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TACOMA, Wash., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CIERTO CEO Joe Martinez participated in a roundtable on H-2 migration and fair recruitment, hosted by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) at the ninth Summit of the Americas, held in Los Angeles in early June.
"We were proud to be asked to participate and pleased to be able to support the administration's efforts to provide a fuller range of viable alternatives to irregular migration."
Martinez added, "it was exciting to see the Federal Government, private sector actors, NGOs and non-profits all come together to discuss what needs to be done to protect migrant workers."
The roundtable was a chance for industry stakeholders to get face time with officials from the US and Northern Triangle governments, and a forum to announce the "Guidance on Fair Recruitment Practices for Temporary Migrant Workers."
The Guidance provides principles and guidelines on preventing the abuse of guest workers as part of a multi-agency effort to promote best practices in responsibly administering H-2 programs.
Martinez sees the release of the Guidance as progress on responsible recruiting.
"The new document is a big step in the right direction. It's been created in accordance with the International Labor Organization's (ILO) guiding principles, which CIERTO has built our recruitment model around. I look forward to them becoming requirements and regulations, as opposed to just guidelines."
CIERTO was asked to participate in the event because of its history of leadership in changing the fair recruitment paradigm, including establishing a presence in Central America.
As USAID Administrator Susan Power noted, CIERTO has received a grant from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to expand its operations and establish the network of verification partners necessary to begin responsibly recruiting up to 20,000 H-2A workers from Guatemala.
CIERTO has successfully placed Guatemalan workers on farms in the US and is actively seeking growers and FLCs dedicated to expanding access to the H-2 program in Guatemala.
CIERTO is one of North America's leading recruiters, dedicated to assisting employers with federal H-2 visa programs. We recruit, train, and place experienced workers on farms in the United States and Canada. Our mission is to develop a professional, career-oriented, workforce, committed to returning to farms year after year.
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Geographic Expansion Continues in the Oklahoma Market
TAMPA, Fla., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Lazydays Holdings, Inc. (NasdaqCM: LAZY) ("Lazydays RV" or "Lazydays") completed its acquisition of Dave's Claremore RV (Dave's) located in Claremore, Oklahoma near Tulsa on historic Route 66 and Interstate 44. The dealership is strategically located between the Oklahoma City and the Ozarks markets, and offers a selection of outstanding RV brands including Forest River, Thor, and East to West. Dave's, with their exceptional team of employees and their focus on delivering a best-in-class customer experience, will fit seamlessly into the Lazydays family.
Dave's represents the Company's fifth acquired or greenfield dealership location added over the last twelve months, preceded by acquired locations in Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, Washington; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and a greenfield location in Monticello, Minnesota. The Company continues to advance a strong pipeline of expansion opportunities that includes both acquisitions and greenfields. Previously announced greenfields under development include locations in Fort Pierce, Florida; near Omaha, Nebraska; Surprise, Arizona; Wilmington, Ohio; and three dedicated Airstream locations in Ramsey, Minnesota and Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee.
Lazydays currently operates seventeen dealerships with locations in Florida (2), Colorado (2), Arizona (2), Minnesota (2), Tennessee (3), Indiana (2), Oregon (1), Washington (1), Wisconsin (1), and Oklahoma (1); and a dedicated Service Center location near Houston, Texas.
ABOUT LAZYDAYS RV
As an iconic brand in the RV industry, Lazydays, The RV Authority, consistently provides the best RV sales, service, and ownership experience, which is why RVers and their families become Customers for Life. Lazydays continues to add locations at a rapid pace as it executes its geographic expansion strategy that includes both acquisitions and greenfields.
Since 1976, Lazydays RV has built a reputation for providing an outstanding customer experience with exceptional service excellence and unparalleled product expertise, along with being a preferred place to rest and recharge with other RVers. By offering the largest selection of RV brands from the nation's leading manufacturers, state-of-the-art service facilities, and thousands of accessories and hard-to-find parts, Lazydays RV provides everything RVers need and want.
Lazydays Holdings, Inc. is a publicly listed company on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker "LAZY."
Forward‐Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements describe Lazydays future plans, projections, strategies and expectations, including statements regarding Lazydays' expectations for future operating results, its expectations regarding the impact of its recently acquired dealerships in Maryville, Tennessee, Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Tulsa, Oklahoma; and its greenfield start-ups in Monticello, Minnesota, Fort Pierce, Florida, near Omaha, Nebraska, Wilmington, Ohio, Surprise, Arizona and three dedicated Airstream locations in Ramsey, Minnesota and Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee; and are based on assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Lazydays. Actual results could differ materially from those projected due to various factors, including the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, including from current and future sanctions imposed by governments or other authorities, including economic conditions generally (including increasing fuel costs), conditions in the credit markets and changes in interest rates, conditions in the capital markets, the continuing impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and other factors described from time to time in Lazydays' SEC reports and filings, which are available at www.sec.gov and other factors that Lazydays may not have currently identified or quantified. Forward-looking statements contained in this news release speak only as of the date of this news release, and Lazydays undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, unless otherwise required by law.
News Contact:
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investors@lazydays.com
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Sri Lanka’s prime minister offers to meet with protesters
By KRISHAN FRANCIS
Associated Press
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister is offering to meet with protesters occupying the entrance to the president’s office, saying he would listen to their ideas for resolving the economic, social and political crisis facing the country. The protesters have camped out for a fifth day near President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office, demanding his resignation and holding him responsible for the country’s worst economic situation in decades. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, the president’s brother, says he is willing to talk to representatives of the protesters. Sri Lanka is on the brink of bankruptcy, saddled with dwindling foreign reserves and $25 billion in foreign debt due for repayment over the next five years. Nearly $7 billion is due this year. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/13/sri-lankas-prime-minister-offers-to-meet-with-protesters/ | 2022-04-13T09:37:16Z |
MADRID, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gamelearn's serious game Echo was one of three educational games developed for Corporate/Vocational Skills Training to have been awarded a gold medal in the 2022 International Serious Play Awards Program. This is where creativity, innovation, and new technology meet, and the awards are a measuring stick for excellence in serious games and simulators that promote learning in various fields.
Echo is a dynamic game about coaching. Through eight interactive lessons and three real-life cases, learners assume the role of a prestigious coach tasked with assisting an important public figure in effectively implementing a global strategy to eliminate plastic from our oceans. It teaches and reinforces skills for coaching, empathy, assertive communication, neutrality, and effective questioning.
Echo has been played by almost 14,000 students in over 500 organizations all over the world, including Coca-Cola, KPMG, Michelin, and Santander. This serious game has achieved an average completion rate of 96.9% and a total score of 8.6 out of 10, earning it an average NPS (Net Promoter Score) of 53.3%. Quite a contrast compared to the NPS of -29 that employees give to traditional e-learning courses. The majority of users (98.7%) find it applicable to their daily life and 95% of them would recommend it to their colleagues.
Echo is only one of the many serious games in Gamelearn's catalog, the most-awarded game-based learning catalog in the world, which includes over 40 games on a variety of topics, including leadership, teamwork, diversity, inclusivity, or negotiation, among many others.
The winning formula for Gamelearn's serious games consists of:
- Quality content that's applicable to students' day-to-day lives both in and out of the office.
- Gamification and storytelling to hook players and promote engagement (levels, rankings, minigames, etc.), ensuring higher completion rates.
- Real-life simulations that give students the opportunity to practice their skills in a safe environment—all with instant and personalized feedback.
All of this earned Gamelearn's serious game a place in the Serious Play Awards' top three skills training games. Every year, the Serious Play Conference recognizes new and interesting developments in the world of serious games. It brings together professionals who are exploring the use of game-based learning, sharing their experience, and working together to shape the future of training and education.
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LogistiVIEW's Vision+ picking Enables M400 for Advanced Warehouse Operations
ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vuzix® Corporation (NASDAQ: VUZI), ("Vuzix" or, the "Company"), a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technology and products, with their ISV (Independent Software Vendor) LogistiVIEW Inc, today announced that they have received and begun delivering a follow-on smart glasses order valued at over $350,000 for a large US multinational retailer to support their warehousing and logistics needs. Sizable further follow-on orders are anticipated as rollouts successfully continue, according to the customer. This customer represents the Company's latest of four Fortune 100 retailers that are using Vuzix smart glasses.
Global supply uncertainties, disruptions, and inflationary forces are forcing companies of all sizes to better manage their supply chains. Attaining new productivity levels for inventory management and order fulfillment is a distinct competitive advantage. Smart glasses are becoming a cost-effective tool to facilitate these objectives and an increasing number of the world's largest firms are moving to deploying them.
"Vuzix and LogistiVIEW have spent years of time and resources honing this technology and software solution and we are now seeing a growing market adoption that is allowing companies to operate with greater productivity. LogistiVIEW's Vision+ solution running on the M400 delivers the efficiencies these companies need in today's challenging environments, and we expect warehousing and logistics to remain one of our most exciting market verticals," said Paul Travers, President and Chief Executive Officer at Vuzix.
"LogistiVIEW Vision+ picking software running on the M400 delivers all day support for the user and significant ROIs while practically eliminating picking errors. The combined solution is one of the best, if not the best, augmented reality vision picking solution on the market," said Seth Patin, CEO & Founder, LogistiVIEW Inc.
About LogistiVIEW
LogistiVIEW believes in the untapped power of the connected workforce and creates technology that improves operational productivity and job satisfaction for workers in manufacturing, logistics, and retail. Our cloud-based software automation platform orchestrates frontline work execution and leverages the power of modern industrial mobile computers to connect people with augmented reality, artificial intelligence, existing information systems, connected sensors, and collaborative robots. For more information, please visit logistiview.com.
About Vuzix Corporation
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. The Company's products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 246 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2022 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the Vuzix website, Twitter and Facebook pages.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer
Certain statements contained in this news release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward looking statements contained in this release relate to Vuzix Smart Glasses, our business relationship with our Fortune 100 customer, potential for future orders and broader deployments, and among other things the Company's leadership in the Smart Glasses and AR display industry. They are generally identified by words such as "believes," "may," "expects," "anticipates," "should" and similar expressions. Readers should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements, which are based upon the Company's beliefs and assumptions as of the date of this release. The Company's actual results could differ materially due to risk factors and other items described in more detail in the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Reports and MD&A filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable Canadian securities regulators (copies of which may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). Subsequent events and developments may cause these forward-looking statements to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation or intention to update or revise these forward-looking statements as a result of changed events or circumstances that occur after the date of this release, except as required by applicable law.
Vuzix Media and Investor Relations Contact:
Ed McGregor, Director of Investor Relations,
Vuzix Corporation
ed_mcgregor@vuzix.com
Tel: (585) 359-5985
Vuzix Corporation, 25 Hendrix Road, West Henrietta, NY 14586 USA,
Investor Information – IR@vuzix.com www.vuzix.com
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STOCKHOLM, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2020 Sandvik AB's Annual General Meeting adopted an instruction regarding the appointment of the Nomination Committee, applicable until the General Meeting resolves otherwise. Pursuant to this instruction the company shall have a Nomination Committee comprised of members appointed by each of the four principal shareholders in terms of votes on the last banking day of August, as well as the Chairman of the Board (convenor).
The Nomination Committee has now been appointed and consists of the following members:
- Fredrik Lundberg, AB Industrivärden, Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Anna Magnusson, Alecta
- Marianne Nilsson, Swedbank Robur Funds
- Lars Pettersson, Lundbergs
- Johan Molin, Sandvik's Chairman of the Board
The Nomination Committee shall prepare proposals for the 2023 Annual General Meeting regarding the Chairman of the Meeting, number of Board members, fees to be paid to each of the Board members, election of Board members and Board Chairman, remuneration to the auditor and election of auditor and, if necessary, proposal for changes in the instruction to the Nomination Committee.
The Annual General Meeting will be held on April 27, 2023 in Sandviken, Sweden.
Shareholders who wish to present proposals to the Nomination Committee for the 2023 Annual General Meeting can submit them to the Nomination Committee's Secretary Åsa Thunman by e-mail: asa.thunman@sandvik.com. In order for the Nomination Committee to be able to consider submitted proposals in a constructive manner, these should be submitted by January 16, 2023, at the latest.
Stockholm, September 16, 2022
Sandvik AB
Sandvik Group
Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers' processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2021 the Group had approximately 39,000 employees and revenues of about 86 billion SEK in about 150 countries within continuing operations.
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Chavis’ three hits power Pirates to 6-4 win over Nationals
By WES CROSBY
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Chavis capped a three-hit night with a leadoff triple in the eighth inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 6-4. Diego Castillo drove in Chavis with a single, giving Pittsburgh a 4-2 lead. Chavis has reached safely in eight of 14 plate appearances this season. Dillon Peters relieved Pirates starter Bryse Wilson to pitch two no-hit innings, ending with his second walk. David Bednar surrendered one hit and one walk in 1 2/3 innings. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/16/chavis-three-hits-power-pirates-to-6-4-win-over-nationals/ | 2022-04-17T03:35:55Z |
Releases Details of New Hyperledger Besu Execution Client Incentive Program
SAN FRANCISCO and AUSTIN, Texas, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, at Consensus 2022, Hyperledger Foundation, the open, global ecosystem for enterprise blockchain technologies, announced seven new members, including Avast, Infosys, The Digital Dollar Project and the National FinTech Center at Morgan State University. During Consensus 2022, Hyperledger Foundation will be highlighting the widespread enterprise adoption and commitment to open source blockchain technologies. Attendees can visit the Hyperledger Foundation booth (623) to learn more about the recent inclusion of Hyperledger Besu in the Ethereum Foundation's Execution Layer Client Incentive Program, new project milestones with various projects including Hyperledger Cactus and Hyperledger Firefly and more.
Hyperledger Foundation exists to foster the community-development of enterprise-grade blockchain software that will reshape commerce, currency, communications, identity and more. For that reason, the Ethereum Foundation (EF) has opted to include Hyperledger Besu in the Execution Layer Client Incentive Program (ELCIP). The program will provide execution-layer client teams with locked ETH in the form of live validators to be released according to certain milestones, including post-merge performance and progress towards enabling withdrawals from the beacon chain. The client incentive program is a strategic investment by the EF to engage the Hyperledger Besu community in ensuring a diversity of clients and overall health of the network.
In a further indication of the commitment to open source software in the enterprise market, Avast is joining Hyperledger Foundation after acquiring two Hyperledger member companies, Evernym and SecureKey. Both companies have been long-time contributors to Hyperledger and integrated the technology into the core of their businesses. A recent case study with Bosch focused on the company's strategic process for developing open source technologies and how that led to Hyperledger Lab Perun. In another case study, Hitachi shares the ROI of implementing a Hyperledger-based solution to streamline its own internal procurement process, putting the open source software it helps develop to work to better its own business.
"As we move towards an increasingly decentralized future, the role of openly developed and governed enterprise blockchain technologies will only grow in importance," said Daniela Barbosa, Executive Director, Hyperledger Foundation, and General Manager Blockchain, Healthcare and Identity at the Linux Foundation. "We see more and more of our technologies being adopted and adapted to support new business models, creating opportunities for new developers and driving innovation at companies of every size. We welcome the investment both our new members and the Ethereum Foundation are making in accelerating the development and deployment of Hyperledger technologies."
Hyperledger Foundation allows organizations to create enterprise-grade, industry-specific applications, platforms and hardware systems to support their individual business transactions by offering enterprise-grade, open source distributed ledger frameworks, libraries and tools. General members joining the community are Avast, Corsha, Infosys and NextGenTek Consulting.
Hyperledger Foundation supports a premier global open source blockchain community that values the contributions and participation from various entities. As such, pre-approved non-profits, open source projects and government entities can join Hyperledger Foundation at no cost as associate members. Associate members joining this month include the National FinTech Center at Morgan State University, The Digital Dollar Project and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Córdoba.
New member quotes:
"A strong developer community is foundational to the adoption of decentralized identity technology, and we're proud to join the Hyperledger Foundation to help grow this community and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the space," said Charles Walton, Senior Vice President & General Manager, Identity at Avast. "Our membership comes in the wake of our recent acquisitions of Evernym and SecureKey, two long-time contributors to Hyperledger that will continue their involvement under Avast."
"We are incredibly excited and honored to join the Hyperledger Foundation," said Anusha Iyer, co-founder and CTO of Corsha. "Hyperledger Fabric is an integral part of Corsha's product and is truly at the root of what makes our technology unique and innovative. We can't wait to work alongside some of the best minds and biggest contributors to Hyperledger Fabric and engage with this fantastic community over the years to come."
"Infosys is delighted to join the Hyperledger Foundation and work together with community members to unlock the true potential of blockchain technology," said Gopikrishnan Konnanath, Senior Vice President, Global Head – Engineering Services and Blockchain, Infosys. "We see blockchain as a vital cog in building a truly digital future for our clients from the very core of their enterprise and at scale. We are excited to share our experiences here and learn from the community members to drive adoption of blockchain across various facets of business."
"It is a privilege to be able to join the Hyperledger Foundation," said Dr. Harry Hunter, CEO of NextGenTek Consulting. "NextGenTek is passionate about providing solutions to industry wide issues using innovative technology. With the adoption of blockchain technology, NextGenTek has been able to provide a new technological foundation to critical sectors and aid businesses to find a real source of truth. By being part of the Hyperledger community, we hope to be a vehicle to spread truth to other businesses, public services, and individuals that can benefit from this technological revolution that has not yet reached its full potential."
About Hyperledger Foundation
Hyperledger Foundation was founded in 2015 to bring transparency and efficiency to the enterprise market by fostering a thriving ecosystem around open source blockchain software technologies. As a project of the Linux Foundation, Hyperledger Foundation coordinates a community of member and non member organizations, individual contributors and software developers building enterprise-grade platforms, libraries, tools and solutions for multi-party systems using blockchain, distributed ledger, and related technologies. Organizations join Hyperledger Foundation to demonstrate technical leadership, collaborate and network with others, and raise awareness around their efforts in the enterprise blockchain community. Members include industry-leading organizations in finance, banking, healthcare, supply chains, manufacturing, technology and beyond. All Hyperledger code is built publicly and available under the Apache license. To learn more, visit: https://www.hyperledger.org/.
About the Linux Foundation
Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation and its projects are supported by more than 1,800 members and is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware. Linux Foundation's projects, including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, Hyperledger Foundation, RISC-V, and more, are critical to the world's infrastructure. The Linux Foundation's methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.
Contact:
Emily Fisher
Linux Foundation/Hyperledger
PR@Hyperledger.org
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FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Money Store is pleased to announce that Jeff Carter will join the company as the Chief Operating Officer. Carter has spent more than 22 years in the mortgage industry, with 17 years in leadership positions, running regional and national operations centers. Carter's impressive background working for Caliber, Bank of America, Security Mortgage, Washington Mutual, LoanDepot and NEO Home Loans is perfect for helping The Money Store with strategic growth and expansion.
As the new COO, Carter will be responsible for the Disclosure Desk, Opening, Processing, Underwriting and Closing. He will work with the existing management team and personnel in each of these areas to improve productivity, data integrity, customer experience and overall execution.
"I'm excited to join an organization celebrating its 50th year in business. I'm surrounded by seasoned mortgage professionals who have navigated the difficult times in this industry and have always found a way to survive and thrive during challenging times. The Money Store has made strategic moves over the years to be positioned well for the future, and I look forward to adding my contribution to the continued success of this company."
When Carter assumes his new role of Chief Operating Officer, current COO Peter Alvarez will become The Money Store's Chief Lending Officer. With the realignment in senior leadership, The Money Store is poised for tremendous growth.
The Money Store is a direct mortgage lender located in Florham Park, New Jersey, and is licensed in 47 states. The company offers a wide range of mortgage programs to meet the needs of homeowners while also providing low rates and superior customer service. The Money Store's online-based service model includes a secure application process that tracks every step from inquiry to closing. Visit them online at www.themoneystore.com. For inquiries, contact Peter Alvarez (palvarez@themoneystore.com) or call (973) 295-3511.
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NEW YORK, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset Medical") (NASDAQ: OM) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Outset Medical, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Outset Medical includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; 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.
Aggrieved Outset Medical investors only have until September 6, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
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Richard Walker brings to Bain his deep expertise on web3, metaverse, digital assets, technology strategy and transformation
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bain & Company announced today that web3 and metaverse expert Richard Walker will join the firm as a partner in the Financial Services practice in the New York office and co-lead the global scaling of Bain's web3 and metaverse services. As a leading thinker and practitioner in this space, Richard brings deep expertise in navigating how web3 has the potential to introduce new opportunities across a variety of sectors. He has deep experience having recently led web3 projects for global banks, regional banks, hedge funds, payments companies and digital asset natives.
Prior to Bain, Richard was practice head for blockchain and digital assets at another global business consulting firm. With nearly 30 years of consulting experience across the Americas and EMEA, much of his work has been serving major financial institutions and helping them with technology and operations strategies to understand and leverage the latest disruptive technology for competitive advantage.
"Web3 is a priority for our clients and has broad implications across sectors," said Bain & Company's Thomas Olsen, global co-lead of the web3 and metaverse practice. "Richard's experience working with blockchain, digital assets and leading web3 projects for multiple financial institutions will help us scale our support to clients as they navigate the opportunities and challenges that web3 can present."
While web3 has the potential to introduce new opportunities, it will also impact cost structures and profit pools. Tokenization, blockchain payment rails and decentralized finance (DeFi) are pushing financial institutions to rethink business models and market structures. Digital rights ownership (NFTs) will enable consumer brands to reimagine loyalty programs, engagement and brand experience. Moreover, the metaverse will change the way people engage with technology and commerce, propelling companies to rethink how they interact with customers in new virtual environments.
"We are enthusiastic about helping our clients unpack the implications that web3 and the metaverse have on their industry and business," said Bain & Company's Gene Rapoport, global co-lead of the web3 and metaverse practice. "Richard has a long track record of helping financial institutions evaluate ways web3 technology could present opportunities and threats, and chart a course for long-term value generation."
In addition to his client work, Richard will be an active member of the Veterans at Bain affinity group. He holds an undergraduate degree in Computer Information Systems from Chapman University in Orange, California.
For a complete list of Bain's web3 leaders and services, click here.
Editor's Note: For any questions or to arrange an interview, please contact Dan Pinkney at dan.pinkney@bain.com or +1 646-562-8102.
Bain & Company is a global consultancy that helps the world's most ambitious change makers define the future.
Across 65 cities in 40 countries, we work alongside our clients as one team with a shared ambition to achieve extraordinary results, outperform the competition, and redefine industries. We complement our tailored, integrated expertise with a vibrant ecosystem of digital innovators to deliver better, faster, and more enduring outcomes. Our 10-year commitment to invest more than $1 billion in pro bono services brings our talent, expertise, and insight to organizations tackling today's urgent challenges in education, racial equity, social justice, economic development, and the environment. We earned a platinum rating from EcoVadis, the leading platform for environmental, social, and ethical performance ratings for global supply chains, putting us in the top 1% of all companies. Since our founding in 1973, we have measured our success by the success of our clients, and we proudly maintain the highest level of client advocacy in the industry.
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– Global responsibility for material buying and sales, key member of executive team –
NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sims Metal, a global leader in metal recycling and a division of Sims Limited, announces the appointment of Robert Thompson as its Global Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Thompson previously held the position of Vice President, Sales and Marketing at Gerdau Long Steel North America, and he brings more than 30 years of commercial and operational metal recycling and steel experience to Sims Metal commencing July 11, 2022.
"I am very excited that Rob Thompson is joining our metal business division. His wealth of experience in the metal industry as we sustainably grow the business," said Alistair Field, managing director and chief executive officer at Sims Limited. "Rob's substantial experience at a global, well-respected organisation in both the production and sale of steel and recycled metal makes him uniquely qualified to lead the commercial arm of our metal business division."
Mr. Thompson joined Gerdau North America as part of an acquisition in 2004 as Vice President and General Manager of the Ameristeel Recycling business. He has since held several roles with increasing responsibilities in commercial, operations and logistics in Gerdau's Metallics and Raw Materials divisions until his most recent position leading sales and marketing for Gerdau's North American Long Steel business. Rob and his family also spent several years in Brazil where he had responsibilities spanning Europe, Latin America and North America.
Prior to his tenure at Gerdau, Mr. Thompson spent 15 years at metal recycling companies, initially starting as a scale operator, then spending several years as a commercial trade buyer and ferrous products trader.
Sims Metal began its search for a new chief commercial officer after Michael Movsas announced his retirement in January of this year.
"I've had the pleasure of doing business with Sims Metal in the past, and I admired their commitment to being a leader and innovator in the metal industry," said Mr. Thompson. "As I have learned more about the business and its strategy in recent weeks, I am even more excited to be a part of this organization, which is made up of great people who are aligned and collaborate in their efforts to achieve the company goals, and ultimately the Sims Purpose."
At Sims Metal, Mr. Thompson will have global responsibility for shipping and chartering, as well as both ferrous and non-ferrous material buying and processed material sales. In addition to holding this principal commercial role, Mr. Thompson will also be an integral member of Sims Limited's executive leadership team where his extensive management experience and perspective will allow him to immediately contribute toward achieving the company's strategic goals.
Mr. Thompson received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Toronto.
Founded in Sydney, Australia, in 1917, Sims Metal, has grown from being an Australian-centric company to one of the most significant metal recycling companies in the world. A division of Sims Limited, Sims Metal has bases of operation in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States where we buy and process discarded ferrous and non-ferrous metal and sell the recycled material to manufacturers in 30 countries. Each year, we recycle nearly 10 million tonnes of metal across our global operations. In line with our shared purpose, create a world without waste to preserve our planet, Sims Metal is preparing for, and adapting to, the significant industrial and environmental changes in society and the industry. Visit www.simsmm.com to learn more.
Founded in 1917, Sims Limited is a global leader in metal recycling, providing circular solutions for technology, and an emerging leader in renewable energy. Our 3,880 employees operate from more than 200 facilities across 15 countries. The company's ordinary shares are listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: SGM) and its American Depositary Shares are quoted on the Over-the-Counter market in the United States (USOTC: SMSMY). Our purpose, create a world without waste to preserve our planet, is what drives us to constantly innovate and offer new solutions in the circular economy for consumers, businesses, governments and communities around the world. For more information, visit www.simsltd.com.
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HONOLULU (AP) — Police in Hawaii were investigating after a man’s left hand was severed by a sword at a Waikiki 7-Eleven.
Emergency responders were called to the convenience store just after midnight Friday, said Shayne Enright, spokesperson for Honolulu Emergency Medical Services.
They found the man at the entrance to the parking lot with “multiple lacerations, puncture wounds and a severed hand,” Enright told The Associated Press. “Left hand.”
The man, 40, was taken in critical condition to a hospital.
An employee who answered the phone at the Kalakaua Avenue store said no one who was working at the time was still there. The 7-Eleven corporate office in Hawaii did not immediately return a call for comment.
Michael Suissa, a tourist from Switzerland, told Hawaii News Now he witnessed the attack.
“The victim started to shout and to cry and then I look at him on the floor and I saw that half his hand was on the floor,” Suissa said.
According to Suissa, the man wielding the sword is a worker he has interacted with in recent days at the store.
The Honolulu TV station reported that police didn’t confirm the 46-year-old man they arrested is a 7-Eleven employee.
Honolulu police launched an attempted murder investigation, the station reported. | https://cw33.com/strange-news/ap-strange-news/mans-hand-severed-by-sword-at-hawaii-7-eleven-store/ | 2022-07-22T21:27:41Z |
TORONTO, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The INX Digital Company, Inc. (NEO: INXD, OTCQB: INXDF) (the "Company"), the owner of digital asset trading platforms, a broker-dealer, and an inter-dealer broker, announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Investment gains/losses for any particular period as described are not indicative of quarterly business performance. Earnings of The INX Digital Company, Inc. for the second quarter of 2022 are summarized below.
- Cash and cash equivalents of $39.9MM.
- Reserve Fund maintained at $36.0.MM.
- INX Revenue for Q2 2022 at $887,000 and $2.4MM year to date, primarily from transaction fees.
- Year to date net cash used in operating activities at $10.6MM.
- Significant growth of new registrations on INX trading platforms, over 73,000 new users added during Q2 2022 compared to approximately 18,000 in Q1 2022.
- Expansion of product offering by INX Securities to customers from Chile, Estonia, Luxemburg, Malaysia, Slovakia, and South Africa.
INX reports a quarterly net income of $77.3MM. However, this number includes an unrealized gain on the INX Token issued of $78.2MM and a gain on the token warrant liability of $3.7MM, both of which are additive to net income. Additionally, the net income includes $1.6MM of equity-based compensation expense and a one-time cost of $5.9MM associated with the reverse takeover transaction that resulted in the company being listed on the NEO Exchange in Canada (listed on Jan 24th, 2022, NEO: INXD). Adjusted for the above mentioned non-cash and one-time items, the Company's adjusted net loss for Q2 2022 is $2.9MM. The adjusted net loss is a non-IFRS measure.
During the second quarter of 2022, INX Digital, the company's cryptocurrency trading platform, launched a referral program, quickly followed by the launch of a native mobile application for the trading of digital assets. The INX app is available on both Google Play and iOS app stores. These two significant initiatives, combined with other successful marketing efforts, brought over 73,000 new registered users to the INX trading platforms (compared to 17,674 in Q1 2022). To further fulfill its vision of bridging traditional and digital economies, INX continues to create new and innovative alternatives for individuals and businesses, as stated in this report.
The company received significant media coverage with the announcement on June 28, 2022, that INX had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), a non-binding agreement, with SICPA, the leading provider and longstanding partner and advisor to global central banks. Through its deep expertise in identification and security solutions for physical cash, SICPA, based in Switzerland, develops innovative forgery-proof security features that protect monetary sovereignty. Utilizing INX's technology and blockchain expertise, the planned joint venture between INX and SICPA aims to enable global governments to expand their access to payment infrastructure, facilitate cross-border digital remittances, maintain sovereign currency control through rigorous regulation, and introduce privacy and safety measures. Under the terms of the MOU, the Company will engage in a joint venture with SICPA to establish a blockchain solution for Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the supporting ecosystem to further bolster monetary sovereignty and growth for countries within the global digital economy.
The company's mission became even more critical and relevant in light of the growing economic crisis combined with volatility in the crypto markets. INX has consistently committed to adopting all regulatory requirements to create a trustworthy ecosystem. It is fully regulated on both its cryptocurrency and digital securities platforms.
In the past few months, traditional market and digital market events have highlighted the importance of both solid regulatory structures overlayed with strong liquidity risk management, the foundation on which the company was established.
During the second quarter of 2022, the company added multiple cryptocurrency assets to its cryptocurrency INX Digital trading platform. In addition, a number of engagement letters with new potential global issuers of digital securities were signed, as a growing number of companies on-board the unique solution for primary offerings, token management services, secondary listing, and trading offered by INX Securities.
The number of digital security issuers is projected to grow through the end of this year.
On the advocacy front, INX became a leading member of the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association ("Global DCA") to further lead the establishment of a tokenized economy and expand its mission of bringing regulated digital asset opportunities to all investors.
In the past quarter, INX accumulated multiple money transmitter licenses, allowing it to offer cryptocurrencies to customers in 40 U.S. states and territories. It currently welcomes residents in every U.S. state for securities trading. Meanwhile, it is growing a pipeline of exclusive issuers to bring to the market as either IPOs or private offerings.
INX CEO Shy Datika: "INX has a clear mission to create access to diverse and innovative financial opportunities for all. In the past few months, we've seen this mission come to life through the adoption of new services, global partnerships, and collaborations. Furthermore, our unprecedented commitment to a regulated environment for cryptocurrency and digital securities trading has become more relevant than ever. Regulators are paying closer attention to cryptocurrencies, and current market conditions highlight the importance of regulation as a cornerstone. We are gradually establishing more avenues for responsibly accessing cryptocurrencies and digital securities. We will continue to design and strengthen INX's regulated digital asset trading ecosystem and lead the transition between traditional and digital economies."
About The INX Digital Company, Inc. INX is the holding company for the INX Group, which includes regulated trading platforms for digital securities and cryptocurrencies, combining traditional markets expertise and an innovative fintech approach. The INX Group's vision is to be the preferred global regulated hub for digital assets on the blockchain. The INX Group's overall mission is to bring communities together and empower them with financial innovation. Our journey started with our initial public token offering of the INX Token in which we raised US$83 million. The INX Group is shaping the blockchain asset industry through its willingness to work in a regulated environment with oversight from regulators like the SEC and FINRA.
In addition to operating two regulated trading platforms for blockchain assets, INX's interdealer broker, I.L.S. Brokers, plans to offer non-deliverable cryptocurrency forwards to Tier-1 banks in the future. For more information, please visit the INX Group website here.
This press release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking information" ("forward-looking information") within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking information and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that discusses predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking information. In disclosing the forward-looking information contained in this press release, INX has made certain assumptions, including with respect to the expected benefits of the joint venture with SICPA, the continuous development of the INX trading platforms, and the development of the digital asset industry. Although INX believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking information are reasonable, it can give no assurance that the expectations of any forward-looking information will prove to be correct. Known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include but are not limited to regulatory developments, the state of the digital securities and cryptocurrencies markets, and general economic conditions. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking information contained in this press release. Except as required by law, INX disclaims any intention and assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information to reflect actual results, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions, changes in factors affecting such forward-looking information or otherwise.
This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to U.S. Persons unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.
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NEW YORK, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc. ("Verrica" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VRCA) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased, or otherwise acquired Verrica securities between May 28, 2021 and May 24, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/vrca.
This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws.
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading, and failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that there were manufacturing deficiencies at the facility where the Company's contract manufacturer produced bulk solution for VP-102; (2) that these deficiencies were not remediated when the Company resubmitted its NDA for VP-12 for molluscum; (3) that the foregoing presented significant risks to the Company obtaining regulatory approval of VP-102 for molluscum; and (4) that, 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.
A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to review a copy of the Complaint you can visit the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/vrca or you may contact Peretz Bronstein, Esq. or his Law Clerk and Client Relations Manager, Yael Nathanson of Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC at 212-697-6484. If you suffered a loss in Verrica you have until August 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC represents investors in securities fraud class actions and shareholder derivative suits. The firm has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors nationwide. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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HENDERSON, Nev., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 2600Hz, a leading provider of unified business communications and the award-winning KAZOO platform, is excited to announce it will be a Gold Sponsor of Cavell's Cloud Comms Summit US. The summit will be held in Chicago on October 18th and 19th and will feature educational main stage keynotes, breakout sessions, and panel discussions, as well as multiple opportunities for attendees to network.
On October 19th, 2600Hz's Co-Founder and Co-CEO Patrick Sullivan will take the main stage to discuss the unique challenges today's distributed workforce poses to service providers across the globe. The keynote will focus upon improving customer experience, call center agent experience, and employee experience by leveraging the power of UCaaS, CPaaS, and CCaaS together, ensuring Service Providers are offering their customers the best communication experience possible for business success in the coming years.
"We are thrilled to again sponsor this industry-leading event and look forward to connecting with Service Providers across the U.S.," said 2600Hz Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Patrick Sullivan. "Cavell's events are always exceptional, and we are excited to support this important summit, while also sharing key insights with attendees that will enable them to strategically create growth opportunities."
"We are delighted to have the loyal support of 2600Hz as Gold Sponsor in our return of Cloud Comms Summit US this October," noted Matthew Townend, Executive Director of the Cavell Group. "After 2 years of record-breaking change in our industry, we at Cavell and Cloud Communications Alliance are really excited to have a key innovator in our industry supporting us and sharing their developments with our service providers at the event."
About 2600Hz: 2600Hz's cloud communications platform KAZOO modernizes how businesses provide communications services to their customers. With thoughtfully engineered tools built by leaders in the telecom industry, KAZOO offers feature-rich UCaaS, CPaaS, and CCaaS solutions. For developers building their own telephony apps, 2600Hz offers 300+ APIs and provides access to the building blocks of the platform. For more information, visit http://www.2600Hz.com. 2600Hz is a privately owned company with a distributed team worldwide.
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Haute cycling clothing is becoming a trend
WILMINGTON, Del., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, American actress Kat Graham appeared on the red carpet of the 75th Cannes Film Festival wearing a mix of Jelenew professional cycling pants and Stephane Rolland couture, which caused heated discussions in the field of fashion and sports technology. Jelenew and professional cycling clothing attracted the public's attention for a while. Driven by this trend and in the heat of the Tour de France month, KOLs scrambled to follow suit and posted ootd's professional cycling clothing styling on social platforms such as ins, which also allowed professional cycling clothing to enter people's minds from the road arena successfully in modern life.
"I'm always willing to try different styles of clothing because they bring me different moods. Feeling super cozy in this cute cycling ootd! This outfit is designed to fit the female body curves perfectly and I fell in love with them the first time I put them on. And I stumbled across Kat donned @jelenew_official brand outfits at the closing ceremony of the Cannes red carpet. The first time I knew about sportswear it can even be fashionable! Later, I saw them on the sponsor list of this annual amfAR GALA Cannes, and I heard that they are committed to global research on the fight against AIDS, their charitable spirit truly moved me, will continue to pay attention to their new trends!"A KOL wrote this on INS.
When outdoor sports become a way of life, clothing corresponding to various sports also occupies the player's wardrobe. Hiking has made hiking shoes the daily life of trendy celebrities and ordinary players. Camping brings outdoor equipment to the public eye. From street fashion to designer brands, clothing corresponding to various sports has been reborn under different styles of interpretation.
Although cycling has been popular for a long time, the corresponding clothing has not attracted much attention. The earliest jersey craze dates back to the late 19th century when Tillie Anderson competed and broke records in cycling shorts, becoming the undisputed pioneer in the history of women's sports.
In 1991, Karl Lagerfeld used cycling shorts for the Chanel spring and summer show, creating a trend of "urban surfing." At the same time, Princess Diana wore cycling shorts and sportswear to and from the gym and living places and brought cycling shorts into daily life, but cycling shorts have been in a tepid state.
In 2018, Naomi Campbell took cycling shorts to the street fashion show. Coincidentally, in the spring and summer of 2019, the trendy brand Supreme and Castelli released joint cycling clothes. They injected fresh blood into the cycling culture through their mutual choices, but the cycling pants never came out of the fashion circle. The women of the Kim Kardashian family made cycling shorts famous. They use cycling shorts to mix and match various items, whether handsome and wild, trendy and modern, or casual and lively.
However, as a professional competition riding suit, there are limitations in daily matching, which also discourages many trend fans. On July 1, 2022, the 109th World Tour de France officially kicked off, making those who love cycling feel the charm of sports and cycling clothes have become a display of attitude on the field. And Jelenew's reinterpretation of professional cycling clothing may once again set off a wave of popularity and enter the field of vision of trendy players.
Jelenew is an American avant-garde cycling brand born for women and the world's first haute couture professional cycling brand. It is the first to introduce haute couture into the R&D and design of professional cycling apparel, creating apparel that combines athletic performance and haute couture aesthetics. As the world's first high-definition professional cycling brand, Jelenew's products are not inferior to other market leaders in sports performance and technical performance. The blessing of high-definition tailoring skills and haute couture aesthetics makes cycling clothing more suitable. It fits the rider's body shape, thereby reducing the wind resistance during riding, and is stylish and beautiful.
The founding team of Jelenew is made up of a group passionate about cycling. Among the members are luxury haute couture designers, senior cycling enthusiasts, and digital technology experts. They came together because of their love for cycling, with a sense of mission of "making more women fall in love with cycling," and hoped to use Jelenew to give full play to their professional advantages. When they paid attention to the fact that traditional cycling pads are very unfriendly to women in terms of physical health, function, and beauty, and there is much room for optimization, they developed a five-point V-shaped pad according to women's body structure and the needs of riding.
Compared with the traditional cycling pad, Jelenew designed the seat cushion into a five-point V-shaped distribution design according to the physiological characteristics of female genitalia and the force during riding. The critical stress points, such as the upper parts, are thickened to protect the key stress regions when women ride. This new type of riding seat cushion can increase the cushioning effect, diffuse the pressure distribution, effectively reduce the pressure and discomfort during riding, reduce the risk of numbness in the buttocks and legs, and improve blood circulation. It will bring a healthy and comfortable riding experience to female cyclists. In addition, Jelenew will also apply the clothing technology and aesthetics in high fashion to the design of cycling equipment, making them more beautiful while maintaining excellent functionality, and visually bringing a better riding experience. This makes professional cycling clothing a trend in people's daily informal dress, indirectly driving more women to fall in love with cycling.
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Border authorities seized a record amount of the synthetic opioid fentanyl in July, most of which came through U.S. ports of entry, data released this month shows.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures, officers with the agency’s Office of Field Operations seized approximately 1,800 pounds of fentanyl in July, while U.S. Border Patrol agents who guard the vast border areas between ports of entry seized about 340 pounds.
The amount of fentanyl seized by CBP personnel had fallen for two consecutive months before spiking from 700 pounds in June to 2,100 in July.
During the first ten months of this fiscal year, which began last October, officers at border crossings seized approximately 9,000 pounds of fentanyl. Border authorities seized 10,200 pounds of the drug in all of Fiscal 2021.
Fentanyl seizures
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, fentanyl is manufactured primarily in clandestine labs in Mexico.
Sold as a powder or pressed to look like pharmaceutical opioid pills, fentanyl could be 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times more potent than heroin.
Heroin and cocaine often are laced with fentanyl, but many users usually don’t know they are purchasing fentanyl, the DEA says.
Health and law enforcement officials blame fentanyl for the significant increase in opioid overdoses in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 31,335 overdose deaths linked to fentanyl in 2018. In 2022, more than 71,000 died from fentanyl overdoses, an increase from about 58,000 in 2021.
Federal agents have told Border Report that synthetic drugs like fentanyl and meth are cheaper to mass-produce than many other illegal drugs.
Britton Boyd, Assistant Special Agent in Charge for the FBI in El Paso, recently told Border Report that gone are the days of drug cartels waiting long for cannabis or heroin-making opium poppies to grow. Nowadays, fentanyl labs and meth labs operate 24-7.
“Once you had the technological advances from pharmaceuticals … you now had a much more reliable supply of opioids through the synthetic markets,” Boyd said.
Marijuana seizures this fiscal year are down 55 percent. Border authorities seized 277,400 pounds of pot through July of last fiscal year but only 120,000 pounds during the same period this fiscal year.
According to CBP data, the drug with the most amount seized this fiscal year — 164,000 pounds — is khat, a flowering evergreen shrub native to East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that the DEA says users abuse for its stimulant-like effect. They chew it like tobacco or use its dry leaves to smoke, make tea, and even sprinkle it on food.
- NWS confirms EF-1 tornado touched down in Winona, uprooting trees and damaging buildings
- Sinisterhood: Dallas friends, comedians host true crime podcast with a twist
- Who has Arlington’s best taco? City to host competition to find out
- Student loan forgiveness decision expected Wednesday: Will you qualify?
- North Texas investigative reporter hosts podcast about crime, corruption, real-life court cases
- Veteran kicker Brett Maher safe as Cowboys cut five players | https://cw33.com/news/border-report-news/fentanyl-busts-skyrocket-to-new-high-with-bulk-of-seizures-at-u-s-ports-of-entry/ | 2022-08-23T20:32:29Z |
- GMP commercial manufacturing license authorized by the National Drug Regulatory Authority, demonstrating Chime Biologics' capabilities in large scale commercial production
- Only 18 months to help LEPU Biopharma to obtain the approval of Puyouheng ™ in a new drug application demonstrating "Chime Biologics Unprecedented Speed"
WUHAN, China, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 2, 2022 (Beijing time), Chime Biologics, a leading CDMO that enables its partners' success in biologics, announced that it has received the commercial manufacturing license from the National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), which represents Chime Biologics has achieved another remarkable milestone by having established sound quality operations on commercial scale.
After 18 months of intensive product development and manufacturing collaboration with publicly listed LEPU Biopharma (2157.HK), Chime Biologics successfully passed pre-approval inspection (PAI) including on-site inspection and GMP compliance inspection, which proved that Chime Biologics has been highly recognized not only on technical expertise for late stage biologics development, but also on data integrity and GMP compliance in the manufacturing and quality management system.
Under the partnership, LEPU Biopharma announced its first innovative biological drug, anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody – Puyouheng ™ (pucotenlimab injection), has been conditionally approved for marketing by NMPA. The drug is approved for patients with unresectable or metastatic microsatellite instability-high (MSI-H) or mismatch repair deficient (dMMR) advanced solid tumors.
Chime Biologics serves as a long-term partner to biopharmaceutical clients with sound solutions for manufacturing and more recently moved into late stage and commercial manufacturing. Chime Biologics can support the clients on every stage of biologics CMC work portfolio (CLD to commercial manufacturing) and with unprecedented speed.
Dr. Mary Hu, Co-General Manager of LEPU Biopharma, said, "We are pleased to see the approval of the first indication of pucotenlimab in China, which is also the first marketed product of LEPU Biopharma and officially kicked off the commercialization of our company. During the process of collaborating with Chime Biologics, we recognize its world-class expertise in CMC development and manufacturing, as well as the ability to deliver projects in a timely manner. We appreciate the efforts of Chime Biologics, and look forward to the subsequent commercialization of the product to provide more options for oncology patients worldwide and improve their quality of life."
Dr. John Zeng, Chief Executive Officer of Chime Biologics, said, " We are honored to work with LEPU Biopharma to move pucotenlimab from clinical phase II scale-up manufacturing to BLA approval on the Chime Biologics CMC platform. This also marks the official entry of Chime Biologics into the era of commercial production service. Chime Biologics will work with Lepu side by side to provide alternative medical solutions to cancer patients in China and the rest of the world. Chime Biologics also has a robust pipeline of late-stage customers and we are committed to bringing those biological products to the market as soon as possible."
About LEPU BIOPHARMA (2157.HK)
LEPU BIOPHARMA is committed to innovation, focusing on the discovery, development and commercialization of first-in-class and best-in-class drug candidates in targeted anti-tumor therapy and immunotherapy drugs in China and the US. The company's mission is to develop the safest, most effective, and most accessible drugs for patients to improve their quality of life and fill the huge demand gap in the medical system. The company attaches great importance to the continuous construction of its commercialization capabilities, and strives to achieve a strong transformation from core technologies to finished drugs as well as the goal of industrialization. At present, the product pipeline of LEPU BIOPHARMA covers three major areas, namely immunotherapies, ADC targeted therapies and oncolytic virus drugs, including 1 commercially marketing drug and 7 drug candidates at the clinical stage (5 of which are ADC drugs) and the combination therapies of multiple major drug candidates at the clinical stage. The company houses the leading ADC drug candidate pipeline in China.
About CHIME BIOLOGICS
Chime Biologics is a leading CDMO with the world's first modular biopharmaceutical factory, KuBio. It empowers the entire biologics processes - from cell line development to commercial manufacturing. Chime Biologics provides one-stop CMC solutions to worldwide biomedical customers, relying on cell line development and advanced technology development from its Shanghai Innovation Center and proven success in IND-enabling through BLA filing at its Wuhan campus. We share a common goal to make cutting-edge biologics affordable and accessible to all patients globally, fulfilling its commitment to human health.
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First to arrive, last to leave: the local volunteer fire that stuck with its community after the tornado
SHERWOOD SHORES, Texas (KXII) - With trucks loaded and gear packed, the Sherwood Shores Volunteer Department was among the first to show up for their community.
“The day of the tornado, I believe we left around 2 or 3 am,” said Captain Craig Reed. “Total chaos is what it was. We couldn’t get anywhere. We had power lines down on every street we turned on.”
Now, they’re among the final crews left.
“I was back for the next 12 days straight,” said Reed.
“Ya’ll need water or anything?” said Fire Chief Tim Bilderback to a resident. “We got some cases. You okay?”
Since Sherwood Shores is an unincorporated area of Grayson County, the department is working with twelve men, and a budget they said is the bare minimum- about 40,000 dollars for a whole year of work.
“Generally, around three-quarters of our budget is from people that donate,” said Bilderback. “We always hate to talk about money, but unfortunately, that’s what we run on.”
Now add a disaster into the mix, which they said, makes the budget even tighter.
“We cover our own insurance, our own fuel, we buy our own equipment, we get grants and so forth to buy our own equipment,” said Reed. “Everything we do up here is really with our own money.”
All this while the rest of the world keeps spinning.
“There was a tornado, but we still have regular 911 responses, people have medical emergencies, we’re having car wrecks, we’re having house fires- that stuff keeps going,” said Bilderback.
But they said these are their neighbors.
“I’ve lived in the Sherwood Shores community my whole life,” said Bilderback.
And they’re not going anywhere.
“Once I got into it and realized how much I loved it, it just grows into you, you can’t get rid of it, and here I am volunteering again,” said Lieutenant
Jim Fowler. “I did it for almost thirty years being paid, and now I’m volunteering to do it.”
They are taking donations for a generator at the station, their PO Box at 602 Gordonville, 76245, or on Facebook.
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FEATURING NEW SURPRISES FOR FIVE SPECIAL PERFORMANCES AT
THE JIM HENSON COMPANY'S HISTORIC HOLLYWOOD SOUNDSTAGE
AUGUST 12-14, 2022
Tickets On Sale Now for Upcoming Performances of
Acclaimed Live Comedy Show from Henson Alternative
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Henson Alternative's Puppet Up! – Uncensored returns for an outrageous summer weekend for five performances only of adult comedy, puppet mayhem, and new surprises on The Jim Henson Company's historic lot in Hollywood. Tickets to the not-to-be-missed production are on sale now: Friday, August 12th at 8pm, Saturday, August 13th at 5pm & 9pm and Sunday, August 14th at 3pm & 7pm.
Created by award-winning director and producer Brian Henson (Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island), and actor, director, and improv expert Patrick Bristow (Ellen, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Whose Line Is It Anyway?), Puppet Up! – Uncensored is never the same show twice, effortlessly blending increasingly unhinged feats of improv comedy with the unparalleled skill and originality of Henson puppeteers. Based on suggestions from the audience, the puppet anarchy – starring the unforgettable Miskreant puppets - is two shows in one: the improvised puppet action projected live on screens above the stage, and the puppeteers racing around below in full view of the audience to bring it all to life. These five performances will also feature new interpretations of classic sketches originally created by Jim Henson that will be making their Puppet Up! – Uncensored debut.
Available tickets include General Admission ($60) and VIP tickets ($150; includes priority seating, a souvenir, and a 90-minute preshow experience with a tour and question & answer with Brian Henson). A limited amount of advance purchase parking is also available for $15.00. Doors open and full cash bar will be available starting an hour before the show. Puppet Up! – Uncensored is not recommended for anyone under 16 and anyone under 14 will not be admitted.
Puppet Up! – Uncensored is following all local health and safety protocols. Vaccination is appreciated but guests will not have to provide proof of vaccination. Face masks and social distancing are strongly encouraged.
Henson Alternative is The Jim Henson Company's label for content created specifically and exclusively for adult audiences. In 1955, Jim Henson's first television production "Sam & Friends" appeared on late-night television as a lead-in to "The Tonight Show," establishing a standard in the Company's work for irreverent, creative, comedy projects that spoke to adults. Appearances on "The Jimmy Dean Show," "The Ed Sullivan Show," and "Saturday Night Live," as well as numerous short films for clients like IBM and AT&T, proved that Henson puppetry was not limited to children. Today, Henson Alternative continues to produce and develop projects for this audience. Credits include "The Curious Creations of Christine McConnell" (Netflix), "The Happytime Murders" (STX), "No, You Shut Up!" (Fusion), "Neil's Puppet Dreams" (Nerdist), "Tinseltown" (Logo), and "Puppet Up! – Uncensored" (a live puppet improvisational show named one of the top 10 "Best Stage Shows" by Entertainment Weekly).
The Miskreant Puppets are the motley troupe of puppets featured in many Henson Alternative productions like "The Happytime Murders," "Puppet Up! – Uncensored," and "No, You Shut Up!" as well as Coldplay's recent music video "Biutyful."
WESTBETH ENTERTAINMENT is a unique company that has produced live entertainment for over 35 years with artists such as Billy Connolly, Noel Fielding, John Leguizamo, Eric Idle, and The Jim Henson Company. Our most recent productions include Eddie Izzard's Wunderbar, Hannah Gadsby's Nannette and Douglas, and Professor Brian Cox's Universal Adventures in Space and Time in multiple cities across the US and Canada, as well as award winning Australian comedy troupe Aunty Donna premiering 2 hit shows across North America.
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Academy moves up meeting to decide on Will Smith sanctions
By Chloe Melas and Lisa Respers France, CNN
The Board of Governors for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences has moved up it’s planned date to decide on possible sanctions against Will Smith for slapping Chris Rock at this year’s Oscars ceremony.
“I am calling a board meeting for this Friday morning, April 8, at 9:00 am PT, rather than the previously scheduled April 18 meeting, to address possible sanctions for Will Smith in response to his actions during the Oscars broadcast on March 27,” Academy president David Rubin stated in a letter obtained by CNN Wednesday.
“The April 18 date was set in accordance with California law and our Standards of Conduct because our agenda included possible suspension or expulsion of Mr. Smith from membership,” the letter reads. “We were required to provide Mr. Smith notice 15 days prior to the board meeting at which such action might be taken, and also give him the opportunity to provide the board a written statement no less than five days prior to that meeting.
According to the letter, in light of Smith resigning from the Academy last Friday, “suspension or expulsion are no longer a possibility and the legally prescribed timetable no longer applies.”
“It is in the best interest of all involved for this to be handled in a timely fashion,” Rubin wrote.
Smith slapped Rock after the comic and actor made a joke from the Oscars stage about Jada Pinkett Smith’s close-cropped hair.
“Jada I love you, ‘G.I. Jane 2,’ can’t wait to see it,” Rock said while presenting the award for best documentary.
Smith then walked on stage, struck Rock, walked back to his seat and yelled at the comic to “Keep my wife’s name out of your f***ing mouth!”
Not long after, Smith won the best actor Oscar for his role in the film “King Richard.”
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Vancouver, BC, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- USA News Group – The economy for streamers on some of the world's most popular video streaming platforms continues to evolve, in everything from ads, lucrative influencer deals, as well as tips, paid subscribers and one-on-one VIP access from audience members. Among the top sources where popular streamers are deriving their revenues are more well-known streaming platforms such as Twitch from Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), YouTube from Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Facebook from Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB), as well as using StreamLabs from Logitech International S.A. (NASDAQ: LOGI). However, another platform that's steadily grown through its video streaming as well as its strong position in cryptocurrency are the newly newly launched DogeChat and DoggeChat apps from Hello Pal International Inc. (CSE: HP) (OTCQB: HLLPF).
Beyond its already well-used Chinese market, Hello Pal International Inc. (CSE: HP) (OTCQB: HLLPF) has been rapidly growing its live-streaming, language learning and social-crypto platform, and reaching new milestones for overseas livestreaming—including gaining over 50,000 live streamers in United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain.
"Our marketing and technical team made incredible gains in expanding our user base in the Middle East during the last year," said KL Wong, Chairman and CEO of Hello Pal. "Livestreaming activity has exceeded our expectations in outside China as certain key metrics represent nearly two-thirds of activity. Our focus will now shift to expanding in the same way in other parts of Southeast Asia, other Middle Eastern countries, and India."
Although Hello Pal cut its teeth with strong support within the Chinese market, on-boarding outside has been extremely successful, with 2000-2500 hours of livestreaming time per day versus Chinese livestreaming of 1000-1200 hours per day. Within the business model is gift giving, of which there are 1200 gift givers per day from the Middle Eastern market versus China's daily gift givers of 700 per day.
It's projected that these livestreaming operations will grow even more upon the successful launch of DoggeChat and DogeChat. These 1-on-1 video chat apps will expand Hello Pal's international platform thereby increasing the exposure of livestreaming into new regions.
Hello Pal's newly launched DogeChat and DoggeChat apps are set to allow users to match and/or video chat with other individual users from across the globe. When a connection is made, 1-on-1 video calls will generate revenues on a per-minute basis, paid for by the call's initiator to the call's receiver—now with the option to pay in crypto, which Hello Pal also is in the business of mining.
"We expect these apps to be very synergistic to our current livestreaming and crypto-mining operations," said KL Wong, Founder and Chairman of Hello Pal. "They will not only bring into our existing ecosystem new users from different markets, but also allow us to start implementing our goal to make the use of cryptocurrency more widespread in the world, starting with our users."
This means that livestreamers can not only grow their audiences, but also cultivate revenue from giving 1-on-1 VIP experiences to those willing to pay.
It's here where Hello Pal truly sets itself apart from the giants such as Twitch, YouTube, and FaceBook through the integration of cryptocurrency payments.
Where DoggeChat is set to launch first with payments made in fiat currencies through Apple Pay and Google Pay, DogeChat payments will be made in DOGE and other cryptocurrencies,
Back in 2021, Hello Pal made history by becoming the market's first listed company focused on mining Litecoin (LTC) and Dogecoin (DOGE). Reaction to the announcement was swift, causing a surge in traffic so heavy it temporarily caused a website outage.
"Our livestreaming operations continue to deliver strong operating results as we continue to diversify outside of China," said KL Wong. "With our focus on cryptocurrency mining operations, we anticipate that revenue and profit will continue in an upward trend."
Owned by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Twitch has a history of going in and out and in again on cryptocurrency. One of the earliest cryptocurrency adopters, Twitch added the payment option in 2014, quietly removed it in 2019, and then brought it back again in 2020.
Fans of Twitch streams can donate to support streamers using BTC, ETH, LTC and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), with some streamers making more money from cryptocurrency donations alone than the average high-earning lawyers and physicians.
However, unlike Hello Pal's DogeChat, Twitch streamers don't necessarily have a direct way to generate revenue from a VIP 1-on-1 audience member experience.
Back in November 2021, Twitch signed an exclusive multiyear deal with Crypto.com to serve as the streamer's "official global cryptocurrency platform partner."
Focused more on competing with TikTok, revenue for Alphabet Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) platform YouTube saw a slowdown in its revenues in Q1 2022.
Fueled in part by rising competition with the short form video platform TikTok and advertisers responding to high inflation rates, Alphabet reported a substantial miss in its YouTube segment.
"In the long run, for me, YouTube is a place where we see users not only come for entertainment – they come to find information," said Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai, in a call with investors, stating how viewership and customer base for YouTube was evolving and expressed a positive outlook for the future. "They're coming to learn about things. They're coming to discover, to research."
Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) is also facing declining revenue as users switch to competitors like TikTok. This has sparked the company explore how virtual currencies could help lure users to its metaverse platform and keep them there, developing what are being dubbed "Zuck Bucks"
Currently, streamers on Facebook can earn revenues by using using Streamlabs from Logitech International S.A. (NASDAQ: LOGI). Facebook streamers gain revenue through the use of "STARS", which viewers buy and then send to streamers as compliments for their work.
StreamLabs is at the core of many popular streams conducted on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook. Recently, Logitech announced its second annual Logitech Song Breaker Awards, the first music award show in the metaverse on the popular gaming platform Roblox—including multi-GRAMMY-Award-winning artist Lizzo, making her metaverse debut.
"This year, we pushed the boundaries as we continue to reimagine what a creator-focused award show could look like," said Meridith Rojas, Global Head of Talent and Entertainment, Logitech. "In building this immersive program in the metaverse, we're taking inspiration from the online communities blazing the path in web 3.0. It's not a one-way conversation, it is a two-way experience bringing creators and their communities together to create."
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Internal leader rises at world leader in orthopedics and rheumatology
NEW YORK, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the leading academic medical center specialized in musculoskeletal health, has named Paul Coyne, DNP, MBA, MS, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, as Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive (CNE). HSS is ranked #1 in Orthopedics in the world according to Newsweek, and in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report. HSS is also the first hospital in New York State and among less than one half of one percent of hospitals nationwide to earn Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the profession's highest honor, five consecutive times.
Mr. Coyne joined the HSS nursing staff in 2017. Most recently, he served as vice president, clinical practice & chief nursing informatics officer and was responsible for advanced practice nursing, clinical informatics, occupational health, as well as nursing operations of the HSS ambulatory clinic. His work pioneering improvements in patient safety and satisfaction and creating efficiencies in the healthcare setting has earned him "40 Under 40" recognition from Crain's New York, and "Top 25 Innovator" from Modern Healthcare.
"We are thrilled to welcome Paul into this vital leadership role at HSS, knowing he will further advance quality and innovation in patient care at all levels across the enterprise," said Louis A. Shapiro, President and CEO of HSS. "Nursing is foundational to our success as the world leader in musculoskeletal health."
At HSS the Chief Nurse Executive leads a team of more than 1,500 specialized nurses across the continuum of care at locations in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Florida, overseeing support and advocacy for nursing quality, patient safety, nurse engagement, physician collaboration, and patient satisfaction. HSS is a recipient of the Press Ganey Pinnacle of Excellence Award® based on patient surveys that includes measures such as "Likelihood to Recommend", "Overall Rating", and "Teamwork".
"We are very proud of the accomplishments HSS has achieved in nursing excellence and patient care, and embrace the responsibility and opportunity to continue to raise the bar," said Bryan T. Kelly, MD, MBA, surgeon-in-chief and medical director at HSS. "Paul exemplifies our core institutional values at the highest level in order to fulfill our purpose of helping people get back to what they need and love to do better than any other place in the world."
"I am inspired by the vision of HSS to grow and achieve unprecedented excellence in all aspects of musculoskeletal health and look forward to navigating the complex health challenges in current times," said Paul Coyne, Senior Vice President, Chief Nurse Executive at HSS. "I am passionate about helping others through patient care and am honored to be an advocate for the nursing profession at HSS."
Mr. Coyne earned his Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degrees from Columbia University to become an adult-gerontology nurse practitioner with a subspecialty in palliative care. He earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science (MS) degrees from Northeastern University. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Providence College.
His new role at HSS is effective May 2.
HSS is the world's leading academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health. At its core is Hospital for Special Surgery, nationally ranked No. 1 in orthopedics (for the 12th consecutive year), No. 4 in rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report (2021-2022), and the best pediatric orthopedic hospital in NY, NJ and CT by U.S. News & World Report "Best Children's Hospitals" list (2021-2022). In a survey of medical professionals in more than 20 countries by Newsweek, HSS is ranked world #1 in orthopedics for a second consecutive year (2022). Founded in 1863, the Hospital has the lowest complication and readmission rates in the nation for orthopedics, and among the lowest infection rates. HSS was the first in New York State to receive Magnet Recognition for Excellence in Nursing Service from the American Nurses Credentialing Center five consecutive times. An affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College, HSS has a main campus in New York City and facilities in New Jersey, Connecticut and in the Long Island and Westchester County regions of New York State, as well as in Florida. In addition to patient care, HSS leads the field in research, innovation and education. The HSS Research Institute comprises 20 laboratories and 300 staff members focused on leading the advancement of musculoskeletal health through prevention of degeneration, tissue repair and tissue regeneration. The HSS Innovation Institute works to realize the potential of new drugs, therapeutics and devices. The HSS Education Institute is a trusted leader in advancing musculoskeletal knowledge and research for physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, academic trainees, and consumers in more than 145 countries. The institution is collaborating with medical centers and other organizations to advance the quality and value of musculoskeletal care and to make world-class HSS care more widely accessible nationally and internationally. www.hss.edu.
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Woman held captive was assaulted, tortured for two days, sheriff’s office says
CLINTON COUNTY, MO (KCTV/Gray News) -- Missouri police said they made an arrest after a woman was tortured while being held against her will for two days.
The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office said deputies and troopers were called out to a location in Lake Arrowhead at around 9:30 a.m. Saturday regarding a woman who had escaped a man who was holding her hostage.
Investigators on scene learned that she was severely assaulted and tortured for two days.
Deputies approached a home and tried to get someone to answer the door and come outside, KCTV reported.
After a five-hour standoff, a man was taken into custody with the help of a K9 deputy.
James Larson Jr. was found hiding in a false wall, according to the sheriff’s office.
The victim is in critical condition and was hospitalized as of Saturday night.
Charges will be filed by the Clinton County Prosecutor’s Office once the investigation is concluded.
“Thank you to Holt Fire & EMS, Tri-County SWAT, Lathrop and Plattsburg PDs and Missouri State Highway Patrol for all the excellent teamwork and a safe ending,” Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish said in a statement.
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(The Hill) — The baby names Olivia and Liam made it to the top of the popularity lists for girls and boys, respectively, for the third year in a row in 2021. Where did your name rank?
The Social Security Administration has developed a database allowing people to search for names to see how popular they’ve been over the years, using data from 2000 to 2021.
Olivia has moved from being the 16th most popular name for girls in 2000 to holding the No. 1 spot in 2019, 2020 and 2021, while the name Liam has ascended from ranking 140 among names for boys in 2000 to topping the list from 2017 to 2021.
The name Theodore, the only new addition to either gender’s top 10 list this year, ranked 10th among boys’ names in 2021, up from 312 in 2000.
On the other hand, more classic names such as Mary and John seem to be moving down the ranks as the years go on, with Mary falling from 46th among girls’ names in 2000 to 133rd in 2021 and John from the 14th most popular boys’ name in 2000 to the 27th in 2021.
The database also shows the popularity rankings of similar names each time a name is searched, such as Marie and Maryam for Mary or Johan and Johnny for John.
Names of popular figures, such as Donald, have experienced noteworthy trends in recent years. Donald descended from ranking 217 among boys’ names in 2000 to 489 in 2016, falling to an all-time low of 610 four years later in 2020.
How popular is your name? Use the Social Security Administration’s search engine to find out. The name Chloe moved from the 38th most popular girl’s name in 2000 up to 9th in 2009 and 2010, and then back down to 24th in 2021. | https://cw33.com/news/how-popular-is-your-name-click-here-to-find-out/ | 2022-05-07T01:25:02Z |
BEIJING, April 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ulanqab, a place well known for its attractive grassland natural scenery in Inner Mongolia, has caught people's attention recently with the world's largest source-grid-load-storage demonstration project being built in the region. It is also the largest wind-solar-storage hybrid project in China and also the first renewable energy power plant in China combined with a GWh-scale energy storage system.
The total planned capacity of the project is 3.1GW, including 2.8GW for wind power, 300MW for PV power, and 1,760,000kWh for energy storage. The first phase of the project, with a total of 500,000 kW for wind and PV power, has already been connected to the grid. And for the 90,000 kW PV portion, JA Solar has supplied all the modules.
The totality of PV modules JA Solar supplied for the project are DeepBlue 3.0, which integrate a number of cost-saving and profit-increasing technologies that are effective in reducing the levelized cost of electricity. DeepBlue 3.0 is recognized by authoritative third-party institutions for its excellent power generation efficiency and has received awards such as TÜV Rheinland's "Energy Yield Simulation AQM Award – Monofacial Mono Group" and TÜV Nord's "Outdoor Yield Performance Awards (High-efficiency PERC Module Group)." According to half-yearly data from an energy yield test conducted by JA Solar and TÜV Nord, DeepBlue 3.0's energy yield performance ranked in the top tier of PERC modules in the PV market. By the end of 2021, cumulative global shipments of DeepBlue 3.0 had exceeded 12GW, covering 86 countries and regions.
"The innovative application of source-grid-load-storage integration strengthens the coordination of the integrated power system, alleviates pressure on the power grid, promotes renewable energy consumption, and therefore plays a significant role in developing new ways of using renewable energy," said Li Dong, Vice President of JA Solar. "It is a great honour for JA Solar to participate in the construction of this project and supply all the PV modules for its first phase. The continuous development of the PV industry is inseparable from the continuous innovation of products and technologies, and also the upgrade in applications. Moving forward, JA Solar will maintain focus on technology research and product development, thereby continuing to provide customers with high-quality products that contribute to the development of the PV industry and the construction of a low-carbon society."
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Airwavz Solutions, Inc., today announces the closing of a new credit facility with AB Private Credit Investors ("AB-PCI"), the middle market direct lending platform for AllianceBernstein. With this new financing, Airwavz is excited to build upon its position as the market's go-to provider of smart building wireless infrastructure.
The importance of connectivity has transformed over the past few years, as people have radically changed their living and working habits to increasingly remote models. Airwavz seeks to support this paradigm shift by providing the wireless infrastructure solutions integral to modern life.
With its new credit facility and continued support from its equity investors, Airwavz intends to fund its rapid growth and serve the exploding demand for wireless infrastructure-as-a-service.
"This new credit facility with AllianceBernstein strengthens our financial flexibility to execute on commitments to our clients" says Airwavz CFO, Shawn Kocher, "we will use this additional capital prudently to continue our market momentum."
An Investment in a Bright Future of Enhanced Communication Abilities
In recent years, Airwavz has enriched the lives of myriad clients with modular, scalable, and accessible solutions such as in-building DAS, IoT-enabling smart building systems, and wireless services for private networks.
Airwavz understands that connectivity isn't a one-size-fits-all solution; rather, Airwavz takes the time to tailor a custom approach to each project to meet the needs of the people and businesses who will be using the service. This detailed approach requires specific expertise, significant time investments, and considerable capital and resources.
With its new partnership with AB-PCI, Airwavz will have access to significant additional capital to build the Airwavz platform, invest in innovation and high-touch service, and serve new and existing clients, cementing its reputation as the industry choice for seamless and reliable wireless systems.
About AB Private Credit Investors
AB Private Credit Investors provides growth and acquisition-related funding up to $300 million to middle market companies. AB-PCI customizes credit solutions for the needs of borrowers and leverages deep industry expertise to be efficient, flexible, and creative.
About Airwavz
Airwavz designs, installs, owns, and operates in-building wireless infrastructure that provides affordable, convenient, and seamless high-speed connectivity to its clients and their tenants. Airwavz empowers their clients to enjoy wireless service without the hassle by building solutions that exceed their unique needs and goals.
Media Contact: Allison Horinko, allison.horinko@airwavz.com
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Saad Abughazaleh, Allison Bentley, Paul DeCecco hired across E-Commerce, Merchandising and HR
PITTSBURGH , May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GNC is continuing its pursuit of strategic transformation. With the opening of a new global headquarters and ongoing product innovation, staffing the business with top talent is a priority. That's why GNC is proud to introduce three new members of its senior management team: Saad Abughazleh, Senior Director, Global Analytics & Performance Marketing, Allison Bentley, Senior Director, Merchandising Initiatives & Consumer Insights, and Paul DeCecco, Senior Director, Total Rewards.
"We're thrilled to welcome Saad, Allison, and Paul to GNC," said Elisa Bannon-Jones, Chief Human Resources Officer. "Our business is on a continuous journey to help our consumers, communities, and associates Live Well and believe the addition of these talented individuals will help us to achieve our goals at GNC."
With wide-ranging responsibilities across e-Commerce, Merchandising, and Human Resources, Abughazleh, Bentley, and DeCecco will provide leadership to core areas of the business:
- Saad Abughazleh – Senior Director, Global Analytics & Performance Marketing – Abughazaleh, with 10+ years of focused experience in building marketing organizations, launching inbound/outbound programs, and managing teams to KPIs of conversion, pipeline, and revenue, comes to GNC having most recently worked for Frontier Communications as Director, Commercial Marketing & Analytics. Among his duties as GNC's Senior Director, Global Analytics & Performance Marketing, Abughazaleh will serve as a leader within the e-commerce team responsible for the development of the digital traffic analytics function.
- Allison Bentley – Senior Director, Merchandising Initiatives & Consumer Insights – An accomplished professional with 16+ years of experience driving top-level brand and merchandising strategy with a global lens, Bentley comes to GNC after most recently serving at EssilorLuxottica as Director of E-Commerce. Among her duties as GNC's Senior Director, Merchandising Initiatives & Consumer Insights, Bentley will serve as a leader within the Merchandising group and facilitate detailed planning, execution, and measurement of strategic initiatives.
- Paul DeCecco – Senior Director, Total Rewards – With 12+ years of formulaic and diverse human resources expertise through ownership of the end-to-end employee experience, DeCecco comes to GNC after most recently serving as Director, Benefits with Pep Boys. Among his duties as GNC's Senior Director, Total Rewards at GNC, he will lead the design, implementation, and administration of competitive compensation, equity, benefits, mobility, relocation, and retirement programs to attract and retain talent.
As GNC maintains focus on its strategic growth plan the company is hiring for positions across corporate, retail, and logistics spaces. Learn more and apply here.
To learn more about GNC, visit www.gnc.com.
About GNC
GNC is a leading global health and wellness brand that provides high-quality, science-based products and solutions consumers need to live mighty, live fit and live well.
The brand touches consumers worldwide by providing its products and services through company-owned retail locations, domestic and international franchise locations, digital commerce and strong wholesale and retail partnerships across the globe. GNC's diversified, multi-channel business model has worldwide reach and a well-recognized, trusted brand. By combining exceptional innovation, product development capabilities and an extensive global distribution network, GNC manages a best-in-class product portfolio. www.gnc.com.
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Ukraine: Russia fires on cities not far from nuclear plant
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces fired missiles and artillery on Ukrainian-held areas across the river from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, authorities said Saturday as concern persisted about safety at the Russian-controlled plant after it was temporarily knocked offline.
Grad missiles and artillery shells hit the cities of Nikopol and Marhanets, each about 10 kilometers (6 miles) and across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, said Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.
Russian forces occupied the nuclear plant complex early in the war in Ukraine, and Ukrainian workers have kept it running. Each side has repeatedly accused the other of shelling the complex, raising fears that the fighting could trigger a catastrophe.
Authorities began distributing iodine tablets Friday to residents who live near the plant in case of a radiation leak. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily knocked offline because of what officials said was fire damage to a transmission line.
Recent satellite images from Planet Labs showed fires burning around the complex over the last several days.
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The U.N.’s atomic energy agency has been trying to send a team in to inspect and help secure the plant. Officials said preparations for the visit were underway, but it remained unclear when it might take place.
Ukraine has claimed Russia is using the power plant as a shield by storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it. Moscow, for its part, accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing on the nuclear complex.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, one person was killed and another wounded in Russian firing in the Mykolaiv region, local government officials said. Mykolaiv city is an important Black Sea port and shipbuilding center.
The governor of the eastern Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said Saturday that two people were killed in Russian firing on the city of Bakhmut, a significant target for Russian and separatist forces seeking to take control of the parts of the region they do not already hold.
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LEAD PLAINTIFF DEADLINE IS SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
NEW YORK and CHICAGO , Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP announces that a federal securities class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of investors of Weber Inc. ("Weber" or the "Company") (NYSE: WEBR) who purchased or otherwise acquired Weber securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the Company's August 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO" or "Offering").
All investors who purchased the shares of Weber Inc. and incurred losses are advised to contact the firm immediately at classmember@whafh.com or (800) 575-0735 or (212) 545-4774. You may obtain request additional information concerning the action at www.whafh.com.
If you have incurred losses in the shares of Weber Inc., you may, no later than September 27, 2022, request that the Court appoint you lead plaintiff of the proposed class. Please contact Wolf Haldenstein to learn more about your rights as an investor in Weber Inc.
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The filed complaint alleges that the Registration Statement made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business,
operations, and prospects.
Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors:
- that Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases;
- that, as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably
likely to decrease; - that, due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through";
- that the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and
- that, 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.
According to the filed complaint, defendants held the Company's IPO on August 6, 2021, selling almost 18 million shares at $14.00 per share. However, the Registration Statement in support of the IPO was materially false and failed to state that Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases, which would result in decreased demand for their products. The resulting inventory buildup would then result in Weber running promotions to "enhance retail sell through," which would adversely impact Weber's financial results.
On July 25, 2022, Weber announced its preliminary third quarter 2022 financial results, including net sales between $525 million and $530 million. The Company expected to report a net loss, noting that "profitability was negatively impacted by" several factors, including "promotional activity to enhance retail sell through." Additionally, Weber announced that Chris
Scherzinger "is departing" from his roles as Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company.
On this news, the Company's stock price fell $1.21 per share, or 16%, to close at $6.30 per share on July 25, 2022. By the commencement of the class action, the Company's stock was trading as low as $6.25 per share, a nearly 55% decline from the $14 per share IPO price.
Wolf Haldenstein has extensive experience in the prosecution of securities class actions and derivative litigation in state and federal trial and appellate courts across the country. The firm has attorneys in various practice areas; and offices in New York, Chicago and San Diego. The reputation and expertise of this firm in shareholder and other class litigation has been repeatedly recognized by the courts, which have appointed it to major positions in complex securities multi-district and consolidated litigation.
If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions regarding your rights and interests in this case, please immediately contact Wolf Haldenstein by telephone at (800) 575-0735 or via e-mail at classmember@whafh.com
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'New modes of transit.' Bird electric scooters roll into Canton
CANTON – Residents and visitors now can rent Bird electric scooters to ride across the city.
Their debut this week resulted from discussions started last summer between Bird and city Planning Director Donn Angus and Neighborhood Planner Cassie Pearson.
"They just emailed us, so we talked to them and we liked their program," Pearson said. "So we just continued to roll with them."
Electric scooters, which can be rented with a phone app, already are a common sight in cities nationwide. Companies include the California-based Bird, Lime and Spin — the latter of which operates in Akron.
"Canton is committed to innovating and embracing new modes of transit, and Bird is known for implementing an excellent scooter program that meets each community's unique needs," Angus said in a city news release. "That's why we've chosen to team up with Bird to create a program that will thrive here."
Bird scooters available in more than a dozen Ohio cities
Bird has scooters in more than a dozen cities in Ohio, according to a company spokeswoman, and expanding into Canton made sense because of its Pro Football Hall of Fame tourism.
Austin Marshburn, director of city and university expansion for Bird, said in the release, "We applaud the city of Canton for their commitment to offering convenient, environmentally friendly and reliable transportation options to residents and visitors."
More:Electric scooters in Cincinnati will be locked at 6 p.m. for safety and to curb crime
Bird plans to deploy about 75 scooters this month and double that amount this summer if the use warrants it. The scooters can travel about 35 miles on a single charge and as fast as 15 mph.
Bird's mobile app on Wednesday showed scooters concentrated along Market Avenue, Cleveland Avenue NW and McKinley Avenue NW in downtown Canton. A few were dispersed farther out — near the Ken Weber Community Campus at Goodwill on Ninth Street SW, along 12th Street NW, and north of U.S. Route 62 on Cleveland Avenue NW.
Pearson said the scooters will be kept on sidewalks when not in use and are meant to be ridden on roads or in bike lanes. There are currently no off-limits or slow areas, as there are in some other cities.
"We do have the opportunity to restrict access to certain areas if needed, but to kind of see where they get the most use to start, they kept it pretty open and available," Pearson said.
She said the hope is to encourage people to explore Canton through a different form of transportation.
Here are some common questions about the scooters:
How do you use them?
- Download the Bird app on your mobile phone.
- Set up your profile and payment method.
- Complete safety tutorials.
- Scan the QR code near the scooter handlebars to ride.
What's the cost in Canton?
- $1 to unlock a scooter and then $0.42 per minute, plus taxes.
- A Community Pricing Program offers a 50% discount to people who have a low income, received a Pell Grant, are veterans or are senior citizens. Some local nonprofits and community organizations also might qualify. Proof of eligibility must be emailed to access@bird.co.
- Free rides are offered to health care workers and emergency personnel. A medical identification card, name and phone number can be emailed to together@bird.co to register.
What about safety and maintenance?
- Scooter safety features include anti-theft encryption, self-reporting damage sensors and puncture-proof tires. Bird also requires riders to verify that they are 18 or older.
- Scooters are maintained by local logistics companies through the Bird's Fleet Manager program.
- The city's codified ordinances also regulate low-speed devices, such as scooters. Rules include yielding to pedestrians and giving an audible signal before passing a pedestrian. A violation is a minor misdemeanor. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/canton/2022/04/28/canton-bird-team-up-bring-electric-scooters-city/9538689002/ | 2022-04-28T15:04:02Z |
NEW YORK, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. f/k/a Peridot Acquisition Corp. ("Li-Cycle") (NYSE: LICY) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between February 16, 2021 and March 23, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Li-Cycle, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Li-Cycle includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Li-Cycle's largest customer, Traxys, is not actually a customer, but merely a broker providing working capital financial to the Company while Traxys tries to sell Li-Cycle's product to end customers; (2) the Company engaged in highly questionable related party transactions; (3) the Company's mark-to-model accounting is vulnerable to abuse and gave a false impression of growth; (4) a significant portion of the Company's reported revenues were derived from simply marking up receivables on products that had not been sold; (5) the Company's gross margins have likely been negative since inception; (6) the Company will require an additional $1 billion of funding to support its planned growth (which is a figure greater than the Company raised via the merger); and (7) as a result, Defendants' public statements were materially false and/or misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: June 20, 2022
Aggrieved Li-Cycle investors only have until June 20, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
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HOUSTON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Select Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: WTTR) today announced that it will release second quarter 2022 financial results on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 after the market closes. In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a conference call, which will also be broadcast live over the Internet, on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central Time).
For those who cannot listen to the live call, a replay will be available through August 17, 2022 and may be accessed by dialing 201-612-7415 and using pass code 13731255#. Also, an archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call at https://investors.selectenergy.com/events-presentations/current for 90 days.
Select Energy Services, Inc. (collectively, with its consolidated subsidiaries, referred to as "Select" or the "Company") is a leading provider of sustainable water and chemical solutions to the energy industry. Select develops, manufactures and delivers a full suite of chemical products for use in oil and gas well completion and production operations as well as integration into the full water life-cycle. These solutions are supported by the Company's critical water infrastructure assets and water treatment and recycling capabilities. As a leader in sustainable water and chemical solutions, Select places the utmost importance on safe, environmentally responsible management of oilfield water throughout the lifecycle of a well. Additionally, Select believes that responsibly managing water resources throughout its operations to help conserve and protect the environment is paramount to the continued success of the Company. For more information, please visit Select's website, http://www.selectenergy.com.
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NY governor signs law raising age to own semiautomatic rifle
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New Yorkers under age 21 will be prohibited from buying semiautomatic rifles under a new law signed Monday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, making the state one of the first to enact a major gun control initiative following a wave of deadly mass shootings.
Hochul, a Democrat, signed 10 gun-related bills, including one that will require microstamping in new firearms, which could help law enforcement solve gun-related crimes.
Another revised the state’s “red flag” law, which allows courts to temporarily take away guns from people who might be a threat to themselves or others.
“In New York, we are taking bold, strong action. We’re tightening red flag laws to keep guns away from dangerous people,” Hochul said at a press conference in the Bronx.
New York’s Legislature passed the bills last week, pushing the changes through after a pair of mass shootings involving 18-year-old gunmen using semiautomatic rifles. Ten Black people died in a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket May 14. A Texas school shooting took the lives of 19 children and two teachers 10 days later.
The governor said New York will continue to invest in prevention of gun-related crimes by partnering with local communities and continuing to strengthen laws by putting pressure on Congress.
“Today is the start, and it’s not the end,” said Hochul. “Thoughts and prayers won’t fix this, but taking strong action will. We will do that in the name of the lives that have been lost, for the parents who will no longer see their children stepping off the school bus.”
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Global Environmental Engineering Firm Names New Managing Director, Southeast Operating Group and Latin American Operations
CHICAGO, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Greeley and Hansen, a multidisciplinary global engineering firm solely dedicated to serving the needs of the water sector, has named Fernando A. Vazquez, P.E., as the new Managing Director, Southeast Operating Group and Latin American Operations.
Vazquez has over 30 years of professional experience in the planning, design, and delivery of large water sector projects for major utilities at a local, national, and international level. Most recently, as Vice-President and Senior Business Development Director, for AECOM's Water Group, across the southeast region of the United States, as well as the Caribbean and Latin America, Vazquez has developed successful strategic approaches to expand business growth and established new water practice opportunities. He has also been instrumental in delivering efficient and effective program management while extending and expanding water related services. His public and private sector background has been critical to building consensus among internal agencies, elected officials, and community stakeholders for a broad range of water and sewer projects. He has successfully operated, and managed public utilities at the Cities of Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale, and throughout his career he has worked on major water projects for utilities in Latin America, including in Argentina, Belize, Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
In the role of Managing Director, Southeast Operating Group and Latin American Operations, Vazquez will oversee Greeley and Hansen's operations across Florida, including office locations in Tampa, Sarasota, and Ft. Myers along with the firm's Latin America operations in Bogota, Colombia and Guayaquil, Ecuador.
"As demand for the public supply of water in Florida increases, we're very pleased to have Fernando on our team in this important leadership role," said John C. Robak, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Fernando's public and private sector leadership, client-focus and technical expertise will be extremely valuable to our organization in delivering results for customers that meet the growing, sustainable water needs across the region. His background working with a broad array of critical stakeholders is especially important as we accelerate efforts to further expand our operations and achieve continued strategic growth in the southeastern U.S. region and throughout Latin America."
Vazquez, a registered Professional Engineer, holds a Bachelor of Science in Ocean Engineering from Florida Institute of Technology. In addition, he is an active member of the Florida Engineering Society, American Public Works Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Water Works Association, and the National Society of Civil Engineers.
Greeley and Hansen is a leading global engineering, architecture, and consulting management firm solely dedicated to providing sustainable engineering solutions for a broad range of water and wastewater challenges. The firm has built upon over 108 years of proven civil and environmental engineering experience in all phases of project development and implementation to become a premier global provider of comprehensive services in the water sector. Greeley and Hansen is dedicated to designing better urban environments worldwide. http://www.greeley-hansen.com/new.htm
For more information, contact:
Miguel Carbajal
800-837-9779
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Delta Air Lines drops surcharge for unvaccinated employees
Published: Apr. 13, 2022 at 12:22 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines is dropping an extra charge for employees who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19.
Delta said Wednesday that it has dropped the $200-a-month surcharge, which applied to unvaccinated employees covered by the company’s health plan.
CEO Ed Bastian says Delta is dropping the charge because, he says, COVID-19 is now “a seasonal virus.”
U.S. airlines tried different approaches to encourage employees to get vaccinated — United Airlines made it a mandate.
Delta was the only one to impose an insurance surcharge.
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JACKSON, Miss (AP) — While its water crisis continued, students in Mississippi’s capital were able to return to class for the first time in a week Tuesday with assurances that the toilets and sinks in their buildings would finally work.
Jackson remained under a boil water advisory, but the drop in water pressure that had brought the system to near collapse appeared to be resolved, officials said.
Sherwin Johnson, a spokesperson for Jackson Public Schools, confirmed in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday that schools had re-opened after a drop in water pressure forced a move to virtual instruction.
A line of cars snaked around the block in front of Spann Elementary in northeast Jackson as parents arrived to pick up their children. Syreeta Tatum waited for her fourth grader to emerge from the building and lamented the uncertainty Jackson’s water woes had foisted upon parents and students.
“It was very frustrating,” said Tatum. “As a mother, you want to make sure your child is getting the best education possible, especially knowing that my child functions better in person.”
In a statement posted to Twitter on Monday, the school district said it had “checked water pressure at each school” and found that “nearly all are suitable” for students and staff to return. Air conditioning systems at several schools depend on the water system to run effectively. The district said it anticipated delays in cooling buildings as temperatures reached the mid-80s on Tuesday.
“We are continuing to monitor and have portable fans and air conditioners to reduce temperatures in warm or hot areas,” Johnson said.
Torrential rains and flooding of the Pearl River in late August exacerbated problems at one of Jackson’s two treatment plants, leading to a drop in pressure throughout the city. The school district said Forest Hill High School in south Jackson still didn’t have water pressure. Johnson said students who attend Forest Hill were transported to alternative sites Tuesday.
In a Tuesday news conference, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba said the water storage that was built over the weekend has decreased some over the past 24 hours.
“The safety net that has been built up has decreased and has diminished,” Lumumba said. “That is why we’re prayerful that everything remains consistent.”
If a challenge arises with plant operation Tuesday, it will likely impact customers, the mayor said.
In a Monday news conference, Gov. Tates Reeves said water distribution at schools would be scaled down in preparation for students’ return to campuses.
“We are moving those resources to our other water distribution mega-sites,” Reeves said. “Those sites have slowed down in demand a bit, but we have still put out about 5 million bottles of water over the last several days.”
Soon after water stopped flowing through the pipes of many households throughout Jackson, officials rolled a tanker into Forest Hill’s parking lot for water distribution. Santiago Matthews, a maintenance worker for the high school, had a garbage container filled to the brim with water last week to fill toilets for the staff working inside. He hauled the garbage container up a short incline back to the high school with water sloshing over the sides.
Reeves said Monday that the city had “zero water tanks at low levels.” He also said repairs resulting in cleaner water do not eliminate every risk.
“There may be more bad days in the future,” Reeves said.
Liz Oviede, a student at Delta Technical College, picked up her 10-year old brother Tuesday so her mother wouldn’t have to miss work. Her mother missed work at least three days last week to supervise the boy as Spann shifted to virtual learning. Recounting a recent weekend trip to Houston, Texas, she longed for cleaner water.
“My face cleared up, my hair was so much softer and my hair is always so crunchy here and it doesn’t feel clean,” Oviede said. “I just wish they’d get it together and stop bringing politics into it.”
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‘They don’t see it until it’s too late’: Video montage of cars crashing on same offramp goes viral
SEATTLE (KING) – A Washington man fed up with the constant car accidents happening around his home started recording them. Now, those videos have gone viral.
Michael Basconcillo lives near the corner of 7th and Union in Seattle.
He became so tired of drivers going too fast and too furious, he started recording the action of the I-5 southbound offramp.
“They bounce off that wall over there and end up crashing over here,” he said, referring to a wall and street corner near the offramp.
Car crashes on this offramp have happened over and over and over again. Basconcillo’s video compilation of them has gone viral overnight.
“I had two friends text me yesterday morning and said ‘You’re famous; your video is on Reddit.’ I go ‘What’s Reddit,’” he said.
Basconcillo said it’s no laughing matter, given the proximity to a crosswalk and the nearby Sheraton Hotel. Hard data is inconclusive about the intersection, including the number of cars that have piled up over time.
“It’s more like a turn, they don’t see it until it’s too late,” Basconcillo said. “They’ll see a 20-mile an hour exit sign. That doesn’t mean anything.”
The Washington Department of Transportation and Seattle Department of Transportation said they know this area has been a problem for years and they’ve installed all sorts of new signage to get people to slow down. Basconcillo said it’s not enough.
“It’s a sign, it’s not going to do anything,” he said. “Divots … that make your tire make noise. It would wake somebody up, it would get their attention, and get them to slow down.”
If more isn’t done, Basconillo said he believes the hits will keep on coming.
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Liminal continues to expand its Principal Advisors team with extensive experience in growth markets, strategy, and digital identity solutions.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Liminal announces Ken Allen joining their elite team of Principal Advisors. The leading consulting and advisory firm in digital identity guides clients through every rite of passage, from market entry, fundraising, and strategic evaluations to early company ideation and expansion through exit. The addition to Liminal's team is a direct result of the organization's focused commitment in partnering with globally recognized leaders who play a key role in accelerating innovation and growth in an evolving marketplace. Ken brings decades of experience and passion focused on the use of digital processes and services, coupled with utilization of mobile devices to improve the lives of people and to deliver customer-friendly experiences.
"We feel incredibly privileged to welcome Ken to Liminal's team of Principal Advisors," said Travis Jarae, CEO of Liminal. "Ken contributes expertise spanning across multiple verticals and demonstrable leadership in driving growth in both small and large companies. His passion for creating and delivering best-in-class user experiences is unrivaled. We look forward to collaborating with Ken on our go-to-market and delivering unparalleled service to our clients."
Ken Allen is a seasoned executive with extensive experience leading strategy through execution. He brings decades of experience in re-inventing products, solutions, platforms, and teams to compete and lead in growth markets. Ken is an investor and board member with over 20 years of experience advising CEOs and executives in early and growth-stage companies on their growth ambitions. He has held leadership roles in companies that include Western Union, Capital One, Socure, and Equifax. Ken holds a B.A. in finance from the Metropolitan State University of Denver and an M.B.A. from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
"I'm a firm believer that with proactive use of modern technology and first-principle design aspects, a precise balance of user experience with business controls can create unique and differentiated value," said Ken Allen. "This is an incredibly opportune time to evolve digital transformation journeys predicated on identity solutions. I am proud to join Liminal's mission in propelling the growth of this sector across different industry verticals and look forward to what we will be able to accomplish together."
Liminal is a boutique strategy advisory firm serving digital identity, fintech, and cybersecurity clients, and the private equity and venture capital community. Since 2016, we have offered objective, high-impact strategic advice, and analytical services, helping to support clients in crucial business decisions at all stages of the product and business lifecycle. We've advised many of the world's most innovative business leaders, investors, and government officials on building, buying, and investing in the next generation of integrated digital identity platforms and technologies. As a result, our clients trust us to set strategic direction in light of radically evolving ecosystem dynamics, pursue new growth strategies, capitalize on M&A opportunities, and optimize deal flow. We see the solutions to these complex digital challenges not as a 'what' but as a 'how.' We don't just tell you about the destination, we show you how to get there.
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‘Dumped by email,’ says cyclist’s mother as British Cycling bans transgender riders from competition
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN
British Cycling has suspended its transgender and non-binary participation policy after the sport’s world governing body banned a trans rider from competing in a women’s event in the UK earlier this month.
The sport’s governing authority in the UK said Friday that it had voted in favor of an “immediate suspension” of its current policy, which it said was “unfair on all women riders.”
The decision came days after transgender cyclist Emily Bridges said she had been “harassed and demonised” after the UCI, world cycling’s governing body, ruled she couldn’t compete at the National Omnium Championships in the UK on April 2.
Bridges, who was set to race against British Olympic stars such as Laura Kenny in the event, said she found out through British Cycling that the UCI had ruled she was ineligible.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson waded into the row this week when he said: “I don’t think that biological males should be competing in female sporting events. And maybe that’s a controversial thing … but it just seems to me to be sensible.”
Posting the statement on its website, British Cycling said: “Due to the difference in the policies held by British Cycling and the UCI relating to the licensing process, it is currently possible for trans-female athletes to gain eligibility to race domestically while their cases remain pending with the UCI (or indeed in situations where they are deemed ineligible).
“This in turn allows those riders to accrue domestic ranking points which impact selection decisions for National Championship races, which is not only unprecedented in our sport, but is also unfair on all women riders and poses a challenge to the integrity of racing.”
A full review will be initiated in the coming weeks, the organization said, adding that it remained “committed to ensuring that transgender and non-binary people are welcomed.”
The previously agreed-upon policy required that any current or prospective transgender or non-binary member seeking to compete in the female race category must submit a signed declaration stating that their identity is female and that they wish to compete in the female category, while also submitting medical evidence that their “total testosterone level in serum has been less than 5 nmol/L continuously for a period of at least 12 months.”
‘We’ve just received this in our inbox’
A statement posted by British Cycling on its website on March 30 said Bridges had been due to participate in the event on Saturday, April 2 “under the British Cycling Transgender and Non-Binary Participation policy,” but added: “We have now been informed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) that under their current guidelines Emily is not eligible to participate in this event.”
As of March 1, 2020, UCI regulations state that transgender women must reduce their testosterone levels to below 5 nmol/L for at least 12 months in order to compete in women’s events.
However, according to the Guardian, the UCI prevented Bridges from competing because it said she was still registered as a male cyclist and therefore ineligible to compete as a woman until her male UCI identification expired.
Bridges has not yet commented on British Cycling’s suspension of its “transgender and non-binary participation policy,” but her mother, Sandy Sullivan, tweeted a copy of the statement, saying: “Dumped by email. We’ve just received this in our inbox. We will be making a statement at some point in the next 24 hours.”
CNN has reached out to Bridges’ representatives for comment.
Earlier this month, Bridges said in a statement she has been in contact with British Cycling and the UCI for the past six months, ahead of what was supposed to be her first race in a women’s event.
“In that time, I have provided both British Cycling and the UCI with medical evidence that I meet the eligibility criteria for transgender female cyclists, including that my testosterone limit has been far below the limit prescribed by the regulations for the last 12 months,” Bridges said in her statement, which was posted by LGBTQIA+ cycling group PRiDE OUT.
“I am an athlete, and I just want to race competitively again,” Bridges said. “No one should have to choose between being who they are, and participating in the sport that they love.”
Bridges initially posted the statement on her Instagram account, but she has since made the account private.
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Existing investor SoftBank Group to sell full stake in Kahoot! to General Atlantic
New partnership with global growth investor to further accelerate Kahoot!'s momentum with customer expansion, product roadmap, and commercialization efforts
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahoot!, the global learning and engagement platform company, today announced that General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, has joined its investor base to support the company's next phase of expansion. Existing investor SB Northstar LP, a fund managed by a 100% directly owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., partner to Kahoot! since 2020, is selling its full 15% stake in the company to General Atlantic. Upon completion of the transaction, General Atlantic is expected to become Kahoot!'s largest shareholder. With a mission of making learning awesome for millions of people around the world, Kahoot! plans to partner with General Atlantic to accelerate further growth initiatives, drive innovation, and expand its global footprint in homes, schools, and corporations.
Since its founding in 2013, the Kahoot! Group has grown into a multifaceted offering and a portfolio of leading brands at the intersection of digital learning and audience engagement. Since launch, the core Kahoot! service has been used by 8 billion non-unique cumulative participants across the globe. The engagement and learning platform targets customers across diverse demographics and application verticals through Kahoot! at Work, used in 97% of Fortune 500 companies for corporate learning and engagement; Kahoot! at School, used by approximately 9 million teachers in the classroom; Kahoot! at Home & Study, used by more than 18 million users as an at-home gamified learning solution; and Kahoot! Academy, an online creator community and marketplace for educational content. Across verticals, Kahoot! services recorded 28 million active users globally in the last twelve months. Since 2021, the Group also includes Clever, a single sign-on EdTech platform and digital classroom, used by approximately 70% of U.S. K-12 schools. With extensive engagement, learning, and content solutions for home, school, and work, the Kahoot! Group caters to users across North America, Europe, APAC, LATAM, and MENA.
Eilert Hanoa, CEO of Kahoot!, commented, "We are very grateful to SoftBank for their partnership over the past two years. As Kahoot! continues to pursue its mission to improve lifelong learning by building a leading global learning and engagement platform, we are thrilled to add a partner of General Atlantic's caliber. The team at GA brings deep experience in scaling global education technology and software businesses and positioning market leaders for long-term success, and we look forward to our next phase of momentum in empowering the learning ecosystem around the world."
Chris Caulkin, Managing Director and Head of Technology for EMEA at General Atlantic, continued, "We believe Kahoot! has significant potential for further growth as digital learning solutions continue to be adopted across its work, school, and home markets. With its much-loved brand, product-centric approach, and engaged global user base, Kahoot! is well positioned to scale, and we look forward to supporting Eilert and the full Kahoot! team in the years to come as they reach and engage ever more users worldwide."
Closing remains subject to customary regulatory conditions. Following closing and subject to shareholder approval, Chris Caulkin is expected to join the Board of Directors.
J.P. Morgan served as financial advisor and Wikborg Rein as legal advisor to General Atlantic.
Kahoot! is on a mission to make learning awesome! We want to empower everyone, including children, students, and employees to unlock their full learning potential. Our learning platform makes it easy for any individual or corporation to create, share, and host learning sessions that drive compelling engagement. Launched in 2013, Kahoot!'s vision is to build the leading learning platform in the world. Since launch, Kahoot! has hosted hundreds of millions of learning sessions with 8 billion participants (non-unique) in more than 200 countries and regions. The Kahoot! Group includes Clever, the leading US K-12 EdTech learning platform, together with the learning apps DragonBox, Poio, Drops, Actimo, Motimate, and Whiteboard.fi. The Kahoot! Group is headquartered in Oslo, Norway with offices in the US, the UK, France, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Spain and Poland. Kahoot! is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker KAHOT. To learn more, visit us at kahoot.com. Let's play!
General Atlantic is a leading global growth equity firm with more than four decades of experience providing capital and strategic support for over 445 growth companies throughout its history. Established in 1980 to partner with visionary entrepreneurs and deliver lasting impact, the firm combines a collaborative global approach, sector specific expertise, a long-term investment horizon and a deep understanding of growth drivers to partner with great entrepreneurs and management teams to scale innovative businesses around the world. General Atlantic currently has over $73 billion in assets under management inclusive of all products as of June 30, 2022, and more than 215 investment professionals based in New York, Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Munich, Palo Alto, São Paulo, Shanghai, Singapore, Stamford and Tel Aviv. For more information on General Atlantic, please visit the website: www.generalatlantic.com.
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Leon Bridges is known for his soulful hits, reminiscent of music from decades past. The Texas native is nominated for two Grammy Awards this year, having won his first in 2019.
Bridges' slow but steady rise to stardom has been captured behind the lens by a soft-spoken Nashville photographer named Cedrick Jones. His beautiful images of Bridges on tour are not just about the moments when the singer takes the stage. They also capture the stillness and joyful moments behind the scenes.
For Jones, who moved to Tennessee after high school to pursue a photography career, the job is a dream.
"We met through Twitter," he told CNN in a recent interview. "He was in Nashville one evening and he just tweeted out, 'Any photographers in Nashville want to come shoot?' So I was just one of the many photographers that mentioned back, 'let's work, let's work.' And I didn't really think too much of it. It's like he probably won't see this."
But Bridges did.
"Five minutes later he followed me back and I lost it cause I've been a fan since ... I'm from Mississippi, so I've been a fan since I was back home. So when he followed (me) and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, like what is happening?'"
Although that encounter didn't turn into an immediate gig with the singer, it was just the beginning for Jones.
A year later, in 2019, Bridges invited him on tour.
"I came to rehearsal, took some photos and I know he already had a photographer on the tour, but it was just cool of him to bring me out to rehearsal, just to shoot some behind-the-scenes stuff," Jones said.
"I guess after that he just kind of liked what I did for that rehearsal. And I got a call at like 10 o'clock that night asking me if I could come on tour for like a month ... it was just good timing ... we just clicked."
Jones accompanied the singer again on tour in the fall of 2021. He says that Bridges has elevated his photography to new heights. Now he finds himself constantly trying new techniques, using film instead of a digital camera.
One of his favorite photos happened when they were preparing for a show in Atlanta and Jones got an idea.
"I was literally sitting in my hotel room and I was looking out the window and I saw these curtains, just like a really cool forest green kind of color," he said. "I went to his room, just took some photos, moved some chairs around and told him to sit in front of the curtain cause I've always wanted to shoot in front of like a really fun, cool hotel curtain."
Behind the scenes, Jones says Bridges is shy at times. But it's in those quiet moments when he gets to soak in the experience.
"He doesn't rush anything. He's patient ... sometimes you just catch him sitting around, just like playing a record, a song that he hasn't finished yet, but just like a few lines and he just, like, keeps planning," he said.
Jones said he enjoys seeing performers like Bridges work themselves up before a show.
"You're hanging out with them, and they're normal people, but then when they hit the stage, it's like a switch! I love seeing that switch. It's like, oh, snap, like, this is Leon Bridges. You know what I mean?"
Another standout moment for Jones was a time in New York City when Bridges' mom was grooming his hair.
"It's just such a special moment. I didn't realize it until after I shot (it)," he said. "That was really cool, just to kind of see how effortless it is for her to do his hair."
Jones doesn't take these moments for granted and is grateful to be along for the ride.
"I'm from Mississippi. I was never like, flying around like that, you know, airplanes. So I had to get used to stuff like that and visiting different cities, just trying new stuff and visiting places. I just never grew up thinking I would ever be able to (do this) ... it's just been fun," he said.
"Like you're a fan of the music, but when you get the love person? It's almost like a fun hang with your friends and you get to work."
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2 girls’ remains given to family decades after Philadelphia’s MOVE bombing
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) - A long-awaited sense of closure took place more than three decades after one of the darkest moments in Philadelphia history.
The remains of two children killed when the city bombed the MOVE communual compound in 1985 have finally been cremated at a cemetery.
It comes after a long and painful saga for the surviving family.
“It’s a tragic moment but also a bittersweet moment,” said Lionell Dotson, who says 37 years after his two sisters were killed in the bombing of MOVE, he has now finally retrieved portions of their remains from the Philadelphia Medical Examiner’s office.
“It’s going to be a joyous occasion. I’m a little hysterical right now because it’s all surreal,” he said.
Katricia and Zanetta Dotson were just 12 and 14 years old when they were killed in the bombing of MOVE in 1985.
Dotson was wearing T-shirt that has photos of his two sisters. The shirt also reads: the “City of Philadelphia took them from me.”
“They took my family, and that’s why I got this in remembrance of them,” he said.
Although Philly’s medical examiner’s office was under different leadership at the time of the bombing, the office apologized to Dotson Wednesday.
“She came out on her own accord and said, ‘I’m sorry for your loss,’ and gave me a sincere, heartfelt apology. And I appreciate it and I accept it,” he said.
The apology comes after it was revealed last year the remains of the two girls were being held at the medical examiners office and Penn Museum for years.
A report released in June recommends the medical examiners office should amend the death certificates of all 11 MOVE victims to reflect that their manners of deaths were homicides, not accidents.
The medical examiner’s office said it will make that change
“They finally coming off the shelf. They never should have been stored in a dark, damp shelf in the first place for 37 years. I can finally get to take them away from the city that helped kill them.”
Dotson said he plans to fly back home to North Carolina to give his sisters a proper burial.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) (the "Company") today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized, and the Company has declared, a monthly cash dividend of $0.234 per common share. The monthly dividend reflects an annualized dividend amount of $2.808 per common share, representing a 7.8% increase over the annualized dividend amount of $2.604 per common share from the third quarter of 2021. The dividend is payable August 12, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 29, 2022.
Additionally, the Company's Board of Directors has authorized, and the Company has declared, a monthly cash dividend on its 4.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of $0.08854 per depositary share, which is equivalent to $1.0625 per annum. The dividend is payable August 1, 2022 to stockholders of record at the close of business on July 22, 2022.
About Agree Realty Corporation
Agree Realty Corporation is a publicly traded real estate investment trust that is RETHINKING RETAIL through the acquisition and development of properties net leased to industry-leading, omni-channel retail tenants. As of March 31, 2022, the Company owned and operated a portfolio of 1,510 properties, located in 47 states and containing approximately 31.0 million square feet of gross leasable area. The Company's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ADC". For additional information on the Company and RETHINKING RETAIL, please visit www.agreerealty.com.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Texas communities are showing up to support the families of the victims in the Uvalde shooting and the students who survived that tragic shooting.
Including one Dallas eighth grader who is tackling a huge task to support the students of Uvalde.
Sia Sankaran, 13, is heading up efforts with the Dallas chapter of Loving Library to gather funds and supplies to make 800 ‘Grief Kits’ for Uvalde students effected by the shooting at Robb Elementary School.
“We’re going to buy books and other supplies. Then we’re going to send them off to Uvalde to help the kids going through the traumatic event that happened,” Sankaran said in an Instagram video.
If you would like to help, you can help purchase books through this Amazon Wishlist or you can donate to Loving Library.
Loving Library is a donor book program that helps deliver resources to underserved communities. | https://cw33.com/news/local/this-dallas-eight-grader-is-making-grief-kits-for-uvalde-students/ | 2022-06-21T17:22:48Z |
Company shows how a risk-based security model shifts to proactive and analytics-driven operations that better predicts, scores, and prioritizes critical issues and actions
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Netenrich, the Resolution Intelligence Cloud™ company, today announced its Black Hat 2022 schedule of activities including its Happy Hour and Dig This networking event. Conference attendees are invited to meet with Netenrich experts and see our Resolution Intelligence Cloud in action.
As budgets and resources shrink, CISOs and security leaders need to determine how to keep their businesses running and get more from their current systems, tools, and people. For service providers, the pressures to increase revenues and scale operations for their customers is at critical levels. Netenrich can help.
Resolution Intelligence Cloud scales secure operations across ITOps, SecOps, and Cloud Ops to break down silos and maximize current investments, tools, and people. The SaaS platform combines analytics and AI/ML to eliminate the overload of alerts management, and provides contextual intelligence that predicts, scores, and prioritizes critical issues and actions.
Netenrich invites security professionals to learn how they can optimize their security operations with analytics leveraging Google Chronicle.
Black Hat Business Hall
When: Wed. Aug. 10, 10 am – 6 pm
Thurs. Aug. 11, 10 am – 4 pm
Where: Google Cloud Security Booth #3028
What: Schedule a meeting to meet with experts and see platform demo
Happy Hour at Rhythm and Riffs Lounge at Mandalay Bay
When: Tues. Aug. 9, 6 – 8 pm
Hosts: Netenrich, Google Cloud Security
What: RSVP here
Bring your Black Hat conference badge
DIG THIS! Security Meet-Up
When: Wed. Aug 10, 2 – 5 pm
Where: Dig This Vegas, 800 W. Roban Avenue, Las Vegas
What: Get hands-on experience with heavy equipment (bulldozers) & hot BBQ
Sponsors: Netenrich, Google Cloud Security, Flashpoint, Silobreaker
Register: RSVP here, space is limited
To learn more about the Netenrich Resolution Intelligence Cloud™ for secure digital operations, visit https://netenrich.com/platform/.
Netenrich boosts the effectiveness of organizations' security and digital operations so they can avoid disruption and preempt risk. Its Resolution Intelligence Cloud™ is a native SaaS data analytics platform for managing secure operations. Resolution Intelligence uses advanced analytics and machine learning to transform security and operations data into intelligence that organizations can act on before critical issues occur. More than 3,000 customers and managed services providers rely on Netenrich to deliver secure operations at scale and speed.
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First Quarter Performance Highlighted by Meaningful Financial Enhancement Year-Over-Year with more than 100% Revenue Increase to $80.5 Million, 180% Gross Profit Increase to $17.7 Million and Nearly 200% Adjusted Gross Profit Increase to $19.3 Million
Quarterly Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate of 130%, a Reflection of Growth Within Kaleyra's Existing Customer Base
Sets Second Quarter 2022 Revenue Outlook to Between $81 – $83 Million, in Line with Standard Seasonality and Up 52% from $54 Million in the Second Quarter of Last Year. Amends Full Year 2022 Revenue Outlook to Between $360 – $365 Million.
NEW YORK and VIENNA, Va., May 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE: KLR) (NYSE American: KLR WS) ("Kaleyra" or the "Company"), a rapidly growing cloud communications software provider delivering a secure system of application programming interfaces (APIs) and connectivity solutions in the API/Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) market, reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
First Quarter 2022 Operational and Financial Highlights
- Quarterly Revenue of $80.5 million, representing 103% growth over the comparable year-ago period
- Quarterly Gross Profit of $17.7 million, representing 180% growth over the comparable year-ago period
- Quarterly Adjusted Gross Profit of $19.3 million, representing 198% growth over the comparable year-ago period
- Quarterly Net Loss of $13.2 million, compared to a net loss of $10.4 million in the comparable year-ago period
- Quarterly Adjusted EBITDA of $6.2 million, representing 641% growth over the comparable year-ago period
- Quarterly Adjusted Net Income of $2.3 million or $0.06 per basic share and $0.05 per diluted share compared to $(2.0) million or $(0.07) per both basic and diluted share in the comparable year-ago period
- Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate of 130% in Q1 2022
- Strong Balance Sheet with $95.2 million in cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, and short-term investments compared to $97.9 million as of December 31, 2021
- Quarterly Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities of $3.2 million compared to $(8.2) million of net cash used in operating activities in the comparable year-ago period
- Delivered 14.4 billion billable messages and connected 1.6 billion voice calls for a global customer base of over 3,800 customers in the first quarter, a continuous significant growth of 106% for messages and 33% for voice calls comparing to the previous quarter
- Selected by Bosch Group, a global supplier of technology and services, as their trusted vendor to power the Bosch Mobility Solutions cloud communications in India
- Partnered with Banca Sella, a leading Italian bank, to provide an innovative video communications solution for the bank's new wealth management platform
- Won Gold for 'CPaaS Provider of the Year' at the Juniper Research Future Digital Awards 2022
- Supported India's rapidly expanding Unicorn Startups System (18 unicorns including Mobile Premier League, Vedantu, Licious, Pharmeasy, ShareChat, Cure.fit, Grofers, BlackBuck, the Good Glamm Group)
Management Commentary
"Although we came up short on our projected revenue due to adverse effects of foreign exchange rates in Europe and harsh pricing competition in Brazil, we focused on streamlining our operations and controlling costs in our first quarter, enhancing profitability and operating cash flow and strengthening our balance sheet," said Kaleyra Founder and Chief Executive Officer Dario Calogero. "Through this challenging time in the European market, we managed the company to exceed expectations across our profitability metrics and KPIs and made notable operational progress. Our Q1 gross profit and adjusted gross profit increased by 180% and 198% to $17.7 million and $19.3 million, respectively, while our adjusted EBITDA increased over 600%, totaling $6.2 million in the first quarter. In addition, our operating cash flow remains positive, and our adjusted gross margin outpaces that of last year, at 24% compared to 21% in the prior year period on a pro-forma basis1.
"Our first quarter was not without challenges, however. In Europe, recent weakness in the Euro largely due to turmoil caused by the war in Ukraine reduced first quarter revenue by nearly $2 million, while in Brazil, we elected to stay true to our financial priorities and maintain our sustainable revenue sources without compromising our profitability. With continued weakness in the European economy in mind, we anticipate that these headwinds will persist through the second quarter and year and have proactively adjusted our revenue guidance to match. Still, we remain encouraged by our business fundamentals, and as we move into the summer months, we do so with conviction in our long-term growth strategy. We're confident that we will foster growth through healthy revenue streams and strong profitability metrics, and believe we have the team and processes in place to accomplish our goals and expand to new, more opportunistic geographies. Above all, we will continue to build on our track record and positive momentum as we advance along our journey to become the trusted partner in the rapidly expanding and massive CPaaS market."
First Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Results compare the 2022 first quarter ended March 31, 2022 to the 2021 first quarter ended March 31, 2021 unless otherwise indicated.
- Total revenue increased 103% to $80.5 million from $39.7 million in the comparable year-ago period. The growth during the quarter was driven by the effects of the business combination with mGage, which contributed $32.1 million.
- Gross profit increased 180% to $17.7 million from $6.3 million in the comparable year-ago period. The increase in gross profit was mainly due to the mGage and Bandyer integrations and increased performance by Kaleyra video and Kaleyra voice, as well as by The Campaign Registry. Gross margin for the first quarter of 2022 increased to 22% compared to 16% for the first quarter of 2021.
- Net loss totaled $13.2 million, or $0.31 per share based on 42.2 million weighted-average shares outstanding, compared to a net loss of $10.4 million, or $0.34 per share based on 30.4 million weighted-average shares outstanding, in the comparable year-ago period. The increase in net loss was mainly due to the amortization of acquired intangibles and the accrued interest on convertible notes.
- Adjusted gross profit, a non-GAAP measurement of operating performance reconciled below, increased 198% to $19.3 million from $6.5 million in the comparable year-ago period. Adjusted gross margin for the first quarter of 2022 was 24% compared to 16% in the comparable year-ago period.
- Adjusted net income, a non-GAAP measurement of operating performance reconciled below, improved by 219% to $2.3 million, or $0.06 per basic share based on 42.2 million weighted-average shares outstanding and $0.05 per diluted share based on 52.1 million weighted-average shares outstanding, from $(2.0) million, or $(0.07) per both basic and diluted share based on 30.4 million weighted-average shares outstanding in the comparable year-ago period.
- Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measurement of operating performance reconciled below, increased 641% to $6.2 million (7.7% of total revenue) compared to negative $1.1 million in the comparable year-ago period. The increase in adjusted EBITDA was primarily due to the effects of the business combinations with mGage and Bandyer and cost synergies between the two legacy businesses.
- At the end of the fourth quarter, cash, and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and short-term investments were $95.2 million, compared to $97.9 million as of December 31, 2021.
2022 Financial Outlook
Kaleyra's outlook takes into consideration the integration of acquired businesses into the Company as well as continued monitoring of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and broader geopolitical and macroeconomic factors. Kaleyra remains confident in its growth strategy and ability to capture its multinational market opportunity. As a result of the Company's performance in the first quarter, the Company is introducing financial projections for the second quarter and adjusting projections for the full year 2022 as follows:
- Second Quarter 2022: Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $81 – $83 million, which will represent a growth of 52% year-over-year compared to $54.0 million in the comparable year-ago period.
- Full Year 2022: Total revenue is expected to be in the range of $360 – $365 million, which will represent a growth of 35% year-over-year compared to $267.7 million in the comparable year-ago period.
Conference Call
Kaleyra will hold a conference call today, Monday, May 9, 2022, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time (1:30 p.m. Pacific time) to discuss these results. A question and answer session will follow management's presentation.
U.S. dial-in: 877-407-0792
International dial-in: 201-689-8263
Please call the conference telephone number 10 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Gateway Investor Relations at 949-574-3860.
The conference call will be broadcast live and available for replay here and via the Investor Relations section of Kaleyra's website.
A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available after 7:30 p.m. Eastern time on the same day through May 16, 2022.
Toll-free replay number: 844-512-2921
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About Kaleyra
Kaleyra, Inc. (NYSE: KLR) (NYSE American: KLR WS) is a global group providing mobile communication services to financial institutions, e-commerce players, OTTs, software companies, logistic enablers, healthcare providers, retailers, and other large organizations worldwide.
Kaleyra today has a customer base of 3800+ companies spread around the world. Through its proprietary platform and robust APIs, Kaleyra manages multi-channel integrated communication services, consisting of messaging, rich messaging and instant messaging, video, push notifications, e-mail, voice services, and chatbots.
Kaleyra's technology makes it possible to safely and securely manage billions of messages monthly with over 1,800 operator connections in 190+ countries, including all tier-1 US carriers.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Related Information
To provide investors and others with additional information regarding Kaleyra's results, the following non-GAAP financial measures, not prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP"), are disclosed:
- Non-GAAP Adjusted Gross Profit and Non-GAAP Adjusted Gross Margin. For the periods presented, Kaleyra defines non-GAAP Adjusted Gross Profit and non-GAAP Gross Margin as GAAP gross profit and GAAP gross margin, respectively, adjusted to exclude, as applicable, certain expenses as presented in the table below;
- Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA is defined as of any date of calculation, as the consolidated earnings/(loss) of Kaleyra and its subsidiaries, before finance income and finance cost (including bank charges), tax, depreciation and amortization, plus (i) transaction and one-off expenses, (ii) without duplication of clause (i), severance or change of control payments, (iii) any expenses related to company restructuring, (iv) any compensation expenses relating to stock options, restricted stock units, restricted stock or similar equity interests as may be issued by Kaleyra or any of its subsidiaries to its or their employees (v) any provision for the write down of assets, (vi) the amortization of acquired intangible assets and (vii) the amortization of debt discount and issuance costs of convertible financial instruments; and
- Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Income (Loss) Per Share, Basic and Diluted. For the periods presented, Kaleyra defines non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, basic and diluted, as GAAP net loss and GAAP net loss per share, basic and diluted, respectively, adjusted to exclude, as applicable, certain expenses presented in the table below.
Management uses the foregoing non-GAAP financial information, collectively, to evaluate its ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. Kaleyra's management believes that non-GAAP financial information, when taken collectively, may be helpful to investors because it provides consistency and comparability with past financial performance, facilitates period-to-period comparisons of results of operations, and assists in comparisons with other companies, many of which use similar non-GAAP financial information to supplement their GAAP results. Non-GAAP financial information is presented for supplemental informational purposes only, should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with GAAP, and may be different from similarly-titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies. Whenever Kaleyra uses a non-GAAP financial measure, a reconciliation is provided to the most closely applicable financial measure stated in accordance with GAAP. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
Operating Metrics
Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate. Kaleyra's ability to drive growth and generate incremental revenue depends, in part, on the Company's ability to maintain and grow its relationships with Active Existing Customer Accounts and to increase their use of the platform. An important way in which Kaleyra has historically tracked performance in this area is by measuring the Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate for those customer accounts. Kaleyra's Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate increases when such customer accounts increase their usage of a product, extend their usage of a product to new applications or adopt a new product. Kaleyra's Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate decreases when such customer accounts cease or reduce their usage of a product or when the Company lowers usage prices on a product. Kaleyra believes that measuring Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate provides a more meaningful indication of the performance of the Company's efforts to increase revenue from existing customers. As a result of the introduction of Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate disclosure by Kaleyra in the SEC filing, press release and presentation for the three months ended December 31, 2021, no comparable period is provided prior to that date. To calculate the Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate, the Company first identifies the cohort of customer accounts that were customer accounts in the same quarter of the prior year. The Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate is the quotient obtained by dividing the revenue generated from that cohort in a quarter, by the revenue generated from that same cohort in the corresponding quarter in the prior year.
Active Existing Customer Accounts. Kaleyra believes that the number of Active Customer Accounts is an important indicator of the growth of its business, the market acceptance of its platform and future revenue trends. Kaleyra defines an Active Customer Account at the end of any reporting period as an individual account, as identified by a unique account identifier, for which Kaleyra has recognized revenue in the period.
Important Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. federal securities laws. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the financial statements of Kaleyra, its omnichannel and other product and global customer developments, its expectations, beliefs, intentions, plans, prospects or strategies regarding the future revenue (including revenue guidance) and the business plans of Kaleyra's management team, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and any anticipated lessening of such impact, and the broader market volatility and geopolitical and macroeconomic factors on its business and financial performance. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. The words "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intends," "may," "might," "plan," "possible," "potential," "predict," "project," "should," "would" and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by Kaleyra in light of its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments and their potential effects on Kaleyra as well as other factors they believe are appropriate in the circumstances. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting Kaleyra will be those anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of the parties) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including the mix of services utilized by Kaleyra's customers and such customers' needs for these services, including any variability by geography, market acceptance of new service offerings, the ability of Kaleyra to expand what it does for existing customers as well as to add new customers, that Kaleyra will have sufficient capital to operate as anticipated, and the impact that the novel coronavirus and the illness, COVID-19, that it causes, as well as governmental responses to deal with the spread of this illness and the reopening of economies that have been closed as part of these responses, and the impact of other geopolitical and macroeconomic factors such as the war in Ukraine, may have on Kaleyra's operations, the demand for Kaleyra's products, global supply chains and economic activity in general. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should any of the assumptions being made prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
Investor Contact:
Tom Colton or Matt Glover
Gateway Investor Relations
949-574-3860
KLR@gatewayir.com
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DALLAS, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Re-Teck, a leader in electronic waste recycling, launched their new gaming app, Recycle Avengers, in celebration of Earth Day at Flower Mound Elementary School to third, fourth and fifth graders. The Recycle Avengers electric car was on site and game character, Kit, handed out t-shirts and posters. The students and faculty members learned that old electronics dumped in landfills can release dangerous chemicals into the environment. Members of the Recycle Avengers team shared how used electronics can be recycled, repurposed and reused to create new electronics. Click to Watch Video
Flower Mound Elementary Principal, Christy Van Scoyoc, and her faculty facilitated the event so their students could understand the importance of recycling electronic waste (e-waste) in a fun and tangible way. A Recycle Avengers e-waste collection bin will be set up at the school so students, teachers and community members can safely recycle their old phones, computers, tablets and other electronic devices. Click for Photos
"Change first begins with education and awareness," stated Tony Wang, CEO of Re-Teck. "The gaming app makes players aware of the potential inside old electronics in a fun, interactive game. The launch events educate the community that there is a better way to discard used electronics as Re-Teck partners with schools, businesses and government facilities to collect and properly recycle the devices."
Recycle Avengers, available for download in the Apple and Android stores, is an educational and interactive game that enables educators and parents to teach the importance of electronics recycling while simultaneously giving players the opportunity to win great prizes including gift cards, t-shirts, and posters. In 2023, a LEAF electric car will be given away to one lucky player.
Recycle Avengers made a stop at The Original Pancake House DFW, one of thousands of restaurants nationwide that will partner with Re-Teck, to place Recycle Avengers recycling bins in their locations to collect and recycle used electronics. Click for Photos
The Time Group, Re-Teck's Dallas-based Marketing Firm, is coordinating kick off events with schools nationwide as well as placing Recycle Avengers collection bins in participating facilities. To schedule a Recycle Avengers event, contact Margaret McKoin at margaret@thetimegroup.net or call 807.403.0866. To learn more about Recycle Avengers or to download the app, visit www.recycleavengers.com. For more information on Re-Teck, visit https://www.re-teck.com/ or follow them on social media.
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margaret@thetimegroup.net
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RALEIGH, NC, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County honored Mattamy Homes with multiple coveted accolades for marketing and sales excellence in an April gala billed as the 2022 Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence Awards (MAME).
Following impressive performances in past years, Mattamy Homes' Raleigh Division took home the following honors at the 2022 awards:
- Best Video Promotion for a Community: Magnolia Park
- Rookie Salesperson of the Year: Donna Bennett
- Salesperson of the Year: Ajit Singh
- Superintendent of the Year (Level 3 — Volume 31+ Total Homes Closed By Individual): Michael Pelosi
- Building Company of the Year (Volume 301–500): Mattamy Homes
In addition to earning these awards, every salesperson won Silver, Gold and Platinum awards in the Million Dollar Circle.
The Triangle Sales and Marketing Council of the Raleigh-Wake County Home Builders Association presents the awards to showcase members' professional achievements. MAME is one of Triangle SMC's largest annual events. The Raleigh-Wake County organization is the largest single-county HBA and overall second-largest HBA in the country.
"Our performance at the MAME Awards demonstrates the stellar, year-round efforts of our team," said Bob Wiggins, president of Mattamy's Raleigh Division. "These honors are the fitting result of Mattamy's ongoing efforts to provide quality living experiences for our customers in North Carolina. We design stylish and feature-rich homes in communities positioned to help people enjoy their lives to the fullest. We are gratified and honored to again receive recognition from the Homebuilders Association of Raleigh-Wake County."
About Mattamy Homes
Mattamy Homes is the largest privately owned homebuilder in North America, with 40-plus years of history across the United States and Canada. Every year, Mattamy helps more than 8,000 families realize their dream of homeownership. In the United States, the company is represented in 11 markets – Dallas, Charlotte, Raleigh, Phoenix, Tucson, Jacksonville, Orlando (where its U.S. head office is located), Tampa, Sarasota, Naples and Southeast Florida – and in Canada, its communities stretch across the Greater Toronto Area, as well as in Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton. Visit www.mattamyhomes.com for more information.
About the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County
The Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County is the largest single-county HBA and overall second-largest HBA in the nation. The Association represents hundreds of new-home builders, remodelers, developers, suppliers and sales and marketing professionals. The Association provides members with a wide range of resources and information on issues involving the homebuilding industry, such as land use and economic and legal matters. The HBA also provides opportunities for business development, education, professional growth and networking.
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BYU-Idaho Collegiate Singers performing during Saturday conference session
REXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) - Some students at Brigham Young University-Idaho are getting a special opportunity this weekend.
The Collegiate Singers will be performing during the Saturday afternoon session of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' general conference.
Conductor Dr. Randall Kempton says they were invited in January, saying it was a little later than normal since the church wasn't too sure how conference would be held this year.
"They decided they would have an audience and they wanted to have a choir come back," Kempton explained. "So it was a little bit dicey because we didn't know in January if we would have half the choir or the whole choir. And they said if we have to cancel, we'll cancel. So these whole last three months have been sort of, 'are we doing it or are we not?' So we're glad we get to do it."
Despite the somewhat short notice, everyone is excited about the opportunity.
Soprano Madison Barton Holloway says performing is always exciting
"I'm excited. It's always exciting to perform, but I've never been to a General Conference before, so I'm just excited to go to the conference center and experience it," Barton Holloway said.
Bass One Conner Fristoe says this is his second semester with the group, but still very exciting.
"It's going to be a whole new experience for me personally. I'm really excited to be out there with a group of people, and a group of people who are amazing and their spirits are great. So I'm excited about this opportunity," Fristoe said. | https://localnews8.com/news/rexburg/2022/04/01/byui-collegiate-singers-performing-during-saturday-conference-session/ | 2022-04-02T01:14:55Z |
Plant-based meat company Beyond Meat reported lower-than-expected sales in the first quarter as it slashed prices and demand from restaurants fell.
The El Segundo, California, company said its revenue rose 1.2% to $109.5 million in the January-March period. Wall Street had forecast revenue of $112 million, according to analysts polled by FactSet.
Beyond Meat’s shares __ already down 60% from the start of this year __ tumbled 24% in after-hours trading.
Beyond Meat said its U.S. retail sales jumped 6.9% in the quarter, but that was mostly due to the introduction of Beyond Meat Jerky, a meatless jerky developed as part of a snack food partnership with PepsiCo. Beyond Meat said U.S. retail sales of its other products, including burgers and sausages, were lower than the prior year. U.S. food service sales also fell 7.5%.
Beyond Meat’s results came amid signs of plateauing demand for plant-based meat. U.S. sales of meat alternatives were flat in the 52 weeks ending April 30, according to NielsenIQ, a market research firm. In the same period in 2021, they jumped 25%.
Beyond Meat said investments to support new products like the jerky also cut into profits. Beyond Meat reported a net loss of $100.5 million for the quarter, up from a loss of $27.3 million in the same period last year.
The loss, of $1.58 per share, was also far higher than the 97 cent loss analysts forecast. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/beyond-meat-shares-tumble-on-lower-than-expected-q1-sales/ | 2022-05-11T21:17:35Z |
2 women arrested with 500,000 fentanyl pills, police say
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AZFamily/Gray News) – Arizona police say they’ve arrested two people from Phoenix after a traffic stop uncovered hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills, a gun and a large amount of cash.
Police in Casa Grande say that Martha Lopez, the driver of the car, and Tania Luna Solis, a passenger, face multiple drug charges from the drug bust, according to AZFamily.
In a news release, police said they stopped Lopez for speeding just after 5:30 p.m. on Monday. During the traffic stop, officers said they discovered half a million fentanyl pills disguised inside bottles that made them look like collagen supplements. Police also seized a gun and cash and noted that two children were inside the car.
“The transport and sale of drugs in our community affects us all,” Casa Grande Police Chief Mark McCrory said. “It is hard to quantify the number of lives this investigation has saved, but I am sure we are making a difference.”
Lopez and Solis face drug possession and transportation charges, among weapons and child endangerment charges. Both children have been placed in the Department of Child Safety custody while the Pinal County Attorney’s Office reviews the charges.
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PARIS (AP) — Firefighters from across Europe struggled Thursday to contain a huge wildfire in France that has swept through a large swath of pine forest, while Germans and Poles faced a mass fish die-off in a river flowing between their countries.
Europe is suffering under a severe heat wave and drought that has produced tragic consequences for farmers and ecosystems already under threat from climate change and pollution.
The drought is causing a loss of agricultural products and other food at a time when supply shortages and Russia’s war against Ukraine have caused inflation to spike.
In France, which is enduring its worst drought on record, flames raged through pine forests overnight, illuminating the sky with an intense orange light in the Gironde region, which was already ravaged by flames last month, and in neighboring Landes. More than 68 square kilometers (26 square miles) have burned since Tuesday.
The French wildfires have already forced the evacuation of about 10,000 people and destroyed at least 16 houses.
Along the Oder River, which flows from Czechia north into the Baltic Sea, volunteers have been collecting dead fish that have washed ashore in Poland and Germany.
Piotr Nieznanski, the conservation policy director at WWF Poland, said it appears that a toxic chemical was released into the water by an industry and the low water levels caused by the drought has made conditions far more dangerous for the fish.
“A tragic event is happening along the Oder River, an international river, and there is no transparent information about what is going on,” he said, calling on government authorities to investigate.
People living along the river have been warned not to swim in the water or even touch it.
Poland’s state water management body said the drought and high temperatures can cause even small amounts of pollution to lead to an ecological disaster but it has not identified the source of the pollution.
In northern Serbia, the dry bed of the Conopljankso reservoir is now littered with dead fish that were unable to survive the drought.
The water level along Germany’s Rhine River was at risk of falling so low that it could become difficult to transport goods — including critical energy items like coal and gasoline.
In Italy, which is experiencing its worst drought in seven decades, the parched Po River has already caused billions of euros in losses to farmers who normally rely on Italy’s longest river to irrigate their fields and rice paddies.
“I am young and I do not remember anything like this, but even the elderly in my village or the other villages around here have never seen anything like this, never ever,” said Antonio Cestari, a 35-year-old farmer in Ficarolo who says he expects to produce only half his usual crops of corn, wheat and soy because his river-fed wells have such low water levels.
The Po runs 652 kilometers (405 miles) from the northwestern city of Turin to Venice. It has dozens of tributary rivers but northern Italy hasn’t seen rainfall for months and this year’s snowfall was down by 70%. The drying up of the Po is also jeopardizing drinking water in Italy’s densely populated and highly industrialized districts.
Over in Portugal, the Serra da Estrela national park was also being ravaged by a wildfire. Some 1,500 firefighters, 476 vehicles and 12 aircraft were deployed to fight it but the wind-driven blaze 250 kilometers (150 miles) northeast of Lisbon was very hard to reach, with inaccessible peaks almost 2,000 meters (6,560 feet) high and deep ravines. The fire has charred 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of woodland.
In Britain, where temperatures hit a record 40.3 degrees Celsius (104.5 degrees Fahrenheit) in July, the weather office has issued a new warning for “extreme heat” from Thursday through Sunday, with temperatures forecast to reach 36 C (96.8 F).
It has been one of the driest summers on record in southern Britain, and the Met Office weather service said there is an “exceptional risk” of wildfires over the next few days.
London Fire Brigade said its control room had dealt with 340 grass, garbage and open-land fires during the first week of August, eight times the number from last year. Assistant Commissioner Jonathan Smith said “the grass in London is tinderbox dry and the smallest of sparks can start a blaze which could cause devastation.”
In Switzerland, a drought and high temperatures have endangered fish populations and authorities have begun moving fish out of some creeks that were running dry.
In Hausen, in the canton of Zurich, officials caught hundreds of fish, many of them brown trout, in the almost dried-up Heischerbach, Juchbach and Muehlebach creeks this week by anesthetizing them with electric shocks and then immediately placing them in a water tank enriched with oxygen, local media reported. Later, the fish were taken to creeks that still carry enough water.
Despite all the harm caused by the extreme weather, Swiss authorities see one morbid upside: they believe there’s hope of finding some people who went missing in the mountains in the last few years because their bodies are being released as glaciers melt.
In the Swiss canton of Valais, melting glaciers have recently revealed parts of a crashed airplane and, at separate locations, at least two skeletons. The bodies have not yet been identified, news website 20Minuten reported Thursday.
Spanish state television showed dozens of trucks heading to France having to turn around and stay in Spain because wildfires had forced authorities to close some border crossings. TVE reported that truckers, many carrying perishable goods, were looking for ways to cross the border because the parking areas around the Irun crossing were full.
France this week is in its fourth heat wave of the year as it faces what the government describes as the country’s worst drought on record. Temperatures were expected to reach 40 C (104 F) on Thursday.
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Gera reported from Warsaw, Poland. Kirsten Grieshaber in Berlin, Jill Lawless in London, Ciaran Giles in Madrid, Andrea Rosa in Ficarolo, Italy and Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Portugal, contributed reporting.
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Great American films that take place in other countries
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Great American films that take place in other countries
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in a scene from ‘Casablanca’.
Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images
Casablanca (1942)
Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains and Ingrid Bergman pose for a publicity still for the Warner Bros film ‘Casablanca’.
London Film Productions
The Third Man (1949)
Orson Welles in a scene from ‘The Third Man’.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
An American in Paris (1951)
Gene Kelly in a scene from ‘American in Paris’.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
The Great Escape (1963)
Steve McQueen on a motorcycle in a scene from ‘The Great Escape’.
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MASH (1970)
Elliot Gould talking with a uniformed officer and Donald Sutherland examining an x-ray in a publicity still from ‘MASH’.
Paramount Pictures
Sorcerer (1977)
Roy Scheider and Francisco Rabal in a scene from ‘Sorcerer’.
United Artists
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Martin Sheen in a scene from ‘Apocalypse Now’.
Cinema ‘84
Salvador (1986)
James Woods, Jim Belushi and John Savage in a scene from ‘Salvador’.
Castle Rock Entertainment
Before Sunrise (1995)
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delphy in a scene from ‘Before Sunrise’.
Paramount Pictures
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Matt Damon in a scene from ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’.
Warner Bros. Entertainment
The Last Samurai (2003)
Tom Cruise, Shun Sugata, and Ken Watanabe in a scene from ‘The Last Samurai’.
Focus Features
Lost in Translation (2003)
Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson in a scene from ‘Lost in Translation’.
Twentieth Century Fox
The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Adrien Brody, Jason Schwartzman, and Owen Wilson in a scene from ‘The Darjeeling Limited’.
Columbia Pictures
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Jessica Chastain and Jessica Ann Collins in a scene from ‘Zero Dark Thirty’.
A24
Midsommar (2019)
Jack Reynor and Florence Pugh in a scene from ‘Midsummar’. | https://localnews8.com/stacker-entertainment/2022/05/18/great-american-films-that-take-place-in-other-countries/ | 2022-05-19T06:26:05Z |
Florida Power and Light donates rescue truck to FWC to save manatees
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (WWSB) - A new rescue truck donated to the FWC to aid volunteers and ocean conservationists made it’s debut at Manatee Lagoon this week.
The truck donated by the Florida Power and Light company is used and designed to transport manatees to and from rescue, rehabilitation and release sites.
One manatee got the first ride in the vehicle after injuring it’s head on a passing boat. The injured manatee was ten feet long, weighing in at more than 1000 pounds. The manatee is now being treated at SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation.
”Right now, manatees are still facing a lot of challenges, so we at FPL are trying to do everything we can to help support them. So this new transport truck will travel around the state to help meet the needs of these animals.” says Rachel Shanker, conservation liaison and educator.
The incident serves as a reminder about when boaters are out on the waters, keep an eye out for these beautiful creatures.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — House Democrats on Friday aired their frustrations at Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, for refusing to back the party’s clean energy proposals.
“It’s unconscionable and it’s infuriating,” Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., said at a press conference. “We must act on this crisis or we’re going to pay increasingly dire consequences.”
They say they fear the window for taking action on climate change is closing.
“We cannot wait, Sen. Manchin,” Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Fla., said.
They say Manchin’s objections ignore science and will tank President Joe Biden’s efforts to combat climate change, with Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., accusing Manchin of thinking “it is more important to defend the filibuster than to defend our planet.”
Without Machin, there’s no way for Democrats to push energy policies through the closely divided Senate. He agrees with many Republicans who fear reforms could drive up consumer costs.
“We’ve seen gas prices double. We’ve seen natural gas prices nearly triple. We’re pushing people into energy poverty,” Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., said at a Friday climate change hearing.
He argued Democrats’ energy strategy was radical and ineffective.
“The United States could cut every bit of emissions today and it wouldn’t have a single impact … on any changes in weather patterns for 50 years, according to the United Nations,” Graves said.
Biden said Friday afternoon that if the Senate fails to act on climate change, he will, using “every power I have as president.”
House Democrats called on voters to elect two more Democrats to the Senate in November, increasing their majority so Manchin’s vote would not be necessary. | https://cw33.com/news/washington-dc-bureau/house-dems-slam-manchin-for-derailing-climate-proposals/ | 2022-07-15T23:33:32Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 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 Weber Inc. (NYSE: WEBR) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with Weber's August 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than September 27, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Weber 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 Weber class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7923 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 September 27, 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 featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; 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 Weber class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7923 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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Dear Heloise: Some people love soup only during chilly weather, but my family and I love it all year long. We are especially fond of your vegetable beef soup, which is why I’m writing to you. I’ve lost the recipe. Would you reprint that recipe for all of us soup lovers?
— June W., Raytown, Mo.
June, I, too, love soup all year long. Here is my Vegetable Beef Soup recipe for you and your two boys. You will need:
10 1/2 ounces unsalted chicken broth
1/2 cup water
2 cups frozen (or fresh) mixed vegetables for soup
16-ounce can tomatoes
1 cup beef, cooked and diced
1 teaspoon thyme leaves, crushed
Dash of pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 bay leaf
2 ounces (about 1 1/4 cups) narrow-width noodles, uncooked
Heat broth and water. Add vegetables, meat and seasonings. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and boil gently, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Add noodles and cook until noodles are tender, about 10 minutes. Remove bay leaf before serving.
Remember, you can freeze soup and thaw it out in the microwave any time you feel like enjoying it.
— Heloise | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/advice_columns/article_93610a80-cae0-11ec-b0ef-d7e6ad388762.html | 2022-05-04T07:40:05Z |
PITTSBURGH, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a delicious line of infused cocktails that can be consumed alone or with other ingredients," said an inventor, from Charlotte, N.C., "so I invented the SEXY HOOCH. My flavorful design could contribute to better tasting food and beverages."
The invention provides a unique line of infused cocktails. In doing so, it can be consumed as an alcoholic beverage, compote, glaze, etc. As a result, it offers a delicious taste and it could save time and effort in the kitchen. The invention features a versatile and novel design that is easy to serve and enjoy so it is ideal for households, restaurants, bars, etc. Additionally, it is producible in various serving sizes and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Charlotte sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CNC-767, 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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New owner incoming, Chelsea into FA Cup final with Liverpool
By ROB HARRIS
AP Global Soccer Writer
LONDON (AP) — Chelsea will play Liverpool in the FA Cup final after beating Crystal Palace 2-0. Academy graduates Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Mason Mount scored the goals in the second half of the semifinal at Wembley Stadium. Who will be representing Chelsea as owners in the royal box at Wembley Stadium on May 14 is still to be determined. The three remaining bidders are waiting to discover if they are chosen to buy out sanctioned Russian owner Roman Abramovich. In Sunday’s Premier League games, Newcastle beat Leicester 2-1 and relegation-threatened Burnley was held 1-1 at West Ham in the visitors’ first game since the firing of Sean Dyche on Friday . | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/17/chelsea-reaches-fa-cup-final-amid-protracted-sale-of-club/ | 2022-04-17T20:08:05Z |
NEW YORK, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global today announced that four senior executives have been recognized on the 2022 Heroes Women Role Model Lists presented by INvolve, which honor colleagues who advocate for women in the workplace. The Heroes Women Role Model Lists, supported by Yahoo! Finance, showcase leaders who are championing women in business and driving change for gender diversity in the workplace.
"I am thrilled to see our colleagues recognized as global leaders through their efforts to drive inclusion initiatives and inspire future generations of women in business. It's only through the hard work and commitment of our people that we achieve a culture that fosters belonging and diversity, and I'm proud to see us build on these efforts year on year," said Sally Moore, Executive Vice President, Global Head of Strategy, M&A, and Partnerships, S&P Global.
S&P Global colleagues on the Heroes list include:
Heroes Women Future Leaders Role Model List:
MiRan Park, Managing Director / VP - Global Head of Content Partnerships, S&P Global
Ashlee Williams, Vice President, Data Operations, Client Services & Customer Care, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Heroes Women Executives Role Model List:
Maria Bertram, Global Head of Technology, Media & Telecommunications, S&P Global Market Intelligence
Heroes Advocate Executives Role Model List:
Andrew Eisen, Senior Vice President and Head of Software Solutions, S&P Global Market Intelligence
In 2021, twelve S&P Global leaders were featured on INvolve Role Model Lists including Empower, Heroes and Outstanding.
About S&P Global
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) provides essential intelligence. We enable governments, businesses and individuals with the right data, expertise and connected technology so that they can make decisions with conviction. From helping our customers assess new investments to guiding them through ESG and energy transition across supply chains, we unlock new opportunities, solve challenges and accelerate progress for the world.
We are widely sought after by many of the world's leading organizations to provide credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help the world's leading organizations plan for tomorrow, today.
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CrowdStrike and CyberArk invest in Dig's seed round, which was led by Team8, alongside Merlin Ventures and chairs of MongoDB and Exabeam
TEL AVIV, Israel, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cloud data security company Dig emerged from stealth today, announcing $11M in seed funding for the first cloud Data Detection and Response (DDR) solution. The seed round was led by Team8, with cybersecurity firms CrowdStrike, through their Falcon Fund, and CyberArk joining as strategic investors alongside Merlin Ventures. Moving beyond posture solutions, Dig Security helps organizations discover, monitor, detect, protect and govern their cloud data in real time through a single unified policy engine.
Angel investors include Tom Killalea (Chairman of MongoDB), Jeff Fagnan (Carbon Black, Veracode), Nir Polak (Founder of Exabeam), Ori Fragman (CISO Europe of Ahold Delhaize) and Nitzan Shapira (Founder of Epsagon).[1]
Data is the ultimate target of most cyberattacks; it's the easiest way to profit from hacking. However, data in the cloud is fragmented across multiple clouds and services. A typical enterprise stores data on more than 20 types of service and thousands of instances. These organizations don't have visibility, context or control over their cloud data. Existing data security solutions weren't built to protect cloud data and are often irrelevant.
"I've spoken to more than a hundred CISOs and hear the same complaints over and over", said Dan Benjamin, CEO and co-founder of Dig. "Companies don't know what data they hold in the cloud, where it is, or — most importantly — how to protect it. They have tools to protect endpoints, networks, APIs… but nothing to actively secure their data in public clouds".
Dig gives organizations complete control over their cloud data, providing real-time Data Detection and Response (DDR). Using one of the industry's most comprehensive threat models for cloud data attacks, Dig detects, analyzes and responds instantly to threats to cloud data, triggering alerts on suspicious or anomalous activity, stopping attacks, exfiltrations and employee data misuse.
The solution discovers all data assets across public clouds and brings context to how they are used. It also tracks whether each data source supports compliance like SOC2 and HIPAA.
Dig was founded by Dan Benjamin, Ido Azran and Gad Akuka, three veteran entrepreneurs who've previously founded successful companies that were acquired by major firms. They also gained experience at tech giants including Google and Microsoft. Since it was founded, Dig has grown extremely quickly; the company already has a large data security research team and paying customers.
"It's rare to meet a founding team who have both an insider view of cloud security challenges from within Microsoft and Google's cloud organizations, alongside the experience of founding successfully acquired security companies," said Liran Grinberg, Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Team8. "Dig's active approach, bringing detection and response to data in the cloud, is precisely what the market needs. Data security in the cloud is high on the priority list of most CISOs today and we're proud to invest in the company we believe will lead this category."
"Organizations that lack visibility across their infrastructure have data protection challenges," said Michael Sentonas, Chief Technology Officer at CrowdStrike. "Through our Falcon Fund, we look forward to supporting Dig in their journey to provide data transparency, improving cloud data security and protection."
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals have removed an addendum to quarterback Kyler Murray’s $230.5 million, five-year contract that mandated at least four hours of “independent study” during game weeks.
“After seeing the distraction it created, we removed the addendum from the contract,” the team said Thursday in a statement. “It was clearly perceived in ways that were never intended. Our confidence in Kyler Murray is as high as it’s ever been and nothing demonstrates our belief in his ability to lead this team more than the commitment reflected in his contract.”
Earlier in the day, Murray burst through the locker room door, marched up to the podium for an impromptu media session and declared that there have been no “shortcuts” to success during his football career, no matter what provisions the Cardinals included in his new contract.
In a rare show of public emotion, Murray vociferously defended his football study habits a few days after the NFL Network reported the unique addendum.
Murray is used to criticism about his game. That’s part of the territory. He’ll take heat for a bad throw, bad decision, bad body language or even his height at a listed 5-foot-10.
But his work ethic?
“To think I can accomplish everything I’ve accomplished in my career and not be a student of the game, and not have that passion and not take this serious, it’s disrespectful and almost a joke,” Murray said. “I’m honestly flattered that y’all think that, at my size, I can go out there and not prepare for the game and not take it serious.”
So that begs the question: Why did the team feel the need to add the addendum in the first place?
Murray — and the team — haven’t really given a clear response.
“If you want to talk about football, we’ll talk about football,” Murray said.
The addendum was unexpected for several reasons, including that coach Kliff Kingsbury and teammates have never voiced public displeasure with Murray’s preparation for games. The quarterback has certainly had a few bad games during his three-year pro career, but knowledge of the playbook was never in question.
Even Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers was surprised when he heard about Murray’s study mandate.
“I think I just raised my eyebrows up like this,” Rodgers said, demonstrating. “That was the reaction. Yeah, I was happy to see him get paid. One thing I did see was I think his average salary per year was about on par with the salary cap of the Oakland Athletics, so I think he can definitely smile knowing he made the right choice.”
Murray — and the team — have endured a lot of criticism and jokes over the past few days. Fans and pundits have wondered why the Cardinals would spend nearly a quarter-billion dollars on a quarterback if there are questions about his study habits.
Murray said there’s nothing wrong with the way he prepares. Teammates seemed to agree, with tight end Zach Ertz saying that “Kyler knows the playbook better than anyone on this team.”
“There’s multiple different ways to watch film,” Murray said. “There’s many different ways to process the game, there’s many different ways quarterbacks learn the game and break the game down. Of course, I watch film by myself. That’s a given. That doesn’t even need to be said.
“But I do enjoy and love the process of watching the game with my guys, the quarterbacks, my coaches.”
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 draft out of Oklahoma, Murray took time Thursday to list his ample accomplishments on the football field over the past decade, from a 43-0 record in high school, to a Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma to his Pro Bowl selections in the NFL.
He said none of that would have happened if he didn’t have a good work ethic.
“I’m not 6-7, 230, and I don’t throw the ball 85 yards,” Murray said. “I’m already behind the 8-ball and can’t afford to take any shortcuts.”
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AP Sports Writer Steve Megargee contributed to this report.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. , June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JPAR® – South Florida Living is pleased to announce the expansion of its Florida operations with the recent acquisition of Signature Invest Realty LLC. Owners, Chris, Lisa, and Michael Schlitz and Jeremy Constantino acquired Signature Invest Realty of Orlando on June 3, 2022.
"We're thrilled to welcome Jose Vega and Signature Invest Realty to our growing organization," said Chris Schlitz, CEO, JPAR® – South Florida Living. Jose and his team of sales professionals complement our vision for expansion in the Florida market," added Schlitz.
JPAR® – Real Estate is one of the fastest growing 100% commission brokerages in the United States and continues its impressive growth by offering a best-in-class technology and marketing platform and its commitment to positioning the agent at the center of each transaction.
"Chris, Lisa and Michael Schlitz are a shining example of what we mean when we talk about JPAR® being built by, and for, influential industry leaders," said Laura O'Connor, President and COO, JPAR® Franchising. "We are proud that they chose us as their franchise partner. They invest the time and effort to understand, train and articulate the brand value to agents, teams and other owners that are looking to further their professional growth. Their growth in both the Greater Atlanta, Georgia and Florida markets can be attributed to their commitment to the agents and communities they serve. Our heartfelt thanks and congratulations on their continued growth and success."
JPAR® – Real Estate is both a Top 50 Real Estate Broker and Top 10 U.S. Hottest Business Franchise.
"With today's competitive marketplace and ever-evolving technology, JPAR® provides the cutting edge tools necessary for our agents to successfully compete and advance their real estate careers while continuing to deliver exceptional customer service," said Jose Vega, Broker/Owner, Signature Invest Realty.
JPAR® – Real Estate brokerage and franchise operations continue to expand throughout the United States, now serving home buyers and sellers from 65 offices throughout 26 states with more than 3,600 real estate professionals.
According to Lisa Schlitz, COO, JPAR® – South Florida Living, "JPAR® – South Florida Living is expanding its footprint not only in Palm Beach, but throughout the state by acquiring high quality brokerages like Signature Invest Realty."
About JPAR® - Real Estate: JPAR® - Real Estate and JPAR® Franchising is a full-service real estate brokerage and franchise platform offering a highly competitive transaction fee-based model and agent-centric culture. The JPAR® platform provides agents 7 day-per-week broker support, physical office locations, a comprehensive open architecture tech stack, marketing, lead generation, training, coaching, mentoring and agent health care. The company serves more than 3,600 agents operating in 65 offices across 26 states.
Contact: Matthew Gentile, 4124773349, matt@mybffsocial.com
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Columbus beats DC United 3-0 to end scoring drought, skid
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Pedro Santos and Derrick Etienne scored first-half goals and the Columbus Crew ended a long scoring drought and a six-match winless streak with a 3-0 romp over DC United in MLS play. Santos put the Crew (3-3-3) up for good in the 28th minute when he beat keeper Jon Kempin on a free kick. Etienne later took a perfect long pass from Josh Williams and scored to make it 2-0 in the 43rd minute. Darlington Nagbe capped the scoring for the Crew with a goal from outside the box in the 75th minute. It was the first win for Columbus since a 2-1 victory over Toronto FC on March 12, with the club scoring for the first time in MLS play since a stoppage-time tally against the New York Red Bulls on March 20. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/30/columbus-beats-dc-united-3-0-to-end-scoring-drought-skid/ | 2022-05-01T04:50:53Z |
SAN DIEGO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SOCi Inc. Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and their joint venture partner, FordDirect, announced today that they have appointed SOCi as its platform of record for localized marketing, available to all of its Ford and Lincoln Dealerships in the U.S.
Since the Ford family of brands began using the SOCi platform in February 2022 to manage business listings and social profiles for its Dealerships, the automaker has experienced triple digit month-over-month increases in Facebook impressions (240%), post volume (288%), and engagements (414%).
"As we began to search for a new local marketing platform, we knew we needed a vendor that would offer superior customer support and a seamless experience to improve adoption rates. We found that in SOCi," said Jenna Thompson, Ford's Digital Retail Marketing Manager. "With SOCi, we can localize social content at scale. In just a few months together, there's been an increase in our social presence and engagement that would not have been possible without the SOCi platform."
Ford and FordDirect approached SOCi to help secure buy-in from local dealers with a seamless, white glove process for localized social media management, which would increase social engagements for its dealerships. According to SOCi platform data, localized content that takes local community sentiment into account receives on average a 67% lift in engagement over more generalized posts. Further, according to SOCi's 2022 Localized Marketing Benchmark Report (LMBR), automotive dealers outperformed all other verticals in terms of localized marketing, indicating intense competition for Ford and a heightened need to rise above other automakers in its digital marketing efforts.
SOCi also provided a scalable, automated process for Ford and Lincoln to update dealer listings daily, helping ensure that consumers have the most up-to-date information about local dealer locations. In a Ford-specific LMBR audit based on 2022 LMBR data, Ford has claimed 99.5% of its dealer locations on Google (compared to the 81.62% Competitor Benchmark) and 63.1% of the listings appear in the Google 3-Pack (compared to the 51.92% Competitor Benchmark).
"Amid such a competitive digital marketing landscape, it is our role to deliver the most cutting edge technologies together with optimal strategies and support to maximize success," said Afif Khoury, founder and CEO of SOCi. "We've already seen these efforts pay off in our partnership with the Ford team and their investment in a superior localized digital marketing strategy."
To learn more about how SOCi's all-in-one platform helps brands design industry-leading localized marketing strategies, visit www.meetsoci.com.
About SOCi
SOCi is the marketing platform for multi-location brands. We empower businesses like Ace Hardware, Sport Clips and Anytime Fitness to scale marketing efforts across all digital channels in a way that's brand directed, locally perfected, and data connected. As one central place to scale marketing, SOCi makes the impossible possible by enabling top brands and their locations to strengthen and scale their digital presence across limitless local search and social pages while protecting what matters most, their reputation. For more information on how SOCi can help fuel your localized marketing success, visit us at www.meetsoci.com or message us at hello@meetsoci.com.
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan, that is committed to helping build a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams. The company's Ford+ plan for growth and value creation combines existing strengths, new capabilities and always-on relationships with customers to enrich experiences for and deepen the loyalty of those customers. Ford develops and delivers innovative, must-have Ford trucks, sport utility vehicles, commercial vans and cars and Lincoln luxury vehicles, as well as connected services. Additionally, Ford is establishing leadership positions in mobility solutions, including self-driving technology, and provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. Ford employs about 182,000 people worldwide. More information about the company, its products and Ford Credit is available at corporate.ford.com.
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Topeka celebrates Barry Feaker’s career, welcomes La Manda Broyles
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -After 36 years at the Topeka Rescue Mission, Barry Feaker decided it was time to retire.
Friday afternoon, the community gather to celebrate his accomplishments.
“This community is amazing. I am just so honored to be able to have meet so many amazing people that have joined with us that have helped us with our neighbors in need, and to be here today with great friends is a thrill,” said Feaker.
Feaker says there’s really only one accomplishment he strived for --
“If we can come together and do things together, and off cast some vision about people who suffer, homelessness, hunger, human trafficking whatever the case may be, the biggest accomplishment if there is one- would just to invite people to come together and do it together.”
The celebration also acted as a chance to welcome La Manda Broyles into the position, who Feaker says strives for the same thing.
“That common goal is that we do really see our neighbors wherever they come from, whatever their experiences are, as truly neighbors. I picked up a statement from a missionary in Africa “Just love the one in front of you”. So, if we can do that well and come together in times like this we are going to be a better and healthier community,” he said.
Broyles has been working towards this for several months and has a list of priorities to address.
“One of the things that is on my radar, is how can we better serve those that are from an older generation. For example, there is research being done right now because we are seeing an increase in what we can the graying homeless. That means, there are people that are out living their means, out living their money that they have had saved up,” she said.
La Manda Broyles called the support shown for Feaker “Amazing” and says she will continue the work he started.
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ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel,, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner" or the "Company") (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR), a leading Israeli communications operator, announced today that further to the Company's report dated December 14, 2021 regarding the signing of a collective employment agreement for a period of three years until December 31, 2024 (the "Collective Employment Agreement"), the Company, the employees' representatives and the Histadrut New General Labor Organization (the "Parties"), signed a special collective employment agreement, that is valid until December 31, 2024 (the "Special Collective Employment Agreement"), that regulates, among other things, a salary increase mechanism for the years 2023 and 2024 and a mechanism for employee participation in the Company's profits from year 2023 onwards.
The Special Collective Employment Agreement grants the employees, among other things, salary increases for each of the years 2023 and 2024 in the amount of 3.5% for employees with a seniority of at least 1.5 years, to be differentially allocated, special salary increases for the years 2023 and 2024 for employees with a seniority of at least 4 years with salaries that do not exceed the salary level set forth in the Special Collective Employment Agreement; a mechanism for employee participation in the Company's profits starting in 2023 in accordance with the Company meeting its targets and a one-time retention grant for employees with a seniority of at least 2 years, to be differentially allocated.
The Special Collective Employment Agreement will include the Company's statement that at least until December 31, 2024, it will maintain the Company's assets (the cellular network and the fiber network) under its ownership at least as the situation is on the day of signing the Special Collective Employment Agreement, and will not take streamlining or downsizing termination steps, except in specific cases, and subject to the agreement of the employee representatives.
The Special Collective Employment Agreement exhausts the Parties' claims until December 31, 2024, for the matters settled therein, including all matters pertaining to participation in profits, salary increases and acquisition of control of the Company and the Parties' undertaking to maintain industrial silence on matters regulated therein. As a result, the labor dispute that was announced on April 12, 2022 is cancelled.
The estimated cost of the matters included in the Special Collective Employment Agreement (not including the cost of employee participation in the Company's profits that is conditional upon future results) is approximately NIS 20.3 million for the year 2022 and approximately NIS 41.6 million for both of the years 2023 and 2024.
For further information please see the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 – "Item 3. Key Information - 3D.2j - The unionization of our employees has negatively affected and may continue to affect our financial results" and "Item 6 DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES - 6D. Employees".
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements, as this term is defined in Section 27A of the US Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the safe-harbor provisions of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "will", "believe", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "strive", "seek", "plan", "could", "may", "foresee", "target", "objective", "goal", declensions thereof and similar expressions typically convey forward-looking statements, but these words are not the only words that convey these statements. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current knowledge and our present beliefs and expectations regarding possible future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including potential difficulties which may arise from the signing of the collective employment agreement and its financial impact on the Company.
About Partner Communications
Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner") is a leading Israeli provider of telecommunications services (cellular, fixed-line telephony, internet and television services). Partner's ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market™ and its shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR).
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Contacts:
Mr. Tamir Amar, Deputy CEO & Chief Financial Officer, Tel: +972-54-781-4951
Mr. Amir Adar, Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Projects, Tel: +972-54-781-5051, Email: investors@partner.co.il
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. , June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Insignia Capital Group announced today the promotion of Nick DeTrempe to Managing Director. This new role will allow him to continue driving the firm's mission of helping management teams build exceptional companies.
"Nick's promotion reflects the tremendous impact he has made at our firm and across our portfolio. He has been with Insignia for over eight years, and we are very proud of the leadership he has demonstrated," said David Lowe, CEO & Partner of Insignia Capital Group. "He exemplifies our core values of curiosity and integrity, and we look forward to his continued success."
Nick joined Insignia Capital Group in 2014 and is responsible for deal origination, evaluation and execution, as well as leading portfolio company improvement initiatives. Prior to joining Insignia, Nick worked at Baird Capital, where he focused on investments in service-based enterprises. He began his career as an investment banking analyst at Credit Suisse. Nick received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.
Insignia Capital Group is a San Francisco Bay Area private equity firm focused on lower middle-market companies. Insignia partners with company founders and management teams to help drive growth and achieve true business potential. The firm's principals have significant experience building businesses across a range of industries including consumer and business services. For more information please visit www.insigniacap.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration told lawmakers Thursday that a shuttered baby formula factory could be up and running as soon as next week, though he sidestepped questions about whether his agency should have intervened earlier to address problems at the plant that have triggered the national shortage.
FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf faced a bipartisan grilling from House lawmakers over the baby formula issue that has angered American parents and become a major political liability for President Joe Biden.
The problems are largely tied to Abbott Nutrition’s Michigan formula plant, the largest in the U.S., which has been closed since February due to contamination problems. The FDA announced a preliminary agreement with Abbott earlier this week to restart production, pending safety upgrades and certifications.
“We had to wrestle this to ground with Abbott,” Califf told members of a House subcommittee “I think we are on track to get it open within the next week to two weeks.”
After production resumes, Abbott has said, it could take about two months until new formula begins arriving in stores. Califf said it will be “a few weeks” before supplies return to normal levels, especially in rural areas that aren’t near distribution hubs.
When lawmakers asked why it took the FDA months to investigate a whistleblower complaint about safety violations at Abbott’s plant, Califf said he couldn’t share details due to the agency’s ongoing investigation. Several lawmakers rejected that response.
“It’s not acceptable to say you just can’t comment on it,” said Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis. “This is a problem I’ve seen over and over with the FDA: You guys aren’t good at communicating.”
Califf is the first administration official to testify before Congress on the shortage, which has left some parents hunting for formula and become a political talking point for Republicans. On Wednesday evening Biden announced sweeping new steps to improve U.S. supplies, including invoking the Defense Production Act and flying in imported formula from overseas.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., repeatedly asked Califf to explain what the FDA did after receiving a whistleblower complaint in October alleging numerous safety violations at Abbott’s plant, including employees falsifying records and failing to properly test formula before releasing it. The former Abbott employee wasn’t interviewed by the FDA until late December and the plant wasn’t closed until mid-February, she noted.
“It all begs the question, why did the FDA not spring into action?” DeLauro asked. “Who in the leadership had access to that report — who didn’t have access to the report — and why was there no reaction?”
Califf said he had reviewed the complaint but didn’t specify when or what immediate steps were taken.
“I am committed to getting back to you on specifics of what happened, I’m just not prepared to today,” Califf said.
One point on which lawmakers and Califf agreed is that consolidation in the U.S. formula market makes it highly vulnerable to disruption. Just four companies produce an estimated 90% of U.S. formula, including Abbott, Gerber, Perrigo and Reckitt. Those companies also dominate federal contracts that provide about half of all U.S. formula through a program called WIC, for low-income mothers, infants and children.
Abbott shut its Michigan plant in February after FDA inspectors began investigating four bacterial infections in infants who had consumed formula from the plant. All four were hospitalized and two died. The first of those cases was reported to the FDA in September, but agency staff didn’t begin inspecting the facility until late January.
Califf said earlier this week that the agency hasn’t yet reached a conclusion on whether bacteria from the plant caused the infant infections. Abbott has said there is no direct evidence linking its products to the illnesses.
The baby formula shortage is the first major crisis for Califf since returning to the FDA in February. He briefly led the agency under President Barack Obama and was tapped for the job again based on his past experience leading the sprawling agency, which regulates food, drugs, medical technology and tobacco.
Thursday’s hearing was scheduled to review the FDA’s budget request for next year, and Califf asked lawmakers for $76 million in new funding for food safety and nutrition.
“I was very well aware coming in that we need to do major improvements on the food side of the FDA — not because the people are bad — but there is a need for consistent leadership and the right resources,” Califf told lawmakers.
The funding request comes amid longstanding concerns that the FDA’s food program — which oversees most U.S. foods except meat, poultry and eggs — has been chronically underfunded and undermanaged compared to its medical divisions.
On Wednesday evening, House Democrats passed a $28 million spending bill that would boost FDA funding to inspect domestic and international formula producers. Its fate in the Senate is uncertain.
The subcommittee’s top Republican, Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, said many of the problems facing the FDA could be “solved by strong leadership, rather than money.”
While supporting increased funding, DeLauro also said the problems in the agency’s food center run deeper.
“You have serious structural, leadership issues,” she told Califf. “Someone at this agency needs to have serious, relevant food credentials. Otherwise, food will be a second class citizen at the FDA.”
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SAN FRANCISCO and SUZHOU, China, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases, today announced the appointment of Mr. Gary Zieziula as an independent non-executive director of the board of directors ("the Board") and a member of the audit committee of the Board and the strategy committee of the Board.
Mr. Zieziula has over 40 years of experience building and guiding strong, sustainable sales and operations organizations across Europe and North America in several MNCs. He is currently the President of Kyowa Kirin USA Holdings, Inc. ("Kyowa Kirin USA"), theNorth America Region Headquarters of Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd ("Kyowa Kirin") (TSE: 4151). Kyowa Kirin is a Japan-based global specialty pharmaceutical company that applies cutting-edge science, including its expertise in antibody research and engineering, to address the needs of patients across multiple therapeutic areas such as nephrology, oncology, immunology/allergy and neurology. Mr. Zieziula joined Kyowa Kirin USA in 2019. Under his leadership, North America has become the fastest growing region of Kyowa Kirin's global business. Before joining Kyowa Kirin USA, Mr. Zieziula successively served as the chief commercial officer and President of EMD Serono, the North American subsidiary of Merck KGaA pharmaceutical company, where he promoted the successful commercialization of the company's oncology, nerve / immunity, fertility and endocrine products in North America, reversed the downward trend of many products in the North American market and strengthened the growth momentum of market share. Previously, Mr. Zieziula served as a strategic adviser to venture capital firms and pharma companies on M&A and product licensing opportunities in the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology market. Mr. Zieziula had also held important positions at AMAG, Roche, Bristol Myers Squibb and Merck & Co. Currently. Mr. Zieziula received his bachelor's degree from the State University of New York and an MBA degree from Canisius College.
Dr. Michael Yu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Innovent, stated:"We warmly welcome Mr. Zieziula to join the board of directors of Innovent. Mr. Zieziula has rich experience in leading the successful global commercialization of drugs in many large pharmaceutical companies and biotechnology companies, and has deep insight into the global layout, evaluation and promotion of pipelines. Mr. Zieziula joins the Board in a critical period of Innovent's development, which not only makes the Board more diversified, but also brings us complementary experience with globalization. We believe that his participation will Innovent devise strategic plans for globalization that support the company in achieving our mission – to grow into a global premier biopharmaceutical company, and make Innovent's innovative drugs benefit more global patients."
Mr. Zieziula, stated: "I am honored to join the Board of Innovent and look forward to working with such an innovative, professional and efficient team. Innovent is a young and promising company.. Over the past decade, Innovent has successfully built a fully-integrated platform of R&D, CMC and commercialization, , and established global innovative research and clinical development capabilities, which lay a solid foundation for innovation and globalization in the next decade. I am honored to contribute to the implementation of Innovent's strategic objective and mission."
About Innovent
Inspired by the spirit of "Start with Integrity, Succeed through Action," Innovent's mission is to develop, manufacture and commercialize high-quality biopharmaceutical products that are affordable to ordinary people. Established in 2011, Innovent is committed to developing, manufacturing and commercializing high-quality innovative medicines for the treatment of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major diseases. On October 31, 2018, Innovent was listed on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited with the stock code: 01801.HK.
Since its inception, Innovent has developed a fully integrated multi-functional platform which includes R&D, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), clinical development and commercialization capabilities. Leveraging the platform, the company has built a robust pipeline of 32 valuable assets in the fields of cancer, autoimmune, metabolic, ophthalmology and other major therapeutic areas, with 7 products approved for marketing in China – TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) , Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor) and olverembatinib (BCR-ABL TKI) and Cyramza® (ramucirumab), 1 asset under NMPA NDA review, 5 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials, and an additional 19 molecules in clinical studies.
Innovent has built an international team with advanced talent in high-end biological drug development and commercialization, including many global experts. The company has also entered into strategic collaborations with Eli Lilly and Company, Adimab, Incyte, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Hanmi and other international partners. Innovent strives to work with many collaborators to help advance China's biopharmaceutical industry, improve drug availability and enhance the quality of the patients' lives. For more information, please visit: www.innoventbio.com. and www.linkedin.com/company/innovent-biologics/.
Note:
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection) is not an approved product in the United States.
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO®, and HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection) are not approved products in the United States.
TYVYT® (sintilimab injection, Innovent)
BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection, Innovent)
Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor, Incyte Corporation). Pemazyre® was discovered by Incyte Corporation and licensed to Innovent for development and commercialization in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
CYRAMZA® (ramucirumab, Eli Lilly). Cyramza® was discovered by Eli Lilly and licensed to Innovent for commercialization in Mainland China.
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(The Hill) — Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, are posing for their first official portrait together.
The royal couple said they were “delighted” to see the first joint portrait of themselves unveiled Thursday at the University of Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum in the United Kingdom, where it will be on display for three years before heading to other spaces.
The portrait is by British artist Jamie Coreth.
The artwork was commissioned last year by the Cambridgeshire Royal Portrait Fund as “a gift to Cambridgeshire,” Kensington Palace said in a statement.
Coreth “worked to incorporate the City of Cambridge into the portrait by painting the background with the tones and colours of many of the historical stone buildings that are synonymous with the city,” according to a statement.
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FORT MCDOWELL, Ariz., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort is proud to introduce the award-winning property's new Sportsbook powered by Betfred, featuring state-of-the-art 4K video walls and displays, a cashier stand with four wagering terminals, and strategically located betting kiosks designed to appeal to sports betting enthusiasts throughout Arizona.
"We took our time in creating our new Sportsbook because we wanted to learn from those that came before us, maximize existing resources, and leverage the latest electronic advancements so we could take our facility to the next level of gaming excellence," explained Kirk Brumbaugh, Table Games Director for the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort.
Powered by Betfred Sportsbook (with whom the We-Ko-Pa Casino has partnered since August 2021 to bring sports betting to Arizona residents), the new Sportsbook boasts a massive Planar 4K direct view LED video wall (47' wide by 9' tall) that can show three separate games side-by-side, with each screen measuring 18'4' diagonally. Each screen can be further split into four separate 9.2' diagonal sections, allowing up to 12 separate games to be seen simultaneously.
"We're excited to increase our presence in Arizona in partnership with the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort and WKP Sportsbook," stated Bryan Bennett, Chief Operating Officer of Betfred USA Sports. "As a team, we set out early to create one of the best game-watching and betting experiences in the state, and we're confident we've accomplished that goal."
Opening just in time for football season, the new Sportsbook is connected to WKP Sports & Entertainment, a full-service sports bar that offers a variety of innovative appetizers, wings, burgers, sandwiches, pizza, salads and entrees along with more than 45 draft beers, signature cocktails, their proprietary Party Punch, beer cocktails, wine, premium spirits and adult milkshakes. Beverage service will be available during the Sportsbook hours of operation.
The new Sportsbook is open seven days a week from 10 am on weekdays (9 am on Saturday and Sunday) until closing. For more information about the We-Ko-Pa Casino's new Sportsbook, visit www.wekopacasinoresort.com.
Owned and operated by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, the spectacular 166,341-square-foot We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort boasts state-of-the-art gaming, a variety of specialty fine and casual dining restaurants, and live entertainment. The attached AAA Four Diamond hotel offers 246 luxurious guestrooms and suites; 25,000 square feet of meeting space; and two resort-style outdoor pools.
The casino resort's proximity to the two highly acclaimed courses at We-Ko-Pa Golf Club and numerous outdoor activities at Fort McDowell Adventures make it the ideal destination for a vacation, business function or special event.
Betfred USA Sports is the wholly owned US subsidiary of Betfred Group, a Warrington, United Kingdom-based bookmaker that owns and operates over 1400 betting shops in the UK as well as industry leading online and mobile products in the UK and Spain. Betfred Group created Las Vegas-based Betfred USA Sports in 2019 specifically to enter the robust and ever-expanding US sports betting market. Betfred USA Sports, a proud sportsbook sponsor of the Denver Broncos, Cincinnati Bengals and Colorado Rockies, is currently a licensed operator in Arizona, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Washington and Colorado, with Ohio, Nevada, Maryland and Virginia pending regulatory approval.
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Betfred USA Sports
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PHOENIX, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CopperPoint Insurance Companies, a western-based super regional commercial insurance company, announced today that Kevin Kinross will be joining CopperPoint on September 12, 2022 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, reporting to the CEO.
Kinross brings over 20 years of experience, along with deep relationships in the industry, to the role. He most recently served as a Partner at Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP where he led the Insurance Regulatory & Transaction Practice.
"Kevin has been a trusted partner to me throughout the years and has advised us on a variety of corporate matters, including our mutual holding company conversion. He will be a tremendous asset to the CopperPoint Family", said Marc Schmittlein, CopperPoint President and CEO.
Kinross earned his Finance degree at Indiana University Kelly School of Business and his Juris Doctor from Capital University Law School.
He will work alongside Sara Begley, current Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer for the next several months until Sara retires in early 2023. We have been so fortunate to have Sara at the helm for the last 14 years and we are confident that the work over the next several months will ensure a smooth transition for Kinross into this new role.
Founded in 1925, CopperPoint Insurance Companies, www.copperpoint.com, is a leading provider of workers' compensation and commercial property and casualty insurance solutions. With an expanded line of insurance products and a growing 26-state footprint, CopperPoint is in a strong position to meet the evolving needs of its agents, brokers, and customers. It has $5.1 billion in total assets and an enterprise surplus of approximately $1.6 billion.
CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Holding Company is the corporate parent of CopperPoint Insurance Companies, Pacific Compensation Insurance Company and Alaska National Insurance Company. All companies are rated A (Excellent) by AM Best.
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- Earnings per diluted share of $0.55; $0.56 on an adjusted(1) basis
- Return on average assets of 1.28%; 1.31% on an adjusted(1) basis
- Net interest margin on FTE basis(1) of 3.47%; 30 bp increase from linked quarter
- Loan growth of $191.4 million, excluding PPP; 8.3% on an annualized basis
- Noninterest income of $49.8 million increased 20.6% from the linked quarter
CINCINNATI, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First Financial Bancorp. (Nasdaq: FFBC) ("First Financial" or the "Company") announced financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company reported net income of $51.5 million, or $0.55 per diluted common share. These results compare to net income of $41.3 million, or $0.44 per diluted common share, for the first quarter of 2022. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, First Financial had earnings per diluted share of $0.98 compared to $1.01 for the same period in 2021.
Return on average assets for the second quarter of 2022 was 1.28% while return on average tangible common equity was 20.68%(1). These compare to returns on average assets of 1.03% and return on average tangible common equity of 14.93%(1) in the first quarter of 2022.
Second quarter 2022 highlights include:
- Strong loan growth when compared to linked quarter(2)
- Net interest margin of 3.43%, or 3.47% on a fully tax-equivalent basis(1), exceeded expectations
- Noninterest income of $49.8 million, or $50.8 million as adjusted(1)
- Noninterest expenses of $103.2 million, or $102.4 million as adjusted(1)
- Total Allowance for Credit Losses of $134.5 million; Total quarterly provision recapture of $0.8 million
- Regulatory capital ratios remain in excess of internal targets
Archie Brown, President and CEO, commented on the quarter, "I am extremely pleased with our performance in the second quarter. Earnings improved from the first quarter as our asset sensitive balance sheet was positively impacted by recent rate increases. In addition, credit quality was stable with lower net charge-offs and nonaccrual loan balances. This led to a small provision recapture for the quarter."
Mr. Brown continued, "We were encouraged by our strong fee income performance for the quarter. Total fee income surpassed our expectations due to record foreign exchange income, strong income from limited partnership investments and growing leasing business income. While second quarter mortgage banking income increased 35% from the linked quarter, we continue to experience headwinds due to the rapid rise in interest rates. In addition, recent overdraft program changes led to a modest reduction in deposit account service charges during the second quarter and we expect further decline due to these program changes in the coming periods."
Mr. Brown commented on loan growth, "We were very pleased with loan growth in the second quarter. Loans (excluding PPP) increased by $191 million, or 8.3%, on an annualized basis. Loan growth was broad based, with increases in the C&I, retail mortgage and consumer portfolios. This more than offset a decline in the ICRE portfolio, which was driven by elevated prepayments. In addition, we were also pleased with Summit's growth in the quarter, including operating leases, which increased $21 million, or 33.5%, during the period. Loan origination activity remains strong as we head into the third quarter."
Mr. Brown concluded, "I want to thank our associates for their excellent performance so far this year. As we head into the back half of the year, we are optimistic that our balance sheet is positioned to further benefit from additional rate increases and loan activity remains strong. We remain diligent in our credit monitoring and are prepared to manage a downturn in the economy should it occur later in the interest rate cycle."
Full detail of the Company's second quarter 2022 performance is provided in the accompanying financial statements and slide presentation.
Teleconference / Webcast Information
First Financial's executive management will host a conference call to discuss the Company's financial and operating results on Friday, July 22, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Members of the public who would like to listen to the conference call should dial (844) 200-6205 (U.S. toll free), (646) 904-5544 (U.S. local) or +1 (929) 526-1599 (International), access code 099625. The number should be dialed five to ten minutes prior to the start of the conference call. A replay of the conference call will be available beginning one hour after the completion of the live call at (866) 813-9403 (U.S. toll free), (929) 458-6194 (U.S. local) and +44 204 525-0658 (all other locations), access code 049791. The recording will be available until August 5, 2022. The conference call will also be accessible as an audio webcast via the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.bankatfirst.com. The webcast will be archived on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website for 12 months.
Press Release and Additional Information on Website
This press release as well as supplemental information are available to the public through the Investor Relations section of First Financial's website at www.bankatfirst.com.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This earnings release contains GAAP financial measures and Non-GAAP financial measures where management believes it to be helpful in understanding the Company's results of operations or financial position. Where Non-GAAP financial measures are used, the comparable GAAP financial measures, as well as a reconciliation to the comparable GAAP financial measure, can be found in the section titled "Appendix: Non-GAAP to GAAP Reconciliation" in the accompanying slide presentation.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this report which are not statements of historical fact constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as ''believes,'' ''anticipates,'' "likely," "expected," "estimated," ''intends'' and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements but are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make about (i) our future operating or financial performance, including revenues, income or loss and earnings or loss per share, (ii) future common stock dividends, (iii) our capital structure, including future capital levels, (iv) our plans, objectives and strategies, and (v) the assumptions that underlie our forward-looking statements.
As with any forecast or projection, forward-looking statements are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts but instead express only management's beliefs regarding future results or events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of management's control. It is possible that actual results and outcomes may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results or outcomes indicated in these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements include the following, without limitation:
- economic, market, liquidity, credit, interest rate, operational and technological risks associated with the Company's business;
- future credit quality and performance, including our expectations regarding future loan losses and our allowance for credit losses
- the effect of and changes in policies and laws or regulatory agencies, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and other legislation and regulation relating to the banking industry;
- Management's ability to effectively execute its business plans;
- mergers and acquisitions, including costs or difficulties related to the integration of acquired companies;
- the possibility that any of the anticipated benefits of the Company's acquisitions will not be realized or will not be realized within the expected time period;
- the effect of changes in accounting policies and practices;
- changes in consumer spending, borrowing and saving and changes in unemployment;
- changes in customers' performance and creditworthiness;
- the costs and effects of litigation and of unexpected or adverse outcomes in such litigation;
- current and future economic and market conditions, including the effects of changes in housing prices, fluctuations in unemployment rates, U.S. fiscal debt, budget and tax matters, geopolitical matters, and any slowdown in global economic growth;
- the adverse impact on the U.S. economy, including the markets in which we operate, of the novel coronavirus, which causes the Coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19"), global pandemic, and the impact on the performance of our loan and lease portfolio, the market value of our investment securities, the availability of sources of funding and the demand for our products;
- our capital and liquidity requirements (including under regulatory capital standards, such as the Basel III capital standards) and our ability to generate capital internally or raise capital on favorable terms;
- financial services reform and other current, pending or future legislation or regulation that could have a negative effect on our revenue and businesses, including the Dodd-Frank Act and other legislation and regulation relating to bank products and services;
- the effect of the current interest rate environment or changes in interest rates or in the level or composition of our assets or liabilities on our net interest income, net interest margin and our mortgage originations, mortgage servicing rights and mortgage loans held for sale;
- the effect of a fall in stock market prices on our brokerage, asset and wealth management businesses;
- a failure in or breach of our operational or security systems or infrastructure, or those of our third-party vendors or other service providers, including as a result of cyber attacks;
- the effect of changes in the level of checking or savings account deposits on our funding costs and net interest margin; and
- our ability to develop and execute effective business plans and strategies.
Additional factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those described in our forward-looking statements can be found in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, as well as our other filings with the SEC, which are available on the SEC website at www.sec.gov
All forward-looking statements included in this filing are made as of the date hereof and are based on information available at the time of the filing. Except as required by law, the Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statement.
About First Financial Bancorp.
First Financial Bancorp. is a Cincinnati, Ohio based bank holding company. As of June 30, 2022, the Company had $16.2 billion in assets, $9.4 billion in loans, $12.3 billion in deposits and $2.1 billion in shareholders' equity. The Company's subsidiary, First Financial Bank, founded in 1863, provides banking and financial services products through its six lines of business: Commercial, Retail Banking, Investment Commercial Real Estate, Mortgage Banking, Commercial Finance and Wealth Management. These business units provide traditional banking services to business and retail clients. Wealth Management provides wealth planning, portfolio management, trust and estate, brokerage and retirement plan services and had approximately $3.0 billion in assets under management as of June 30, 2022. The Company operated 135 full service banking centers as of June 30, 2022, primarily in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois, while the Commercial Finance business lends into targeted industry verticals on a nationwide basis. Additional information about the Company, including its products, services and banking locations, is available at www.bankatfirst.com.
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NEW YORK, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Born in New York, Marc Zaref received his BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design, and also studied at the Art Students League of New York, Center for Metal Arts and the Silvermine School of Art.
Known to some as a sculptor, others as a painter, and to many a designer, the foundation of Zaref's processes is drawing, apparent in his work on paper and through playful assemblages of forged and welded steel. With a broad range of skills, paired with a knowledge and comfort of working with an extensive palette of methods and materials, Zaref freely articulates his expressions and ideas in two and three dimensions.
Inspired by the resilience and courage of the citizens of Ukraine, as well as his grandparents' stories of how they escaped from Kiev and Odessa in 1918 soon after the Bolsheviks invaded the region, Zaref created Defiance, a series of sculptures that symbolize their resistance and the free world's support of solidarity.
The form, derived from the "Czech Hedgehog" (most commonly seen in historic WWII images on the beaches of Normandy), is a simple, yet effective wartime structure meant as an obstacle for tanks and armored vehicles. With three elements to support one another, Zaref chose the colors of the Ukrainian flag—yellow (gold) and blue—and white as a symbolic element of international support and world peace. Engineered for expedited fabrication and acquisition of materials, the sculptures are installed as single or multiple units in either interior or exterior environments.
"As an artist, I am grateful to have the ability to contribute a visual voice bringing attention to the Ukrainian people and their plight to defend their home and democracy," says Zaref.
On Friday, June 24, Defiance! A Ukrainian Solidarity Project by Marc Zaref is going to be introduced to the community in Paia, Maui, Hawaii at a gallery opening at Art Project Paia, a multidisciplinary gallery that represents up-and-coming and established international, mainland and local artists with a distinct Hawaiian sensitivity.
Known for large format sculptures and installations, Zaref worked closely with Art Project Paia to create smaller versions of Defiance by reducing the size of the artwork and allowing a lower price point, therefore making the installation more readily available to everyone.
Made of steel and paint, and created in unique editions and sizes ranging from 7 – 20 inches, the sculptures honoring Ukrainian solidarity will be available for purchase at the gallery with prices ranging from $500 – $3,000. The unique editions are also available for purchase online. A portion of the sales will go to the Ukrainian National Women's League of America, the largest Ukrainian women's organization in the United States whose mission is to promote and develop educational and cultural efforts and provide humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians worldwide.
"The work is a symbol of our times, the symbol of resistance against oppression and the importance of freedom. Everyone who is against this war should want to display Marc Zaref's work, at home or at their office. It's an honor to represent Marc and his Defiance Project," says Tatiana Botton, owner of Art Project Paia.
To learn more about the Ukrainian Solidarity Project, view Zaref's work, CV and / or experience his studio, visit MarcZaref.com.
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Instagram and Facebook remove posts offering abortion pills
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook and Instagram have begun promptly removing posts that offer abortion pills to women who may not be able to access them following a Supreme Court decision that stripped away constitutional protections for the procedure.
Such social media posts ostensibly aimed to help women living in states where preexisting laws banning abortion suddenly snapped into effect on Friday. That’s when the high court overruled Roe v. Wade, its 1973 decision that declared access to abortion a constitutional right.
Memes and status updates explaining how women could legally obtain abortion pills in the mail exploded across social platforms. Some even offered to mail the prescriptions to women living in states that now ban the procedure.
Almost immediately, Facebook and Instagram began removing some of these posts, just as millions across the U.S. were searching for clarity around abortion access. General mentions of abortion pills, as well as posts mentioning specific versions such as mifepristone and misoprostol, suddenly spiked Friday morning across Twitter, Facebook, Reddit and TV broadcasts, according to an analysis by the media intelligence firm Zignal Labs.
By Sunday, Zignal had counted more than 250,000 such mentions.
The AP obtained a screenshot on Friday of one Instagram post from a woman who offered to purchase or forward abortion pills through the mail, minutes after the court ruled to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion.
“DM me if you want to order abortion pills, but want them sent to my address instead of yours,” the post on Instagram read.
Instagram took it down within moments. Vice Media first reported on Monday that Meta, the parent of both Facebook and Instagram, was taking down posts about abortion pills.
On Monday, an AP reporter tested how the company would respond to a similar post on Facebook, writing: “If you send me your address, I will mail you abortion pills.”
The post was removed within one minute.
The Facebook account was immediately put on a “warning” status for the post, which Facebook said violated its standards on “guns, animals and other regulated goods.”
Yet, when the AP reporter made the same exact post but swapped out the words “abortion pills” for “a gun,” the post remained untouched. A post with the same exact offer to mail “weed” was also left up and not considered a violation.
Marijuana is illegal under federal law and it is illegal to send it through the mail.
Abortion pills, however, can legally be obtained through the mail after an online consultation from prescribers who have undergone certification and training.
In an email, a Meta spokesperson pointed to company policies that prohibit the sale of certain items, including guns, alcohol, drugs and pharmaceuticals. The company did not explain the apparent discrepancies in its enforcement of that policy.
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone confirmed in a tweet Monday that the company will not allow individuals to gift or sell pharmaceuticals on its platform, but will allow content that shares information on how to access pills. Stone acknowledged some problems with enforcing that policy across its platforms, which include Facebook and Instagram.
“We’ve discovered some instances of incorrect enforcement and are correcting these,” Stone said in the tweet.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday that states should not ban mifepristone, the medication used to induce an abortion.
“States may not ban mifepristone based on disagreement with the FDA’s expert judgment about its safety and efficacy,” Garland said in a Friday statement.
But some Republicans have already tried to stop their residents from obtaining abortion pills through the mail, with some states like West Virginia and Tennessee prohibiting providers from prescribing the medication through telemedicine consultation.
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Associated Press reporter Sophia Tulp in New York contributed to this report.
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Campaign is working with Black youth and influencers to promote healthier food options and calling on the National Restaurant Association to promote menu changes
BALTIMORE, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Council on Black Health, a research and action network dedicated to improving Black health nationwide, launched a new, national campaign, Operation Good Food & Beverages (OGF&B), to engage Black youth in a movement to promote healthier food and beverage options and counteract widespread unhealthy food marketing. OGF&B is an initiative by and for Black youth who recognize the history of unhealthy food marketing and speak out on the need for healthy foods and beverages to be more available and promoted in Black communities.
The effort is in partnership with HeartSmiles, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health at the University of Connecticut, and with support from the Bloomberg American Health Initiative at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Evoke, a global brand, experience, and communications platform.
OGF&B addresses a growing and urgent health crisis in the Black community. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black communities experience a heavy burden of obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. This is fueled in part by higher-than-average exposure of Black youth to the marketing of fast foods, sugary drinks, and other unhealthy products. Analyses from the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health found that in 2019, Black youth viewed, on average, nearly three fast-food ads per day – 75 percent more than their White counterparts.
"Patterns of racially targeted marketing of unhealthy food and beverages have not improved to any significant degree despite decades of public health criticism and calls for companies to change them," said Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH, a research professor at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health and a lead researcher for OGF&B. "We believe a positive approach that expresses Black community views about the benefits of healthy foods and connects good foods to Black culture can spark change."
Healthy eating has long played an influential role in Black communities. During the Civil Rights Movement, plant-based diets were central to many Black activists who saw the diet as a pathway to Black health and liberation. Today, for reasons from achieving health goals to connecting with African heritage, Black youth are among those spearheading the plant-based movement, with 50 percent of vegans identifying as Black or Latino.
OGF&B highlights the positive impact marketing of healthy foods and beverages can have on Black community health and well-being through the eyes of Black youth, who have contributed directly to the project through development of the website and social media channels, including content and videos. The campaign's new website features community-inspired and nutritionist-approved recipes that can be used as part of a seven-day healthy food challenge, and it is working with Black influencers on TikTok and Instagram to help amplify the message. The campaign is also calling on the National Restaurant Association, via a petition on Change.org, to encourage its 380,000 member restaurants to apply existing Kids LiveWell nutrition standards to menu items that are popular with Black youth up to age 18 instead of the current age 12 and commit to promoting these healthier options. Through these efforts, OGF&B aims to amplify Black youth voices. and tackle an ongoing problem.
"Black youth will be the voice of this movement, but we all have a role to play," said Kumanyika. "We hope that parents, advocates, advertisers, restaurants, food and beverage companies, celebrities and policymakers will all step up and join us to say now is the time to promote better food and beverage options in our communities. Our youth deserve it."
ABOUT OPERATION GOOD FOOD & BEVERAGES
Operation Good Food & Beverages was developed with youth leadership from HeartSmilesMD, an enrichment and leadership development program serving youth in Baltimore's most underserved communities, and is a project launched by the Council on Black Health, a research and action network dedicated to improving Black health nationwide. Support is provided by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative. Learn more at operationgoodfb.com and follow the campaign on TikTok and Instagram.
ABOUT THE BLOOMBERG AMERICAN HEALTH INITIATIVE
Through education, research, and practice, the Bloomberg American Health Initiative aims to impact five challenges to the nation's health: addiction and overdose, adolescent health, environmental challenges, obesity and the food system, and violence. One part of the Initiative, the Bloomberg Fellows Program, offers full scholarships for MPH and DrPH degrees for individuals working on the front lines to advance health in the U.S. The Initiative was founded with a gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies in honor of the centennial of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Learn more at americanhealth.jhu.edu.
ABOUT EVOKE
Evoke provided several pro bono services for the OGF&B campaign including creative, strategic, and social media direction along with media buying. Evoke is a leading global brand, experience, and communications platform, purpose-built to make health more human™. Organized by global practice areas and specialty agencies, Evoke uses data-driven insights, creativity, and applied innovation to solve the most complex of challenges in today's healthcare market. Evoke is a platform for clients, talent, and the communities they serve to unlock their full potential. For more information, visit Evokegroup.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Molecular Partners American Depositary Shares pursuant and/or traceable to certain documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about June 16, 2021; and/or (b) Molecular Partners securities between June 16, 2021, and April 26, 2022.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 12, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Molecular Partners AG made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company's product, ensovibep, was less effective at treating COVID-19 than defendants had led investors to believe; that (ii) accordingly, the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") was reasonably likely to require an additional Phase 3 study of ensovibep before granting the drug Emergency Use Authorization ("EUA"); (iii) waning global rates of COVID-19 significantly reduced the Company's chances of securing EUA for ensovibep; (iv) another of the Company's product candidates, MP0310, was less attractive to Molecular Partners' collaborator, Amgen, than defendants had led investors to believe; (v) accordingly, there was a significant likelihood that Amgen would return to global rights of MP0310 to Molecular Partners; (vi) as a result of all the foregoing, the clinical and commercial prospects of ensovibep and MP0310 were overstated; and (vii) as a result, documents issues in connection with the Company's initial public offer and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Molecular Partners you have until September 12, 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 Molecular Partners 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 MOLN lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/class-action-molecular-partners-ag-loss-submission-form?id=31041&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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Catching up with Royals owner John Sherman on Opening Day, stadium future and 2022 season
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - KCTV5 caught up with Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman ahead of Thursday afternoon’s Opening Day to the 2022 season.
Sherman addressed several topics, most notably the future of playing baseball downtown or at Kauffman Stadium in the future.
Q: How are you feeling about today?
Sherman: “I’m feeling great. The lockout is behind us. It’s a beautiful day out here. I’m hearing we’re going to get some wind later, but Opening Day in April in Kansas City, Missouri — you’ve got to kind of deal with the weather you got.”
Q: What does Opening Day mean?
Sherman: “It’s a very exciting day for fans and it’s about the community. Opening Day is about much more than baseball. It’s a rite of Spring on one hand: it’s hopeful but it’s also something that our entire community will enjoy today.”
Q: What can you tell us about the future of Kauffman Stadium and the prospect of downtown baseball?
Sherman: “We have a process underway to evaluate that, but I would just tell you that this is a beautiful place to play baseball. I’ve been coming out here for longer than I probably want to tell you so I’ve got a lot of nostalgia about this place. And this complex when Ewing Kauffman and Lamar Hunt put these two buildings in here, two single sports venues side by side that was incredibly innovative at the time. But now particularly as it relates to baseball, because of the 81 nights a year, you can create opportunities in higher density areas for economic activity, economic growth and things that can really benefit a community. That’s our study, and at the end of the day whether it’s our process or the Chiefs process, and when we’re in communication with them, working together. These processes are focused on two great franchises stay here for the next 50 years and create a lot of excitement for our community and our fans
Q: What are your expectations for this season?
Sherman: “I’m looking for progress, you know, we have got some new people, you know: Zack Greinke, calling up Bobby Witt Jr. — that’s very exciting. We have a core group of veterans led by Salvador Perrez, Whit Merrifield, a couple of Gold Glovers in the outfield so we have a solid nucleus. I think the key will be the development of our starting pitchers. You know, pitching is always the key because we’ll score runs. But pitching keeps you in every game and we’ve got an army of young pitchers after Zack. They’re all really young. So it will really depend on how they develop.
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Bi-directional integration enables marketers to harness the power of customer and operational data to orchestrate personalized cross-channel engagement
SAN FRANCISCO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blueshift, the most intelligent customer engagement platform, announced a new bi-directional integration with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company. The integration enables bi-directional integration between Blueshift and Snowflake that empowers marketers to confidently create relevant 1:1 customer journeys driven by rich enterprise-wide data and AI-powered insights across virtually any channel and experience.
"With the combined power of Snowflake and Blueshift, companies can now activate more data than ever for intelligent cross-channel engagement," said Tarik Dwiek, Head of Technology Alliances at Snowflake. "Marketers unlock the best-in-class data unification, segmentation, predictive modeling, and campaign orchestration capabilities of Blueshift, powered by a frictionless bi-directional integration with Snowflake."
Enterprises of all sizes are using Snowflake's platform to store and organize customer and operational data. With the new integration, Blueshift customers will be able to ingest multidimensional data tables from Snowflake (e.g. customer table, transactions table, product catalog table etc.) into Blueshift to build a single customer view that is easily accessible by marketers. The bi-directional integration also ensures that predictive data attributes computed in Blueshift, as well as campaign engagement data from Blueshift, will be written back into Snowflake tables, enabling the IT team to have a comprehensive view of data.
"Over the last several years, we have seen great results from the use of Blueshift to drive our cross-channel engagement. With the Snowflake integration, our Marketing and Technology teams are excited about the potential to seamlessly bring more data into Blueshift," said Joyce Poole, Senior Director of Marketing CRM at LendingTree.
Leveraging Blueshift's integration with Snowflake, marketers will be able to:
- Operate on a unified and up-to-date view of each customer: Blueshift not only ingests data continually from Snowflake's data tables in the form of micro-batches and streams, but also combines it with real-time data. This data can be streamed directly into Blueshift via APIs and SDKs, to build a single customer view.
- Leverage enterprise-wide data for predictions and recommendations: Data ingested from Snowflake into Blueshift informs Blueshift's predictive models for affinities, content recommendations, and more. Models and scores in Blueshift are updated as new data is streamed.
- Build audience segments without IT assistance: Marketers can now build sophisticated segments through Blueshift's intuitive user interface that enables them to query all the data, without needing to learn SQL or other query languages.
- Trigger advanced cross-channel engagement campaigns: Using a combination of customer and operational data, marketers can enhance agility in triggering the right message to the right customer, at the right time. For example, if customer data indicates that a customer has browsed a product and abandoned it, and operational data indicates that the price of the item dropped today, marketers can seamlessly create a triggered cross-channel engagement based on a combination of these conditions. Similarly, transactional data that may indicate that a certain application is going through different "states" (for instance, a credit card application could have the state of "applied," "processing," "approved," etc.) can now be leveraged by marketers to tailor the customer engagement.
"Our mission at Blueshift is to unlock every marketer's potential to drive consumer-centric engagement, by making data and intelligence effortlessly actionable on every channel," said Vijay Chittoor, CEO and co-founder of Blueshift. "The integration with Snowflake is a huge step in that direction."
San Francisco based Blueshift helps brands deliver relevant, connected experiences across every customer interaction. The Blueshift cross-channel marketing platform uses patented AI technology to unify, inform, and activate the fullness of customer data across all channels and applications. Through unified data, cross-channel orchestration, intelligent decisioning, and unmatched scale, Blueshift gives brands all the tools they need to seamlessly deliver 1:1 experiences in real-time across the entire customer journey. Blueshift has been recognized in the 2021 Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ list as one of the fastest growing technology companies in North America.
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ZHURIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — Oleksandr Chubuk’s warehouse should be empty, awaiting the new harvest, with his supply of winter wheat already shipped abroad. Instead, his storage bins in central Ukraine are piled high with grain he cannot ship out because of the war with Russia.
The green spikes of wheat are already ripening. Soon, the horizon will look like the Ukrainian flag, a sea of gold beneath a blue sky. Chubuk expects to reap 500 tons, but for the first time in his 30 years as a farmer, he’s uncertain about what to do with it.
“Hope is the only thing I have now,” he said.
The war has trapped about 22 million tons of grain inside Ukraine, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a growing crisis for the country known as the “breadbasket of Europe” for its exports of wheat, corn and sunflower oil.
Before Russia’s invasion, Ukraine could export 6 million to 7 million tons of grain per month, but in June it shipped only 2.2 million tons, according to the Ukrainian Grain Association. Normally, it sends about 30% of its grain to Europe, 30% to North Africa and 40% to Asia, said Mykola Horbachov, head of the association.
With Russia’s blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, the fate of the upcoming harvest in Ukraine is in doubt. The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says the war is endangering food supplies for many developing nations and could worsen hunger for up to 181 million people.
Meanwhile, many farmers in Ukraine could go bankrupt. They are facing the most difficult situation since gaining independence in 1991, Horbachov said.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country is working with the U.N., Ukraine, and Russia to find a solution, offering safe corridors in the Black Sea for wheat shipments.
For now, Ukraine is trying less-effective alternatives to export its grain, at least to Europe. Currently, 30% of exports go via three Danube River ports in southwestern Ukraine.
The country also is trying to ship grain via 12 border crossings with European countries, but trucks must wait in line for days, and Europe’s infrastructure cannot yet absorb such a volume of grain, Horbachov said.
“It’s impossible to build such infrastructure in one year,” he told The Associated Press.
Russia’s invasion also caused transportation costs to soar. The price to deliver this year’s harvested barley to the closest Romanian port, Constanta, is now $160 to $180 per ton, up from $40 to $45. And yet a farmer selling barley to a trader gets less than $100 per ton.
The losses are piling up, along with the harvest.
“Most of the farmers are running the risk of becoming bankrupt very soon. But they don’t have any other option but to sell their grain cheaper than its cost,” Horbachov said.
On top of such challenges, not all farmers can sell their grain.
Before the invasion, Chubuk could sell a ton of wheat from his Kyiv region farm for $270. Now he can’t find a buyer even at $135 per ton.
“The whole system backs up,” including storage options, said James Heneghan, senior vice president at Gro Intelligence, a global climate and agriculture data analytics company. The system was meant to keep Ukraine’s exports flowing, not store them.
Without money coming in for grain, future harvests are challenging. “Farmers need to purchase fertilizers, seeds, diesel, pay the salary,” Horbachov said. “Ukrainian farmers can’t print money.”
The country hasn’t yet run out of storage as the harvest begins.
Ukraine has about 65 million to 67 million tons of commercial grain storage capacity, according to Horbachov, although 20% of that is in Russian-occupied territories. Farmers themselves can store 20 million to 25 million tons, but some of that is also in occupied areas.
By the end of September, when the harvest of corn and sunflower seeds begins, Ukraine will face a shortage of storage capacity.
The FAO recently announced a $17 million project to help address the storage deficit. Heneghan of Gro Intelligence noted that one temporary solution could be providing farmers with silo bags for storage.
In eastern and southern regions near the front line, farmers continue to work their fields despite the threat to their lives.
“It can be finished in a moment by bombing, or as we see now, the fields are on fire,” said Yurii Vakulenko in the Dnipropetrovsk region, black smoke visible in the distance.
His workers risk their lives for little return, with storage facilities now refusing to take their grain, Vakulenko said.
Ukraine had a record-breaking grain harvest last year, collecting 107 million tons. Even more had been expected this year.
Now, in the best-case scenario, farmers will harvest only 70 million tons of grain this year, Horbachov estimated.
“Without opening the (Black Sea) ports, I don’t see any solution for Ukrainian farmers to survive,” he said. “And if they don’t survive, we won’t be able to feed African countries.”
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Francesca Ebel, Valerii Rezik and Oleksandr Stashevskyi in Ukraine and Aya Batrawy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed.
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Ross Park Aquatic Complex opens for 2022 season Saturday
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - One of Pocatello’s popular places to cool off during the summer months opens this weekend.
The Ross Park Aquatic Complex will kick off its 2022 season Saturday, May 28 at noon, weather permitting.
The facility will offer two Sensory-Friendly Family Swim Days which will be held June 18 and July 16 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. These morning swim sessions will be quieter and more relaxed for those with special needs.
“We are excited to offer these special swimming hours for our friends with special needs or sensory processing difficulties again this year,” Ross Park Aquatic Complex Manager Stacie VanKirk said. “Swimming is a great form of fun. exercise and even relaxation but large crowds, music, whistles, and announcements can be overwhelming for these individuals. We want as many people as possible to create some positive memories and have some summer fun.”
June 6 sees the return of the popular Lazy River Resistance Walking. Sessions will be held Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Meanwhile, three Splash Dances for youth ages 12 to 17-years-old are on the schedule for June 23, July 7, and July 21. The dances will run from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and feature a D.J., music, and more. The concession stand will also be open for participants to buy snacks and beverages.
“The Ross Park Aquatic Complex offers a family-friendly, affordable place to spend your summer and get your fill of water-related activities,” VanKirk said. “We can’t wait to see you.”
The Ross Park Aquatic Complex features a 25-yard by 25-meter main pool, an activity pool, and a zero-depth pool with a playground. For those wanting to stay out of the water, there are an open deck and grassy areas to sit and relax. The facility’s concession area is operated by the Ross Park Drive Inn, offering some of their famous taco spaghetti, burgers, tacos, and more for purchase.
Unfortunately, the Hydro Tube Water Slide is no longer operational due to the condition of the stairs. The stairs were inspected in 2020 and options for their replacement as well as funding are being researched and discussed.
The Ross Park Aquatic Complex will close for the season Sunday, August 21, 2022. | https://localnews8.com/news/pocatello/2022/05/26/ross-park-aquatic-complex-opens-for-2022-season-saturday/ | 2022-05-26T19:02:17Z |
STOCKHOLM, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Second quarter of 2022
- Net sales in the second quarter amounted to SEK 2,980 (2,445) million. Organic growth was 9 per cent and growth from acquisitions 11 per cent, while exchange rate effects accounted for 2 per cent.
- Adjusted EBITA increased by 3 per cent to SEK 172 (167) million and the operating margin was 5.8 (6.8) per cent.
- EBIT was SEK 119 (119) million. Profit after tax was SEK 79 (81) million.
- Earnings per share were SEK 0.8 (0.8).
- Cash conversion for the most recent 12-month period amounted to 97 (94) per cent.
- Leverage in relation to adjusted EBITDA was 2.0 (1.7).
First half of the year (January–June 2022)
- Net sales in the first half of the year amounted to SEK 5,935 (4,775) million. Organic growth was 10 per cent and growth from acquisitions 12 per cent, while exchange rate effects accounted for 2 per cent.
- Adjusted EBITA increased by 17 per cent to SEK 359 (306) million and the operating margin was 6.0 (6.4) per cent.
- EBIT was SEK 242 (203) million. Profit after tax was SEK 164 (134) million.
- Earnings per share were SEK 1.7 (1.4).
GROUP EARNINGS SUMMARY
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Financial calendar
27 October 2022 Interim report January–September 2022
9 February 2023 Interim Report January–December 2022
26 April 2023 Interim report January–March 2023
14 July 2023 Interim report January–June 2023
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As the leading provider of facility management services, Coor aims to create the happiest, healthiest and most prosperous workplace environments in the Nordic region. Coor offers specialist expertise in workplace services, property services and strategic advisory services. Coor creates value by executing, developing and streamlining our customers' service activities. This enables our customers to do what they do best.
Coor's customer base includes many large and small companies and public-sector organisations across the Nordic region, including ABB, Aibel, the Danish Building and Property Agency, DNV-GL, DSB, Ericsson, Equinor, ICA, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, the Danish Police, Public Prosecution Authority and Prison and Probation Service, PostNord, Saab, Sandvik, SAS, Skanska, Telia Company, the Swedish Transport Administration, Vasakronan and Volvo Cars.
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PITTSBURGH, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a simple and convenient means of charging a cell phone while on-the-go," said an inventor, from Hartford, Conn., "so I invented the PORTABLE CHARGER PLUG. My design would be easy to transport and it can be used anywhere for continued use of your phone."
The invention provides a portable way to charge a mobile phone almost anywhere. In doing so, it eliminates the frustration associated with a weak or dead phone battery. It also eliminates the need to find an outlet for charging. As a result, it enhances safety and convenience. The invention features a compact design that is easy to use so it is ideal for the owners of mobile phones. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Connecticut sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CNP-121, 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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NEW YORK, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Playstudios, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYPS) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than defendants who: (a) purchased, or otherwise acquired securities of Playstudios between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, both dates inclusive, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired Playstudios securities pursuant to the offering of the private investment in public equity; (b) held common stock of Acies as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 16, 2021 special meeting who exchanged their shares of Acies stock for shares of Playstudios stock pursuant to the merger of Acies and Old Playstudios; and/or (c) purchased or otherwise acquired Playstudios common stock pursuant to or traceable to Acies' documents issued in connection with the June 2021 merger.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: June 6, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Playstudios, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Playstudios was having significant problems with its flagship game, Kingdom Boss; (ii) Playstudios would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected; and (iii) Playstudios had not revised its financial projections to account for the problems it had encountered with Kingdom Boss. As a result of defendants' wrongful conduct, Class members paid artificially inflated prices for their Playstudios securities and suffered substantial losses and damages.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Playstudios, Inc. you have until June 6, 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 Playstudios, Inc. securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
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Drought and heat have taken their toll on local corn production, withering crops in the scorching Texas sun as farmers are harvesting.
Corn — one of the main crops harvested in Bell County — has suffered under the extreme conditions this year, farmers and agricultural experts said.
“In my opinion, corn has turned terrible this year,” said Joyce Martinets, president of the Holland Area Chamber of Commerce, which organizes an annual summer festival celebrating corn in the Bell County town on 1,574 residents.
“Corn is real small this year, from not enough rain,” said Marinets, a longtime Bell County resident who grew up on a farm that grew corn and now leases some of her land to corn farmers. “Some people didn’t even harvest; they cut it and baled it.”
More than 71,000 acres are planted with corn in Bell County each year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Harvested corn yields in recent years have declined from 70,900 acres in 2018 to 64,500 acres in 2020, USDA figures show.
Drought conditions have increased in Bell County, making it one of the worst in recent years, Lyle Zoeller, Bell County Texas A&M AgriLife extension agent, told the Telegram last week.
“Everyone remembers back in 2011 and how bad that was, and this year is shaping up to be just like it,” he said.
Drought effects
Zoeller said farms mainly rely on rains for their water and irrigation of crops.
Severe to extreme drought conditions currently affect Bell County, the U.S. Drought Monitor shows. Some of eastern Bell County is under moderate drought conditions while a sliver of the western side of the county is facing exceptional conditions, the worst noted on the monitor’s map.
Bell County recorded its driest June on record over the past 128 years, with 2.1 inches of precipitation below normal, the U.S. Drought Monitor showed.
Temperatures in Central Texas are forecast to remain above 100 degrees over the next week.
Husky days
Corn husks are scattered across Central Texas as harvests have started.
From Temple to Belton, gusty winds have picked up the brittle light-brown husks and carried them to local yards and businesses.
Some newer combines cut corn stalks close the ground, chopping up husks and stalks while older ones leave more of the stalk in the ground, Martinets said.
“After you harvest, the stalk is about knee high and then they have to be shredded,” she said. “With the newer combines, now after they’ve harvested, the stalks are already shredded.”
Corn trade
The state’s high-producing corn crop prompted state and national agriculture organizations to hold a local trade event targeting farmers in June.
The event, held June 14 at the Bell County Expo Center in Belton, was organized by the U.S. Grains Council, Texas Corn Producers, National Corn Growers Association and other commodity groups.
“The trade school workshop offers attendees insight about the current trade market and how it works,” David Gibson, executive director of Texas Corn Producers, said in a statement. “Due to Texas being such a high-producing state and a large exporter, the Texas trade school is expected to be beneficial to farmers and others across the state.”
Harvests affected
Zoeller said that corn farmers, who already have started to harvest their crops this year, have seen the lack of rain and excessive amounts of heat limit yields.
Some of the corn and stalks, however, will end up feeding livestock as hay as other costs have risen, Martinets said.
“In lean years, livestock will eat the remaining cut stalks — if they’re hungry enough,” she said.
Meanwhile, local cotton farmers are still hoping for rain as they will have time until they harvest.
Cotton was once king in Bell County, but only about 9,000 acres of cotton are planted and harvested each year here in recent years, USDA said.
“The cotton needs a rain, it is holding on but it desperately needs a rain,” Zoeller said. “We are losing yield potential daily because of the lack of rain.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_a60556c6-0651-11ed-a5ab-3f534727fdeb.html | 2022-07-18T04:58:26Z |
BrokerTech Ventures to fuel BrokerTech Connect during ITC 2022 Conference
DES MOINES, Iowa, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BrokerTech Ventures (BTV), the industry's first broker-led group and accelerator program chartered by 15 super-regional independent brokerage firms, announced the 2nd year of a strategic collaboration with InsureTech Connect (ITC), the largest insurance technology (insurtech) conference and convening platform in the world. BTV will once again fuel ITC's BrokerTech Connect series, an insurtech series during the conference for the broker-centric community, on Tuesday, September 20, 2022, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"We are extremely excited about this second year of collaboration between BTV and InsureTech Connect," said Dan Keough, Holmes Murphy Chairman and CEO and BTV Co-CEO. "The ITC platform brings together the greatest minds around insurtech trends, technologies, and applications. Our desire to engage in and fuel BrokerTech Connect comes from BTV's industry position as the convener of broker-centric innovation, ideation, and communication for the global insurance ecosystem. We represent the brokerage community and the voice of the client, and we believe there is significant value in the community the ITC team has been building since 2016."
BTV and ITC partnered not only in 2020, as they collaborated around the Agency Connect Virtual Conference, which attracted 2,000+ brokers, agents, and broker tech attendees from across the globe, but also in 2021, as BTV led out ITC's BrokerTech Connect.
"We are thrilled to once again partner with BTV for ITC Vegas 2022. BrokerTech Connect is one of the most engaging content features of ITC each year, showcasing solutions and strategies to improve broker workflows, and ultimately enhance the customer experience in insurance. We appreciate the vision that BTV's leadership shared with us when first developing BrokerTech Connect and look forward to another insightful gathering of their thought leaders and partners in September," said Bill Harris, Chief Revenue Officer of InsureTech Connect.
The BTV 2022 Accelerator program and third cohort class recently rounded out its session during which time BTV provided funding, a curriculum, and an intentional network exposure to the 12 startups from around the world who were selected.
BTV's partners represent a combined 29 premiere insurance brands, as well as multi-billions of dollars in premiums and overall distribution. BrokerTech Connect will include broker-centric thought leaders, industry expertise, entertainment, and a BTV demo day featuring the insurtech companies that are a part of the 2020, 2021, and 2022 cohort classes.
"As BTV continues to grow the depth and breadth of our agency, carrier, capital, and startup relationships within the insurtech space, building an alliance with InsureTech Connect made sense," said Susan Hatten, BTV COO. "We bring the broker-centric insights to collaborate around BrokerTech Connect, and we are thrilled to work with the InsureTech Connect team to create an even greater experience by leveraging our BrokerTech Ventures brand and community."
Based in the insurance nucleus of Des Moines, Iowa, BrokerTech Ventures (BTV) is the first broker-led convening platform and accelerator program focused on delivering innovation to the insurance broker industry. Founded in 2019, BTV provides a venue for the best minds in insurance and technology to collaborate and bring to market leading-edge ideas and solutions. BTV invests in the research and testing for each of the chosen startups, provides access to veteran industry mentors, and helps scale the technology to market through broker distribution channels. Learn more at www.brokertechventures.com, or follow us on Twitter (@BrokerTechVen), LinkedIn, or Facebook.
InsureTech Connect (ITC) is the world's largest insurtech event, offering unparalleled access to the largest and most comprehensive gathering of tech entrepreneurs, investors, and insurance industry executives from across the globe. Founded by Jay Weintraub and Caribou Honig, ITC has been attended by over 25,000 people from 65+ countries. InsureTech Connect 2022 will be held September 20-22, 2022, at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. For more information, please visit http://www.insuretechconnect.com.
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HONG KONG, June 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SwitchBot, one of the largest retrofitting smart home brands, is today announcing the availability of its Lock. It is the best way to make the door lock smart without refitting, so users can control their door to open or lock via smartphone or Apple Watch when back home.
SwitchBot Lock - $99.99 from web store and Amazon US.
No refit is needed during the installation
The biggest upgrade of SwitchBot Lock is it doesn't need any refit on the current lock to make it smart. SwitchBot Lock uses 3M VHB to stick to the door and has a thumb-turn adapter to control the thumb-turn to lock or unlock. No refit on the current lock is needed during the installation.
Lock/unlock via SwitchBot App on smartphones and Apple Watch, or using widgets
SwitchBot Lock supports Bluetooth. You can use SwitchBot App on your smartphone or Apple Watch to open it when getting home. SwitchBot Lock has an automated lock feature so that when you leave your house, the door will automatically lock.
Remote control and voice assistant supported
By adding a SwitchBot Hub Mini, users can control unlock or lock remotely to let a family member or a friend in when you are not home yet. Both Google and Alexa voice assistant are supported to lock or unlock (to ensure security, you need to tell the voice assistant your pre-set password before opening your door).
SwitchBot Keypad is coming soon with password and fingerprint unlock
SwitchBot will also launch a Keypad and Keypad Touch to work with Lock. Keypad allows you to input password unlock the door; Keypad Touch allows you to input password or use your fingerprint to unlock the door. You can also create and share a temporary password with the housekeepers or your renters.
Compatible with most deadbolt locks
SwitchBot lock is compatible with most deadbolt locks. It also promises to provide 3D-printed accessories to users for more compatibility.
The SwitchBot Lock also includes features such as:
- Quality of over 50,000 times of lock/unlock: Equal to users' 5-year usage.
- 6 months of battery life
- Widget control: no need to open the App, lock, or unlock on the smartphone's home screen.
- Lock/unlock notification, get notified when the door is open or locked.
- Bank-security level data encryption
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Guru Sonpavde is the Bladder Cancer Director at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a practicing physician. Dr. Sonpavde, along with the other members of Vial's Oncology CRO Scientific Advisory Board, will work hand-in-hand with the Vial team to launch and optimize the new CRO.
On joining the board, Dr. Sonpavde said, "The primary focus of my career has been to develop new drugs and combinations for urinary bladder cancer as well as prostate and kidney cancer through clinical trials. With new treatments like immunotherapies, antibody drug conjugates and targeted therapies, the field is accelerating towards improved cure rates. However, the clinical trials industry needs to be accelerating at that same pace, which is why I'm looking forward to working with Vial to ensure that Oncology trials are run with the utmost efficiency."
Vial has worked closely with Oncology sponsors and investigators to develop a deep understanding of the nuances of clinical trials and the current pain points in running them. The result of that research is a tech-enabled CRO offering that's "Built for Sponsors." The new Oncology CRO will leverage Vial's streamlined trial management system that integrates eSource, ePro, EDC, and CTMS into a seamless operating system. The CRO also offers additional best-in-class services to sponsors including more efficient study startup processes, a centralized pre-screening call center, and an unparalleled approach to patient recruitment.
Dr. Sonpavde joins Dr. Arati Rao, Dr. Antoni Ribas, and Dr. Neeraj Agarwal on Vial's Oncology CRO Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Sonpavde is a leading urological oncologist with a specialty in bladder cancer. He also has led translational projects and developed prognostic classifications and endpoints focused on bladder cancer. In addition to his roles at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Sonpavde is a member of the Genitourinary Committee of Southwest Oncology Group (SWOG) and the Bladder Cancer Task Force of the National Cancer Institute Genitourinary Steering Committee.
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About Vial: Vial's mission is to empower scientists to cure all human diseases. Vial has executed that vision by launching a next-generation Contract Research Organization (CRO) (with slated launches in Ophthalmology CRO, Oncology CRO, Gastroenterology CRO, and a Neurology CRO), a site network (Dermatology Clinical Trials, Ophthalmology Clinical Trials, Gastroenterology Clinical Trials, Women's Health Clinical Trials, Neurology Clinical Trials), and technology platform (VialConnect CTMS) to accelerate research. Vial has over 125 employees and is based in San Francisco, California, and has contributed to over 750 trials from Phase I through Phase IV.
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Network expands to deliver symmetrical gigabit internet in effort to help promote digital equity
ATLANTA, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cox Communications has committed more than $400 million dollars over the next three years to bring symmetrical gigabit broadband connectivity to more than 100K unserved and underserved households in communities across the country. In a recent joint event, Cox announced a partnership with the City of Tahlequah, Ok. that will bring fiber service to more than 6,000 underserved homes. The company also announced a $20,000 donation from the James M. Cox Foundation to the Boys and Girls Club of Tahlequah to fund a Cox Innovation Lab, which will provide new and innovative technology and support to help bridge the digital divide in the community.
Similar to Tahlequah, several other projects are underway in Oklahoma, Nebraska, Kansas, Florida, Louisiana, California, Virginia and Arizona. Residents in expansion areas can visit www.cox.com/getfiber to learn more about the service offerings available and to sign up for service availability updates.
"Today's families are even more reliant upon fast internet speeds to power their increasingly digital lives but many still lack access to a fast and reliable connection," said Cox Communications President Mark Greatrex. "As part of our ongoing commitment to digital equity, we're making private investments, continuing to pursue partnership opportunities, and positively impacting the lives of those in underserved areas by providing high-speed broadband service."
In addition to these privately-funded expansion projects, there are several other projects on the horizon thanks to public-private partnership investment; areas like Yavapai County in Arizona where Cox was recently awarded American Rescue Plan funds from the county. These funds, combined with private investments from Cox, will allow for the expansion of more than 100 miles of Cox broadband network to reach more than 3,000 underserved residents in Congress and Black Canyon City.
Similar public-private partnerships are successfully underway in Virginia with several more applications awaiting award decisions in other Cox markets. Through these public-private partnership opportunities, Cox can help cities more effectively achieve their strategic connection objectives thereby preserving their resources for greater impact.
This effort is part of a broader multibillion-dollar annual infrastructure investment over the next several years to deliver a 10 gigabit-capable, fiber-based network that will power the next generation of internet users. Breakthrough enhancements to cable's broadband DOCSIS 4.0 technology combined with expanded fiber to the home will enable the delivery of multi-gigabit symmetrical speeds in the coming years to both residential and business customers to support a growing host of high bandwidth applications.
Cox Communications is committed to creating meaningful moments of human connection through technology. The largest private broadband company in America, we proudly serve nearly seven million homes and businesses across 18 states. We're dedicated to empowering others to build a better future and celebrate diverse products, people, suppliers, communities and the characteristics that make each one unique. Cox Communications is the largest division of Cox Enterprises, a family-owned business founded in 1898 by Governor James M. Cox.
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Seoul: North Korea fires suspected artillery pieces into sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea on Sunday, South Korea’s military said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for greater defense capability to cope with outside threats.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that it detected several flight trajectories believed to be North Korean artillery on Sunday morning. It said South Korea maintains a firm military readiness in close coordination with the United States amid boosted surveillance on North Korea.
During a national security council meeting convened to discuss the suspected launches, South Korean officials expressed concern that North Korea is upgrading weapons systems that pose a direct threat to South Korea and reaffirmed they would sternly deal with such North Korean efforts, according to South Korea’s presidential office.
The North’s artillery tests draw less outside attention than its missile launches. But its forward-deployed long-range artillery guns are a serious security threat to South Korea’s populous metropolitan region, which is only 40-50 kilometers (25-30 miles) from the border with North Korea.
The suspected artillery launches were the latest in a spate of weapons tests by North Korea this year in what foreign experts call an attempt to pressure its rivals Washington and Seoul to relax international sanctions against Pyongyang and make other concessions.
South Korean and U.S. officials recently said North Korea had almost completed preparations for its first nuclear test in about five years. In March, North Korea test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the mainland U.S. in breach of a 2018 moratorium on big missile tests.
In a speech at a ruling party meeting last week, Kim underscored the need to strengthen his country’s military capability, saying the current security environment is “very serious.”
Kim’s speech carried by state media didn’t mention the United States or South Korea. But he still set forth “militant tasks” to be pursued by his armed forces and scientists, a suggestion that he would press ahead with his high-profile arms buildup plans.
A possible new nuclear test by North Korea would be the seventh of its kind. Some experts say North Korea will likely use the test to build warheads to be mounted on tactical nuclear weapons aimed at hitting targets in South Korea.
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The prisoners at the penal colony in St. Petersburg were expecting a visit by officials, thinking it would be some sort of inspection. Instead, men in uniform arrived and offered them amnesty — if they agreed to fight alongside the Russian army in Ukraine.
Over the following days, about a dozen or so left the prison, according to a woman whose boyfriend is serving a sentence there. Speaking on condition of anonymity because she feared reprisals, she said her boyfriend wasn’t among the volunteers, although with years left on his sentence, he “couldn’t not think about it.”
As Russia continues to suffer losses in its invasion of Ukraine, now nearing its sixth month, the Kremlin has refused to announce a full-blown mobilization — a move that could be very unpopular for President Vladimir Putin. That has led instead to a covert recruitment effort that includes using prisoners to make up the manpower shortage.
This also is happening amid reports that hundreds of Russian soldiers are refusing to fight and trying to quit the military.
“We’re seeing a huge outflow of people who want to leave the war zone — those who have been serving for a long time and those who have signed a contract just recently,” said Alexei Tabalov, a lawyer who runs the Conscript’s School legal aid group.
The group has seen an influx of requests from men who want to terminate their contracts, “and I personally get the impression that everyone who can is ready to run away,” Tabalov said in an interview with The Associated Press. “And the Defense Ministry is digging deep to find those it can persuade to serve.”
Although the Defense Ministry denies that any “mobilization activities” are taking place, authorities seem to be pulling out all the stops to bolster enlistment. Billboards and public transit ads in various regions proclaim, “This is The Job,” urging men to join the professional army. Authorities have set up mobile recruiting centers in some cities, including one at the site of a half marathon in Siberia in May.
Regional administrations are forming “volunteer battalions” that are promoted on state television. The business daily Kommersant counted at least 40 such entities in 20 regions, with officials promising volunteers monthly salaries ranging from the equivalent of $2,150 to nearly $5,500, plus bonuses.
The AP saw thousands of openings on job search websites for various military specialists.
The British military said this week that Russia had formed a major new ground force called the 3rd Army Corps from “volunteer battalions,” seeking men up to age 50 and requiring only a middle-school education, while offering “lucrative cash bonuses” once they are deployed to Ukraine.
But complaints also are surfacing in the media that some aren’t getting their promised payments, although those reports can’t be independently verified.
In early August, Tabalov said he began receiving multiple requests for legal help from reservists who have been ordered to take part in a two-month training in areas near the border with Ukraine.
The recruitment of prisoners has been going on in recent weeks in as many as seven regions, said Vladimir Osechkin, founder of the Gulagu.net prisoner rights group, citing inmates and their relatives that his group had contacted.
It’s not the first time that authorities have used such a tactic, with the Soviet Union employing “prisoner battalions” during World War II.
Nor is Russia alone. Early in the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised amnesty to military veterans behind bars if they volunteered to fight, although it remains unclear if anything came out of it.
In the current circumstances, Osechkin said, it isn’t the Defense Ministry that’s recruiting prisoners — instead, it was Russia’s shadowy private military force, the Wagner Group.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, an entrepreneur known as “Putin’s chef” because of his catering contracts with the Kremlin and reportedly Wagner’s manager and financier, brushed aside reports that he personally visited prisons to recruit convicts, in a written statement released by his representatives this month. Prigozhin, in fact, denies he has any ties to Wagner, which reportedly has sent military contractors to places like Syria and sub-Saharan Africa.
According to Osechkin, prisoners with military or law enforcement experience were initially offered to go to Ukraine, but that later was extended to inmates with varying backgrounds. He estimated that as of late July, about 1,500 might have applied, lured by promises of big salaries and eventual pardons.
Now, he added, many of those volunteers — or their families — are contacting him and seeking to get out of their commitments, telling him: “I really don’t want to go.”
According to the woman whose boyfriend is serving his sentence at the penal colony in St. Petersburg, the offers to leave the prison are “a glimmer of hope” for freedom. But she said he told her that of 11 volunteers, eight died in Ukraine. She added that one of the volunteers expressed regret for his decision and doesn’t believe he will return alive.
Her account couldn’t be independently verified, but was in line with multiple reports by independent Russian media and human rights groups.
According to those groups and military lawyers, some soldiers and law enforcement officers have refused deployment to Ukraine or are trying to return home after a few weeks or months of fighting.
Media reports about some troops refusing to fight in Ukraine started surfacing in the spring, but rights groups and lawyers only began talking about the number of refusals reaching the hundreds last month.
In mid-July, the Free Buryatia Foundation reported that about 150 men were able to terminate their contracts with the Defense Ministry and returned from Ukraine to Buryatia, a region in eastern Siberia that borders Mongolia.
Some of the servicemen are facing repercussions. Tabalov, the legal aid lawyer, said about 80 other soldiers who sought to nullify their contracts were detained in the Russian-controlled town of Bryanka in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine, according to their relatives. Last week, he said that the Bryanka detention center was shut down because of the media attention.
But the parent of one officer who was detained after trying to get out of his contract told the AP this week that some are still being detained elsewhere in the region. The parent asked not to be identified out of safety concerns.
Tabalov said a serviceman can terminate his contract for a compelling reason — normally not difficult — although the decision is usually up to his commander. But he added: “In the conditions of hostilities, not a single commander would acknowledge anything like that, because where would they find people to fight?”
Alexandra Garmazhapova, head of the Free Buryatia Foundation, told the AP that soldiers and their relatives complain of commanders tearing up termination notices and threatening “refuseniks” with prosecution. As of late July, the foundation said it had received hundreds of requests from soldiers seeking to end their contracts.
“I’m getting messages every day,” Garmazhapova said.
Tabalov said some soldiers complain that they were deceived about where they were going and didn’t expect to end up in a war zone, while others are exhausted from fighting and unable to continue.
Rarely, if at all, did they appear motivated by antiwar convictions, the lawyer said.
Russia will continue to face problems with soldiers refusing to fight, military analyst Michael Kofman said, but one shouldn’t underestimate Russia’s ability to “muddle through … with half-measures.”
“They’re going to have a lot of people who are quitting or have people who basically don’t want to deploy,” said Kofman, director of the Virginia-based Russia Studies Program at the Center for Naval Analyses, on a recent podcast. “And they’ve employed a lot of measures to try to keep people in line. But ultimately, there’s not that much that they can do.”
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GREENBELT, Md., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has selected two firms for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Lightning Mapper (LMX) Phase A Study. These contracted firms will provide services to help meet the objectives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GeoXO program.
The firms selected are Northrop Grumman Corporation System Sector of Azusa, California, and Lockheed Martin Corporation of Littleton, Colorado. The total value of each of these twenty-month firm-fixed-price contracts is approximately $5 million. The work will be performed at the contractors' facilities.
The principal purpose of these contracts is to provide a definition-phase study of a GeoXO LMX instrument. The LMX instrument will be a single-channel, near-infrared optical detector used to detect, locate, and measure the optical pulses associated with lightning. It is planned to fly on the NOAA GeoXO Program series of geostationary satellites.
NOAA's GeoXO satellite system is the groundbreaking mission that will advance Earth observations from geostationary orbit. The mission will supply vital information to address major environmental challenges of the future in support of weather, ocean, and climate operations in the United States. The GeoXO mission will continue and expand observations provided by the GOES-R series of satellites. GeoXO will bring new capabilities to address emerging environmental issues and challenges that threaten the security and well-being of every American. NOAA is working to ensure these critical observations are in place by the early 2030s, as the GOES-R Series nears the end of its operational lifetime.
The GeoXO mission is a collaborative partnership between NOAA and NASA. NOAA funds, operates, and manages the mission and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the acquisition of the Phase A Formulation contracts.
For more information about the GeoXO mission, visit:
https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/next-generation-satellites/geostationary-extended-observations-geoxo
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TOKYO (AP) — Coast guard officials searched the office of a Japanese tour boat operator Monday as part of a criminal investigation into suspicions that professional negligence caused the sinking of a vessel carrying 26 people in a national park last month.
The Kazu 1 sightseeing boat started the tour in Shiretoko National Park on the northeastern side of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost main island, on April 23 despite forecast rough seas and warnings from other tour operators. It made a distress call that afternoon saying it was sinking.
The Japanese coast guard said investigators were raiding unidentified locations related to the tour boat operator. Footage on NHK public television showed uniformed coast guard officials entering the tour boat operator’s office and the house of the sunken boat’s captain.
Separately, the coast guard plans to use a remote-controlled submersible camera to look inside of the sunken boat in hopes of finding bodies possibly trapped inside. The operation was delayed Monday due to bad weather.
The boat carried two crew members and 24 passengers, including two children. Fourteen bodies have been recovered.
The hull of the boat with its name on it was found near Kashuni Falls, where the boat made the distress call. It was upside down on the seabed about 115 meters (377 feet) deep.
The operator, Shiretoko Pleasure Cruiser, had two accidents last year, including one that involved the captain of the sunken boat, Noriyuki Toyoda, the transport ministry said earlier.
Seiichi Katsurada, the head of the company, said last week that he approved the trip despite a broken communication device and forecasts of rough weather. The boat also lacked a satellite phone, he said. Media reports say the captain’s cell phone had no signal and the crew borrowed one from a passenger to call the office.
Katsurada said waters at their home port were calm when the boat departed and the captain could have changed the tour plans if the weather worsened. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/investigators-raid-japan-boat-companys-office-after-sinking/ | 2022-05-02T11:02:27Z |
Firefighting injury, organ donor inspire health care worker to keep giving
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Eric Vincent knows many sides of emergency response.
As a simulation tech at Stormont Vail Health in Topeka, he teaches everyone from new staff to EMS workers to community members life-saving skills.
“Being able to educate individuals, especially regarding (basic life support), very important hands-on CPR, things like that, it’s crucial to our environment,” he said.
But Eric’s first love was firefighting.
“I started as an explorer at Soldier Township when I was 14 years old,” he said.
A good friend got him involved, and over the years, they learned all they could.
“The ways that firefighters can help people - you run haz-mat situations; you run EMS; you run fires; you run motor vehicle accidents. We get animals out of stuck places,” he said. “It’s all about giving back to the community. It’s about neighbors helping neighbors.”
A call to help a neighbor, Oct. 30, 2020 changed everything. Eric responded to a house fire as a volunteer with a local department.
“We responded very quickly - quick enough that the utilities had not been able to cut the power off to the house yet,” he recalled. “I went to go and turn to start hitting other fire, and I thought the individual behind me - I thought my captain - had hit me with an ax.”
That’s not what it was. Instead, Eric’s coat had made contact with an energized hot water heater, electrocuting him.
“It went in my right hip, out my left shoulder - shocked (my captain), blew me approximately five feet forward. I hit the solid oak wood door. I blew the door and the door frame out of the house on impact,” he said. “I had my helmet that was knocked off from the impact; my Nomex hood was off to the side; my regulator from my SCBA was knocked loose so I had air rushing by my face. I was very disoriented.”
Medical crews checked Eric at the scene and he seemed fine. But when the adrenaline wore off, the pain hit.
“Every time I’d take a step, there was grinding, crunching. It felt like Rice Krispies in between my leg. It was unbearable,” he said.
Turned out, unknown to him, a series of surgeries for a slipped growth plate when he was younger, led to a condition that was causing the bone tissue in his right femur to die.
“The trauma took some of that dead bone and blew it up. (I felt) excruciating pain. It made it very difficult to walk. I couldn’t play with my daughter. I couldn’t do activities with family and friends,” he said.
Treatment meant a bone transplant. After four months of waiting, a teenager in another state lost his life - and Eric regained his.
“I wish I could say something to him, to the family,” Eric said. “(I want to let them know) the difference in quality of life that this has given me because I can play with my kid now. I can do normal activities.”
The injury ended his firefighting career, but Eric still feels blessed to take steps to serve in other ways. In addition to the education and training he does at Stormont, he also helps out on the floor as a patient care tech when he is able.
“I’m able to continue to helping people because of that donor,” he said. “I’m incredibly thankful. There’s no words for it.”
Eric encourages everyone to register as an organ donor. In Kansas, you can do it when you renew your drivers license, or log on to donatelifeks.com.
Stormont Vail’s June “Walk with a Doc” program will focus on organ donation. People are invited to walk in honor of a donor or recipient, and ask any questions they might have about the organ donation process. The program is 9 to 10 a.m. June 18th on the Washburn University campus.
Copyright 2022 WIBW. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/05/27/firefighting-injury-organ-donor-inspire-health-care-worker-keep-giving/ | 2022-05-27T03:54:58Z |
AI-powered relationship intelligence and sales prospecting platform adds People in the News alerts to its robust offering of $20+ trillion in tracked wealth events and job triggers
BOSTON, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aidentified, the industry leading AI-powered prospecting and relationship intelligence platform, today announced People News Alerts as the newest addition to its robust offering of triggers, after an acquisition of Robuzz.
In February, 2022, Aidentified acquired Robuzz, a company with proprietary technology to map news mentions to people.
With this acquisition, Aidentified can now source daily news updates mapped to their database of 100 million professional profiles. Users can create customized filters to monitor their networks and get notified when a prospect or client is featured in the news.
This latest enhancement builds on a comprehensive offering of wealth and job triggers solidifying Aidentified as the most powerful solution in the market for high-quality prospect identification and engagement. The platform tracks $20+ trillion in wealth events including IPO Filings, IPOs, Investments Received, Acquisitions, SPACS, Unicorn Status Achieved, Inside Stock Transactions and Management Changes. The addition of People News Alerts significantly increases opportunities for users to engage their clients and prospects in real-time.
"Aidentified was built to help salespeople take the search out of prospecting. The platform allows users to better find and qualify relevant prospects by aggregating household data, professional data, trigger alerts, and relationship mapping," said Tom Aley, CEO of Aidentified. "People News Alerts provides yet another layer of actionable insights to our triggers to help customers engage with the right people at the right time."
Aidentified's platform is used by organizations across multiple industries, including financial services, real estate, insurance, enterprise, higher education and more. Last year, Aidentified quadrupled its customer count and added more than 420 new customers, including Bessemer Trust, Compass, Cresset Wealth, University of Southern California, HomeScout, Northwestern University, Northeastern University, and Carnegie Mellon University. Aidentified recently won the 2022 Data Breakthrough Award for Best Use of AI in Data Tech and received a Silver Stevie Award for New Sales Enablement Solution.
For more information, visit www.aidentified.com.
About Aidentified
Aidentified is a leader in AI-powered relationship-based prospecting, uniquely combining professional and household data to offer brands a 360º view of business prospects and the best path for engagement. With its proprietary algorithms – fed by 210 million consumer and 100 million professional U.S. profiles and powered by the latest AI and machine learning techniques – Aidentified provides organizations with unparalleled insights into prospect behavior, real-time wealth events and nuanced relationship intelligence mapping. Brands across industries, including financial services, real estate, insurance, enterprise, non-profit, education and luxury, rely on Aidentified to connect with hyper-targeted, qualified prospects faster.
Aidentified was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston. For more information, visit https://www.aidentified.com/ and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Media Contact: Katelyn Andrews, marketing@aidentified.com
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Inc. 5000 Honorees Represent the Top .07% of Growing Companies in America, Demonstrating Bloomreach's Continued Momentum in Fueling Personalized Commerce Experiences for Businesses Around the World
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloomreach, the world's #1 Commerce Experience Cloud, today announced it has been named to the annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a unique look at the country's most successful private businesses and is a key benchmark for entrepreneurial success.
"Bloomreach is honored to be recognized by Inc. as one of America's fastest-growing private companies," said Raj De Datta, co-founder and CEO, Bloomreach. "The past two years have been transformational for Bloomreach, and being named to the Inc. 5000 is a testament to the incredible success of our customers and the industry-leading products our team has built. Now, we're focused on further accelerating our momentum as the leader in commerce experience, driving measurable, magical digital experiences for even more businesses around the world. The story of Bloomreach is really just beginning."
For four decades, Inc. has celebrated the fastest-growing private companies in America, with companies such as Microsoft, Under Armour, and Patagonia gaining their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000. The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 represent a new cohort of fast-growing private businesses, all of which have demonstrated an ability to succeed amid supply chain challenges, labor shortages, and the ongoing impacts related to COVID-19.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
Bloomreach's inclusion on the Inc. 5000 list comes at a significant time of growth for the company, which achieved 63% new annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth year-over-year in 2021 and more than doubled its valuation to $2.2 billion in 2022. Through its solutions, Bloomreach has empowered businesses to personalize customer journeys across channels, using a unique combination of customer and product data to tailor experiences to individual customers at scale. Today, Bloomreach powers commerce experiences for hundreds of brands around the world, helping these businesses ensure the right product is put in front of the right customer — every time.
More about Inc. and the Inc. 5000
Methodology
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent — not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies — as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
About Bloomreach
Bloomreach is the world's #1 Commerce Experience Cloud, empowering brands to deliver customer journeys so personalized, they feel like magic. It offers a suite of products that drive true personalization and digital commerce growth, including: Discovery, offering AI-driven search and merchandising; Content, offering a headless CMS; and Engagement, offering a leading CDP and marketing automation solutions. Together, these solutions combine the power of unified customer and product data with the speed and scale of AI-optimization, enabling revenue-driving digital commerce experiences that convert on any channel and every journey. Bloomreach serves over 850 global brands including Albertsons, Bosch, Puma, FC Bayern München, and Marks & Spencer. For more information, visit Bloomreach.com.
About Inc.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools,connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.For more information on the Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, visit http://conference.inc.com/.
Media Contact:
Michelle DeMaio
Bloomreach
Corporate Communications
michelle.demaio@bloomreach.com
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MIAMI, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxpack Machinery LLC today announced the launch of Leap by Maxpack, a revolutionary packaging machinery pay-over-time solution. Leap is Maxpack's take on the high-growth segment of Buy Now, Pay Later. LeapOne, the first product of Leap, is essentially a curated set of packaging machinery products sold as premium bundles and paid over time in 18 monthly payments with no interests, no guarantees and no credit requirements.
Leap by Maxpack is a sign and pack, pay-over-time, buying solution for CPG Growth Stage companies.
Leap features and benefits include.
- Pay-Over-Time
- No interests
- No guarantees
- No credit requirements
- Premium bundles
- Quick delivery*
- Anniversary return option*
- Shipping included*
"Leap by Maxpack was created with CPG Growth Stage companies in mind which make up more than 35% of the total market share. By providing a streamline, ultra-flexible, pay-over-time solution, these companies will have unprecedented access to packaging automation allowing them to scale and thus compete in a leveled playing field against large companies. Leap will revolutionize the $962 billion CPG market in the U.S." says Sebastian Chavarria, Maxpack's Director of Corporate Business Development.
LeapOne is now available in the US, Canada and South America. To learn more, please visit www.leapbymaxpack.com.
About Maxpack Machinery
Maxpack Machinery, a brand of Rethinking Industrial, is a robotic technology driven packaging machinery manufacturer. Maxpack leverages robotics, IIoT and automation technologies to design, manufacture and market next-generation packaging machinery. Trusted by hundreds of clients, Maxpack is considered the leading packaging machinery option for growth stage companies. A Miami based company, Maxpack has sales operations in North and South America, and is a member of PMMI – The Association for Packaging and Processing of North America. To learn more, please visit www.maxpackmachinery.com
*Disclaimer:
Leap includes up to $15,000 in limited shipping expenses. Shipping expenses above limited shipping will be invoiced to buyer. Shipping services must be contracted through UCM Service to apply. Anniversary return option guarantees a return on the first year anniversary (365 days) from advance payment. Delivery time is estimated and may vary at any time.
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SOURCE Maxpack Machinery | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/08/15/maxpack-machinery-launches-leap-by-maxpack-revolutionary-packaging-machinery-pay-over-time-solution/ | 2022-08-15T15:50:34Z |
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