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The cost of treatment with CytoSorb® will now be covered by the public sector in Turkey
PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoSorbents Corporation (NASDAQ: CTSO), a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in the intensive care unit and cardiac surgery using blood purification via its proprietary polymer adsorption technology, announced that the Turkish Ministry of Health has approved national reimbursement for CytoSorb®, which is now a reimbursed catalog product in the State Supply Office of Turkey (DMO) portal and can be purchased directly by hospitals and physicians without restrictions.
Dr. Christian Steiner, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing of CytoSorbents, stated, "We greatly appreciate the Turkish Ministry of Health's recognition of the important role CytoSorb can play in the management of complex patients who are critically ill or are undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. Each year in Turkey, there are an estimated 140,000 patients treated in the ICU for severe sepsis or septic shock related to infection, with a high risk of death. There are also more than an estimated 75,000 patients who undergo cardiothoracic surgery annually, many of whom are medical tourists treated in private hospitals. In addition, there are numerous other critically ill patients suffering from other life-threatening conditions such as acute lung or liver failure, trauma, and others where CytoSorb can be used to control deadly inflammation and provide organ support. Now with reimbursement, more patients will have access to our breakthrough CytoSorb therapy that adds a new dimension to blood purification."
Dr. Steiner praised the strategic collaboration with new distribution partner, Bıçakcılar Medical Devices. "Our partnership with Bıçakcılar was instrumental in obtaining national reimbursement and inclusion of CytoSorb® in the healthcare catalog of the DMO. We look forward to working more closely with them to leverage our new reimbursement and expand the Turkish market for our products."
Bıçakcılar Medical Devices is the leading manufacturer of disposable medical products and OR Solutions in Turkey. The company was established in 1959. Over the years, the Bıçakcılar brand has gained wide acceptance and established a tradition of continued reliability and customer satisfaction.
Dr. Souheil El Hakim, Chief Executive Officer of Bıçakcılar, emphasized the important alignment of both companies towards patient-centric solutions that are vital to improving clinical outcomes for critically ill patients in Turkey and beyond. "We believe that everyone deserves affordable and effective healthcare. In critical care medicine specifically, we are able to distribute the most effective therapies with the help of our extensive production facilities. At the same time, we are working to have a direct impact on healthcare outcomes. With CytoSorbents, we have found one of the most innovative partners to help us achieve this, giving us the opportunity to fill our approach with even more life."
Turkey provides universal health care for approximately 95% of the nation's 84 million citizens, comparable in size to Germany. There are more than 1,500 hospitals, where roughly 62% are public or university hospitals, and 38% are private. Turkey has a large intensive care unit network, with one of the highest numbers of ICU beds per 100,000 population among developed nations at roughly 46, compared to 29 in the U.S. and 39 in Germany, for example. Turkey is also a central hub for medical tourism in the region, attracting 1.7 million patients from outside of Turkey each year, particularly for surgical procedures such as cardiovascular, thoracic, plastic, orthopedic, and others.
Bıçakcılar Medical is a 60-year-old company that has created a lot of "firsts" in Turkey where it was born. Over the years, expanding globally, Bıçakcılar Medical has helped to save lives around the world supplying the products that are crucial in healthcare. From medical disposables to OR Solutions, it stands out with two unique attributes: Quality control with zero tolerance for error and after sales service by its own experts, adding exceptional durability to its medical equipment. A focus on the "patient" is just one of the reasons many of its international and domestic customers have partnered with the company for over 20 years. With over 800 employees and many business partners, Bıçakcılar serves its customers by manufacturing and supplying innovative, reliable and environmentally friendly medical devices. Bıçakcılar is committed to assuring that everything it does benefits society and the environment while helping to save lives.
CytoSorbents Corporation is a leader in the treatment of life-threatening conditions in critical care and cardiac surgery through blood purification. Its flagship product, CytoSorb®, is approved in the European Union and marketed in more than 70 countries worldwide. It is an extracorporeal cytokine adsorber designed to reduce the "cytokine storm" or "cytokine release syndrome" that occurs in common critical illnesses and can lead to massive inflammation, organ failure and patient death. In these diseases, the risk of death can be extremely high, and there are few, if any, effective treatments. CytoSorb is also used during and after cardiothoracic surgery to remove inflammatory mediators that can lead to postoperative complications, including multiple organ failure. As of June 30, 2022, more than 179,000 CytoSorb devices have been used cumulatively worldwide. CytoSorb was originally launched in the European Union under the CE Mark as the first extracorporeal cytokine adsorber. Additional CE Mark extensions were granted for bilirubin and myoglobin removal in clinical conditions such as liver disease and trauma, respectively, and for ticagrelor and rivaroxaban removal during cardiothoracic surgery. CytoSorb has also received FDA emergency approval in the United States for use in adult critically ill COVID-19 patients with impending or confirmed respiratory failure. The DrugSorb™-ATR antithrombotic removal system, based on the same polymer technology as CytoSorb, also received FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to remove ticagrelor and FDA Breakthrough Device Designation to remove the direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC) apixaban and rivaroxaban in a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during urgent cardiothoracic procedures. The company has initiated two FDA-approved pivotal studies to support marketing approval of DrugSorb-ATR in the United States. The first is the randomized, controlled STAR-T (Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal-Ticagrelor) study of 120 patients at 30 centers to evaluate whether intraoperative use of DrugSorb-ATR can reduce perioperative bleeding risk in ticagrelor patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery. The second study is the STAR‑ D (Safe and Timely Antithrombotic Removal-Direct Oral Anticoagulants) randomized controlled trial of 120 patients at 30 centers evaluating the intraoperative use of DrugSorb-ATR to reduce perioperative bleeding risk in patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery who are taking direct oral anticoagulants, including apixaban and rivaroxaban.
CytoSorbents' purification technologies are based on biocompatible, highly porous polymer beads that can actively remove toxic substances from blood and other body fluids through pore entrapment and surface adsorption. The Company's technologies have received more than $39.5 million in non-dilutive grants, contracts and other funding from DARPA, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), Air Force Material Command (USAF/AFMC) and others. The company has numerous marketed and in-development products based on this unique blood purification technology protected by numerous issued U.S. and international patents and registered trademarks, as well as several pending patent applications, including ECOS-300CY®, CytoSorb-XL™, HemoDefend-RBC™, HemoDefend-BGA™, VetResQ®, K+ontrol™, DrugSorb™, DrugSorb™-ATR, ContrastSorb and others. For more information, please visit the company's websites at www.cytosorbents.com and www.cytosorb.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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Bill Murray speaks out about ‘Being Mortal’ film shutdown, saying ‘I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way’
By Megan Thomas and Chris Boyette, CNN
Actor and comedian Bill Murray addressed the production shutdown of his latest film, “Being Mortal,” in the wake of reports of a complaint against him.
Fox Searchlight told the film crew in an email last month that the film was being shut down due to an unspecified complaint but didn’t confirm Murray was involved, Deadline first reported on April 20.
On Saturday, Murray was attending the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. The actor, who’s a shareholder, told CNBC that he had a “difference of opinion” with a woman on the set of “Being Mortal.” But Murray said he was optimistic that he and the woman, whom he didn’t name, could “make peace.”
“We had a difference of opinion; I had a difference of opinion with a woman I’m working with. I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way,” Murray said. “The company, the movie studio wanted to do the right thing. So, they wanted to check it all out and investigate it and so they stopped the production. But as of now we’re talking and we’re trying to make peace with each other.”
The nature of the complaint has not been made public, but Murray said he had been thinking a lot about what happened, and it has been “quite an education” for him, according to the interview he gave CNBC.
“You know what I always thought was funny as a little kid isn’t necessarily the same as what’s funny now. Things change and the times change, so it’s important for me to figure it out,” Murray said. “I think the most important thing is that it’s best for the other person. I thought about and that it’s not best for the other person, doesn’t matter what happens for me. And that gave me a great deal of comfort and relaxation because your brain doesn’t operate well when you’re in the unknown, when you’re thinking like, ‘well, how can I be so…how can I misperceive? How can I be so inaccurate and so insensitive,’ when you think you’re being sensitive to some sensibility that you’ve had for a long time.”
The actor also told CNBC he hopes to work out his differences with the woman and restart production of “Being Mortal.”
“What would make me the happiest would be to put my boots on and for both of us to go back into work and be able to trust each other and work at the work that we both spent a lot of time developing the skill of,” Murray said to CNBC. “And hopefully do something that’s good for more than just the two of us, but for a whole crew of people who are movie makers and the movie studio as well.”
The movie, featuring Bill Murray, Seth Rogen and Keke Palmer, and directed by Aziz Ansari, is based on Atul Gawande’s non-fiction book “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ansari wrote the script and was also expected to play a role in the film.
Searchlight Pictures has not responded to multiple requests from CNN for comment.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Respect My Region (RMR), a Seattle-based award-winning, media, music, cannabis, and technology company, is pleased to announce strategic partnerships with 23 cannabis retailers and 30 media sites, public relations groups, and influencers across North America.
"Each year we aim to work with strategic partners who are active in their local community," said Mitch Pfeifer, Founder and CEO of Respect My Region. "This year, RMR reached out to more than 100 different entities and so far we've established partnerships with 53 various groups. They will all contribute expert local market insight to our platform and provide a true snapshot of what legal cannabis looks like across the map."
"We really try to go above and beyond when it comes to deliverables with our partners," said Joey Brabo, Chief Operations Officer and Co-Owner of Respect My Region. "They all receive a podcast episode, featured article, marketing asset inclusion, plus social media promotions about their brand, cannabis culture, and products in their area."
Retail Partnerships For The 2022 North American Weed Tour:
420 Kingdom Delivery (Bakersfield, CA)
Cape Cod Cannabis (Cape Cod, MA)
Canopy Club (Santa Barbara, CA)
Dockside Cannabis (Seattle, WA)
High West Cannabis (Denver, CO)
ILLA Canna (West Los Angeles, CA)
Jungle Boyz (DTLA, Orange County, San Diego, CA)
Kansas City Cannabis Co. (Kansas City, MO)
LB Collective (Long Beach, CA)
Litco (Downtown Los Angeles, CA)
Market Run Delivery (Santa Ana, CA)
Megan's Organic Market (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Mother Nature's Remedy (Woodland Hills, CA)
Originals (South Central Los Angeles, CA)
Tree Factory (Port Hueneme, CA)
Trippy Hippie (Bellingham, WA)
West Coast Cannabis Club (Palm Desert, CA)
The North American Weed Tour began July 10th and ends on December 15th, 2022.
For more information, visit RespectMyRegion.com/NorthAmericanWeedTour.
10Buds, 40 Tons, 420 Jurist, Adam ILL, AZ Cannabis News, Beard Bros Pharms, Betty Krocker Bakes, BudsFeed, Cannabiscapes, CannabisTalk 101, Cannabis and Movies Club, Elana Cohen Public Relations, Emerald Market, Ganjapreneur, G4 Live, Heady NJ, Honeysuckle Magazine, Illinois News Joint, Inner.Chii, Mistah Cannabis, Natura, Neon Joint, Petalfast, Pre-Packs, Pot Brothers at Law, PufCreativ, Skunk Magazine, The Bluntness, The Cannabis Library, The Cannigma, and The Weed Blog.
About Respect My Region: Since 2011, Respect My Region has provided a community-centric platform that connects real people to local culture. RMR is currently servicing music and cannabis markets in the United States and Canada. The brand offers custom content creation, marketing and management services, targeted advertising, influencer campaigns, event promotion, content distribution, and PR services.
Past Tours: respectmyregion.com/westcoastweedtour
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TOLEDO, Ohio, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Welltower Inc. (NYSE: WELL) today announced it will release second quarter 2022 financial results after the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The Company will host a conference call and webcast on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss these results. The Company's earnings release will be available in the Investors section of the Company's website.
Investors and other interested parties may access the conference call in the following ways:
- At the Company's website: www.welltower.com.
- Via webcast: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/101792930. A webcast replay will be available approximately two hours after the conclusion of the conference call and will be available for 90 days. Joining via webcast is recommended for those who will not be asking questions.
- By telephone: The participant toll-free dial-in number is (888) 340-5024. International dial-in is (646) 960-0135. The conference ID number is 8230248. All phone participants are asked to dial in 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to ensure connectivity.
A replay of the conference call will be available beginning at approximately 1:00 p.m. ET on August 10, 2022 and ending on August 17, 2022. The replay dial-in number for U.S. participants is 1 (800) 770-2030. For international participants, the replay dial-in is 1 (647) 362-9199. The replay conference ID number is 8230248.
Welltower® Inc. (NYSE: WELL), an S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. The Company invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers, and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people's wellness and overall health care experience. Welltower, a real estate investment trust ("REIT"), owns interests in properties concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, consisting of seniors housing, post-acute communities and outpatient medical properties. More information is available at www.welltower.com.
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (AP) — A chihuahua puppy found shot through the neck with an arrow in Southern California was expected to survive after veterinarians removed the projectile, authorities said.
A woman reported to 911 that she found the wounded dog Monday in a neighborhood near the city of Desert Hot Springs after hearing the puppy “screaming,” Riverside County Animal Services said in a statement.
A sheriff’s deputy picked up the 4-month-old female and transferred it to an animal services officer who brought the pup to the Coachella Valley Animal Campus.
Veterinary staff determined that the arrow did not strike the puppy’s vital arteries and it was removed.
“For someone to willfully shoot this poor pup with an arrow is disgusting,” Animal Services Director Erin Gettis said in the statement. “We are shocked and we hope someone can provide us any information as to who did this.”
Gettis said the agency will continue to treat the puppy and work on finding her a home.
Veterinary technician Emily Ellison said the puppy is affectionate.
“I cannot imagine why anyone would do something so terrible to such an innocent creature. It’s very sick,” Ellison said. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/chihuahua-found-with-arrow-through-neck-expected-to-survive/ | 2022-05-25T08:07:34Z |
SALADO — Services for Billy W. Cosper, 85, of Holland are pending with Broecker Funeral Home in Salado.
Mr. Cosper died Monday, May 30, at his residence.
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The Journey will make two stops in the Missoula area, from 9/13 to 9/16. Please see locations and timing below.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The All of Us Research Program's Journey mobile exhibit is traveling across the country to engage communities that have been historically underrepresented in medical research. All of Us is inviting one million or more people to help advance precision medicine by building one of the most diverse health databases of its kind.
Since the program launched in 2018, the mobile exhibit has visited more than 100 cities in over 40 states. In Missoula, the Journey will be available to educate and register new participants for the program. Participants will be able to take health surveys and provide bio samples, such as a blood sample, as part of joining the program. With more enrollment and representation from area residents, researchers can help better address health issues that are prevalent in the community.
- FIRST STOP: Cara's Park (123 Carousel Drive, Missoula, MT, 59812) on Tuesday 9/13 and Wednesday 9/14, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. MT
- SECOND STOP: University of Montana (32 Campus Dr., Missoula, MT, 59812) on Thursday, 9/15 and Friday 9/16, from 10 a.m.–4 p.m. MT
- All of Us tour managers will be available for interviews at the event or before the event via Zoom or phone.
- Journalists are welcome to shoot B-roll and take photos at the event.
- The mobile exhibit features hands-on activities to learn more about the program, including a digital gaming hub, an augmented reality experience, and more.
- COVID-19 safety guidelines:
More than 320,000 people nationwide have enrolled and completed the initial steps to participate in the research program, and over 80% of these participants belong to communities that have been historically underrepresented in biomedical research, including 50% from racial and ethnic minority groups. Researchers will use the data that participants contribute to learn how biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health. This may one day help them find more tailored ways to treat and prevent disease.
For more information, visit allofus.nih.gov. | To sign up, visit joinallofus.org.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Allied Payment Network, Inc. (Allied), the industry's most progressive provider of online and mobile money movement services to banks and credit unions, announced today that it has for the third consecutive year been named one of the 2022 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology. The awards program was created in 2017 and is a project of Arizent and Best Companies Group to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in the financial technology industry.
Companies recognized this year operate in and serve companies and consumers in a wide range of financial services including banking and mortgages, insurance, payments and financial advisory.
"This year, the fintech industry became a larger and more important sector of our economy," noted David Evans, chief content officer at Arizent. "This ranking helps highlight companies that have generous employee policies and positive cultures, and can help serve as a guide to job seekers in this competitive industry."
"Allied's 11-year journey to our position as a leading digital payments innovator is largely the result of our commitment to attract and keep the industry's best talent," explained Allied founder and CEO Ralph Marcuccilli. "The fact that we have received this honor three years in a row validates that our efforts to cultivate a positive workplace culture—emphasizing deeply-ingrained company values, competitive compensation, employee recognition and engaging company activities—is working. We will always strive to achieve this recognition."
To be considered for participation, companies must provide technology products, services or solutions that enable the delivery of financial services. Companies must also have been in business for at least one full year and employ at least 15 people in the U.S. For more information on Arizent's Best Places to Work in Financial Technology program, including full eligibility criteria, visit www.BestPlacestoWorkFinTech.com.
About Allied Payment Network
Allied Payment Network is an industry-leading provider of digital money movement technologies to the financial services industries. Allied's suite of emerging online and mobile payment channels include solutions for Internet bill pay, small business payments, person-to-person, account-to-account, online loan payments and the ability to buy, sell and hold bitcoin, among others. For more information, visit www.AlliedPayment.com.
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Which crossbow is best?
Crossbows evolved from the traditional bow to increase ancient-era armies’ military might while decreasing training time and cost. Like the bow, there have been no significant changes to its operation in centuries, only improvements in construction and technological additions.
The best crossbow is the Barnett Whitetail Hunter STR Crossbow. It is deadly accurate, fires bolts at 375 feet per second and weighs just 6.6 pounds.
What to know before you buy a crossbow
Types of crossbow
There are three types of crossbows: recurve, compound and reverse draw limbs.
- Recurve is the traditional style used for thousands of years. It’s typically lightweight and quiet enough not to spook an animal. However, most require a large amount of strength to cock.
- Compound is a more technological type. It uses pulleys to greatly reduce the strength required to cock. They make much more noise, however, making them unpopular for hunting.
- Reverse draw limb is the most modern crossbow, upending traditional design entirely. It places the center of gravity in the center rather than the front. It’s also quieter than a recurve. It’s also incredibly expensive with some costing as much as $2,000.
Draw weight
Draw weight measures how powerfully a crossbow fires and how much strength it takes to cock them. Most have draw weights between 75 and 200 pounds. Some have as many as 250-pound draw weights. Before purchasing any crossbow, be honest with yourself as to if you can deadlift nearly 200 pounds each time you want to fire a single shot.
Noise
For hunters, noise generation is paramount. A loud, cranky crossbow will easily scatter your prize-winning buck. Any crossbow type can be quiet, but you’ll have to make concessions in a few areas, including draw weight.
What to look for in a quality crossbow
Bolt speed
Bolt speed is closely related to draw weight and is given in feet per second. Crossbows have a wider range of feet per second than draw weight, though it’s usually between 200 and 400 feet per second with most having 300 and 350 feet per second.
Sights and scopes
Few crossbows lack sight built into the bow to let you aim accurately. However, using a scope is always preferred as you can sight a scope in at the range. Many crossbows include a scope for just this purpose, though most are average unless the package costs close to or more than $1,000.
How much you can expect to spend on a crossbow
Crossbows range in cost from $100-$1,000. If you’re looking for a fun time, you can safely spend less than $200 for something simple. If you’re hunting, you’ll want to spend $300-$600 at least. The best models start at $600.
Crossbow FAQ
Why should I use a crossbow over a standard bow?
A. Crossbows are easier to wield, requiring much less technical skill and effectively no training to fire accurate shots. You aim down your sights or scope, point and shoot. They’re better for hunting in various ways as well. To start, you can cock a crossbow long before you see your target. You don’t have to perform the exaggerated motions of drawing back and aiming a standard bow, decreasing your likelihood of spooking the animal. You can also use them with gloves and bulky winter clothing, both of which interfere with a standard bow’s operation.
Is crossbow hunting legal?
A. In most states, yes, following all of the usual hunting rules and regulations. Some have special bow-only seasons. Others allow you to use them during standard seasons. However, some states restrict using crossbows to those with a special disabled permit. Do your state and local research before investing.
How far can a crossbow fire effectively?
A. That depends on the crossbow, but most have an average effective hunting range of roughly 100 feet. In the right hands, some crossbows can be effective to almost 300 feet while hunting.
How far can a crossbow fire generally?
A. That’s a function of a crossbow’s feet per second firing strength and an incredibly complex series of physics equations. If you use a high-end crossbow’s feet per second, a crossbow can fire as far or further than 1,500 feet while still being able to pierce the target, which it can cover in about 5 seconds.
What’s the best crossbow to buy?
Top crossbow
Barnett Whitetail Hunter STR Crossbow
What you need to know: This crossbow is an excellent intersection of function and cost.
What you’ll love: It comes in two packages: one with two arrows and one with seven. It includes a scope, quiver, cocking device and string wax. It fires at 375 feet per second and only weighs 6.6 pounds. Some assembly is required, but it takes as little as 15 minutes.
What you should consider: It’s among the priciest and most noise-generating models. The included scope is only average. There are rare reports of the string snapping.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top crossbow for the money
Killer Instinct Burner 415 Crossbow Package
What you need to know: This crossbow is cost-effective but remains quality enough for hunting.
What you’ll love: It includes string wax, string suppressors, three arrows, a three-bolt quiver, a scope and a cocking device. It fires at 415 feet per second. It has a limited lifetime warranty. It comes in gray or camo. Some assembly is required, but there are no reports of difficulty.
What you should consider: It has an intense, 220-pound draw weight that requires significant muscle. There are rare reports of a limb breaking. Amazon returns have a restocking fee.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Worth checking out
BearX Intense Ready To Shoot Crossbow Package
What you need to know: This crossbow is compact but packs a powerful punch.
What you’ll love: It includes rail and string waxes, three arrows, a four arrow quiver, an illuminated scope and a cocking device. It fires at 400 feet per second. Some basic assembly is required. It comes in two styles of camo.
What you should consider: It’s among the heaviest at a staggering 12.35 pounds. There are rare reports of broken limbs and snapped strings. It’s on the pricey side.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Nothing Bundt Cakes celebrating 25 years with cake giveaway Sept. 1
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Nothing Bundt Cakes is celebrating its 25th birthday with a cake giveaway at all of its locations.
On Thursday, September 1st, the first 250 guests at each bakery will receive a free Confetti Bundlet, which are the store’s individually packaged miniature Bundt cakes.
Nothing Bundt Cakes is also holding an online contest where one person will win a $25,000 birthday party planned by a celebrity party planning company. 25 runners-up will each receive a $100 Nothing Bundt Cakes gift card.
Fans can enter the contest by submitting a photo from their favorite birthday memory, describing what they enjoyed about it and sharing what winning the party would mean to them. To enter, and for complete contest rules, click here. Entries will be accepted Sept. 1 –25, and winners will be announced on the contest website in October.
“At Nothing Bundt Cakes, bringing joy is at the heart of everything we do,” said Nothing Bundt Cakes Chief Marketing Officer Angie Eckelkamp. “Our bakery-wide 25th birthday Confetti Bundtlet giveaway and $25,000 party contest is our way of thanking our guests for letting us be a part of their joyous moments over the years.”
Nothing Bundt Cakes is located at 2121 SW Wanamaker Rd Suite 101-A in Topeka.
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Integration platform for developers set on becoming the new standard for connecting cloud services and building workflow automations
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pipedream, creators of the fastest-growing integration platform for developers, today announced that it has raised $20 million in Series A funding led by True Ventures, with participation from CRV, Felicis Ventures, World Innovation Lab and more than 20 executives from leading software companies.
Since launch, developers have processed more than 5 billion events across 500,000 workflows on Pipedream.
The round follows dramatic growth since the company was founded in 2019 by eight senior members of the product and engineering team from leading advertising software company BrightRoll (acquired by Yahoo in 2014).
"We are thrilled to partner with Tod Sacerdoti – again," said Jon Callaghan, co-founder of True Ventures. "Having worked with him and the founding team at BrightRoll, Tod's first company, we were excited to hear his vision for Pipedream and see yet another quality team come together. Also, Pipedream's overall developer traction is a telling detail that made this deal a shoo-in."
With its growing community of more than 300,000 users and a marketplace with over 700 integrated applications, Pipedream is redefining the standard for developers connecting cloud services and building workflow automations. In the last year, developers have processed more than 5 billion events across 500,000 workflows, connecting applications such as Airtable, Amazon Web Services (AWS), GitHub, Slack, Snowflake and more.
Pipedream's open and extensible platform solves two problems: First, any user, customer or partner can add an integration to the open source registry on GitHub, enabling Pipedream to support far more integrations than any closed-source integration platform. Second, developers can extend the platform with proprietary or internal integrations that solve internal use cases and are not intended to be used by the broader Pipedream community.
Pipedream is also announcing the public launch of Pipedream 2.0 which includes multi-language support (including Node, Python, Golang, and Bash), Data Stores to store and retrieve data across steps and workflows, and single sign-on (SSO) support for enterprise customers. Key Pipedream customers include Brex, Checkr, and Scale AI.
"We believe helping developers be 10X more productive is how we can have the greatest impact on the world," said Co-founder and CEO, Tod Sacerdoti. "With Pipedream, you can connect APIs remarkably fast and as we add more languages, integrated applications and improved tooling, our users will be more productive across an increasing range of use cases."
Pipedream is an integration and compute platform purpose-built for developers building workflows and connecting cloud services. With Pipedream, developers can leverage over 700 pre-built integrated applications and write any Node.js, Python, Go, or Bash code to extend the integrations with their own custom logic. All integrations on Pipedream are open source and can be contributed by any member of the over 300,000 user community. Learn more at pipedream.com.
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PARIS (AP) — Fierce thunderstorms and hailstorms around France left one woman dead and 14 people injured, ravaged vineyards and delayed flights.
Lightning hit the Eiffel Tower, without causing damage, and set roofs on fire east of Paris, according to local authorities. Residents of southwest France posted photos online of hail the size of tennis balls, and drivers in the Paris region shared images of flooded highways and daytime skies blackened by thunder clouds.
Thousands of households remained without electricity Sunday after the storms struck across France on Saturday, according to utility Enedis. Flights out of Paris’ Orly Airport were temporarily suspended Saturday, and there were delays at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
A woman swept away by flooding was found dead under a car in the historic Normandy city of Rouen, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin tweeted. The circumstances of the death were unclear.
In the Loire Valley, thousands of young people who were taking part in a huge scout gathering had to take refuge in the Chateau of Chambord as hail, thunder and lightning pounded the area. The chateau director told public broadcaster France-Info that some children were treated for signs of hypothermia but no serious injuries were reported.
Rains also lashed Normandy beaches as veterans and others gathered for the 78th anniversary of the World War II D-Day invasion against the Nazis. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/lightning-hail-floods-lash-france-leaving-1-dead-damage/ | 2022-06-06T08:44:54Z |
Ukraine war stokes concerns over Turkey’s nuclear plant
Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot activists say uncertainty over the safety of war-wracked Ukraine’s nuclear power plants has reignited concerns over a Russian-owned nuclear power station being built in a quake-prone area on Turkey’s southern coast. About 200 activists from two dozen organizations from both sides of ethnically divided Cyprus converged Wednesday inside the United Nations controlled buffer zone that cuts across the capital Nicosia. They wanted to voice their unease over construction of Turkey’s Akkuyu nuclear power plant, only 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the northern coast of Cyprus. One activist said “the war in Ukraine has demonstrated that nuclear power plants are a source of great uncertainty for public safety.” | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/27/ukraine-war-stokes-concerns-over-turkeys-nuclear-plant/ | 2022-04-27T18:59:19Z |
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Electronics Inc. today released a software update that enables new external monitor capabilities in the Xperia PRO and Xperia PRO-I smartphones.
In the Xperia PRO and the Xperia PRO-I, the External Monitor feature will now include Livestreaming, Wave Form and False Color capabilities. The Wave Form monitor function checks exposure and RGB balance. The False Color function assists with iris setting selections by making certain details for exposure more noticeable. The External Monitor software update will also enable Xperia PRO with extra control features for select Alpha camerasi. In Xperia PRO, the External Monitor feature will have a trigger function for Rec/Stop available via USB-C cable and also be able to provide status visibility on screen including REC status, shutter speed, F-number, ISO and EV Indication.
This update now allows creators to use their Sony Alpha camera to livestream through the External Monitor feature on their Xperia PRO or Xperia PRO-I. This allows creators to share livestream videos with incredible Sony Alpha quality.
Availability
This update is available on August 12, 2022 via a push notification to all Xperia PRO and Xperia PRO-I owners.
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Sony Electronics is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America and an affiliate of Sony Group Corporation, one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world, with a portfolio that encompasses electronics, music, motion pictures, mobile, gaming, robotics and financial services. Headquartered in San Diego, California, Sony Electronics is a leader in electronics for the consumer and professional markets. Operations include research and development, engineering, sales, marketing, distribution and customer service. Sony Electronics creates products that innovate and inspire generations, such as the award-winning Alpha Interchangeable Lens Cameras and revolutionary high-resolution audio products. Sony is also a leading manufacturer of end-to-end solutions from 4K professional broadcast and A/V equipment to industry leading 4K and 8K Ultra HD TVs. Visit http://www.sony.com/news for more information.
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i Compatible with the Alpha 1, Alpha 7S III, and Alpha 7 IV
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Leap Partners Acquires Drain Werks in Birmingham, Alabama
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In record speed, Leap Partners, a Nashville-based home services company, has completed four acquisitions in just four months. Most recently, the company acquired Drain Werks, a leading plumbing company serving central and northern Alabama. Through their acquisitions, John Cerasuolo, CEO, and Patrick Ritter, CFO of Leap Partners have built a reputation for being friendly and fair buyers of companies in the Southeast. This is exactly what attracted Marcus and Duston Williams, of Drain Werks.
Marcus Williams, Owner of Drain Werks said, "I am proud of what we have built in Drain Werks. However, I knew we needed some help to take the company into our next phase of expansion. John and Patrick's approach fit perfectly with what I was looking for. I am excited about the new growth opportunities for all of our employees and customers now that we have Leap Partners' support."
Duston Williams, CEO of Drain Werks said, "With the Leap Partners team, we are going to be able to better serve our employees and our customers. I am excited about the opportunity to continue to lead Drain Werks, but now with a broader support team of business owners that can help us navigate our growth."
"We are excited to have Marcus, Duston, and all of the Drain Werks family join our growing team," said John Cerasuolo, Leap Partners CEO. "They will be great additions to our all-star team of business owners who are helping each other run and grow their businesses. We feel fortunate at Leap Partners to continue to meet and work with caring, driven, and inspiring people like Marcus and Duston."
Marcus and Duston will continue to lead the Drain Werks team, as leading plumbing and drain specialists in the Alabama area.
Leap Partners is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. The company is working to connect the best small and medium-sized HVAC, plumbing, and electrical service businesses in the Southeast to build a world-class service provider with industry-leading customer satisfaction and employee engagement.
For more information, visit theleappartners.com and to read testimonials from past acquisitions please click here.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CropX, a global leader in digital farm management, expands its system to include an innovative disease management capability that can lead to reduced chemical use while protecting crop yields. The CropX farm management system tracks key fungal diseases on over 320 crop and fungal disease combinations and offers advice on when to spray. This new capability integrates 20 years of agronomic research and expertise of Netherlands-based Dacom Farm Intelligence, which CropX acquired in 2021.
The disease management capability analyzes data from a full array of sources above and below ground to monitor and warn of conditions that lead to disease outbreaks. It then offers insights on the timing of fungicidal applications. Users can see a forecast of specific fungal stressors and a visualization of the best and worst times of day in the coming week for crop protection applications.
By timing the application correctly, farmers can ensure that they protect their crops while limiting the use of chemicals to what is absolutely necessary. Customers can save 2-3 fungicide sprays per season or more, reaping significant savings while optimizing crop protection with a typical return on investment (ROI) of $30 per acre.
Disease management is the latest addition to CropX's expanding portfolio of agronomic solutions. The CropX farm management system integrates both proprietary software and hardware on a single dashboard accessible via mobile and desktop. Through this, customers can track soil and crop health, manage their irrigation, fertilizer, and dairy effluent applications, and now protect against fungal diseases.
CropX CEO Tomer Tzach says, "CropX continues to leverage the roll up strategy to expedite farm management technologies that bring immense value to farmers. Through integrations of strategic technology acquisitions, CropX continues to build the most comprehensive farm management system to optimize agronomic activities on the farm, with more to come."
In use now by thousands of customers in Europe, soon disease management will be available to all of CropX's customers in over 50 countries worldwide.
About CropX
CropX is one of the fastest growing providers of agribusiness farm management solutions in the world, deployed in over 50 countries and across all the arable continents. The CropX platform synthesizes data from the earth and sky to offer advanced soil and crop intelligence and a suite of digital decision and planning tools, all on an easy-to-use app capable of tracking multiple farms and fields. CropX is backed by the world's leading agribusinesses and VCs, who recognize that CropX's precision-ag technologies set new standards of best practices for environmental sustainability and greater farm productivity. Learn more at https://cropx.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is significantly cutting the total number of soldiers it expects to have in the force over the next two years, as the U.S. military faces what a top general called “unprecedented challenges” in bringing in recruits.
Army officials on Tuesday said the service will fall about 10,000 soldiers short of its planned end strength for this fiscal year, and prospects for next year are grimmer. Army Gen. Joseph Martin, vice chief of staff for the Army, said it is projecting it will have a total force of 466,400 this year, down from the expected 476,000. And the service could end 2023 with between 445,000 and 452,000 soldiers, depending on how well recruiting and retention go.
With just two and a half months to go in the fiscal year, the Army has achieved just 50% of its recruiting goal of 60,000 soldiers, according to Lt. Col. Randee Farrell, spokeswoman for Army Secretary Christine Wormuth. Based on those numbers and trends, it is likely the Army will miss the goal by nearly 25% as of Oct. 1. If the shortfalls continue, Martin said, they could have an impact on readiness.
“We’ve got unprecedented challenges with both a post-COVID-19 environment and labor market, but also competition with private companies that have changed their incentives over time,” Martin told a House Armed Services subcommittee on Tuesday. Asked if the Army will have to adjust its force structure to meet national security and warfighting missions around the world, Martin said: “We don’t need to do that immediately. But if we don’t arrest the decline that we’re seeing right now in end strength, that could be a possibility in the future.”
Cutting the size of the Army is the best option, said Wormuth.
“The Army is facing our most challenging recruiting environment since the inception of the all-volunteer force. This is not a one-year challenge. We will not solve this overnight,” she said, adding that the service is looking at a wide range of steps to recruit more soldiers without lowering standards or sacrificing quality.
“We are facing a very fundamental question,” she added. “Do we lower standards to meet end strength, or do we lower end strength to maintain a quality, professional force? We believe the answer is obvious — quality is more important than quantity.”
The Army’s recruiting problems are the most severe across the military, but the other services are also having a tough time finding young people who want to join and can meet the physical, mental and moral requirements.
Senior Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps leaders have said they are hopeful they will meet or just slightly miss their recruiting goals for this year. But they said they will have to dip into their pool of delayed entry applicants, which will put them behind as they begin the next recruiting year.
The services bring in recruits all year around, but usually send them to basic training and boot camp over a spread-out period of time. The delay can help recruits prepare for entry-level training, particularly the more physical demands.
Military leaders are also banking on cash as an incentive. They are spending tens of thousands of dollars in increased bonuses to woo recruits, hoping to compete with other employers around the county as unemployment sits at about 3.6%.
In January, the Army, for the first time, began offering a maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 to highly skilled recruits who join for six years. At the time, Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen, head of Army Recruiting Command, told The Associated Press that shuttered schools during the COVID-19 pandemic and the highly competitive job market have posed significant challenges for recruiters.
The military services rely heavily on face-to-face meetings with young people in schools or at fairs and other large public events. And they are only now really starting to get back to something close to normal after two years of the pandemic.
Compounding the problem is the low unemployment rate and the fact that private corporations may be able to pay more to lure workers. And, among young people, only about 23% are physically, mentally and morally qualified to serve without receiving some type of waiver. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/army-cuts-force-size-amid-unprecedented-battle-for-recruits/ | 2022-07-20T16:26:58Z |
The Sonoma County Winery Hires Two Top Candidates to Pursue Their Wine Industry Dream Jobs
SONOMA COUNTY, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Murphy-Goode, the Sonoma County winery that launched the "A Really Goode Job" nationwide job search in April 2022, is pleased to announce that Lauren Neil of Reno, Nevada and Roosevelt Johnson of Tucson, Arizona are selected as winners of A Really Goode Job. They will begin their dream job journeys in late September 2022, shadowing winemaker Dave Ready, Jr. before moving into roles that align with their respective interests and expertise. Each will have a $10,000 salary per month, live rent-free in Healdsburg for a year, and will enjoy a year's supply of Murphy-Goode wine.
"I could not be more thrilled to bring Lauren and Roosevelt on board at Murphy-Goode," said winemaker Dave Ready, Jr. "Roosevelt applied last year and while we didn't hire him in 2021, he took some time to continue building his knowledge base in wine and came back as an even stronger candidate. Lauren is incredibly personable, has a thirst for knowledge in wine growing, and brings a great background in sales. What's interesting is that we can see them both in a variety of roles within the industry, which will make their journey over the next year that much more exciting."
Murphy-Goode looks forward to welcoming Lauren and Roosevelt to the team and working closely with them to make their wine industry dream jobs a reality. Throughout the application process, both candidates stood out due to their professionalism and passion for the wine industry, drive and unique skill set they each will bring to the Murphy-Goode team and the industry. Over the course of the year, Lauren and Roosevelt will work in all areas of the wine business, from production, starting with harvest, to hospitality to sales, marketing and more - gaining comprehensive training on what it takes to run a wine business. View footage from this year's Finalists Week in Sonoma County, California here: https://youtu.be/kPC16q1sm4o
Lauren Neil will be joining Murphy-Goode following her role as a sales director for a senior living property in Reno. In addition to leveraging her sales experience, Lauren is ready to get her hands dirty during her first harvest with winemaker Dave Ready Jr., not far from her hobbies of gardening and taking care of horses. "People are my passion and wine are one of the wonderful things in life that can bring people together. I can't wait to get started in September and learn from the Murphy-Goode team."
View Lauren's application video here.
Roosevelt Johnson looks forward to transitioning from a career in B2B sales to the wine industry. Roosevelt applied for A Really Goode Job in 2021 and was one of 17 finalists but was not selected for one of the final two positions. He threw his hat in the ring again and became the comeback story of the 2022 campaign. "Through adversity is where I find what I'm truly capable of. Murphy-Goode lit a fire in me last year and in between both campaigns I grabbed every resource I could to continue learning and preparing to make my dream a reality." Roosevelt earned his Wine 101 certificate from the Napa Valley Wine Academy in 2021 and completed WSET Level 1 and 2 in July 2022 and is eager to continue building his experience as a wine professional.
View Roosevelt's application video here.
Winners of A Really Goode Job in 2021, Lindsay Perry and Veronica Hebbard will also continue employment with Murphy-Goode and Jackson Family Wines as Associate Digital Marketing Manager and Winery Systems Engineering Project Manager, respectively. Continue to follow along the A Really Goode Job candidates on social media platforms using tag @MurphyGoodeWine.
Welcome to the Goode life. Founded in Sonoma County in 1985 in a spirit of love and friendship by Tim Murphy, Dale Goode and Dave Ready Sr., Sonoma County's own Murphy-Goode Winery crafts some of California's best wines without taking itself too seriously. The story lives on today under the Jackson Family Wines portfolio, continuing a tradition based on a shared appreciation of friendship, hard work, a wicked sense of humor and, of course, a good bottle of wine. Murphy-Goode offers high quality wines from some of California's great growing regions with the approachable and inviting attitude of Sonoma County. Murphy-Goode is never pretentious, is often irreverent and is about having fun. Because of its consistent quality, the brand has become a favorite wine for consumers everywhere. For more information, www.MurphyGoodeWinery.com, and follow Murphy-Goode on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at @MurphyGoodeWine.
Jackson Family Wines is a family-owned, vineyard-based company with a penchant for exploration. Founder Jess Jackson placed his faith in farming and a meticulous expression of wine with his first landscape-changing vintage in 1982, an ethos that chairman Barbara Banke, the Jackson family, and our employees continue to uphold to this day. The Jackson family's collection of 40 wineries spans significant winegrowing regions, from California, Oregon, France and Italy in the northern hemisphere, to Australia, Chile and South Africa in the southern half of the globe. Vineyard ownership and sustainable practices remain key to consistent quality and artisan winemaking underscores a steadfast commitment to making wines of character and integrity.
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OTTAWA, ON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Genomadix today announced it has entered into a know-how license agreement and stock purchase agreement with Mayo Clinic to advance its point of care molecular analyzer technology. The Genomadix CubeTM uses polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology in a small and portable footprint to generate timely (one hour), accurate test results, expanding the reach beyond centralized labs.
The Genomadix CubeTM testing system already delivers environmental testing for potentially deadly Legionella bacteria in water sources such as building cooling towers and CYP2C19 genotype guided antiplatelet therapy in Europe with efforts underway for US authorization. Additionally, a COVID-19 product has been developed with introduction slated (pending authorization) for later in 2022.
"We are extremely proud to be collaborating with Mayo Clinic to progress our technology and mission to make highly accurate molecular testing available for the benefit of patients. This collaboration seeks to seed new product developments with focused expertise provided by Mayo Clinic experts" commented Steve Edgett, Genomadix's CEO
Mayo Clinic has a financial interest in the technology referenced in this press release. Mayo Clinic will use any revenue it receives to support its not-for-profit mission in patient care, education, and research.
About Genomadix
Genomadix Inc. is a pioneer in real-time RT-PCR point of use technology, dedicated to the highest level of customer satisfaction, quality, and support, maintaining ISO 13485 medical device development and manufacturing standards certification. Based in Ottawa, Canada, the Genomadix CubeTM automates complex and tedious manual procedures, advancing sample to result DNA/RNA testing in clinical, environmental, infectious disease, and precision medicine. For more information, visit www.genomadix.com.
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ANDOVER, Mass., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedics Group, Inc. ("TransMedics") (Nasdaq: TMDX), a medical technology company that is transforming organ transplant therapy for patients with end-stage lung, heart and liver failure, today announced that it will release financial results for the second quarter of 2022 after market close on Monday, August 1, 2022. The TransMedics management team will host a corresponding conference call beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET / 1:30 p.m. PT.
Investors interested in listening to the conference call may do so by dialing (844) 200-6205 for domestic callers or (929) 526-1599 for international callers, followed by Conference ID: 626851. A live and archived webcast of the event will be available on the "Investors" section of the TransMedics website at https://investors.transmedics.com/.
TransMedics is the world's leader in portable extracorporeal warm perfusion and assessment of donor organs for transplantation. Headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, the company was founded to address the unmet need for more and better organs for transplantation and has developed technologies to preserve organ quality, assess organ viability prior to transplant, and potentially increase the utilization of donor organs for the treatment of end-stage heart, lung, and liver failure.
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Brian Johnston
332-895-3222
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HOUSTON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), and INEOS Energy Trading Ltd., a subsidiary of INEOS, a global chemical products manufacturer, today announced they have entered into a heads of agreement (HOA) for the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Sempra Infrastructure's Gulf Coast LNG portfolio of projects under development in North America.
The HOA provides the framework for the negotiation and finalization of a definitive 20-year LNG sale and purchase agreement for approximately 1.4 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of LNG delivered free-on-board from the proposed Port Arthur LNG project or Cameron LNG Phase 2 project.
"INEOS is one of Europe's largest end-users of natural gas and we look forward to building a long-term relationship with a company that shares our vision of increasing the world's energy security while simultaneously advancing lower-carbon energy sources," said Justin Bird, CEO of Sempra Infrastructure. "This HOA demonstrates our ongoing momentum in advancing our next generation of LNG export facilities with an eye toward supplying U.S. natural gas to some of the world's leading energy and manufacturing companies."
"We are delighted to begin a strategic relationship with Sempra Infrastructure bringing significant expertise in construction and operation of LNG facilities. This agreement is an important part of our strategy as we build a network of liquefaction, shipping and regasification capacity to deliver affordable, cleaner and reliable energy to our businesses and customers globally," said David Bucknall, CEO of INEOS Energy.
Sempra Infrastructure is working to expand its Gulf Coast LNG asset base through the simultaneous development of the Port Arthur LNG project in Jefferson County, Texas, and the proposed expansion of the Cameron LNG facility in Hackberry, Louisiana. INEOS joins the company's growing portfolio of global energy and manufacturing companies that have recently executed HOAs for potential long-term offtake from these projects.
In addition to the 1.4 Mtpa HOA with INEOS Energy Trading, last month Sempra Infrastructure announced an HOA with the Polish Oil & Gas Company (PGNiG) for 2 Mtpa from Cameron LNG Phase 2 and 1 Mtpa from Port Arthur LNG, with an option for PGNiG to reallocate the Cameron LNG Phase 2 volumes to Port Arthur LNG. Sempra Infrastructure also recently announced an HOA with RWE Supply and Trading for 2.25 Mtpa from the Port Arthur LNG project.
The Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project has received all major permits and is anticipated to include up to two natural gas liquefaction trains capable of producing, under optimal conditions, approximately 13.5 Mtpa of LNG. In addition, the proposed Cameron LNG Phase 2 project, expected to include a single LNG train with a maximum production capacity of 6.75 Mtpa of LNG, continues to reach a number of important commercial and permitting milestones, including the launch of a competitive Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) process.
The referenced HOAs are preliminary non-binding arrangements, and the development of the Port Arthur LNG and Cameron LNG Phase 2 projects remain subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including reaching definitive agreements, securing all necessary permits, signing engineering and construction contracts, obtaining financing and incentives, and reaching a final investment decision.
About Sempra Infrastructure
Sempra Infrastructure delivers energy for a better world. Through the combined strength of its assets in North America, the company is dedicated to enabling the energy transition and beyond. With a continued focus on sustainability, innovation, world-class safety, championing people, resilient operations and social responsibility, its more than 2,000 employees develop, build and operate clean power, energy networks and LNG and net-zero solutions, that are expected to play a crucial role in the energy systems of the future. For more information about Sempra Infrastructure, please visit www.SempraInfrastructure.com and Twitter.
About INEOS
INEOS is committed to achieving net zero by 2050 across its operations. The company is working to, over time, decarbonize the supply chain through carbon capture and storage and provide optionality for alternative sources of energy such as its leadership in the production of hydrogen.
INEOS Energy meets society's energy needs today and for the future. As an integral part of INEOS, a global manufacturing company, it continues to make an indispensable contribution to society by providing the most sustainable options for a wide range of everyday needs, making the products and energy essential for everyday life. INEOS Energy is committed to net-zero by 2050, producing and trading energy, power and carbon credits. It will grow through the acquisition of existing oil and gas assets, to run them safely, reliably, and efficiently. The business will be at the forefront of new decarbonization technologies such as carbon capture and storage and hydrogen. A sustainable energy business that continues to help consumers and industry to meet their long-term energy needs and carbon reduction targets.
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Factors, among others, that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those described in any forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties relating to: decisions, investigations, regulations, issuances or revocations of permits and other authorizations, and other actions by (i) the U.S. Department of Energy, Comisión Reguladora de Energía, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other regulatory and governmental bodies and (ii) states, counties, cities and other jurisdictions in the U.S., Mexico and other countries in which we do business; the success of business development efforts, construction projects and acquisitions and divestitures, including risks in (i) the ability to make a final investment decision, (ii) completing construction projects or other transactions on schedule and budget, (iii) the ability to realize anticipated benefits from any of these efforts if completed, and (iv) obtaining the consent or approval of partners or other third parties, including governmental entities and regulatory bodies; the resolution of civil and criminal litigation, regulatory inquiries, investigations and proceedings, arbitrations, and property disputes; changes to laws, including changes to certain of Mexico's laws and rules that impact energy supplier permitting, energy contract rates, the electricity industry generally and the ability to import, export, transport and store hydrocarbons; cybersecurity threats, including by state and state-sponsored actors, to the energy grid, storage and pipeline infrastructure, information and systems used to operate our businesses, and confidentiality of our proprietary information and personal information of our customers and employees, including ransomware attacks on our systems and the systems of third-party vendors and other parties with which we conduct business, all of which have become more pronounced due to recent geopolitical events and other uncertainties, such as the war in Ukraine; failure of foreign governments and state-owned entities to honor their contracts and commitments; actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade our credit ratings or to place those ratings on negative outlook and our ability to borrow on favorable terms and meet our debt service obligations; the impact of energy and climate policies, legislation, rulemaking and disclosures, as well as related goals set and actions taken but companies in our industry, including actions to reduce or eliminate reliance on natural gas generally and the risk of nonrecovery for stranded assets; the pace of the development and adoption of new technologies in the energy sector, including those designed to support governmental and private party energy and climate goals, and our ability to timely and economically incorporate them into our business; weather, natural disasters, pandemics, accidents, equipment failures, explosions, acts of terrorism, information system outages or other events that disrupt our operations, damage our facilities and systems, cause the release of harmful materials, cause fires or subject us to liability for property damage or personal injuries, fines and penalties, some of which may not be covered by insurance, may be disputed by insurers or may impact our ability to obtain satisfactory levels of affordable insurance; the availability of natural gas; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including potential vaccination mandates, on capital projects, regulatory approvals and the execution of our operations; volatility in foreign currency exchange, inflation and interest rates and commodity prices, including inflationary pressures in the U.S., and our ability to effectively hedge these risks; changes in tax and trade policies, laws and regulations, including tariffs, revisions to international trade agreements and sanctions, such as those that have been imposed and that may be imposed in the future in connection with the war in Ukraine, which may increase our costs, reduce our competitiveness, impact our ability to do business with certain current or potential counterparties, or impair our ability to resolve trade disputes; and other uncertainties, some of which may be difficult to predict and are beyond our control.
These risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the reports that Sempra has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These reports are available through the EDGAR system free-of-charge on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, and on Sempra's website at www.sempra.com. Investors should not rely unduly on any forward-looking statements.
Sempra Infrastructure is not the same company as San Diego Gas & Electric or Southern California Gas Company, and neither Sempra Infrastructure nor any of its subsidiaries are regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission.
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REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delinea, a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions for seamless security, today announced that the company has been named a winner of two Global InfoSec Awards from Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry's leading electronic information security magazine. Delinea Secret Server won "Publisher's Choice" in the Privileged Access Management category, while Delinea Cloud Suite was named "Cutting Edge" in the PAM for Cloud Infrastructure category.
Now in its tenth year, Cyber Defense Magazine's Global InfoSec Awards honor companies in the information security space who provide unique and compelling products and services. Secret Server is Delinea's fully-featured PAM solution to discover, manage, protect and audit privileged account access. Cloud Suite empowers customers to secure virtual servers, workloads, and private clouds by enabling seamless and secure access to protect against identity-based cyberattacks. Delinea delivers the digital freedom that everyone deserves by seamlessly defining the boundaries of access with powerful, customizable, and scalable solutions that put privileged access at the center of cybersecurity.
"We are thrilled to win two prestigious cybersecurity awards from Cyber Defense Magazine, recognizing our leadership in securing privileged accounts and access to resources as well as protecting endpoints and servers," said Art Gilliland, CEO, Delinea. "Delinea's best-in-class portfolio of modern PAM solutions continues to be recognized for delivering seamless privileged access on-premises, in the cloud, and in hybrid environments. It's a very proud moment to win Global InfoSec Awards for the first time as Delinea."
"Delinea embodies three major features we judges look for to become winners: understanding tomorrow's threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution, and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach," said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.
Winners of the Global InfoSec Awards will be celebrated at the 2022 RSA conference beginning on June 6. The complete list of winners can be found at https://www.cyberdefenseawards.com.
To learn more about Delinea, visit: https://delinea.com/
Delinea is a leading provider of privileged access management (PAM) solutions that make security seamless for the modern, hybrid enterprise. Our solutions empower organizations to secure critical data, devices, code, and cloud infrastructure to help reduce risk, ensure compliance and simplify security. Delinea removes complexity and defines the boundaries of access for thousands of customers worldwide. Our customers range from small businesses to the world's largest financial institutions, intelligence agencies, and critical infrastructure companies. Learn more about Delinea on LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
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K-9 officer dies in car crash, Florida police confirm
NICEVILLE, Fla. (Gray News) – A K-9 officer in Florida died in a car accident Sunday evening.
The Niceville Police Department confirmed the death of K-9 Blue in a statement.
Blue’s handler, Sgt. Phillip Ritcheson, was taken to the Fort Walton Beach Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Deputies with the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office escorted the fallen K-9′s body to Bluewater Bay Animal Hospital following the accident. Deputies laid an American flag over Blue’s body and carried him inside the animal hospital while other deputies lined the parking lot and saluted Blue.
In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office said carrying the fallen K9 officer was “an honor” and was a show of “love, honor, and respect for his service to the community.”
“We are so incredibly thankful his handler is going to be okay – but we know his heart is heavy, as is ours – with the loss of his devoted partner,” the sheriff’s office wrote in the post.
The Niceville Police Department thanked the sheriff’s office for their commitment to honoring Blue.
Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the accident. Officials have not yet provided further details on the crash.
Niceville is located just north of Destin and Fort Walton Beach in the Florida Panhandle.
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Oscar Health, Inc. (NYSE: OSCR) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering ("IPO" or the "Offering"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 11, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Oscar 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 Oscar class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6200 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 11, 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. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement was materially false and misleading and omitted to state that: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID-19 costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant Special Enrollment Period (SEP) membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Oscar class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6200 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.
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Ruling in securities case could mean limits on regulators
By KEVIN McGILL
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A divided federal appeals court panel in New Orleans says a hedge fund manager fined by the Securities and Exchange Commission was unconstitutionally denied his right to a jury trial. The 2-1 ruling handed down by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the case against George Jarkesy should have been heard in a court instead of by an SEC administrative law judge. This week’s ruling also said Congress unconstitutionally granted the SEC “unfettered authority” to decide whether the case should be tried in a court. The case is expected to wind up at the Supreme Court and could have broad implications for federal regulatory agencies. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/05/20/ruling-in-securities-case-could-mean-limits-on-regulators/ | 2022-05-20T21:00:24Z |
Self-driving robots provide energy-efficient meal delivery to guests' front door
AUSTIN, Texas, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Refraction AI, a last-mile, autonomous robot delivery company, announced today it has deployed a fleet of its self-driving vehicles to provide energy-efficient meal deliveries at two Chick-fil-A restaurants located in downtown Austin, Texas. Refraction's innovative approach to last-mile delivery makes the cost, safety and sustainability benefits of self-driving technology available today by serving the rapidly growing demand for goods delivery across multiple categories.
Refraction's Robot-as-a-Service platform combines self-driving technology, tele-operations and a delivery robot that travels in the margin of the road or in a bike lane – avoiding the speed, distance and regulatory constraints of being on the sidewalk, without incurring the safety, technology and cost challenges of full-size autonomous vehicles. Using this approach Refraction is able to complete last-mile deliveries with 90% lower carbon emissions, 80% less energy consumption, at a fraction of the cost of conventional delivery.
"Autonomous delivery using Refraction's robots creates an exciting new opportunity to extend the Chick-fil-A experience to a growing number of delivery guests," said Luke Steigmeyer, Operator of Chick-fil-A 6th & Congress. "The platform will allow us to provide fast, high quality, and cost-effective meal delivery within a mile radius of our restaurant all while helping to keep the community we serve environmentally clean and safe."
Refraction AI develops and operates last-mile, autonomous robot delivery systems for restaurant, grocery and retail customers, including both robot-as-a-service and delivery-as-a-service business models. Looking for a way to realize the benefits of self-driving technology today, co-founders Matt Johnson-Roberson and Ram Vasudevan set their sights squarely on last-mile goods delivery. Joined by transportation entrepreneur and CEO Luke Schneider, and an experienced leadership team, Refraction has developed an offering designed to affordably meet the surging demand for delivery in the restaurant, grocery and retail categories, while raising the bar for safety, quality and performance.
"We are thrilled about working with Chick-fil-A, an organization that is admired and respected as much for its commitment to the communities it serves, as it is for the innovation and quality of its business," said Schneider. "We are kindred spirits partnering with Chick-fil-A restaurants to demonstrate a smart, sensible approach to delivery that continues a tradition of surprising and delighting guests."
Johnson-Roberson added, "Refraction AI was founded as a way to unlock the many benefits of affordable, sustainable delivery using autonomy technology that is available today. Scaling the last-mile – making it work for our communities, restaurants, grocers and retailers – is a key step in the journey to a safer, cleaner, brighter future."
After initial testing at Chick-fil-A 6th & Congress, Chick-fil-A and Refraction AI plan to continue exploring autonomous delivery in Austin at the Chick-fil-A restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard beginning in late June.
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Refraction AI is a last-mile delivery company that uses lightweight, high-utility, autonomous robots operating in road margins and bike lanes. With its proprietary self-driving technology, focus on efficiency and differentiated form-factor, Refraction AI serves the restaurant, grocery and retail categories with an offering that improves delivery performance, reduces carbon emissions by 90%, and reduces energy consumption by 80%, all at a fraction of the cost of conventional delivery. For further information about Refraction AI, please visit www.refraction.ai.
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a restaurant company known for the Original Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich and signature hospitality. Represented by more than 170,000 Team Members, Operators and Staff, Chick-fil-A® restaurants serve guests freshly prepared food at more than 2,700 restaurants in 47 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Canada. The family-owned and privately held restaurant company was founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy and is committed to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate.
Known for its leadership and growth opportunities, in 2022 Chick-fil-A was named a Best Employer in America by Forbes and a top company for career opportunities for Black employees by Glassdoor. The company was also awarded the Employee's Choice by Glassdoor honoring top CEOs and was named a Culture 500 Culture Champion in 2020. A leader in customer service, Chick-fil-A was named QSR magazine's Drive-Thru Restaurant of the Year in 2021. More information on Chick-fil-A is available at www.chick-fil-a.com and @ChickfilANews.
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Developers can now more easily start, experiment, and scale vector databases with Pinecone
SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinecone Systems Inc., a search infrastructure company, today announced the release of new features and enhancements that make it significantly easier for developers — regardless of AI or ML experience and background — to get started with vector search for applications such as semantic search and recommendation systems. New features include up to 10x faster indexes, flexible collections of vector data, and zero-downtime vertical scaling.
"Our vector database makes it easy for engineers to build capabilities like semantic search, AI recommendations, image search, and AI threat detection, but for teams who are new to vector search, some challenges remain," said Edo Liberty, founder and CEO of Pinecone. "Those challenges centered on the limited capacity of indexes, supporting high-throughput applications, and changing index size to support growing data volume. Our new release addresses these technical challenges, further simplifying and speeding up vector search."
With Pinecone's new vertical scaling, if a company's index grows beyond the available capacity, pods can be changed on a live index with zero downtime to accommodate more data. Pods are now available in different sizes — 1x, 2x, 4x, and 8x — so engineering teams can start with the exact capacity they need and easily scale their index. Hourly costs for pods change to match the new sizes, meaning they still only pay for what they use.
Pinecone's new Collections allow engineers to experiment with and store vector data in one place. Users can save data from an index and create new indexes from any collection. Whether using collections for backing up and restoring indexes, testing different index types with the same data, or moving data to a new index, users can now do it all within Pinecone.
Pinecone is also launching p2 pods that are purpose-built for performance and high-throughput use cases. The new p2 pod type provides blazing fast search speeds of under 10ms and throughput as high as 200QPS per replica (throughput can be increased by adding more replicas). That's 10x better than what was previously available in Pinecone. This is achieved with a new graph-based index that trades off ingestion speed and filter performance in exchange for lower latencies and higher throughput.
"Our new features make it easier and more cost-effective than ever for engineers to start and scale a vector database in production, furthering our mission of democratizing vector search," added Liberty.
You can read the full announcement for more information about these features and performance improvements.
About Pinecone
Pinecone has built the first vector database to enable the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in the cloud. Its engineers built ML platforms at AWS (Amazon SageMaker), Yahoo, Google, Databricks, and Splunk, and its scientists published more than 100 academic papers and patents on machine learning, data science, systems, and algorithms. Pinecone is backed by Wing Venture Capital and operates in Silicon Valley, New York and Tel Aviv. For more information, see http://www.pinecone.io.
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Vintage-inspired men's lifestyle brand to launch new styles exclusively at Nordstrom with iconic annual sale kickoff
NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DEVIL-DOG® Dungarees, the vintage-inspired men's lifestyle brand, today announced its exciting new product capsule collection available exclusively at Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN). Featuring eight new styles of the DEVIL-DOG® brand's signature denim, the capsule collection will drop as part of the retailer's iconic, annual Nordstrom Anniversary Sale beginning with the preview that kicked off today, June 29th.
First established in 1948 by U.S. Army veteran Louis Rosenstock, DEVIL-DOG® was relaunched in 2019 as a men's lifestyle brand creating vintage-inspired and high-quality menswear at a great value. Originally known for their great fitting and durable denim jeans, DEVIL-DOG® has expanded into a full lifestyle collection today including bottoms, shorts, knit tops, sweatshirts, tees, denim jackets and more. This exciting partnership with Nordstrom nods to the brand's continued retail success as it grows its loyal customer base.
"DEVIL-DOG® Dungarees has always stood for quality fabrics and intricate details that make our designs truly unique," said Jeff Rosenstock, Co-Owner & President of DEVIL-DOG® Dungarees. "We're thrilled to partner with a retail powerhouse such as Nordstrom for an exciting capsule collection we know both our customers and the Nordstrom customer will love."
Offering a one-of-a-kind shopping experience, the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is the retailer's highly anticipated and biggest shopping event of the year. The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale offers brand-new arrivals from the best brands for women, men, children, beauty, and the home on sale for a limited time until prices go back up on August 1st.
The DEVIL-DOG® Dungarees denim capsule collection launching exclusively with Nordstrom includes three athletic cut jeans, three slim straight styles, and two relaxed straight styles. Featuring the brand's signature fit details and durable fabrics, the assortment is available for viewing during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale's Preview starting on Wednesday, June 29th. The capsule collection will be available for purchase during the sale's Early Access for Nordstrom Cardmembers beginning on Saturday, July 9th as well as during the public sale running from July 15th – July 31st.
For more information about DEVIL-DOG® Dungarees, please visit devil-dog.com and follow @DEVILDOGJeans on Instagram and Facebook. To shop DEVIL-DOG® Dungaree's exclusive capsule collection available exclusively at Nordstrom online, please visit Nordstrom.com.
About DEVIL-DOG® Dungarees
DEVIL-DOG® Dungarees was first established in 1948, relaunching to the market in 2019 as a men's lifestyle brand, creating vintage-inspired and high-quality menswear at a great value. Originally known for their great fitting and durable denim jeans, DEVIL-DOG® has expanded into a full lifestyle collection including new categories such as: Casual Bottoms & Shorts, Knit Tops, Sweatshirts & Tees, Denim Shirts & Jackets, Caps and Leather Accessories.
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KATY — Salado head coach Jared Cruddas said earlier this week that the Eagles don’t mind tense situations. After all, dramatics and intrigue can do a match some good.
Cruddas’ crew took a leading role in its latest thriller, and the show will go on.
Alex Pierce cued up a stirring comeback with two second-half goals during Friday night’s Class 4A Region III semifinal to cancel out Winnie East Chambers’ two-goal lead, Morgan Adams put on the finishing touch with the eventual winning goal 35 seconds into a 20-minute overtime, and Salado is one victory away from the state tournament after a 3-2 triumph at Legacy Stadium.
“Is that where we’re living right now? On the edge of our seats?” a grinning Cruddas said. “They played hard. Man, you had to be here to see that.”
After overcoming a two-goal deficit, playing down a man — following Pierce’s second yellow card — for the last 15 minutes of regulation and the entire overtime while also not having the services of injured leading scorer Thad Heckman, there’s still at least one more chance to see Salado (24-3) when it takes on Stafford (18-5-5) at 1 p.m. today in the Region III final back at Legacy.
The Buccaneers (23-1-1), who hadn’t allowed more than two goals in a game this season, suffered their lone loss in heartbreaking fashion.
“A 2-0 lead is the worst you can have in soccer. You can get comfortable. I don’t know what was going on in their halftime, but our halftime, the intent was there and we got it done,” said Pierce, referencing Salado’s mindset after falling behind 2-0 in the first half.
Adams’ tally was his second game-winning goal in as many matches. He also put the Eagles up 3-2 over Waco La Vega in Round 3.
“I told Coach, I said, ‘I’m not going to let you down. I’m going to get you a goal in the second half,’” Adams said.
He was pretty close with that prediction.
The Eagles were stunned early by Rogelio Lopez’s improbable free-kick goal in the ninth minute that one-hopped into the net past Salado keeper Hughston Taggart, who was partially screened by a Buccaneers player making a run into the box.
It was 2-0 after Alejandro Cerritos’ goal in the 16th minute, and Salado staved off any further damage to keep a manageable comeback climb.
It didn’t take long for the Eagles to get one back when Pierce beat oncoming East Chambers goalie Leonardo Avila to a ball at the top of the box that Pierce popped over his challenger and in off the crossbar in the 44th.
Pierce was at it again in the 51st, volleying in karate-kick style a well-served free kick from Cooper Sanders to tie it.
The Eagles had eight shots on goal in the second half, nearly taking the lead on two occasions — Luke Anderson’s shot off the post in the 66th and Zion Musselman’s header saved wide by Avila in the 80th.
After Adams put Salado in front, the Eagles had to keep the Buccaneers at bay for the next 19½ minutes, which they did by staying aggressive and not changing their style.
Salado won’t change anything today, either.
“We’re always ready. That’s why we are this far in the playoffs,” Adams said. | https://www.tdtnews.com/sports/article_cdc359cc-b7b1-11ec-b57a-131b292c87ff.html | 2022-04-09T04:16:19Z |
The ocean is full of mysteries that lead to legendary lore.
During a recent moonlit harbor excursion, conversation quickly turned to tales of piracy and exploration.
A guide shared stories from the days when tall masts and billowing sails loomed over coastal skylines -- and intriguing characters such as Blackbeard and Barbarossa sailed the seas.
We couldn't help but wonder about the secrets that went down with shipwrecks and lost artifacts scattered across the ocean floor. But these sites are hidden deep beneath the waves where humans typically can't reach.
However, one explorer is venturing to places no human has gone before.
Ocean secrets
At first glance, OceanOneK looks a bit like a diver descending through the waters off the coast of France.
Stanford University researchers designed the robot to go underwater to explore sunken planes, ships, submarines and perhaps even lost cities. And this year, the humanoid robot reached a new milestone when it dove half a mile (852 meters) beneath the ocean's surface.
The robot has hands that can cradle priceless artifacts and bring them to the surface and stereoscopic eyes that capture the world of the deep in full color.
But another feature makes the robot even more special -- a touch-based feedback system. This interactivity allows its operators to feel everything they might experience if they were diving themselves -- the water's resistance and touching objects such as vases and oil lamps from an ancient Roman ship.
Curiosities
Archaeologists have uncovered telltale timbers that may have belonged to a centuries-old shipwreck -- one that likely inspired the cult classic "The Goonies."
A volunteer team found more than 20 pieces of wood in a cave off the coast of Oregon in June. The timbers belonged to the 1693 shipwreck of the Santo Cristo de Burgos.
The Spanish galleon wasn't loaded with treasure, but local lore and the ship's mysterious fate have become storied over time -- possibly enough to inspire Steven Spielberg as he created his 1985 film about teens in Astoria searching for pirate's treasure on the Oregon coast.
The discovery has reignited interest in searching for more parts of the wreck. After all, "Goonies never say die!"
Fantastic creatures
Penguins may reign supreme in Antarctica, but they also live across the wilds of Patagonia in South America. In these remote places, scientists and conservationists dedicate their lives to protecting the flightless marine birds.
Gentoo, Magellanic and king penguins act as beacons for how ecosystems are responding to the climate crisis.
"It's the perfect animal to get to know the ocean better," marine biologist Andrea Raya Rey said.
The king penguin colony on Tierra del Fuego disappeared 200 years ago due to overhunting -- but they've made an unexpected comeback.
Learn more during Sunday's episode of the CNN docuseries "Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World" at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Every new episode of the six-part series will be available on CNNgo the day after it airs on television. You can also access CNNgo via our CNN app.
Across the universe
Astronomers have found a "black widow" in space, and this dead star has grown to record-breaking size by feasting on another celestial object.
Much like its namesake arachnid, the neutron star is devouring its companion star. This pulsating, cosmic lighthouse also spins a dizzying 707 times per second.
The neutron star, or the dense, collapsed remains of a colossal star, weighs more than twice the mass of our sun -- making it the heaviest one ever observed. When these objects become too hefty, they usually collapse and form a black hole, so this one could be the limit for neutron stars.
Dino-mite!
Meet a rare Gorgosaurus, a relative of T. rex -- but with more speed and a stronger bite. The 77 million-year-old fossil was sold for just over $6 million this week during a Sotheby's auction.
This specimen is just one of a few dinosaur skeletons that have made their way to the bidding block -- a trend that troubles scientists. When fossils are auctioned, it's possible they will end up in private collections, which means paleontologists can't study them.
Whoever bought the "fierce lizard" remains unknown, but the buyer will have the unusual opportunity to name it.
Explorations
Settle in with these reads:
-- Fossils show that sharks have been on Earth longer than trees and dinosaurs -- and there's an ocean phenomenon that's bringing them closer to shore this summer.
-- The first mission to return samples from another planet will touch down on Earth in 2033, and two Ingenuity-style helicopters will help retrieve the Martian rocks.
-- Photographer Joel Sartore is on a mission to capture images of 20,000 species to prevent the extinction of creatures great and small. See some of these endangered species through Sartore's lens.
And keep your eye on the night sky this weekend for a meteor shower. Here's how to watch.
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One year after its return to market, Sorel celebrates a spree of industry awards and explosive cross-country distribution, solidifying the trend prediction that 2022 is the year of hibiscus
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sorel, the hibiscus liqueur inspired by sorrel, the ancestral Afro-Caribbean beverage, is the most-awarded liqueur of 2022. Sorel returned to shelves in October 2021 with the support of Fawn Weaver and the Uncle Nearest Venture Fund, which invests in BIPOC/minority-founded spirits businesses. The spirit swept every major beverage award this year with Gold honors or higher, and as Sorel approaches the first anniversary of its relaunch, founder Jackie Summers–acclaimed author, activist, entrepreneur, and self-taught distiller–reflects back on the last year to acknowledge the forces that brought this reincarnation to life.
"With Sorel's second iteration, I've learned the importance of finding the right partners–whether financial backers, business consultants, or bartenders–and letting them do what they do best," says Jackie Summers, Founder of Sorel. "The key to our success has been about putting values over valuations, which is an atypical approach, but it works every time. Our relationship with Uncle Nearest has been fruitful because it's not just a transactional investor relationship–we share the vision of honoring heritage and history through spirits."
Sorel earned a collection of coveted accolades during the 2022 spirits awards season, including top-ranking honors and distinctions from the industry's most important spirits awards:
- ADI International Spirits Competition - Best of Class (Bottled & Blended Spirit - Liqueur), Best of Category (Bottled & Blended Spirit - Herbal/Botanical/Spice Liqueur), Double Gold (Spirit Excellence)
- American Craft Spirits Association - Innovation Award
- Chilled Magazine - Chilled 100 Spirits Awards - Breakout Brand, 97 Points
- Craft Distillers Spirits Competition - Best of Class; 93 Points
- Distiller Magazine - 5/5 Star Rating
- Distillery Awards - Diamond Certification
- Finger Lakes International Wine & Spirits Competition - Gold Medal
- Great American International Spirits Competition - Best in Show; Platinum Medal
- John Barleycorn Awards - Double Gold (Bottle Design), Gold (Packaging Design)
- Micro Liquor Spirit Award Competition - Triple Gold (Spirit), Triple Gold (Packaging Design), 97 Points
- New Orleans Spirits Competition - Best in Category, Gold Medal
- New York International Spirits Competition - Double Gold, 96 points
- San Francisco World Spirits Competition - Gold Medal
- Singapore World Spirits Competition - Gold Medal
- Sip Awards - Platinum Medal
- Ultimate Spirits Challenge - Chairman's Trophy, 96 points, Top 100 Spirits, Extraordinary Ultra Recommendation
- Wine Enthusiast - Spirit Brand of the Year finalist (2021), 94 Points (2022)
- World Liqueur Awards - Best American Herbal Liqueur
- Craft Competition International Awards - Gold Medal
Sorel is currently sold in retail shops, hotels, bars, and restaurants across the country, with distribution in 20 states planned by the end of 2022, and nationwide availability in 2023.
In March 2022, Summers was honored among the inaugural class of Food & Wine magazine's "Drinks Innovators of the Year," and was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the Bar World for the fourth year, ranking at #29. Earlier this year, Summers was nominated for a James Beard Foundation Media Award for his personal essay All the Food You Can Eat and Only The Family You Can Stand (Epicurious). Most recently, he was included among Wine Enthusiast's Future 40 class of people shaping the way we drink.
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Jackie Summers is an acclaimed author, seasoned public speaker, and serial entrepreneur. Summers is the founder of JackFromBrooklyn Inc. and the creator of the award-winning Sorel Liqueur. Most recently, Summers was nominated for the 2022 James Beard Media Award for Personal Essay, Long Form, and was also honored among Food & Wine magazine's inaugural class of Drinks Innovators of the Year. He has been included among the world's 100 Most Influential Bar Industry Figures by Drinks International Magazine (2019, 2020, 2021), The 50 Most Influential People In Brooklyn Food (Brooklyn Magazine, 2015), named to the Imbibe 75 (2021), and named the 2019 Award winner for "Best Food Essay" by the Association of Food Journalists. Summers has contributed to publications including the James Beard Foundation, Plate, Wine Enthusiast, VinePair, Epicurious, Delish, and Edible Brooklyn. He currently serves as a co-chair of the Education Committee for the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation, and as a member of the Education Committee for Bar Convent Brooklyn. Summers' mission is to tell stories of marginalized peoples in their own voices.
Sorel Liqueur is an alcoholic rendition of sorrel, the 500+ year-old traditional hibiscus-based beverage brought to the Caribbean from West Africa. After being diagnosed with a spinal tumor and given a small chance to live, Jackie Summers not only beat those odds, but left his decades-long corporate career to create Sorel as a way to honor his Barbadian heritage. Following 623 failed attempts, Summers perfected the first and only shelf-stable sorrel liqueur. After an impressive debut in 2013, Sorel ceased production for several years, and was brought back to market in October 2021 with the support of Fawn Weaver and the Uncle Nearest Venture Fund. Sorel will be available in 20 states by the end of 2022, and continues to expand its presence in bars, restaurants, and retailers throughout the United States, as well as impending availability at Disney properties. Visit SorelOfficial.com for more information and follow @SorelOfficial on Instagram and Facebook.
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Anjuna makes Confidential Computing simple and practical, enabling trust in the public cloud by locking-down data, applications, encryption keys, blockchain and MPC
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Anjuna Security Inc., the Confidential Computing software company, today announced that the Globee® Awards, organizers of the world's premier business awards programs and business ranking lists, has named the Anjuna®, a Grand Trophy winner in the Annual 2022 Disruptor Company Awards. These prestigious global awards recognize disruptive technologies and innovative solutions transforming consumer experiences everywhere.
Anjuna Confidential Computing software enables organizations to utilize the widely deployed hardware security features in public cloud infrastructure—including AWS, Azure, and others—transparently and without needing to modify applications or IT processes. The solution closes the remaining gap in the public cloud by locking down data, applications, digital assets and private encryption keys during runtime, where they would otherwise be potentially exposed to insiders or attackers. The runtime encryption can seamlessly extend to storage and transmission across all cloud and on-premises data centers, providing end-to-end data and asset security.
"We are proud to be recognized as a disruptor with our Confidential Computing Software solution being named a Grand Trophy winner by the Globee Awards," said Ayal Yogev, co-founder and CEO of Anjuna. "With the rise of digital assets and the growth of blockchain, MPC and proprietary AI algorithms, organizations must close the remaining encryption gap to make public cloud computing completely safe. Anjuna makes complete cloud lock-down practical for any organization."
Judges from around the world representing a broad spectrum of industry experts participated in the judging process.
"The new era of disruptive innovations is here. Disruptive products, services, technologies and solutions are transforming consumer experiences everywhere while consumer and end-user needs are continuously evolving.," said San Madan, co-president of Globee Awards. "Legacy systems are not always fast enough to accept and respond to such needs."
Disruptors are companies that have the potential and competence to displace existing solutions, companies, and even entire industries. To be eligible to participate, a business must be a privately owned company operating for profit, independently owned and not a subsidiary, and located anywhere in the world.
Disruptors are highly persistent, mostly beginning from scratch without the constraints of traditionally accepted processes or business models. They use technology and modern tools to achieve end results. Disruptors do things differently and are not hindered by the existing ways of industry stalwarts. They are ready to take on an enormous challenge and find solutions for the biggest pain points customers experience.
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Anjuna Security makes the public cloud secure for business. Software from Anjuna Security effortlessly enables enterprises to safely run even their most sensitive workloads in the public cloud. Unlike complex perimeter security solutions easily breached by insiders and malicious code, Anjuna leverages the strongest hardware-based secure computing technologies available to make the public cloud the safest computing resource available anywhere. Anjuna is based in Palo Alto, California.
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Report: Supreme Court draft suggests Roe could be overturned
WASHINGTON (AP) — A draft opinion suggests the U.S. Supreme Court could be poised to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a Politico report released Monday.
A decision to overrule Roe would lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states and could have huge ramifications for this year’s elections. But it’s unclear if the draft represents the court’s final word on the matter — opinions often change in ways big and small in the drafting process.
Whatever the outcome, the Politico report represents an extremely rare breach of the court’s secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance.
“Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” the draft opinion states. It was signed by Justice Samuel Alito, a member of the court’s 6-3 conservative majority who was appointed by former President George W. Bush.
The document was labeled a “1st Draft” of the “Opinion of the Court” in a case challenging Mississippi’s ban on abortion after 15 weeks, a case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
The court is expected to rule on the case before its term ends in late June or early July.
The draft opinion in effect states there is no constitutional right to abortion services and would allow individual states to more heavily regulate or outright ban the procedure.
“We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled,” it states, referencing the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v. Casey that affirmed Roe’s finding of a constitutional right to abortion services but allowed states to place some constraints on the practice. “It is time to heed the Constitution and return the issue of abortion to the people’s elected representatives.”
A Supreme Court spokeswoman said the court had no comment and The Associated Press could not immediately confirm the authenticity of the draft Politico posted, which dates from February.
Politico said only that it received “a copy of the draft opinion from a person familiar with the court’s proceedings in the Mississippi case along with other details supporting the authenticity of the document.”
The draft opinion strongly suggests that when the justices met in private shortly after arguments in the case on Dec. 1, at least five voted to overrule Roe and Casey, and Alito was assigned the task of writing the court’s majority opinion.
Votes and opinions in a case aren’t final until a decision is announced or, in a change wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, posted on the court’s website.
The report comes amid a legislative push to restrict abortion in several Republican-led states — Oklahoma being the most recent — even before the court issues its decision. Critics of those measures have said low-income women will disproportionately bear the burden of the new restrictions.
The leak jumpstarted the intense political reverberations that the high court’s ultimate decision was expected to have in the midterm election year. Already, politicians on both sides of the aisle were seizing on the report to fundraise and energize their supporters on either side of the hot-button issue.
An AP-NORC poll in December found that Democrats increasingly see protecting abortion rights as a high priority for the government.
Other polling shows relatively few Americans want to see Roe overturned. In 2020, AP VoteCast found that 69% of voters in the presidential election said the Supreme Court should leave the Roe v. Wade decision as is; just 29% said the court should overturn the decision. In general, AP-NORC polling finds a majority of the public favors abortion being legal in most or all cases.
Still, when asked about abortion policy generally, Americans have nuanced attitudes on the issue, and many don’t think that abortion should be possible after the first trimester or that women should be able to obtain a legal abortion for any reason.
Alito, in the draft, said the court can’t predict how the public might react and shouldn’t try. “We cannot allow our decisions to be affected by any extraneous influences such as concern about the public’s reaction to our work,” Alito wrote in the draft opinion, according to Politico.
People on both sides of the issue quickly gathered outside the Supreme Court waving signs and chanting on a balmy spring night, following the release of the Politico report.
Reaction was swift from elected officials in Congress and across the country.
In a joint statement from Congress’ top two Democrats, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “If the report is accurate, the Supreme Court is poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past fifty years — not just on women but on all Americans.”
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, also a Democrat, said people seeking abortions could head to New York. “For anyone who needs access to care, our state will welcome you with open arms. Abortion will always be safe & accessible in New York,” Hochul said in a tweet.
Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch said in a statement, “We will let the Supreme Court speak for itself and wait for the Court’s official opinion.” But local officials were praising the draft.
“This puts the decision making back into the hands of the states, which is where it should have always been,” said Mississippi state Rep. Becky Currie.
Congress could act, too, though a bill that would write Roe’s protections into federal law stalled in the Senate after passing the House last year with only Democratic votes.
At Supreme Court arguments in December, all six conservative justices signaled that they would uphold the Mississippi law, and five asked questions that suggested that overruling Roe and Casey was a possibility.
Only Chief Justice John Roberts seemed prepared to take the smaller step of upholding the 15-week ban, though that too would be a significant weakening of abortion rights.
Until now, the court has allowed states to regulate but not ban abortion before the point of viability, around 24 weeks.
The court’s three liberal justices seemed likely to be in dissent.
It’s impossible to know what efforts are taking place behind the scenes to influence any justice’s vote. If Roberts is inclined to allow Roe to survive, he need only pick off one other conservative vote to deprive the court of a majority to overrule the abortion landmark.
Twenty-six states are certain or likely to ban abortion if Roe v. Wade is overturned, according to the pro-abortion rights think tank the Guttmacher Institute. Of those, 22 states already have total or near-total bans on the books that are currently blocked by Roe, aside from Texas. The state’s law banning it after six weeks has already been allowed to go into effect by the Supreme Court due to its unusual civil enforcement structure. Four more states are considered likely to quickly pass bans if Roe is overturned.
Sixteen states and the District of Columbia, meanwhile, have protected access to abortion in state law.
This year, anticipating a decision overturning or gutting Roe, eight conservative states have already moved to restrict abortion rights. Oklahoma, for example, passed several bills in recent weeks, including one that goes into effect this summer making it a felony to perform an abortion. Like many anti-abortion bills passed in GOP-led states this year, it does not have exceptions for rape or incest, only to save the life of the mother.
Eight Democratic-leaning states protected or expanded access to the procedure, including California, which has passed legislation making the procedure less expensive and is considering other bills to make itself an “abortion sanctuary” if Roe is overturned.
The draft looked legitimate to some followers of the court. Veteran Supreme Court lawyer Neal Katyal, who worked as a clerk to Justice Stephen Breyer and therefore has been in a position to see drafts, wrote on Twitter: “There are lots of signals the opinion is legit. The length and depth of analysis, would be very hard to fake. It says it is written by Alito and definitely sounds like him.”
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Associated Press writers Jessica Gresko in Washington and Lindsay Whitehurst in Salt Lake City contributed to this report.
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WAUKEE, Iowa , June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Frog announced June 17 that it reached the elite tier of HubSpot's Solutions Partner Program. HubSpot, a leading CRM platform for scaling companies, works hand-in-hand with partner experts to grow their businesses through inbound software, services and support.
"Our experience with the team at Blue Frog has been nothing short of extraordinary. Their years of experience and quality of skilled staff has earned them a trusted reputation within the HubSpot ecosystem as a reliable partner capable of delivering remarkable experiences for our most sophisticated clients," said Brian Garvey, VP, Solutions Partner Program at HubSpot.
Blue Frog is a member of HubSpot's Solutions Partner Program, an ecosystem of experts offering marketing, sales, customer service, web design and CRM services. It's a global community that believes putting customers first is the key to growth, and enables its members to offer a wide variety of sophisticated solutions across the entire customer experience.
To achieve elite tier status, a solutions partner must generate $65,000 in sold monthly recurring revenue and manage $170,000 in recurring monthly revenue.
President John Campbell, since founding the company in 2009, has grown Blue Frog into one of the leading strategic growth firms in the United States. The company's growth can largely be attributed to a commitment to customer success along with HubSpot's inbound marketing philosophy, incorporating strategies that attract, engage and delight customers.
ABOUT BLUE FROG
Established in 2009 by John Campbell, Blue Frog is a privately-owned strategic growth firm offering services ranging from website design and development, data orchestration, branding, inbound marketing, digital advertising, HubSpot and ZoomInfo strategy, and content marketing.
Recognized by "Inc. Magazine" as one of the "Best Places to Work" and an elite tier HubSpot solutions partner, Blue Frog is recognized as one of the leading growth consultancies in the US. To learn more about Blue Frog, visit www.bluefrogdm.com.
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TORONTO, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the previous announcement of the launch of a senior notes offering, Waste Connections, Inc. (TSX/NYSE: WCN) ("Waste Connections" or the "Company") announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering (the "Offering") of $750 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.200% Senior Notes due 2033 (the "Notes") at a price to the public of 99.728% of their face value. The Offering is expected to close on August 18, 2022, subject to customary closing conditions. Net proceeds to Waste Connections from the Offering are expected to be approximately $741.0 million, after deducting underwriting fees and estimated Offering expenses, and are expected to be used to repay a portion of the borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility provided under its credit agreement.
BofA Securities, J.P. Morgan, MUFG and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint book-running managers and underwriters for the Offering. The Offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on September 1, 2021 (the "Registration Statement"). Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering may be obtained by contacting BofA Securities, Inc. at 200 North College Street, 3rd Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28255-0001, Attention: Prospectus Department, toll-free at 1-800-294-1322 or at dg.prospectus_requests@bofa.com, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC at 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, 10179, Attn: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 3rd Floor, or by telephone at (212) 834-4533, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. at 1221 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Attention: Capital Markets Group, or toll-free at 877-649-6848 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402, Attn: WFS Customer Service, toll-free at 1-800-645-3751 or at wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus for the Offering will also be available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, nor will there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the Notes or any other securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Waste Connections
Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides non-hazardous waste collection, transfer and disposal services, along with resource recovery primarily through recycling and renewable fuels generation. Waste Connections serves more than eight million residential, commercial and industrial customers in mostly exclusive and secondary markets across 43 states in the U.S. and six provinces in Canada. Waste Connections also provides non-hazardous oilfield waste treatment, recovery and disposal services in several basins across the U.S., as well as intermodal services for the movement of cargo and solid waste containers in the Pacific Northwest.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PSLRA"), including "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. These forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance and reflect Waste Connections' current beliefs and expectations regarding future events, including the potential Offering and the Company's use of proceeds. These forward-looking statements are often identified by the words "may," "might," "believes," "thinks," "expects," "estimate," "continue," "intends" or other words of similar meaning. All of the forward-looking statements included in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the PSLRA and applicable securities laws in Canada. Forward-looking statements involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, risk factors detailed in the preliminary prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus, which are both a part of the Registration Statement, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022, and those risk factors set forth from time to time in the Company's other filings with the SEC and the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Waste Connections undertakes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements set forth in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, unless required by applicable securities laws.
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Firm proposes Taser-armed drones to stop school shootings
(AP) - Taser developer Axon said this week it is working to build drones armed with the electric stunning weapons that could fly in schools and “help prevent the next Uvalde, Sandy Hook, or Columbine.” But its own technology advisers quickly panned the idea as a dangerous fantasy.
The publicly traded company, which sells Tasers and police body cameras, floated the idea of a new police drone product last year to its artificial intelligence ethics board, a group of well-respected experts in technology, policing and privacy.
Some of them expressed reservations about weaponizing drones in over-policed communities of color. But they were not expecting Axon’s Thursday announcement that it wants to send those Taser-equipped drones into classrooms to prevent mass shootings by immobilizing an intruding gunman.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Axon founder and CEO Rick Smith said he felt compelled to make the idea public after the mass shooting at an Uvalde, Texas elementary school, saying he was “catastrophically disappointed” in the response by police who didn’t move in to kill the suspect for more than an hour.
But he stressed Friday that no product had been launched and any potential launch would be down the road. The idea, he felt, needed to be shared now because of the public conversation about effective ways for police to safely confront attackers and how schools can increase safety.
“This is an idea that should get into the public’s consciousness while our minds are open to it, and I felt if I wait another six months, the world is going to change and people are going to forget this pain and we’re going to see a shift in sentiments where people are going to focus a lot more on what could go wrong, rather than the pain of this problem we need to solve,” he said.
Axon’s stock price rose with the news. But the announcement angered members of the ethics board, some of whom are now likely to quit in protest.
“This particular idea is crackpot,” said Barry Friedman, a New York University law professor who sits on the Axon AI Ethics Board. “Drones can’t fly through closed doors. The physical properties of the universe still hold. So unless you have a drone in every single classroom in America, which seems insane, the idea just isn’t going to work.”
Friedman said it was a “dangerous and fantastical idea” that went far beyond the proposal for a Taser-equipped police drone that board members — some of them former or current police officials — had been debating in recent months.
“We begged the company not to do it,” Friedman said of the company’s announcement. “It was unnecessary and shameful.”
The product idea had been kicked around at Axon since at least 2019, and the company has been working to try to figure out whether a drone with a Taser was even a feasible idea. Over the last year, the company created computer-generated art renderings to mock up a product design and conducted an internal test to see if Taser darts — which transmit an immobilizing electric jolt — could be fired from a flying drone, Smith said. He added that he had discussed the possibility of developing such a product with the ethics board.
Board members who spoke with The Associated Press said they were taken aback by the school drone proposal — which they got notice of only earlier this week — and cobbled together a unanimous statement of concern that described Axon’s decision as “deeply regrettable.” The company tweeted out the board’s dissent shortly after its own statement Thursday announcement.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if there were resignations,” said another ethics board member, Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington. “I think everyone on the board has to make a choice about whether they want to stay involved.”
Friedman and Calo both described this week’s process as a sharp turnaround from the respectful relationship that Axon executives have had with the board in recent years on controversial topics such as face recognition — which Axon decided against using in its body cameras — and automated license plate readers.
“Sometimes the company takes our advice and sometimes it doesn’t,” Friedman said. “What’s important is that happens after thoughtful discussion and coordination. That was thrown out the window here.”
Smith said the company is still in the very early phases of product development and would continue to consult the ethics board, along with law enforcement officials, community leaders and school officials. He acknowledged that the company might later determine that the idea isn’t feasible and abandon it.
But he took issue with the idea that he had ignored the concerns from the ethics board, which is meant to provide guidance and share feedback. Ultimately, the decision still falls to Smith as the company’s chief executive.
“I have not ignored what they have said. People can have debates and disagree,” Smith said. “I think there is one thing the world can see: our board is not a whitewash.”
“I hope they don’t resign,” he added. “I hope that they are somewhat proud maybe after this that we’re having this public debate.”
On Friday in an “Ask Me Anything” chat on the online forum Reddit. Smith acknowledged that “drones in schools can sound nuts” but went on to answer detailed questions about them. They could travel through school vents, he said, and perch on doors and walls near ceilings. It could be a “good thing” if a gunman tried to shoot one down because it would distract from trying to kill people.
“We’re doing this because we care,” Smith said. “We’re a business so ultimately we have to find a financial model that works, but at the end of the day we’ve been successful because our mission drives our business and we solve problems we care about,” he added.
Smith told a Reddit user that Axon was “absolutely not” trying to capitalize on recent tragedies to attract investors. He noted the advisory board’s disagreements but said the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas — and what he described as misguided proposals to arm teachers with guns — compelled him to go public with the drone idea to field a “far broader array of voices.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.kxii.com/2022/06/04/firm-proposes-taser-armed-drones-stop-school-shootings/ | 2022-06-04T13:07:04Z |
DUBLIN, July 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearwater Capital today announced the formal appointment of Gary Barnett and John Willian as non-executive directors to the board of Nearwater Capital Markets, Limited (Nearwater Capital Markets). Nearwater Capital Markets is the firm's new security-based swap dealer (SBSD). Following the appointment, the board will be comprised of 5 directors, three of whom are independent or non-executive directors, including Chairperson Davina Saint, a senior banking executive and independent director based in Ireland.
Mrs. Saint confirmed:
"I am really looking forward to working with Gary and John. Gary brings a wealth of swap dealer regulatory expertise and insight to the firm and John's deep experience in the trading and financing markets will be an invaluable asset to the Board."
Mr. Barnett has an extensive background in swap dealer and security-based swap dealer policy, regulation and oversight. He was appointed by the Honorable Gary Gensler to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in 2011as the first Director of the CFTC's Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight (now the Market Participants Division) , where he established the registration and compliance programs for Swap Dealers under the new regulatory regime established by the Dodd Frank Act. Mr. Barnett led the responses to the futures commission merchant (FCM) and RFED crises following MF Global, including the reorientation of the CFTC's exam program and the creation and adoption of the FCM customer protection rules while at the CFTC.
In 2015, Mr. Barnett left the CFTC to join the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as Deputy Director of the Division of Trading and Markets, where he oversaw the division's Office of Broker-Dealer Finances, Office of Derivatives Policy, Office of Trading Practices and its Volcker Rule team in addition to various global regulatory initiatives.
Mr. Willian is a former Partner of Goldman Sachs, having spent over 28 years in a variety of senior sales, trading and capital markets related roles.
At Goldman Sachs, Mr. Willian's responsibilities included serving as Global Head of Prime Services within Global Securities Services, and running Goldman Sachs Electronic Trading and Futures Businesses, Municipal Sales and Trading, and Goldman's Global Money Markets businesses. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Willian was Goldman's Global Head of Fixed Income Sales.
Mr. Willian was also a member of Goldman's 's Finance Committee, Securities Division Business Practices Committee, as well as the firm-wide New Products Committee.
Mrs. Saint, who has been on the board since 2022, was the General Counsel for the BNP SA Group in Ireland for 19 years, before becoming the Head of Branch in Ireland for BNP Paribas' Securities Services business. Mrs. Saint sat on various boards for the BNP Paribas Group including their Prime Brokerage lending company and the main Irish Holding Company of the Bank (BNP Paribas Ireland.) In 2020, Mrs. Saint was appointed by the Ministry of Finance as a Director of the National Asset Management Agency where she is an Independent Director and chairs the Remuneration Committee. She also serves on the board of BlackRock Global Funds plc in Luxembourg.
Nearwater Capital Markets was established and capitalized in 2021 in Ireland and is owned and operated by Nearwater Capital. Nearwater Capital Markets will be registering with the SEC as a security-based swap dealer with the intent of being the preeminent hedging and risk mitigation counterparty for global banks via total return swaps. The Capital Markets business model will build on the success of Nearwater's Liquid Markets franchise, which has grown to $14.5 billion in assets since its inception in 2019.
Nearwater Capital, LP ("Nearwater Capital') is a specialty finance company that was established in 2017. The firm is a leading provider of financing to sponsors to assist with compliance with Dodd-Frank and other global risk retention requirements and one of the largest sponsors of secured debt programs. In the last two years, the firm has experienced strong growth, with its employee headcount doubling in size and its balance sheet currently over $18A billion as of year-end 2021.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for APLD, SDIG, THC, COMS, and CYH.
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Twitter to pay $150 million penalty over privacy of users’ data
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span.
The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission announced the settlement with Twitter on Wednesday. The regulators allege Twitter violated a 2011 FTC order by deceiving users about how well it maintained and protected the privacy and security of their nonpublic contact information.
From May 2013 to September 2019, Twitter told users that it was collecting their phone numbers and email addresses for purposes of account security. But it failed to disclose that it also would use the information to enable companies to send targeted online ads to users on the platform, the government alleged.
The regulators also alleged, in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, that Twitter falsely claimed that it complied with U.S. privacy agreements with the European Union and Switzerland, which prohibit companies from processing user information in ways that are at odds with purposes authorized by users.
“Twitter obtained data from users on the pretext of harnessing it for security purposes but then ended up also using the data to target users with ads,” FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement. “This practice affected more than 140 million Twitter users, while boosting Twitter’s primary source of revenue.”
The San Francisco-based company has more than 229 million users around the world.
The $150 million penalty and the required new compliance measures under the settlement must be approved by a federal court in California.
The FTC’s 2011 order had alleged serious lapses in Twitter’s data security that allowed hackers to gain unauthorized administrative control of Twitter, including access to nonpublic user information.
“Keeping data secure and respecting privacy is something we take extremely seriously, and we have cooperated with the FTC every step of the way,” Twitter’s chief privacy officer, Damien Kieran, said in a blog post Wednesday. He said the company has taken steps in accord with the FTC on updating operations and making other improvements “to ensure that people’s personal data remains secure and their privacy protected.”
Twitter announced in November the formation of a new data governance committee within the company.
Word of the settlement came on the day of Twitter’s annual shareholders meeting. The drama of Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s proposed $44 billion purchase of Twitter has swirled around the company for weeks. Musk, who is one of Twitter’s largest shareholders, on Wednesday revised the financing plan for his proposed takeover, raising investor hopes that he still intends to pull off the deal.
Twitter yields unrivaled influence on news, politics, and society thanks to its public nature, simple interface and of-the-moment immediacy. Some experts fear that Musk would relax content-moderation rules that offer some protection against white supremacy, hate speech and threats of violence. The platform famously banned former President Donald Trump following the assault on the U.S. Capitol in January 2021.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/05/26/twitter-pay-150-million-penalty-over-privacy-users-data/ | 2022-05-26T12:41:58Z |
DALLAS (KDAF) — It’s a stormy start to the month of May in North Texas as chances for storms continue into Monday night (May 2) and for the majority of the work week. So, when will it end?
According to the National Weather Service center in Fort Worth, the stormy start to the month will subside on Thursday as a cold front is set to move through the region. “A line of thunderstorms may accompany the boundary when it enters North Texas early Thursday morning with an attendant wind threat.”
As the afternoon settles in on Thursday, the potential for thunderstorms will be along the warm sector in Central and East Texas. Heavy rainfall is possible and some of those storms could be strong to severe.
Over the weekend NWS Fort Worth said, “An active weather pattern will be in place through most of next week with several opportunities for showers and storms. In other words, it’s springtime in Texas, so you can bet on chances for strong or severe storms at times as well.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/when-to-expect-storms-to-exit-first-week-of-may-in-north-texas/ | 2022-05-02T18:42:06Z |
─ The Reusies: "The Oscars of the Reuse Movement" celebrates heroes championing a world without waste
NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Upstream, a non-profit sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution, today announced the finalists of the Second Annual Reuse Awards, The Reusies® 2022. The Reusies is a groundbreaking awards program honoring changemakers developing a better way than throw-away, advancing systemic change and co-creating a world where we can get what we need and want without all the waste. In 2021, the inaugural Reusies received nominations and submissions from over 1,200 leading startups, environmental activists and community leaders in the United States that are growing the reuse movement. This year, with the growing momentum behind reuse, The Reusies is expanding upon that reach and furthering their mission of celebrating the heroes of the reuse movement across the United States and Canada.
The second annual Reusies awards ceremony will be livestreamed on September 29, 2022 and presented in partnership with circular economy-focused investment firm and innovation center, Closed Loop Partners.
"The 2022 Reusies continues the momentum and excitement from last year's event and will celebrate the pioneers and innovators of the new reuse economy," said Matt Prindiville, CEO and Chief Solutioneer at Upstream. "Our goal is to highlight the individuals and organizations who recognize the urgency of the moment, and are working on the systemic changes we need to drastically reduce plastic pollution not in five or ten years, but right now."
Honors to be awarded during the show include Most innovative Reuse Company, Corporate Initiative of the Year, Activist of the Year, and Reuse Community of the Year. Free tickets and VIP passes are available now at www.TheReusies.org. The final winners will be announced during the show.
"We face an urgent and growing global waste challenge," said Bridget Croke, Managing Director at Closed Loop Partners. "We are proud to partner with Upstream on the annual Reusies to drive forward the reuse trailblazers and incredible ecosystem of innovators paving the way to a waste-free future. This is critical to our work to research, test and scale solutions that keep valuable materials in play and accelerate the transition to a circular economy."
Upstream and Closed Loop Partners received hundreds of nominations from across the U.S. and Canada and the top finalists – selected by committees composed of The Reusies partners, experts and thought leaders across the industry – are all great examples of organizations and individuals who are advancing reuse from within their local communities to the biggest brands in the world .
The finalists for Most Innovative Reuse Company – expanded to four categories this year considering the exponential growth of the reuse movement since 2021 – are:
- Food & Beverage: Dispatch Goods, Just Salad, r.Cup
- Consumer Packaged Goods: Algramo, GOATOTE, Returnity
- Fashion & Apparel: Fabscrap, Poshmark, Thrilling
- Enabling Technologies: Fill it Forward, Topanga.io, The Rounds
The finalists for the remaining three categories are:
- Corporate Initiative of the Year: Coca-Cola, Kroger/Loop, PepsiCo/SodaStream
- Reuse Community of the Year: Human-I-T, ReThink Disposable, The Ecology Center
- Activist of the Year: Alejandra Warren, Jacqueline Omania, Yayoi Koizumi
Similar to last year, award winners will be selected by a combined panel of judges and public voting. Judges include:
- Cam Pascual, Senior Program Officer, Plastic and Waste, World Wildlife Fund
- Chris Dickerson, former MLB player/Co-Founder, Players for the Planet
- Doreen Wong, Entrepreneurship Lead, Sustainable Ocean Alliance
- Dr. Manasa Mantravadi, Pediatrician, Founder/CEO at AHIMSA®
- Michelle Tulac, Senior Project Manager - North America at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- Suz Okie, Director of Design Strategy & Senior Analyst, Circular Economy at GreenBiz Group
- Poonam Watine, Knowledge Specialist, World Economic Forum
- William McDonough, Chief Executive, McDonough Innovation and Co-author, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking The Way We Make Things
The event will be broadcast on September 29, 2022 at 4:00 PM PT / 7:00 PM ET and will include profiles on the finalists, award presentations and special guest appearances.
General admission is free and opens today at www.TheReusies.org. All ticketholders are automatically entered to win a Gibson Hummingbird Guitar valued at $3,999 and generously donated by Gibson Gives.
VIP group packages, which include a virtual watch party in a branded suite (10 screens), opportunity to host an in-person watch party (1 screen) with inclusion in the live broadcast and other perks are available for purchase ($2,500 for an individual host, $3,000 for a corporate host). Individual VIP tickets are also available at $250 each. Category-exclusive sponsorship, advertising opportunities and brand integrations are also available. For more information, email TheReusies@upstreamsolutions.org. For press inquiries, contact press@upstreamsolutions.org; social: #TheReusies @Upstream_org @LoopFund.
Promotional partners of The Reusies 2022 include:
- AHIMSA®
- Ellen MacArthur Foundation
- GreenBiz Group
- McDonough Innovation
- Oceanic Global
- Ocean Plastic Leadership Network
- Sustainable Ocean Alliance
- Uplink
- World Economic Forum (WEF)/Global Plastic Action Partnership
- World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
Upstream is an environmental non-profit sparking innovative solutions to plastic pollution by helping people, businesses and communities shift from single-use to reuse. The organization's second annual National Reuse Awards (aka The Reusies), will take place virtually on September 29, 2022. To learn more about all Upstream programs, visit www.upstreamsolutions.org and follow on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube.
Closed Loop Partners is a New York-based investment firm comprised of venture capital, growth equity, private equity and catalytic capital, as well as an innovation center focused on building the circular economy. Investments align capitalism with positive social and environmental impact by reducing waste and greenhouse gas emissions via materials innovation, advanced recycling technologies, supply chain optimization and landfill diversion. Learn more at closedlooppartners.com.
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Guests will be Explorers on a Magical Journey as the Pharaoh Tutankhamun Descends into the Underworld to Defend the Sun against the Forces of Chaos, Bringing Light again upon Ancient Egypt
Presented Under the Auspices of Egyptian Council for Tourism Affairs
TORONTO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Having pioneered the concept of immersive art exhibitions in North America – including Immersive Van Gogh, Immersive Frida Kahlo and Immersive Monet & The Impressionists – Toronto-based Lighthouse Immersive, in partnership with UEG, IFFDA and under the auspices of the Egyptian Council for Tourism Affairs, is now turning its sights on the most famous of Egyptian rulers, the Pharaoh Tutankhamun in Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light. The exhibit is being launched to commemorate the 100th anniversary of archeologist Howard Carter's discovery of the tomb of the legendary "boy king" in November 1922.
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Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light uses stunning visuals to tell the story of the Amduat, an important ancient Egyptian funerary text, thought to be the oldest known illustrated story, that was depicted on the tombs of pharaohs. State-of-the-art video mapping and ground-breaking animation bring to life the story of King Tut's passage into the afterlife as he escorts the sun through the underworld each night to rise again victoriously each morning. Mexico City-based Cocolab created the fantastical animations integrating breathtaking images acquired by UEG and IFFDA through their 30-year history of presenting spectacular touring exhibitions including those honoring King Tut and ancient Egyptian civilization.
Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light is confirmed for six cities in 2022, with more to be announced soon:
- Denver | Beginning July 22
- Toronto | Beginning August 12
- Los Angeles | Beginning August 19
- Dallas | Beginning September 23
- Phoenix | Beginning September 30
- Chicago | Beginning October 14
Tickets, which start at $29.99, will go on sale on Friday, June 17 (Saturday, June 18 in Dallas) at 10 a.m. local time and are available at immersive-kingtut.com Ticket buyers can save 20% on VIP and premium tickets during the pre-sale beginning June 16, and initial on-sale period, subject to availability.
The new exhibit is presented under the auspices of the Egyptian Council for Tourism Affairs. "Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light highlights one of the most important elements of ancient Egyptian civilization, which is the journey of the deceased during the 12 hours of the night undertaken by the most famous kings of ancient Egypt, Tutankhamun" said Doctor Hazem Attiatalla, Egyptian Council for Tourism Affairs.
"For the first time we're moving beyond the men and women who have created some of the world's most prized treasures into a world where the world's most prized treasures were created to honor one man," said Svetlana Dvoretsky, producer of Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light. "Visitors to our Lighthouse ArtSpace venues will virtually move from room to room, experiencing ancient Egypt in a mesmerizing way that's befit for a king," added Producer Corey Ross.
Lighthouse Immersive is partnering with United Exhibits Group (UEG) and International Foundation for Fine and Decorative Arts (IFFDA) to bring this exhibition to its venues across North America.
"The foundational story and concept for Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light came from the very significant and popular ancient Egypt exhibition, Quest for Immortality, that premiered at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. and then toured internationally for 15 years," said UEG founder Teit Ritzau. "The Quest for Immortality exhibition told the ancient Egyptian story of the Amduat as it was preserved in the tombs of the pharaohs of New Kingdom Egypt based on the exhibition's concept, developed by the world leading Egyptological expert Dr. Erik Hornung."
"For the Immersive show, the team preparing Immersive King Tut have adapted and built on the concept of Quest for Immortality," added Dr. Carolyn Routledge, Director, UEG ADM. "In doing so they are creating the first dramatic telling of one of the most important elements of ancient Egyptian culture and specifically for the young Tutankhamun: his voyage from the tomb to the underworld to join the exciting and perilous journey of the sun god in his boat through the 12 hours of the night to ensure the successful rising of the sun to this world in the morning and at the same time the rebirth of Tutankhamun in the afterlife."
Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light was designed by the acclaimed creative team at Cocolab in Mexico City. The project is headed by César Moheno-Pla, with original music by Edi Kistler and art direction by Renata Galindo.
"Audiences will experience a much more cinematic experience than other immersive shows," said Moheno-Pla. "We've developed ground-breaking animation techniques that will give the feeling of a true immersive experience; visitors will feel like they're walking the halls and exploring the tombs of ancient Egypt.
"Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light also features a strong narrative that goes beyond simply showcasing the grandeur of ancient Egypt. The story will help guests journey with King Tutankhamun as he faces nightly battles in the afterlife to emerge triumphant when morning comes," Moheno added.
Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled around 1332 – 1323 B.C. Taking the throne at about nine years of age, his short reign spurred the creation of some of the most important artworks in all of world history, and for many these mark the height of ancient Egypt's culture. The discovery of the treasures in his tomb in 1922 by acclaimed archeologist Howard Carter changed the world dramatically in its view of ancient Egypt, archaeological discovery, and sparked a global fascination with ancient Egypt that continues to this day. More than 5,000 artifacts were ultimately removed from the king's tomb and are preserved in Egypt's national collection.
"Immersive King Tut: Magic Journey to the Light will amaze the lovers of ancient Egyptian civilization," added Dr. Attiatalla. "On behalf of the Egyptian tourism industry, we have given our full support to this show to not only highlight the magnificence of ancient Egypt, but to attract more tourist traffic to Egypt."
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Cortexyme, Inc. ("Affirm" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CRTX). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Cortexyme and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On October 26, 2021, Cortexyme issued a press release "report[ing] top-line results from its Phase 2/3 GAIN Trial, a double-blind, placebo-controlled study evaluating the efficacy of atuzaginstat (COR388), an investigational orally administered small-molecule that targets gingipain proteases from the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis)." The press release reported, in relevant part, that the study had failed to meet statistical significance in its co-primary endpoints of improving cognitive and functional abilities in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.
On this news, Cortexyme's stock price fell $44.17 per share, or 76.58%, to close at $13.51 per share on October 27, 2021.
On January 26, 2022, Cortexyme disclosed receipt of a letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") advising that the FDA had "plac[ed] a full clinical hold on atuzaginstat's (COR388) Investigational New Drug application (IND 134303)."
On this news, Cortexyme's stock price fell $2.85 per share, or 31.46%, to close at $6.21 per share on January 26, 2022.
Then, on February 1, 2022, Cortexyme issued a press release announcing plans to reduce its workforce by 53% in response to the FDA's clinical hold. That same day, Cortexyme announced the resignations of Casey Lynch, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board, and Steve Dominy, the Company's Chief Scientific Officer and a director.
On this news, Cortexyme's stock price fell $0.67 per share, or 9.81%, to close at $6.16 per share on February 2, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Pomerantz LLP
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Afternoon and evening storms will get closer to our coast today
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Two ingredients are teaming up to bring a change to Suncoast weather -- moisture and wind direction.
The combination of the two force our sea breeze to trigger showers closer to the coast today. For motorists, it mean a better chance of larger storms over major roadways right at drive time tonight.
The storms will have a slow westward movement and drift into Gulf waters close to sunset this evening. Over the weekend we add to the moisture in the atmosphere with an increasingly vigorous east-to-southeast wind flow. This will increase our afternoon and evening rain chances to seasonal levels.
Early next week an upper-level disturbance will drift in this direction and help enhance our midweek rain chances next week. After the disturbance passes west of us, our end of week, next week, rain chances will go down.
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SAN DIEGO, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) today announced that it has received Orphan Drug Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for valbenazine as a treatment for Huntington disease (HD). The treatment of chorea associated with HD is within the scope of this Orphan Drug Designation. In December 2021, Neurocrine Biosciences reported top-line data from its Phase 3 KINECT-HD study evaluating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of valbenazine, a selective vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor being investigated as a once-daily treatment in adults with chorea associated with HD.
"Receiving an FDA Orphan Drug Designation validates our continued commitment to developing new treatment options that could benefit the lives of patients living with rare diseases, including those impacted by HD," said Kevin Gorman, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer. "We are in the process of completing data analysis from the KINECT-HD and the ongoing KINECT-HD2 studies, which will form the basis of our supplemental new drug application (sNDA) for submission to the FDA later this year."
Enrollment is ongoing in the KINECT-HD2 open-label study to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of valbenazine for the treatment of chorea in Huntington Disease.
About the KINECT-HD Study
KINECT-HD is a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study designed to: evaluate the efficacy of valbenazine as a once-daily treatment to reduce chorea associated with Huntington disease (HD) and evaluate the safety and tolerability of valbenazine in patients with HD. The study enrolled 128 adults 18 to 75 years of age who have been diagnosed with motor manifest HD and who have sufficient chorea symptoms to meet study protocol criteria. For more information on this KINECT-HD study, please visit www.huntingtonstudygroup.org.
About KINECT-HD2
KINECT-HD2 is an open-label study to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of valbenazine in patients with chorea associated with Huntington disease (HD). The 112-week study will enroll up to 150 adults 18 to 75 years of age who have been diagnosed with motor manifest HD and who have sufficient chorea symptoms to meet study protocol criteria. For more information on the KINECT-HD2 study, please visit www.huntingtonstudygroup.org. or clinicaltrials.gov.
About Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences is a neuroscience-focused, biopharmaceutical company with a simple purpose: to relieve suffering for people with great needs, but few options. We are dedicated to discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. The company's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, Parkinson's disease, endometriosis* and uterine fibroids*, as well as over a dozen mid- to late-stage clinical programs in multiple therapeutic areas. For three decades, we have applied our unique insight into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. We relentlessly pursue medicines to ease the burden of debilitating diseases and disorders, because you deserve brave science. For more information, visit neurocrine.com, and follow the company on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook. (*in collaboration with AbbVie).
Neurocrine and the Neurocrine logo are registered trademarks of Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.
Forward-Looking Statements
In addition to historical facts, this press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the potential benefits to be derived from the Company's products and product candidates. Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include: risks and uncertainties associated with valbenazine development for chorea in Huntington disease (HD), that valbenazine development activities may not be completed on time or at all; risks that valbenazine development activities may not be completed or may be delayed for regulatory or other reasons, may not be successful or replicate previous clinical trial results, may fail to demonstrate that valbenazine is safe, tolerable or effective in the chorea in Huntington disease (HD) population, or may not be predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; risks that regulatory submissions may not occur or be submitted in a timely manner; risks that valbenazine may not obtain regulatory approval for chorea in Huntington disease (HD), or that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or regulatory authorities outside the U.S. may make adverse decisions regarding valbenazine; risks that valbenazine may have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuse; risks associated with the Company's dependence on third parties for development and manufacturing activities related to valbenazine; risks and uncertainties relating to competitive products and technological changes that may limit demand for valbenazine; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to mitigate its spread on the Company's business; risks and uncertainties associated with the scale and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting global, national, and local disruptions; and other risks described in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including without limitation the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Neurocrine Biosciences disclaims any obligation to update the statements contained in this press release after the date hereof.
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Agreement grants Cannara an exclusive license to use, sell and distribute Exotic Genetix branded products throughout Canada in addition to providing access to direct breeder's knowledge and insights on Exotic Genetix' cannabis strains
MONTREAL, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Cannara Biotech Inc. ("Cannara" or the "Company") (TSXV: LOVE) (OTCQB: LOVFF) (FRA: 8CB), a vertically integrated producer of premium-grade cannabis and derivative products with one of the largest indoor cannabis cultivation facilities in Canada and the largest in Quebec, today announced an exclusive brand partnership with 50-time award-winning US-based cannabis breeder, cultivator and hash maker, Exotic Genetix Ltd. ("Exotic Genetix"). This agreement will bring one of the most influential cannabis breeders and his brands from the US to Canada.
"We are excited to announce this partnership with one of the premier seed breeders in this industry" stated Nicholas Sosiak, CFO of Cannara. "Exotic Genetix is a multi award-winning breeder and is responsible for the genetics behind some of the highest quality cannabis available in the United States. Exotic Genetix's cannabis strains are current staples in Cannara's portfolio, representing 5 of our 8 current flagship genetics, and we can attest to the high demand for, and the satisfaction derived from these genetics amongst our current customers. We could not be happier to partner with Exotic Mike, the founder of Exotic Genetix, and the rest of the Exotic Genetix team to continue to deliver on our goal to produce the highest quality, affordable cannabis for our customers. We are proud to have been chosen as an exclusive-partner to expand Exotic Genetix's reach into Canada and have no doubt that both companies and our customers will all benefit from this endeavor" concluded Mr. Sosiak.
A testament to the quality of its cannabis, Exotic Genetix strains comprise of five of the eight genetics grown by Cannara, including Gelato Mint, Power Sherb, Galactic Runtz, CBD Runtz and Slapz.
Under the terms of the agreement, Cannara will be granted an exclusive license to use, market, sell and distribute Exotic Genetix branded products throughout Canada. In addition, Exotic Genetix will provide Cannara with ongoing consultation services with respect to providing knowledge and insights into cannabis genetics, plant growing methodologies and marketing services.
"I have been waiting a long time to bring Exotic Genetix to Canada and who better to curate the brand than Cannara alongside its flagship brands Tribal, Nugz and Orchid CBD. Their unwavering commitment and ability to grow premium cannabis at scale in state-of-the-art facilities offers the perfect opportunity for our Canadian journey to begin. We look forward to bringing Canadians some of the highest quality cannabis at prices that can fit into everybody's budget" stated Exotic Mike.
Cannara Biotech Inc. (TSXV:LOVE) (OTCQB:LOVFF) (FRA:8CB) is a vertically integrated producer of premium-grade cannabis and cannabis-derivative products for the Québec and Canadian markets. Cannara owns two mega facilities based in Québec spanning over 1,650,000 sq. ft., providing the Company with 125,000kg of potential annualized cultivation output. Leveraging Québec's low electricity costs, Cannara's facilities produce premium-grade cannabis products at an affordable price. For more information, please visit cannara.ca.
Founded in 2008, Exotic Genetix is a US based company that specializes in the breeding of original cannabis genetics that has been winning Cannabis Cups annually since 2012. Exotic Mike is a 50-time US award-winning seed breeder, cultivator and hash maker and is the legendary creator, and artist behind Exotic Genetix. For more information, please visit exoticgenetix.com.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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(The Hill) — The political damage suffered by Donald Trump during the Jan. 6 hearings, which journalist Bob Woodward says has written the former president’s “political obituary,” is giving Senate Republicans eyeing the White House new hope for 2024.
Presidential hopefuls including Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) have largely steered clear of defending Trump against the revelations of the Jan. 6 hearings, instead positioning themselves to capitalize if Trump is too compromised to run in 2024.
Other Republican hopefuls have done the same. Former Vice President Mike Pence has stayed mum about the Jan. 6 hearings, instead focusing on criticizing President Joe Biden’s handling of the economy.
And while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) has dismissed the House hearings for “beating this dead horse,” he hasn’t gone out of his way to defend Trump. DeSantis now appears to be Trump’s most serious competition in 2024, beating him head-to-head in New Hampshire in a recent poll.
A Senate Republican aide also identified Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as possible candidates for the White House in 2024, especially if Trump continues to fade politically.
“The nomination is going to be very wide open, I think. I don’t see him sustaining his position as a majority leader of the party even if he wants to into 2024. There are too many people out there who want to run for president,” said former New Hampshire Sen. Judd Gregg (R).
Gregg said Trump’s “intense” following “will still be there,” giving the former president a chance to be influential in 2024. But the former Granite State governor and senator thinks Trump has damaged himself with many other Republican voters.
“By that time, a lot of water will have flowed under the bridge. He will be to some degree history,” he predicted of the next presidential election cycle.
A University of New Hampshire poll of 944 Granite State panel members conducted from June 16 to June 20 found that 39 percent of likely Republican primary voters said they would vote for DeSantis, while 37 percent said they would back Trump. The poll found that 18 percent of Republican voters and 68 percent of independents had an unfavorable view of Trump.
A new Harvard CAPS-Harris poll of 1,308 voters nationwide found that Trump has a 50 percent unfavorable rating with 38 percent of respondents saying they have a “very unfavorable” view of the former president. The survey, however, showed Trump with a 42-percent favorable rating.
And a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll of 1,630 adults nationwide showed DeSantis trailing Trump by only nine points in a head-to-head matchup.
Cruz has been the most aggressive in positioning himself for another run for president, traveling around nation to campaign for conservative candidates in GOP primaries, and sometimes taking on Trump-backed candidates directly.
Cruz backed former state treasurer Josh Mandel in the Ohio Senate primary and David McCormick in the Pennsylvania Senate contest over Trump-endorsed candidates J.D. Vance and Mehmet Oz, coming up short both times.
But Yesli Vega, whom Cruz endorsed in Virginia’s 7th congressional district, won her June 21 primary, and Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C..), whom both Cruz and Trump endorsed in North Carolina, won his May 17 primary.
Cruz also endorsed state Attorney General Eric Schmitt in the Missouri Senate Republican primary and Deborah Flora in the Colorado Senate GOP contest. Missouri voters will decide their nominee on Aug. 2. Flora narrowly missed making the GOP primary ballot in April.
Cotton met with his biggest donors last month at the Hay-Adams hotel in Washington, where he discussed a possible presidential bid next cycle and said he wouldn’t let Trump keep him out of the race.
Hawley took his turn in the national spotlight earlier this year when he led Republican opposition to Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson in the Judiciary Committee. He was the first to shine a light on Jackson’s record of sentencing child pornography offenders, which produced the most dramatic moments of her confirmation hearings.
Tim Scott, who represents a key early Republican primary state, in May traveled to Iowa to attend a state Republican Party in Cedar Rapids, fueling speculation that he’s laying the groundwork for his own 2024 run.
Scott has also forged a relationship with Oracle founder Larry Ellison, who has poured at least $15 million into a super PAC allied with the South Carolina Republican.
Rick Scott has stirred speculation about his own White House ambitions with trips to New Hampshire though he insists he is running for re-election to the Senate in 2024 and has no plans to run for president.
Yet the Florida senator is acting a lot like a presidential candidate, releasing his own 11-point “Rescue America” plan to the chagrin of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who did not sign off on the plan. Several Senate Republicans have complained that Scott’s ambitions could cloud Senate Republican messaging since he is also chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The jockeying by Senate Republicans to set themselves up for White House bids in 2024 reflect a growing sense that Trump is losing political strength, something that has been exacerbated by the revelations of the Jan 6 committee. Some of the most damaging testimony came from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows.
Hutchinson told the panel that Trump lunged for the steering wheel of The Beast, the armored vehicle used to transport the president, and grabbed at his security detail Bobby Engel when told he could not go to the Capitol after delivering a speech at the Ellipse.
She also testified to the former president throwing his meal against the wall, leaving shattered porcelain on the floor and smeared ketchup on the wall, after then-Attorney General William Barr told The Associated Press in December 2020 that there was no widespread fraud in the election.
Legendary Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward later said the Jan. 6 testimony in effect has written Trump’s “political obituary” and some GOP strategists agree.
“I think Bob is most likely right,” said Republican strategist Vin Weber.
Weber said Republicans generally are “loath to praise the hearings” because many of them view it as a partisan exercise, even though two Republicans, Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), sit on the committee.
Even so, Weber said there’s no doubt the hearings have inflicted major damage on Trump’s political future.
“It’s now unquestionably clear if we nominate Donald Trump for president we’re going to spend the whole campaign talking about Jan. 6 and the stolen election which wasn’t,” he said, adding that Trump’s actions leading up to Jan. 6 and since have done “great, great damage” to his own political viability.
He said while few Republicans are willing to praise the Jan. 6 committee’s work now, “they absorbed the information that came out of the committee and will remember it in the next presidential campaign.”
An Associated Press-NORC poll conducted after the House Select Jan. 6 Committee held five hearings found that 48 percent of U.S. adults think Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in trying to overturn the election results while 31 percent think he shouldn’t be charged. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/trump-troubles-open-path-for-senate-gop-white-house-hopefuls/ | 2022-07-05T17:49:42Z |
Deltek has been included on the list of top large companies for the sixth time, ranking #9 this year
HERNDON, Va., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deltek, the leading global provider of software and solutions for project-based businesses, has been ranked the #9 Top Large Workplace in the D.C. metro area by The Washington Post. Selection is based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, which measured several aspects of workplace culture, including alignment, execution and connection. This year's honorees include government contractors, real estate firms, health service providers, and tech companies.
"The Post's Top Workplaces list is now in its ninth year and continues to highlight the companies in the Washington-area that employees deem to be leaders in company satisfaction and engagement," said Washington Post Top Workplaces editor Dion Haynes. "Each year, the leaders at these companies are commended for their leadership and collegiality, qualities which have increased in importance to employees with the last few years of heightened transition and change."
"It's a tremendous honor for us to be ranked as a Top Workplace for the sixth time. This recognition is especially rewarding since it is a direct reflection of our employees' input," said Mike Corkery, President and CEO at Deltek. "Deltek's foundation is built on our core values including collaboration, integrity and passion – and we see those qualities every day within our organization, whether our employees are working remotely, around the globe, or in our Herndon Headquarters. We are grateful to have such an incredible team at Deltek, and I credit our employees for continuing to keep Deltek a Top Workplace."
The Washington Post hosted an awards ceremony on Thursday, June 16 to recognize the top-ranked companies. Learn more about The Washington Post's Top Workplaces and see the full list of this year's honorees here.
About Deltek
Better software means better projects. Deltek is the leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions for project-based businesses. More than 30,000 organizations and millions of users in over 80 countries around the world rely on Deltek for superior levels of project intelligence, management and collaboration. Our industry-focused expertise powers project success by helping firms achieve performance that maximizes productivity and revenue. www.deltek.com
About The Washington Post
The Washington Post is an award-winning news leader whose mission is to connect, inform, and enlighten local, national and global readers with trustworthy reporting, in-depth analysis and engaging opinions. It combines world-class journalism with the latest technology and tools so readers can interact with The Post anytime, anywhere.
About Energage, LLC
Headquartered in Exton, Pa., Energage (formerly known as WorkplaceDynamics) is a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools that help leaders to unlock potential, inspire performance, and achieve amazing results within their organizations. The research partner behind the Top Workplaces program, Energage has surveyed more than 47,000 organizations representing well over 16 million employees in the United States.
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LONDON, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Mountain Tourism Day activity kicked off online on the 27th May and continued until 29th May. It was commissioned by the International Mountain Tourism Alliance (IMTA).
The events were held both on and offline globally. It focused on the concept of "re-building tourism post-pandemic", "re-starting healthy lifestyles" and "re-connecting inter-continental dialogue", showcasing the theme of "Mountain Tourism Promotes a Healthy Life and Cultural Exchange".
The events were supported by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and the International Nordic Walking Federation (INWA). The leader of Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, Shao Qiwei-IMTA Vice Chairman, Lu Yongzheng-member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Guizhou Provincial Committee, He Yafei- IMTA Secretary-General, Maribel Rodriguez-WTTC Senior Vice President, Membership & Commercial, AkiKarihtala-INWA President, Georgian Ambassador to China, Deputy Chief of Mission of Israel Embassy to China shared their constructive conversation and experience.
In addition, the events connected IMTA members, destination institutions and agencies, enterprises, and experts across five continents. Delegates and guests from more than 30 countries carried out multi-dimensional, multi-level and diverse cloud interactions around the theme and three major topics to discuss, built and shared the bright future of mountain tourism.
The events were simultaneously updated on Facebook and YouTube as well as on the Chinese platforms such as Cultural Tourism China APP, the Cultural Tourism China official Weibo, Tencent, and Baidu. The replay of events could find through the Discovery China account on social media platforms.
Contact: yueqi.xiao@propellertv.co.uk, 020 8899 7420
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE), the creator and leader of the modern ground lease industry, has closed on a $62.5 million ground lease to facilitate the acquisition of Soleste Grand Central, a 360-unit multifamily asset in Miami, Florida. The property was completed in 2021 and acquired by Avanti Residential.
"We are excited to expand our relationship with Avanti and pleased that our accretive ground lease capital has played a role in their impressive growth acquiring high quality multifamily assets," said Steve Wylder, Executive Vice President.
The transaction marks the sixth between Safehold and Avanti over the last two years; all 99 year ground leases created on acquisition of newer vintage multifamily properties. The acquisitions total in excess of 1,600 units in both Florida and Colorado.
Safehold Inc. (NYSE: SAFE) is revolutionizing real estate ownership by providing a new and better way for owners to unlock the value of the land beneath their buildings. Having created the modern ground lease industry in 2017, Safehold continues to help owners of high quality multifamily, office, industrial, hospitality, life science and mixed-use properties generate higher returns with less risk. The Company, which is taxed as a real estate investment trust (REIT) and is managed by its largest shareholder, iStar Inc., seeks to deliver safe, growing income and long-term capital appreciation to its shareholders. Additional information on Safehold is available on its website at www.safeholdinc.com.
Avanti Residential is an experienced investor and owner-operator of lifestyle-forward multifamily communities in the U.S. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Avanti operates a vertically integrated platform led by a seasoned executive team, each with more than 25 years' experience in the acquisition and value creation of apartment properties. Operating in 5 states with 37 properties and approximately 9,000 units, the company applies skilled real estate investment acumen in a culture of personal accountability and alignment to deliver exceptional value and attractive risk-adjusted returns for its institutional venture partners and private capital investors. AvantiResidential.com
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It is nearly impossible for a parent to watch the horrific news of the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre unfold without thinking of their own children.
This tragedy left many parents heartbroken and struggling to figure out how to discuss it with their kids.
"A caring adult support is really needed to help children understand their feelings, their emotions, and to be able to answer those questions that kids might be asking as a result of this," said Annette March-Grier, a 2014 CNN Hero and founder of Roberta's House, a grief and bereavement center in Baltimore, Maryland.
March-Grier warns that a crisis like Uvalde could trigger a stress response in children from a previous trauma they experienced, and she urges parents to observe how their child may respond. Some common reactions, she says, include problems sleeping and eating, anxiety, clinging more to their parents or caregivers, difficulty concentrating and fear of going to school.
"I think this a teaching opportunity for young kids to be able to learn how to express their feelings and fears to a caring adult," she said.
March-Grier shared some recommendations: "Hug your child. Ask them questions about their feelings. Don't provide more information than what they're asking. ... It's important for adults to be honest, to be truthful. Sometimes we don't have answers as to why things happen like this."
March-Grier also acknowledged the fear parents may feel while sending their children to school right now. However, she reminded parents that schools are working to prevent anything like this from happening again, and she stresses that keeping structure and routine in children's lives will help them feel safe.
For March-Grier, learning how to best support young people through crises can help them grow up to be healthy individuals, mentally, emotionally and physically.
Marking two years since George Floyd's murder
The Uvalde massacre occurred the day before the second anniversary of George Floyd's murder.
Remembering Floyd "reminds us about the importance of humanity and how we treat one another," says March-Grier, "and the lessons that we've learned about the disparities of different populations in our communities."
She also says Floyd's story is a reminder that there is more work to do.
"We are continuing to grow and move forward and become unified and connected. And to be able to provide more resources and support for individuals who are struggling because of the systemic disparities," she said. "That's the reminder as we think about George Floyd ... what we've learned, what we've been able to change and how much more we still need to continue to grow."
Coping with 1 million Americans lost to Covid-19
The coronavirus pandemic made grief universal, March-Grier notes. "If one had (not) experienced grief before, people have experienced grief today."
With people still dying of Covid-19, she says the process of healing is far from over.
"It's going to take a long process and much time in continuing to heal through... this pandemic and all the deaths and losses that individuals have experienced."
March-Grier warns that news of stories like the Uvalde massacre can trigger feelings of loss and grief initially brought on by the pandemic. "You may not understand why you're feeling what you're feeling. But know that feelings such as anxiety, stress, and worry, and maybe even sleepless nights, may be a normal reaction."
March-Grier's nonprofit is expanding
In 2021, Roberta's House Family Grief Support Center constructed a new state-of-the-art bereavement center in Baltimore.
The center allows them to host in-person support groups and serve children of all ages who are suffering all types of losses.
"Our primary concern is to make sure that no child grieves alone; that every adult and child has the necessary support to grieve and to heal in healthy ways."
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(Our Auto Expert) — The world was watching in Dallas Texas, as Lexus showed the fifth generation of its core SUV. The RX was redesigned from the roof rails to the wheels. The big news is just one gas-only engine, two hybrids, and now a plug-in hybrid.
Lexus will have the first hybrid F Sport version of this vehicle. Educating people that electrification can be fun to drive and bringing them closer to carbon neutrality.
Lexus pioneered the luxury crossover segment with the launch of the first RX more than 20 years ago, the new 2023 Lexus RX now comes with several features new to the brand. Safety is important to Lexus. And now they have their safety Sense 3.0, which now can detect motorcyclists. If you were to open the rear door and a motorcyclist was coming past the vehicle, it would sense that, and stop the rear door being opened.
So, the motorcyclist and the rear door would not collide, and because around 5,500 motorcyclists are killed every year. It’s important at Lexus to make sure they keep as many of the occupants of their vehicle safe as motorcyclists. The 2023 Lexus RX is definitely bold in design, new seamless headlights integrated into the grille and body.
The spindle Grill has evolved now giving a 3D look to the RX. During the RX reveal, Lexus did have a surprise and they rolled out the brand new “RZ” They’re an all-electric SUV and they said the big surprise is that this is coming to market very soon.
The 14-inch display houses an infotainment system that Lexus is extremely proud of.
It was developed here in the US and can voice activate many systems on the car. Like the windshield wipers freeing up your hands to stay on the wheel. There is no on-sale date or price for the new RX, but they did tell us when we do get that information. We should be extremely excited. | https://cw33.com/automotive/lexus-unveils-new-electrified-suv/ | 2022-07-26T22:01:11Z |
Man rescues neighbor from house fire in Nashville
By Joylyn Bukovac
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — When a man was stuck inside his house while it was on fire, Jerome Del Pino pulled him from the flames.
Del Pino said he was driving around when he noticed the sky looking hazy. That’s when he saw thick smoke coming from a home on the 2000 block of Elliott Avenue.
Jerome Del Pino says that he saw the flames just before 8:00 am Saturday morning. He pulled over to make sure everyone was out of the home. That’s when he knew something was terribly wrong.
“When I got to the front door of the house it was ajar, I yelled inside and heard another voice saying, ‘I’m in here, I’m in here.’ I realized that the owner of the house had fallen and couldn’t move himself and was lying on the floor inside the door. And so I was able to pull him out as the fire began to spread to the ceiling and to the roof of the porch,” Del Pino explained.
Del Pino was about to get his neighbor to safety just in time.
“It really is frightening to see a fire spread so quickly and start to consume everything around it. By the time I got him to the porch, the fire had moved inside the house to where he had been laying. By the time I got him down the steps, it was coming out the front windows and up into the roof of the porch. I don’t think that he would have been there if I had been five minutes later,” Del Pino said.
First responders say the homeowner was taken to the hospital where he is being treated for burns and smoke inhalation. He is expected to be okay.
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Key Takeaways:
- Marshall Porter named Partner with an initial focus on Web3, Consumer Technology, and Marketplaces
- Jay Hass named Partner and AlleyCorp's first Chief Financial Officer
NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AlleyCorp, a $600M+ evergreen venture fund founded by serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan and dedicated to founding, funding, and building transformative companies, announced two new Partners, Marshall Porter and Jay Hass, and the appointment of Hass as AlleyCorp's first Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
Hass and Porter's roles at AlleyCorp are a sign of the growth occurring in the firm's universe. "We are incredibly fortunate that Jay joins our team on the operating side as Partner and CFO, and that Marshall joins on the investing side with particular focus on marketplaces and Web3," said Ryan. "We have no doubt that Jay and Marshall will each play an instrumental role on the team as we dive into the trends, challenges, and opportunities that the next 5-10 years will bring."
Porter initially will focus on Web3 and collaborate with AlleyCorp Partner Wendy Tsu to deepen focus in consumer technology and marketplaces. His appointment as Partner — a signal of AlleyCorp's commitment to Web3 and to building and investing in marketplaces and other consumer digital formats — is a natural extension of his longtime involvement in the AlleyCorp community and his experience in the New York startup ecosystem, which began when he joined Gilt Groupe, incubated out of AlleyCorp, in 2010. There Porter played an integral role as a full-time leader, as well as a community builder and sought-after mentor and advisor to numerous companies within AlleyCorp's portfolio and beyond.
At AlleyCorp, Porter will leverage what he's learned over the last 20 years building and operating e-commerce businesses. "I've always joined teams at the forefront of innovation, and I could not be more excited to join the incredible team at AlleyCorp to build the next generation of great companies," Porter said. "AlleyCorp is a very unique place where I will get involved and work hands-on with founders and teams at that critical early stage, to bring all those lessons I've learned as a builder and operator to bear."
Hass will help shepherd AlleyCorp into a new stage of growth as both Partner and Chief Financial Officer — the first in the firm's history. He comes to AlleyCorp from RRE Ventures where he was a partner for ten years, and currently serves as a director and strategic advisor to multiple companies and nonprofits. As AlleyCorp expands globally, Hass will leverage years of financial and investment experience to lead the firm's finance and administrative operations and coordinate strategic business initiatives while also supporting business and corporate development for AlleyCorp portfolio companies.
"From our first conversation many years ago, I knew that Kevin had both a compelling vision and a unique platform to build transformative new businesses," Hass said. "Having collaborated ad hoc on several successful deals since then, I'm thrilled to join the AlleyCorp team as we enter our dynamic next phase of growth."
NEW PARTNER BIOGRAPHIES
Marshall Porter most recently served as U.S. CEO of GymPass. Before that, he was chief strategy officer for ShopRunner, president of the e-commerce marketplace Spring, and held various leadership positions at Gilt Groupe. Porter is a longtime member of AlleyCorp's advisory network, the AlleyCorp Braintrust, led by VP of Platform Susannah Shipton.
Jay Hass joins AlleyCorp from RRE Ventures, where he has been a Partner for the past decade and remains active as a strategic advisor. Earlier in his career, Hass was a managing director at Brown Brothers Harriman and spent several years in national political campaign management. In addition to his advisory role at RRE, Hass serves as a director or strategic advisor to a number of companies and nonprofits, including NeoFidelity, Decode_M, and Raftr, Inc. He is a board member emeritus of the Tory Burch Foundation and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
About AlleyCorp
AlleyCorp is a $600M+ evergreen venture fund and a leading player in the New York tech startup ecosystem. Founded by serial entrepreneur Kevin Ryan, AlleyCorp is dedicated to growing transformative companies in New York and across the globe in three principal ways: by founding them (prior incubations include MongoDB, Gilt Groupe, Business Insider, Zola, and Nomad Health); by investing in and supporting early-stage companies (across pre-seed, seed, and series A); and as a limited partner (investing in 30+ top funds globally). AlleyCorp also operates specialized funds in a range of areas including a $100M healthcare fund, a $30M robotics fund, and recently launched an in-house engineering team in Canada, comprised of over 40 exceptional engineers, that work for the team's early stage companies. For more information, please visit www.alleycorp.com.
CONTACT
Susannah Shipton
212-741-8242
susannah@alleycorp.com
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For those who remember the original "Predator," the alien hunter's code of conduct -- only using the weapons and force required to make things sporting -- helps mightily when trying to fight it. Even so, "Prey" represents an odd if refreshingly spare addition to the franchise, giving a coming-of-age spin to a faceoff that can't help but feel like a serious mismatch.
Landing directly on Hulu (a choice that seemingly speaks to the film's perceived theatrical prospects), this latest entry in a series that hasn't been particularly memorable since the first movie proves small-boned by the genre's standards, dropping the hulking killer in Comanche territory 300 years ago, where its trophies initially include plenty of the local fauna.
The thrills don't look cheap, exactly, but the whole thing feels a bit cheaper, as if this were the pilot for an anthology series titled "Tales of the Predator," charting periodic visits through history.
"A long time ago, it is said, a monster came here," the movie says at the start, before introducing Naru (Amber Midthunder), a young female warrior who wishes to be taken seriously as a hunter because, she says, "you all think that I can't."
Naru soon gets the test of several lifetimes, recognizing that the alien (played by Dane DiLiegro, a 6'9" former basketball player) isn't an animal but something different, while also learning its strengths, weaknesses and the peculiar game that it plays in terms of who and what it chooses to kill.
When it comes to battling Predators, brains tend to trump brawn. Nevertheless, using spears and (thanks to French traders) the occasional musket in this struggle seems like an even more gargantuan task than the mano-a-alien fight that Arnold Schwarzenegger's Dutch orchestrated 35 years ago, and he had the advantage of explosives and being able to hoist tree trunks.
There's a history of setting science-fiction stories in the past -- the 2011 movie "Cowboys & Aliens" comes to mind -- and grounding this story around Native-American people offers a window into that culture. Still, those elements are by necessity treated in once-over-lightly fashion given the grisly business at hand.
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg ("10 Cloverfield Lane"), the novelty of "Prey's" backdrop thus wears off pretty quickly, and even at a briskly paced 90-some-odd minutes, the movie fosters a sense of impatience about what Naru can devise to level the playing field. Until that climactic showdown, the best thing going for it is Midthunder, whose recent roles include "The Ice Road" and the CW's "Roswell, New Mexico," making the most of this physically demanding starring vehicle.
"Prey" works best in the context of an old-fashioned B horror movie, dropping a monster in a (very) remote locale, where almost no one can hear you scream.
Thematically, it's an interesting addition to a franchise that returns every few years whether needed or not. When compared to recent predecessors this straight-to-streaming specimen isn't bad, but it only feels worth adding to the "watch" list for those truly committed to collecting them all.
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Sky Shorts: 'Dog Days' of summer reflected in our skies
Starting July 3 and ending Aug. 11, those of us in the northern hemisphere will experience a period of particularly hot and humid weather we refer to as the “Dog Days” of summer.
Why is this stretch called the “Dog Days”?
This sweltering period coincided with the rising of Sirius, the Dog Star at sunrise, hundreds of years ago. Sirius is the No. 1 brightest star in our sky, next to our sun. Sirius is a part of the constellation Canis Majoris, or the Greater Dog.
In ancient Greece, Egypt and Rome, it was believed that the combined heat of the sun and Sirius created the hot and humid temperatures. Interestingly, the name "Sirius" stems from the Ancient Greek seirios, meaning “scorching.”
The Ancient Egyptians used Sirius as their “watchdog” for the yearly flooding of the Nile River. Yearly, when Sirius rose right before the Sun, the Nile River would flood. The flooding would leave behind rich soil for planting in this desert region.
The rising of Sirius became so important that the ancient Egyptians started their new year on the New Moon following the rising of Sirius in the east. The ancient Romans and Greeks were not as pleased to see Sirius rise before the sun. It signaled a time when evil was brought to their land in the form of drought, discomfort and disease.
But there have been changes over the centuries. Weather records show that hot weather periods vary from year to year, so the hottest days may not fall into the dog days period.
Latitude position also affects the rise of Sirius, which rises earlier in southern latitudes and later in northern latitudes. The position of our stars in the night sky shift independently from our calendar seasons, due to precession or according to the way Earth wobbles. About every 50 years or so, the night sky swifts one degree. Therefore, thousands of years from now the dog days will not occur in the summer. Around 13,000 from now, Sirius will rise with the sun in the middle of winter! Of course, then there will be a whole new meaning for the “Dog Days” of winter!
Space Exploration
Update: NASA has announced the first science images for the James Webb Space Telescope will be released July 12.
Night Sky for July
Planets and the moon – The spectacular planet array is still on display, for the first week of July, featuring seven planets, five which are visible. The visible planet lineup is Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. After the first week, Mercury departs the morning sky. Mercury returns to the evening sky, low in the west-northwest late in the month. Best night to view Mercury will be July 29 when it is three degrees below the crescent moon. Binoculars will help to locate Mercury. Saturn appears next, rising in the east just before 11 p.m. July 1 and brightening to magnitude 0.3. Neptune has crossed into Pisces from Aquarius where it spent many years. Neptune rises soon after midnight in early July and can be found 12 degrees west of Jupiter. You will need binoculars or a telescope for viewing Neptune. Jupiter rises nearly one hour after midnight July 1 and just over one hour before midnight July 31. Jupiter brightens by month’s end and reaches a stationary point July 29. Mars rises shortly before 2 a.m. July 1 and grows slowly brighter. Mars continues to drift eastward. By month’s end, it rises soon after midnight. Venus rises at 3:45 a.m. July 1 and slides eastward during the month. Dazzling Venus spends three days, July 16-18, crossing the extreme northern edge of Orion. Uranus is located between Venus and Mars and can be enjoyed through binoculars.
We will have the closest Super Moon of the year, on July 13, when the full moon reaches the closest point in its elliptical orbit of Earth, resulting in a slightly larger than usual apparent size of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The Moon pairs with Saturn on July 15, Neptune on July 17, Jupiter on July 18, Mars on July 21, Uranus on July 22 and Venus on July 26.
Constellations:
West – Look for the bright star Regulus, which is part of Leo, the Lion. Head upward to a brilliant star Arcturus. Above Arcturus is a semi-circle of stars, the Northern Crown or Corona Borealis. Continuing up and high overhead, you will see a keystone or crooked square shape, which is the body of Hercules.
North – The Big Dipper is beginning to swing down in the northwestern sky. Follow the two stars at the end of the cup to the next bright star, Polaris, or the North Star. The constellation Cassiopeia, the “W” shape is below Polaris.
East – Look for a bright blue, white star which is Vega. Down and to the left is Deneb and continuing to the right is Altair. When you connect these three bright stars you have made the Summer Triangle. Now head back to Deneb, imagine this to be the tail of Cygnus, the Swan. To the right will be three stars in a line. These would be the outstretched wings. Extending from the wings would be the long neck and head of the swan. The head of Cygnus is a double star, Albireo.
South – Look for the red, orange star, Antares, which is the heart of Scorpius.
Binocular highlights – Find Hercules and scan around the part of Hercules that faces Corona Borealis. You will see a fuzzy object which is the finest globular star cluster in the northern skies! Starting inside the Summer Triangle, scan all the way to the left of Antares, in the southern sky. You will see an abundance of stars which are part of our Milky Way galaxy.
For further night sky details, maps and audio, visit my website www.starrytrails.com.
Visit the Hoover Price Planetarium:
The planetarium offers daily shows from Tuesday through Saturday. Visit www.mckinleymuseum.org for show dates and times. Planetarium shows are free with museum admission. Seating is limited and will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. The planetarium is inside McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, 800 McKinley Monument Drive NW in Canton. For more information, call the museum at 330-455-7043. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/lifestyle/2022/06/26/sky-shorts-dog-days-summer-reflected-our-skies/7692512001/ | 2022-06-26T11:12:16Z |
Jovie continues to reimagine childcare to offer care solutions to meet the changing needs of families post-pandemic
DENVER, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- College Nannies + Sitters is now Jovie, the result of an effort to better represent the company and community of caregivers who stand ready to flex with today's families in new ways. In a move intended to widen its caregiver pool and authentically connect with parents, Jovie is on a mission to make the experience of finding childcare and childcare jobs better for families and caregivers. As the nation's most respected, complete and professional resource, the rebrand is a sign of the times—many families' childcare needs have evolved and thus, childcare services need to stretch to meet those needs. Many parents once required a full-time caregiver to manage the kids while they're at work. Now with split schedules of remote work and hybrid work schedules, families need different kinds of support and are looking for more of a hybrid model of childcare solutions to fill in the gaps.
Jovie's core mission is to build stronger families through reliable, outstanding childcare. Jovie connects parents with professional caregivers from all backgrounds who engage with children and give parents some control back over their busy lives. Jovie will serve over 30,000 families in 2022. Jovie also advocates for caregivers by offering them full and part-time schedules, access to first-class scheduling technology, supportive local management teams and professional development and training.
"Jovie is focused on making the best match for both families and caregivers by getting families the support they need and giving caregivers consistent income and competitive wages they can count on," says Joe Loch, President of Jovie. "Today, parents need help managing care solutions whether that be with morning drop off, after-school pick-up, or those two hours when the school day ends but the workday continues. We are evolving to meet parents exactly where they are, fostering a community of professionally trained caregiving experts who provide unique care solutions that precisely meet the changing needs of families today."
Jovie tackles the tough stuff – from screening caregiver candidates based on rigorous criteria and the needs of each individual family, to managing payroll and ensuring compliance with taxes and other requirements such as Worker's Comp, to training and managing coverage needs once a caregiver is hired. Jovie wants parents to be able to get to the good stuff, with the time and energy to do the things they value most, including spending quality time with their families once their caregiver has gone home for the day.
About Jovie
With 199 territories in 37 states plus the District of Columbia, Jovie, formerly College Nannies + Sitters, is the nation's most respected, complete and professional resource helping families manage life and work. Since 2001, local professional teams across the country have helped thousands of busy parents secure full-time, part-time and on demand childcare. Jovie is a wholly owned subsidiary in the Bright Horizons Family of Childcare Solutions. For more information, visit: www.jovie.com.
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Sarasota County looking for additional poll workers
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sarasota County is looking for people willing to work as poll workers the the upcoming Aug. 23 primary and Nov. 8 general elections.
The supervisor of elections office recruits and trains several hundred poll workers in advance of each election. Supervisor of Elections Ron Turner is putting out the call for additional poll workers to ensure election day polling places are run efficiently, accurately and fairly.
“We are fortunate to have so many dedicated poll workers who return each year to help manage successful elections,” Turner said. “Still, our need for poll workers is increasing, and I hope more members of our community will step up.”
Requirements for becoming a poll worker include being a registered (or pre-registered) voter of Sarasota County and being able to attend training and work on election day.
Poll workers are paid a total of $175 to $300 per election, based on position. For the Aug. 23 primary, there is a particular need for inspectors and deputies.
Turner also urges local high school and college students who meet the requirements to become poll workers. In addition to getting paid for their service, students may also receive valuable community service hours for training.
More information about becoming a poll worker can be found on the supervisor of elections website or by calling 941-861-8640.
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Labor Day travel surges despite new gas prices
SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - As Labor Day approaches, people spend the holiday weekend making celebratory plans. Many of these plans include family, fun, and especially travel.
One Valero Energy customer from Sherman gushed about the variety of food she prepared for the holiday. In addition to her excitement about cooking her favorite foods, she expressed the best part of the holiday was sharing it with her visiting family members.
“I’ve got big family coming from Dallas, Paris, Clarksville, Mount Pleasant...you name it, they’ll be here!”
Her son also expressed his travel plans.
“I’m driving from Sherman to Fort Worth every day, so I’m paying maybe over $200 in gas,” he said. “I’m paying maybe $300 in toll fees every two months.”
But as Labor Day approaches, so might a slight rise in gas prices.
“The gas prices are based on future demand,” said Leslie Gamble, AAA Manager, Public & Government Affairs. “The gas prices that we see right now might go up a few cents before the weekend with the idea of increased travel on many peoples minds. But for the most part, they’re going to stay leveled where they are,” she said Monday.
Although this possible small price increase is far from the recent record highs, it is still above what gas used to be back in 2021, about 80 cents higher according to AAA.
Gamble claimed this year’s price jump will not have a significant impact on Labor Day travel plans. According to Gamble, many drivers have had no intention of letting record-high gas prices prevent them from taking the roadways. Gamble described it as “post-pandemic elation,” when people believe it is safe to travel.
This “post-pandemic elation” might go beyond Labor Day. On Wednesday, an AAA survey suggested people will continue to travel during the autumn months.
“As fall approaches and more international destinations open with fewer COVID-19 testing requirements, AAA Texas travel advisors are seeing growing demand in our local branches for trips and tours. And this is happening at a rate that outpaces even 2019 levels,” said Galen Grillo, vice president and general manager of AAA Texas.
Despite the possible ongoing popularity of travel, experts assured customers this Labor Day’s slight gas price jump is only temporary.
“It’s such a short-lived surge in the gasoline demand and travel demand because of that holiday weekend, that it’s not going to be sustained long term,” Gamble said. “The prices, if they’re even up a little bit, will go right back down after the weekend.”
To follow Gamble’s claim, AAA released a statement Thursday. The statement showed gas prices in Texas are dropping ahead of the busy Labor Day weekend.
According to AAA, the Texas statewide gas price average fell for the 11th week in a row.
“The cost for fuel is at its lowest point in six months as millions of drivers prepare to hit the road for the last weekend of summer driving season,” said AAA Texas spokesperson Daniel Armbruster.
Drivers in Texas are paying the second lowest gas price average in the country, according to gasprices.aaa.com.
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PITTSBURGH, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved apron with a larger surface area to protect clothing and keep the wearer dry while preparing food, grilling or washing dishes," said an inventor, from Warner Robbins, Ga., "so I invented the ARMSTRONG APRON. My design would offer an alternative to traditional aprons."
The patent-pending invention enables the wearer to cover a larger surface area when wearing an apron. In doing so, it increases coverage and protection. As a result, it helps to keep the wearer dry and comfortable and it could increase efficiency in the workplace. The invention features a durable design that is easy to wear so it is ideal for chefs, food service workers, dish washers, butchers, grocery store workers, etc. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Atlanta sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-AAT-4693, 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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Rare and State-of-the-Art Hybrid 3D Printing Machine Represents First Milestone Toward Fortified Supply Chain and Enhanced Energy Security
SEDALIA, Mo., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PROENERGY announced today a $28.8-million investment on an advanced manufacturing initiative, starting with the recent acquisition and proven application of a 3D hybrid printing machine. As part of the company's vertically integrated aeroderivative power services, PROENERGY is creating a robust supply of critical parts for LM6000 gas turbines.
This initiative enables the company to maintain reduced manufacturing and repair times, says Jeff Canon, PROENERGY CEO.
"Independently fortifying our parts supply enables us to maintain our 120-day turnarounds for major overhauls, maintain world-class responsiveness, and progress the greater goal of global energy security," he says. "More importantly, these are critical steps in supporting renewable power generation and moving the energy transition forward."
As part of its advanced manufacturing initiative, the company's first major acquisition is a DMG MORI LASERTEC 125 DED hybrid machine. One of only a handful in the world, this technology enables manufacturing industrial-scale parts of any complexity in a small amount of time. Featuring additive and subtractive capabilities, the machine can build and machine new parts without pause.
While the DMG MORI hybrid can expedite manufacturing of high-value parts, the primary value of the machine is vastly accelerated parts development and prototyping capabilities, says Rob Andrews, PROENERGY Senior Vice President Operations.
"Creating a variable bypass-valve door, for example, would take at least 12 months for a casting process; the PROENERGY advanced manufacturing process took less than 90 days," he says. "This machine is just the beginning of our initiative, which will also include a complete refit of one of our large campus buildings with a further 16 advanced manufacturing devices. These steps will not only position PROENERGY as the top advanced manufacturing provider for any industry within Missouri, but likely in the Midwest."
Based in Sedalia, Missouri, PROENERGY is a global peak-power solutions provider with operational experience on every continent. The company offers vertically integrated aeroderivative power services, including engineering, construction, operations, repair, maintenance, research, and true, turnkey peak-power facilities that include the complete balance of plant. For more on PROENERGY, visit www.proenergyservices.com.
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Salina Police look for man in connection with homicide believed to be armed and dangerous
SALINA, Kan. (WIBW) - Salina Police are looking for a man they believe is connected to an early-morning murder and believe he is armed and dangerous.
The Salina Police Department says around 12:25 a.m. on April 20, officers were called to the area of Front St. and Gypsum Ave. for a possible car accident.
When officers arrived, they said they found a man who was deceased in the passenger seat of a green 2000 Mercury Grand Marquis. He had apparently been shot and no one else was in the vehicle.
Officers said the identity of the victim has not been confirmed.
SPD said it is actively investigating the case as a homicide and has developed a person of interest - Anthony Quentin Lopez-Garcia, 27. He is a Hispanic male who stands at 5-feet-8-inches, weighs about 170 pounds, has brown eyes and black hair and face and neck tattoos.
Officers said Lopez-Garcia could be in a Maroon 2001 Dodge Dakota pickup with Kansas disabled tag B5702. He is considered armed and dangerous.
If anyone has information about Lopez-Garcia’s whereabouts or come into contact with him, officers said not to approach him or make contact, instead call 911 immediately with the information.
If anyone has information about the case, they should call SPD at 785-826-7210 or Crime Stoppers at 785-825-8477.
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U.S. House contests in Florida see tight races, new faces
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WWSB) - Primary elections for House seats in Florida will feature a test for a conservative firebrand with the specter of a federal investigation looming over him and a rematch between two Democrats after a razor-thin loss last year.
Gaetz tested after scandal
The primary in Florida will be a test of whether Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Trump protégé who is under federal investigation in a sex trafficking case, is losing support among moderate Republicans.
Gaetz has not been charged and denies wrongdoing. He is facing a challenge from Mark Lombardo, a former Marine and executive at FedEx who has blanketed the western Panhandle with attack ads centering around the investigation as he tries to take him on in Florida’s 1st Congressional District.
Competing in the Democratic primary for the seat in the heavily Republican district is Rebekah Jones, a former Department of Health employee who questioned the state’s COVID-19 data, though a state inspector general’s report concluded her allegations were unfounded.
But it was unclear up until Monday if Jones was even legally allowed to run. A Leon County Circuit Judge ruled Jones was ineligible to run in Congressional District 1 because she had not been a member of the Democratic Party for 365 days before qualifying for the race.
Jones appealed and on Monday, an appeals court ruled in her favor, saying state law did not allow the legal challenge after the Department of State had determined that she was qualified.
She has tapped into national support for fundraising, bringing in more than $500,000, and is facing Peggy Schiller, a local Democratic Party activist who has only raised about $34,000 for the race.
Tight contest for new congresswoman
Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, who has only been in office since January, is facing a tough primary challenge from a rival she beat in a Florida special election by just five votes.
Cherfilus-McCormick, who represents parts of Broward and Palm Beach counties in the state’s 20th Congressional District, is being challenged by former Broward County Mayor Dale Holness. Holness just narrowly lost their special primary election to serve the remaining months of the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings’ term.
Since then, the rivalry between Cherfilus-McCormick and Holness has only grown more bitter. Last month, Cherfilus-McCormick sued Holness, alleging defamation and seeking more than $1 million in damages. The lawsuit alleges that a Holness aide accused her in a text message of embezzling millions to help her buy the congressional seat.
Holness told NBC6 in South Florida that he wasn’t consulted about the text message before his campaign sent it out. But he says he still has questions about Cherfilus-McCormick’s campaign finances. Cherfilus-McCormick maintains that she used money from her business for her campaign.
The winner of Tuesday’s Democratic primary is expected to cruise to victory in November in the heavily Democratic district.
Crowded pack for possible GOP pickup
Republicans have another pickup opportunity in the seat held by Democrat Stephanie Murphy, who isn’t seeking reelection.
Republicans have another pickup opportunity in the seat held by Democrat Stephanie Murphy, who isn’t seeking reelection.
State Rep. Anthony Sabatini, one of the Florida Legislature’s most conservative members, is part of an eight-candidate primary. Sabatini is known for bucking his own party in the Legislature because it was not conservative enough for him. He has also called for defunding the FBI after the search of Mar-a-Lago and promoted false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election.
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CLEVELAND, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. (NYSE: HY) announced that Kenneth C. Schilling, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, intends to retire from the Company effective December 31, 2022, after a 31-year career with Hyster-Yale and its predecessor parent company, NACCO Industries. In the context of this retirement, the Board of Directors has appointed Scott A. Minder, currently the Vice President – Treasurer and Investor Relations of ATI Inc., to succeed Mr. Schilling as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective August 29, 2022. At that time, Mr. Schilling will become Senior Vice President – Special Financial Advisor to the Chairman to help ensure a seamless transition until his retirement date.
During Mr. Schilling's tenure as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, he has been a key member of the Hyster-Yale senior management team. He has directed important strategic financial initiatives, including guiding Hyster-Yale through its spin off from NACCO Industries in September 2012. Further he has been an important influence on enabling the Company to best leverage its resources for investments in the people, products and processes that are setting the path for the Company's long-term growth. Mr. Schilling's service to the Company over the past 31 years has been outstanding and the senior leadership team is grateful that Mr. Schilling will lend his experience and expertise to ensuring a successful transition of the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer role to Mr. Minder.
Mr. Minder most recently served as Vice President – Treasurer and Investor Relations of ATI Inc. since June 2018, having previously served as Vice President, Investor Relations since joining ATI in June 2017. Previously he worked for PPG Industries from 2009 to 2017 in various financial roles, including Director, Investor Relations, Global Business Controller – Industrial Coatings, Packaging Coatings and CFO-Automotive OEM Coatings. Prior to joining PPG Industries in 2009, Mr. Minder was CFO for the automotive division and Director, Global Quality at Penske Logistics. Mr. Minder also had a distinguished 11-year career with General Motors that spanned several positions of increasing responsibility within the finance function, including roles in manufacturing, marketing and corporate locations, culminating in investor relations. He has a B.S. in Management from Kettering University and a Master of Business Administration from Duke University.
In his role as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Mr. Minder will oversee Hyster-Yale's finance, investor relations, tax and treasury functions.
Mr. Minder's selection is the outcome of an in-depth process to ensure that Mr. Schilling's successor has an extensive background in financial leadership, including treasury and process improvement, as well as financial oversight and participation in the Company's strategic initiatives. Mr. Minder's expertise makes him an outstanding successor as Hyster-Yale's next CFO and Treasurer. His breadth of financial expertise and background as a strong business leader, particularly in the automotive industry, is expected to serve the Company well as it continues to invest in its long-term growth strategy.
About Hyster-Yale Materials Handling
Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc., headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, offers a broad array of solutions to meet the specific materials handling needs of customers' applications. The Company's wholly owned operating subsidiary, Hyster-Yale Group, Inc., designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally primarily under the Hyster® and Yale® brand names. Subsidiaries of Hyster-Yale Group include Bolzoni S.p.A., a leading worldwide producer of attachments, forks and lift tables marketed under the Bolzoni®, Auramo® and Meyer® brand names, and Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, an alternative-power technology company focused on fuel cell stacks and engines. Hyster-Yale Group also has significant joint ventures in Japan (Sumitomo NACCO) and in China (Hyster-Yale Maximal). For more information about Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc. and its subsidiaries, visit the Company's website at www.hyster-yale.com.
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Celebrate with Free Small Slurpee Drinks and Delicious Deals at 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes Stores
IRVING, Texas, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- There's no party like a 95th birthday party! Put your party shoes on because 7-Eleven, Inc. turns 95 years old this summer and is adding an exciting new spin to its birthday festivities to celebrate. And yes, it still includes a free Slurpee® drink, 7-Eleven's iconic beverage with a cult following. For the first time, the brand will be celebrating Slurpee Day across all 7-Eleven®, Speedway® and Stripes® stores, giving customers 11 days to redeem their FREE small Slurpee drink*.
Sip Sip Hooray! Celebrate Slurpee Day
Yes, you read that right. On July 1, a coupon for one FREE small Slurpee drink will be loaded into the accounts of 7Rewards® and Speedy Rewards® loyalty app members. The free small Slurpee drink offer is redeemable in-store from July 1 through July 11 (aka 7-Eleven's actual birthday). Talk about the ultimate birthday party favor.
But the celebration doesn't have to stop there. Even after redeeming their free drink, customers can head to 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes to sip on even more small Slurpee drinks for just $1** in-store and via 7NOW® delivery all summer long.
Next Stop: Flavor Town!
With so many delicious Slurpee flavors to choose from, it might be a challenge for customers to select their favorite. Great news: It's impossible to go wrong with classics like Blue Raspberry, Cherry, Pina Colada, or Coca-Cola, the customer favorite flavor that made history as the first Slurpee drink in space last summer. Those looking to venture out and sip on something new should try limited-time-only flavors like Mango Lemonade, a blend of mango flavor and tart lemonade with a refreshing taste that demands you take another sip.
Dollar Dollar Deals Y'all
Everyone knows that a Slurpee drink is lonely without a snack companion – so the convenience retailers are also rewarding customers with 11 days of one dollar deals on their favorite snacks. Between July 1 and July 11, 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards members can snack on select items in-store at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway and Stripes locations for just $1***. Customers can also get their grub on with $1 roller grill items like Big Bite® hot dogs and taquitos and indulge in fan favorites including mini tacos (10 of them!), birthday cake and s'mores muffins, and $1 slices of pizza. Customers looking for an extra energy boost to get them through a hot summer day are in luck because any size iced coffee is also $1.
"We're thrilled to be celebrating Slurpee Day for the first time across all of our banners so we can spread the Slurpee drink birthday love even further," said Marissa Jarratt, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at 7-Eleven. "And 11 days of free Slurpee drinks is just the beginning. With a mystery Slurpee flavor, dollar deals on all roller grill items including Big Bite hot dogs and fan-favorite snacks and drinks such as pizza slices and any size iced coffee, this Slurpee Day is shaping up to be quite the celebration."
Slurpee Drink Sipping Here, There and Everywhere
Busy swimming at the pool or basking in the summer sun? Customers can also redeem their free Slurpee drink via 7NOW delivery on July 11 only. And for a limited-time-only, new users of 7NOW can score a FREE pizza with their first delivery order using code PIZZA****. What's better than a refreshing Slurpee drink and a slice of savory pizza on a hot summer day? Customers can get their Slurpee drink on anywhere by downloading the 7NOW delivery app from the App Store or Google Play, or visiting 7NOW.com.
Customers should download the 7-Eleven and Speedway apps from the App Store or Google Play, or by visiting 7Rewards.com or SpeedyRewards.com.
*Valid thru 7/11/21. Limit one per customer. Must be a new or existing 7Rewards or Speedy Rewards member. One free small Slurpee® per member. Available while supplies last. Participating U.S. 7‑Eleven® stores only, excludes Hawaii.
**$1 Sm Slurpee: Offer good at participating U.S. 7-Eleven® stores, excludes Hawaii.
***Dollar Deals: Offer valid through 7/11/22. MFR coupon. Available while supplies last. Offer good at participating U.S. 7-Eleven® stores, excludes Hawaii. Offer not valid with any other coupon or discount. No cash value. Consumer pays applicable fees and sales taxes. COPIES OR REPRODUCTION BY ANY MEANS IS PROHIBITED AND SHALL VOID THE COUPON. ©2022 7-Eleven, Inc. All rights reserved.
****Ends 8/2/2022 with promo code PIZZA on first order for new customers. One per device. Applicable with promo code and delivery order only. Plus tax and fees. Limited delivery area. See 7NOW® app for full terms.
About 7-Eleven, Inc.
7-Eleven, Inc. is the premier name in the convenience-retailing industry. Based in Irving, Texas, 7-Eleven operates, franchises and/or licenses more than 13,000 stores in the U.S. and Canada. In addition to 7-Eleven stores, 7-Eleven, Inc. operates and franchises Speedway®, Stripes®, Laredo Taco Company® and Raise the Roost® Chicken and Biscuits locations. Known for its iconic brands such as Slurpee®, Big Bite® and Big Gulp®, 7-Eleven has expanded into high-quality sandwiches, salads, side dishes, cut fruit and protein boxes, as well as pizza, chicken wings and mini beef tacos. 7-Eleven offers customers industry-leading private brand products under the 7-Select™ brand including healthy options, decadent treats and everyday favorites at an outstanding value. Customers can earn and redeem points on various items in stores nationwide through its 7Rewards® loyalty program with more than 50 million members, place an order in the 7NOW® delivery app in over 2,000 cities, or rely on 7-Eleven for bill payment service, self-service lockers and other convenient services. Find out more online at www.7-Eleven.com.
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The Partnership Will Focus on the Frida Kahlo – The Life of an Icon Immersive Biography, A National Tour Debuting in Montréal
MIAMI, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Primo Entertainment and Loud And Live announce their partnership around the development and production of Frida Kahlo – The Life of an Icon, an immersive biography and exhibit opening this summer across the United States & Canada that features the life of the iconic Mexican artist. The immersive biography of Frida Kahlo, one of the most influential female artists, is displayed in a unique combination of digital art, historical photographs, projections, and installations. The exhibit also includes virtual reality experiences that reproduce the most relevant moments of the life and work of Frida Kahlo.
The partnership brings together two leading entertainment companies, on the one hand, Primo Entertainment, a leading promoter who have also positioned themselves as innovative leaders in the exhibit and immersive experiences space, most recently coming off of promoting successful global exhibits such as Beyond Van Gogh and Beyond Monet. On the other, Loud And Live, a leading entertainment, live events and marketing company, who has established itself as a leading global promoter.
"Our passion for entertainment, lifestyle and live experiences drives us to look for unique opportunities such as these, which is why Loud And Live is absolutely thrilled to be partnering with Primo Entertainment, said Nelson Albareda, CEO of Loud And Live. "And to be embarking on this partnership with Andres Naftali and David Rosenfeld (Co-Founders of Primo Entertainment) across this unforgettable immersive experience highlighting the life of a global icon such as Frida, makes this collaboration that much more exciting," added Albareda.
"Primo Entertainment is excited to join forces with Loud And Live on this amazing project, we are confident we will continue the amazing success that these innovative experiences have had over the past year", added Primo Entertainment.
Earlier this week, the companies announced Phoenix as the first US city that will open its doors to the public on July 8th, 2022 with Frida Kahlo – The Life of an Icon, before touring the exhibit across the USA and continuing onward to Latin America. This announcement comes as the exhibit makes its North American debut in Montréal on Friday, June 10, 2022 at the Arsenal Contemporary Art with unprecedented success to a full house of visitors that will enjoy the engaging experience surrounding the story telling of the incredible Frida Kahlo.
The Frida Kahlo – The Life of an Icon immersive biography utilizes seven different transformational spaces enabling fans to enter the life and work of the Mexican artist who, in the 21st century, continues to be more relevant than ever. The story of Frida Kahlo, one of the most influential artists in history, showcases a unique immersive combination of digital art, historical photographs, projections, and installations accompanied by virtual reality experiences that reproduce the most relevant moments of her life and work.
As immersive experiences and exhibits continue to rise in demand and popularity across the world, this is a timely partnership for Primo Entertainment and Loud And Live, as they will build off of the highly anticipated success of these initial exhibitions.
For Tickets:
Montréal: www.fridakahlomontreal.com
Phoenix: www.fridakahlophoenix.com
Primo Entertainment is an entertainment industry leader in the United States and Latin America that works with the most important artists, as well as the most recognizable formats and exhibitions in the world. Primo Entertainment consists of two divisions: Concert promotion and production, and international exhibitions. Primo Entertainment focuses on guaranteeing the artistic quality and operation to make their shows and exhibitions a one-of-a-kind experience for everyone involved. For more information visit www.primo-entertainment.com
An Entertainment, Marketing, Media & Live Events Company, Loud And Live performs at the intersection of music, sports, lifestyle and content development. Headquartered in Miami, with presence across the US, Europe and Latin America, Loud And Live is driven by its passion to create engaging experiences for global audiences. www.loudlive.com
The Frida Kahlo Corporation is the global provider of FRIDA KAHLO brand goods and services, whose mission is to educate, share and preserve Frida Kahlo's art, image, and legacy. It also contributes a portion of the monies received to worthy community-based charitable organizations that are committed daily to improving the life of women and children. For more information on "Frida Kahlo, The life of an Icon" or to reserve tickets for each city visit www.fridakahloexhibits.com.
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Dear Annie: I am writing as a parent and as a grandfather.
My son and his wife and their 12-year-old son visit almost every Sunday to relax, talk and have a sit-down dinner at the dining room table, which my wife and I provide most of the time with much pleasure and joy.
But I have two questions: (1) How do you “imply” that they could bring something once in a while, such as a bottle of wine or some flowers for my wife? (2) Is it too late to correct the table manners of adult children — over 40 years of age? I find some of their table manners simply unacceptable.
— Do I Let it Go?
Dear Let It Go: So much can be solved through communication. My guess is that your son has no idea that you expect him to bring something. Don’t hint or “imply”; make the suggestion in a clear and friendly manner. Once you explain why it is polite to bring something, he might appreciate it. Who knows, he might then get invited to more friends’ houses because of his good manners.
It is never too late to help a friend or an adult child to have better manners. But make sure you are not nitpicking. Focus on one thing that really bothers you and your wife and that you think would help your son, his wife and their son in the real world, and ask for that.
Before you have the conversation, however, remind yourself how much joy his family brings you as grandparents and that this is just a very small part of all the happiness you feel during your Sunday night dinners together. In fact, telling your son that might be a good way to start this conversation. | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/advice_columns/article_63c145f2-e592-11ec-8393-a7027f61bb0b.html | 2022-06-07T08:12:38Z |
HOUSTON, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stellus Private Credit BDC ("Stellus PBDC" or "the Company") today announced financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Robert T. Ladd, Chief Executive Officer of Stellus Private Credit BDC, stated, "We are pleased to report strong results for our second full quarter of operations. During the quarter we made seven new investments totaling $41 million, bringing the total portfolio to $79 million at fair value. We have continued to stay active since quarter end, growing the portfolio to $99 million over 18 investments today. On August 4, 2022, we declared our first quarterly dividend of $0.21 per share representing an annualized dividend yield of 5.7% based on net asset value at the beginning of the period. We expect our dividend to grow as we continue to build out the portfolio."
Results of Operations
Investment income for the three months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $1.3 million, most of which was interest income from portfolio investments.
Operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2022 totaled $0.6 million, net of $0.4 million in expenses reimbursed and fees waived by the Company's advisor, Stellus Private BDC Advisor, LLC. For the same period, base management fees totaled $0.3 million (which were waived by the Company's advisor), income incentive fees totaled $0.1 million, fees and expenses related to our borrowings totaled $0.3 million (including interest and amortization of deferred financing costs), administrative expenses totaled less than $0.1 million, and other expenses totaled $0.3 million.
Net investment income was $0.7 million, or $0.23 per common share of beneficial interest based on weighted average common shares of beneficial interest outstanding for the three months ended June 30, 2022 of 3,092,695.
The Company's investment portfolio had a net change in unrealized depreciation for the three months ended June 30, 2022 of $0.1 million.
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations totaled $0.6 million or $0.20 per common share of beneficial interest, based on weighted average common shares of beneficial interest outstanding for the three months ended June 30, 2022 of 3,092,695.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2022, our amended and restated senior secured revolving credit agreement with Signature Bank (as amended from time to time, the "Credit Facility") provided for borrowings in an aggregate amount of up to $100.0 million on a committed basis. As of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, we had $46.5 million and $0 million in outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility, respectively.
Recent Portfolio Activity
On April 1, 2022, we invested $5.0 million in the first lien term loan and committed $1.2 million in the revolver of International Designs Group LLC, a regional distributor, seller, and custom fabricator of high-end ceramic and stone tile products and accessories. Additionally, we invested $0.2 million in the equity of the company.
On April 1, 2022, we invested $6.0 million in the first lien term loan and committed $1.0 million in the revolver of Tilley Chemical Company, Inc., a distributor of specialty chemicals, oils, and lubricants into the food & beverage, lubricants, flavor and fragrances, personal care, and other chemicals end-markets.
On April 4, 2022, we invested $5.0 million in the first lien term loan and committed $0.9 million in the revolver of Microbe Formulas LLC, a provider of dietary supplements and other natural solutions for detox and gut health.
On April 29, 2022, we invested $1.3 million in the first lien term loan and committed $1.9 million in the revolver and $1.0 million in the delayed draw term loan of Florachem Holdings, LLC, a distiller and supplier of natural citrus, pine, and specialty inputs. Additionally, we invested $0.2 million in the equity of the company.
On May 17, 2022, we invested $8.9 million in the first lien term loan and committed $1.6 million in the revolver of AIP ATCO Buyer, LLC, a provider of quality assurance services for automotive OEMs and suppliers.
On May 24, 2022, we invested $6.1 million in the first lien term loan and committed €1.3 million in the revolver and €3.6 million in the delayed draw term loan of Monitorus Holding, LLC, a provider of media monitoring and evaluation services.
On June 6, 2022, we invested $6.2 million in the first lien term loan and committed $0.7 million in the revolver of Lightning Intermediate II, LLC, a vitamins, minerals, and supplements brand. Additionally, we invested $0.2 million in the equity of the company.
On June 24, 2022, we invested an additional $0.5 million in the first lien term loan of BDS Solutions Intermediateco, LLC, an existing portfolio company.
Events Subsequent to June 30, 2022
On July 1, 2022, we invested $7.5 million in the first lien term loan and committed $1.5 million in the revolver of Heat Makes Sense Shared Services, LLC, a branded haircare platform. Additionally, we invested $0.4 million in the equity of the company.
On July 5, 2022, we invested $6.2 million in the first lien term loan of Baker Manufacturing Company, LLC, a manufacturer of water well equipment, specialized filtration pumps, and custom castings. Additionally, we invested $0.3 million in the equity of the company.
On July 12, 2022, we fully funded $3.6 million in the delayed draw term loan of Monitorus Holding, LLC, an existing portfolio company.
On July 15, 2022, we received full repayment on the first lien term loan of International Designs Group, LLC for total proceeds of $5.3 million.
On July 29, 2022, we invested $3.6 million in the first lien term loan and committed $1.3 million in the revolver and $3.9 million in the delayed draw term loan of a provider of product testing and consumer insights. Additionally, we invested $0.3 million in the equity of the company.
On August 2, 2022, we partially funded $2.4 million in the delayed draw term loan and an additional $0.1 million in the equity of Inoapps Bidco, LLC, an existing portfolio company.
Credit Facility
The outstanding balance under the Credit Facility as of August 5, 2022 was $44.4 million.
Distributions Declared
On August 4, 2022, our board of trustees declared a regular distribution for the second quarter of 2022 of $0.21 per share, payable to shareholders of record as of August 11, 2022 which will be paid on August 15, 2022.
About Stellus Private Credit BDC
The Company is an externally-managed, closed-end, non-diversified investment management company that has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company's investment objective is to maximize the total return to its stockholders in the form of current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in private middle-market companies (typically those with $5.0 million to $50.0 million of EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization)) through first lien (including unitranche) loans and second lien loans, with corresponding equity co-investments. The Company's investment activities are managed by its investment adviser, Stellus Private BDC Advisor, LLC.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included herein may contain "forward-looking statements" which relate to future performance or financial condition. Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release, including statements about COVID-19 and its impacts, may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the final prospectus that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release.
Contacts
Stellus Private Credit BDC
W. Todd Huskinson, Chief Financial Officer
(713) 292-5414
thuskinson@stelluscapital.com
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- M/I Homes, Inc. (NYSE: MHO) announced results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.
2022 Second Quarter Highlights:
- Revenue increased 8% to $1.0 billion, a second quarter record
- Pre-tax income increased 29% to $182 million, an all-time quarter record
- Net income, an all-time quarter record, increased 27% to $137 million ($4.79 per diluted share) from 2021's $108 million ($3.58 per diluted share)
- Homes delivered decreased 6% to 2,133 and average sales price increased 16% to $477,000
- New contracts of 1,820, down 20% with average community count down 8%
- Backlog units decreased 5% to 5,213
- Backlog sales value increased 9% to $2.7 billion, a second quarter record
- Shareholders' equity reached an all-time record of $1.8 billion, a 24% increase from a year ago, with book value per share of $66
- Homebuilding debt to capital ratio of 28% compared to 31% at June 30, 2021
- Return on equity improved to 27%
For the second quarter of 2022, the Company reported pre-tax income of $182.2 million and net income of $136.8 million, or $4.79 per diluted share. This compares to pre-tax income of $141.3 million and net income of $107.6 million, or $3.58 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2021. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, net income increased 19% to $228.7 million, or $7.93 per diluted share, compared to $192.5 million, or $6.43 per diluted share, for the same period of 2021.
Homes delivered in 2022's second quarter decreased 6% to 2,133 homes. This compares to 2,258 homes delivered in 2021's second quarter. Homes delivered for the six months ended June 30, 2022 decreased 8% to 3,956 from 2021's deliveries of 4,277. New contracts for the second quarter of 2022 decreased 20% over 2021's 2,267 new contracts. For the first six months of 2022, new contracts decreased 19% to 4,334 compared to 5,376 in 2021. Homes in backlog at June 30, 2022 had a total sales value of $2.7 billion, a 9% increase from a year ago. Backlog units at June 30, 2022 decreased 5% to 5,213 homes, with an average sales price of $519,000. At June 30, 2021, backlog sales value was $2.5 billion, with backlog units of 5,488 and an average sales price of $454,000. M/I Homes had 168 communities at June 30, 2022 compared to 175 communities at June 30, 2021. The Company's cancellation rate was 11% in the second quarter of 2022 compared to 7% in the second quarter of 2021.
Robert H. Schottenstein, Chief Executive Officer and President, commented, "At a time of rapidly changing market conditions, we had a very strong quarter highlighted by record quarterly net income of $137 million, 27% better than a year ago, and a 34% increase in earnings per diluted share. These record earnings resulted in our return on equity improving to 27%. Our revenues increased 8% to a second quarter record $1 billion, with gross margins improving by 220 basis points to 27.3%, and SG&A improving by 70 basis points to 9.7%, all leading to a pretax income margin of 17.5%. Our backlog sales value at June 30 increased 9% to a second quarter record $2.7 billion."
Mr. Schottenstein continued, "During the quarter, we began experiencing a moderation in demand due to the unprecedented rapid rise in interest rates and continued inflationary pressures across the economy. Clearly, there is growing uncertainty on a number of fronts and choppy market conditions may persist for some time. Still, our financial condition is very strong. We ended the quarter with record shareholders' equity of $1.8 billion, an increase of 24% over last year, book value of $66 per share, cash of $189 million, zero borrowings on our $550 million credit facility, and a homebuilding debt to capital ratio of 28%. Additionally, housing fundamentals remain solid with an undersupply of available homes and favorable demographics. Looking ahead, we believe we are well positioned to manage through these changing and uncertain times given the strength of our balance sheet, low debt levels, record backlog sales value, diverse product offerings and well-located communities."
The Company will broadcast live its earnings conference call today at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To listen to the call live, log on to the M/I Homes website at mihomes.com, click on the "Investors" section of the site, and select "Listen to the Conference Call." A replay of the call will continue to be available on our website through July 2023.
M/I Homes, Inc. is one of the nation's leading homebuilders of single-family homes. The Company has homebuilding operations in Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota; Detroit, Michigan; Tampa, Sarasota and Orlando, Florida; Austin, Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio, Texas; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee.
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "expects," "anticipates," "targets," "envisions", "goals," "projects," "intends," "plans," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Any forward-looking statements that we make herein and in any future reports and statements are not guarantees of future performance, and actual results may differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, without limitation, factors relating to the economic environment, interest rates, availability of resources, competition, market concentration, land development activities, construction defects, product liability and warranty claims and various governmental rules and regulations, as more fully discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as the same may be updated from time to time in our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements made in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and the risk that actual results will differ materially from expectations expressed herein will increase with the passage of time. We undertake no duty to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. However, any further disclosures made on related subjects in our subsequent filings, releases or presentations should be consulted.
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EXTON, Pa., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (NYSE: WST), a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, today announced that it will participate in the Bank of America Securities 2022 Healthcare Conference taking place May 9-13, 2022, in Las Vegas, NV. Management will present on Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at 11:20 AM PDT.
It will also present at the 42nd Annual William Blair Growth Stock Conference in Chicago, IL on Monday, June 6, 2022, as well as at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in New York, NY on Thursday, June 9, 2022.
A live audio webcast will be available in the "Investors" section of the Company's website at www.westpharma.com. Replay of the webcasts will be available for approximately 90 days after the events.
About West
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative, high-quality injectable solutions and services. As a trusted partner to established and emerging drug developers, West helps ensure the safe, effective containment and delivery of life-saving and life-enhancing medicines for patients. With approximately 10,000 team members across 50 sites worldwide, West helps support our customers by delivering over 45 billion components and devices each year.
Headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania, and in business for nearly a century, West in its fiscal year 2021 generated $2.83 billion in net sales. West is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WST) and is included on the Standard & Poor's 500 index. For more information, visit www.westpharma.com.
All trademarks and registered trademarks used in this release are the property of West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. or its subsidiaries, in the United States and other jurisdictions, unless otherwise noted.
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Automaker Surprised School District at Volunteer Event to Set Up Classrooms for 2022-2023 School Year
CAMDEN, N.J., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) today announced that in continuation of its work to support the students of the Camden City School District, the automaker will "adopt" all middle school (grades six through eight) classrooms in the district, providing critical learning materials to students. The adoption is part of the Subaru Loves Learning initiative, a partnership with AdoptAClassroom.org to give all students an equal opportunity to thrive in the classroom.
The adoption of Camden City School District middle schools will impact seven schools, 88 classrooms, and 1,184 students. In addition to providing flexible funding for teachers to purchase supplies customized to their classroom, Subaru will also provide school supply kits of classroom essentials, packed by employees at Subaru of America.
"All students deserve the tools to thrive and succeed in the classroom, and we want our friends and neighbors in Camden to have every opportunity to get a great education and achieve their goals," said Thomas J. Doll, President and CEO, Subaru of America, Inc. "We hope this 'adoption' from Subaru helps support a great school year for all."
Employees from Subaru of America headquarters surprised Camden City School District faculty with the announcement at a volunteer day to help teachers set up their classrooms. More than 100 Subaru volunteers traveled to schools throughout the district to help set up and clean classrooms, decorate bulletin boards, and more in preparation for the first day of school.
"Middle school is a pivotal moment in a child's education and lacking essential learning materials adds extra burdens to students, parents and classrooms," said Katrina McCombs, Superintendent of the Camden City School District. "Thanks to Subaru, the Camden City School District can focus on doing what we do best: helping students in our school district achieve their highest potential."
Headquartered in Camden, Subaru of America has a long history of supporting education in the local community. In 2021, Subaru adopted all kindergarten through fifth grade (K-5) classrooms in the Camden City School District. And since 2016, Subaru has provided more than 160 scholarships to support graduating seniors from Camden schools via the "Remarkable Graduates" program.
As part of the Subaru Loves Learning initiative, Subaru of America and more than 600 participating retailers are working with AdoptAClassroom.org to help teachers and schools purchase the tools and materials they need for their students. The adoption of classrooms in the Camden City school district reinforces the automaker's dedication to enhancing the learning experience for students, especially in their hometown of Camden.
For information about Subaru Loves Learning and to find out more about the partners that Subaru supports, visit subaru.com/learning.
About Subaru of America, Inc.
Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Subaru Corporation of Japan. Headquartered at a zero-landfill office in Camden, N.J., the company markets and distributes Subaru vehicles, parts and accessories through a network of more than 630 retailers across the United States. All Subaru products are manufactured in zero-landfill plants and Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. is the only U.S. automobile manufacturing plant to be designated a backyard wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. SOA is guided by the Subaru Love Promise, which is the company's vision to show love and respect to everyone, and to support its communities and customers nationwide. Over the past 20 years, SOA and the SOA Foundation have donated more than $270 million to causes the Subaru family cares about, and its employees have logged nearly 78,000 volunteer hours. As a company, Subaru believes it is important to do its part in making a positive impact in the world because it is the right thing to do.
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Annual MSP 501 Rankings Names Netsurit as a Best-in-Class Global IT Managed Services Provider
NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Netsurit has been named as one of the technology industry's top-performing providers of managed services in the prestigious 2022 Channel Futures MSP 501 rankings. Netsurit delivers remarkable results for its customers, ensuring business-critical apps and infrastructure are always on, secure, and resilient. Netsurit helps organizations accelerate growth, increase productivity, and drive business excellence through digital transformation and innovation.
For the past 16 years, managed service providers (MSPs) from around the globe have submitted applications to be included in this prestigious and definitive listing. The Channel Futures MSP 501 survey examines organizational performance based on annual sales, recurring revenue, profit margins, revenue mix, growth opportunities, innovation, technology solutions supported, and company and customer demographics.
"Seeing what our global team has achieved throughout the last year makes me unbelievably proud," said Orrin Klopper, CEO, Netsurit. "I want to express my deepest gratitude to our people, our clients, and our partners for making this happen."
This year's list once again attracted a record number of applicants, making it one of the most competitive in the survey's history. Winners are recognized on the Channel Futures website and will be honoured at a special ceremony at the Channel Futures MSP Summit + Channel Partners Leadership Summit, Sept. 13-16, in Orlando, Florida.
"The 2022 Channel Futures MSP 501 winners are the highest-performing and most innovative IT providers in the industry today," said Allison Francis, senior news editor for Channel Futures. "The 501 has truly evolved with the MSP market, as showcased by this year's crop of winners."
Channel Futures is pleased to name Netsurit to the 2022 MSP 501. "These providers are most certainly driving a new wave of innovation in the industry and are demonstrating a commitment to moving the MSP and entire channel forward," said Kelly Danziger, general manager of Informa Tech Channels.
Netsurit is a global Managed Services Provider that delivers remarkable results. We ensure your business-critical apps and infrastructure are always on, secure, and resilient. Netsurit helps you accelerate growth, increase productivity, and drive business excellence through digital transformation and innovation.
With headquarters in New York and Johannesburg, Netsurit provides Managed Services for organizations of all sizes. Its culture is based on the tenet, "Supporting the Dreams of the Doers."
CONTACT: Jolandi Marais, +27725019996, jolandim@netsurit.com
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HAMBURG, Germany, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TYAN®, an industry-leading server platform design manufacturer and MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation subsidiary, brings its latest server platforms powered by 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors optimized for HPC and AI markets at ISC 2022 from May 30th to June 1st, booth#D400 in Hamburg, Germany.
"The HPC market growth is heavily driven by new technologies and the increasing application of big data analytics. This is creating the need for better computing infrastructure to process large volumes of data available in the market", said Danny Hsu, Vice President of MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation's Server Infrastructure Business Unit. "TYAN's HPC server platforms are based on 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors which are foundational to help businesses and organizations accelerate the development of the next-generation HPC and AI system architectures."
Leading-edge HPC systems optimized to accelerate compute-intensive workloads and HPC deployments
TYAN's Thunder HX FT83A-B7129 is a 4U dual-socket supercomputer supporting up to ten high-performance GPU cards. Powered by dual 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and 32 DDR4 DIMM slots, the FT83A-B7129 platform provides outstanding heterogeneous computing power for a variety of GPU-based scientific high performance computing, AI training, inference, and deep learning applications. The system offers twelve 3.5-inch tool-less drive bays with up to four U.2 NVMe devices.
The Thunder HX FT65T-B5642 is a 4U single-socket pedestal server built for smaller HPC workloads that need large computing power at the deskside. The system features a single 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor, eight DDR4-3200 DIMM slots, eight 3.5-inch SATA, and two NVMe U.2 hot-swap, tool-less drive bays. The FT65T-B5642 supports two double-wide PCIe 4.0 x16 slots for GPUs to accelerate HPC applications.
The Thunder SX TS65-B7126 is a 2U dual-socket hybrid storage server designed for software-defined storage applications. The system features 16 DDR4-3200 DIMM slots, twelve 3.5-inch SATA hot-swap, tool-less drive bays with support for up to four NVMe U.2 devices, and two rear 2.5-inch hot-swap, tool-less SATA drive bays for boot drive deployment.
The Tempest HX S7120 is a mainstream server motherboard in SSI EEB (12" x 13.1") form factor designed for HPC applications. The standard motherboard supports dual 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, 16 DDR4-3200 DIMM slots, dual 10GbE or GbE onboard network connections, three PCIe 4.0 x16, and two NVMe M.2 slots.
TYAN's Tempest CX S5560 is a server motherboard designed in Micro-ATX form factor supporting a single Intel® Xeon® E-2300 processor, four DDR4-3200 DIMM slots, three PCIe slots, up to eight SATA 6G ports, two NVMe M.2 slots, and dual 10GbE onboard LAN ports. The motherboard is ideal for multi-access edge computing servers in 5G networks and service access servers in a CSP environment.
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MILWAUKEE, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, Briggs & Stratton will be at The Battery Show North America, where show attendees will have the opportunity to see the current lineup of Vanguard® innovative power solutions. Highlights at the Vanguard booth (#1348) include the groundbreaking 1.5kWh* Swappable Battery Pack technology as well as the full lineup of Vanguard Commercial Lithium-Ion Battery Packs, including the latest launch: the 7kWh Diecast Commercial Battery.
"There is no one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to battery power. With this in mind, Vanguard has developed a comprehensive lineup of Lithium-Ion battery packs and our new Swappable Battery Pack technology to solidify Vanguard as the premier partner for OEM customers who are exploring and embracing battery power," said Chris Davison, senior marketing manager — Electrification at Briggs & Stratton. "We are looking forward to exhibiting at The Battery Show for the first time where we'll be able to showcase our latest product innovations and connect with other industry leaders."
Visitors of the show can see the Vanguard Lithium-Ion 1.5kWh* Swappable Battery Pack, which is engineered to provide users with an efficient, versatile and reliable battery power option. The battery features an exchangeable design, allowing customers to easily remove and replace the battery as needed. Like other Vanguard battery solutions, the Swappable Battery Pack can be used in tandem with other Vanguard packs to meet larger power needs.
Those attending The Battery Show will also be able to view the current Vanguard Lithium-Ion battery pack lineup, including the 3.8kWh*, 5kWh*, 7kWh* and 10kWh* models. Nick Moore, director of product management — Electrification at Briggs & Stratton, will present the Vanguard 10kWh* Commercial Battery as part of the New Product Showcase at The Battery Show. The 15-minute presentation will take place in the Vanguard booth on Wednesday, September 14, at 1 p.m.
*Total energy measured using a 0.2C discharge per IEC 61960-3:2017
The Vanguard 5kWh Commercial Battery Pack will also be part of a special demonstration in the Nott Company booth (#1249) where it will be powering an arcade-style claw machine. Nott Company is the leading source for engineering, electrification, integration and component needs. The claw machine will serve as an example of how Nott's expert engineers can integrate solutions like Vanguard battery packs to meet customers' electrification needs whether they are in the industrial, fluid power, or engineered materials markets. Attendees who visit the booth will have a chance to win a prize using the electric claw machine.
"As both industry and customer demands continue to grow and change, Vanguard is leading the way in developing diversified battery power solutions that leverage the world's best technologies to support a range of off-highway applications," said Davison.
For more information about all products and solutions from Vanguard, visit vanguardpower.com.
About Briggs & Stratton
Briggs & Stratton, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides innovative products and diverse power solutions to help people get work done. Briggs & Stratton is the world's largest producer of engines for outdoor power equipment, and is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of lithium-ion battery, standby generator, energy storage system, lawn and garden, turf care and job site products through its Briggs & Stratton®, Vanguard®, Ferris®, Simplicity®, Snapper®, Billy Goat®, Allmand®, SimpliPhi®, Branco® and Victa® brands. Briggs & Stratton products are designed, manufactured, marketed and serviced in more than 100 countries on six continents.
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The world’s most over-the-top cruise ship cabins
Zachary Laks, CNN
What’s it like sailing the seas at the very height of luxury?
The most lavish suites on cruise ships fuse the best cutting-edge technology with the timeless luxury of 24-hour butler service, catering to your every whim.
The world’s most incredible floating accommodations all have one thing in common: stunning views. Behold the wonder of glaciers and fjords or a chance encounter with dolphins and whales as you float by in the privacy of your own expansive terrace.
Whether you’re tucking into a bed with a $200,000 mattress or taking up residence in the funnel of a ship, the journey is just as exciting as the destination when you’re staying in one of these incredible cruise suites.
Celebrity Cruises: Iconic Suite
Ship: Celebrity Beyond
Price: Voyages from $15,340 per person
Size: 1,892 square foot (176 sqm) interior, 689 square foot terrace
Two all-encompassing suites at the helm of the new Celebrity Beyond ship will pamper their first guests in late April 2022.
Set above the captain’s bridge, these Iconic Suites are the crown jewel of Celebrity’s Edge class, offering spacious, open-plan interiors and stunning floor-to-ceiling windows.
Luxury amenities including cashmere bedding, a private terrace hot tub and Le Labo bath amenities add comfort to the journey.
When you’re ready to leave the cozy confines of your suite, your table’s waiting at all of the ship’s specialty restaurants including Celebrity’s new Le Voyage by world-renowned chef Daniel Boulud.
Royal Caribbean: Ultimate Family Suite
Ships: Wonder of the Seas, Symphony of the Seas and Spectrum of the Seas
Price: Voyages from $19,000 per suite
Size: 1,892 sq ft interior, 689 sq ft terrace
Perhaps the most fun you’ll ever have in the privacy of your own suite at sea, the Wonder of the Seas’ Ultimate Family Suite was built for all kids and kids at heart.
The two-story penthouse is a magical dream brought to life, filled with vibrant colors and amenities like your own in-suite slide, an air hockey table and an 85-inch 4K TV so large they refer to it as a cinema.
The suite can accommodate families of up to 10, though your private balcony hot tub might only be able to fit half of you at a time.
Virgin Voyages: Massive Suites
Ships: Scarlet Lady and Valiant Lady
Price: Voyages from $4,360 per person
Size: 2,147 sq ft
The whole vibe on the Virgin Voyages ships is rockstar VIP, so when Richard Branson set out to create the ship’s top suites, he aimed for epic.
The two Massive Suites at the top of the ship evoke the luxury life your favorite rock star is accustomed to, complete with your own team of crew members to help with anything you need; from unpacking your suitcase to restocking your never-ending bar so the party never stops.
Let the incredible, meditative views inspire you to create your own music in the suite’s guitar room, or just fire up some classics from the suite’s record collection on the en suite turntable.
Disney Cruise Line: Wish Tower Suite
Ship: Disney Wish
Price: Voyages from $21,000 for two adults
Size: 1,966 sq ft
The Wish Tower Suite is the ultimate extension of storybook living, bringing the fairytale fantasy to life, nightly. The new suite will debut on the Disney Wish this summer as a first-of-its-kind enclave in the forward funnel of the ship.
Not unlike the family-forward Cinderella Castle Suite at Disney World, this one-of-a-kind suite will be able to accommodate up to eight guests throughout its two bedrooms and children’s room, and has four-and-a-half bathrooms.
The immersive suite is inspired by “Moana” and will offer an enchanting Disney welcome, as a custom sculpture will summon the joy and heart of the film and fill the suite with lights and sounds.
Viking Cruises: The Owner’s Suite
Ships: Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris, Viking’s new expedition fleet
Price: Voyages from $10,995 per person based on double occupancy
Size: 1,238 sq ft including an outdoor private lounge
Viking’s expedition fleet just began navigating the cruise line to the farthest corners of Earth, and if you’re in the ship’s Owner’s Suite, you’re going there with the best view.
The new expedition fleet, sister ships Octantis (sailing since January 2022) and Polaris (set to launch in August 2022), both have one Owner’s Suite.
More than just a terrace, the suite’s 792 sq ft garden lounge comes with its own private badenstamp (a wood-sided hot tub), the perfect place to take in ever-changing landscapes.
The en suite dining for six offers the chance to have a relaxing, private meal while enjoying music and exclusive wine collections curated by the line’s charismatic founder and chairman, Torstein Hagen.
Norwegian Cruise Line: Premier Owner’s Suite
Ship: Norwegian Prima
Price: Voyages from $21,904 per person
Size: 2,100 sq ft, 828 sq ft balcony
Debuting this August 2022, the Norwegian Prima reimagines The Haven, the line’s popular enclave of luxury suites, with a dramatic move to the back of the ship.
With the move aft, the newly reimagined Premier Owner’s Suite has a stunning wraparound balcony stylishly outfitted with a Jacuzzi, four-seat dining table and sun loungers.
The Piero Lissoni-designed suite features floor-to-ceiling windows throughout its three bedrooms (each with a king-sized bed), three bathrooms (all featuring a jet shower) and half bathroom.
Oceania: Owner’s Suite
Ship: Oceania Riviera
Price: Voyages from $15,599 per person
Size: 2,000 sq ft
Cashmere lap blankets, Bulgari amenities and an in-suite bar stocked with six full bottles of premium spirits or wine: you’re living the high life on the aft decks of Oceania’s Riviera in the ship’s three Owner’s Suites.
At first impression, you’ll be taken by the suite’s stunning floor-to-ceiling windows that perfectly frame the view, no matter where you are in the world.
The suites span the entire beam of the ship so prepare for a wraparound private terrace that offers incredible panoramic views and privacy.
Designed by the Ralph Lauren Home Collection, the suites are stately yet comfortable.
Regent Seven Seas Cruises: Regent Suite
Ship: Seven Seas Splendor
Cost: Voyages from $54,999 per person
Size: 4,443 sq ft
Are you ready for the best sleep of your life? Seven Seas Splendor’s Regent Suite features the most luxurious sleep experience ever at sea thanks to a $200,000 Hästens mattress.
Not only will you be floating on the water, but you’ll be levitating on this one-of-a-kind artisanal mattress from Sweden, made of layers of flax, horsetail hair and cotton.
Once you’ve recharged overnight, replenish with the suite’s unlimited Canyon Ranch treatments, and then head out in port with your own personal car and guide.
Seabourn: Wintergarden Suite
Ship: Seabourn Venture
Price: Voyages from $17,999 per person
Size: 1,044 sq ft, 129 sq ft outdoor terrace
Iconic designer Adam D. Tihany’s vision for the Wintergarden Suite was to balance beauty and relaxation aboard the line’s first-ever expedition ship.
Set to debut in mid-April 2022, the newly minted suite will be a luxurious enclave with thoughtful touches like a TV that disappears with the touch of a button to allow for uninterrupted views from bed.
Favorite amenities in the two-story suite include a heated jacket wardrobe that will keep your parka toasty prior to your arctic expedition and the Swarovski ATX Interior spotting scope, optimal for the best view of all the wildlife this ship will cruise alongside.
Cunard: Balmoral Suite
Ship: Queen Mary 2
Price: Voyages from $25,000 per person
Size: 2,249 sq ft
The Queen Mary 2’s two-story grand duplex apartments are the most luxurious and well-appointed way to cross the Atlantic.
The luxurious life in the suites is made effortless by the impeccable, classic British butler service. Your own Jeeves!
Every whim throughout your stay is attended to, from unpacking while you enjoy sparkling wine and chocolate on your terrace to a pillow menu that will have you resting easy.
Though over-the-top, the Balmoral Suite’s sweeping staircase is perfect for a grand entrance into your own private cocktail party, toasting to the luxury life in the middle of the ocean.
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SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dragonfly Capital ("Dragonfly"), a global crypto-focused investment firm, announced today the addition of a liquid platform.
Dragonfly launched its inaugural liquid crypto fund in June 2021, which is managed by Kevin Hu, Ashwin Ramachandran, and Lawrence Diao. According to Dragonfly, as of April 2022, the liquid investment platform raised more than $450 million including internal capital and SPVs.
Kevin Hu, Partner and Head of the Liquid Platform, said "We believe that the current market environment is especially attractive for liquid crypto assets as the market is not distinguishing between quality assets and vaporware. Tokens with cash flow and governance rights to products with significant traction are down just as much as many zombie assets with no future. Furthermore, we believe most of the capital in crypto is allocated to privates/venture, so there is a lack of dedicated capital and ability to underwrite altcoins once they become liquid. We believe this is creating massive dislocation and long-term opportunities as many liquid assets are trading well below their previous private rounds."
Lawrence Diao added, "During the 2018-2020 bear market, there were doubts whether crypto was here to stay. This time around we see a much stronger belief in the future. While it is still early, protocols are getting organic traction and impacting real world behavior, top tier tech and finance talent are entering this space at a blistering pace and institutional capital is trickling into the industry."
"Dragonfly has always differentiated itself by its global approach to investing. We aim to capture venture-like returns in a liquid vehicle by building a highly concentrated portfolio and then actively partnering with founders, engaging the community, participating in governance, and providing utility onchain," added Ashwin Ramachandran. "We will continue investing in crypto infrastructure, decentralized protocols, and breakthrough consumer applications, as well as the proliferation of NFTs, gaming, and DAOs."
Dragonfly Capital partners with crypto founders in all stages of development, from seed to Series D, to liquid tokens. With a global team, Dragonfly focuses on working closely with founders to solve their most pertinent problems on tech, product and go to market. Since its inception in 2018, Dragonfly has established a strong track record and invested in some of the largest and most influential crypto projects, including Avalanche, NEAR Protocol, 1inch, Bybit, Compound, dYdX, MakerDAO, and Matter Labs.
To learn more about Dragonfly Capital, visit https://dcp.capital.
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There can be no assurances that any particular investment objectives will be achieved or investment strategies will be successful. Any investment in a vehicle managed by Dragonfly involves a high degree of risk including the risk that the entire amount invested is lost. Any investments or portfolio companies mentioned, referred to, or described are not representative of all investments in vehicles managed by Dragonfly and there can be no assurance that the investments will be profitable or that other investments made in the future will have similar characteristics or results. Past performance of Dragonfly's investment vehicles, investments, or investment strategies are not necessarily indicative of future results.
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With regards to Dragonfly's investments in any digital asset, cryptocurrency, protocol, DAO or token projects, Dragonfly is acting in its own financial interest, not necessarily in the interests of other investors or token holders. Other investors and token holders should not expect that Dragonfly will undertake any involvement in these projects other than as an investor and token holder, and should not rely on Dragonfly to have any particular involvement. Investing in crypto assets is highly speculative, and the market is largely unregulated.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acquco, the fastest growing e-commerce aggregator, announced today its Amazon Prime Day 2022 year-over-year sales surpassed competitors with an increase of over +107%.
Acquco was founded by e-commerce experts Raunak Nirmal and Wiley Zhang, who are passionate about acquiring high-quality Amazon brands and growing them into household names. "Acquco's performance on Amazon Prime Day is largely due to our expert team of brand managers with years of experience coming from Amazon, Walmart, and Ebay," says Nirmal. "We also have proprietary playbooks that give our brand managers unique strategies to drive sales. As a result, we have consistently unlocked double-digit, year-over-year growth for the brands we have acquired."
Sales data highlights Acquco's continuously strong performance in the Home, Office, Sports, and Beauty categories. Key brands and products that contributed to Acquco's record-breaking sales growth include:
- LuxClub Bedsheets - Luxury bedsheets continue to drive growth with a year-over-year increase of nearly 300%. On July 13th, sales for the brand's bedsheets exceeded 1.5 million, thanks in part to a viral post on TikTok that was viewed 1.3 million times.
- Liba Brand Products - A lineup of household and self care products, increased sales by 128% from Prime Day 2021. The #2 BSR Liba Back and Neck Massager became a best selling product during the week of Prime Day by tripling in daily units sold.
- Sigtuna Bike Locks - Sales for Sigtuna bike locks jumped 137% compared to Prime Day last year. These heavy-duty locks not only protect bikes from theft, but also feature a special coating to prevent scratches. The folding bike lock sprinted to the top ten sellers of its category by selling three times its daily average.
- Scala Foot Peel Mask - Demand for highly discounted beauty items was very high during Prime Day. The Scala Foot Peel Mask became a best-selling product over the Prime Day sales period and made the front page of the Beauty category deals page. This hypoallergenic foot peel sold 206 times its daily average and is currently standing tall as the seventh-best seller in its category.
- PowerLix Inflatable Sleeping Mat - Camping enthusiasts took advantage of the competitive discount offered on this #1 best-selling inflatable sleeping pad. Units sold increased by four times the daily average over the Prime Day period compared to last year. The unique design ensures campers not only get a good night's sleep, but also folds up to the size of a water bottle to easily fit in a backpack.
When asked about her team's contribution to Acquco's Prime Day success, Vice President of Brand Management Christine Cui explained, "We've strived to improve our brands since Prime Day last year. From overhauling our content and branding, investing in social media marketing, improving our product quality with new QA processes, to launching hundreds of new products, we're reaching a broader audience this year and evolving our acquisitions from product source to brand source. With the goal of serving a broader audience across multiple countries and channels, we're excited to see triple-digit growth this year not only on Amazon US, but also across many other regions, from Canada, to the UK and the EU."
Nirmal added, "Acquco is successfully navigating the unique challenges that 2022 has brought to the e-commerce industry because of our adaptability. Behind our lineup of successful brands is a dynamic team that approaches every hurdle with the future success of the company in mind. I am incredibly proud of what we accomplished on Prime Day, but the year is far from over. Wiley and I look forward to acquiring new Amazon storefronts, overcoming obstacles, and continuing growth in the months and years ahead."
Acquco takes a highly measured approach to identify, evaluate, and acquire leading Amazon brands. Acquco delivers long-term value to its clients by leveraging capital, resources, and opportunities for Amazon sellers to achieve their goals. Acquco's proprietary technology and global operating experience structures a distinct approach to acquisitions, resulting in sustained year-over-year impact for its clients and partners.
Media contact: contact@acqu.co
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ATLANTA, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today that Paul Donahue, Chairman and CEO, and Bert Nappier, EVP & CFO, will present virtually at the Evercore ISI Consumer and Retail Conference at 11:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, June 9, 2022.
Interested parties can access a live webcast of the fireside chat on the Company's investor relations website. A replay of the webcast will be available after the event.
About Genuine Parts Company
Founded in 1928, Genuine Parts Company is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. The Company's Automotive Parts Group distributes automotive replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australasia, France, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Portugal. The Company's Industrial Parts Group distributes industrial replacement parts in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Australasia. In total, the Company serves its global customers from an extensive network of more than 10,000 locations in 17 countries and has approximately 53,000 employees. Further information is available at www.genpt.com.
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Practice joins Affordable Care's national network of supported dental practices
- Patients at the new practice benefit from grand opening special offers
- Variety of payment options including financing available
AVONDALE, Ariz., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Affordable Dentures & Implants practice in Avondale, Arizona, located at 1619 N. Dysart Road - Suite 105, is now open. The practice joins the nation's largest provider network of dental practices – supported by Affordable Care – that focus exclusively on tooth replacement services.
From extractions and partial dentures to full dentures and dental implants, including implant-secured dentures, Affordable Dentures & Implants in Avondale offers quality, affordable tooth replacement care to create a new smile that not only looks great, but has the potential to transform a patient's life, allowing them to eat, speak and smile with confidence again. The practice features an on-site dental lab, which adds faster, more convenient services with all dental care provided at one location, along with the latest state-of-the-art technology, including a CBCT scanner for a more accurate image of a patient's mouth. In addition, Affordable Dentures & Implants practices provide a variety of sedation options. Services provided by an Arizona licensed general dentist.
Nozar Tarkesh, DMD, General Dentist and the Affordable Dentures & Implants team in Avondale are proud to offer professional and compassionate care to patients. The practice is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, including the practice's enhanced COVID-19 safety protocols, or to schedule an appointment, visit the practice website or call (623) 688-5596.
Affordable Dentures & Implants practices make tooth replacement affordable for everyone. Founded in 1975 in Kinston, North Carolina, Affordable Dentures & Implant practices form the largest network of dental providers in the U.S., solely focused on tooth replacement solutions -- including dentures, dental implants, and fixed arch solutions -- with more than 400 locations across 42 states. The mission of Affordable Dentures & Implants practices is to provide a smile for every budget, delivered with compassion, dignity and respect. Visit affordabledentures.com, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
Affordable Care is America's largest dental support organization exclusively focused on tooth replacement services. Our team proudly supports more than 400 affiliated dental practices, including Affordable Dentures & Implants, DDS Dentures + Implant Solutions and Advanced Dental Implant Center, in 42 states by providing innovative, non-clinical business and administrative support services to assist affiliated dental practices in providing their patients with access to high-quality, affordable tooth replacement solutions. More than 8 million patients have received care at an Affordable Care-supported dental practice. Visit affordablecare.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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To help meet goal, renowned Fintech execs join to drive development of new end-to-end digital solutions beyond mortgage
CHICAGO , June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Guaranteed Rate, a cutting-edge mortgage lender driven to be the nation's top Fintech, announces significant investments to rapidly develop end-to-end digital solutions to serve customers across a diverse array of financial products beyond mortgages. End-to-end digital HELOCs are already available in 41 states and Washington, D.C., and end-to-end digital personal loans are currently being piloted in Illinois and soon to be rolled out nationally.
"Guaranteed Rate is committed to becoming the nation's No. 1 Fintech," says Guaranteed Rate President and CEO Victor Ciardelli. "Our company has long been the digital leader in mortgages, and we are perfectly positioned to use our incredible technology platform to offer awesome new end-to-end digital solutions that will make our customers' lives easier and better."
These new Fintech solutions will be designed for rapid scaling nationwide and feature low-friction customer experiences that emphasize speed, flexibility and convenience. Alongside Guaranteed Rate's industry-leading digital mortgage customer experience, these new digital products will enable the company to develop broader, deeper, longer-lasting and higher value relationships with its customers.
"Our goal is nothing less than being the country's top Fintech by creating incredible digital solutions that will make a real, positive difference in people's lives," says Ramesh Sarukkai, Guaranteed Rate's Chief Product and Technology Officer. "And I am absolutely confident we have the tech team to make that happen."
To drive these powerful Fintech initiatives, the company has added three highly experienced Fintech executives to its leadership team. Raman Muralidharan will serve as President of New Financial Products, reporting to Ciardelli. Reporting to Muralidharan are Anand Cavale, Executive Vice President and Head of Unsecured Lending Products; and Arun Tripathi, Executive Vice President and Head of New Secured Lending Products.
Before joining Guaranteed Rate, Muralidharan was EVP of Lending at HSBC, USA where he led the digitization and growth of the mortgage business and helped launch digital-first personal loan and credit card products. At Guaranteed Rate, he will direct the company's overall expansion into new financial products.
"Guaranteed Rate has a tremendous opportunity to grow by offering additional products and services that meet our customers' needs," says Muralidharan. "Our goal is to produce game-changing Fintech solutions that provide unparalleled speed, ease and convenience for our customers."
Cavale has previously held global leadership positions at Citi as Managing Director, Consumer Banking and later as the Head of Consumer Lending at SoFi. In his new role at Guaranteed Rate, he is responsible for building new businesses that facilitate consumer borrowing and spending working with the leadership team.
Tripathi most recently served as the Head of Mortgage Products, Pricing and Capital Markets at HSBC, USA before coming to Guaranteed Rate. Earlier, he worked at Bank of America and USAA in various leadership roles. In his new role at Guaranteed Rate, he is responsible for launching and growing new lines of business focused on offering new secured lending products to customers and prospects.
About Guaranteed Rate Companies
Guaranteed Rate Companies is a leader in mortgage lending and digital financial services. Headquartered in Chicago, the Guaranteed Rate Companies have more than 10,000 employees in over 850 branches across the U.S., serving all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Since its launch in 2000, Guaranteed Rate Companies have helped more than 1 million homeowners with home purchase loans and refinances, with a total loan volume of more than $116 billion in 2021 alone. The company has cemented itself as an industry leader by introducing innovative technology, offering low rates and delivering unparalleled customer service. Honors and awards include: Top Lender for Online Service for 2018 by U.S. News & World Report; Best Mortgage Lender for Online Loans and Best Mortgage Lender for Refinancing by NerdWallet for 2021; HousingWire's 2020 Tech100 award for the company's industry-leading FlashClose℠ technology; No. 3 ranking in Scotsman Guide's 2021 list of Top Retail Mortgage Lenders; Chicago Agent Magazine's Lender of the Year for six consecutive years; and Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces list for seven consecutive years. Visit rate.com for more information.
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Ohio makes case to US Supreme Court on transporting death row inmate with bullet in his brain
In Twyford v. Shoop, lawyers suggest bullet fragments could impact Raymond Twyford’s competency and want the inmate tested in a hospital.
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The State of Ohio is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule lower courts that said a death row inmate needs to be taken to a hospital for brain scans.
Raymond Twyford’s lawyers said Twyford attempted suicide he was 13, and it left him with bullet fragments in his brain. They want to know whether the fragments impact Twyford’s competency, something they said was never investigated during the original trial.
Twyford was convicted of murder in 1993, and lower courts have ruled that Ohio needs to transport him to a hospital for the neurological testing.
During Tuesday’s oral arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers said that the lower court rulings step on state’s rights and puts the public in danger.
Flowers argued, “The injury we’re suffering is the sovereign interference with our safe operation of our prisons. That we cannot remedy on appeal, plus the threat to public safety. Once we transport him, we have sustained all of those harms. There’s no unringing that bell after the fact.”
Raymond Tyword’s attorneys said that Twyford has been transported between the prison he’s being housed at, and the prison-style medical facility where the brain scan would be done, 16 times without incident. They also said the jury that convicted Twyford may not have had all the evidence.
Justice Clarence Thomas was the first to question Twyford attorney David O’Neil.
Justice Thomas asked, “Do you know whether you’re going to use whatever it is you find from the scan in a Habeas proceeding?”
O’Neil said, “The jury never heard any evidence about the effect of a point blank gunshot wound on Mr. Twyford’s cognition and therefore his culpability. They didn’t hear anything about that because counsel never bothered to investigate it.”
George Washington law professor Paul Schiff Berman said the Supreme Court’s conservative makeup may be the biggest factor in an eventual ruling. He said, “This may be yet another case that makes it harder and harder and harder for inmates to be able to challenge what they deem to be an unconstitutional conviction.”
The court is expected to rule on the case later this summer.
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Priceline offers more ways to save as consumers gear up for what's expected to be a record travel season
NORWALK, Conn., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Appetite for travel is high this summer and the industry is on track for a record season. But with inflation and rising gas prices, getting away for a weekend is coming at a high cost—average hotel rates are up 14% and average roundtrip airfares are up 39% compared to last summer.1 To help travelers save on their summer vacations, Priceline is launching its Summer Sale on June 20 and sharing the most affordable destinations for the Fourth of July holiday. To keep the deals coming year round, Priceline is also launching an exciting expansion of its VIP Loyalty program called VIP Family.
"This summer, the travel industry is experiencing a significant boom, and we want to help ensure that our customers are getting the best deals, despite current economic stressors like inflation," said Brett Keller, CEO of Priceline. "With our everyday deals, Summer Sale and VIP program we're helping fight back against inflation to make travel more affordable and accessible."
Unlock More Savings—Even When You're Not Traveling
Travelers can access savings 3x faster with VIP Family, the newest benefit of Priceline's award-winning loyalty program. On average, VIP Member savings on hotels are already 50% bigger than non-member savings. Now, loyalty members can also create a VIP Family for faster access to even more exclusive discounts, coupons, and travel perks. The program is free and all you have to do is sign up to start saving.
While each member maintains their own private account, this new feature allows three users to pool status by creating a VIP Family. Individual family members' completed trip totals are tallied into one status level, helping families attain a higher status and unlock more benefits, faster. As your VIP status increases, so do your savings.
Where to Travel and How to Save this Fourth of July
For those looking to save on a last-minute Fourth of July getaway, Priceline analyzed pricing data to determine the most affordable cities available to book now. Travelers can find great deals on hotels for both international and domestic travel in these top destinations, where average room rates are less than $155 per night, as well as additional deals on flights and car rentals.
Domestic
- Dallas, Texas ($133)
- Houston, Texas ($135)
- Bloomington, Minnesota ($135)
- Charlotte, North Carolina ($148)
- Kissimmee, Florida ($151)
International
- Calgary, Canada ($127)
- Milan, Italy ($145)
- Prague, Czech Republic ($146)
- Istanbul, Turkey ($147)
- Athens, Greece ($154)
Summer Sale
Whether travelers are looking to explore a new city, head to the beach or discover new hiking routes, Priceline has a deal for everyone. To help travelers save even more this summer, including on Fourth of July travel, Priceline is kicking off its annual Summer Sale on June 20. In addition to coupons, thousands of hotels will be on sale for 15% or more.2
- Save $20 on Express Deals® hotels when spending at least $125.
- Save $100 on Express Deals® hotels when spending at least $500.
To book your trip, and for more information on the Summer Sale and VIP Family, visit Priceline.com.
1 Priceline hotel and flight data for travel scheduled between June 1, 2022 and September 23, 2022 compared to the same time period in 2021.
2 No coupon required. Valid on select hotels booked between June 20 and July 4, 2022 for travel between June 20 and August 31, 2022.
About Priceline
Priceline, part of Booking Holdings Inc. [NASDAQ: BKNG], is a leader in online travel deals. Priceline offers exclusive discounts on hotels, flights, alternative accommodations, rental cars, cruises and packages. We offer more than a million lodging properties, helping travelers find the right accommodation at the right price. We negotiate great deals every day, and put our best pricing on the Priceline app. With free cancellation for many rates, 24-hour customer assistance and the option for both pre-paid and pay upon arrival reservations, Priceline helps millions of travelers be there for the moments that matter. For us, and for our customers, every trip is a big deal.
For further information, please contact:
Christina Bennett, christina.bennett@priceline.com
Stephanie Perry, priceline@mbooth.com
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MONTEREY, Calif., Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To celebrate the beginning of the new school year, Retro Stage, a popular vintage fashion brand, is excited to announce the launch of its Homecoming Collection. This collection features a wide range of stylish and comfortable clothing options that are perfect for the back-to-school season. By offering exclusive discounts, Retro Stage hopes to help students start the school year off confidently.
"We look forward to our back-to-school-themed releases every year because they're a meaningful way for us to interact with and get back to the guests we serve," said the Retro Stage team. "Through this tradition, we have the chance to participate in the students' academic year, encouraging them to embrace life and show off their inherent beauty and confidence. We also want to provide students with a variety of options. This is a great opportunity for us."
Retro Stage is committed to providing high-quality, affordable fashion. The Homecoming Collection, which features dresses in various materials and styles, including solid colors, lace, sequins, and velvet, is a shining example of this commitment. With avant-garde designs and trendy colorways, it is perfect for the back-to-school season. In addition, this year's student discount makes the Homecoming Collection more affordable than ever, giving students access to vintage fashion at the best prices. If students are looking to add a touch of vintage glamour to their school wardrobe, be sure to stop by the Retro Stage website and take advantage of their back-to-school promotion.
When it comes to homecoming dances, dressing up is the perfect way to get in the mood for a night of fun. Retro Stage has designed a range of solid-colored dresses for those who prefer simpler attire, from classic black to angelic white, from bold red to elegant green, and even playful, lovely pink. For those who like monochromatic clothing, the unique cuts and silhouettes of these dresses are enough to make the wearer stand out from the crowd.
Other people may prefer a simple but not monochromatic design. Retro Stage's designers have kept this in mind. They combine different prints with soft and delicate lace to create elegant and romantic dresses, allowing people to show off their beauty with ease. One example is the White Daisy Dreamer Vintage Dress, in which the delicate and lifelike daisy print is full of vitality, making it seem as if the wearer is surrounded by the fragrance and elegance of flowers. Similarly, on the Sky Blue Butterfly Swing Dress and Purple Butterfly Lace Swing Dress, colorful butterflies give the wearer an endless sense of wonder as well as a real feeling of being in nature.
In this back-to-school collection, there will also be no shortage of glittery gowns that will grab other students' attention right away. For those who want to try a cute style, wearing a Pink Strawberry Swing Dress or a Pink Star Sequin Swing Dress is an excellent way to express a lively and lovely character; for those who want to highlight their sexy charm, they can start with an Orange Halter Pencil Dress or a Strapless Sequin Dress. The striking colors and delicate designs in these pieces can make the wearer move confidently, whether in ballroom dancing or spinning Charleston.
In addition, there are also dresses made from high-quality velvet and flocked fabric. The velvet dress was once a symbol of nobility that stood out on any occasion. As seen in the Wine Red Velvet Bodycon Vintage Dress, the red velvet, evoking the ancient trends of the Middle Ages, is a declaration of classicism and aristocracy. For a dress that will make the wearer feel like a campus star, look no further than the velvet dress. A dress made from flocked fabric is often more luxurious. As the 1960s Green Floral Vintage Dress and 1950s Heart Mesh Sling Dress show, they have raised, textured surfaces and beautiful, three-dimensional looks, allowing the wearer to be outstanding enough to make a statement confidently at the homecoming dance.
For more information, visit https://www.retro-stage.com/ to browse the Homecoming Dress Collection. Customers can use the discount code STU10 at checkout to receive 10% off on one dress, and they can use STU15 to receive 15% off on two dresses.
About Retro Stage
Retro Stage is a popular vintage fashion brand featuring classic clothing and accessories inspired by the 1920s, 1950s, and 1960s. As a vintage style pioneer, Retro Stage is more than a brand; it's also a way of life that helps every customer explore the history of fashion with chic and glamorous retro style. "Beauty never fades," the Retro Stage team said, "All we want to do is encourage women to seek out a better life for themselves and confidently embrace their natural beauty."
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Tredence aids enterprises with an integrated view of the supply chain and helps manage disruptions in real-time.
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tredence Inc, a leading data science and AI solutions provider solving the last-mile problem in AI, has been recognized in the Forrester Now Tech: Collaborative Supply Networks (CSN), Q2 2022 report.
Forrester, a global leader in research and advisory, published this report as a north star for supply chain leaders to help them understand the value-add from service providers and find a right-fit partner.
The report provides an overview of 32 Collaborative Supply Networks vendors based on market presence and functionality, segmenting the vendors into three market presence categories based on annual collaborative supply network revenue: large, midsize and small companies.
According to Forrester, Collaborative Supply Networks combine elements of demand management and some elements of supply chain control tower. CSN provides a platform for enterprises to identify and authenticate partners, collaborate on supply chain resilience and sustainability, and simplify collaborative demand planning and fulfillment.
"Clearly defined supply chains are the lynchpin of digital transformation initiatives. Multi-dimensional disruptions have recently demonstrated the role of embedding data and AI into supply chain operations. Tredence specializes in supply chain services ranging from strategy to blueprinting to insights generation to business model evolution. We focus on providing centralized control and a complete view of the supply chain," said Sumit Mehra, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder, Tredence.
The report further states that enterprise technology leaders will have to take the lead in transitioning from yesterday's cost-optimized command and control supply chain to a collaborative partnership of highly engaged partners due to continued supply chain disruption, rising energy costs and new regulations on extended supply chain sustainability on the horizon. Therefore, it is important to bridge the gap between today's cost-optimized supply chain and tomorrow's resilient and sustainable supply network.
To download a copy of the report, please visit Forrester. The report is available to Forrester subscribers and for purchase.
About Tredence Inc.
Tredence is a global data science solutions provider focused on solving the last mile problem in AI. The 'last mile' is the gap between insight creation and value realization. Headquartered in San Jose, the company embraces a vertical-first approach and an outcome-driven mindset to help clients win and accelerate value realization from their analytics investments. Tredence is a Great Place to Work-Certified company with 1,700-plus employees and offices in San Jose, Foster City, Chicago, London, Toronto, and Bangalore. Its clientele includes some of the largest companies in retail, CPG, hi-tech, telecom, healthcare, travel, and industrials.
For more information, please visit https://tredence.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
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NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of CareDx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNA) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased CareDx common stock between February 24, 2021, and May 5, 2022.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 22, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in CDNA:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/caredx-inc-loss-submission-form?id=29918&from=4
CareDx, Inc. NEWS - CDNA NEWS
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that CareDx, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants had engaged in a variety of improper and illegal schemes to inflate testing services revenue and demand, including pushing a surveillance protocol through inaccurate marketing materials, offering extravagant inducements or kickbacks to physicians and other providers, and improperly bundling expensive testing services with other blood tests as part of the Company's RemoTraC service for remote, home-based, blood-drawing; (2) these practices, and others, subjected CareDx to an undisclosed risk of regulatory scrutiny; (3) these practices rendered the Company's testing services revenue reported throughout the class period artificially inflated; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in CareDx you have until July 22, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased CareDx securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the CDNA lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/caredx-inc-loss-submission-form?id=29918&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — There’s a rumor around town that some rain could be hitting North Texas this week and the National Weather Service center in Fort Worth is sharing the odds for that happening as well as some looks at the midweek forecast.
Here’s what NWS Fort Worth says about the odds of rain in North Texas:
“You’ve probably heard by now that there is rain in the forecast Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. But does that mean it will rain at your location? The answer to the question is one part weather forecast and one part statistics, and together it’s like a casino game.
SPOILER ALERT: This game has a 1 in 5 chance that YOU LOSE and don’t see any measurable rainfall this week! Since we know that the rain will be randomly scattered each day, and because a location that receives rain on one day will have no impact on its chance of rain the following days, this is like a game of dice. The weather forecast controls how “loaded” the dice are in ones favor.
The math says that the forecast for the North Texas region has an 82% chance that a location sees at least 0.01″ of rainfall this week. Unfortunately, the numbers for rain totals that are actually significant show that there is only a 22% chance of a half inch or more on one or these days and just at 2% chance of an inch or more – which many of us would call hitting the jackpot in this drought.
Bottom line: Most will see rain. Some will miss out completely. Just a few lucky winners will get more than an inch.”
NWS Fort Worth/Dallas
Tuesday & Wednesday’s forecast in North Texas
Be sure to expect the heat to continue on Tuesday, but some small rain chances loom in the region, “It will still be hot on Tuesday, but rain chances will be on the increase!”
Here’s a quick look at the peak rain chances on Wednesday along with continued warm temperatures:
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ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A talent war is raging in Transportation & Logistics…period.
The battle to find the right fit for the right role has never been more intense.
What has changed is that unlike at the height of the pandemic; companies are not just hiring warm bodies.
Top talent is the name of the game and only peak performers are being considered, according to James Tolan, Managing Partner at Transgistics Talent Acquisition; an Executive Search firm focused solely on Transportation & Logistics.
Time, more than ever, is the number one enemy in the search for talent.
According to Tolan, just one month ago his team presented a slate of 5 well qualified candidates for an SVP of Operations role.
After 8 business days of foot dragging by the clients' interview team, 4 of the top candidates had accepted offers elsewhere.
"You have a half dozen companies trying to fill very similar roles and the amount of qualified top performing candidates is very limited.
Plus given the current economic situation, candidates are unwilling to contemplate a move." said Tolan.
There was a time previously early on in the pandemic when final mile and home delivery were white hot; now everything is white hot.
Companies are coming up with more creative ways to secure top talent, for example, offering 'equity' to those who would not have been offered any a year ago.
Tolan advises his clients to be very clear in the position description, concise and timely.
"If we are presenting candidates for a priority role, I expect them to be reviewed and scheduling to begin within a few days tops; weeks is weak."
He offers sound advice to other companies before considering any search …understand the market has changed, be competitive, be certain, act quickly.
Lowballing, more than ever, is a kiss of death to a search.
There is too much competition for these candidates' signatures to be "Johnny Negotiator".
Set your compensation ranges and be prepared to exceed them if the right candidate comes along.
If you are looking for Director level and above talent in Transportation & Logistics contact jtolan@transgisticstalent.com or call 407-694-3404.
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LEIDEN, The Netherlands, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pharming Group N.V. ("Pharming") (Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) announces that its Chief Executive Officer, Sijmen de Vries, will present at the H.C. Wainwright 24th Annual Global Investment Conference, a hybrid meeting based in New York, at the Lotte Palace Hotel, September 12-14, 2022.
Pharming Group N.V.'s CEO will present on Tuesday, September 13 at 09:30 ET / 15:30 CET.
For more information about the conference, or to schedule a one-to-one with Pharming's management team, please contact your H.C. Wainwright representative, or send an email to Pharming's Investor Relations team to investor@pharming.com
About Pharming Group N.V.
Pharming Group N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: PHARM/Nasdaq: PHAR) is a global biopharmaceutical company dedicated to transforming the lives of patients with rare, debilitating, and life-threatening diseases. Pharming is commercializing and developing an innovative portfolio of protein replacement therapies and precision medicines, including small molecules, biologics, and gene therapies that are in early to late-stage development. Pharming is headquartered in Leiden, Netherlands, and has employees around the globe who serve patients in over 30 markets in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia-Pacific.
For more information, visit www.pharming.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
For further public information, contact:
Pharming Group, Leiden, The Netherlands
Heather Robertson, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications Manager
T: +31 71 5247 400
E: investor@pharming.com
FTI Consulting, London, UK
Victoria Foster Mitchell/Alex Shaw
T: +44 203 727 1000
FTI Consulting, USA
Jim Polson
T: +1 (312) 553-6730
LifeSpring Life Sciences Communication, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leon Melens
T: +31 6 53 81 64 27
E: pharming@lifespring.nl
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BETHESDA, Md., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AGNC Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC" or the "Company") announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.12 per share of common stock for April 2022. The dividend is payable on May 10, 2022 to common stockholders of record as of April 29, 2022.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hagens Berman urges Missfresh Limited (NASDAQ: MF) investors who purchased American Depositary Shares in Missfresh's June 25, 2021 initial public offering with significant losses to submit your losses now.
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The litigation is brought on behalf of investors who purchased Missfresh securities in connection with the Company's June 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO" or "Offering").
The complaint alleges that Missfresh's IPO Registration Statement misrepresented and failed to disclose that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its Registration Statement; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times and negligently prepared.
The false Registration Statement allowed Missfresh to go public, offering approximately 21 million ADSs to the investing public at $13.00 per share, and raising $273 million in net proceeds.
On Apr. 29, 2022, Missfresh announced it wouldn't timely file its annual financial statements and that it was conducting an internal investigation into transactions between it and certain third parties.
Then, on July 1, 2022, Missfresh announced it identified certain transactions carried out by its Next-Day Delivery business unit "that exhibited characteristics of questionable transactions, such as undisclosed relationships between suppliers and customers, different customers or suppliers sharing the same contact information, and/or lack of supporting logistics information." The company revealed it overstated revenues for the period ended March 31, 2021, and during subsequent interim periods.
The price of Missfresh's ADSs now trade 99% below the $13 IPO price.
"We're focused on investors' losses and proving Missfresh cooked its books to go public," said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.
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More than 300 children got to get outdoors to play on playground and engage in other activities free of distractions like cellphones during Unity Day activities in Albany.
The Albany Recreation and Parks Department, in collaboration with the Jefferson Street Boys & Girls Club, held the first Unity Day Friday to bring young people together for a day of fun.
Cornhole was one of the activities for kids on Friday's Unity Day. Other activities included kickball and swimming.
Special Photo: Albany Recreation and Parks
More than 300 children got to get outdoors to play on playground and engage in other activities free of distractions like cellphones during Unity Day activities in Albany.
Special Photo: Albany Recreation and Parks
The Albany Recreation and Parks Department, in collaboration with the Jefferson Street Boys & Girls Club, held the first Unity Day Friday to bring young people together for a day of fun.
ALBANY – In these days of the ubiquitous cellphone and online games, it’s hard to fathom kids putting their pocket computers away and enjoying time outside. But that was the case in Albany on Friday.
The first of what the city of Albany hopes to be many Unity Day events was a day of old-fashioned fun, with kickball, cornhole games, badminton, horseshoes, splashing in the pool and just kids being kids in a way in which older generations can relate.
The Albany Recreation and Parks Department held the day of fun, including a luncheon of grilled food, in conjunction with the Jefferson Street Boys & Girls Club to celebrate Parks and Recreation Professionals Day, part of the month dedicated to the profession.
“We’ve got swimming, we’ve got outside activities,” department Director Steven Belk said. “We’ve got hotdogs, hamburgers. It’s just a celebration of love and a celebration of life. It’s about all of our kids.”
Department employees said they didn’t see even one of the 320 children checking in on a cellphone, and when it was time to come in for lunch many wanted to stay outside.
“They were asking ‘Do we have to come in?’” Tim Wofford, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club, said. “The kids didn’t want to come in. We put together a great day of activities. They put aside their cellphones and said ‘I like this better.’
“Any time you see children laughing and playing together, it’s priceless. With all that’s going on in the world, when you see children together like this, it's positive.”
The outdoor activities also are a chance for the future leaders in the community to form relationships that will be valuable later in life when they work together as adults, Velvet Poole, the superintendent of community events for Recreation and Parks, said.
“They are 100 percent of our future,” she said. “This is the first of many we’ll be planning. We’ll be doing more, things like after-school programs. It’s about all of our kids.
“Today is about bringing more services. We can’t do enough to help keep kids busy and involved.”
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SAN ANTONIO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., (NYSE:CCO) announced today that Scott Wells, CEO of Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., is scheduled to participate in a question and answer session at the Cowen 50th Annual Technology, Media and Telecom Conference on Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 9:05 a.m., Eastern Time. A live audio webcast of the question and answer session will be available on Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings' investor website at www.investor.clearchannel.com and will be available for replay on the website for 30 days.
About Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. ("CCOH") (NYSE: CCO) is at the forefront of driving innovation in the out-of-home advertising industry. Our dynamic advertising platform is broadening the pool of advertisers using our medium through the expansion of digital billboards and displays and the integration of data analytics and programmatic capabilities that deliver measurable campaigns that are simpler to buy. By leveraging the scale, reach and flexibility of our diverse portfolio of assets, we connect advertisers with millions of consumers every month across more than 500,000 print and digital displays in 26 countries.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an all-natural way for diabetics to control their blood sugar levels," said an inventor, from Enfield, N.C., "so I invented the DIA CRUX. My formula would be easy to take and it would contain no artificial colors or artificial flavors."
The invention provides a method for people with diabetes to regulate their blood sugar. In doing so, it could provide added health benefits. As a result, it enhances safety and it increases convenience and peace of mind. Additionally, the invention features an all-natural formula that is easy to prepare and consume so it is ideal for individuals with diabetes.
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-RBH-180, 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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Canvass AI is the first Canadian AI company to feature in Factory Analytics and AI category.
TORONTO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Canvass Analytics Inc. ("Canvass AI"), a leader in industrial AI software, today announced it has been named in CB Insights first-annual Advanced Manufacturing 50 ranking, which showcases the 50 most promising private advanced manufacturing companies in the world. Highlighted in the factory analytics and AI category, Canvass AI is the first Canadian AI company to be featured in this section of the AM 50 report.
"Canvass AI is on a mission to transform the way industrials use data to increase global productivity and protect the planet's environment. Our focus on making AI accessible to industrial engineers is accelerating adoption of AI across the industrial sector so that they can make impactful contributions to their profitability, efficiency, and sustainability goals every day. I want to congratulate the Canvass AI team, whose hard work and innovation continues to drive our momentum in the market and has led to another industry recognition today," said Humera Malik, CEO of Canvass AI.
"This initial cohort of the AM 50 includes a wide range of companies at different stages of maturity, product development, and funding. Collectively, they are working on everything from factory analytics and artificial intelligence to industrial internet of things cybersecurity," said Brian Lee, SVP of CB Insights' Intelligence Unit. "We're excited to watch the companies on this year's list continue to grow and further create operational efficiencies that will have meaningful impact across industries."
Utilizing the CB Insights platform, the research team identified 50 private market vendors from a pool of over 6,000 companies, including applicants and nominees. They were chosen based on factors including R&D activity, proprietary Mosaic scores, market potential, business relationships, investor profile, news sentiment analysis, competitive landscape, team strength, and tech novelty. The research team also reviewed hundreds of Analyst Briefings submitted by applicants.
Canvass AI's customers span the oil and gas, chemical and petrochemical, metals and mining, and energy sectors. The Canvass AI platform provides industrial engineers with easy-to-use AI solutions to apply and scale across their operations that address their operational challenges, without requiring coding or data science expertise. Today, leading industrial and manufacturing companies use Canvass AI to reduce carbon emissions and waste, improve yields by proactively managing quality, and optimize energy consumption.
See the full news release at www.canvass.io/news. Follow Canvass AI on Twitter or LinkedIn.
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A new 3D, animated, interactive NFT game lets fans adopt a metaverse best friend
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Krikey, a gaming studio with more than 5 million users, announced the launch of SolarPups on the Flow blockchain today. Krikey is also a part of the T-Mobile XR Accelerator. SolarPups is a 3D, animated, interactive NFT game where fans can adopt, play, breed, collect and sell NFT puppies. The NFTs are available today at www.solarpups.com. The playtime and breeding features will launch August 22nd.
The SolarPups game is a great experience for those new to web3. "Inspired by CryptoKitties and virtual pet games of our childhood, this game innovates on the future of play," said Ketaki Shriram, Chief Technology Officer at Krikey. By building on next-generation blockchain Flow–home to industry-leading NFT properties like NBA Top Shot–Krikey is giving SolarPups the right foundation for consumer-scale growth and adoption.
"T-Mobile is always seeking to push the boundaries of 5G and expand adoption of 5G networks," said John Saw, Executive Vice President, Advanced & Emerging Technologies at T-Mobile. "We are excited to support the SolarPups team as one of our current Accelerator cohort companies, working together with Qualcomm's Snapdragon Spaces platform to power the next wave of 5G innovation."
In the first NFT mint, fans can adopt from a group of 1,500 NFT Shiba Inu puppies featuring unique traits including a hawaiian shirt, christmas sweater, sunglasses, tiaras, crowns and more!
"I couldn't be more excited to see CryptoKitties inspiring new generations of NFT-based games and entertainment," said Dete Shirley, CryptoKitties Co-founder and CTO at Dapper Labs. "The 3D, interactive elements of SolarPups will offer players interesting new game dimensions to explore–all made possible by building on Flow."
SolarPups NFTs are available at www.solarpups.com.
Krikey is the company behind SolarPups. They have partnered with Snapchat, T-Mobile, Google Maps, The Ellen DeGeneres Wildlife Foundation, Sony Pictures Entertainment and the National Audubon Society, building custom AR games for each brand partner and reaching 5M+ users. The Krikey app is ranked in the Top 25 Social Apps on the Google Play Store in India. Krikey was named to the Fast Company list of Best Apps and Games of 2020. For more information, please visit www.krikey.com and www.solarpups.com.
Flow is the blockchain designed to be the foundation of Web3 and the open metaverse, supporting consumer-scale decentralized applications, NFTs, DeFi, DAOs, and more. Powered by Cadence, an original programming language built specifically for digital assets, Flow empowers developers to innovate and push the limits that will bring the next billion to Web3. Created by a team that has consistently delivered industry-leading consumer-scale Web3 experiences including CryptoKitties, Dapper, and NBA Top Shot, Flow is an open, decentralized platform with a thriving ecosystem of creators from top brands, development studios, venture-backed startups, crypto leaders, and more. For more information, visit www.flow.com.
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TORONTO, April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Spin Master Corp. (TSX: TOY) (www.spinmaster.com), a leading global children's entertainment company, has won The Golden Screen Award for Feature Film, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, for its box office hit PAW Patrol: The Movie. The Golden Screen Award recognizes the Canadian film that grossed the highest domestic box office over the time period of Jan 1, 2021 to Feb 24, 2022. The first feature film for Spin Master Entertainment, in association with Nickelodeon Movies and distributed by Elevation Pictures in Canada (Paramount Pictures in rest of world), PAW Patrol: The Movie grossed over $7.5 million in Canadian box office sales and $152 million to date globally.
Now in its ninth year, preschoolers in over 190 countries have gone on countless adventures in over 30 languages with the PAW Patrol pups – all produced right here in Canada. PAW Patrol: The Movie stayed true to these roots with more than 90% of the production being completed in Canada. The movie was directed by Canadian animation veteran Cal Bunker; written by Bunker and his writing partner Bob Barlen, animated by Montreal based Mikros Studio and brought to life with Canadian voice actors from the original series. As a nod to its heritage, the opening scene involves Chase rescuing truck driver Gus from a conundrum while transporting maple syrup.
"When setting out to tell a deeper PAW Patrol story we were passionate about working with the best Canadian talent to create our first theatrical," said Jennifer Dodge, Spin Master's President of Entertainment. "Winning the Golden Screen Award is a powerful tribute to the exceptional team of Canadian writers, voice actors, animators and producers who worked tirelessly to bring PAW Patrol: The Movie to the big screen. Thanks to the Academy for this recognition and to all the kids and families, who enjoyed this film, here in Canada and abroad."
PAW Patrol continues to be on a roll with a second feature film, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie™, greenlit for an exclusive theatrical release, distributed by Elevation Pictures in Canada, on October 13, 2023. A new PAW Patrol television series spin-off for Rubble, one of the main pups, is also set to debut in the same year.
In addition to receiving The Golden Screen Award, Spin Master's PAW Patrol won Best Pre-School Program/Series and PAW Patrol Moto Pups: Pups vs the Ruff-Ruff Pack won Best Sound, Animation. PAW Patrol: The Movie was also nominated for Canadian Screen Awards in the categories of Achievement in Sound Editing and Achievement in Sound Mixing.
About Spin Master
Spin Master Corp. (TSX:TOY) is a leading global children's entertainment company, creating exceptional play experiences through its three creative centres: Toys, Entertainment and Digital Games. With distribution in over 100 countries, Spin Master is best known for award-winning brands PAW Patrol®, Bakugan®, Kinetic Sand®, Air Hogs®, Hatchimals®, Rubik's Cube® and GUND®, and is the global toy licensee for other popular properties. Spin Master Entertainment creates and produces compelling multiplatform content, through its in-house studio and partnerships with outside creators, including the preschool franchise PAW Patrol and numerous other original shows, short-form series and feature films. The Company has an established presence in digital games, anchored by the Toca Boca® and Sago Mini® brands, offering open-ended and creative game and educational play in digital environments. Through Spin Master Ventures, the Company makes minority investments globally in emerging companies and start-ups. With over 30 offices in close to 20 countries, Spin Master employs more than 2,000 team members globally. For more information visit spinmaster.com or follow-on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter @spinmaster.
About Elevation Pictures
Founded in 2013 with finance partner Teddy Schwarzman of Black Bear Pictures, Elevation Pictures has become one of Canada's leading entertainment companies specializing in distribution and production. Elevation is known for releasing award-winning films such as The Imitation Game starring Benedict Cumberbatch; Room starring Brie Larson; The Father starring Anthony Hopkins; and Moonlight, winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture. The company has also been prolific in production, including recently wrapped Alice Darling starring Anna Kendrick, and Infinity Pool directed by Brandon Cronenberg. For more information, please visit elevationpictures.com
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The Washington Business Journal award honors the region's most influential businesswomen.
FORT WASHINGTON, Md., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eunmee Shim, president of Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center, has been named one of the Washington Business Journal's 2022 'Women Who Means Business' honorees. The award recognizes the region's most influential businesswomen who have made a difference in their communities and are leaving a mark on the Washington metropolitan area.
"I am humbled to have been nominated to receive this noteworthy recognition alongside such amazing leaders," said Eunmee Shim. "I have the privilege of working with a dynamic team who is equally dedicated to providing world class care and achieving health equity in southwestern Prince George's County. The compassionate care and commitment they show every day to our patients and community is what makes our hospital great. Therefore, I must continue to dream big for them and for the community."
Since taking the helm in 2019 when Fort Washington Medical Center joined the Adventist HealthCare family, Eunmee Shim has been etching a long-term blueprint designed to expand health services and achieve health equity in a region of Maryland which greatly lacks healthcare infrastructure ¾ and during a time when the nation is reeling from the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.
In just over two years, Eunmee has garnered nearly $10 million in grant support for the advancement and growth of the hospital. She is leading the development of a state-of-the-art 93,000-square-foot medical pavilion that will help meet the region's most pressing healthcare needs. The pavilion is near completion in Oxon Hill at National Harbor and is set to receive patients in early 2023. Additionally, as part of her growth plan, Eunmee continues to create ambulatory access points whereby patients can reach the health resources they need close to home, improve hospital facilities and expand inpatient capabilities, and recruit new physicians to expand primary and specialty care services.
Eunmee was also honored by the Women of Prince George's County organization earlier this year for her work and leadership in healthcare.
Part of the Adventist HealthCare system, and recognized for excellence in patient safety, Fort Washington Medical Center is a 50-bed acute care hospital in Prince George's County, Maryland. The hospital serves patients in the Fort Washington, Oxon Hill, and Temple Hills areas, as well as parts of southeast Washington, DC. The hospital provides general inpatient services including adult medical and surgical care, ambulatory surgical services, laboratory, radiology and diagnostic services, as well as bariatric, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, orthopaedic, rehabilitation, cardiology, and respiratory therapy. The hospital also manages three free community-based programs, including pharmacy medication services, diabetes education, and an infectious diseases program. The hospital operates one of the busiest emergency rooms in the metropolitan area and has over 400 employees.
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Jaw-dropping time at county meet has Louisville High School boys 3,200 relay thinking big
NORTH CANTON — Louisville's boys 3,200-meter relay made a unanimous decision prior to the season.
After a heartbreaking finish in 2021, Owen Pukys, Stephen Ulrich, Colby Adams and Bobby Ganser though they should go their separate ways and focus on other events.
"We really didn't think we would be that good," Pukys said.
Boy, they were wrong.
The Leopards carried the state's best 3,200 relay time into this week's Division I district track and field meet. To no one's surprise, they won a district title in 8:01.77 Wednesday at Hoover.
What Louisville accomplished at last month's Stark County Championships was jaw-dropping. The Leopards won the county title in 7:51.89 — an incredibly fast time for that point in the season.
It still stood as the state's top time going into Wednesday.
"Honestly it was pure shock," Adams said of Louisville's county-winning time. "We went from an 8:03 team to a 7:51 team. We dropped 12 seconds in one race.
"Going into the meet we were hoping to break eight (minutes). It was a huge shock to us we could even drop that much time.
"Euphoria is how I would describe it."
The Leopards hope to experience more euphoria over the next few weeks. Even though they are ranked No. 1 in the state, they are not taking anything for granted.
Louisville finished third at last year's district meet and had high hopes going into the regional at Austintown. A dropped baton shattered the Leopards' state dreams.
"What happened last year happened," Ulrich said. "It was definitely not what we wanted.
"This year we have a new mindset. Obviously, we have a lot more confidence going into it. We're running a lot faster than we were last year. I feel like we're more developed as runners. We definitely have the potential to do well."
This is Louisville's best 3,200 relay since 2017 when twins Nick and Noah Chaplik, Zach Fresenko and Noah Murray were state runners-up in 7:41.14. The four graduating seniors went on to win a national championship later that month.
"What they did was remarkable," Ganser said. "We always look up to them, and they always give us good advice."
As seniors themselves, Pukys, Ulrich, Adams and Ganser hope to follow the 2017 relay's lead.
"They've had a goal since they were freshmen to be running in Columbus when they were seniors," Louisville head coach Frank Grimm said. "They have held each other accountable and have been super coachable.
"Time aside, we want to win regionals next week and get to Columbus with these kids. They're four seniors who have worked hard. That's the goal, and they deserve it."
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