, Drybar, Elements Massage and more. Growing up in a family of entrepreneurs, Vaughn has a deep appreciation for the successes and challenges faced by independent business owners, making her an invaluable asset to both Sola's franchisee network and community of beauty professionals.
In her new role as Vice President of Marketing, Vaughn will manage Sola's marketing efforts top-to-bottom, including the brand's digital presence, the Sola Blog, social media strategy, traditional and nontraditional marketing campaigns, media relations and innovative programs.
To learn more about Sola Salons visit www.solasalons.com or follow Sola Salons on Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn for more information along with the latest news and trends.
In 2004, Sola Salons was established with the opening of its first location in Denver, Colorado. Now with more than 600 locations open in the U.S., Canada and Brazil, Sola is proud to offer 18,000+ independent beauty professionals the freedom and benefits of salon ownership without the risk and overhead of opening a traditional salon. Its innovative salon model empowers hairdressers, estheticians, nail techs, massage therapists and other like-minded professionals to take control of their lives and their careers. Sola provides beauty professionals with beautiful, fully equipped salon studios alongside the support and tools they need to launch their salon business in no time. For more information, please visit www.solasalons.com.
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JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following reports covering Sasol's financial year ended 30 June 2022 have been published on the Sasol website:
- Integrated Report;
- Sustainability Report;
- Climate Change Report;
- Annual financial statements; and
- Annual report on Form 20-F.
Sasol's annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2022, on which PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc. expressed an unmodified opinion, were published on 23 August 2022.
Sasol's annual report on Form 20-F, which includes the annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2022 and contain no changes to the version published on 23 August 2022, was filed with the United States (US) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today and is available on the SEC's website at https://www.sec.gov/.
Copies of all the aforementioned reports can be obtained free of charge by downloading copies from the Company's website, https://www.sasol.com/investor-centre or by requesting copies from Sasol Investor Relations by means of either:
- an e-mail to investor.relations@sasol.com; or
- written correspondence posted to Private Bag X10014, Sandton, South Africa.
For further information, please contact:
Sasol Investor Relations,
Tiffany Sydow, Investor Relations Officer
Telephone: +27 (0) 71 673 1929
investor.relations@sasol.com
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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings ("Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings" or the "Company") (NYSE: BKKT) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Bakkt securities between March 31, 2021 and November 19, 2021, both dates inclusive; and/or (b) Bakkt Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC completed on or about October 15, 2021. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
BKKT 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: (i) the Company had defective financial controls; (ii) as a result, there were errors in the Company's financial statements related to the misclassification of certain shares issued prior to the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC; (iii) accordingly, the Company would need to restate certain of its financial statements; (iv) the Company downplayed the true scope and severity of these issues; (v) the Company overstated its remediation of its defective financial controls; and (vi) as a result, the documents issued in connection with the business combination and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings during the relevant time frame, you have until June 20, 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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Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in prison on federal bank robbery charges in a case that tested the constitutionality of broad search warrants that use Google location history to identify people who were near the scene of a crime.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Okello Chatrie, 27, was sentenced Wednesday in the 2019 robbery of the Call Federal Credit Union in Midlothian.
Chatrie’s lawyers had argued the use of a “geofence warrant” to identify people who were near the scene of the robbery violated their constitutional protection against unreasonable searches. Federal prosecutors argued Chatrie had no reasonable expectation of privacy since he voluntarily opted in to Google’s Location History.
U.S. District Judge Hannah Lauck ruled in March that the warrant violated the Constitution by gathering the location history of 19 cell phones — including Chatrie’s — near the bank at the time of the robbery without having any evidence that their owners had anything to do with the crime. Geofence warrants seek location data on every person within a specific location over a certain period of time.
But Lauck denied Chatrie’s motion to suppress the evidence produced by the warrant, finding the detective had acted in good faith by consulting with prosecutors before applying for the warrant and relied on his past experience in obtaining three similar warrants.
Privacy advocates said Lauck’s ruling that the warrant violated the constitutional protection against unreasonable searches could make it more difficult for police to continue using a popular investigative technique that has helped lead them to suspects in a list of crimes around the country.
On Wednesday, Lauck denied a defense request for a lower sentence for Chatrie, saying there were “too many victims” in the robbery. Prosecutors have said Chatrie demanded cash in a handwritten note, waved a gun, threatened to kill a bank teller’s family and ordered employees and a customer onto the floor.
The sentence Lauck imposed — 141 months — was at the low end of discretionary federal sentencing guidelines, which called for a term of between 141 and 155 months. | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/man-gets-12-years-in-case-that-tested-broad-search-warrants/ | 2022-08-12T03:20:38Z |
TRONDHEIM, Norway, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aker BP will publish its financial report for the first quarter 2022 on Thursday 28 April 2022. The company issues this trading update to summarize its production and sales volumes and related topics for the quarter.
Oil and gas production and sales
Aker BP produced 208.2 thousand barrels of oil equivalents per day (mboepd) in the quarter, while net volume sold amounted to 216.2 mboepd.
Other income
Aker BP expects to report Other income of approximately USD 40 million, mainly driven by unrealised gains on commodity derivatives.
Production cost
The company expects to report production costs of approximately USD 220 million. The increase from the previous quarter is mainly driven by higher lifted volumes, power costs, environmental taxes and higher well intervention activity.
Sale of shares in Cognite
During the first quarter 2022, Aker BP sold its shares in Cognite AS. This is expected to generate a gain of approximately USD 100 million (not taxable), which will be recorded as Other financial income.
Conference call and webcast
The company will host a conference call to present its first quarter 2022 results on 28 April 2022 at 08:30 CEST. The conference call will be available as a webcast on https://www.akerbp.com/en. To participate in the conference call, please use the following dial-in numbers and passcode:
Contacts:
Kjetil Bakken, VP Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, tel.: +47 91 889 889
Jørgen Torstensen, Senior IR Professional, tel.: +47 95 48 37 07
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Stacker compiled a list of exotic pets available for adoption near Dallas, Texas on Petfinder. Birds, barnyard animals, horses, and reptiles were included in the list if available.
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To celebrate her nominations for best supporting actress in the drama and limited series categories, the 24-year-old made a tearful phone call to her mom.
On HBO's disorienting teen drama "Euphoria," Sweeney had a standout season as the hopelessly romantic high schooler Cassie, who lies to her friends and family about a toxic relationship. On the prickly satire "The White Lotus," also on HBO, she's much more vicious as Olivia, a Nietzsche-reading college student whose friendship with a less wealthy pal dissolves while on a posh Hawaiian vacation. In both series, Sweeney's characters wreak havoc, albeit for different reasons.
Offscreen, though, Sweeney appears to have a much more loving relationship with her mother than her characters do. In a video shared to Instagram on Tuesday, she wipes tears from her eyes as she speaks with her mom on the phone. In the caption, she thanked her mother for her help fostering her career.
"Mom, I love you, we did it through the ups and downs!" she wrote, punctuating with joyful emojis.
Several of Sweeney's castmates on both "Euphoria" and "The White Lotus" were nominated, too, including 2020 best drama actress winner Zendaya and Sweeney's onscreen parents in the latter series, Connie Britton and Steve Zahn. Both series were nominated for the top awards in their categories -- best drama series and best limited series.
Sweeney, a first-time Emmy nominee this year, joins an even more exclusive club of actors nominated for two different roles in the same year. Other actors who've accomplished the feat include Elisabeth Moss and Ted Danson, according to awards prediction site Gold Derby.
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So I can spend more time with my family, I am turning this week’s column over to a bright fourth-grade student from an unnamed American small town.
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Hi. My name is Liam. My history teacher, Mr. Burkhalter, assigned us to write a 500-word essay about lack of public appreciation for the significance of Memorial Day.
My grandpa suggested titling the essay “They’ve fallen, and our enthusiasm can’t get up.” Grandpa says a lot of things that make us check his pill box.
Mr. Burkhalter, whom you may recall I already mentioned two paragraphs ago, drives a long, long, long way to instruct us kids, including Jenny and Claire and Eliot and Noah (how am I doing with the word count?), so I paid close attention when he said that Memorial Day is a day to honor those Armed Forces members who made the ultimate sacrifice.
After he explained that these brave men and women died so the rest of us could enjoy our freedoms, I decided that “ultimate sacrifice” is indeed an appropriate term. But I just want to state for the record that sharing a room with my little brother must rank as the next to ultimate sacrifice. Sure, the Kaiser used chemical warfare, but he never tossed Petey’s dirty socks into the trenches. Google it.
It’s hard to imagine the hardships our heroes endured, often short of food, short of medical supplies, short of pronouns …
The beginning of the observance that evolved into Memorial Day took place way back in 1868. Gen. John A. Logan probably had lots of time to organize such solemn ceremonies because I understand that the videogames back then were totally lame. Don’t get me started on the Pony Amazon riders.
Even though many people treat Memorial Day as just another three-day weekend (Indy 500! Action movies! Trip to the beach!), it has become part of the American fabric. (Speaking of fabric, they are having a big Memorial Day sale at Clem’s Clothing Castle. Sing a verse of “Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” -- whatever that is -- and get 10% off your order.)
Grown-ups often refer to Memorial Day as “the unofficial start of summer.” You would think that summer would be grateful that humans granted it an unofficial start, but it is usually a case of “I got your mosquitoes and heat right here, pal.”
Memorial Day has become a lot like fun-focused Independence Day, except without the fireworks (unless Mom catches Dad showing off his “Kiss the Cook” apron a little too suggestively with Ms. Houlihan down the street).
Do you know what would be a neat way to celebrate Memorial Day? You know all those books about the cities you must visit before you die and the foods you must eat before you die and the movies you must watch before you die? Maybe one of my classmates will write “The 100 Warmongering Politicians You Must Get Rid of Before You Die.”
I appreciate our hard-won opportunities. If not for fallen patriots, I might be speaking a foreign language, with phrases like “three channels” and “play outdoors” and “here’s the change from your fill-up.”
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Thanks, Liam. I hope you’ve inspired everyone to observe a moment of silence at 3 p.m. on May 30. I can almost smell the bombs bursting in air. … No! Wait! It’s Petey’s socks! | https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/danny-tyree-memorial-day-from-a-fourth-graders-perspective/article_a4ff5e10-d844-11ec-a1b5-e746c9061d39.html | 2022-05-21T22:45:56Z |
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo" or the "Company") (NYSE: WFC).
Class Period: February 24, 2021 – June 9, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 29, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Wells Fargo lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/wells-fargo-company/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (2) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (3) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (4) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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NEW YORK, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced the winners of its 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards during a virtual ceremony emceed by Michael Beschloss with remarks by Kerry Kennedy and featuring special guest presenters Kimberly Adams, Dan Blackburn, Doug Brinkley, Margaret Engel, Annette Gordon-Reed, John Harwood, Van Jones, Rory Kennedy, Michael Lewis, Jane Mayer, Ari Melber, Craig Melvin, Soledad O'Brien, Symone D. Sanders, and John Seigenthaler.
Winners of the 2022 RFK Journalism Awards were selected in student and professional categories from over 350 entries across print, broadcast, and new media categories, encapsulating some of the most exemplary reporting from the past year. Among them:
- The Miami Herald, in collaboration with ProPublica, won this year's Domestic Print Award and was also named the Grand Prize Winner for its investigative project, Birth and Betrayal, which examines the systemic and inhumane treatment by the State of Florida of families with disabled children.
- The New Yorker won the International Print Award for Ghost Walls, a chilling picture of not just oppressive state authority but of the way the state's actions can warp a society and target a minority for abuse and erasure based on little more than prejudice and half-baked fears.
- The Los Angeles Times won the International Photo Award for its depiction of the chaotic aftermath of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan, a compelling first draft of history.
- Hillcrest High School in Springfield, Missouri won the High School Broadcast Award for The Talk, an unscripted and honest conversation about Black teenagers' perceptions in society.
This year's Book Award winners are "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together" by Heather McGhee and "America on Fire" by Elizabeth Hinton. A powerful exploration of inequality, "The Sum of Us" analyzes how racism in our politics and policymaking has shaped the American economy and failed the American public —and offers a new vision for our future. "America on Fire" presents a new framework for understanding our nation's broken criminal legal system, tracing the untold history of police violence and Black rebellion since the 1960s.
Launched in 1969 by the journalists who covered Kennedy's presidential campaign, the prestigious RFK Journalism Awards celebrates media professionals whose work explores issues of human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action. The Book Award was founded in 1980 with the proceeds from Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s bestselling book, "Robert F. Kennedy and His Times."
"A fair and free press remains one of the greatest bulwarks of democracy, and the commitment to protect civic space is at the core of what we do at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights," said Kerry Kennedy, president of Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. "Each year, it becomes more difficult and dangerous to be a journalist, and we're proud to support their ongoing work to speak truth to power."
The full list of honorees for the 2022 RFK Book and Journalism Awards can be found below. Special thanks to historian and author Michael Beschloss, head of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award committee, and Margaret Engel, director of the Alicia Patterson Journalism Foundation and chair of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards committee, as well as the more than 50 volunteer judges who participated this year. We are especially grateful to Mortimer B. Zuckerman, whose support made this year's ceremony possible.
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JOURNALISM AWARDS
High School Print and New Voices for Justice Award
Unlivable Wages
The Globe of Clayton High School
Owen Auston-Babcock
High School Broadcast
The Talk
Hillcrest High School
Jaela Burris
College Journalism
Being Black in Lincoln: The Series
The Lincoln Journal Star
Trinity Saez, Victoria Baker, Zach Wendling, Jaqueline Martinez, Evelyn Mejia, Dillon Galloway, Nick McConnell, Jason Han, Lauren Penington, Erika Jensen, and Nia Johnson
New Media
Airstrikes Gone Wrong
The New York Times
Staff of the New York Times
Domestic Print
Birth and Betrayal
The Miami Herald
Carol Marbin Miller and Daniel Chang
International Print
Ghost Walls
The New Yorker
Raffi Khatchadourian
Radio
Mississippi Goddamn: The Ballad of Billey Joe
Reveal from the Center for Investigative Journalism & PRX
Al Reston, Jonathan Jones, Kevin Sullivan, Michael Schiller, Jim Briggs III, Fernando Arruda, and Steven Rascón
Domestic Photography
Social Injustice
The Washington Post
Joshua Lott
International Photography
The Fall of Afghanistan
Los Angeles Times
Marcus Yam, Nabih Bulos, and Laura King
Cartoon
Clay Jones Cartoons
Self-Syndicated & CNN
Clay Jones
Domestic Television
Unrelinquished: When Abusers Keep Their Guns
Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting
Jennifer Gollan, Amina Waheed, Laila Al-Arian, Adrienne Haspel, Joel Van Haren, Darya Marchenkova, Andrew Donohue, Nina Martin, Katharine Mieszkowski, Esther Kaplan, Amanda Pike, Victoria Baranetsky, Sumi Aggarwal, and Narda Zacchino
International Television
A Thousand Cuts
Frontline (PBS)
Ramona Diaz
Criminal Justice
Behind the Blue Wall
USA Today
Gina Barton, Daphne Duret, Brett Murphy, and Jarrad Henderson
About Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
We are a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that has worked to realize Robert F. Kennedy's dream of a more just and peaceful world since 1968. In partnership with local activists, we advocate for key human rights issues—championing change makers and pursuing strategic litigation at home and around the world. And to ensure change that lasts, we foster a social-good approach to business and investment and educate millions of students about human rights and social justice.
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RIPON, Wis. , June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Though open just a little over a month, California's first Speed Queen Laundry franchise location is already attracting attention with visits from a pair of VIPs over the weekend.
The Long Beach store, located at 1526 East 4th St., played host to visits by Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, and Long Beach Councilwoman Cindy Allen. Both officials thanked owners Saba Safiari and Robert Rafia for bringing a truly exceptional customer-focused business to the neighborhood as well as adding job opportunities to residents.
Safiari was excited to walk the city officials through the store and share how Speed Queen Laundry stores are changing perceptions of what laundromats can be.
"Our facilities are super clean, we do more than any other brand to promote safety, and this is where folks come and can expect a nice place for their family to be. We are always attended, and our staff are always willing to help," he said.
Rafia added that the business is doing more than giving the area a great place to do laundry; he's proud of their giving back to the community.
"I love all the many things we do for our communities, globally, but also right here in our neighborhood. Next week, for example, we'll be launching Speed Queen Wash and Learn. We're pioneering a literacy program that will provide free new books, as well as opportunities for students of local teaching programs to come and get live experience as guest readers," Rafia said.
Speed Queen Laundry franchises feature cutting edge technology such as touchscreen controls, app-based payment and rewards programs for frequent customers. Fast, efficient washer-extractors and tumble dryers offer customer exceptional flexibility to tailor cycles, while getting them in and out in an hour, all in a clean, well-lit environment with vibrant colors.
Leveraging the brand's more than 110 years of industry experience and branding as well as off-site management technology, Speed Queen Laundromat franchises enable investors to tap into the average return on investment of 30 percent that vended laundries offer.
To learn more about Speed Queen Laundromat franchising, visit franchise.speedqueen.com.
About Speed Queen - Speed Queen provides coin laundry owners with a variety of innovative and reliable commercial washers, dryers and laundromat equipment. As an industry leader, Speed Queen is dedicated to providing its market expertise to help grow the self-serve laundry industry. To accomplish this, the company offers Speed Queen Financial Services, which provides a continuum of stable, long-term capital solutions specifically for the laundry industry. The brand is an entity of Ripon, Wis.-based Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, a leading global manufacturer of commercial laundry products and provider of services for laundromats, multi-housing laundries and on-premises laundries.
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New integrations open innovative paths to revenue for B2B growth teams
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LeanData, the modern revenue orchestration platform for today's growth leaders, today introduced new out-of-the-box integrations with popular sales and marketing solutions from 6sense, Clearbit, Cloudingo, Cognism, Crossbeam, Kronologic, Microsoft Teams, SalesIntel, Sendoso and UserGems.
LeanData's newest integrations significantly expand its ecosystem of long-standing integrations, which includes Salesloft, Slack, Outreach and others.
LeanData's Revenue Orchestration platform features flexible, easy, drag-and-drop workflows which seamlessly orchestrate data, processes and plays across Salesforce CRM and leading third-party applications in the revenue tech stack.
With LeanData's integrations, customers can now seamlessly:
- Ingest unique buyer signals with 6sense and UserGems.
- Enrich records with 6sense, Clearbit, Cognism, SalesIntel and others.
- Improve data quality with Cloudingo.
- Strengthen partner co-selling motions with Crossbeam.
- Trigger cadences with Salesforce Sales Engagement, Salesloft and Outreach.
- Send tailored calendar invites with Kronologic.
- Integrate gifting plays with Sendoso.
- Deliver real-time notifications with Slack and Microsoft Teams.
"We've released highly successful integrations in recent years based on customer demand—and their momentum continues to grow," said Hendrick Lee, Chief Product Officer, LeanData. "We're committed to leveraging synergies between LeanData and the products and solutions customers have adopted to power their revenue engines."
Later this month, LeanData will showcase its new integrations alongside partners at OpsStars 2022. Held alongside Salesforce's Dreamforce event, the seventh-annual OpsStars conference will take place September 21-22 at The San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, Calif. To register, visit www.ops-stars.com.
About LeanData
Today's growth leaders are powering their B2B selling with LeanData, the gold standard in modern revenue orchestration and an essential element of the modern RevTech stack. The LeanData Revenue Orchestration Platform, powered by No-Code Automation, simplifies and accelerates coordination of all the plays, people and processes needed to transform buyer signals into buying decisions. LeanData is inspiring a global movement among its 800+ customers and community of 5000+ OpsStars worldwide, empowering them with revenue operations excellence that translates into compelling buyer experiences and competitive advantage. See www.leandata.com.
Ignacio Ramirez
Switch PR
ignacio@switchpr.com
+1 415.517.6708
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A purely returns-based analysis in 2021 illuminated sources of risk and alpha
SUMMIT, N.J., May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Markov Processes International, Inc. ("MPI"), a leading independent FinTech provider of software and services for analyzing investment performance and risk, today announced that their September 2021 analysis of the Structured Alpha fund has again been at the forefront of investment reporting this week after Allianz's recent admission of fraud and the sale of its U.S. asset management business to Voya.
MPI's original quantitative analysis utilizing its Stylus Pro software, with patented Dynamic Style Analysis ("DSA"), revealed that the fund was effectively selling market crash insurance and putting investors' money at risk in the case of market collapse. The steady "alpha" that attracted investors, was nothing more than a stream of option premiums as long as markets remained tranquil - but there was little to indicate that investors in the fund would be protected if a significant market downturn were to occur. As such, investors utilizing such an analysis could have anticipated that they might get burned during a big sell-off (and that their apparent alpha was contingent on an insurance bet).
"The purpose of our analysis into Structured Alpha last Fall was not to play Monday morning quarterback, but to show investment analysts how complex strategies that employ derivatives, leverage and highly dynamic trades can still be well explained by returns-based factor analysis. Efficient and cost-effective quantitative analysis and monitoring of investment products should be a central component of any due diligence around such products, as it is for regulators like the SEC, compliance, auditing and risk professionals and institutional investors," said Michael Markov, CEO and co-founder of MPI.
For information on MPI's flagship software product, visit the MPI Stylus Pro page. For further information, please contact MPI at +1 (908) 608-1558 or info@markovprocesses.com.
About MPI:
Markov Processes International Inc. (MPI) is a leading provider of solutions for investment research, analysis and reporting to the global wealth and investment management industry. MPI works with more than 250 client organizations, including pensions and endowments, sovereign wealth funds, global wealth management firms, institutional consultants, regulators, investment advisors and asset managers. Rooted in the principles of transparency, objectivity and efficiency, MPI takes an innovative approach to problem solving in the areas of fund analysis, risk management, asset allocation and reporting to ensure that its clients have the tools to succeed in ever-crowded markets. Follow us on Twitter @MarkovMPI and connect with us on LinkedIn.
MEDIA CONTACT
JEFF SCHWARTZ
jschwartz@markovprocesses.com
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NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Netflix, Inc. ("Netflix" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NFLX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Netflix and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On January 20, 2022, after the market closed, Netflix reported that it "slightly overforecasted paid net adds in Q4," adding 8.3 million subscribers compared to the 8.5 million forecast. The Company also stated that, despite "healthy" retention and engagement, it only expected to add 2.5 million net subscribers during first quarter 2022, below the 4.0 million net adds in the prior year period.
On this news, Netflix's stock price fell $110.75 per share, or 21.7%, to close at $397.50 per share on January 21, 2022.
Then, on April 19, 2022, after the market closed, Netflix reported that it lost 200,000 subscribers during the first quarter of 2022, compared to prior guidance expecting the Company to add 2.5 million net subscribers. The Company cited the slowing revenue growth to four factors, including account sharing with an estimated 100 million additional households and competition with other streaming services.
On this news, Netflix's stock price fell $122.42 per share, or over 35%, to close at $226.19 per share on April 20, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
CONTACT:
Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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Which Funko POP! keychains are best?
Funko has expanded its wildly popular POP! brand into daily life with Funko POP! keychains. These pocket-sized versions of the company’s vinyl figures add character to something that most people use every day. They also give fans of the company’s full-size Funko POP! figures something else to collect and display.
And just like Funko’s full-size figures, there’s no shortage of choices when it comes to Funko POP! keychains. Fans who want a keychain as fun as a full-size POP! can’t miss the Funko POP! Keychain Deadpool Bath Time.
What to know before you buy Funko POP! keychains
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Funko makes a wide variety of POP! keychains, so it’s worth researching to see if there’s a keychain with your favorite character’s likeness. For particularly popular brands such as Disney and Marvel, there may be more than one Funko POP! keychain for the same character.
Availability
Similar to Funko POP! figures, some Funko POP! keychains are exclusive to a specific retailer. Others may only be available for a limited time if they tie into a popular franchise or recently released movie. Keychains also get retired the same way that figures do. Fans looking for a specific Funko POP! keychain should bring their choice home before it sells out.
Price
Many Funko POP! keychains are priced similarly to other keychains. However, because they’re also considered collectibles, just like other Funko products, fans may have to pay more for popular characters or special versions. Certain Funko POP! keychains are more expensive than buying a full-size Funko POP! figure.
What to look for in quality Funko POP! keychains
Durability
Funko POP! keychains are designed to be used on a daily basis. That means they’re going to get picked up, dropped, bumped into or otherwise handled more than a collectible that sits on a shelf. Choose a keychain that has a decent size and weight so that it holds its own as you take it with you everywhere. Most retailers list the size on product pages.
Appearance
Fans should look for a Funko POP! keychain that’s as fun as a full-size Funko POP! figure. The entire point of having a novelty keychain is to represent a character or fandom that you love. Does the keychain resemble the character? Are the colors accurate and bright to make it stand out? Even better is a keychain that adds something to set it apart from other depictions of the character.
Small parts
Avoid Funko POP! keychains that have small parts. Since Funko POP! keychains are already tiny, small parts such as accessories or pointy ears are even smaller. That makes those pieces more likely to get bent or broken off when the keychain is kept in a pocket, purse or backpack.
How much you can expect to spend on Funko POP! keychains
Funko POP! keychains range from $6-$20. Most retail for $10 and under.
Funko POP! keychains FAQ
Does every Funko POP! figure have a keychain counterpart?
A. Funko POP! and Funko POP! keychains are separate product lines, so not every POP! will be represented in keychain format. However, that also means you can find characters in the keychain lineup that aren’t available as full-size POP! figures.
How much can Funko POP! keychains hold?
A. Funko POP! keychains have a smaller-than-average key ring. The average Funko POP! keychain is approximately 3 inches long, and half of that is the figure. If you have a small number of keys, you should have no problem using a Funko POP! keychain. People who have more than four or five keys, or who keep larger items such as flash drives or key fobs on their keychains, may run out of room.
What are the best Funko POP! keychains to buy?
Top Funko POP! keychain
Funko POP! Keychain Deadpool Bath Time
What you need to know: An entertaining version of a fan-favorite Marvel character that offers an irreverent twist on his usual look.
What you’ll love: The shower cap and rubber ducky elevates this from a standard Deadpool keychain. Even non-Marvel fans will be able to get a laugh out of the concept.
What you should consider: Has lots of amusing but small details that may be missed on an already small keychain.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Funko POP! keychain for the money
What you need to know: One of Disney’s most gregarious characters comes to life on this keychain, with a great expression that will make fans smile every time they pull out their keys.
What you’ll love: Has a wonderful look that gives this keychain personality. Colors are bright and accurate to the character. Bigger than the average Funko POP! keychain, thanks to Stitch’s prominent ears.
What you should consider: It’s the most basic depiction of the Stitch character and misses out by not including some of his creative accessories. One of the more expensive Funko POP! keychains.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Funko POP! Keychain Optimus Prime
What you need to know: This pocket version of the most popular Transformer pops with color and captures everything that makes the character stand out.
What you’ll love: It looks exactly like Optimus Prime, so everyone will recognize it. A slightly larger size provides some additional weight. The boxy shape makes this keychain easier and more comfortable to keep in a pocket or small purse since there are no sharp corners to poke or stick out.
What you should consider: Since it’s a robot, it has no facial expression, unlike many Funko POP! keychains. Some fans may be disappointed that it does not transform.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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