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Ecommerce Leaders Use Rokt's Technology to Drive Additional Revenue and Relevancy During Checkout
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rokt, the leading ecommerce technology using machine learning to make transactions more relevant to each shopper, today announced new partnerships with Uber Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and AMC Theatres® (NYSE: AMC) to unlock new revenue opportunities for the companies during the transaction moment on their websites and mobile apps. Rokt's partnership with Uber will initially launch with Uber Eats in the US, Canada, Australia and Japan, with Rokt's machine learning technology driving additional revenue for Uber during the checkout experience. AMC has partnered with Rokt to drive revenue and customer lifetime value across the company's online and mobile channels.
Rokt enables companies to tap additional revenues, acquire customers at scale and deepen relationships with their existing ones by using machine learning to present highly relevant offers to each shopper in the final stages of an ecommerce transaction, when they are most likely to convert.
"Uber and AMC Theatres are two of the most recognized brands in the world and we're extremely pleased to partner with both of them as we accelerate our growth globally," said Elizabeth Buchanan, CCO of Rokt. "Our global partnership with Uber will support the Uber Eats internal ad network and unlock additional profitability for the company. Our partnership with AMC has already begun generating outstanding results for the company. We look forward to expanding our relationships with both of these companies in the future."
"The growth of our advertising business is a strategic priority for Uber and Rokt is the ecommerce technology partner that will help us achieve our ambitious goals," said Mark Grether, General Manager of Uber Ads. "This partnership will accelerate our investment in new services designed to fuel the next chapter of advertising across Uber's in-app and real-world surfaces."
Since launching Rokt Ecommerce in March of 2022, AMC has seen significant incremental revenue across millions of transactions. Following a recent marketplace launch across its mobile app, AMC will continue to drive increased value for its brand and its moviegoers.
"As millions of moviegoers come to AMC each week to enjoy the unmatched entertainment of the big screen, it's important that we are offering a guest experience that's personally relevant across the entire moviegoing journey," said Mark Pearson, Chief Strategy Officer, AMC Theatres. "Our partnership with Rokt enables us to better personally engage our consumers and drive higher value per transaction by optimizing each online touchpoint without adding additional cost to the moviegoer."
With intelligence powered by 5 billion transactions across hundreds of leading ecommerce businesses, Rokt's exclusive, closed marketplace allows brands to create a seamless customer experience while also controlling the types of offers eligible to be displayed to their customers. Businesses partnering with Rokt have been able to unlock additional profit upwards of $.30 per transaction by tailoring high-performing, relevant experiences to each individual, from cart to confirmation.
Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce technology, helping companies seize the full potential of every transaction moment to grow revenue, acquire new customers at scale and deepen their relationships with existing ones. Live Nation, Groupon, Staples, Lands' End, Fanatics, GoDaddy, Vistaprint and HelloFresh are among the more than 2,500 leading global businesses and advertisers that are using Rokt's solutions to drive more value through every transaction by offering highly relevant messages to their customers at the moment they are most likely to convert. Founded in Australia, with US headquarters in New York City, the company now operates in 19 countries across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. To learn more, visit Rokt.com.
AMC is the largest movie exhibition company in the United States, the largest in Europe and the largest throughout the world with approximately 950 theatres and 10,500 screens across the globe. AMC has propelled innovation in the exhibition industry by: deploying its Signature power-recliner seats; delivering enhanced food and beverage choices; generating greater guest engagement through its loyalty and subscription programs, web site and mobile apps; offering premium large format experiences and playing a wide variety of content including the latest Hollywood releases and independent programming. For more information, visit www.amctheatres.com.
Uber's mission is to create opportunity through movement. We started in 2010 to solve a simple problem: how do you get access to a ride at the touch of a button? More than 30 billion trips later, we're building products to get people closer to where they want to be. By changing how people, food, and things move through cities, Uber is a platform that opens up the world to new possibilities.
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TOKYO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony AI, a leader in human-centric artificial intelligence (AI) established with the mission to unleash human imagination and creativity with AI, today announced that Peter Wurman, Director, Sony AI America, will deliver a keynote presentation at the 31st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), the leading conference in the field of AI, taking place July 23-29, 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
Wurman's keynote, "Training the World's Best Gran Turismo Racer", will take place on Tuesday, July 26 at 2:00 p.m. CET. In his presentation, Wurman will share details on Sony AI's breakthrough game AI research Gran Turismo SophyTM (GT Sophy) and how the company trained agents for Gran TurismoTM to compete with the world's best e-sports drivers.
"I am honored to be among the distinguished group of individuals presenting at IJCAI this year, and for the opportunity to share our work on GT Sophy with the larger AI community," said Wurman. "Our work in this area demonstrates the power of AI to deliver new gaming and entertainment experiences for both creators and players. It is our hope that GT Sophy will help inspire players to reach new levels in their technique and creativity."
A Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Wurman specializes in AI, robotics, complex systems, and electronic auctions. His additional honors include National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee (2022), and the IEEE/IFR Invention and Entrepreneurship Award (2008). Wurman has also been granted more than 60 patents and has published more than 50 technical papers. View his full profile here.
Mastering the complex sport of race car driving in the highly realistic driving simulator Gran TurismoTM (GT) Sport by GT Sophy was heralded as a new breakthrough in AI. It was published in the February 10th, 2022 issue of Nature in an article titled, Outracing Champion Gran Turismo Drivers with Deep Reinforcement Learning.
Details on the Gran Turismo Sophy project, technology and the Race Together 2021 challenge races can be found at the Gran Turismo Sophy site.
About IJCAI
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence is a non-profit corporation founded in California, in 1969 for scientific and educational purposes, including dissemination of information on Artificial Intelligence at conferences in which cutting-edge scientific results are presented and through dissemination of materials presented at these meetings in form of Proceedings, books, video recordings, and other educational materials. IJCAI consists of two divisions: the Conference Division and the AI Journal Division. IJCAI conferences present premier international gatherings of AI researchers and practitioners and they have been held biennially in odd-numbered years since 1969.
About Sony AI
Sony AI Inc. was founded on April 1, 2020, with the mission to "unleash human imagination and creativity with AI." Sony AI combines Sony Group's imaging and sensing technology, robotics technology, and entertainment assets such as movies, music, and games to transform with cutting edge artificial intelligence R&D to accelerate all of Sony's business areas and create new business opportunities. To achieve this, Sony AI has launched three flagship projects aimed at the evolution and application of AI technology in the areas of "Gaming," "Imaging & Sensing," and "Gastronomy." Sony AI will promote various exploratory research related to these flagship projects and other important themes, including AI ethics, in the physical and virtual worlds. For more information visit https://ai.sony.
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‘It’s bizarre’: Minnesota ghost town still attracting summer visitors
By John Lauritsen
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FORESTVILLE, Minnesota (WCCO) — It was once a thriving community in our state.
Now, Forestville’s population is zero. But its buildings remain.
In this week’s Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen takes us on a tour of a treasured ghost town in Fillmore County, near the Iowa border.
All across southern Minnesota, you’ll find hustling and bustling towns and then you’ll find one that’s the exact opposite.
A quiet, little hamlet with no businesses, no traffic and no residents.
Because Forestville doesn’t need a mayor, Matt Eidem is the town’s site manager.
“It was a pretty prominent town because of its position on the stagecoach line,” Eidem said.
In 1852, the first settlers arrived in Forestville after treaties were signed with the Dakota people. The general store, which still stands today, was the epicenter. Robert Foster and Felix Meighen were the original owners.
“You needed things that drew people to the area. If you read old advertisements to bring people to Forestville, they would talk about an old general store and the schools,” Eidem said.
Catering to immigrants from Europe, Canada and the east coast, Foster and Meighen stocked the store with $700 worth of goods — equivalent to $20,000 worth of goods today. The goal was to make it a one-stop-shop.
“It was the Amazon.com of its day. You could get anything you wanted at the general store,” Eidem said.
That included medicines that probably wouldn’t fly nowadays.
“When you were sick you saw someone like Thomas Meighen, just some guy with a recipe book,” Eidem said.
Thomas Meighen eventually took over the property from his father and getting home after work only took about 5 seconds.
Forestville hit its peak in the 1860s with 150 residents, making it one of the biggest towns south of Minneapolis. It had sawmills, a blacksmith shop, a hotel and even a distillery.
“It was a real happening place,” Eidem said.
But much of it was gone by 1910. The railroad never came through like the town hoped. And people moved to towns like Wykoff, Spring Valley and Fountain. The Meighen’s bought out much of the land and turned it into an industrial farm. The buildings and goods that remain, are originals.
“It showed us exactly what it was like back then,” said 11-year-old June Fassbinder. “It kind of reminded me of the Little House on the Prairie.”
These days visitors fill the empty spaces. That includes fifth-graders from Decorah, Iowa.
“I think that’s kind of cool. It’s bizarre,” said 11-year-old Jacksyn Fromm.
One-hundred-and-seventy years of history. Not bad for a town that hasn’t had a single inhabitant in more than a century.
Thomas Meighen once ran for governor of Minnesota. The general public can tour Forestville from Memorial Day weekend through the end of October.
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S&P Global Commodity Insights 10-year forecast expects oil sands production in 2030 to be 3.5 million barrels per day—17 percent higher than current levels
CALGARY, AB, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- While the Russian invasion of Ukraine has increased the incentive to raise Canadian oil sands production in the short-term, it has not fundamentally altered the production outlook over the longer-term, according to the latest forecast by the S&P Global Oil Sands Dialogue.
The updated 10-year forecast expects Canadian oil sands production to reach 3.5 million barrels per day (MMbd) in 2030, an increase of about half a million barrels per day compared to 2021 production levels, according to the S&P Global Commodity Insights forecast. The previous forecast expected production to reach 3.6 MMbd in 2030—a difference of 100,000 barrels per day (b/d).
"The Russian invasion of Ukraine has heightened interest in the ability of Canada—and oil sands specifically—to contribute more crude supply to the global oil market," said Kevin Birn, vice president, Canadian oil markets chief analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights. "While this has increased the incentive to raise oil sands production in the near-term, a longer-term focus on strengthening returns to shareholders as well as decarbonizing the industry continue to weigh on growth for the longer-term."
The latest revisions to the 10-year outlook reflect newer trends, such as investor priorities shifting toward greater returns on capital, as well as ambitious greenhouse gas reduction expectations announced by the Government of Canada and plans announced by the industry that would require large-scale investments over multiple years in decarbonization projects such as carbon capture and storage.
S&P Global Commodity Insights had already expected the coming decade to be one of sustained-but-slower growth for the oil sands due to a lack of adequate long-distance pipeline transportation capacity contributing to regional price insecurity in the past that lowered past growth expectations.
The latest 10-year forecast expects a continuation of the trend by which most production growth comes from the ramp-up, optimization and completion of projects where some capital has already been invested. More than 80% of the growth in the new outlook is expected to come from these areas. Nearly half of the growth is expected to come from the ramp-up of existing operations alone. The emphasis on production growth from existing projects means that the strongest oil sands production growth will occur within the next few years.
Conversely, nearly all of the 100,000 b/d reduction compared to the previous 2030 forecast comes from output associated with new projects that would have been expected to come online later in the forecast period.
"Existing oil sands projects are attractive from an investor's perspective because of their long operational life, low-decline production profile and relatively low maintenance cost," Birn said. "On the other hand, bringing online new oil sands operations requires large upfront expenditures over multiple years. While investor interest in future large-scale investments has fallen, projects that are now online are in a position to realize oil sands free cashflow potential."
Nevertheless, the latest 10-year forecast could still prove conservative if higher crude prices and energy security concerns persist long enough.
"If current price levels are sustained it is possible that upstream operators may be able to satisfy shareholders with sufficient returns, advance larger-scale decarbonization efforts and invest in growing production," said Celina Hwang, director, North American crude oil markets, S&P Global Commodity Insights.
However, any upward revisions to the outlook are still most likely to come from greater than expected optimization as opposed to new larger scale projects, according to the analysis. Even minor improvements in optimization have the potential for significant gains. A 1% per annum improvement of a system of more than 3 MMbd could result in 250,000 b/d more output by 2030.
"The story of Canadian oil sands today is one that is looking to be increasingly less about production growth," said Hwang. "It is more about investor returns, output optimization and maintenance while also accelerating technologies to lower emissions that puts the industry in a position to compete on carbon."
Please see the following blog post for more information about the S&P Global Oil Sands Dialogue 10-year production forecast: https://ihsmarkit.com/research-analysis/longterm-oil-sands-outlook.html
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We're a trusted connector that brings together thought leaders, market participants, governments, and regulators and we create solutions that lead to progress. Vital to navigating commodity markets, our coverage includes oil and gas, power, chemicals, metals, agriculture, shipping and energy transition. Platts® products and services, including the most significant benchmark price assessments in the physical commodity markets, are offered through S&P Global Commodity Insights.
S&P Global Commodity Insights is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI). S&P Global is the world's foremost provider of credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help many of the world's leading organizations navigate the economic landscape so they can plan for tomorrow, today. For more information visit https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights.
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Charita Goshay: WWE antics overshadow Ohio voters' concerns
Not that you need more evidence, but the recent shouting match between Senate candidates Josh Mandel and Mike Gibbons is further proof that your paw-paw's Republican Party has gone the way of the "Lawrence Welk Show."
Once upon a time, Republicanism meant Abraham Lincoln, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jack Kemp, Clare Boothe Luce and George H.W. Bush, a prep-school blueblood who once let himself be talked into pretending he was a regular Joe who liked country music.
In 2022, Theodore Roosevelt couldn't get elected precinct captain.
The central theme of Mandel's campaign appears to be that he's a Marine veteran. While such service is admirable, voters need more. Richard Nixon and Joe McCarthy, after all, were veterans.
It's what led to the dust-up between Mandel and Gibbons, a millionaire businessman who blasted Mandel for his lack of private-sector experience, which Mandel took as a knock on his military service.
It wasn't, of course, but why let nuance derail a chance to come off as a tough guy?
Ohio's Republican Senate primary has been one long reality-TV show with candidates body-checking one another for the privilege of kneeling before the throne of someone who isn't even a Republican.
Had Donald Trump thought he could run and win as a Democrat — or as a member of the Galactic Republic — he would have done it.
Holding hostages
The former president's commitment to the Republican Party's bedrock principles of family values, fiscal conservatism and personal responsibility runs about as deep as dishwater.
More:Charita Goshay: The audacity of mopes
Yet, he's holding hostages. Consider the curious case of J.D. Vance, whose compelling story of overcoming family dysfunction and poverty is just the kind narrative pragmatic Ohioans love.
A former Never-Trumper who once remarked, "My God, what an idiot," Vance now kisses the ring.
More:U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Vance makes campaign stop in East Canton
But given that his chances of winning are slim and none, and slim's out of town, he might just as well own it.
Mark Dolan was the only one brave enough to raise his hand last week when the question was asked if the candidates believe Joe Biden is the duly-elected president of the United States.
If Dolan loses, it won't be for reasons having to do with Biden or Trump; it'll be because fans are annoyed at his family's penchant for clipping coupons when it comes to the Cleveland Guardians' payroll, which is tighter than wallpaper.
More:Charita Goshay: The audacity of mopes
The only reason Mandel and Gibbons didn't get into a full-out fight is because the moderator stepped between them.
Mandel might be a Marine veteran, but Gibbons never took a step back.
He looks solid, like a stevedore with a $200 haircut.
Yoga pants
Candidate Jane Timken isn't throwing hands like the guys, but she's boasting that she has the support of former Trump campaign adviser Corey Lewandowski, an operative so skeevy that even MAGA World sent him into Time Out after he allegedly wouldn't stop harassing the wife of a big donor.
More:Charita Goshay: Faux populism is worse than none
Timken is smarter than this, so why is she scraping the barrel like some ward heeler?
Guess.
Yet despite this malarky, a Republican still could win in November due to how the Democrats constantly contort themselves to be all things to all people. The party has drifted from its roots so that it functions less like a donkey kick, and more like a boutique that carries avocado potpourri and yoga pants for cats.
The Mandel-Gibbons incident overshadows the fact that Ohio has real challenges.
The World Population Review has us ranked 32nd on the list of most-educated states.
According to the Columbus Dispatch, the U.S. Justice Department named the FirstEnergy bribery scandal as the top corruption case in the country in 2021, which is saying something considering that New York, Chicago and New Orleans are still part of the U.S.
HireAHelper reports that Ohio ranked eighth in the nation for people moving out in 2021, with a net loss of 35%, which means we can't even give away good jobs.
Campaigning will never be a dance recital, but voters deserve serious and substantive candidates who are willing to elevate the conversation and trust that voters will follow.
Washington, D.C., is home to the Pentagon, not the Octagon.
Charita M. Goshay is a Canton Repository staff writer and a member of the editorial board. Reach her at 330-580-8313 or charita.goshay@cantonrep.com. On Twitter: @cgoshayREP
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NEW YORK, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Dentsply Sirona Inc. ("Dentsply" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: XRAY) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Dentsply investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased Dentsply's common stock between June 9, 2021, and May 9, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
XRAY investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: According to the filed complaint, defendants orchestrated a scheme to inflate Dentsply's revenue and earnings by manipulating the Company's accounting for a distributor rebate program so that senior executives would be eligible for significant cash and stock-based incentive compensation. In order to facilitate this scheme, Dentsply and its executives made numerous false and misleading statements to investors during the class period. As a result of defendants' misrepresentations, Dentsply's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Dentsply during the relevant time frame, you have until August 1, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Covid-19 wastewater surveillance is promising tool, but critical challenges remain
By Deidre McPhillips, CNN
Covid-19 surveillance is at a crossroads in the United States. With at-home tests now outnumbering those done in laboratories, official case counts are more incomplete than ever as the nation — and world — faces down increasingly transmissible coronavirus variants.
Wastewater surveillance is poised to fill in the gaps and help avoid the threats that an invisible wave of the virus could bring. This surveillance can help identify trends in transmission a week or two earlier than clinical testing, giving public health leaders the chance to focus messaging and resources. It can be used as a tool to sequence the virus and find new variants sooner, too.
But eagerness to use this tool is stifled by uncertainty about exactly how to do so, along with a lack of resources and support to learn.
Testing sewage for virus particles can provide early warning signs of increased transmission in a community, capturing even those who have asymptomatic infections or aren’t being tested.
Since the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the National Wastewater Surveillance System in September 2020, hundreds of sites have come online, with potential to expand even more. The CDC has funding for the program through 2025, and the National Association of County and City Health Officials says interest among its members has grown significantly over the past two years.
But few communities have been able to translate that interest into a sustainable practice or concrete actions to manage the pandemic.
Although 38% of local public health agencies have monitored wastewater at some point during the pandemic, only 21% plan to continue after the pandemic wanes, according to a recent report.
Public health agencies ranked wastewater surveillance as the least influential factor in pandemic management, and only about half have used it to inform decision-making.
The report represents findings from a survey of more than 200 public health officials across the country that was conducted between November and January.
“The thing about wastewater data is that it is inherently messy,” said Megan Diamond, who leads wastewater work for the Rockefeller Foundation’s Covid-19 Response & Recovery team. The Rockefeller Foundation conducted the survey, along with the Pandemic Prevention Institute and Mathematica.
A government watchdog report from April said wastewater surveillance has “enormous potential” to be a key public health tool in the US but noted that some aspects of the science need “further development.”
Sewage samples can be diluted by rainwater or industrial discharge and can be contaminated by things like animal waste, for example.
“As a result, you get a lot of uncertainty, and uncertainty is not the word that you want to present to an epidemiologist. It’s scary. It means you have to make a lot of assumptions, or you have to explore a new science during a pandemic,” Diamond said.
Wastewater surveillance is not a new public health tool, but it was far from mainstream before Covid-19.
Public health agencies were most likely to implement wastewater surveillance programs if they had the support of expert advocates, according to the survey of public health leaders. But about a quarter said there is no clear agency leading this work, and about half said they didn’t have the resources or capacity to do it themselves.
“There’s this whole rally in visibility around wastewater surveillance, and then the guys on the ground, the people who are actually leading the work are like, ‘Yeah, this is not sustainable for us,’ ” Diamond said.
The CDC’s launch of the national wastewater program has helped some, the survey found.
But it has not come without its own challenges. It took the CDC about a year and a half to work through how to best standardize and present the data it had been collecting into a national dashboard, a testament to how complicated the data can be.
The agency first stood up the national dashboard in February, presenting only one data point on the relative change in virus levels at each site over the past 15 days. It recently updated the dashboard to include another data point on how the current level of virus detection compares with other points in the pandemic.
But last month’s report from the Government Accountability Office noted that more remains to be done.
The watchdog agency called out “a lack of national coordination and standardized methods” that challenge broader adoption and complicate efforts to interpret the data and use it to drive public health interventions.
It’s also unclear how cost-effective wastewater surveillance is, according to the report. The GAO says wastewater surveillance can be “particularly useful when clinical testing is resource constrained” but otherwise raises questions about when it makes sense to use it.
Clinical testing may not be constrained in the US right now, but it is underutilized in favor of at-home tests that remain unreported or no testing at all.
Current trends in the data are clear: Virus levels have been rising in most surveillance sites in the US for weeks. And at the end of last week, more than a third of surveillance sites had detected levels that were higher than most historical levels, according to CDC data.
Despite the challenges that remain, the benefits of wastewater surveillance shouldn’t be ignored, Diamond says.
“I don’t think we should not be held back by lack of consensus around standardization in the data, because it may never come,” she said.
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WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court today overturned the 50-year precedent of Roe v. Wade, stripping women of the constitutional right to make her own reproductive health care decisions including having an abortion. The Black Women's Leadership Collective issued the following statement:
"Black women have fought and died for the freedom to control our bodies and our lives from slavery to segregation to the Supreme Court, yet today in an unprecedented move the Court stripped us of that basic freedom by overturning Roe v. Wade.
As half of the states in the country will now move to immediately ban abortion on top of extreme laws that criminalize women and doctors, we know that Black women, low-income women and other women of color who already face significant barriers to healthcare will be the most directly harmed. Specifically, states with large black populations like, Mississippi, Ohio, Michigan, South Carolina and Alabama, will be impacted immediately by severely limiting or banning access to abortion care.
This decision is devastating. Black women are standing together to make clear that we will not go back to a time when politicians controlled our bodies and our most personal health decisions. Reproductive freedom and the fundamental right to control our bodies are on the ballot in November along with protecting our right to vote and the health and safety of our communities. We are organizing, mobilizing, and leveraging our collective power in support of candidates who support our rights and will fight for the needs of our communities.
The Black Women's Leadership Collective is a leadership and organizing hub for Black women's organizations, advocates, and supporters, utilizing the power of our collective efforts to support the nomination of the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. We are a collective of intergenerational, intersectional Black women leaders throughout the nation. Within our collective are organizational leaders, business leaders, political strategists, student leaders, faith leaders, tech leaders, labor leaders, pioneers in sports, music and entertainment, movement leaders and more.
To learn more about the Black Women's Leadership Collective please visit www.Blackwomensleadershipcollective.org.
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jordan Hough could have never predicted the health plan that managed her health care benefits as a child would be paying her medical school bills today. And yet, that's exactly what Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) has done for the past two years—and counting.
IEHP awarded Hough with their innovative Healthcare Scholarship Fund award in 2020, bringing Hough's journey from Medi-Cal member to medical school student to fruition.
A Victorville native and now third-year medical student at California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM), Hough was one of 50 students to receive the inaugural award from IEHP. The health plan has sustained the program with annual scholarship awards ranging from full to partial tuition at three medical schools: CUSM, Loma Linda University and University of California, Riverside.
"This scholarship means the world to me," said Hough. "Growing up in a family who struggled financially, the dream of being able to go to medical school seemed so farfetched for so long."
IEHP created the scholarship fund to help address the provider shortage in Riverside and San Bernardino counties. "By supporting local medical students, we are able to secure their service to the Inland Empire after graduation and create a pipeline of health care professionals who are committed to serving our communities with compassion and empathy," said Jarrod McNaughton, IEHP Chief Executive Officer.
Hough discovered her passion for medicine while taking human science classes at California State University Fullerton and spending countless hours volunteering at Children's Health Orange County.
Encouraged by these experiences and several physician mentors, she decided to pursue a career as a doctor. Hough intentionally applied to only local schools so she could remain connected to her Inland Empire roots. "Most people apply very broadly—to as many schools as they want," Hough said. "But I felt it was really important to be in this area, so I only applied to three medical schools. It was very risky, but it worked out."
Hough remembers not having much guidance or role models related to her dream of medicine growing up, so becoming a doctor didn't seem possible. "When I got that acceptance letter," she said, "it was really a moment of shock."
Through the medical school admissions process, Hough learned about IEHP's Healthcare Scholarship Fund and its goal to support local students who wished to remain in the Inland Empire.
Hough remembered IEHP was the health plan she had as a child and appreciated how they promoted a mission she resonated with. She applied and earned a four-year award.
"After receiving the scholarship, a huge weight was lifted off of my shoulders," said Hough. "Thank you so much IEHP, from the bottom of my heart. I don't think words could ever explain how grateful I am."
The cost for medical school in California has been on an upward trend since 2013, increasing about $1,500 annually and currently averaging a total of $218,792. This puts the dream of being a physician even further out of reach for many IE students, and deeply impacts the ongoing provider shortage in the region.
"Bridging the gap between aspiring IE medical professionals and local medical schools to serve the region's most vulnerable populations is what this scholarship program was designed to do," said McNaughton. "We are absolutely elated to support Jordan and our HSF award recipients on their path to becoming physicians and are especially eager to connect their desire and ability to provide optimal care and vibrant health to the communities they love so very much."
The health plan will be hosting networking and supportive events for medical students throughout their medical school journey, including a dinner at IEHP headquarters on May 3. To learn more about IEHP's Healthcare Scholarship Fund, visit iehp.org.
About IEHP
With a mission to heal and inspire the human spirit, Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) is one of the top 10 largest Medicaid health plans and the largest not-for-profit Medicare-Medicaid plan in the country. In its 26th year, IEHP is supporting more than 1.5 million residents in Riverside and San Bernardino counties who are enrolled in Medicaid or Cal MediConnect Plans and has a growing network of over 7,800 providers and nearly 2,500 Team Members. Through dynamic partnerships with Providers and Community Organizations, paired with award-winning service and a tradition of quality care, IEHP is fully committed to their vision: We will not rest until our communities enjoy optimal care and vibrant health. For more information, visit iehp.org.
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| 2022-05-03T17:21:24Z
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State use of federal infrastructure dollars to prioritize highway expansions over repairs could waste billions of dollars and worsen the impacts of climate change, a new report has found.
The report, published on Thursday by the U.S. Public Interest Research Groups (U.S. PIRG), urged state lawmakers to reexamine proposed highway expansion projects — while taking into account the evolving transportation needs of the American public.
“Every time we spend money on infrastructure, we have an opportunity to re-envision the future,” Matt Casale, director of the U.S. PIRG Education Fund’s environment campaigns, said in a statement.
“We should not invest in highway boondoggles that will exacerbate our pollution and global warming problems,” Casale continued. “The projects that we choose to invest in should be ones that are going to make American lives better.”
States have found themselves with funds to make such decisions following November’s passage of the bipartisan infrastructure law, which seeks to modernize transportation across the U.S.
But the infrastructure law, the report authors noted, gives states the flexibility to choose how best to spend much of the funds they receive. Many states are advancing billions of dollars’ worth of highway expansion projects, funds for which the authors argued would be better spent on attending to maintenance backlogs.
After highlighting 66 highway boondoggles in seven previous reports, the U.S. PIRG Education Fund focused in Thursday’s edition on seven new highway projects that would cost a total of more than $22 billion.
“America can’t afford to squander our historic investment in infrastructure on boondoggle projects,” lead author James Horrox, a policy analyst at the Frontier Group, a Denver-based nonprofit organization, said in a statement.
“And yet, across the country, wasteful and damaging highway expansion projects are often first in line for public dollars,” Horrox added.
The most expensive project is a $16 billion proposal to widen the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway — plans that would result in the addition of hundreds of miles of new lanes on two of the country’s busiest roads, according to the report.
Realizing these ambitions could mean “undermining New Jersey’s emissions reduction goals,” the authors argued.
A $2.8 billion plan to construct a 10-lane, double-decker bridge across the Ohio River could “exacerbate congestion at one of the country’s worst traffic bottlenecks,” the report stated.
Another $1.3 billion would go to Maryland’s proposed Montgomery County M-83 highway, which has been discussed since the 1960s.
The construction of this highway would “pose a a direct threat to 25 residential neighborhoods, 100 acres of public forest, 14 wetlands, six streams, natural floodplains and 60+ acres of agricultural reserve,” the authors contended.
Widening Interstate 205 in Oregon would cost $900 million and could endanger “the long-term financial security of the region’s transportation system” while contradicting the state’s climate goals, according to the report.
A proposed $750 million 8-mile bypass in southwestern Virginia would threaten hundreds of acres of forest, wetlands and farmlands and force 21 households to relocate, the authors stated.
Another contentious project is the $510 million reconstruction of I-35 in Minnesota, which would be the first of a series of major highway projects in downtown Duluth, the report explained.
The final project of focus is the $66 million-$100 million redesign of the Erie Bayfront Parkway in Pennsylvania, which the authors argued would attract more traffic to Erie’s developing bayfront and fail to meet community demands for improved pedestrian access.
The authors recommended that instead of investing in such projects, state and local governments should finance solutions that minimize dependence on automobile travel.
They also stressed the importance of directing funding toward repairing existing roads and granting priority to projects that decrease growth in vehicle-miles traveled.
“State bureaucrats still have a misplaced appetite for costly, polluting and ineffective highway expansion projects,” Casale said.
“Rather than costly highway boondoggles, we need to start using our money more wisely by investing in public transit, walking and biking instead,” he added.
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WACO — Trent West was not concerned about his team’s slow start.
Representing Belton one final time as a member of the Red team in Saturday’s 14th annual Fellowship of Christian Athletes Victory Bowl football game, the former Tigers defensive back saw his squad allow 21 consecutive points after recording the opening touchdown.
Early in the third quarter, however, the momentum shifted.
Sparked by Hamilton standout Taylor Long’s 64-yard touchdown run and a successful 2-point conversion from Hillsboro’s Frankie Montoya with 8:25 remaining in the period, Red began its rally on the way to a 22-21 victory over Blue.
Despite having met many of his teammates just days prior, West had no doubts about their abilities.
“Our team is full of tough football players,” he said. “We did not come out here for a playful game. We came out here to play football. So at halftime, we went into the locker room, got our heads right, and then we came back out and turned things around.”
Red struck first, needing less than 4 minutes to get on the scoreboard after Holy Trinity Catholic’s Trent Lockhart recovered a Blue fumble on the opening possession.
Moments later, the turnover was converted into points when Clifton’s Robert Goodman found Whitney’s Kolt Byrd for a 5-yard touchdown pass to cap a five-play, 32-yard drive.
Blue responded immediately on the ensuing possession with a 26-yard touchdown pass from Rogers’ Riley Dolgener to Granger’s Johnny Ryder to tie the score.
In the second quarter, Blue took control on a 2-yard touchdown run from Blooming Grove’s Levi Hopper before inflating the cushion to 21-7 with 9:22 remaining in the third quarter when Dolgener threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Bartlett’s Jay Polynice.
Blue crossed midfield just once the rest of the way and did not score again.
After Long’s 64-yard TD sprint and the ensuing 2-point conversion brought Red within 21-15, it needed only 3:12 to find the end zone again as Goodman broke free for a 34-yard score to provide the game’s final points.
Goodman was named the game’s most valuable offensive player after completing 11 of 14 passes for 52 yards to go with his rushing efforts.
The game’s defensive MVP plaque was awarded to Ryder.
While the game allows recently graduated seniors across a 12-county region in Central Texas to take part in one final game before moving on to college, there is more to the Victory Bowl.
Participants stay with host families while taking part in bonding experiences, including fellowships, community service projects and team-building exercises along with team practices and clinics.
For West, who shared the Red sideline with former Belton teammates Seth Morgan and Jackson Engelke along with Temple’s Nyles Moreland, it was a moment he will cherish.
“To get one more game with them, get to hang out with them all week and get to bond with them a little more before we all break up was really fun,” West said.
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Philanthropic project partners with Rivne State Department of Education to provide in-demand IT skills to high school youth across Ukraine
ALAMEDA, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Global Grid for Learning (GG4L) announced a partnership with the Rivne Area Department of Education, in Ukraine to provide IT, business training and certifications for high school students.
The project will provide free courses and industry recognized credentials to prepare students for internships and work in high-demand career pathways. GG4L, along with its corporate sponsors, will provide an online, self-paced training and certification program for students, as well as course advisors sourced from existing teachers in Ukraine.
The Career Passport #Ukraine will launch in August, with initial credential pathways in:
- Social Media Marketing
- Full Stack Software Developer
- IT Support Professional
GG4L will deploy an online infrastructure for secure enrollment and access to the third-party digital content and courses for this program. The primary partner for courseware and pathways is Coursera, providing industry recognized courses and certificates through their Career Academy from leading vendors such as Google, Amazon, IBM and many others.
"The GG4L Career Passport program will allow our high school students to prepare themselves for in-demand jobs," said Petro Korzhevsky, Head of Rivne State Department of Education. "The online program, supplemented with advisors drawn from our teaching ranks enables students to gain work-ready skills during a time of deep disruption in our country."
"We've all been deeply saddened and concerned with the war in Ukraine," commented Robert Iskander, GG4L's Founder and CEO. "As a major employer in Ukraine, we were eager to provide meaningful support to the country. Career Passport #Ukraine will give high school students a path toward employment in the IT industry."
GG4L is planning to enlist corporate sponsors to assist in financially sustaining this impact initiative as it expands to thousands of Ukrainian refugees and displaced youth. In addition to corporate sponsors, GG4L is enlisting employers who will hire the certified students for entry level employment or consulting positions. For more information on the program, as well as corporate sponsorship opportunities, please refer to www.careerpassport.academy.
Founded in 2018, GG4L is a membership-based collaborative providing schools and EdTech vendors a foundation for digital transformation. GG4L's School Passport® is an Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), offering a suite of cloud integration services to schools, financially sustained by hundreds of EdTech vendors. With industry-leading PII Shield protection, GG4L advocates for open standards based data integrations, governed data exchange, and strict data privacy compliance. For more information, visit gg4l.com. GG4L currently serves over 30,000 schools across 1,800 school districts.
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Which baby booties are best?
Baby booties aren’t just a cute accessory for your little one — they’re practical, too. They help keep tiny feet warm, stay on more securely than a pair of socks alone, and are extra thick, which helps protect little toes from getting pinched. Baby booties are often a child’s first introduction to semi-solid footwear, getting them accustomed to wearing shoes as they grow, crawl and walk.
For a stylish bootie that offers comfort and protection, take a look at the Ugg Unisex Bixbee Ankle Boot.
What to know before you buy baby booties
Even if your baby spends most of their time in a baby carrier or stroller when you go out, booties are still a good idea. They are cozy, warm and, unlike socks, usually have a method of closure that makes them less likely to slip off unnoticed. They also help to keep the baby’s feet clean, which can be a bonus if your baby still enjoys putting those little feet in their mouth.
Bootie closure methods
The most common closure types include an elastic band, Velcro pull, and loop or snap buttons. The elastic band provides a snugger fit than socks alone while Velcro lets you loosen or tighten the bootie as needed. Snap buttons are the least adjustable but also perhaps the most secure, as they’re harder to for the baby to pull loose.
Size and fit
A bootie should be fitted but with room for toes to move around. If the bootie is too loose, it might feel heavy or clumsy to wear. On the other hand, if it is too narrow in the sides or tight at the toes, it can also be uncomfortable. Baby booties usually come in sizes ranging from newborn to 24 months.
Design or theme
Some booties come in one color or several, while others have animal or character faces on the tops of the feet. These faces often have fabric ears and embroidered features. Animal designs might help get your baby excited about putting their booties on, or they might make them want to take the booties off and play with them. Consider the shoe’s design and how your baby will respond to it.
What to look for in a quality baby bootie
The high-quality markers here are pretty straightforward, combining several top-tier elements to provide babies with dependable booties as they learn and grow. Fabrics play a key role, as do anti-slip designs on the bootie’s sole.
Warm materials
Booties are designed to be warmer than socks, so you want to look for soft, reliable materials that will protect tiny toes from the elements. Fleece or polyester are best at keeping little feet warm. Some booties come in cotton, which is comfortable if not as warm, while others use cotton blends that are soft and strong but vary in warmth. A polyester and cotton bootie, for instance, is going to be warmer than a cotton and nylon one.
Non-slip soles
Rubber skid dots or lines on the bootie’s sole help babies who are learning how to walk or stand keep their footing. Fabric alone is smooth and slippery, especially on hardwood floors. Rubber non-slip designs provide safe, practical support to encourage the exploration of movement.
Dependable shape
Booties are more fitted and formed than socks, so maintaining their shape — especially if they go in and out of the washer and dryer — is important. If a bootie starts to warp or bend, it can also become uncomfortable to wear. If your baby has already started walking, a misshapen bootie could get in the way of their moving freely.
How much you can expect to spend on baby booties
Baby booties start around $10-$20 but go all the way to $35 or more, depending on the quality of the materials and construction.
Baby bootie FAQ
Should socks be worn with baby booties?
A. No. Booties are a cross between a sock and a shoe, so they are soft on skin, functioning as both the shoe and the sock.
Are baby booties washable?
A. Yes, most booties are washable. Read the instructions to make sure you don’t damage them in washing.
What about arch support?
A. Babies have flat feet and therefore don’t require booties with arch support. Arches don’t begin to noticeably develop until a child is 2-6 years old.
What’s the best baby bootie to buy?
Top baby booties
What you need to know: This ultra-soft bootie features a furry textile exterior with a faux suede outsole and Velcro strap closure, available in three infant sizes.
What you’ll love: It comes in five stylish colors and is warm. It has slip-resistant soles and stays on even as a baby kicks.
What you should consider: It runs small, and while it is supposed to be machine-washable, it is recommended you hand-wash instead.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top baby booties for the money
Luvable Friends Unisex Fleece Booties
What you need to know: This fleece-lined polyester bootie has anti-slip soles, an adjustable Velcro closure and comes in seven infant and toddler sizes.
What you’ll love: It’s soft, flexible, and gentle on a baby’s skin. It comes in 11 colors and has rubber dots on the soles to prevent sliding and slipping. It’s machine-washable and the price is hard to beat.
What you should consider: Sizes run a little small.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Hudson Baby Unisex Fleece Booties
What you need to know: This polyester bootie comes in fun animal face designs as well as solid colors, with a Velcro closure.
What you’ll love: There are plenty of animal-face options, from a pink flamingo to a seasonal reindeer. It’s a soft bootie with anti-slip soles, is machine-washable and comes in eight infant and toddler sizes.
What you should consider: The closures can be adjusted to accommodate wider feet but generally it runs small.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for TBLT, CTMX, CANF, HOTH, and BALY.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
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| 2022-06-24T13:18:46Z
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‘Recession shock’ is coming, Bank of America warns
By Matt Egan, CNN Business
Bank of America is warning that high inflation poses a credible threat to the economic recovery that began just two years ago.
“‘Inflation shock’ worsening, ‘rate shock’ just beginning, ‘recession shock’ coming,” Bank of America chief investment strategist Michael Hartnett wrote in a note to clients on Friday.
The warning came ahead of a new government report on Tuesday that showed consumer prices surged by 8.5% in March, the fastest pace since December 1981. There were record year-over-year price spikes on everything from new vehicles and men’s apparel to baby food and salad dressing.
Inflation is “out of control,” Hartnett wrote, adding: “Inflation causes recessions.”
Although the last recession was sparked by a pandemic, economic expansions are often ended by the Federal Reserve slamming on the brakes to fight rising inflation.
Markets are bracing for the Fed to rapidly raise interest rates, at the fastest pace in decades, to get prices under control. The risk is that the central bank will do too much, sinking the economy in the process.
‘Recessionary’ price moves in markets
Bank of America is not outright calling for a recession in the United States. But the bank is raising the specter of a slowdown and pointing to recession signals on Wall Street.
Hartnett noted that price action in financial markets has been very “recessionary,” citing steep declines for economically sensitive home builders, semiconductor manufacturers, small caps, retail and private equity.
Global growth expectations plunged to record lows in April among investment fund managers surveyed by Bank of America, according to a separate report published Monday.
That survey also showed profit expectations among investors tumbled to their weakest level since March 2020, closing in on levels seen during other scares including the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers and the 2001 bursting of the dot-com bubble.
Last week, Deutsche Bank became the first major bank to forecast a recession. The bank expects the Fed will push the economy into a “mild” downturn that begins in late 2023.
Cooling off the jobs market
But others think the Fed may be able to tame inflation without causing a recession.
To get inflation under control, Goldman Sachs said in a report Monday night that economic growth must soften to a “modestly below-trend pace — enough to persuade firms to shelve some of their expansion plans, but not by so much to trigger sharp cuts in current output and employment.”
When labor demand falls significantly, downturns tend to follow. There has never been an increase in the unemployment rate of more than 0.35 percentage points on a three-month average basis that wasn’t associated with a recession, Goldman Sachs said.
Although the overheating jobs market has “raised the risk of recession meaningfully,” the bank is not currently forecasting a recession in the United States.
Goldman Sachs said its relative optimism is based on the strong balance sheets of businesses and families and its belief that cooling off the jobs market should be made easier by the post-Covid normalization process that will let more workers come off the sidelines.
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Trading metals is still a mess. It’s not just about nickel
By Nicole Goodkind and Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
Almost two months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global metals trade remains in turmoil.
What’s happening: The scarcity of commodities like copper, nickel and zinc — hastened by punitive sanctions on Russia and high energy prices — has broken down a century-old system, costing financial giants hundreds of millions of dollars and leaving entire industries with no accurate way to determine fair prices.
And this is only the beginning of the industry’s problems, analysts say.
“If you have low inventories and we keep pushing demand higher, the type of volatility we have seen will just become a key feature of the raw material market moving forward,” said Michael Widmer, head of metals research at Bank of America.
Last month, shortly after the war in Ukraine began, nickel futures on the London Metal Exchange popped by 250%, jumping from about $29,000 to $100,000 per metric ton in a matter of days. The LME halted trading for a week and retroactively canceled about 9,000 trades worth nearly $4 billion.
When trading resumed, it was volatile and unreliable. JPMorgan Chase said last week that the bank had lost $120 million because of the “extreme price movements” in nickel.
Investors appear to be heading for the exits. Nickel has fallen back to about $33,000 on the LME, and the number of long-term bets that the price of nickel will rise is at a nine-year low. But there are still big short positions, or wagers that prices will drop. Plus, with more traders deciding they want to move to the sidelines, risks of even bigger price swings are increasing, since there’s less money in the market to act as a cushion.
Nickel isn’t the only pain point. There are signs that zinc is in trouble, too.
The production of zinc takes a lot of energy, and producers have cut output of the metal as power prices have leaped. Now there are shortages, and stockpiles are rapidly diminishing.
Physical stocks of zinc, which is used to protect steel and make important alloys, have fallen by 40% in LME warehouses since December. In early April, the proportion of zinc due to leave warehouses to be sold or used jumped to 65% from 26%.
Why it matters: The LME deals only in physically deliverable contracts. That means if you buy zinc, you need to be able to accept a shipment of it, and if you sell it, you need to have access to stocks to deliver. Dwindling inventories in warehouses, then, can rapidly create chaos in the market.
Copper, aluminum, lead and tin stockpiles have also fallen to their lowest level on records dating back to 1997, according to Bloomberg.
“We note the current tightness in the zinc market and are monitoring all metals closely to ensure market activity remains orderly,” an LME spokesperson said.
One impact: Companies that use metals to make their products are dealing with a huge amount of unpredictability. Volkswagen made more money trading commodities than it brought in selling cars in the first quarter of 2022, and it’s having to rethink its sourcing plans given the instability.
Policymakers are also concerned that the turmoil could reverberate more broadly. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned at a conference in Brussels last month that risks in metals trading needed to be monitored.
“We can’t take resilience, in particular in that part of the market, for granted,” he said.
Shortages tied to the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia are one thing. Bank of America’s Widmer noted that demand for many metals is only growing as the world tries to build more electric cars and invest in renewable energy. That means inventory problems aren’t likely to go away any time soon, and volatility could remain the norm for years to come.
China’s economy had a good first quarter. Now it’s teetering
China’s economy made a solid start to the year, recording first quarter growth that surpassed expectations.
But a recent slump in consumer spending and rising unemployment suggest much tougher months ahead, with dozens of cities still under Covid lockdowns, my CNN Business colleague Laura He reports.
The latest: China’s gross domestic product grew 4.8% between January and March compared with the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday. That was quicker than the 4% increase the world’s second-largest economy registered in the previous quarter.
Growth was buoyed by a surprisingly good economic performance in January and February. Yet Beijing’s efforts to curb its worst coronavirus outbreak in two years have dealt a blow to activity since March, including in Shanghai, the country’s financial center and manufacturing hub.
Many businesses there were forced to suspend operations, including automakers Volkswagen and Tesla and iPhone assembler Pegatron.
Retail sales declined 3.5% in March from a year ago, the first drop since July 2020. Industrial production grew by 5%, compared with 7.5% in the first two months of the year, and unemployment in 31 major cities surged to 6%, a record high.
“Economic development is facing many difficulties and challenges now,” NBS spokesperson Fu Linghui said at a press conference in Beijing.
Remember: The Chinese government has set a growth target for this year of around 5.5%, the lowest in three decades. But the Covid outbreak, combined with the war in Ukraine — which has driven up oil and commodity prices — has already made that appear out of reach.
“Economic data in April are set to worsen further,” wrote Larry Hu, chief economist for Greater China at Macquarie Group, on Monday. He expects growth for the year to come in around 5%.
Nomura estimates that full or partial lockdowns are in place in 45 Chinese cities, affecting a quarter of the country’s population and about 40% of the economy.
Twitter tries to thwart Elon Musk’s takeover bid
Twitter has made a move that could make it harder for Elon Musk to acquire the company, raising the stakes in the high-drama battle between the social media platform and the world’s richest man, who has positioned himself as a major critic.
A new twist: On Friday, Twitter announced that its board of directors had adopted a limited-term shareholder rights plan known as a “poison pill.” That gives stockholders other than Musk the option to acquire more shares of the company at a relatively inexpensive price, effectively diluting Musk’s stake, my CNN Business colleague Clare Duffy reports.
This type of provision was devised in the 1980s to prevent unwelcome takeover attempts. It will be triggered if Musk, or any other investor, acquires more than 15% of the company’s shares. Musk currently owns around 9% of Twitter’s shares.
The move marks an effort by Twitter’s board to wrest back some control after Musk’s stunning offer last week to take the company private.
While it won’t necessarily stop Musk in his tracks, it could make buying the company more expensive, or force Musk to the negotiating table. Shares of Twitter rose more than 2% in premarket trading on Monday.
Up next
Bank of America, BNY Mellon and Synchrony Financial report results before US markets open. J.B. Hunt follows after the close.
Also today: The NAHB Housing Market Index for April arrives at 10 a.m. ET.
Coming tomorrow: Earnings from Truist, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, IBM and Netflix.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Governor Newsom's office announced a partnership on a new project with California Forward (CA FWD) and former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. With a focus on federal infrastructure spending, the project includes Mr. Villaraigosa as a Senior Advisor to the administration on statewide infrastructure priorities and CA FWD providing overall strategy and support on public engagement.
"California Forward is excited to be involved in this project which builds upon our existing work and successes, to ensure that the strategy developed reflects the priorities of the state's regions. We are glad to be continuing our partnership with the administration on creating communities that are equitable, environmentally sustainable and economically vibrant, and we appreciate the Governor's leadership and foresight in prioritizing this opportunity for California," said Micah Weinberg, CEO of CA FWD.
CA FWD will manage the contract with Mr. Villaraigosa.
For general information about the project, please reach out to the Governor's office at govpressoffice@gov.ca.gov.
ABOUT CA FWD
California Forward (CA FWD) leads a statewide movement, bringing people together across communities, regions and interests to improve government and create inclusive, sustainable growth for everyone. A 501(c)(3) organization, CA FWD drives collective action to identify solutions that can be taken to scale to meet the challenges the state is facing. CA FWD serves as the backbone for the California Stewardship Network, an alliance of regional economic development leaders, and is home to the California Economic Summit and the California Dream Index.
Contact: Sarah Walsh sarah@cafwd.org, 661-332-5999
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House Dems set to overcome GOP for climate, health care win
WASHINGTON (AP) — A flagship Democratic economic bill perched on the edge of House passage Friday, placing President Joe Biden on the brink of a back-from-the-dead triumph on his climate, health and tax goals that could energize his party ahead of November’s elections.
Democrats were poised to muscle the measure through the narrowly divided House Friday over solid Republican opposition. They employed similar party unity and Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote Sunday to power the measure through the 50-50 Senate.
The package is but a shadow of Biden’s initial vision and was produced only after a year of often bitter infighting between party leaders, progressives and centrists led by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., empowered by that chamber’s even split. Ultimately, Democrats thirsty to declare victory forged a compromise on abiding goals like reining in pharmaceutical costs, taxing large companies and, especially, curbing carbon emissions. They are hoping to show they can wring accomplishments from an often fractiously gridlocked Washington that alienates many voters.
“Climate is a health issue. It’s a jobs issue. It’s a security issue. And it’s a values issue for us,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told reporters this week. “I want more, of course, we always want more, but this is a great deal.”
The bill’s pillar is about $375 billion over 10 years to encourage industry and consumers to shift from carbon-emitting to cleaner forms of energy, hailed by experts as Congress’ biggest climate investment ever. That includes $4 billion added to cope with the West’s catastrophic drought.
Spending, tax credits and loans would bolster technology like solar panels, consumer efforts to improve home energy efficiency, emission-reducing equipment for coal- and gas-powered power plants and air pollution controls for farms, ports and low-income communities.
In a pair of top Democratic health priorities, another $64 billion would help 13 million people pay premiums over the next three years for privately bought health insurance. Medicare would gain the power to negotiate its costs for pharmaceuticals, initially in 2026 for only 10 drugs. Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket prescription costs would be limited to $2,000 starting in 2025, and starting next year they would pay no more than $35 monthly for insulin, the costly diabetes drug.
The bill would raise around $740 billion in revenue over the decade, over a third from government savings from lower drug prices. More would flow from higher taxes on some $1 billion corporations, levies on companies that repurchase their own stock and stronger IRS tax collections. Around $300 billion would remain to defray budget deficits, a fraction of the period’s projected total of $16 trillion.
Republicans say the legislation’s tax hikes will force companies to raise prices, worsening the nation’s bout with its worst inflation since 1981 that is wounding Democrats’ election prospects. Nonpartisan analysts say the measure will have negligible inflation impact one way or the other.
Echoing other culture war themes, the GOP has criticized initiatives like tax breaks for clean energy and electric vehicles as wasteful liberal daydreams. “If the Green New Deal and corporate welfare had a baby, it would look like this,” said Rep. Kevin Brady of Texas, the House Ways and Means Committee’s top Republican.
Republicans say Democrats’ plan to expand the IRS budget, aimed at collecting about $120 billion in unpaid taxes, envisions 87,000 agents who’d be coming after families. Democrats called foul, saying their $80 billion IRS budget boost would be to replace waves of retirees, not just agents, and to modernize equipment, and say families and small businesses earning below $400,000 annually would not be targeted.
The GOP also says the bill would raise taxes on lower- and middle-income families. An analysis by Congress’ nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation, which didn’t include the bill’s tax breaks for health care and energy, estimated that the corporate tax boosts would marginally affect those taxpayers, partly due to lower stock prices and wages.
The bill caps a fertile three months in which Congress has voted to improve veterans’ health benefits, gird the semiconductor industry, moderately strengthen gun restrictions for younger buyers, finance Ukraine’s war with Russia and add Finland and Sweden to NATO. All passed with bipartisan support, suggesting Republicans also want to display their productive side.
It’s unclear voters will reward Democrats for the legislation after months of painfully high inflation dominating voters’ attention. Though record gasoline prices have dipped, Biden’s popularity dangles damagingly low and midterm elections have a consistent history of ending careers of lawmakers from the party that holds the White House.
Democrats’ economic bill had its roots in early 2021, after Congress approved a $1.9 trillion measure over GOP opposition to combat the pandemic-induced economic downturn. Emboldened, the new president and his party reached further.
They initially produced an ambitious 10-year, $3.5 trillion environment and social plan they called Build Back Better. It featured free prekindergarten, paid family and medical leave, expanded Medicare benefits, increases for education and housing and an easing of immigration restrictions. It sought to roll back Trump-era tax breaks for the rich and corporations and proposed $555 billion for climate efforts, well above the resources in Friday’s legislation.
With Manchin opposing those amounts, it was sliced to a roughly $2 trillion measure that Democrats moved through the House in November. Just before Christmas, Manchin unexpectedly sank that bill, citing fears of inflation and international uncertainty and earning brickbats from exasperated fellow Democrats from Capitol Hill and the White House.
With on-and-off closed-door talks between Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., seemingly dying, the two lawmakers shocked Washington and announced agreement last month on the new, pared-down package.
Manchin won billions for carbon capture technology for the fossil fuel industries he champions, plus procedures for more oil drilling on federal lands and promises for faster energy project permitting.
Centrist Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., also used her leverage for late concessions, eliminating planned higher taxes on hedge fund managers and helping win the drought funds.
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One dead, one injured in Lyon Co. accident
Published: Jun. 27, 2022 at 8:47 AM CDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago
LYON CO., Kan. (WIBW) - One person is dead, another seriously injured following a wreck in southeast Lyon Co. Monday morning.
According to KVOE radio, the accident happened around 6 a.m. near Road 50 and Road V.
Lyon Co. officials tell KVOE that one person in the vehicle was taken to Newman Regional Hospital with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.
The accident’s location is southwest of Hartford.
No other details have been released.
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| 2022-06-27T14:27:04Z
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Inc. recognizes LMS' three-year revenue growth rate of 172 percent, which places Northpass among America's fastest-growing private companies.
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Northpass, the provider of the leading Customer Learning platform, announced that it has been recognized by Inc. as an Inc. 5000 company. The Inc. 5000 is the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list represents a one-of-a-kind look at the most successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment — independent businesses. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names, gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
"It truly is an honor to be designated an Inc. 5000 company," said Northpass Founder & CEO, Steve Cornwell. "Since Northpass' inception, it's been a goal of mine to bring technological innovation back to the great state of New Jersey and grow a unique business. And, it's clear we're on our way as our best-in-breed Customer Learning platform is adopted by some of the world's largest and most innovative companies."
This news follows several other major Northpass accomplishments for 2022.
In January, Northpass announced it was the recipient of two Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards for 2021. Northpass won Gold in the "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology (LMT) for External Training," category. Also, Northpass was awarded Bronze for the "Best Advance in Learning Management Technology."
Additionally, Northpass has been identified as a recipient of 23 badges — varying from "High Performer," to "Highest User Adoption," to "Best Support" — from G2 for Winter, Spring and Summer 2022.
And, in June, Northpass was designated an NJBIZ Best Place to Work for 2022. This marks the third consecutive year Northpass has received this recognition.
"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."
Northpass is the provider of the leading Customer Learning platform that helps today's cutting-edge businesses deliver results. Northpass' Software-as-a-Service- (SaaS) based solution differentiates itself by being connected, fully customizable and is implemented by a customer-centric Support team. Today, Northpass powers learning programs for hundreds of companies, including: Compass, Freshworks, SPS Commerce, Talkspace, Uber and others. To learn more about Northpass, please visit: http://www.northpass.com.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including 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.
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| 2022-08-23T18:17:16Z
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(The Hill) — Nearly one in three Americans questioned in a new survey said that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, with many stating their top concern now is spreading the virus to people who are at higher risk of serious illness.
In the Axios/Ipsos poll, 31 percent of respondents said that the pandemic is over and 69 percent disagreed.
Perception of the pandemic varied across party lines, with 59 percent of Republicans, 27 percent of independents and 10 percent of Democrats surveyed saying the pandemic is over.
Additionally, 32 percent of respondents said their top current concern with the virus is spreading it to people who are at higher risk of serious illness, which was consistent, regardless of party affiliation.
Among those who were unvaccinated, 31 percent said their top concern is dealing with restrictions in their daily life.
Overall, 74 percent say that the pandemic is still a problem, but manageable, while 14 percent describe it as a serious problem.
As views on the pandemic begin to soften, the poll also found that people have resumed activities outside the home, with 65 percent saying they are dining out, 69 percent visiting loved ones and 61 percent going shopping. The percentage of Americans who report participating in these activities has remained unchanged since April.
The poll was conducted from May 13 to May 16 among 982 adults. It has a margin of error of 3 to 3.5 percentage points.
On Monday, the U.S. reached 1 million reported deaths from COVID-19 and has more deaths per capita than Western Europe or Canada.
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WATCH: Man pulled from raging river after attempted rescue of dog caught in current
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) – A good Samaritan is recounting his attempt to rescue a stranger’s dog from a river in California.
Dustin Leming, an iron worker, dropped 14 feet into the Los Angeles River to rescue a dog trapped in the raging current during a rain storm.
He risked his own life to save a stranger’s dog.
“Oh, that dog was scared,” he said.
The heroic effort left Leming in need of his own rescue.
“They did have to rescue me, and thank God they did,” he said.
As rescue helicopters circled above his home last week, Leming and his mom ran to the river out back and saw Scooby struggling to keep his furry head above the water.
When Leming saw the canine, he couldn’t help himself. He said he wanted to be a veterinarian so it was second nature to help an animal in need.
“I told her, I said ‘Look mom, that dog’s in the river. I’m going to the river. I’m gonna save that dog,’” he said. “And she goes, ‘You better not Dustin’ and I told her, ‘Look, I’m going in.”
But first, Leming had to run ahead of the dog.
“I think it was about a mile and a half down where I finally caught up to him,” Leming said.
When he finally got into the waist high water and got his arms around Scooby, the terrified German Shepherd sunk its teeth into his arms.
“That current, that current is stronger than you think,” Leming said.
He said it became too hard to hold on to the dog, and Scooby wiggled out of his arms and was eventually carried away by the current.
“I was like ‘Oh man, if that dog dies, I’m gonna be so sad,’” Leming said.
It was fortunately not a lost cause, and Scooby survived. The dog floated down the river to a shallow spot where rescue crews eventually got him to safety.
The next day, Scooby’s owner got to thank Leming for his attempted rescue.
“Thank you so much for all the love out there and support,” she said.
Leming said he’s just glad Scooby made it back home. He said there was no way the dog was going to drown on his watch.
“Everybody got their phones out and wanted to take videos but not take action,” Leming said. “I tried to help him out.”
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– FDA Fast Track Designation and European Commission Orphan Medicinal Product Designation Underscore the Significant Need for New Treatment Options for MDS –
NEWTON, Mass., July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies, today announced new regulatory designations for eltanexor, a novel oral, Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) investigational compound being studied for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS): (i) the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted fast track designation for the development program of eltanexor as monotherapy for the treatment of patients with relapsed or refractory intermediate, high-, or very high-risk MDS; (ii) the European Commission (EC) adopted the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (COMP) opinion to designate eltanexor as an orphan medicinal product for the treatment of MDS in the European Union (EU). Karyopharm also received orphan drug designation from the FDA in January 2022. MDS are a group of diseases characterized by ineffective production of the components of the blood due to poor bone marrow function with a risk of progression to acute myeloid leukemia.
Karyopharm is currently investigating eltanexor in an ongoing open-label Phase 1/2 study in patients with relapsed/refractory MDS. Previously, Karyopharm reported initial data from the Phase 1 portion of this study evaluating single-agent eltanexor in patients with hypomethylating agent (HMA)-refractory MDS.
Approximately 15,000 people in the U.S.1 and 14,000 people in the EU2 are expected to be diagnosed with intermediate-to-high risk MDS in 2022. HMAs are the current standard of care for newly diagnosed, higher-risk MDS patients. However, only 40-60% of patients respond, with these responses typically lasting less than two years.3 The prognosis in HMA-refractory disease is poor, with a median overall survival of four to six months.4,5 There are currently no approved therapies for HMA- refractory MDS.
"These recent designations from the FDA and EC reinforce eltanexor's potential to improve clinical outcomes for patients with relapsed/refractory MDS," said Richard Paulson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Karyopharm. "We are dedicated to advancing our ongoing clinical trials and remain committed to bringing eltanexor to these patients and their families as a new treatment option."
Fast track is a process designed by the FDA to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and fill an unmet medical need. The purpose is to get important new drugs to the patient earlier. Fast Track addresses a broad range of serious conditions. Once a drug receives Fast Track designation, early and frequent communication between the FDA and the drug company is encouraged throughout the entire drug development and review process.
Orphan Medicinal Product Designation is granted by the EC to promote the development of drugs that target rare (less than 5 in 100,000 people across the EU), seriously debilitating and/or life-threatening diseases, and are expected to provide a significant benefit over existing authorized treatments. Orphan designation qualifies a company for certain incentives that apply across all stages of drug development, including the potential for ten years of market exclusivity following marketing approval, fee reductions, and eligibility for orphan drug grants.
About Eltanexor
Eltanexor (KPT-8602) is an investigational novel SINE compound that functions by binding with, and inhibiting, the nuclear export protein, XPO1, leading to the accumulation of tumor suppressor proteins in the cell nucleus. This reinitiates and amplifies their tumor suppressor function and is believed to lead to the selective induction of apoptosis in cancer cells, while largely sparing normal cells.
In preclinical models, eltanexor has a broad therapeutic window with minimal penetration of the blood brain barrier and, therefore, has the potential to serve as another SINE compound for cancer indications. Following oral administration, animals treated with eltanexor show lower percentage of body weight loss and improved food consumption than animals similarly treated with selinexor. This allows more frequent dosing of eltanexor, enabling a longer period of exposure than is possible with selinexor.
Eltanexor is an investigational medicine and has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or any other regulatory agency.
About Karyopharm Therapeutics
Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: KPTI) is a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies. Since its founding, Karyopharm has been the industry leader in oral Selective Inhibitor of Nuclear Export (SINE) compound technology, which was developed to address a fundamental mechanism of oncogenesis: nuclear export dysregulation. Karyopharm's lead SINE compound and first-in-class, oral exportin 1 (XPO1) inhibitor, XPOVIO® (selinexor), is approved in the U.S. and marketed by the Company in three oncology indications and has received regulatory approvals in various indications in a growing number of ex-U.S. territories and countries, including Europe and the United Kingdom (as NEXPOVIO®) and China. Karyopharm has a focused pipeline targeting multiple high unmet need cancer indications, including in multiple myeloma, endometrial cancer, myelodysplastic syndromes and myelofibrosis. For more information about our people, science and pipeline, please visit www.karyopharm.com, and follow us on Twitter at @Karyopharm and LinkedIn.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those regarding the ability of selinexor or eltanexor to treat patients with multiple myeloma, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, solid tumors and other diseases and expectations related to future clinical development and potential regulatory submissions of selinexor or eltanexor. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Karyopharm's control, that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from Karyopharm's current expectations. For example, there can be no guarantee that Karyopharm will successfully commercialize XPOVIO; that regulators will grant confirmatory approval in the European Union based on the BOSTON study in adult patients with multiple myeloma; or that any of Karyopharm's drug candidates, including selinexor and eltanexor, will successfully complete necessary clinical development phases or that development of any of Karyopharm's drug candidates will continue. Further, there can be no guarantee that any positive developments in the development or commercialization of Karyopharm's drug candidate portfolio will result in stock price appreciation. Management's expectations and, therefore, any forward-looking statements in this press release could also be affected by risks and uncertainties relating to a number of other factors, including the following: the risk that the COVID-19 pandemic could disrupt Karyopharm's business more severely than it currently anticipates, including by negatively impacting sales of XPOVIO, interrupting or delaying research and development efforts, impacting the ability to procure sufficient supply for the development and commercialization of selinexor or other product candidates, delaying ongoing or planned clinical trials, impeding the execution of business plans, planned regulatory milestones and timelines, or inconveniencing patients; the adoption of XPOVIO in the commercial marketplace, the timing and costs involved in commercializing XPOVIO or any of Karyopharm's drug candidates that receive regulatory approval; the ability to obtain and retain regulatory approval of XPOVIO or any of Karyopharm's drug candidates that receive regulatory approval; Karyopharm's results of clinical trials and preclinical studies, including subsequent analysis of existing data and new data received from ongoing and future studies; the content and timing of decisions made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other regulatory authorities, investigational review boards at clinical trial sites and publication review bodies, including with respect to the need for additional clinical studies; the ability of Karyopharm or its third party collaborators or successors in interest to fully perform their respective obligations under the applicable agreement and the potential future financial implications of such agreement; Karyopharm's ability to enroll patients in its clinical trials; unplanned cash requirements and expenditures; development or regulatory approval of drug candidates by Karyopharm's competitors for products or product candidates in which Karyopharm is currently commercializing or developing; and Karyopharm's ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for any of its products or product candidates. These and other risks are described under the caption "Risk Factors" in Karyopharm's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 5, 2022, and in other filings that Karyopharm may make with the SEC in the future. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and, except as required by law, Karyopharm expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
XPOVIO® and NEXPOVIO® are registered trademarks of Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. Any other trademarks referred to in this release are the property of their respective owners.
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1 Clarivate/DRG Myeldysplastic Syndrome Epidemiology Dashboard IPSS (2022 figures).
2 Clarivate/DRG Myeldysplastic Syndrome Epidemiology Dashboard IPSS-R (2022 figures).
3 Gil-Perez A. Ther Adv Hematol. 2019 doi:10.1177/2040620719847059.
4 Jabbour E, Cancer. 2010;116(16):3830-4.
5 Prébet T. J Clin Oncol. 2011;29:3322-7.
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Deltona man accused of stalking 6-year-old girl
VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A Deltona man has been charged with aggravated stalking of a 6-year-old girl.
The girl’s father and neighbors reported a long pattern of worrisome behavior from Mark Greenburg. Volusia County deputies took Greenburg into custody Saturday.
The arrest followed a series of complaints from close to a dozen witnesses who have reported his behavior, including at least 11 incidents reported to the Sheriff’s Office over the past 8 months.
Those reports involved Greenburg harassing neighbors, yelling at them and their kids using a megaphone, and driving past houses while recording children on his phone.
Deputies responded to Greenburg’s neighborhood Friday evening after a father reported Greenburg walked to the end of his driveway and made several unusual comments to his 6-year-old daughter while she was playing outside.
The comments included words to the effect of “I’m going to make you famous” and “I’m going to turn you into a woman” or a “big girl.” Several witnesses gave similar accounts of Greenburg’s comments to the child, including that he was going to pick her up and take her to Disney World.
The father told deputies this and prior incidents have made his daughter afraid to go outside in the neighborhood.
The 6-year-old often visits her grandmother’s house in another neighborhood, where it was reported Greenburg parked outside Thursday and Friday and took pictures. Because he’s never been invited there and had no reason to know where she lives, the family believed Greenburg followed someone there.
Deputies attempted to speak to Greenburg Friday evening, but he refused to answer the door and said he would talk another day.
After obtaining a warrant, deputies with the Deltona Crime Suppression Team returned Saturday and arrested Greenburg without incident. He was transported to the Volusia County Branch Jail, where he remained in custody on a $5,000 bond.
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‘The pain will never go away’: Daughter killed on 26th birthday, father says
DOUGLAS, Ga. (WALB/Gray News) - Troopers in Florida are investigating an incident where a 26-year-old woman died on her birthday.
Authorities said A’Ryshanae McTear was walking on Interstate 10 in Jacksonville, Florida, when two vehicles struck and killed her on June 25.
WALB reports her family doesn’t know why she was walking alone on the highway. They described McTear as the glue that kept their family together.
The 26-year-old’s father, Latrell Wallace, said his daughter was an honor student who had just graduated college with her medical and phlebotomist degree. She was starting her career in the medical field.
Wallace said McTear went to Jacksonville from Douglas with her two friends to celebrate her 26th birthday. He said the family was waiting for her to return because they had a family cookout planned.
“We don’t know what happened. This is the hardest thing I ever did in my life,” Wallace said.
McTear leaves behind her nieces, nephews and her siblings.
“This will never go away. The pain will never go away for this family. Saying goodbye to her will never happen. We will never get to say goodbye to our daughter. We will never have closure because we don’t know what happened,” Wallace said.
McTear ‘s family said they plan to celebrate her life with a balloon release in her honor.
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Sri Lanka protesters burn politicians’ homes as country plunges further into chaos
By Iqbal Athas and Rhea Mogul, CNN
Protesters in Sri Lanka have burned down homes belonging to 38 politicians as the crisis-hit country plunged further into chaos, with the government ordering troops to “shoot on sight”.
Police in the island nation said Tuesday in addition to the destroyed homes, 75 have been damaged, as angry Sri Lankans continue to defy a nation-wide curfew to protest against what they say is the government’s mishandling of the country’s worst economic crisis since 1948.
The Ministry of Defense on Tuesday ordered troops to shoot anyone found damaging state property or assaulting officials, after violence left at least eight people dead since Monday, although it is unclear if all of the deaths were directly related to the protests. More than 200 people have been injured in the violence.
The nation of 22 million is grappling with a devastating economic crisis, with prices of everyday goods soaring and there have been widespread electricity shortages for weeks. Since March, thousands of anti-government protesters have taken to the streets, demanding the government to resign.
The military had to rescue the country’s outgoing Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a pre-dawn operation on Tuesday, hours after he resigned following clashes between pro and anti-government protesters. The military were called after protesters twice tried to breach the prime minister’s ‘Temple Trees’ private residence compound overnight, a senior security source told CNN.
His resignation came after live television footage on Monday showed government supporters, armed with sticks, beating protesters at several locations across the capital, and tearing down and burning their tents. Dozens of homes were torched across the country amid the violence, according to witnesses CNN spoke to.
Armed troops were deployed to disperse the protesters, according to CNN’s team on the ground, while video footage showed police firing tear gas and water cannons.
A nationwide curfew has been imposed until Thursday.
However, it remains unclear if the curfew and the prime minister’s resignation will be enough to keep a lid on the increasingly volatile situation in the country.
Many protesters say their ultimate aim is to force President Gotabaya Rajapaksa — the prime minister’s brother — to step down, something he has so far shown no sign of doing.
The President on Tuesday urged citizens to “remain calm and stop the violence and acts of revenge against citizens, irrespective of political affiliations.”
“All efforts will be made to restore political stability through consensus, within the constitutional mandate and to resolve economic crisis,” the President tweeted.
In a statement Tuesday, the European Union and its 27 Member States condemned the “recent vicious attack against peaceful protesters” and called on authorities to investigate.
“The EU deplores the loss of life, including of a Member of Parliament, and the high number of injured people,” the statement said. “The EU recalls the importance to safeguard the democratic rights of all citizens, and to focus on solutions that will address the significant challenges currently faced by the Sri Lankans.”
Sri Lanka’s neighbor, India, has also weighed in.
“As a close neighbor of Sri Lanka, with historical ties, India is fully supportive of its democracy, stability and economic recovery,” a spokesperson from the Ministry of External Affairs said Tuesday.
“In keeping with our Neighborhood First policy, India has extended this year alone support worth over $3.5 billion to the people of Sri Lanka for helping them overcome their current difficulties. India will always be guided by the best interests of the people of Sri Lanka expressed through democratic processes.”
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Canton Blues Fest contest gives winner hotel stay, tickets, dinner for June 4 event
CANTON – A Canton Blues Fest contest gives the winner reserved tickets, a hotel stay and dinner for the June 4 event.
The Canton Repository and Canton Regional Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring the contest.
Entries can be made daily through https://cantonrep.gannettcontests.com/Canton-Blues-Fest/. Entering requires answering three survey questions related to attending and volunteering for downtown events.
The winner receives four reserved tickets for the Canton Blues Fest, and a dining and overnight stay package, which includes a $150 gift card for DoubleTree by Hilton in downtown Canton and a $100 Tri-County Restaurant Association gift card.
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More:Music fans treated to hot tunes at Canton Blues Fest at downtown Centennial Plaza
The Blues Fest is at Centennial Plaza in downtown Canton on Market Avenue North between Third and Fourth streets NW.
Headlining is Annika Chambers, who takes the stage at 9:30 p.m. Opening acts are the Jake Friel Band at 6 p.m. and Ohio-based Gary Lee & The CatDaddys at 7:30 p.m.
The event is scheduled until 11 p.m.
Chambers, then performing as Annika Chambers & the Houston All-Stars, debuted in 2014 with the album, "Making My Mark." In 2015, she was nominated for Best New Artist in the Blues Music Awards. She also found chart success in 2016 with her sophomore solo release, "Wild & Free."
Chambers has toured both inside and outside the United States.
Past Blues Fests have featured two days of performers. The event is free, but reserved seating tickets are available for $15 each. For more information, visit www.cantonchamber.org/blues-festival.
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| 2022-05-16T16:50:25Z
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17 dead in overloaded truck crash in Indonesia’s West Papua
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An overloaded truck carrying 29 people hit a hillside and overturned near an illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s West Papua province on Wednesday. The crash killed 17 people and left others injured. The truck was crammed with miners and their families who were headed to the capital Manokwari to celebrate Easter. The truck’s engine apparently lost power while going up a hill and rolled backward before hitting the mountain. Survivors said 13 were killed instantly, including a child and the driver. The other 16 were taken to two hospitals, some in critical condition, and four died while in treatment.
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| 2022-04-13T09:36:50Z
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Hartville's Modern Vintage: Almost 10 years of selling unique, vintage and handmade finds
Opened in November 2012, Hartville consignment shop Modern Vintage has an interesting business model which features multiple artists sharing the space and duties. Read on for a Q&A with owner Tara Wiederman.
Q. Can you tell me a little bit about how the shop works, with artists sharing space and duties?
A. “Since the beginning, our business model has been to have six artists/collectors share the shop with their things. They each work the shop one day per week, and we are open six days (10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday). On their day, they stock their room with all the things that they painted, created or collected over the week and post these items on social media (@trwmodernvintage on Instagram and Facebook). They take care of customers in the shop, man the social media pages and rearrange after sales. We communicate daily and have systems in place to keep the shop running smoothly as we hand off the baton each day.”
Q. Can you tell me a little more about the artists and what they have to offer?
A. “Now that we have moved to our larger and permanent home, we have grown to 10 artists/collectors, six of which run the shop as always and four have a different arrangement, but everyone has their own dedicated space that they maintain weekly. We have very low turnover, and three of us (including me) have been here since day one.
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“Our shop is highly curated. Every inch is thought out and displayed with purpose. Although the shop as a whole is eclectic, it flows so nicely, and we are proud to offer an inviting and pleasant shopping experience.”
Hartville's Modern Vintage has 10 artists/collectors.
• Amy of Ivey and Birch (works Mondays) has been part of the shop since opening day. Her room is a neutral palette of rustic elegance, which includes furniture, home décor, floral arrangements and pretty dishes!
• Brielle of Little Thimble Thrift and Vintage (works Tuesdays) is our newest “in-house/working” gal. She joined us at our grand opening of the new building in June 2021 as a vendor and later became an in-house artist/collector. Her room is a treasure trove of funky lamps, mid-century modern chairs, vintage and on-trend clothing and all things brass. She’s also extended some shelf space to display handmade pieces by her mom, Pam, and grandma, “Nanny.”
• Jen of The Pepper and White Vintage Co. (works Wednesdays) has been with Modern Vintage since October 2020 and brings to the table some seriously bold and eclectic pop art, original vintage paintings and natural wood furniture. She also brings her 5-year-old son, Audie, along while sourcing so that he can learn the ins and outs of this business by offering “Audie’s Collection,” which consists of vintage wooden toys, bears, board puzzles and other nostalgia.
• Megan of Heartland Charm (works Thursdays) has been with us a little over three years and offers furniture, home décor, handmade jewelry and altered T-shirts, plus her original whimsical paintings featuring farm animals, churches and barns.
• Ellie of Frog Goes to Market (works Fridays) is going on five years with Modern Vintage and expertly displays a beautiful collection of antique ironstone, French copper and vintage European finds for the kitchen and garden.
• Tara (me, I am Modern Vintage and work Saturdays) (I’ve been here since) day one, obviously ... thankful to have found the perfect combination of talent to join forces and run a wonderful and enjoyable business. I specialize in skillfully and professionally painted and refinished high-quality vintage furniture. It ranges from sleek black to a bold sunset and every color in between.
• Lesley has also been part of Modern Vintage since day one. She was an in-house artist for many years and switched to a vendor position last year after we moved. She has an industrial-meets-boho vibe with her antique pieces and painted vintage furniture
• Tracey of Hidden Vintage Studio became a friend of the shop early on and was our one and only consignor for years until we moved, allowing her to have her own space. She scouts very unusual estate sale finds, plus original and revamped art featuring her “Monsters Reimagined” series.
• Susan of Susie Kays joined us at the new building in June 2021 and focuses on vintage jewelry, plus her one-of-a-kind jewelry and art designs that incorporate vintage bits and pieces. Colorful, playful and unique.
• Bob and Dena of Black Door Decor also joined us in June 2021 and specialize in original antique furniture, mainly circa 1890s to 1930s. Always a nice selection of oak buffets, bookcases, step-back cupboards, spools cabinets, etc.
Q. Anything else you want About readers to know about the store?
A. Our biggest news is the recent renovation and move into our new building in June 2021. I purchased the Hartville Meat Locker at auction in March 2019 and spent the next two years plotting and planning and finally completing an overhaul of the building inside and out. We moved into it and opened in June 2021 and are thrilled with our new space. It is big and bright and airy, and we love it. In addition to Modern Vintage, our new building had room for our neighbor, Michael (who is also my cousin) of Coletti Interiors to open up his showroom featuring fine vintage furniture and freshly upholstered pieces.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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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.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 12, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Molecular Partners AG issued 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.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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| 2022-09-09T11:31:31Z
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Police: No charges for man who killed teen in self-defense during fight
LAS VEGAS (KVVU/Gray News) - Las Vegas police are investigating a fight between a teen and a man that led to a deadly shooting earlier this week.
FOX5 reports officers with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the shooting happened in a neighborhood in the west part of town early Monday morning.
A police department spokesperson said a man was walking in the area when he encountered the teen. The two then got into a dispute, and the 16-year-old pointed a gun and threatened the man.
According to police, the man was lawfully armed and shot the teen out of self-defense.
The Clark County Coroner’s Office later identified the teen as Christian Murphy, of Las Vegas.
Police said no criminal charges were filed against the man involved in the incident and he was not arrested. The case will be submitted to the Clark County District Attorney’s office for review.
The original altercation is part of an ongoing investigation, according to police.
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| 2022-04-15T09:57:57Z
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In partnership with Nashville-based Southern Grist Brewing Co., Hardee's is the first quick-service restaurant to be part of creating a biscuit-flavored beer
FRANKLIN, Tenn., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheers! Hardee's®, known for its famous Made From Scratch Biscuits, is now working with the local brewery Southern Grist to bring you even more moments of indulgence with an unexpected brew.
To celebrate National Biscuit Month, Hardee's is working with the Nashville-based brewery, Southern Grist Brewing Co. to turn its biscuits into a golden liquid form, a first for the quick service restaurant industry, as an ingredient in the soon-to-be launched Strawberry Biscuit Ale, available from Southern Grist for a limited time beginning Sept. 1.
Infused with 200 pounds of savory biscuits that have been perfected for decades, this full-bodied, cream ale incorporates delicious hints of strawberry jam and buttermilk. With this epic launch by Southern Grist consumers can enjoy their Hardee's Made from Scratch Biscuits all day long, whether indulging in their favorite breakfast menu items from Hardee's in the morning or sipping Strawberry Biscuit Ale from Southern Grist anytime, day or night.
Creating a biscuit beer was no simple task and required months of planning and trial runs by Southern Grist to find the perfect mix of biscuits, strawberry puree, grain, hops, yeast, and water. With Hardee's and Southern Grist both known for creating unique flavor profiles, the result is a delectable brew reflective of the quality fans of the brands know and love.
"When we came up with the idea for a Hardee's Biscuit Beer, only one brewery came to mind to bring the idea to life – Southern Grist," said CKE Restaurants VP of Global Culinary Innovation Owen Klein, "They approach brewing with the same mad scientist mentality that we use for our new menu launches and know how to deliver on flavor. After a few rounds of testing, Southern Grist nailed it. An amazing crushable beer with subtle notes of fresh-baked biscuits, buttermilk, and strawberry jelly. All it took was a few hundred pounds of Made From Scratch Biscuits."
"Southern Grist has created more than 900 different flavor profiles since our inception in 2016, but never a beer infused with biscuits, so we were definitely intrigued when Hardee's approached us,'' said Southern Grist Brewing Co. Co-Founder and Production Manager Jared Welch. "That, paired with we are both Nashville based brands known for our innovation, we thought we could have a lot of fun with this partnership and bring something special to both our guests, and we have!"
Strawberry Biscuit Ale will only be available at the Southern Grist Brewing Co. Taproom in Nashville, Tenn. and via shipping by Southern Grist in select markets nationwide to residents aged 21+. To find out where to taste the brew near you, head to www.strawberrybiscuitale.com and get them while they're cold! Quantities are limited.
CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. ("CKE"), a privately held company based in Franklin, Tennessee, runs and operates Carl's Jr. and Hardee's, two beloved regional brands, known for one-of-a-kind premium and innovative menu items such as 100 percent Black Angus Thickburgers®, Made from Scratch™ Biscuits and Hand-Breaded Chicken Sandwiches™. With both a US and international footprint, Carl's Jr. Restaurants LLC and Hardee's Restaurants LLC have over 3,900 franchised or company-operated restaurants in 44 states and 37 foreign countries and U.S. territories. For more information about CKE, please visit www.ckr.com or its brand sites at www.carlsjr.com and www.hardees.com.
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Southern Grist Brewing has been pushing the boundaries of craft beer in Nashville, TN since 2016. Specializing in New England IPAs, Fruited Sours, Crispy Lagers, and Pastry Stouts, they have something for everyone! With a commitment to quality ingredients and an ever-rotating menu, they ensure that each visit is unique and fun. Find out more at www.southerngristbrewing.com
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| 2022-08-30T13:22:11Z
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BOZEMAN, Mont., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cherry Creek Mortgage (CCM) announced today that its Bozeman branch has moved to a new location. The Bozeman branch held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Bozeman Chamber of Commerce and a grand re-opening celebration earlier this month. The branch, which first opened in February 2020, is now located at 116 N Bozeman Ave Ste 100A. The grand re-opening event brought together the CCM team, as well as community partners, to celebrate the branch's new location.
"We are passionate about helping Bozeman home owners find the best mortgage solutions, and our new location will allow us to serve our community in an even greater capacity," said Erica Renslow, Cherry Creek Mortgage Bozeman Branch Manager.
Cherry Creek Mortgage is proud to offer a wide variety of home loans to home buyers and home owners in the greater Bozeman area. Throughout its 35-year history, CCM has helped tens of thousands of buyers finance a home. Learn more at www.cherrycreekbozeman.com.
Cherry Creek Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #3001 has a 35-year tradition of serving the needs of home buyers across the country. With a reputation built on a passion for responsible lending and dedication to personal relationships, Cherry Creek Mortgage has helped thousands of customers realize their goal of home ownership. Cherry Creek Mortgage's specialized internal processes and proprietary technology deliver a digital mortgage experience with a personal touch. The company is headquartered in Colorado and is licensed in 43 states, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Learn more at cherrycreekmortgage.com.
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| 2022-05-31T18:11:53Z
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North America's biggest dinosaur adventure has dino-mite activities in store with free virtual events, dino storytime and discounted tickets for one day only
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Editors' Note: Jurassic Quest dinosaur trainers are available for video and phone interviews to talk about all things prehistoric and fun ideas for dino fans to celebrate the holiday at home!
HOUSTON, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jurassic Quest, the nation's largest and most realistic dinosaur experience, invites dinosaur fans everywhere to join the second annual Jurassic Quest Great Big Dino Playdate in celebration of International Dinosaur Day on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.
To make the day even more Jurass-tastic, fans can get 25% off general admission tickets to the in-person touring event using the discount code DINODAY for June 1 purchases only (until midnight ET), for all upcoming Jurassic Quest tour stops on sale.
JUNE 1: Jurassic Quest Great Big Dino Playdate
Celebrate International Dinosaur Day with Jurassic Quest's lovable team of dino trainers, who will host prehistoric-themed virtual play sessions throughout the day. To join, families will need to register for each session they'd like to attend at www.jurassicquest.com/dinoday.
Each session will include about 30 minutes of family-friendly fun, such as dino storytime, show and tell, games and trivia, cute dino baby appearances and more, led by the Jurassic Quest dinosaur trainers: Safari Sarah, Captain Caleb, Prehistoric Nick and Park Ranger Marty.
Jurassic Quest 2022 Great Big Dino Playdate Full Schedule
All ages welcome for any daytime session
Participants will receive a commemorative Jurassic Quest International Dinosaur Day digital badge. Jurassic Quest also has free activities for families to celebrate at home, including crafts, coloring and activity sheets: https://www.jurassicquest.com/dinoday
JURASSIC QUEST SUMMER TOUR
This summer, catch the Jurassic Quest herd and dino trainers in person! Jurassic Quest is traveling across the U.S. and Canada with its most beloved and unique experiences for the whole family including life-like dinosaurs, dinosaur themed rides, live dinosaur shows, interactive science and art activities, a "Triceratots" soft play area for our littlest explorers, bounce houses and inflatable attractions, photo opportunities, and more. Families can meet interactive baby dinosaurs, walk through the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Triassic periods to see the dinos that ruled on land, and "deep dive" into the "Ancient Oceans" exhibit to come face to face with the largest apex predator that ever existed – a moving, life-size, 50-foot-long megalodon!
Tour dates include:
- Hickory, NC: May 27-29
- Tupelo, MS: May 27-29
- Penticton, BC (Canada): May 27-29
- Evansville, IN: June 3-5
- Lubbock, TX: June 3-5
- Red Deer, AB (Canada): June 3-5
- Lexington, KY: June 10-12
- Corpus Christi, TX: June 10-12
- Moose Jaw, SK (Canada): June 10-12
- Fayetteville, NC: June 17-19
- Brandon, MB (Canada): June 17-19
- Wichita Falls, TX: June 18-19
- Topeka, KS: June 24-26
- West Palm Beach, FL: June 24-26
- Fargo, ND: June 25-26
- Winston-Salem, NC: July 1-3
- Duluth, MN: July 1-3
- Fort Lauderdale, FL: July 8-10
- Beaumont, TX: July 8-10
- Jacksonville, FL: July 15-17
- Shreveport, LA: July 15-17
- Tampa, FL: July 22-24
- Baton Rouge, LA: July 22-24
- Edison, NJ: July 29-31
- Dallas, TX: July 29-31
- Houston, TX: Aug. 4-7
- San Antonio, TX: Aug. 12-14
- Belton, TX: Aug. 12-14
- Bangor, ME: Aug. 12-14
- Charleston, WV: Aug. 19-21
- Mobile, AL: Aug. 26-28
- And more! Check www.jurassicquest.com for complete schedules and a city near you.
Jurassic Quest adheres to local venue and government Covid-19 guidance and requirements. For the most up to date information, please visit the venue website.
ABOUT JURASSIC QUEST
Since 2013, Jurassic Quest has been touring epic dinosaur experiences treating millions of people across North America to an as-close-as-you-can-get look at the giants that ruled the Earth and sea millions of years ago. Jurassic Quest is the largest and most realistic dinosaur exhibition in North America. Developed with leading paleontologists, each dinosaur has been painstakingly replicated in every detail including the most realistic likenesses, movement and sound. Whether their prehistoric counterpart had skin that was scaly, feathers or fur, Jurassic Quest has spared no expense in bringing the dinosaurs to life. Jurassic Quest produced 96 multi-day events in 34 states and Canada and sold over one million tickets in 2019 and has hosted over 2.5 million fans at its Jurassic Quest Drive Thru touring throughout the country since June 2020. For more information and tickets visit www.jurassicquest.com.
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| 2022-05-26T11:53:46Z
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Father pleads for return of late son’s ‘Orange Fury’ Ford Mustang
By Kim Passoth
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LAS VEGAS (KVVU) — A grieving father who lost his son is asking for your help. He wants you to keep an eye out for a distinctive colored car. It belonged to his late son and was stolen from right outside his home. The crime was caught on camera.
Thomas Burnett was inside his home sleeping. His son’s Mustang was parked right out front, backed up in the driveway, but that did not stop a team of brazen thieves from stealing it in about 60 seconds.
“Fury Pearl Orange is I believe what it is called… It stands out. I haven’t seen anything like it in Vegas,” said Thomas Burnett about the car.
“We were both kind of car people and we were always together messing around with cars… I kept it washed and waxed and looking like showroom condition just hoping he was smiling down on me,” Burnett said.
The car belonged to his son who passed away at just 34-years-old.
“Whoever took it not only took a car, but they took a lot of sentimental value and memories and a piece of my heart actually,” Burnett said.
The brightly colored car caught the attention of a group of criminals. A neighbor’s camera on Bridger Hill Court captured the crime.
It was 3:30 a.m. a car pulled up in front of the home. After unsuccessfully trying to get into a Dodge Challenger, the thieves broke into the Mustang, hotwired it, and took off.
The car’s windshield has a unique sticker with two horses. Burnett helped his son apply it and hopes he will see it again.
“I sure do. There is no amount of money or anything that can ever replace that car,” Burnett said.
A family friend is offering a $100 reward for information leading to car’s return. If you see the stolen car, call police.
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| 2022-05-13T17:37:28Z
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Hopper, the 2021 Mid-Athletic CrossFit Challenge Champion, has used Compex products in his performance recovery, and now will team with Compex to promote its products
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Compex, a global leader in muscle stimulator technology and producer of innovative products that enable athletes to increase strength, relieve pain and recover faster, has announced that 24-year-old Professional CrossFit athlete Jayson Hopper has signed a multi-year agreement with the company. Hopper will partner with Compex in promoting its products and making special appearances.
"We are thrilled to add Jayson to our athlete roster," said Michael Mechling, U.S. Sr. Sales and Marketing Manager at Compex. "He's a young athlete who is hungry for success and we see a bright future ahead of him. He is a perfect example of how Compex products play a vital role in the training and recovery of athletes at all levels."
From Greenville, SC, Hopper traded his #88 football jersey at Clemson, where he was a wide receiver, to become a full-time CrossFit athlete. So far, he has already made a name for himself. At 6'1" and weighing 220 pounds, Hopper quickly made his mark in 2021 by winning the Mid-Athletic CrossFit Challenge and posting a 19th-place finish in the 2021 CrossFit Open.
"I train and work hard every day, so being able to use Compex' products for recovery has allowed me to stay the course and focus on performance," said Hopper. "I always say 'today I will do what others won't, so tomorrow I can do what others can't.' Compex fits right in with that philosophy. It's a great partnership."
Hopper will use all of Compex' products including its Muscle Stimulators, Compex Electrodes and Accessories, TENs Units, TENs Wraps, Message Guns, Massage Rollers and other Compex recovery tools.
For more information: www.compex.com/athletes/jayson-hopper
About Compex
Compex develops leading sport performance and fitness technologies through adaptive and dynamic products that allow athletes to amplify their sport. Compex is passionately dedicated to ushering in innovations that enable athletes to increase strength, relieve pain and recover faster. A brand of the DJO Group, a global company that develops and manufactures a wide range of surgical reconstructive implant products, Compex has 30 years of expertise in physiotherapy, pain treatment and sports training. Compex' mission is to help athletes of all levels perform better, train stronger and recover faster by using smart, connected and adaptive technologies and solutions. For more information on Compex, visit https://www.compex.com/.
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BG Public Relations
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[Breaking news update at 7:56 a.m. ET]
The alleged Buffalo, New York, mass shooting suspect had plans to "continue his rampage" after opening fire at a supermarket, killing 10 people, city Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said Monday.
"There was evidence that was uncovered that he had plans, had he gotten out of here, to continue his rampage, and continue shooting people," he told CNN. "He'd even spoken about possibly going to another store."
There is "some documentation" the suspect had plans possibly to shoot "another large superstore," Gramaglia said.
"He was going to get in his car and continue to drive down Jefferson Avenue and continue doing the same thing," he said.
[Previous story, published at 7:17 a.m. ET]
Outside a supermarket in a largely Black section of Buffalo, New York, mourners have been gathering to honor 10 people killed Saturday in a mass shooting, their pain intensified by what authorities say was the gunman's racially charged motive.
Shock in this community and around the nation has multiplied as more details have emerged of a racist manifesto allegedly written by the 18-year-old White man suspected of traveling nearly 200 miles from his home to unleash an attack at the grocery in a predominantly Black neighborhood.
Eleven of the 13 people shot were Black, officials said, and the massacre is being investigated as a hate crime. The victims range in age from 20 to 86, police said, among them a former police officer who tried to stop the gunman and a 62-year-old doing her regular grocery, shopping with her fiancé.
The shooting, which also left three wounded, was a "straight-up racially motivated hate crime from somebody outside of our community," Erie County Sheriff John Garcia said. "This was pure evil."
The gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon outside a Tops Friendly Markets store, shooting to death several people in the parking lot before entering the building. He exchanged gunfire with an armed security guard -- who was killed -- and shot more people inside, then exited and surrendered to police.
Investigators believe the suspect was in Buffalo a day before the shooting and did some reconnaissance at the Tops Friendly Markets store, Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said. They also believe he acted alone, Gramaglia said.
The suspect, Payton S. Gendron, pleaded not guilty Saturday night to a charge of first-degree murder, Buffalo City Court Chief Judge Craig Hannah told CNN, and the district attorney has said he expects to file more charges. Gendron is in custody without bail and under suicide watch, Garcia said. If convicted, he faces a maximum of life in prison without parole.
"I'm sad, I'm hurt, I'm mad because I never thought this would have happened here in the city of Buffalo," resident Liz Bosley told CNN affiliate Spectrum News NY1.
Kelly Galloway's family shops at the grocery on Saturday mornings, she told the station. "That could have been our mothers, our grandmothers, our aunts, our uncles," she said. "And it was us. It was us."
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown spoke Sunday to worshipers at a church, saying of the slain: "Their lives and their example should be examples to us, that we have to love more, we have to care about each other more because we don't know when our time might come."
Those at the supermarket "were going about their daily lives, left in the morning and had every expectation that they'd be home at night with their families," he said. "Many of us stood shoulder to shoulder yesterday in pain, like all of us are in pain, dealing with the aftermath of this horrible, racist, violent attack on our community."
More about alleged manifesto emerges
Local and state officials, with the FBI and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are digging for more information about the shooting and the gunman's intent.
"We continue to investigate this case as a hate crime, a federal hate crime, and as a crime perpetrated by a racially motivated, violent extremist," Stephen Belongia, special agent in charge of the FBI Buffalo field office, said Sunday at a news conference.
The gunman began a livestream of the attack, with the video removed less than two minutes after the violence began, livestreaming service Twitch said in a statement to CNN.
Authorities will be "looking at extensive digital platforms, computers, phones, cameras and anything else that comes into play in this investigation," Gramaglia said Sunday.
"The evidence that we have uncovered so far makes no mistake that this is an absolute racist hate crime. It will be prosecuted as a hate crime," Gramaglia said. "This is someone who has hate in their heart, soul and mind."
Evidence may include a 180-page manifesto attributed to the suspect and posted online just before the attack. CNN independently obtained the document shortly after the mass shooting -- before authorities released the name of the suspect -- and law enforcement sources have told CNN its description of guns matches the weapons the suspect used.
In it, the suspect allegedly details how he had been radicalized by reading online message boards and describes the attack as terrorism and himself as a White supremacist. He subscribed to a "great replacement" theory -- the false belief that White Americans are being "replaced" by people of other races. Once a fringe idea, "replacement theory" recently has become a talking point for Fox News' host Tucker Carlson as well as other prominent conservatives.
The manifesto's author also writes the supermarket in Buffalo is in a ZIP code that "has the highest black percentage that is close enough to where I live."
The ZIP code that includes the store, 14208, is 78% Black -- the highest percentage of Black population of any ZIP code in upstate New York -- the US Census Bureau's 2020 American Community Survey finds. The shooting suspect is from the town of Conklin, a three-and-a-half-hour drive from Buffalo.
The manifesto also states the suspect bought the main gun he used, a Bushmaster XM-15, from a gun store before "illegally modifying it."
"We are obviously going through (the manifesto) with a fine-toothed comb and reviewing that for all evidence," Erie County District Attorney John Flynn told CNN.
The suspected gunman had been on the radar of police about a year ago, officials said.
As a student last June at Susquehanna Valley Central High School, he made a "generalized threat" that was not racially motivated, Gramaglia said. The student was brought in for a mental health evaluation and released after a day and a half, he said.
The New York State Police investigated and responded to a report that a 17-year-old student had made "a threatening statement" in June at the same high school, an agency spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The student was taken into custody and to a hospital for a mental health evaluation.
Entire community affected by mass shooting
Saturday's attack stunned those who live in the heart of the Kingsley and Masten Park neighborhoods.
Geraldine Talley, 62, was doing her regular grocery, shopping with her fiancé Saturday when she was shot and killed, her niece Lakesha Chapman told CNN.
"She's sweet, sweet, you know, the life of the party," Chapman said. "She was the person who always put our family reunion together, she was an avid baker ... mother of two beautiful children."
"We're outraged," she added. "This is not, obviously, the first racially triggered attack in America. However, it is the first that hits our home."
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced $2.8 million for the victims and their families, her office said in a statement.
"The entire world is watching how we will come together as New Yorkers to overcome this unthinkable tragedy. Buffalo, my hometown, is the City of Good Neighbors and New York State will be good neighbors for them," she said.
With the grocery closed because of the investigation, Tops Markets is working with a representative of the Masten District to secure free food and supplies, plus free transportation, for those in need it, it said.
The supermarket is in a so-called "food desert" -- where access to fresh foods and groceries is limited -- and "served as the lone supermarket within walking distance for many Buffalonians," Hochul said.
The mayor called the site "near and dear" to his heart.
"It's one that I patronize from time to time," Brown said Saturday, "my family patronizes from time to time, and some of the victims of this shooter's attack are people that all of us standing up here know."
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Company brings new rental homes under management as trip searches to Florida increase
MIAMI, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zeus Living, a leading property management and hospitality platform, today announced its expansion in South Florida with the addition of 20 properties to its portfolio and another six expected to go live on the company's website by mid-June, totaling in 26. The decision to grow in the region was fueled by the increasing number of people who have the ability to live and work from anywhere, and the consistent demand for rental homes and apartment-style units in the state. Compared to last year, Zeus Living has seen a 130% increase in searches for Florida accommodations on the company's website. The properties newly managed by Zeus Living range from studios to five-bedrooms, and are located in the communities of Coral Gables, Doral, Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and West Palm Beach.
Zeus Living manages properties that can be rented for 30 days or longer across more than 100 destinations in the U.S. The tech-enabled company aims to alleviate pain points for owners by designing, listing, marketing, booking, and caring for their homes. While driving revenue for owners, Zeus Living provides 24/7 support to residents throughout their rental experience. Florida is the newest state to be added to Zeus Living's portfolio, and is among the company's top-performing markets based on bookings.
"I'm excited to expand our presence in Florida at a time when individuals and families are considering living and working from sunny, beachside destinations," said Kulveer Taggar, CEO and Co-Founder of Zeus Living. "With the standardization of remote work, we've seen that people are increasingly embracing what we call 'FlexLiving' — and the summer season opens up greater opportunity to bring the whole family along. As travel and living continue to merge and pandemic restrictions lift, we look forward to reaching more homeowners and offering increased options for our residents, wherever they want to be."
In a new survey of more than 1,700 Americans who work remotely at least part of the time, Zeus Living found 67% would consider living and working from a new city in 2022, pointing to increased demand for flexible rentals on the horizon. While maintaining north of 85% occupancy, Zeus Living has experienced recent boosts in overall search volume on its website, up 38% since the start of the year.
About Zeus Living
Zeus Living designs and manages modern homes that can be rented for 30 days or longer across more than 100 destinations in the U.S. Through its leading technology platform and the expertise of dedicated hospitality professionals around the country, Zeus Living strives to help people live well, and on their own terms. Zeus Living drives revenue for owners while taking care of their properties, and delivers unparalleled support to residents, ensuring memorable experiences wherever they choose to stay. Organizations trust Zeus Living to serve as an end-to-end corporate travel partner, with flexible options based on personalized needs. To date, Zeus Living has raised over $150 million in capital from leading investors and hosted more than 40,000 residents for 1.6 million nights. For more information, visit zeusliving.com or follow @zeusliving on Twitter.
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- Elacestrant, if approved, would be the first oral selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD) to be available for patients suffering from second-line (2L) and third-line (3L) ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer in the European Union
- Submission supported by results from the pivotal Phase 3 EMERALD study showing a statistically significant difference in the efficacy in favor of elacestrant over current standard-of-care (SOC) medications for both the overall study population and patients whose tumors harbor an ESR1 mutation
FLORENCE, Italy and NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Menarini Group ("Menarini"), a privately held Italian pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, and Stemline Therapeutics ("Stemline"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Menarini Group, today announced that EMA has validated the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for elacestrant, a selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), for patients with ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Validation of the application confirms the submission is complete and begins EMA's centralized review procedure.
"There is a major unmet need in the treatment of advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer after resistance builds in the earlier lines of treatment" commented Elcin Barker Ergun, Chief Executive Officer of the Menarini Group. "The acceptance of our application for review by the EMA represents a significant step for our company and we look forward to working with the agency to potentially bring elacestrant to patients suffering from second and third line ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer in Europe."
The Phase 3 EMERALD study (NCT03778931) evaluated elacestrant compared to SOC endocrine monotherapy (investigators' choice of either fulvestrant or an aromatase inhibitor) in ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer patients. The study results were recently published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) on May 18, 2022. Further post-hoc analysis from the study will be presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress 2022 taking place September 9-13, 2022, in Paris, France.
The Menarini Group obtained global licensing rights for elacestrant in July 2020 from Radius Health, Inc, who conducted and successfully completed the EMERALD study. Based on the positive phase 3 data, Stemline submitted a MAA to EMA on July 27, 2022. The regulatory review for elacestrant is also underway in the US as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently accepted a new drug application for elacestrant designating a priority review. The Menarini Group is now fully responsible for global registration, commercialization and further development activities for elacestrant.
About Elacestrant (RAD1901) and the EMERALD Phase 3 Study
Elacestrant is an investigational selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD). In 2018, elacestrant received Fast Track designation from the FDA. Preclinical studies completed prior to EMERALD indicate that the compound has the potential for use as a single agent or in combination with other therapies for the treatment of breast cancer. The EMERALD Phase 3 trial is a randomized, open label, active-controlled study evaluating elacestrant as second- or third-line monotherapy in ER+/HER2- advanced/metastatic breast cancer patients. The study enrolled 477 patients who had received prior treatment with one or two lines of endocrine therapy, including a CDK 4/6 inhibitor. Patients in the study were randomized to receive either elacestrant or the investigator's choice of an approved hormonal agent. The primary endpoint of the study was progression-free survival (PFS) in the overall patient population and in patients with estrogen receptor 1 gene (ESR1) mutations. Secondary endpoints included evaluation of overall survival (OS), objective response rate (ORR), and duration of response (DOR) and safety.
About The Menarini Group
The Menarini Group is a leading international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, with a turnover of over $4 billion and over 17,000 employees. Menarini is focused on therapeutic areas with high unmet needs with products for cardiology, oncology, pneumology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, diabetology, inflammation, and analgesia. With 18 production sites and 9 Research and Development centers, Menarini's products are available in 140 countries worldwide. For further information, please visit www.menarini.com
About Stemline
Stemline Therapeutics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Menarini Group, is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel oncology therapeutics. Stemline commercializes a novel targeted treatment directed to CD123 for patients with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) in the United States and Europe which is also being evaluated as monotherapy and in combination with other agents, in additional clinical trials for a variety of other indications. Stemline has an extensive clinical pipeline of small molecules and biologics in various stages of development for a host of solid and hematologic cancers.
About Radius
Radius is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing unmet medical needs in the areas of bone health, neuro-orphan diseases, and oncology. Radius' lead product, TYMLOS® (abaloparatide) injection, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture.
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| 2022-08-19T09:07:44Z
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How to keep pets safe over the Fourth of July weekend
(CNN) - If you are planning on hosting a backyard barbeque, or maybe you live in a neighborhood that is known for setting off fireworks, you’ll want to keep an eye on your pets this weekend.
Best Friends Animal Society, a national animal welfare organization, has some tips for keeping your furry family members safe while celebrating the Fourth of July.
First, make sure you bring your animals inside when fireworks start going off in your neighborhood. Put them in a secure room with comforting toys, and put on the television or play music to help drown out the sound from outside.
You may also consider getting a thunder shirt, which applies gentle pressure around a pet’s torso. It can help with anxiety and stress.
If you are going to give your pet medication, make sure it is prescribed by a veterinarian and pay attention to the dosage.
Sparklers should not be played with around pets. They could get burned, and sparklers are toxic if ingested.
Always keep alcohol and any other harmful human foods out of reach of your pets.
Before the festivities begin, double check that your pet is wearing their collar and identification tags with your contact information in case they get out. If your pet does get out, make sure you have a plan in place that includes using social media and checking local shelters to find them.
Being prepared this holiday weekend can go a long way in making sure that everyone in your family has a good time.
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| 2022-06-28T19:14:37Z
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China halts freight train traffic with North Korea
BEIJING (AP) — China says it halted railroad freight traffic with North Korea as it deals with the spread of COVID-19 in the border town of Dandong. The countries had reopened trade between Dandong and North Korea’s Sinuiju in January following a two-year pause while the North imposed restrictive pandemic border closures despite the strain on its broken economy. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Friday the decision to suspend railroad freight traffic was taken “in light of the current epidemic situation in Dandong,” but he gave no other details. China has been maintaining a “zero-COVID” approach, which requires mass testing and lockdowns and keeping its international borders largely shut.
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| 2022-04-29T11:57:24Z
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WINNIPEG, MB, IN THE HEART OF THE NATIONAL HOMELAND OF THE RED RIVER MÉTIS, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Red River Métis tradition of sharing and preserving knowledge by passing it on from one generation to the next through art and storytelling is celebrated on a new fine silver coin showcasing the tradition of Red River Métis beadwork. This latest coin in the Mint's "Generations" series, tells the story of the Red River Métis through the intricate beadwork patterns of Manitoba Métis artist Jennine Krauchi. This inspiring collectable was unveiled at the Mint's Winnipeg facility today and is now available for purchase.
"The Mint was privileged to work in close collaboration with the Manitoba Métis to develop a coin that pays respect to their cherished cultural traditions, which are essential to preserving their ancestral knowledge and history," said Marie Lemay, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. "As a proud expression of Métis culture and identity, this coin sheds new light on the story of the Red River Métis and we are honoured to help foster a better understanding of the Métis Nation as this beautiful silver keepsake is passed on from generation to generation."
"Today is a proud day for the Manitoba Métis Federation as the National Government of the Red River Métis," said David Chartrand, President of the Manitoba Métis Federation. "Our unique prairie floral beadwork is a critical part of our history, identity, and culture. At times in the past, the distinct designs were so well known that we were called the flower beadwork people, in recognition of this art form. Today, prairie floral beadwork is experiencing a revival amongst our Citizens, led by people like Master Beadwork Artist Jennine Krauchi, who has worked diligently for years to pass her extensive knowledge on to others in our Nation."
"As we continue on the path of reconciliation, it is so important to showcase the cultures and histories of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people in a way that accurately reflects their traditional knowledge and experiences," said The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. "After working closely with the Manitoba Métis Federation, this new coin beautifully captures the story of the Red River Métis Nation, and will remind Canadians from coast to coast to coast that Métis heritage is a fundamental part of our shared story."
Designed by Métis artist Jennine Krauchi, the reverse of the 2022 $20 Fine Silver Coin – Generations: The Red River Métis reverse features an engraving of an original floral beadwork pattern. The design includes elements of the Michif language.
La Rivyeer Rooz, meaning the Red River, is inscribed at the base of the design, above which roots represent the Red River Métis homeland and ancestry. From the infinity symbol symbolizing the Métis Nation's eternal and unbreakable spirit flow two bands representing the Red River. They contain the words Taapweeyimisho and Taapweeyimik lii Michif, for "Believe in yourself" and "Believe in (the) Métis".
The fire in the centre of the design speaks to a period of repression and loss, but the prairie rose—a classic Red River Métis motif—represents the survival and cultural resurgence of the Nation. Long stems are characteristically adorned with two or three bead accents known as "mouse tracks", while leaves and flower buds fill the pattern with a sense of love and joy. The obverse features the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.
"I have always tried to tell our stories through my beadwork, whether it's a personal story or a broader theme. For this coin, I tried to tell a little of the history of the Red River Métis, our struggles and hardships and what we have overcome as a people," said artist Jennine Krauchi. "I never thought that my journey of Métis beadwork would result in having my design chosen to be featured on a coin. I am so very proud, humbled and honoured. I created this image in celebration of all my Métis ancestors and all of the beaders who came before me, right back to those who picked up the first bead and produced this beautiful art form."
Limited to a world-wide mintage of 5,000, this 99.99% pure silver coin retails for $99.95 CAD and can be ordered as of today by directly contacting the Royal Canadian Mint at 1-800-267-1871 in Canada, 1-800-268-6468 in the US, or at www.mint.ca. It will also be available at the Royal Canadian Mint's boutiques in Ottawa and Winnipeg, at participating Canada Post outlets, and through the Mint's global network of dealers and distributors.
Images of the coin are available here.
The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada's circulation coins. The Mint is one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, offering a wide range of specialized, high quality coinage products and related services on an international scale. For more information on the Mint, its products and services, visit www.mint.ca. Follow the Mint on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese adventurer Kenichi Horie at 83 just became the oldest person in the world to complete a solo, nonstop voyage across the Pacific Ocean — and he says he is still “in the middle of my youth” and not done yet.
Horie returned home as he crossed the Kii Strait off Japan’s western coast early Saturday, completing his trans-Pacific solo voyage in 69 days after leaving a yacht harbor in San Francisco in late March.
On Sunday, after spending the night on his 19-foot (6-meter) -long Suntory Mermaid III just off the coast, Horie was towed into his home port of Shin Nishinomiya, where he was cheered by local residents and supporters and banners that read: “Welcome back, Mr. Kenichi Horie!”
As he approached the harbor, Horie, standing in his boat, took off his white cap and waved. He got off the yacht, took off the cap again and bowed deeply on the pier before he was presented with bouquets of roses.
“Thank you for waiting!” said Horie, who appeared tanned and with his white hair longer than usual.
He carried a stock of medicine from San Francisco, he said, but only used eye drops and Band-Aids during his more than two months alone at sea.
“That shows how healthy I am,” Horie said. “I’m still in the middle of my youth.”
He said he “burned all my body and soul” on the journey but says he’s ready for more. “I will keep up my work to be a late bloomer.”
At a news conference at the yacht harbor later Sunday, he said becoming the oldest person to make the feat was a dream come true. “It was my great joy to have been able to make a challenge as a real goal and safely achieve it, instead of just holding onto it as a dream.”
“I want to be a challenger as long as I live,” he said.
It 1962, he became the first person in the world to successfully complete a solo nonstop voyage across the Pacific from Japan to San Francisco. Sixty years later, he traveled the opposite route.
This time, his preparation during the coronavirus pandemic was full of uncertainties involving vaccine requirements, testing and other logistics. “It was like walking on thin ice,” he said.
Soon after his departure from San Francisco, he was faced with a storm, but the weather gradually improved and he reached Hawaii in mid-April ahead of schedule.
He had some struggles toward the end with a few days of pushback from a strong tide. He wrote on his blog on Friday that he had succeeded but was exhausted, and he took a nap after feeling assured that his yacht was on the right track to the finish line.
Horie has completed other long-distance solo voyages, including sailing around the world in 1974. His latest expedition was the first since his 2008 solo nonstop voyage on a wave-powered boat from Hawaii to the Kii Strait.
Despite sailing on his own, technology such as ship tracking and communications allowed him to stay in touch with his family and other people throughout the journey. “I imagine my next voyage would be even more fun,” he said.
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| 2022-06-06T08:44:06Z
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MILWAUKEE, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ManpowerGroup (NYSE: MAN), the world leader in innovative workforce solutions, today announced that it plans to release 1st quarter earnings results before the market opens on Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Management will discuss the results the same day in a live webcast at 7:30 a.m. Central Time (8:30 a.m. Eastern Time), which can be accessed on the company's website.
The webcast will be available for replay at the same URL beginning at 10:30 a.m. Central Time (11:30 a.m. Eastern Time) on April 19, 2022. The replay will remain available for 30 days in this location. Supplemental financial information referenced in the webcast and the text of the 1st quarter press release can be found on the company's website, in the section titled "Financial Information," after 7:30 a.m. Central Time on April 19, 2022.
About ManpowerGroup
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis and Talent Solutions – creates substantially more value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2022 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 13th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent. For more information, visit www.manpowergroup.com.
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PITTSBURGH, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ..."I invented this idea to simplify the use of equipment at a job site, less personnel, less engines, more power, more energy. Reducing the number of vehicles and crew members would reduce the cost." said one of the inventors from Coral Gables, FL "so we invented the COLOSSUS TRUCK. It simplifies the use of equipment at a jobsite, its safer for personnel, more efficient. It avoids excess equipment and people at a job site."
The patent-pending invention would greatly reduce the amount of maintenance, service, and repairs required, saving the construction company a substantial amount of money. The truck would be reliable, user-friendly, and adaptable to a wide range of applications. Allowing to maintain a high level of safety for the crew.
The original design was submitted to the Miami sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-HAD-163, 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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SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SmartNews Inc., a global leader in news discovery, announced today the launch of its new feature "What to Watch," a hub in the Entertainment Channel that allows users to browse articles, trailers, and rankings to decide which movies and shows they should choose next.
By aggregating news and analysis about all the shows and movies available on both prominent streaming networks and in theaters, SmartNews is a one-stop shop users can trust to choose their next movie or show. Users can also use the hub to watch and track shows across multiple major platforms, such as Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Disney +.
"We're striking the perfect balance between comprehensiveness and personalization," said Chuck Lee, Director of product at SmartNews. "Users can feel confident that they're browsing every movie and show out there, but in an experience that will surface recommendations for what they, specifically, will likely want to watch next."
One test user, Emily H., commented, "I use SmartNews because it gave me all the news I needed to know. Now, it has even more comprehensive and personalized content so I can decide what movies and shows I should watch."
Download the SmartNews app on the App Store or Google Play Store today!
Founded in 2012, SmartNews is a leading global information and news discovery company, dedicated to delivering quality information to the people who need it. SmartNews provides news that matters to millions of users thanks to its unique machine learning technology and relationships with over 3,000 global publisher partners.
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Deputies protect Fla. school shooter after potential juror threat
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Deputies protecting Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz had to pull him aside and surround him Tuesday after a member of a jury pool mouthed possible threats toward him and caused others to become “excited,” leading them to fear a potential brawl, officials said.
A 70-member pool of potential jurors was filing into the courtroom and taking their seats when one of the first to enter, a man in his 30s, began “mouthing expletives” toward Cruz, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer said. Cruz, 23, is facing a possible death sentence for murdering 17 at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018.
Bailiffs moved in quickly to remove the man, who shook his head vigorously and muttered “that’s horrible” repeatedly as he walked past reporters seated toward the back of the courtroom.
At this point, several other jurors became “excited” and were saying something that could not be heard, Scherer said. The first man then started looking back over his shoulder toward Cruz. The half-dozen armed deputies who always stand just behind Cruz then grabbed and surrounded him, fearing that the first juror was about to run toward them and would be joined by others.
“The sheriff’s office observed all of that and determined they needed to protect Mr. Cruz,” Scherer said.
“One instigates and then there are many followers,” explained Broward Sheriff’s Capt. Osvaldo Tianga, the head of courthouse security.
Melisa McNeill, Cruz’s lead public defender, told Scherer she understands that the deputies’ first priority is to protect Cruz and everyone in the courtroom but didn’t realize that would require him being physically moved.
“I appreciate that is the job. I am not challenging” their actions, McNeill said. But she wondered if the deputies could simply stand between Cruz and the threat if something similar happens again.
Tianga said each situation is different, but he would consider her suggestion.
Cruz pleaded guilty in October. A 12-member, eight-alternate jury is being selected in a two-month, three-step process to decide whether he receives a death sentence or life in prison without parole. More than 1,800 jurors have come through the courtroom, mostly without incident since the process began April 4.
One panel of 60 had to be dismissed on April 12 after eight became obviously emotional upon seeing Cruz, possibly influencing the others. About a dozen others have been quietly removed from various panels because they started crying.
The panels are not told they are being brought up as potential Cruz jurors, although it is widely known throughout South Florida that the process has started. At this point, the potential jurors are only being asked if they could serve from June through September, the trial’s expected length. Those who can will be brought back next month for further questioning.
Tuesday had been a boring, routine day. It was a marked difference from Monday when Scherer announced she was dismissing 250 potential jurors who had passed initial screening because of a possible error she made and starting the selection process over. Two panels of 70 had been brought through with no significant incidents. A few potential jurors had been quietly taken out for crying.
But that changed as the first panel after lunch was brought in. With most eyes focused on the jurors filing in, Cruz’s attorneys got the attention of the bailiffs, pointing them to Juror No. 19. They moved in to remove him, starting the sequence that led to Cruz being pulled aside for protection.
After he left the courtroom, the man told deputies that he wasn’t trying to cause problems but was emotional and wanted to curse out Cruz, using an obscenity to make his point, according to a reporter who was in the hallway.
Inside the courtroom, Scherer and the attorneys quickly conferred and the judge then dismissed the entire panel, who she said became “belligerent” as they waited for the elevator to take them back to the lobby and “got mouthy” toward deputies.
The juror who started it all told the deputies that they — or perhaps the system — had traumatized the potential jurors, according to the reporter.
Scherer said deputies followed the group out of the courthouse to make sure they didn’t say anything to prospective jurors waiting to be brought to her courtroom.
Jury selection will resume Wednesday.
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BOSTON, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Burns & Levinson is proud to announce senior partner Frank A. Segall, who chairs the firm's Business Law & Finance Group and Cannabis Business & Law Advisory Group, has been named a 2022 "Cannabis MVP of the Year" by Law360. Segall was singled out for the MVP award – from over 900 submissions – for his impressive work in the cannabis industry over the past year, including leading Urbn Leaf's and Sublime's merger with Harborside, Inc., AgrifyCorp.'s $50 million acquisition of Precision Extraction Solutions and Cascade Sciences, Agrify's $135 million debt facility, obtaining the first receivership of a vertically integrated operator in Massachusetts on behalf of a lending client, and KindTap Technologies' launch of its revolutionary digital consumer credit platform.
Throughout his more than 35 years of practicing law, Segall has earned a reputation as one of the most influential corporate dealmakers in the country. He has worked with hundreds of companies and entrepreneurs across the country to launch, finance and build their businesses, develop corporate opportunities, create strategic partnerships, and exit when the time is right.
Segall is considered one of the top cannabis business attorneys in the country. He was one of the first leading corporate lawyers to enter the cannabis industry over 10 years ago, and has created a national practice with unrivaled experience in cannabis and hemp/CBD business formation and corporate structuring, capital raises, M&A, investment structuring, regulatory matters and overall business issues affecting the fast-growing cannabis industry. Segall and his team are among the most sought after lawyers in the country to advise on startups, growth, M&A, and high-level corporate and financing deals in the private and public markets in the cannabis market.
Segall was also recently named a 2022 "Go To Business Transaction Lawyer" by Mass Lawyers Weekly, in addition to being selected as a "New England Trailblazer" and inaugural "Cannabis Trailblazer" by The National Law Journal. He received his J.D. from Columbia University in 1984 and his B.A., cum laude, from Brandeis University in 1981.
At Burns & Levinson, we provide high-level, client-centric and results-oriented legal services to our regional, national and international clients. We are a full-service law firm with over 125 lawyers in Boston, Providence and London. Our areas of expertise include: business/finance, business litigation, cannabis, divorce/family law, venture capital/emerging companies, employment, estate planning, government investigations, intellectual property, M&A/private equity, probate/trust litigation, and real estate. We partner with our clients to solve their business and personal legal issues in a collaborative, creative and cost-effective way. For more information, visit Burns & Levinson at www.burnslev.com.
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BALTIMORE, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Urological Association (AUA) and the Urology Care Foundation, the official foundation of the AUA, are pleased to recognize 19 researchers as recipients of the 2022 Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Awards. The Research Scholar Program supports future research leaders and ensures that they receive the necessary training and guidance for a successful research career. The awards provide $40,000 per year for one or two years mentored training for clinical and postdoctoral fellows or early career investigators.
"The Urology Care Foundation is committed to improving urologic health by supporting research, patient education and fostering humanitarian endeavors," said Harris M. Nagler, MD, Urology Care Foundation president. "When we support researchers we support individuals who will improve our ability to prevent, detect and treat urologic diseases and thus improve urologic health for all."
Congratulations to the 2022 awardees:
AUA North Central Section Award: Austen Slade, MD, will receive this one-year award for a prospective, randomized study to assess clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction of virtual vs. in-person workup and treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms at Indiana University, Indianapolis under the mentorship of Marcelino Rivera, MD.
AUA North Central Section Award: Joshua Halpern, MD, will receive this two-year award for a study on the role of low testosterone in perioperative surgical outcomes at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine under the mentorship of Robert Brannigan, MD.
AUA Northeastern Section Award: Priyank Yadav, MCh, will receive this one-year award for a study on the identification of genome wide epigenetic changes and their influence on smooth muscle cell phenotype in murine model of partial bladder outlet obstruction at The Hospital for Sick Children under the mentorship of Darius Bagli, MD.
AUA Northeastern Section Award: Kait Al, PhD, will receive this two-year award for a study on the role of toxic xenobiotics and the gut microbiota in kidney stone formation at The University of Western Ontario under the mentorship of Jeremy Burton, PhD.
AUA Southeastern Section Award: Asmaa El-Kenawi, PhD, will receive this two-year award for a study on identifying immune tumor cell metabolic dependencies in prostate cancer at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute under the mentorship of Kosj Yamoah, MD, PhD.
AUA Western Section Award: Eugene Shkolyar, MD, will receive this one-year award for a study on improving the quality and outcomes of transurethral resection of bladder tumor through the use of adjunctive molecular biomarkers and optical imaging at Stanford University School of Medicine under the mentorship of Joseph Liao, MD.
AUA Western Section Award: Elizabeth Koehne, MD, will receive this one-year award for a study on DNA methyltransferase inhibition and immune stimulation in bladder cancer at the University of Washington under the mentorship of Jonathan Wright, MD.
Bristol Myers Squibb Award: Juan Javier-DesLoges, MD, will receive this two-year award for a pilot study to improve germline testing in at-risk patients with prostate cancer at the University of California San Diego Health System under the mentorship of Rana McKay, MD.
Chesapeake Urology Associates Sanford J. Siegel, MD Prostate Cancer Award: Weiping Li, PhD, will receive this two-year award for a study on harnessing ferroptosis in treating advanced prostate cancer at Columbia University under the mentorship of Michael M. Shen, PhD.
Endourological Society Award: Robert Potter, PhD, will receive this two-year award for a study on genomic diversity driving the commensal-pathogen axis in the urogenital tract at the Washington University School of Medicine under the mentorship of David Hunstad, MD.
Endourological Society Raju Thomas, MD, Award: Gregory Hosier, MD, will receive this one-year award for a randomized controlled trial of ambulatory versus inpatient percutaneous nephrolithotomy at the University of California, San Francisco under the mentorship of Tom Chi, MD.
Indian American Urological Association Anupam Ted Kedia Award: Nirmish Singla, MD, will receive this two-year award for a study on tumor evolution of brain-specific tropism in metastatic renal cell carcinoma at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine under the mentorship of Chetan Bettegowda, MD, PhD.
Indian American Urological Association Sakti Das, MD, Award: Firoj Alom, PhD, will receive this two-year award for a study on development of an optogenetic-based strategy for controlling the external urethral sphincter at the University of Florida under the mentorship of Aaron Mickle, PhD.
Sexual Medicine Society of North America Award: Jessica Schardein, MD, will receive this one-year award for a study on epigenetic profiles of men with erectile dysfunction and Peyronie's disease at The University of Utah under the mentorship of Alexander Pastuszak, MD, PhD.
Sexual Medicine Society of North America Award: Karen Hannigan, PhD, will receive this one-year award for a study on the identification of cellular targets of neurotransmission in the corpus cavernosum at the University of Nevada, Reno under the mentorship of Caroline Cobine, PhD.
Societies for Pediatric Urology Sushil Lacy, MD Award: Nathalia Amado, PhD, will receive this two-year award for a study on the mechanism of interaction of FLNA and MYOCD on smooth muscle development and association with Prune Belly Syndrome at UT Southwestern Medical Center under the mentorship of Linda Baker, MD.
Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction Hari Badlani Award: Nnenaya Mmonu, MD, will receive this two-year award for a study on the development of patient reported outcome measures for genital gender-affirming surgery at the New York University School of Medicine under the mentorship of Danil Makarov, MD.
Society of Urologic Oncology Award: Laura Bukavina, MD, will receive this one-year award for a study on the investigation of tumor infiltrating lymphocytes: an immunoscore prediction model at The Research Institute of Fox Chase Cancer Center under the mentorship of Philip Abbosh, MD, PhD.
Society of Urologic Oncology Award: Karla Parra, PhD, will receive this one-year award for a study on therapeutic targeting of prostate cancer metastases at UT Southwestern Medical Center under the mentorship of Ganesh Raj, MD, PhD.
"The AUA and the Urology Care Foundation understand the importance of recruiting exceptional young investigators into urology research and fostering their career success," said Steven Kaplan, MD, chair of the AUA's Research Council. "We're proud of the 2022 awardees and know that their work will have a significant impact on the practice of urology and the lives of those affected by urologic diseases and conditions."
To learn more about the Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar Awards visit www.AUAnet.org/Research-Scholars
About the Urology Care Foundation: The Urology Care Foundation is the world's leading nonprofit urological health foundation, and the official foundation of the American Urological Association. Collaborating with physicians, researchers, patients and the public, the Foundation supports and improves urologic clinical care by funding research, developing patient education and pursuing philanthropic support. To learn more about the Urology Care Foundation and its programs visit: www.urologyhealth.org.
About the American Urological Association: Founded in 1902 and headquartered near Baltimore, Maryland, the American Urological Association is a leading advocate for the specialty of urology, and has more than 23,000 members throughout the world. The AUA is a premier urologic association, providing invaluable support to the urologic community as it pursues its mission of fostering the highest standards of urologic care through education, research and the formulation of health care policy.
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SHANGHAI, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SUNMI, the Chinese loT technology company, officially released the Brand Film Section 3 globally. After "Priceless" and "Change," Thanonchai Sornsriwichai, the famous Thai director, cooperated with SUNMI again. Together with nearly a hundred ecosystem partners worldwide, SUNMI presented the new brand film TIME to reflect on the value of time and the meaning of connection.
This short film evolves into six stories centered around time.
-Convenience-Forgot the wallet when paying, what shall Ben do?
-Health-Why Lucy and Paul argue at the grocery fruit store?
-Efficiency-Why is everyone on the bus smiling during the rush hour?
-Location-How does the library manager quickly locate the lost book taken by Bruno?
-Companionship-On the way to visit his mom, what does Kenta see at the gas station?
-Hope-How does Steve manage his store better under the epidemic？
In these stories, SUNMI mobile, payment, desktop, and kiosks payments, together with the solutions contributed by partners from different industries, help businesses save time and help everyone seize more time from the life to love more, enjoy more! Nearly 100 partners from around the world, such as Mybus, VNpay, Yonoton, Flipdish, Welpet participated in the joint release and provided scene solutions in different fields such as transportation, catering, retail etc. Technology reconstructed and sublimated time. The essence of business creating a better life for humanity will not change, nor will SUNMI original intention to create a better life with technology.
Under the guidance of altruism, SUNMI is committed to equipment commercial loT devices for all walks of life, bringing digitization into every business scenario, and working with global ecosystem partners to build an interconnected business world.
By December 31, 2021, SUNMI App Store has become a top App Store for Business with 30,000 partners and over 16,000 Apps, and these Apps have been widely used in food delivery, restaurant, retail, tax control, checkout, and other scenarios. SUNMI 's IoT products and solutions have been used in more than 200 countries, regions, and territories, empowering merchants worldwide.
About SUNMI
SUNMI is an IoT company with the core value "Altruism." We are committed to bringing businesses smart IoT devices and support integrated cloud services, to build an interconnected world and finally achieve Business 4.0.
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Survey: More adults identifying as transgender or nonbinary
Published: Jun. 11, 2022 at 5:24 PM EDT|Updated: 8 minutes ago
(CNN) - Although less than 2% of Americans identify as either transgender or nonbinary, the ones who do are becoming more visible.
According to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center, more than 44% of U.S. adults personally know someone who is transgender.
About 20% say they know someone who is nonbinary. That describes a person who does not identify as either of the two traditional gender roles.
The research also showed adults under the age of 30 are more likely to identify as trans or nonbinary than older people.
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DALLAS, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Successive Technologies, a US-headquartered next-gen (CMMI Level-3) technology consulting and services company specializing in digital transformation, has appointed Steve Dantas as Chief Growth Officer - with a focus on North America. Steve brings in more than two decades of leadership experience and has played key leadership roles at companies like Metafora (previously CarrierDirect), Sapient (acquired by Publicis Groupe), Vectorform (acquired by NTT), Vodafone, and Tata Consultancy Services. Steve has a stellar track record in successfully growing and scaling companies to 5X to 20X revenues. Steve's mandate is to build a strong consulting and technology team in the Americas, partner with top enterprise customers, and take Successive to the next level of growth.
Welcoming Steve Dantas to the leadership team, Sid Pandey, CEO says, "I look forward to Steve helping us achieve the next growth milestone for our North America business at Successive Technologies. His proactive mindset and ongoing quest to grow businesses make him a perfect culture fit for the company. We aim to aggressively scale our business growth strategies and values under his leadership in our US office. Welcome to the team, Steve, we look forward to defying gravity to scale to the next orbit under your strong leadership."
Gaurav Malik (Gary), Chief Strategy Officer, added, "Onboarding Steve opens a lot of opportunities for Successive Technologies on a global level. Being an industry veteran with solid enterprise and entrepreneurial experience, Steve has driven considerable growth and scale for several organizations. As we look towards creating impact at scale, his skills will spearhead growth for our various business verticals. We believe his background is the kind of expertise we need at Successive Technologies to succeed in all spheres."
Sharing his excitement at joining the leadership team, Steve Dantas says, "I am very excited to join Successive Technologies, will continue to grow the company and do great work. My focus will be on growing our capabilities and client portfolio, and partnering with Successive's Global Leadership team to build extensive capabilities in Digital Commerce & CMS, Cloud Technologies, Enterprise Digital Transformation, and the Metaverse."
About Successive Technologies
Founded in 2012, Successive Technologies specializes in digital transformation and consulting. The team of experts and skilled professionals here empower clients to build a future-proof application with a robust foundation, a unique perspective on problem-solving, and a digital native mindset. By using human-centered design methodologies, superior engineering skills, and Agile delivery, Successive helps customers re-imagine their business efficiently.
Deloitte has recognized Successive Technologies as one of the Top 50 fastest-growing technology companies for three years. Successive has a global 800+ strong workforce that caters to customers across the globe.
For more information, please write to marketing@successive.tech or visit www.successive.tech
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#HotelsToIndulge pays homage to the brand's strong roots in the culinary arts, while also fostering meaningful connections through food and drink, and transporting guests into the realms of culture, pleasure, and social change
PARIS, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts is excited to unwrap its new global campaign, Hotels to Indulge, designed to expertly blend the guest experience with the transformative power of food, create connections through culture, and encourage guests to consciously indulge. Steeped in the brand's heritage and philosophy of culinary excellence and human connection, the "indulgence done right" campaign features chocolate-inspired creative, playful imagery, and local gastronomy-themed guest experiences thoughtfully curated to feed and enrich the soul.
The new campaign was inspired by and crafted using recent consumer research, which indicates travelers around the world describe luxury as "having time to relax and enjoy oneself."* The data and findings show that consumers are increasingly searching for unique experiences and are consciously looking at how to balance health and wellness with the unapologetic satisfaction of enjoying food and beverages. This type of simple indulgence is at the heart of the Mövenpick ethos and the Hotels to Indulge campaign. By combining wholesome pleasures and a healthy dose of self-indulgence, Mövenpick is passionate about creating elevated guest experiences that provide innate joy and transform the world into a realm of endless, playful possibilities.
"Hotels to Indulge will inspire travelers to visit, stay, and enjoy Mövenpick along their journeys, where indulgence is deftly woven into every element of the guest experience," said Alexander Schellenberger, Chief Brand Officer, Accor. "The campaign feeds off the brand's philosophy of indulgence done right, which includes everything from the daily Chocolate Hour ritual at Mövenpick hotels to the brand's planet-loving initiatives that nourish our world. It's a wholehearted invitation to experience a hotel stay that satisfies the appetite – for love, connection, exploration, and life."
The brand's heritage and philosophy of "indulgence done right" originated from Mövenpick founder Ueli Prager's vision and his belief that, "We don't do anything that's really extraordinary. We are successful because we simply do ordinary things in an extraordinary way." With Hotels to Indulge, Mövenpick will be "the" destination for food culture that brings people together, enables connections, stirs emotions, and creates magical culinary moments travelers and locals aspire to experience.
The new campaign underpins a vital part of the brand's strategic plan to elevate brand awareness, strengthen its premium positioning, enhance relevancy with core and younger audiences, and deepen engagement and advocacy through elevated, unpretentious and authentic experiences. Hotels to Indulge launches in September 2022 with a strategic media plan focused on engaging audiences across social and digital channels.
"Mövenpick does premium hotels but also delicious chocolate, ice cream, coffee and wine. Conceptually, the campaign is whimsical and fairy-tale like, representing places where you take a piece off the wall and it is made of something sweet. Going back to the very roots of the brand, we found a lot of humour, hedonism, culinary moments and bon vivants. The hotels really do have indulgence at their core, an indulgence done right, like the Swiss expertly know how to do. Take the chocolate and cream staircase of Dubai, the honey drop from Marrakesh or the raspberry macaroon from Zürich. Those are clear invitations to a yummy tucked up stay," said Jean-Guilhem Lamberti, Chief Creative Officer, Accor.
As part of the campaign kick-off, Mövenpick has partnered with famed pâtissier Eric Lanlard, affectionately known as 'Cake-Boy,' for exclusive culinary moments in select markets, beginning with the Middle East. This fall, Mövenpick will invite influencers and content creators to participate in a Weekend of Indulgence with Eric Lanlard at Mövenpick Resort Al Marjan Island. This will be the first in a series of events at Mövenpick properties worldwide that will feature experiences such as chocolate master classes, custom amenities, chocolate-inspired social hours, and sensational dinners. An exclusive Mövenpick Chocolate Hour concept designed by Eric Lanlard will also be offered across 15 hotels and resorts in the Middle East, Africa and Turkey that will surely surprise and delight guests.
In addition to on-property events, the Hotels to Indulge campaign will feature a social media contest encouraging individuals to share unexpected, unscripted moments of joy. These could range from random acts of kindness or serendipitously running into a favorite football player to capturing a child's reaction to their first bite of chocolate cake or seeing snow-capped mountains for the first time. Though times are uncertain, the social campaign is one-way Mövenpick is taking action to remind people that life is full of small moments of joy and that we must all strive to embrace and celebrate them. To participate, fans of the brand can simply post photos or videos on Instagram using the hashtag #HotelsToIndulge. Mövenpick will work in collaboration with a curated group of select partners to encourage their online community to share unexpected stories that move them the most for a chance to win exciting prizes. The contest will launch on 01 October 2022 and conclude on 30 December 2022. See Mövenpick Hotels-to-Indulge Terms & Conditions for further details.
"Mövenpick, deeply understands the pleasure that a touch of culinary artistry can bring," said Eric Lanlard, aka Cake-Boy. "It is a joy to work with Mövenpick and help create those magical, unexpected moments that happen when a guest participates in a culinary creation they've never experienced before, or a taste that will forever connect them to a special place and time. It is undeniable that food experiences while traveling create powerful memories."
Moreover, Mövenpick is furthering its brand promise to nourish the world and promote social change with its annual Kilo of Kindness charitable campaign. Launching in October, the seventh annual Kilo of Kindness campaign will invite guests, visitors and the Mövenpick community to donate food, clothing or educational supplies to disadvantaged communities worldwide. More than 45 Mövenpick hotels across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East are set to support the campaign and distribute donations in partnership with local charities.
Having originated in 1948 as a restaurant aimed at demystifying fine dining, Mövenpick possesses a rich expertise in gastronomic innovation. The brand's culinary history remains a key source of inspiration for its hospitality vision and is brought to life in the Hotels to Indulge campaign imagery – through the use of food as a visual metaphor for indulgent yet accessible experiences offered at Mövenpick properties around the globe.
For more information, please visit movenpick.com.
*Insights sourced from Foresight Factory 2022 Wellness Survey
In Switzerland, in 1948, Ueli Prager created Mövenpick, a revolutionary dining concept where anyone could enjoy a taste of good wine, good times and the good life. Today, that same brand of welcoming hospitality lives on in every Mövenpick hotel, where everyone can appreciate life's essential pleasures, through moments of true indulgence. With more than 110 hotels and resorts around the world and another 50 planned by 2025, Mövenpick remains true to its Swiss heritage and rich culinary legacy, honoring its founder's promise to do things well by doing things right. In recognition of the brand's holistic approach to sustainability, and its deep commitment to local environments and communities, Green Globe has named Mövenpick the world's most sustainable hotel company every year since 2017. Mövenpick is part of Accor, a world leading hospitality group counting over 5,300 properties throughout more than 110 countries, and a participating brand in ALL - Accor Live Limitless – a lifestyle loyalty program providing access to a wide variety of rewards, services, and experiences.
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Week 3 Ohio high school football schedule for Stark County area
Week 3 of the high school football season arrives with just a handful of Stark County-area teams sitting at 2-0. And all of them will be playing at home Friday night.
Within Stark County, only Lake, Fairless and Northwest sit at 2-0. Just outside the county, Green, Carrollton and Malvern also are each 2-0.
See what challenge awaits those six, as well as the rest of the area schedule for this week, with all games being played at 7 p.m., Friday. Check out our latest power rankings to see how we break those six teams down.
Week 3 schedule
Dublin Coffman at McKinley
Garfield at Hoover
GlenOak at Fitch
Jackson at Boardman
Akron East at Lake
Perry at Euclid
Tallmadge at Green
Massillon at Mansfield
Louisville at Northwest
South Range at Central Catholic
Sandy Valley at Canton South
Tuslaw at Tusky Valley
Claymont at Fairless
Manchester at Mogadore
St. Thomas Aquinas at Carrollton
Bedford at Alliance
Ridgewood at Marlington
Minerva at Beaver Local
Salineville Southern at East Canton
Waterloo at Malvern
West Branch at Revere
East Liverpool at Salem
CVCA at Woodridge
Springfield at Orrville
Triway at Waynedale
Looking back on Weeks 1-2 of high school football
Miss any of our earlier coverage this season, here it is:
Ohio High School Football:Stark County high school football scoreboard, box scores — see what happened in Week 2
Ohio High School Football:High school football scoreboard, box scores, story links — see what happened in Week 1
Stark County Football Season Preview:What you need to know for the 2022 high school football season
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Housing California enthusiastically announces the selection of champion and visionary, Chione Lucina Muñoz Flegal, as the organization's next Executive Director.
Chione enters the role with over 20 years of leadership experience in the housing justice, anti-poverty, climate justice, and equity movements. She brings a deep commitment to building and growing coalitions and leading successful policy campaigns to improve outcomes for marginalized communities and secure a future where all Californians can thrive. Most recently, as a Managing Director at PolicyLink, she led a portfolio of initiatives focused on water, climate, housing, transportation, and equitable fiscal policy in California and beyond.
Dr. Michael McAfee, President and CEO of PolicyLink stated, "Chione's work has strengthened California's housing and equity movements, contributed to statewide policy wins that improve the lives of economically insecure Californians, and resulted in new and expanded public investments in housing and infrastructure. During her years at PolicyLink, she proved that her character was as game changing as her credentials. Housing California has wisely placed a transformational-servant leader at the helm, and the housing justice movement is cheering."
"Chione has an impressive record of building and managing successful teams and strategic alliances and leading large-scale initiatives with tenacity and creativity," stated Housing California Board President, David Howden. "Her leadership will guide our organization and engage our diverse network of committed partners to deliver on Housing California's bold vision of building a California with homes, health, and prosperity for all."
Chione served on Housing California's Board of Directors for seven years and was elected to the position of Board President at a critical moment. From 2019 through 2021, Chione was instrumental in guiding the organization through the development and refinement of its strategic plan while building diversity, inclusion, and equity capacity across every part of the organization.
"Ensuring that every person has safe, stable, environmentally sustainable and affordable housing is one of the most fundamental and pressing challenges we face as a country and as a state," Chione said. "I am honored to have the opportunity to lead Housing California. The organization's intersectional approach combined with its amazing staff, Board of Directors, Residents United Network, and diverse set of members and partners provides the foundation for addressing this challenge and delivering the bold solutions laid out in Roadmap Home 2030," she added.
Partners have expressed excitement regarding Chione's selection. Judith Bell, Chief Impact Officer for the San Francisco Foundation stated, "Chione has championed policy solutions that deliver and expand equitable public investment in active transportation, housing, water, parks, and climate, making sure these investments are directed to the communities most in need. We look forward to her stewardship and leadership as Housing California advocates for solutions to our housing crisis."
Holly Benson, President & CEO of Abode Communities stated, "Chione understands the very specific ways developers and builders continue to be squeezed from all sides by land development costs, labor shortages, entitlement processes, tariffs, local forces who preach from the pulpit of 'not in my backyard,' and decision-makers in Sacramento. Financing affordable housing is complicated enough without having to navigate state budgets and public policies that pit potential collaborators in the housing sector against one another. Chione is the consensus-builder and problem-solver we need."
Megan Kirkeby, Deputy Director of California's Department of Housing & Community Development stated, "Chione is a collaborative leader who can successfully build coalitions across diverse organizations. Her experience puts her in a strong position to advance our shared goals of speeding up the pace and diversity of housing – particularly affordable homes – as we work toward creating 2.5 million more homes by 2030. We look forward to working with her to solve California's housing and homelessness crisis."
Chione's selection is the result of an extensive process guided by a professional recruitment firm. Housing California's Board of Directors, staff, and partners have been inspired by Chione's track-record of accomplishments, vision for Housing California's future, and unyielding commitment to end CA's housing and homelessness crisis, advance racial equity, and secure economic prosperity for all Californians.
Housing California brings together a diverse, multi-sector network to prevent and end homelessness, increase the supply of safe, stable, affordable housing options, and reverse the legacy of racial and economic injustice by building power among the people most impacted by housing injustice, shaping the narrative, and advocating for statewide policy solutions.
Contact: Unai Montes, umontes@housingca.org, 310.962.7369 (Bilingual)
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Conference call and webcast to be held today at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RIGL) today announced top-line efficacy and safety data from the FORWARD Phase 3 clinical trial, a global, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of fostamatinib in patients with warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA). The trial did not demonstrate statistical significance in the primary efficacy endpoint of durable hemoglobin response in the overall study population. In a post-hoc regional analysis of U.S., Canadian, Australian, and Western European trial sites, patients treated with fostamatinib had a favorable durable hemoglobin response compared to placebo, whereas in the Eastern European trial sites patients did not. Rigel plans to continue analyzing the data to understand the geographical differences in patient disease characteristics and outcomes and discuss these findings with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The safety and tolerability profile in the FORWARD trial was consistent with the existing fostamatinib safety database.
Efficacy Results:
The trial includes 90 patients in three pre-specified geographic regions, 14 sites in the U.S., Canada, and Australia; 16 sites in Western Europe (Austria, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, U.K., Netherlands, Norway); and 16 sites in Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Serbia). Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive fostamatinib or matching placebo twice daily for 24 weeks. The primary efficacy endpoint of durable hemoglobin (Hgb) response was defined as achieving a Hgb ≥10 g/dL with an increase from baseline ≥2 g/dL on three consecutive available visits during the 24-week treatment period. The data from the primary endpoint are as follows:
The trial also included key secondary endpoints, including hemoglobin response on at least one visit, change in Hgb from baseline of ≥2 g/dL, use of permitted rescue therapy after week 4, change in Hgb from baseline to end of treatment and change from baseline to week 24 in Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy – Fatigue (FACIT-F) scale. The data from the secondary endpoints are as follows:
Safety Results:
Across the trial's overall patient population, fostamatinib was generally well-tolerated. The safety profile of the product was consistent with prior clinical experience and no new safety issues were discovered. The most common adverse events (≥10%) with fostamatinib and placebo were diarrhea (26.7% and 6.7%), hypertension (24.4% and 17.8%), fatigue (15.6% and 11.1%), pyrexia (13.3% and 6.7%), nausea (13.3% and 8.9%), and dyspnea (13.3% and 11.1%). There were five deaths on the study (2 with fostamatinib and 3 with placebo), all of which were determined to be unrelated to study drug. The safety results were consistent with the overall safety profile data collected to date, which includes more than 3,900 patients across multiple diseases. Safety results are as follows:
"While we are disappointed in the overall results, which were impacted by a large placebo response rate from Eastern European clinical sites, we are encouraged by the top-line results from the U.S., Canada, Australia, and Western Europe. We continue to believe fostamatinib has the potential to benefit patients with wAIHA, a population with a serious unmet medical need," said Raul Rodriguez, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rigel Pharmaceuticals. "We will continue to analyze the data and look forward to discussing our findings with the FDA. On behalf of the entire Rigel team, we are grateful to the patients, their caregivers, and the healthcare professionals who participated in the trial."
"There are currently no approved therapies specifically indicated for wAIHA and the treatments that are currently used have shortcomings related to efficacy, safety, and quality of life," said David Kuter, M.D., D.Phil., Director of Clinical Hematology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Lead Investigator. "On balance, the findings from the U.S., Canadian, Australian, and Western European trial sites are supportive of fostamatinib for the treatment of wAIHA, however, the confounding results from the Eastern European trial sites require further analysis of the data from this trial. I look forward to working with Rigel to better understand these data."
Of the 90 patients that completed the FORWARD Phase 3 study, 71 (79%) enrolled in the open-label extension study. Data from this study will be reported later.
Conference Call and Webcast Today at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time
Rigel will hold a live conference call and webcast today at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time (5:00 a.m. Pacific Time).
Participants can access the live conference call by dialing (877) 407-3088 (domestic) or (201) 389-0927 (international). The conference call will also be webcast live and can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of the company's website at www.rigel.com. The webcast will be archived and available for replay after the call via the Rigel website.
About AIHA
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) is a rare, serious blood disorder in which the immune system produces antibodies that lead to the destruction of the body's own red blood cells. Warm antibody AIHA (wAIHA), which is the most common form of AIHA, is characterized by the presence of antibodies that react with the red blood cell surface at body temperature. wAIHA affects approximately 36,000 adult patients in the U.S.1 and can be a severe, debilitating disease. To date, there are no disease-targeted therapies approved for wAIHA, despite the unmet medical need that exists for these patients.
About the FORWARD Phase 3 Study
Fostamatinib is currently being evaluated in a Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical study in 90 patients with wAIHA who have failed at least one prior treatment. The study will evaluate the efficacy of fostamatinib versus placebo in achieving a durable hemoglobin response, defined as a hemoglobin level ≥ 10 g/dL, with an increase from baseline level of ≥ 2 g/dL, with the response not being attributed to rescue therapy, and durability measure in hemoglobin on three consecutive available visits during the 24-week treatment period. Secondary endpoints include other measures of hemoglobin response, use of rescue medication, and safety.
The FDA has granted fostamatinib Orphan Drug and Fast Track designations for the treatment of patients with wAIHA.
Fostamatinib, commercially available in the U.S. under the brand name TAVALISSE® (fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate) tablets, is the first and only FDA-approved SYK inhibitor indicated for the treatment of thrombocytopenia in adult patients with chronic ITP who have had an insufficient response to a previous treatment.
About Rigel
Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering, developing and providing novel small molecule drugs that significantly improve the lives of patients with hematologic disorders, cancer and rare immune diseases. Rigel's pioneering research focuses on signaling pathways that are critical to disease mechanisms. The company's first FDA approved product is TAVALISSE® (fostamatinib disodium hexahydrate) tablets, the only oral spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) inhibitor for the treatment of adult patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenia who have had an insufficient response to a previous treatment. The product is also commercially available in Europe, the United Kingdom (TAVLESSE) and Canada (TAVALISSE) for the treatment of chronic immune thrombocytopenia in adult patients.
Fostamatinib is currently being studied in a Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT03764618) for the treatment of warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA)2; a Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT04629703) for the treatment of hospitalized high-risk patients with COVID-192; and an NIH/NHLBI-sponsored Phase 3 clinical trial (ACTIV-4 Host Tissue Trial, NCT04924660) for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients.
Rigel's other clinical programs include its interleukin receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) inhibitor program, and a receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase (RIPK) inhibitor program in clinical development with partner Eli Lilly and Company. In addition, Rigel has product candidates in development with partners BerGenBio ASA and Daiichi Sankyo.
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1. Prevalence: A. Zanella, et al, haematologica 2014; 99(10); % Warm AIHA: T. Kalfa; Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2016 Dec 2; 2016(1): 690–697
2. The product for this use or indication is investigational and has not been proven safe or effective by any regulatory authority.
Forward Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, the topline data from the FORWARD trial in patients with wAIHA and our expectations related to the potential and market opportunity for fostamatinib as therapeutic for, among other things, wAIHA. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Words such as "potential", "may", "expects", and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Rigel's current expectations and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks that the FDA, EMA or other regulatory authorities may make adverse decisions regarding fostamatinib; risks that clinical trials may not be predictive of real-world results or of results in subsequent clinical trials; risks that fostamatinib may have unintended side effects, adverse reactions or incidents of misuses; the availability of resources to develop Rigel's product candidates; market competition; as well as other risks detailed from time to time in Rigel's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2022 and subsequent filings. Rigel does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements and expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein, except as required by law.
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South Dakota House votes to impeach AG Jason Ravnsborg
By Rebekah Riess, CNN
The South Dakota House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to impeach state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg regarding his conduct surrounding a 2020 crash that left a pedestrian dead.
A state House committee had concluded last month that Ravnsborg, a Republican, did not commit an impeachable offense, but the full House voted 36-31 on Tuesday in favor of an impeachment resolution.
The matter now heads to the state Senate, where a trial will be held.
CNN has reached out to Ravnsborg for comment. Gov. Kristi Noem, also a Republican, lauded the vote.
“Today, the House of Representatives did the right thing for the people of South Dakota and for Joe Boever’s family,” Noem tweeted, referring to the victim.
Ravnsborg killed a pedestrian while driving in September 2020. Ravnsborg initially told police he had hit a deer but discovered the 55-year-old Boever’s body the following morning after returning to the scene of the crash.
Last August, Ravnsborg pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors in connection with the fatal crash. He was ordered to pay a $500 fine for each of the misdemeanors — one count of operating a motor vehicle while using a mobile electronic device and one count of lane driving. A third misdemeanor charge was dismissed. Ravnsborg did not get jail time.
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Tech-First Hospitality Brand Reimagines Two Historic Landmarked Buildings Including The Divine Lorraine Hotel; and Sets to Open a Third by Year End
NEW YORK, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mint House, the premiere tech-enabled residential hospitality brand offering spacious, apartment-style accommodations across the U.S., announced today the opening of two new locations in Philadelphia - Mint House at The Ledger, a landmarked building directly overlooking Independence Hall, and Mint House at The Divine Lorraine Hotel, a 130-year-old landmarked property, which was the first racially integrated hotel in America. Additionally, as part of its partnership with EB Realty Management Corp, who own The Divine Lorraine, Mint House will open a to-be-named 47-unit full building conversion in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood in Q4 2022.
"Our partnerships with The Ledger and The Divine Lorraine Hotel, two historic buildings that are an important part of Philadelphia's rich history and current real estate development, are ideal locations for our innovative residential hospitality model," said Elizabeth Herzberg, Mint House's Vice President of Development. "As travelers continue to stay longer, extending their trips and working more from the road, we believe Mint House will continue to meet consumer demands with more space for smarter stays."
Mint House at The Divine Lorraine Hotel will open phase one of its full building expansion in mid-July with thoughtfully designed apartments along one of Philadelphia's most prominent corridors - North Broad Street. Built in 1893, the historic property was the first racially integrated hotel in America. Developer Eric Blumenfeld purchased the building in 2012 and after a multi-million-dollar restoration, has partnered with Mint House to create a next-generation travel destination with world-class food, drink, lodging and event spaces. The property will feature updated interiors that seamlessly blend the building's heritage with a contemporary feel, and will feature Mint House's Shop Your Stay program–allowing guests to shop their space's decor and products from their phones and ship items home. As with all Mint House properties, apartments will feature full kitchens, expansive living areas, in-unit laundry and contactless and mobile-first check-in.
In addition to James Beard semi-finalist Angela Cicala and her husband Joe's Italian fine-dining restaurant, Cicala, Mint House at The Divine Lorraine Hotel will be home to a casual wood-fired pizza and aperitivo concept, debuting later this summer. Additionally, former Top Chef contestant Natalie Maronski and Robert "DEL" Femine's hospitality group, Underground Concepts, will operate four venues at the property including "the daily." coffee shop, "broad hall." event space, "foundation." cocktail bar and recording studio, and an all-day restaurant and retail space, "annex", opening this summer.
"The North Broad community is about to enter a new era with the introduction of Mint House at The Divine Lorraine Hotel," said Eric Blumenfeld, Owner of EB Realty Management Corp. "The Divine Lorraine with its wonderfully relevant and no doubt historic past (some would even say it's visited by spirits of a bygone era), is culturally suited to collaborate with Mint House's hip young culture, inspired by the cuisine of chef Joe Cicala, pastry chef Angela Cicala and Top Chef's Natalie Maronski in eight separate indoor/outdoor offerings, blasting the Mint House at The Divine Lorraine Hotel into a level unparalleled anyplace, anywhere. Mint House at The Divine Lorraine Hotel has a close partnership with the neighboring Met Philadelphia, which will soon host the likes of Ringo Starr, Alicia Keys and Amy Schumer."
Mint House at The Ledger - Philadelphia opened its doors in May 2022, after a multi-million-dollar adaptive reuse project, and features 40 thoughtfully designed, lofted apartments with full kitchens, dedicated workspaces and in-unit washer and dryers. The encased beams and concrete in the lofted units highlight the Georgian Revival-style architecture throughout the building, which was designed by premier American architect, Horace Trumbauer, in 1923. The interiors feature large-format blueprints of the storied building (home to the first penny paper sold in Philadelphia) as well as warm woods and black accents. The property includes a fitness center offering on-demand classes, lounge, private workspaces and bookable conference rooms. The property was also the debut location for a partnership between Mint House and Public Goods, which will now be the brand's standard bathroom amenities line.
"I am truly excited about the partnership with Mint House at The Ledger, says Peter d'Aubermont of Heights Advisors." "The Ledger's unbeatable location with views of Independence Hall, proximity to the National Constitution Center, Liberty Bell, Washington Square Park, and the historic districts of Society Hill and Old City make it the perfect option for anyone looking for a taste of American history."
In addition to offering tech-first spaces to work, stay and play, both The Ledger and Divine Lorraine Hotel will offer Mint House's signature Stock Your Stay program, allowing guests to pre-stock their apartment with groceries prior to arrival. Both properties will also participate in Mint House's subscription Mint Pass program, offering frequent travelers perks, and each create less CO2 emissions than a traditional hotel with smart thermostats, as well as zero soap and plastic waste.
Today, Mint House has more than 22 artfully designed, tech-first properties in more than 15 major U.S. cities including New York, Miami, Austin, Denver and Nashville. Recent and upcoming openings include New Orleans, Philadelphia and Seattle.
Mint House is transforming the traditional hotel model and creating a new category of hospitality that is fundamentally changing the way we live, work and play away from home—all powered by technology. Mint House's award-winning properties are thoughtfully designed with full kitchens, expansive living areas and connected workspaces in prime downtown locations—offering a new kind of stay that's smarter and more comfortable than a hotel and delivers on the personalized service and consistency travelers have come to expect. Mint House's proprietary tech stack and mobile-first model powers a seamless and feature-rich guest experience including mobile check-in and keyless entry, pre-stocked groceries, 24/7 digital concierge services, on-demand fitness, smart thermostats and shoppable spaces. For more, visit minthouse.com and @staymint.
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Learn the lingo! Sports analyst runs down key terms as sports wagering kicks off in Kansas
Published: Sep. 7, 2022 at 4:53 PM CDT|Updated: 52 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Mobile sports betting kicked off in Kansas last Friday, but the big kickoff is Sept. 8, with more of the state-owned casinos getting in on the in-person game just as the NFL season begins.
But before you go all-in, what do you need to know? Sports analyst Jack Ross, who goes by ‘Fat Jack’ on ESPN Radio and the new show ‘Beat the Odds’ soon to debut on WIBW-TV, visited with Eye on NE Kansas about some key terms and phrases.
His first piece of advice: know your limits. Watch the video to hear about odds, prop bets and more.
You can catch “Beat the Odds” at 12:35 a.m. Sundays on WIBW-TV.
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"Empowering Leaders" Demonstrates Paycor's Commitment to Supporting Frontline Leaders
CINCINNATI, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paycor HCM, Inc. ("Paycor") (Nasdaq: PYCR) today unveiled a new mission-driven tagline that aligns to their focus on supporting HR and business leaders. Paycor recognizes the disproportionate impact leaders have on employee engagement and retention. The company's mission, offerings, and business model are designed to empower leaders to develop winning teams. Paycor is now enhancing its messaging to better encompass the company's mission and what business leaders need now more than ever.
In Paycor's recent survey, HR in 2023: Insights & Predictions, retention was the primary priority amongst company and business leaders, with many struggling to address this concern. The workforce has undergone tumultuous times, with nearly 33% of employees in the U.S. considering quitting their jobs. Additionally, expectations of work and definitions of culture have all dramatically changed since 2020. Now more than ever, leaders are desperate for tools and information on how to attract and retain talent, which continues to be top of mind as we enter bear market territory.
In response to these market needs, Paycor has been focused on their mission of setting up companies for future success and empowering front-line leaders with insights, solutions, and tools purpose-built to improve employee engagement and retention. Paycor is adopting a new tagline to better align with their mission and offerings.
"By introducing our new Empowering Leaders tagline, our mission is clearer than ever before," said Raul Villar Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Paycor. "As we continue to evolve to meet the ever-changing business needs, we are committed to helping empower frontline leaders to be more effective so they can deliver enhanced business results for their organizations."
The new tagline debut follows Paycor's recognition as a Nacha Certified status for a second consecutive year. Additionally, the thriving company was named a winner of the Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Top Workplaces 2022 Award in February.
About Paycor
Paycor's human capital management (HCM) platform modernizes every aspect of people management, from recruiting, onboarding and payroll to career development and retention, but what really sets us apart is our focus on leaders. For more than 30 years we've been listening to and partnering with leaders, so we know what they need: a unified HR platform, easy integration with third party apps, powerful analytics, talent development software, and configurable technology that supports specific industry needs. That's why more than 29,000 customers trust Paycor to help them solve problems and achieve their goals.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. and SUZHOU, China, Sept. 4, 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, metabolic, autoimmune, ophthalmology and other major diseases, announces that the first participant has been successfully dosed in the higher-dose cohort of a phase 2 clinical trial of mazdutide (R&D Code: IBI362), a glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor (GLP-1R) and glucagon receptor (GCGR) dual agonist, in Chinese adults with obesity.
This randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04904913) was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of mazdutide in Chinese participants with overweight or obesity. Results for the low dose cohorts (3.0 mg, 4.5 mg and 6.0 mg) were disclosed in June of this year and the primary endpoint was met. At Week 24, each dose of mazdutide showed significant efficacy on body weight loss compared with placebo in a dose-dependent manner and brought multiple cardio-metabolic benefits to participants; meanwhile, mazdutide was well tolerated and the overall safety profile was similar to other drugs of the same class. In addition, mazdutide titrated to 9 mg showed a good safety profile and a 12-week body weight loss of 11.7% in the phase 1b study (ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT04440345). Based on these results, Innovent will further evaluate the efficacy and safety for a higher dose (9.0 mg) mazdutide in Chinese patients with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2). A total of 80 participants are planned to be enrolled and will be randomized in a 3:1 ratio to receive mazdutide 9.0 mg or placebo for 24 weeks. The primary endpoint was the percent change from baseline in body weight at Week 24.
Professor Linong Ji, the principal investigator of the study, Peking University People's Hospital, stated, "Obesity is associated with a variety of chronic non-communicable diseases and is listed as one of the important risk factors affecting the disease burden. The prevalence and growth rate of obesity in China rank first in the world[1], and drugs that can achieve effective and safe weight loss are therefore urgently needed in the clinic. Clinical studies of mazdutide in overweight or obese population have demonstrated significant efficacy on body weight loss and comprehensive metabolic improvement. Treatment of mazdutide 6.0 mg for 6 months resulted in 11.6% body weight loss in participants in the low-dose cohorts of the phase 2 study, demonstrating its best-in-class potential. I am confident that a 9.0 mg dose of mazdutide will show even more satisfactory efficacy on body weight loss and will offer a new treatment option for participant with moderate to severe obesity."
Dr. Lei Qian, Vice President of Clinical Development at Innovent, stated, "In the Phase 2 study in Chinese participants with overweight or obesity, low-dose mazdutide showed robust efficacy on body weight loss and multiple improvement in metabolic parameters, reflecting the Best-in-Class potential of mazdutide among GLP-1 receptor agonists and co-agonists. To further extend its clinical utility, we will continue to explore the clinical benefit of mazdutide 9.0 mg in adults with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2). The result of the phase 1 study suggests that mazdutide is the first single-agent anti-obesity molecule, among all approved or under development, that achieves a 12-week body weight loss by more than 11.5%. We hope that the higher-dose mazdutide will provide a safer, bariatric surgery-like and more accessible treatment option to patients with obesity."
About Overweight and Obesity
China has the largest obese population in the world, with obesity rate likely to increase. Obesity can lead to a range of complications or related diseases that impact life expectancy and deteriorate quality of life. In more severely obese patients, the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and certain tumors increase significantly. Obesity is a chronic disease that requires long-term management, and there is a lack of long-term effective and safe treatments. Lifestyle intervention is the first choice and basic treatment for patients with overweight or obesity. However, a considerable percentage of patients fail to achieve the desired weight loss goal upon lifestyle intervention due to various reasons and may require pharmacological intervention. Traditional anti-obesity drugs have limited weight-loss effects and are associated with safety issues.
About Mazdutide
Innovent entered into a licensing agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) for the development and potential commercialization of OXM3 (also known as mazdutide), a GLP-1R and GCGR dual agonist, in China. In parallel, Lilly is developing OXM3 outside China. Mazdutide is a long-acting synthetic peptide related to mammalian oxyntomodulin (OXM), which uses a fatty acid side chain to prolong the duration of action and allow once-weekly administration. Mazdutide is thought to exert its biological effects by activating GLP-1 receptor and glucagon receptor in human beings, which improves glucose tolerance and induces weight loss, mimicking the effects of endogenous oxyntomodulin.
In addition to the effects of GLP-1 receptor agonists on promoting insulin secretion, lowering blood glucose and reducing body weight, mazdutide may also increase energy expenditure and improve hepatic fat metabolism through the activation of glucagon receptor. The treatment of metabolic diseases by activating multiple metabolism-related targets simultaneously is currently the worldwide trend in drug development.
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 34 valuable assets in the fields of cancer, metabolic, autoimmune disease and other major therapeutic areas, with 7 products – TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), BYVASDA® (bevacizumab biosimilar injection), SULINNO® (adalimumab biosimilar injection), HALPRYZA® (rituximab biosimilar injection), Pemazyre® (pemigatinib oral inhibitor) , NAILIKE (olverembatinib) and Cyramza® (ramucirumab), 3 asset under NMPA NDA review, 4 assets in Phase 3 or pivotal clinical trials, and an additional 20 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, Sanofi, Adimab, Incyte, MD Anderson Cancer Center 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.
Disclaimer:
1. This indication is still under clinical study, which hasn't been approved in China.
2. Innovent does not recommend any off-label usage.
Forward-looking statement
This news release may contain certain forward-looking statements that are, by their nature, subject to significant risks and uncertainties. The words "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend" and similar expressions, as they relate to Innovent, are intended to identify certain of such forward-looking statements. The Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements regularly.
These forward-looking statements are based on the existing beliefs, assumptions, expectations, estimates, projections and understandings of the management of the Company with respect to future events at the time these statements are made. These statements are not a guarantee of future developments and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond the Company's control and are difficult to predict. Consequently, actual results may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of future changes or developments in our business, the Company's competitive environment and political, economic, legal and social conditions.
The Company, the Directors and the employees of the Company assume (a) no obligation to correct or update the forward-looking statements contained in this site; and (b) no liability in the event that any of the forward-looking statements does not materialise or turn out to be incorrect.
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Mackie to Focus on Expanding Tishman Speyer's Reach Beyond China and India
NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tishman Speyer CEO Rob Speyer today announced the appointment of industry veteran Graham Mackie to lead the firm's expansion strategy across the Asia Pacific region. As a Managing Director based in Singapore, Mackie will focus on acquisition and business development opportunities outside of China and India.
"We are pleased to welcome Graham to help drive our expansion into the Asia Pacific region's most dynamic urban markets outside of China and India," said Rob Speyer. "Over the years, Graham has cultivated strong relationships and built a track record of successful investing in a range of asset classes in cities such as Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney."
"I am thrilled to join Tishman Speyer, one of the world's most recognized and esteemed international developers," said Graham Mackie. "Tishman Speyer has earned a sterling reputation in both China and India for its portfolio of innovation-focused, mixed-use developments. I look forward to building on that foundation as we expand into additional Asian markets."
Mackie joins Tishman Speyer with nearly two decades of experience in real estate investment, finance, fund management and development with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific region. Mackie spent the past 14 years at UBS Asset Management, most recently serving as head of Asia Pacific real estate. During his tenure, he managed more than $18 billion of real estate assets across Japan, Australia and Singapore.
Mackie started his career at AXA Real Estate Investment Managers. He holds a Master Degree of Business Management from University of St. Andrew in the United Kingdom and Diplome de Commerce from Ecole Superieure du Commerce, Amiens in France.
Tishman Speyer has been active in China for well over a decade. Its portfolio of existing assets and development projects encompasses 19.4 million SF. Major developments include The Springs in Shanghai, which will feature 10 million SF of offices, residences, hotels, restaurants, retail, entertainment and cultural venues, and Chang'an Mills, a former Beijing manufacturing plant that has been transformed into a vibrant mixed-use office and retail campus, which served as a backdrop to the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Tishman Speyer has developed 5.2 million SF of mixed-used projects in India since 2006 including WaveRock, a 2.5 million-SF sustainable office campus in Hyderabad.
The firm also recently established regional offices in Seoul and Tokyo.
About Tishman Speyer (tishmanspeyer.com)
Tishman Speyer is a leading owner, developer, operator and investment manager of top-tier real estate in 32 key markets across the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America. We develop, build and manage premier office, residential, industrial, and retail spaces for industry-leading customers, as well as state-of-the-art life science centers through our Breakthrough Properties venture. With global vision, on-the-ground expertise and a personalized approach, we are unparalleled in our ability to foster innovation, quickly adapt to global and local trends and proactively anticipate our customers' evolving needs. By focusing on health and wellness, enlightened placemaking and customer-focused initiatives such as our tenant amenities platform, ZO., and our flexible space and co-working brand, Studio, we tend not just to our physical buildings, but to the people who inhabit them on a daily basis. Since our inception in 1978, Tishman Speyer has acquired, developed, and operated 505 properties, totaling 218 million SF, with a combined value of over $124 billion (U.S.). Our current portfolio includes such iconic assets as Rockefeller Center in New York City, The Springs in Shanghai, TaunusTurm in Frankfurt and the Mission Rock neighborhood currently being realized in San Francisco.
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CHARLESTON, S.C., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of South Carolina Corporation (NASDAQ: BKSC) announced unaudited earnings of $1,542,981, or $0.28 and $0.27 basic and diluted earnings per share, respectively, for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 – a decrease of $125,703, or 7.5%, from earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2021 of $1,668,684, or $0.30 and $0.29 basic and diluted earnings per share, respectively. Unaudited earnings for the six months ended June 30, 2022 decreased $471,671 or 13.6%, to $3,007,088 compared to $3,478,759 for the six months ended June 30, 2021. Annualized returns on average assets and average equity for the six months ended June 30, 2022 were 0.90% and 12.57%, respectively, compared with June 30, 2021 annualized returns on average assets and average equity of 1.27% and 12.80%, respectively.
In its May 2022 issue, American Banker Magazine ranked Bank of South Carolina Corporation 68th on its annual list of the Top 200 Publicly Traded Community Banks and Thrifts based on three-year average return on equity (Source: Capital Performance Group). The rankings include publicly traded banks and thrifts with total assets less than $2 billion, of which there were 438 institutions that met the criteria for consideration this year.
Fleetwood S. Hassell, President & CEO of the Bank of South Carolina, stated, "Balance sheet growth continues to impact return on assets; however, return on equity remains favorable. Our challenge remains the deployment of excess liquidity into higher-yielding investments. As we await further Federal Reserve actions, we continue to focus on asset quality and control of operating expenses. Margins are improving, and we are optimistic that higher loan interest income will offset any declines in mortgage origination volume. We remain ahead of our profit plan for the first six months and look forward to the second half of the year."
The following table shows the balance sheet and income statement highlights:
About Bank of South Carolina Corporation
The Bank of South Carolina Corporation is the holding company of The Bank of South Carolina ("The Bank"). The Bank is a South Carolina state-chartered bank with offices in Charleston, North Charleston, Summerville, Mt. Pleasant, and the West Ashley community and has been in continuous operation since 1987. A sixth office at 1730 Maybank Highway on James Island is anticipated to open in the second quarter of 2023. Our website is www.banksc.com. Bank of South Carolina Corporation currently trades its common stock on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol "BKSC".
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Judge Albright continued to lead in patent filings with his highest number of patent cases yet in 2021 (23% of patent litigation overall).
MENLO PARK, Calif., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, today releases its annual Patent Litigation Report. The report examines patent litigation trends in federal district and appellate courts, as well as the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). It focuses on the three-year period from 2019 to 2021 and surveys emerging trends in case filings (including ANDA and PTAB case filings), active districts, judges, law firms, parties, timing metrics, case resolutions, findings, and damages. This is the first report to showcase the newest federal appellate analytics and trends in patent litigation in the federal courts of appeals.
"The increasing role of Judge Albright and the Western District of Texas in patent litigation is a major topic of discussion among litigators," said Elaine Chow, Lex Machina's patent legal data expert and author of the report. "The kind of data and analytics Lex Machina provides in reports like this one really highlight the movement and trends in district court, appellate, and PTAB litigation over time. It becomes possible to understand and anticipate evolving patterns in patent litigation."
Findings from the report include:
- Highlights in District Court
- Highlights in PTAB
Lex Machina's reports and software enable practitioners to devise data-driven litigation strategies. The metrics in this report may help readers decide who to pursue as clients, whether to pursue a particular motion, or when to settle. This research supplements traditional legal research and anecdotal data for a competitive edge in litigation.
Register here for a copy of the report: https://pages.lexmachina.com/2022PatentLitigationReport.html
Patent Report Webcast
Lex Machina is hosting a webcast to discuss the report on May 19, 2022 at noon ET/9am PT with Michael Flynn (Partner at Morris Nichols), Elaine Chow (Lex Machina's Patent Legal Data Expert), moderated by Joshua Harvey (Manager of the Lex Machina's Customer Success Team). Register for the event or view a recording: https://pages.lexmachina.com/20220519-PatentLitigationReportWebcast_LP.html
About LexisNexis Legal & Professional
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 10,500 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
About Lex Machina
Lex Machina fundamentally changes how companies and law firms compete in the business and practice of law. The company provides strategic insights on judges, lawyers, law firms, parties, and other critical information across 17 federal practice areas and a rapidly growing number of state courts. Lex Machina allows law firms and companies to predict the behaviors and outcomes that different legal strategies will produce, enabling them to win cases and close business.
Lex Machina was named "2021 Legal Technology Trailblazer" (National Law Journal Trailblazer Awards, 2021), Winner of the "Media Excellence" Award for Analytics/Big Data (13th Annual Media Excellence Award, 2021), "Best Decision Management Solution" (AI Breakthrough Awards, 2019), and "Disruptor of the Year" (Changing Lawyer Awards, 2019). Based in Silicon Valley, Lex Machina is part of LexisNexis, a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics. For more information, please visit www.lexmachina.com.
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Median base salaries increased by 4.5%
CHICAGO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SullivanCotter, the nation's leading independent consulting firm in the assessment and development of total rewards programs, workforce solutions, and data products for health care and not-for-profits, has released the findings of its 2022 Health Care Management and Executive Compensation Survey.
This year, the median base salaries for health care executives increased by 4.5%, reflecting an increasingly competitive marketplace for talent at hospitals and health systems nationwide. In addition, incentive award payouts reflect a recovery year from the onset of the pandemic. By maintaining competitive compensation for executives, organizations are able to effectively build back and restore performance and talent to pre-pandemic levels.
Incentive Awards
In 2021, incentive payouts for 2020 performance were below historical levels due to the unprecedented impact of the pandemic onset on both financial and operating performance. The 2022 survey, however, indicated that incentive payouts for 2021 performance returned to levels consistent with historical practices as financial and operating performance within the industry improved, increasing median total cash compensation (equal to base salary plus annual incentives) by 9.7%.
"Although total cash compensation for executives grew year over year, it is important to note that there were no shifts in annual incentive plan prevalence or award opportunity levels. The growth in reported total cash compensation is being driven by higher incentive awards that reflect improved organizational performance after a particularly challenging year. Thus, it shows that the performance-based incentive programs are operating as designed by tempering awards in challenging years and increasing them when performance improves," said Bruce Greenblatt, Managing Director, SullivanCotter.
Base Salaries
Base salary increases provided to executives for 2021 were modest, with many organizations freezing executive salaries in response to the pandemic onset. In comparison, salary increases provided for 2022 rebounded due to successful business recovery efforts and high demand for talent that is outpacing supply due to burnout, retirements accelerated by the pandemic, and the need for highly qualified leaders to lead organizations through increasingly complex times.
As in previous years, median base salary increases reported in our 2022 survey for health system executives outpaced subsidiary hospital executives by nearly 1.0% due to the larger scope and more complex nature of a system-wide role. Additionally, while executive salary increases rebounded, the overall median annual executive salary increase of 4.5% is less than the annual growth seen in many clinical roles (5% or higher), including Registered Nurses (over 8%), as reported in our 2022 surveys. This reflects organizations' strategy to reward staff for the day-to-day work that has put extra demand and stress on teams, as well as supporting recruitment and retention efforts.
Planning for 2022 and Beyond
Hospitals and health systems still face uncertainties in regard to inflation, labor costs, a competitive talent market, employee burnout, and more. "While these are industry-wide issues affecting the clinical workforce and staff-level positions as well, organizations must be acutely aware of the impact these challenges may have on executive compensation programs and recruiting and retention strategies. This is particularly important as they look to limit disruption and remain focused on providing the highest quality patient care, improving employee engagement, and advancing other important initiatives designed to support DE&I and ESG," said Ted Chien, President and Chief Executive Officer, SullivanCotter.
As it relates to executive compensation and talent strategy, organizations should consider the following:
- With inflation and the talent shortage, anticipate that salary increase budgets for 2023 will likely need to exceed recent norms of 3.0% in order to retain key talent, mitigate inflation effects, and address issues of pay equity.
- Establish annual incentive plan goals and performance levels recognizing the current challenges (engagement, patient satisfaction, financial and growth) with goal setting while also ensuring that these measures align with future priorities (operational sustainability, DE&I, and ESG).
- Understand the need for experienced leaders to address response/recovery efforts as well as access, affordability, and community wellness needs. Differentiate rewards so limited dollars are directed to address retention/recruitment and reward high performers critical to the organization's success; segment total rewards approaches as needed to meet specific business unit needs – thus moving away from a "one size fits all" approach.
- Make a point to regularly review and refine succession plans; memorialize professional development plans; ensure a strong talent pipeline; determine gaps where external hires may be necessary. Focus on internal leadership development and talent-building where possible to help engage, retain and grow the current leadership team and potentially reduce costs related to external recruitment.
- Consider all employees' well-being needs, such as time-off and mental health benefits.
SullivanCotter's 2022 Health Care Management and Executive Compensation Survey provides critical benchmarking data on compensation levels and pay practices. As the largest and most comprehensive resource of its kind for hospitals and health systems nationwide, the survey includes information from more than 3,000 organizations representing roughly 42,300 individual incumbents.
About SullivanCotter
SullivanCotter partners with health care and other not-for-profit organizations to understand what drives performance and improve outcomes through the development and implementation of integrated workforce strategies. Using our time-tested methodologies and industry-leading research and information, we provide data-driven insights, expertise, and data products to help organizations align business strategy and performance objectives – enabling our clients to deliver on their mission, vision, and values.
For more information on SullivanCotter's surveys, please visit our website at www.sullivancotter.com, or contact us via email or by phone at 888.739.7039.
Note to media: Additional data and interviews are available on request.
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SullivanCotter
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Jenni Bowring
Padilla
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OXFORD, Mich., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oxford Bank Corporation ("the Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: OXBC), the holding company for Oxford Bank ("the Bank"), today announced operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
The Company's quarterly consolidated earnings for the three months ended June 30, 2022, were $1.787 million, or $0.74 per weighted average share, compared to $3.279 million, or $1.44 per weighted average share for the same period one year ago. Second quarter 2022 earnings also increased, as expected, compared to first quarter net income of $1.059 million, or $.46 per weighted average share. Earnings for the first two quarters of 2022 were $2.846 million, or $1.21 per share, compared to $6.362 million, or $2.77 per share for the same period of 2021. President and CEO, David Lamb, commented "While our year-over-year results continue to reflect the impact of our successful PPP activity in 2021, we remain very pleased with our more normalized results. The earnings progression from the first to second quarter of 2022 reflects the continued focus on our core business and the positive impact of our investment in Oxford Commercial Finance (dba FSW Funding), the factoring business that we acquired in April. Increased rates have also augmented interest income given our well-balanced mix of fixed and floating loans. We believe the diversity that we have built within our lending lines of business and our continued success in procuring low-cost core depository relationships will serve us well within the changing dynamics of the economy."
Total Assets of the Company increased to $807.4 million as of June 30, 2022, from $723.8 million at June 30, 2021 and $750.9 million at December 31, 2021. "The increase in assets continues to reflect the focus and execution of our team on both the loan and deposit side. We continue to operate in a very liquid environment, and we will manage our balance sheet accordingly without exception to our risk parameters. With the trajectory of our lending business, we know that continued procurement of low cost, relationship-based deposits is important in the long-run even if they temporarily reside in lower yielding investment securities. Overall, we remain well positioned to both continue our controlled organic growth and create shareholder value." reported CEO David Lamb.
Net loans at second quarter end were $421.8 million down from $521.7 million at June 30, 2021. However, loan totals have increased by $34.0 million from $387.7 million on March 31, 2022. The main drivers of the quarter-over-quarter increase included, but were not limited to, growth in traditional commercial lending ($51.9 million) and the impact of the FSW acquisition ($27.8 million). CEO Lamb noted, "We have continued to see our lending activity increase in the second quarter as the pipeline we had built in Q1 converted to new loan balances. Our team continues to work hard to maintain this progress in all of our lending lines of business pending any unforeseen economic headwinds.". Deposits increased to $724.0 million as of June 30, 2022, an increase from $711.4 million at March 31, 2022 and $647.8 million at June 30, 2021. Lamb continued, "While we have expected that our deposits would decrease as liquidity works its way through the U.S. economy, we are also seeing new client deposit growth and treasury management activity overtake any balance reductions. Management remains conservative investing cash because we continue to believe that the excess liquidity will be needed to fund our new loan opportunities. While the liquidity continues to somewhat constrain our Net Interest Margin, recent Fed interest rate hikes have improved cash yields and funding of new loan opportunities will further enhance margin moving forward."
The Company's total shareholders' equity increased to $64.9 million as of June 30, 2022, representing book value per share of $26.93, compared to total Shareholders' equity of $60.2 million, or $26.44 per share one year earlier. The subsidiary Bank's Tier 1 capital totaled $70.6 million as of June 30, 2022, or 15.2% of risk-weighted assets compared to $59.8 million, or 13.9% of risk-weighted assets as of June 30, 2021.
CEO David P. Lamb commented, "As we had reported prior, the first quarter's level of reduced earnings are not expected to continue the whole year because commercial finance initiatives were expected to contribute beginning in the second quarter. We are pleased to report that these initiatives have resulted in the positive impact that we predicted. While full-year 2022 earnings will still be lower than FYE 2021, it appears that our prior belief that interest rates were moving in the Bank's favor was also accurate. Our move into the commercial leasing business via a joint venture with a firm we have done business with for many years has also commenced. We expect that business to grow both from our partner's efforts but also our existing clients who now have another financing option with us. In addition to the positive financial results and continued good credit quality, we believe that the diversity of our business and continued efforts of our team have us well positioned for continued earnings progression."
Oxford Bank is a subsidiary of Oxford Bank Corporation, a registered holding company. It is the oldest commercial bank in Oakland County and operates seven full-service offices in Clarkston, Davison, Dryden, Lake Orion, Oakland Township, Ortonville and Oxford. The Bank also has a Customer Experience Center in Rochester Hills, MI, with transactional services provided by Interactive Teller Machines only. In addition, Oxford Bank has business banking centers in Ann Arbor, Flint, Oxford, and Wixom, MI. The Bank has operated continuously under local ownership and management since it first opened for business in 1884. For more information about Oxford Bank and its complete line of financial services, please visit www.oxfordbank.com.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in the Release may be deemed forward-looking statements that involve risk and uncertainties. Words or phrases "will likely result", "are expected to", "will continue", "is anticipated", "estimate", "project", or similar expressions are intended to identify "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Factors which could cause actual results to differ, include, but are not limited to, fluctuations in interest rates, changes in economic conditions of the Bank's market area, changes in policies by regulatory agencies, the acceptance of new products, the impact of competitive products and pricing and the other risks detailed from time to time in the Bank's and Corporation's reports. These forward-looking statements represent the Bank's judgment as of the date of this report. The Bank disclaims, however, any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Contact: David P. Lamb, President & CEO
Phone: (248) 628-2533
Fax: (248) 969-7230
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(NEXSTAR) – During last winter’s omicron surge, COVID tests were hard to come by. Long lines wrapped around the block at testing sites and pharmacy shelves were wiped out of at-home test kits. Now, as the country endures another surge in COVID-19 cases, home tests are much easier to come by. Households can order a limited number of free tests from the government, and a new law requires most insurers to reimburse you if you purchase your own.
But now that you’ve gotten your hands on a COVID-19 test, what do you do if you test positive? Do you have to tell anybody? Is there even a way to report it to public health officials?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “strongly encourages” people who test positive for COVID-19 with a home testing kit report the results to their doctor. Your health care provider can advise you on the best course of treatment, and in most jurisdictions will report the case to the health department to help build a more accurate tally of new cases.
Some local health departments have set up a way for residents to report a COVID-19 case. Some counties, like Marin County in California and Albany County in New York, make it easy to report a positive test with an online form. You can check with your local health department to see if they have a similar system.
The CDC says it isn’t as concerned about tracking every single case; public health leaders would rather have people test at home and have those cases go untracked, rather than restrict COVID-19 testing to official sites.
“The US Government does not want to construct any barriers that would deter the use of self-tests,” the CDC says. “COVID-19 surveillance continues to be based on results from laboratory testing. The primary role of case reporting is to allow public health agencies to take actions to mitigate disease spread. The public health community, including CDC, is confident that situational awareness remains strong without receiving self-test results.”
Epidemiologists agree that many COVID-19 cases are going uncounted right now, but their estimates on just how many we’re missing vary.
Epidemiologist and Harvard Medical professor John Brownstein told Bloomberg he thought the COVID case count “could be three times bigger” than what the CDC is reporting. Another study out of New York found the true case count could be as much as 31 times higher than what’s reported. (The study is not yet peer reviewed.)
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Report shows role benchmarking plays in translating evidence-based strategies into concise data points that can then be used to instill trust, ensure tenant satisfaction, and ultimately, increase real estate portfolio value
Launch of new Portfolio Benchmarking Tool will allow owners to easily assess portfolios against Fitwel healthy building standards
NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Center for Active Design (CfAD), preeminent global organization working at the intersection of health and the built environment and the sole licensed operator of Fitwel®, the healthy building certification system, and QuadReal Property Group (QuadReal), a global real estate investment, operating and development company, today announced the release of "Health Drives Value in Real Estate," a new report that records the positive outcomes that health and wellbeing strategies have on tenant satisfaction, and in turn, financial outcomes. This report takes a people-focused (health) approach to looking at a portfolio of buildings, and found that evidence-based, health-promoting strategies can foster tenant satisfaction.
While the positive impact that healthy buildings have on human health has long been established, this report is significant as it directly shows a positive correlation between these strategies, tenant satisfaction outcomes, and financial benefits for real estate owners and investors.
By analyzing data from Fitwel scorecards, select property financial metrics from across asset types in QuadReal's portfolio, and tenant and resident survey results, the analysis found that health-promoting strategies were associated with positive occupant perceptions, even if they weren't publicized. In reviewing the Net Promoter Score (NPS)—the likelihood building occupants will recommend the property to peers— and financial outcomes, such as rent per square foot, the report found the following four factors to be most significant:
- Healthy Food Access: Projects that implement Fitwel healthy food access strategies are associated with a higher median property recommendation, yet these are one of the least implemented strategies
- Operations: Projects that implement Fitwel operations strategies are associated with a higher median property recommendation, indicating occupant satisfaction goes far beyond tenant amenities
- Location: Residential projects that satisfy Fitwel location strategies are associated with higher rent per square foot, evidence of the value of walkable places
- Fitwel Score: Increased Fitwel scores correlate with increased median score for property recommendation, demonstrating the importance of broad investments in health
"Demand for healthy buildings has never been higher and, now, the case for investing in them is even stronger," said Joanna Frank, President and CEO of CfAD, operator of Fitwel. "This research makes clear the value of benchmarking to transform the information about a portfolio into a pathway that owners and investors can act on to plan future investments. At scale, this will solidify health-promotion interventions as best practices across the real estate sector."
"One of the QuadReal team's sustainability goals is to provide healthy buildings to our tenants and residents so they can flourish. From the start, we believed that investing in best-in-class operations and amenities would make healthier spaces. This aligns with our commitment to be a responsible company," said Jamie Gray-Donald, Senior Vice President, Sustainability & EHS at QuadReal. "Thanks to our collaboration with CfAD, we have found a clear correlation of a higher Fitwel score with a greater willingness of occupants to recommend the building to their friends and colleagues. This reinvigorates our conviction to invest in healthy buildings and benchmark wellness more broadly in our portfolio."
Launched in tandem with the report is Fitwel's new Portfolio Benchmarking Tool which can be used by owners and investors to assess how a single asset or an entire portfolio is impacting occupant health and calculate how operations decisions will impact mental, social, and physical health outcomes. Users can use this data to meet industry and consumer demand. The Fitwel Portfolio Benchmarking Tool is available on the Fitwel Platform at app.fitwel.org.
Fitwel is the world's leading certification system committed to building health for all. Generated by expert analysis of 5,600+ academic research studies, Fitwel is implementing a vision for a healthier future where all buildings and communities are enhanced to strengthen health and well-being. Fitwel was originally created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention and U.S. General Services Administration. The CDC remains the research and evaluation partner for Fitwel. The Center for Active Design (CfAD), a global not-for-profit organization, maintains the Fitwel standard and conducts objective third-party assessments that lead to certified projects. CfAD's new business unit, Adai (pronounced "a-DAY"), is charged with expanding Fitwel to the global market, administering the program while providing best-in-class customer service and technical support. To learn more about Fitwel, please visit: www.fitwel.org.
QuadReal Property Group is a global real estate investment, operating and development company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia. Its assets under management total $67.1 billion. From its foundation in Canada as a full-service real estate operating company, QuadReal has expanded its capabilities to invest in equity and debt in both the public and private markets. QuadReal invests directly, via programmatic partnerships and through operating companies in which it holds an ownership interest.
QuadReal seeks to deliver strong investment returns while creating sustainable environments that bring value to the people and communities it serves. Now and for generations to come.
QuadReal: Excellence lives here.
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TEMPE, Ariz., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic activity in the hospital subsector grew in July for the 26th consecutive month, say the nation's hospital supply executives in the latest Hospital ISM® Report On Business®.
The report was issued today by Nancy LeMaster, MBA, Chair of the Institute for Supply Management® (ISM®) Hospital Business Survey Committee: "The Hospital PMI® registered 54.9 percent in July, a 3.1- percentage point decrease from the June reading of 58 percent, indicating a 26th consecutive month of growth. The Business Activity and New Orders indexes remained in growth territory; however, the Business Activity Index increased while the New Orders Index decreased compared to June. The Employment Index also a decreased in July compared to June. The Case Mix Index remained in contraction territory, registering 47.5 percent, a decrease of 1 percentage point compared to the June figure of 48.5 percent. The Days Payable Outstanding Index registered 57 percent, up 7.5 percentage points from the 49.5 percent reported in June. The Technology Spend Index registered 53 percent, a 0.5-percentage point decrease from the June reading of 53.5 percent."
LeMaster continues, "Several Hospital Business Survey Committee respondents indicated their facilities were again dealing with an increase in COVID-19 cases. The increases generally did not appear severe enough to displace elective procedures, however. Labor and supply costs continue to rise, putting pressure on the supply chain to offset some of those price increases. Shortages of materials such as contrast media and laboratory supplies are easing, but sourcing continues to be a challenge for (1) products containing plastic and (2) medical equipment requiring computer chips. Panelists commented on the challenges related to recruiting and retaining staff, with one attributing an increase in days payable outstanding to the facility's lack of accounts receivable personnel."
About This Report
The information compiled in this report is for the month of July 2022.
The Hospital PMI® was developed in collaboration with the Association for Health Care Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), an association for the health care supply chain profession, and a professional membership group of the American Hospital Association (AHA).
The data presented herein is obtained from a survey of hospital supply executives based on information they have collected within their respective organizations. ISM® makes no representation, other than that stated within this release, regarding the individual company data collection procedures. The data should be compared to all other economic data sources when used in decision-making.
Data and Method of Presentation
The Hospital ISM® Report On Business® is based on data compiled from hospital purchasing and supply executives nationwide. Survey responses reflect the change, if any, in the current month compared to the previous month. For each of the indicators measured (Business Activity, New Orders, Employment, Supplier Deliveries, Inventories, Prices, Prices: Pharmaceuticals, Prices: Supplies, Backlog of Orders, Imports, Inventory Sentiment, Case Mix, Days Payable Outstanding, Technology Spend, and Touchless Orders), this report shows the percentage reporting each response and the diffusion index. Responses represent raw data and are never changed. Beginning in January 2021, the Report On Business® staff and consultants are gathering market information to better validate the Exports Index. Exports Index data are still being collected.
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Successful collaboration honored for reducing the burden of prior authorization and speeding patient access to quality care
BOSTON, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Cohere Health, a recognized leader in utilization management (UM) technology, was named a winner of the KLAS 2022 Points of Light award, which recognizes successful payer, provider, and vendor collaborations that reduce cost and inefficiency and deliver a better patient experience. KLAS recognized Cohere's intelligent UM collaboration platform for improving access and quality of care while enabling medical expense savings for payers and administrative time savings for providers.
This year, KLAS awarded fourteen collaborations with a Points of Light award, validating all submissions via a standard set of questions administered during in-depth interviews. A collaboration between Cohere, Humana, and two provider organizations was selected for automating the prior authorization process and incorporating suggested care plans into the provider workflow. Cohere's UM collaboration platform uses transparent, AI-enabled clinical recommendations to align patients, physicians, and health plans on evidence-based care plans to improve clinical outcomes and reduce unnecessary variations in care.
"We are honored to receive this award, as it further validates our mission to provide the technology health plans and physicians need to identify and commit to an optimal care plan for every patient," said Siva Namasivayam, CEO of Cohere Health. "When payers and providers collaborate to share clinical data and policy information, prior authorization can go beyond simply saying 'yes' or 'no' to a requested service. It can be a catalyst for improving the patient's access to high-value care services, and driving better outcomes."
KLAS is a global healthcare IT research firm dedicated to improving healthcare delivery by gathering data and insights on software, services, and medical equipment. The company's Payer/Provider Initiative is intended to reduce the friction between payer and provider organizations by facilitating greater trust and alignment on mutual goals. The annual KLAS Points of Light awards are given to payers, providers, and IT vendors whose close cooperation led to shared outcomes, most commonly in the areas of prior authorization and value-based care.
The Cohere collaboration was recognized in these categories:
- Improved care quality: For lowering surgery complication rates and shifting procedures from inpatient to outpatient settings
- Improved patient experience: For enabling faster access to care for patients
- Improved efficiency: For reducing medical documentation and significantly reducing the administrative burden for payers
- Improved provider experience: For reducing peer-to-peer reviews and enabling providers to spend less time on the prior authorization process
- Improved financial results: For creating medical expense savings for payers
Cohere will be presented with the KLAS Points of Light award during the annual KLAS Payer/Provider Summit on May 24 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Last week, Cohere was also honored with a selection to the Becker's Hospital Review's 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare list for 2022, which highlights hospitals, health systems and healthcare companies that support professional growth, employee engagement, and diversity within the workforce.
About Cohere
Cohere Health drives collaborative utilization management (UM) by aligning physicians and health plans on evidence-based care paths for the patient's entire care journey. By integrating these care paths into the prior authorization submission process, Cohere's digital UM collaboration platform reduces denial rates and medical expenses while improving patient outcomes. The company is a winner of the TripleTree iAward and has been named to both Fierce Healthcare's Fierce 15 and CB Insights' Digital Health 150 lists. Cohere's investors include Flare Capital Partners, Define Ventures, Deerfield, Polaris Partners, and Longitude Capital.
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The first billionaire ever is thought to be Standard Oil magnate John D. Rockefeller back in 1916, or perhaps Henry Ford in 1925. Fast forward some 100 years to 2021: as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to rage, a record-breaking 660 people became billionaires globally, growing the previous year’s number by 30%. While the U.S. is home to the most billionaires out of any other country, Americans are somewhat split in their feelings on the billionaire class. According to Pew Research Center data, people in the U.S. became somewhat more critical of billionaires between 2020 and 2021. Although support for individual billionaires like Elon Musk or Bill Gates is relatively strong, many Americans view the ultra-rich—as a group rather than as individuals—negatively. Meanwhile, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is projected to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2026.
The U.S.’s wealthiest billionaires are mostly concentrated within just a couple of industries: finance and investments, and technology. Other wealthy sectors include food and drink, fashion and retail, and media and entertainment. Stacker compiled a list of the richest billionaires that are residents of Texas, using data from Forbes. Billionaires are ranked by net worth as of September 6. Forbes lists 65 billionaires in Texas.
#20. Ray Lee Hunt
– Net worth: $5.7 billion (#450 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Dallas, Texas
– Source of wealth: oil, real estate
#19. Tilman Fertitta
– Net worth: $5.9 billion (#417 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Houston, Texas
– Source of wealth: Houston Rockets, entertainment, Self Made
#18. Ken Fisher
– Net worth: $6.3 billion (#389 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Dallas, Texas
– Source of wealth: money management, Self Made
#17. David Bonderman
– Net worth: $6.6 billion (#363 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Fort Worth, Texas
– Source of wealth: private equity, Self Made
#16. Dannine Avara
– Net worth: $6.9 billion (#334 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Houston, Texas
– Source of wealth: pipelines
#15. Milane Frantz
– Net worth: $6.9 billion (#334 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Houston, Texas
– Source of wealth: pipelines
#14. Scott Duncan
– Net worth: $6.9 billion (#334 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Houston, Texas
– Source of wealth: pipelines
#13. Randa Duncan Williams
– Net worth: $6.9 billion (#332 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Houston, Texas
– Source of wealth: pipelines
#12. Richard Kinder
– Net worth: $7.2 billion (#317 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Houston, Texas
– Source of wealth: pipelines, Self Made
#11. Joe Gebbia
– Net worth: $7.6 billion (#287 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Austin, Texas
– Source of wealth: Airbnb, Self Made
#10. Robert F. Smith
– Net worth: $8.0 billion (#263 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Austin, Texas
– Source of wealth: private equity, Self Made
#9. Ann Walton Kroenke
– Net worth: $8.3 billion (#244 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Electra, Texas
– Source of wealth: Walmart
#8. Andrew Beal
– Net worth: $9.4 billion (#206 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Dallas, Texas
– Source of wealth: banks, real estate, Self Made
#7. Autry Stephens
– Net worth: $10.0 billion (#188 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Midland, Texas
– Source of wealth: oil, Self Made
#6. Jeffery Hildebrand
– Net worth: $12.3 billion (#148 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Houston, Texas
– Source of wealth: oil, Self Made
#5. Stanley Kroenke
– Net worth: $12.9 billion (#140 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Electra, Texas
– Source of wealth: sports, real estate, Self Made
#4. Jerry Jones
– Net worth: $15.0 billion (#115 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Dallas, Texas
– Source of wealth: Dallas Cowboys, Self Made
#3. Michael Dell
– Net worth: $49.8 billion (#24 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Austin, Texas
– Source of wealth: Dell computers, Self Made
#2. Alice Walton
– Net worth: $55.6 billion (#21 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Fort Worth, Texas
– Source of wealth: Walmart
#1. Elon Musk
– Net worth: $253.8 billion (#1 wealthiest in the world)
– Residence: Austin, Texas
– Source of wealth: Tesla, SpaceX, Self Made
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BRINNON, Wash. (WXIN) – It wasn’t the usual mountain rescue for first responders in Washington’s Olympic National Forest.
Instead of rescuing a hiker that was stranded at the top of a mountain, they came to the aid of a woman who was stuck inside an outdoor toilet.
The woman was using the facilities at the Mt. Walker vista point on Tuesday when she dropped her cell phone into the underground container below a vault toilet, according to a public Facebook post by the Brinnon Fire Department.
A vault toilet, typically found at campgrounds and near hiking trails, is waterless and non-flushing.
The woman first tried to get the phone out herself by taking the toilet seat and housing apart and using her dog’s leash to “fish” the phone out.
Crews said she was using the dog’s leash to support herself when she fell headfirst into the toilet.
After attempting for 15-20 minutes to get herself out of the container, the woman was able to get her hands on her phone and call 911.
The Brinnon and Quilcene fire departments responded and made a makeshift cribbing platform tall enough for the woman to stand on and pulled her to safety.
According to the Brinnon Fire Department, the woman was washed down and given a Tyvek suit — personal protective equipment in the style of a coverall — to wear. She did not wish to be taken to the hospital.
Crews urged her to seek medical attention after her exposure to human waste, but she only wanted to leave and continue on her way to California, they said.
They said the woman was lucky not to have become ill due to the toxic gases or hurt from the fall.
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| 2022-04-22T21:59:10Z
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Restaurant Staff Join Foodservice Workers Nationwide in Organizing
LAWRENCE, Kan., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Foodservice workers employed by Pioneer Ridge Retirement Community have filed for an election to join Teamsters Local 696. The vote will be conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) within the next 30 days.
The 20 cooks, servers, housekeepers, and dishwashers work at the independent living facility's restaurant. They are the latest in a growing movement of foodservice workers who are organizing nationwide.
"These workers are critical to the residents of Pioneer Ridge, and they deserve respect from their employer. We are honored to be chosen by these workers, and we look forward to winning recognition and negotiating a first union contract," said Local 696 Secretary-Treasurer Matt Hall.
"We see what's going on nationally –— at Chipotle, Starbucks, Amazon, Trader Joe's — and we said, 'Why not us?' We work hard. We care deeply about the residents of this community. We deserve a union just as much as anyone else, and we plan on getting one," said Jonathan Oliva, a Pioneer Ridge employee and member of the Teamsters organizing committee.
Teamsters Local 696 represents workers in a wide variety of industries throughout Eastern Kansas, including UPS workers, public employees, school bus drivers, sanitation workers, and more. For more information, go to Teamsters696.com/.
Contact:
Matt Hall, (785) 424-4831
matthall696@gmail.com
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National fashion retailer hires Tana Ward and announces new business and organization
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stand Out For Good, Inc., parent company of popular women's fashion brand Altar'd State, announces the opening of a new contemporary home brand and welcomes Tana Ward as brand president, leading the San Francisco-based team.
"Stand Out For Good, Inc. understands what it means to lead in the lifestyle space, and I am proud to drive the vision and next phase of growth with this exceptional family of brands," said Ward. "I look forward to working closely with Chairman and CEO Aaron Walters to build the leading purpose-based home brand, making a difference every day for guests and communities in need."
Tana Ward brings over 25 years of retail industry experience driving growth, building teams and delivering industry-leading results as a senior executive at retailers like Gap, Inc., American Eagle Outfitters and Restoration Hardware. Tana served as chief merchandising officer at both American Eagle Outfitters and Restoration Hardware and was most recently co-president at Ben Soleimani, leading all functions of the business.
"We're delighted to welcome Tana Ward as our new brand president. Her experience and vision continue our growth in the consumer lifestyle space where we deliver quality products with unparalleled service and experience," said Aaron Walters, chairman and CEO of Stand Out For Good, Inc. "This new brand expands our reach further into the contemporary, curated lifestyle that we know our guest is searching for."
Most recently, the company announced the addition of Leila Heydari as head of design for Altar'd State. She will be leading the new Altar'd State design office in Los Angeles.
About Stand Out For Good, Inc.
Stand Out For Good, Inc. is a purpose-based, inspiring lifestyle and fashion family of brands rooted in community and committed to giving back. From welcoming experiences and warm associates to thoughtfully curated products in-store and online, Stand Out For Good, Inc. represents 127 Altar'd State stores, 35 Arula boutiques, six Vow'd boutiques and three Tullabee boutiques in 39 states. Stand Out For Good is built upon the founding principles of giving back and making a difference in the world. Locally in communities nationwide and globally too, Stand Out For Good, Inc. has partnered with over 4,000 nonprofits that provide relief, compassion, resources, education and love. To learn more about the Stand Out For Good, Inc. family of brands, visit their websites at altardstate.com, arula.com, vowdweddings.com and tullabee.com.
Media Contact:
Laura Mansfield, APR
Tombras
lmansfield@tombras.com
865.599.9968
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| 2022-07-21T14:20:52Z
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GRAPEVINE, Texas (KDAF) — A new shopping option that’s curated, cost-effective and on-trend.
Inside DFW is taking you backstage to the latest retail spot in Grapevine. Macy’s Backstage just opened its third free-standing backstage store in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
It’s located at 3000 Grapevine Mills Pkwy Suite 127. For more information, visit macysbackstage.com.
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| 2022-05-20T17:06:49Z
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Arqit Quantum Inc. f/k/a Centricus Acquisition Corp. (NasdaqCM: ARQQ, ARQQW, CENH, CENHU, CENHW) if they purchased the Company's securities between September 7, 2021 and April 18, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period") and/or held Centricus securities as of August 31, 2021 and were eligible to vote at the special meeting on the merger between Arqit and Centricus. Shareholders have until July 5, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
Shareholders are encouraged to contact us at https://kclasslaw.com/cases/securities/nasdaqcm-arqq/, by calling toll-free at 1-833-835-1495 or by email (dk@kclasslaw.com).
Kuznicki Law PLLC is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a Company lead to artificial inflation of the Company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
CONTACT:
Kuznicki Law PLLC
Daniel Kuznicki, Esq.
445 Central Avenue, Suite 344
Cedarhurst, NY 11516
Email: dk@kclasslaw.com
Phone: (347) 696-1134
Cell: (347) 690-0692
Fax: (347) 348-0967
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An off-duty officer put his knee on a 12-year-old girl’s neck to break up a school fight. The girl is now being charged
By Omar Jimenez, CNN
Back in March, an off-duty police officer was seen on video putting his knee on the neck of a 12-year-old girl in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for more than 20 seconds in an attempt to break up a school fight.
Now, the 12-year-old girl is being criminally charged with disorderly conduct, her family attorney Drew DeVinney told CNN.
“A juvenile delinquency petition has been filed against Jane Doe in Kenosha County,” DeVinney said. “However, the proceedings and court filings are confidential.”
The full contents of the criminal complaint were not immediately available because she is a minor. The Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office could not comment on a juvenile matter.
In March, the Kenosha Police Department confirmed to CNN that a criminal charge of disorderly conduct had been referred to prosecutors for “both juveniles involved in the incident.” However, neither the identity of either girl nor any other potential charge against the other minor involved has been disclosed.
DeVinney told CNN the girl was offered a “diversion,” however it would have required her to “admit to the charge, which was untenable.” He recalled the penalty would have been similar to probation, but it was “untenable because she is not guilty.”
The charge comes three months after video showed two students in a fight at Lincoln Middle School in Kenosha. Off-duty Kenosha Police officer Shawn Guetschow, working school security at the time, attempted to break it up before either being hit or falling backward with one of the students, the video shows. It appears he hits his head on the edge of a nearby table, the video shows.
Shortly after, Guetschow is seen on top of the student and appears to push her head into the floor with one hand and then place his knee on her neck for more than 20 seconds, the video shows. The 12-year-old girl is eventually handcuffed, picked up and led away, according to the video.
The officer’s position on the girl raised questions about how school police respond to adolescent fights and appeared disturbingly similar to the position of the former Minneapolis Police officer who killed George Floyd nearly two years ago.
Noting “the visual similarities to George Floyd,” a Kenosha Police Department spokesman said in April that interim Chief Eric Larsen asked the FBI to look into the case. The FBI has not responded to questions about the status of any investigation.
“Looking at that picture, it destroyed me,” the girl’s father, Jerrel Perrez, told CNN in March. “All it takes is just a little bit, especially for a 12-year-old girl. We’ve seen a grown man die from that same situation, just imagine a fragile 12-year-old’s neck.”
Officer resigned from school district in March
Guetschow, identified by both the Kenosha Unified School District and the Kenosha Police Department, resigned from his position with the school district, but remains an officer with the police department, CNN previously reported.
DeVinney, the family attorney, is now filing paperwork for a civil suit against a number of parties including Guetschow, Larsen and the Kenosha Unified School District.
“No criminal charges have been filed against Officer Guetschow, who we understand remains employed with the Kenosha Police Department,” wrote DeVinney in part of the notice of claim. “The difference between how an adult with a badge and a child with Black skin are being treated should offend everyone’s sense of morality, ethics, and justice,” he later continued.
“She is the victim of police brutality and now, what seems to be a concerted effort to silence her with baseless charges. The absence of accountability for a grown man that choked this child is striking,” DeVinney added.
CNN has reached out to the Kenosha Police Department for comment but has not gotten a response.
Pete Deates, president of the Kenosha Professional Police Association, had not seen all the details of the civil claim when reached by CNN. However, he previously told CNN that Guetschow was injured as part of the incident.
In a statement provided to CNN, Sam Hall Jr., attorney for the Kenosha Unified School District, wrote, “The allegations within the Notice of Claim are unfounded. The Kenosha Unified School District will vigorously defend itself and its employees in the event that litigation is initiated in this matter.”
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Rescued beagle puppies visit nursing home
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. (WJLA) - Six-week-old beagle puppies rescued from a Virginia breeding facility visited seniors at a nursing home in Fairfax County.
“Oh, I like it. I like puppies. I haven’t had one in a long time,” resident Julia Doyle said.
The staff at Promedica Skilled Nursing had heard about the ongoing mission to save 4,000 beagles that were bred to be sold to labs for experimentation, so they reached out to Homeward Trails Animal Shelter to ask whether any of the recently rescued puppies might be able to stop by.
“We’re always looking for fun activities for our residents and I thought, you know, there’s nothing more fun or that would bring joy to the residents than having some puppies visit,” nursing home staff Cindy Oplinger said.
There was lots of joy from both the residents and the puppies on Wednesday afternoon.
“Oh, we used to have a beagle and it’s so nice to see a puppy again. I love puppies,” resident Carol Brashares said.
It was a successful outing for the puppies eager to be loved and to give love as well.
“I think everybody wins. Yeah, it’s wonderful, and that was the whole point of bringing in the puppies today. We couldn’t be happier,” Oplinger said.
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| 2022-08-11T12:17:22Z
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Elizabeth Holmes seeks new trial, citing regrets of key witness
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes requested a new trial Tuesday, asserting in a court filing that a key witness for the prosecution now regrets the role he played in her conviction for investor fraud and conspiracy related to her failed blood-testing startup.
The petition centers on the reliability of testimony provided by former Theranos lab director Adam Rosendorff, who said he repeatedly raised concerns about the accuracy of bloods tests that were being administered to patients during his tenure in 2013 and 2014.
Prosecutors highlighted Rosendorff’s testimony during their closing arguments to a jury that convicted Holmes on four felony counts of investor fraud and conspiracy earlier this year after a nearly four-month trial. The same jury acquitted Holmes on charges of fraud and conspiracy against patients who had their blood tested by Theranos.
Rosendorff, reached via LinkedIn, said he had no comment, adding: “Do not contact me.”
Holmes, 38, is currently free on bail, but is facing up to 20 years in prison at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Oct. 17 in San Jose, California.
Her lawyers argued in a 17-page filing that Rosendorff is now expressing misgivings about his testimony, based on recent actions described in the court document.
The filing states that Rosendorff appeared at the home Holmes shares with her partner, William Evans, on the evening of August 8 in an attempt to meet with her. Evans intercepted Rosendorff, according to the document, and asked him to leave.
Before departing, according to the filing, Rosendorff told Evans that during his trial testimony “he tried to answer the questions honestly but that the prosecutors tried to make everyone look bad” and now feels like “he had done something wrong.” Before he appeared at Holmes’ residence, the document said, Rosendorff left a 30-second voicemail for one of her lawyers asking for a face-to-face meeting with Holmes because he thought it could be “quite healing” for both of them.
In their filing, Holmes lawyers said they had not been able to ask Rosendorff for further information about his reflections on his trial testimony for ethical reasons. The lawyers proposed an Oct. 3 hearing to discuss why they believe Rosendorff’s recent actions merit a new trial.
Also on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Davila formally rejected a request to set aside the jury’s verdicts in Holmes’ trial. Davila’s decision cited Rosendorff’s testimony in support of his ruling.
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| 2022-09-06T21:16:27Z
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BOSTON (AP) — Toronto’s Raimel Tapia hit an inside-the-park grand slam Friday night after Boston Red Sox center fielder Jarren Duran lost the ball in the Fenway Park lights and didn’t hustle after it.
Tapia’s sprint around the bases highlighted a record scoring outburst for the Blue Jays, who surpassed the franchise mark for runs in a game with their 25th during the fifth inning. They led 27-5 after 7 1/2 innings, three runs shy of the modern major league record.
Tapia hit the second inside-the-park slam in Toronto’s history — both of them at Fenway. This one came as part of a seven-running inning.
With two outs in the third, Tapia lifted a two-out fly ball to center against reliever Austin Davis.
Duran took a couple steps back, then a couple in, then put up his hands in confusion. Fans groaned when the ball landed on the warning track behind him.
Duran walked slowly toward the ball while left fielder Alex Verdugo raced over, slid to scoop it up and fired it toward the infield. The relay home wasn’t close to nabbing Tapia, who picked up speed when he realized Duran had lost the ball.
The 25-year-old Duran, in his second major league season, came into the game in a 2-for-30 slump.
The Blue Jays beat Baltimore 24-10 on June 26, 1978 for what had been the club scoring record. John Mayberry homered twice and drive in seven in that game after entering as a pinch-hitter.
The modern MLB record for runs in a game is 30, set by the Texas Rangers against the Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 22, 2007. The all-time mark is 36 for the Chicago Colts against the Louisville Colonels in 1897.
Boston’s record for runs allowed came in a 27-3 loss to Cleveland on July 7, 1923.
Junior Felix had Toronto’s previous inside-the-park slam on June 2, 1989 in Boston against Bob Stanley.
Danny Jansen had two home runs, and Matt Chapman and Teoscar Hernández also connected for the Blue Jays, who entered the day with a two-game lead over the Red Sox for the AL’s final wild-card spot.
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Version 8.0 delivers touchless results for document classification with new AI and machine learning enhancements and data extraction output options
CINCINNATI, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paradatec, Inc., an industry-leading provider of AI-based document classification and data extraction technology for mortgage and real estate documents, has released Version 8.0 of its enterprise software, which delivers touchless document classification and expanded data extraction audit trails for enhanced process automation.
"Today's Paradatec AI-Cloud release represents a multi-year effort to achieve completely automated document classification technology," said Neil Fraser, Paradatec's director of U.S. operations. "Our new AI models work seamlessly together to deliver remarkable results lenders and servicers can trust, supporting high volumes without sacrificing the speed they need to respond quickly to customers and business partners."
With Paradatec Version 8.0, current clients have already seen document recognition results that significantly surpass the accuracy of manual processes. "Because of changing market conditions, our clients asked us to deliver lights-out results so their staff could focus on customer service and risk management priorities," Fraser said. "Using our solution, they've been able to accelerate their processes and improve overall quality while saving time and freeing up their staff to focus on other business initiatives."
Version 8.0 includes multiple enhancements such as weighted averaging of different document characteristics within Paradatec's recognition engine. The engine classifies documents based on machine learning-enabled rules trained on an extensive library of document types used across the real estate and loan lifecycle.
The new release also provides enriched audit trails for the data extracted from the documents, expanding the information Paradatec embeds within each document and within the document package. These updates provide Paradatec clients with more detail about the source of each data field, which can be used to support additional automation in their systems. API options enable rapid integration with a client's existing systems, enabling clients to streamline their workflows using the company's AI-Cloud offering, the client's cloud or an on-premise deployment.
"We've made it even easier for our clients' systems to receive and use data from their documents, including the meta-data needed for advanced automation," Fraser said. "And with our monitoring and reporting tools to quantitatively measure accuracy and other success metrics, clients can truly see the impact and ROI from using Paradatec."
Paradatec is a leading provider of efficient, accurate and flexible AI-based document classification and data extraction technology for the lending and real estate industry. The company's out-of-the-box solution recognizes over 850 specific document types and uses machine-learning tools and pre-trained libraries to find and transform over 8,500 data points in mortgage and real estate documents into actionable data. Paradatec's clients include three of the 10 largest U.S. banks and four of the 10 largest servicers. For more information, visit www.paradatec.com.
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New Zealand court grants China’s extradition request for murder suspect in landmark case
By Jessie Yeung, CNN
New Zealand’s top court ruled Wednesday that a murder suspect can be extradited to China to face trial in a landmark decision following a more than decade-long legal battle.
Chinese authorities accuse Kyung Yup Kim, a South Korean citizen who has permanent residency in New Zealand, of killing a woman in Shanghai in 2009, according to court documents.
China first requested his extradition from New Zealand in 2011, but Kim’s lawyers argued he could face torture and would not receive a fair trial under the country’s murky judicial system, prompting years of legal wrangling.
Like many Western countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, New Zealand does not have an extradition treaty with China.
In its decision, New Zealand’s Supreme Court ruled by three judges to two that Kim’s extradition should proceed. The three judges in favor said they had received sufficient assurances from China and were “satisfied that there was no real risk Mr. Kim would face an unfair trial.”
Chinese authorities had assured the court that if extradited, Kim would have access to New Zealand consular staff, and be tried and detained in Shanghai rather than sent elsewhere in the country, according to the ruling.
The court added it felt confident China would stick to its word, citing “the strength of (China’s) motivation to honor the assurances” and “the strength of the bilateral relationship between the two countries.”
Kim’s lawyers had argued the high-profile nature of this case and its sensitivity to Chinese authorities put him at high risk. In the Wednesday ruling, the court disagreed, saying he was “an ordinary criminal suspect” because he “does not belong to a minority group and is not a political prisoner.”
In a statement to CNN, Tony Ellis, Kim’s lead lawyer, said Kim was “very disappointed with the judgment.”
The team will fight the extradition by filing a complaint to the UN Human Rights Committee and seek a fresh judicial review if necessary, Ellis said.
He cited the more than two years the Supreme Court had taken to reach its decision and Kim’s numerous health issues — including severe depression, a small brain tumor, and liver and kidney diseases — as grounds to object.
After China’s initial extradition request in 2011, Kim had been detained for five years then granted bail on the condition he wore an ankle bracelet, making him the longest serving detainee without trial in New Zealand’s modern history, Ellis said.
The case against Kim
Kim has lived in New Zealand since he was 14 years old, according to court documents. His mother is also a New Zealand permanent resident, while his father, brother and two children are citizens.
The case against him dates back to December 2009, when a young woman who worked as a waitress at a bar was found dead in Shanghai, according to court documents. At the time, Kim was visiting Shanghai and had rented an apartment there.
Pieces of a quilt were found on her body — which were identified by Kim’s then-girlfriend as similar to one he owned. When police searched Kim’s apartment, they found samples that matched the waitress’ DNA.
Kim had also told a contact in a telephone conversation that he may have beaten a sex worker to death, according to police.
Court documents said there was evidence to suggest the waitress may have engaged in sex work.
Kim has denied the murder charges.
Legal battle
Following China’s initial extradition request, the New Zealand courts ruled in 2013 that Kim could be handed over and that decision was confirmed two years later by the Minister of Justice. However, Kim filed for a judicial review and successfully challenged the decision.
After receiving further assurances from China that it would treat Kim humanely, the minister in 2016 decided to recommend Kim’s extradition a second time.
Kim once again challenged the decision — first unsuccessfully at the High Court then successfully at the Court of Appeal in 2019.
The case then went to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.
At the time, the Chinese Foreign Ministry had urged New Zealand to extradite Kim “as soon as possible, so that justice can be upheld for the victim,” and defended the Chinese judicial system as respecting “the legal rights of criminal suspects.”
In China, courts, prosecutors and police are overseen by the Chinese Communist Party’s powerful Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission and its local branches.
China’s judicial system has a conviction rate of about 99%, according to legal observers. Human rights advocates say unfair trials and the torture and mistreatment of prisoners are common.
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Betts falls triple shy of cycle, leads Dodgers past Phillies
By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Mookie Betts homered, doubled and singled, knocked in three runs, threw out the potential go-ahead run at the plate and sparked the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Gavin Lux lined the go-ahead single to right over a drawn-in infield in the eighth inning for a 5-4 lead. Cody Bellinger scored on Searanthony Dominguez’s wild pitch for the 6-4 lead. Austin Barnes hit his fourth homer of the year in the ninth for a 7-4 lead. Phillies star Bryce Harper went 1 for 4 as the designated hitter in his first game in a week. The 2021 NL MVP was one of the hottest hitters in baseball before he was forced out of the lineup for an injection in his elbow..
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ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Second Front Systems (2F), a public benefit software company accelerating the delivery of mission-critical software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions to government, announces its sponsorship of Capital Factory's 2022 Fed Supernova.
Fed Supernova is a three-day event, hosted by Capital Factory, that marries defense priorities with trending technology. The event will be held from Sept. 27-29 at Capital Factory in Austin, Texas. It also includes options to attend virtually.
"We can't wait to discover what new ideas and technologies are out there waiting for the right people to come together to make it happen," said Tyler Sweatt, 2F Chief Revenue Officer. "2F is a proud sponsor of Fed Supernova because we understand the importance of events like this that bring technologists, capital partners, and warfighters under one roof."
Capital Factory is a center for entrepreneurship based in Austin, Texas, with boots on the ground in Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio. Capital Factory facilitates collaboration between entrepreneurs, programmers, and designers both in-person and online. It also connects these groups to investors, employees, mentors, and customers.
Fed Supernova brings together entrepreneurs, government, and industry to bridge the "Valley of Death" between commercial technology and Department of Defense (DoD) programs. Discussion topics are informed by DoD, federal, and corporate thought leaders.
Federal acquisition corps, entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, and decision-makers from around the world will be in attendance. Past participants include AWS, IBM, Deloitte, MITRE, AFWERX, and more.
2F is sponsoring the "Driving Collaboration" track for this year's event to discuss solutions to the crisis of trust across the DoD, which stifles innovation and weakens national and global security. 2F will also be taking part in "Epic Office Hours," a speed dating style set of 20-30 minute meetings between startups and government/defense partners.
2F breaks barriers between commercial technology and the defense market with Game Warden. Game Warden is 2F's accredited DevSecOps platform that enables both commercial and government solutions to increase speed, security, and scalability for testing, evaluating, procuring, and hosting SaaS applications.
At Fed Supernova, anyone can discover start-ups and solutions like 2F and Game Warden. It is an opportunity to become a part of the discussion of defense innovation and collaboration, and an opportunity to bridge the gap.
2F is proud to sponsor Fed Supernova because Capital Factory and 2F share a goal of connecting small businesses with defense leaders to foster innovation across national security.
Learn more and register for Fed Supernova here.
Second Front Systems (2F) fast-tracks government access to disruptive, commercially-proven software as a service (SaaS) applications for national security missions. Leading software providers—ranging from publicly traded defense contractors to startups—and government agencies trust 2F's Game Warden DevSecOps platform and secure cloud hosting environment to accelerate their delivery and harness the cloud revolution at scale. Founded by former U.S. Marines, this public benefit, venture-backed software company is driven by firsthand experience of the dangers outdated technology poses in combat. For more information, visit https://secondfront.com/
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Prosecutors want boy, 12, tried as an adult in S. Carolina school killing
Published: May. 5, 2022 at 2:21 PM CDT|Updated: 9 minutes ago
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 12-year-old boy accused of fatally shooting his classmate in a South Carolina middle school hallway should be tried as an adult on a murder charge.
Monday’s request by prosecutors to move the case out of Family Court did not include any explanation on why the boy should be charged as an adult.
Murder carries a sentence of 30 years to life in prison in South Carolina.
If he is convicted as a juvenile, he couldn’t be kept in jail after he turns 22.
Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson was shot during a class change at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville on March 31.
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NEW ORLEANS, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until August 15, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Unilever PLC (NYSE: UL), if they purchased the Company's American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") between September 2, 2020 and July 21, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
If you purchased ADRs of Unilever as above and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-ul/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by August 15, 2022.
Unilever and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On July 19, 2021, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Ben & Jerry's, announced a resolution to end sales of its ice cream in "Occupied Palestinian Territory" upon the expiration of the current licensing agreement by which its products had been distributed in Israel for decades. Then, on July 22, 2021, media sources reported that the states of Texas and Florida were investigating Ben & Jerry's actions for possible violations of the states' Anti-BDS (boycotts, divestment, and sanctions of Israel) legislation.
On this news, ADRs of Unilever fell $3.19 per share, or approximately 5.4%.
The case is City of St. Clair Shores Police and Fire Retirement System v. Unilever PLC, et al., No. 22-cv-05011.
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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Friday forecast: Hot today, cool weekend with rain
Rainfall amounts steady between 0.25″ to 0.50″
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Today will continue to be hot with temperatures in the low to mid 90s across the area under sunny skies with light south winds. Overnight tonight marks the first changes we will see as winds begin to turn north by Saturday morning with our front finally making it here. Saturday will be cooler in the low to mid 80s with partly cloudy skies and rain on the way for as early as the afternoon. We stay cool through the weekend and then begin to warm up once again next week.
Taking Action:
- We will stay hot today but will cool down for the weekend.
- Rain chance Saturday is highest this evening, but newer data suggests we may start to see showers in the afternoon Saturday.
Today: Warm and sunny. Highs in the low to mid 90s. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the low 60s. Winds becoming north behind front at 5 to 10 mph, gusting to more.
Saturday: Partly cloudy and cooler. Highs in the low to mid 80s. Winds NE at 10 to 15 mph. Rain chance developing for the afternoon/evening lingering into the night.
Sunday: Becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
The cold front is finally here after waiting all week. The front should make it’s way through by Saturday morning keeping temperatures Saturday much cooler in the low to mid 80s. The rain will develop behind the front beginning around midday in Central Kansas and moving east by as early as the afternoon Saturday. A few thunderstorms are possible, but no strong or severe weather is expected. The rain should wrap up overnight Saturday into Sunday generally leaving behind between 0.25″ and 0.50″.
Temperatures Sunday slide in to the 70s for highs with clouds decreasing through the day with light north winds. Should be an excellent reminder that fall is near, although not here yet. Overnight lows this weekend into Monday night will be cool in the 50s. Monday stays nice before we quickly begin warming again as high pressure builds in the east.
90s unfortunately become regular in northeast Kanas to round out next week. More bad news is that the dry and quiet weather pattern largely stays in control.
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Deputy Sheriff John Shallenberger of Tazewell County Sheriff's Office honored by peers at national conference of school resource officers
AURORA, Colo., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deputy Sheriff John Shallenberger, who serves as a school resource officer in Tazewell County, IL, has been named the recipient of the 2022 "Innovation in the Classroom Award," given by The National Road Safety Foundation and NASRO, the National Association of School Resource Officers. Deputy Shallenberger was selected by a panel of his peers and received the award yesterday at the annual NASRO Conference here.
The award, which recognizes innovative teaching of traffic safety in schools by a police officer, carries with it full conference registration and an expenses-paid trip to the NASRO Conference.
Dep. Shallenberger, who has been a Deputy Sheriff for 20 years, is a founding member and currently chairs the Tazewell Teen Initiative. The Initiative was instituted in 2006, after 15 teens had been killed in traffic crashes throughout the county over a 15-month period. The Initiative helped kick off Operation Teen Safe Driving, a multifaceted safety education program in all seven county high schools. Within two years, the peer-to-peer safe driving initiative was expanded statewide and 105 schools received financial assistance to develop programs emphasizing seat belt use, distracted driving, impaired driving and speeding. As a result, the county had no fatal teen crashes for five years.
Dep. Shallenberger, with his partner, also developed a class curriculum called Decision Driving, a two-part class with a hands-on exercise. It was developed after meeting with local teens to determine topics they thought their peers need, including dangers for teen drivers and passengers in motor vehicles, avoidable situations in motor vehicles and various driving techniques.
Mo Canady, Executive Director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, said, "Deputy Shallenberger has demonstrated great creativity and his leadership has help expand good programming into many more schools."
"We are pleased to recognize Deputy Shallenberger's innovative thinking that is having a proven positive impact on the safety of our young people on the road," said Michelle Anderson, Director of Operations at The National Road Safety Foundation.
NASRO, the world's leader in school-based policing, is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1991 for school-based law enforcement officers, school administrators and school security and/or safety professionals who work as partners to protect schools and their students, faculty and staff members.
NASRO developed the "triad" concept of school-based policing, which divides SRO responsibilities into three areas: educator, informal counselor/mentor and law enforcement officer. By training law enforcement officers to educate, counsel and protect school communities, the more than 3,000 men and women of NASRO continuously lead by example and promote a positive image of law enforcement to school children and school communities. For more information, go to www.nasro.org
The National Road Safety Foundation, Inc. (NRSF) is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit charitable organization that for 60 years has been dedicated to reducing crashes, deaths and injuries on our nation's highways by promoting safe driving habits through greater public awareness.
NRSF programs deal with distracted driving, speed and aggression, impaired driving, drowsy driving, driver proficiency and pedestrian safety. The Foundation also works with key youth advocacy groups and sponsors contests to engage teens in promoting safe driving to their peers and in their communities. For more information or to download free programs, visit www.nrsf.org.
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- Hundreds of Aspen Dental offices to open doors for annual Day of Service, honoring veterans
- Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 to schedule an appointment
CHICAGO, May 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 11, participating Aspen Dental locations nationwide will open their doors to provide free care to military veterans across the country. Now in its 8th year, the Aspen Dental Day of Service provides much-needed dental care for veterans and their families at no cost to honor their service and break down barriers to health care.
Appointments are still available for veterans in Indiana, at the following Aspen Dental locations:
- Crawfordsville, Indiana
- Evansville, Indiana
- Evansville, Indiana (South Red Bank)
- Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Castleton)
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Lawrence)
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Southport Rd)
- Jasper, Indiana
- Richmond, Indiana
- South Bend, Indiana
- Terre Haute, Indiana
Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 (1-844-ASPENHMM) to find a participating Aspen Dental office in their community and schedule an appointment. Advance appointments are required. During the Day of Service, Aspen Dental doctors and their teams focus on treating the most urgent dental needs for veterans and their families - with a focus on getting them out of pain, from fillings and extractions to dental hygiene and basic denture repairs.
Millions of Americans struggle to access dental care every year, and veterans are no exception. In fact, U.S. veterans are ineligible for dental benefits through the Veterans Administration unless they're 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war.
Visit www.HealthyMouthMovement.com to learn more.
About Aspen Dental
Aspen Dental was founded in 1998 in New York by Bob Fontana with a simple goal in mind: to break down the barriers that doctors and patients face when it comes to dental care. Today, more than 20 years later, with nearly 1,000 Aspen Dental locations nationwide, the mission of the company remains the same – to bring better care to more people. Aspen Dental is the largest group of branded dental offices in the world. For more information, visit aspendental.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
About TAG – The Aspen Group
TAG – The Aspen Group was built on the simple idea of bringing better health care to more people. TAG and the independent health care practices it supports operate more than 1,100 locations in 45 states through its four health care support companies: Aspen Dental®, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers®, WellNow Urgent Care® and Chapter Aesthetic StudioSM. Combined, the companies serve more than 35,000 patients a day and more than 8 million patients each year. TAG is headquartered at 800 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. For more information, visit teamtag.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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A sustainability-themed virtual development project building a better tomorrow
HONG KONG, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Regal Hotels Group (or the "Group", Stock Code 78) today announced its entrance into the metaverse with MetaGreen, a project to develop an ESG (environmental, social, and governance) themed plot of "LAND" in The Sandbox, a leading decentralised gaming virtual world and subsidiary of Animoca Brands. As an estate LAND NFT within Mega City 2, MetaGreen will be the Sandbox's first green metropolis and represent an exciting ecosystem that will positively harness blockchain, tokenisation, GameFi, play-to-earn and NFTs. Scheduled for completion by October 2022, MetaGreen aims to promote eco-friendly choices and foster a sustainable community to support a circular economy.
Ms. Poman Lo, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of the Regal Hotels Group, explained, "Sustainability and technology have long been at the heart of our group's DNA and passionately infused in our corporate initiatives and strategic investments. Web3 and metaverse technologies will not only disrupt every facet of our daily lives, but also empower socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable impact in the world. Accelerating the transition to carbon net zero, MetaGreen is a collaborative ecosystem of likeminded partners co-creating a progressive green movement to inspire decarbonisation and behavioural changes in the consumer and business communities."
"The metaverse, blockchain and NFTs are here to stay, and our investment in The Sandbox puts Regal Hotels among the first hotel groups in the world to take a bold and leading role in the next iteration of the internet. The MetaGreen project strives to inspire, educate and catalyse a more sustainable future by mobilising a green ecosystem of likeminded partners who will co-create this path to carbon net zero with us, as we leverage the latest blockchain technology and immersive new media." The Group is acutely aware of the environmental impact of proof-of-work protocols, which spurred the careful decision to partner MetaGreen with The Sandbox, due to its current migration to the eco-friendly Polygon blockchain and its carbon offset pledges. As part of the Group's own pledge, MetaGreen has already purchased more than double the verified carbon credits necessary to reverse its limited Ethereum emissions.
MetaGreen represents the Group's three distinguishing strengths. First is Regal Hotels' longstanding focus on customer-centric innovation to elevate guest experiences, such as in 2001 when www.regalhotel.com became the first hotel website in Hong Kong to offer online room booking, or in 2014 when iclub became the first hotel brand in the city to utilise mobile key technology. Second, the Group continues to demonstrate its enduring commitment to sustainability and purpose-driven business initiatives. In 2010, iclub Wanchai became Hong Kong's first carbon neutral hotel. The Group also seeks to connect with the environmentally conscious new generation by extending its environmental values into the metaverse. The final competitive advantage is the Group's well-demonstrated collaborative network. MetaGreen already boasts a vast synergistic network of industry-leading partners including Hang Seng Bank, the School of Business and Management of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School) and UOB who have all already confirmed their presence and support.
Ms. Diana Cesar, Executive Director and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank, said, "We are excited to be part of the visionary MetaGreen project. This innovative concept resonates with Hang Seng's strong aspiration to being a leading ESG driver in the local banking sector. We intend to become carbon neutral in our operations by 2030 and support our customers to transition to a low-carbon economy. Raising awareness, inspiring young people and encouraging them to take their future in their own hands is also key to making this happen. Hang Seng's presence in the MetaGreen will provide a dynamic new venue for the Bank to encourage greater community collaboration, particularly among younger people, to address major ESG issues and global challenges such as climate change, with the vision of building a greener tomorrow. "
Professor Tam Kar Yan, Dean of HKUST Business School, said, " With the metaverse hailed as the Internet's new frontier, we are excited to be a part of this industry partnership and explore through the MetaGreen platform the interplay between sustainability education, business and the metaverse, with a view to taking advantage of the metaverse's immersive experience in opening new possibilities in business education and contributing to Hong Kong's green future. "
Mrs Christine Ip, CEO – Greater China, UOB, said, "Sustainability is now an imperative with collective will among community stakeholders to change business practices and lifestyles for the greater good. As a leading financial institution in Asia, UOB takes seriously our responsibility to forging a sustainable future. We strive to sharpen our focus on helping businesses to advance responsibly, steering consumer wealth to sustainable investments and fostering social inclusiveness and environmental well-being. We are happy to work with Regal Hotels Group to create value for our stakeholders from the art and cultural sustainability perspective. Our collaboration on MetaGreen provides a perfect opportunity for art and technology to converge as one. Through this artists and art enthusiasts can explore artwork and, participate in virtual art events like never before in this fast-paced digital world. "
Apart from the mentioned strategic partners, MetaGreen is pleased to have City Super Group as our sustainable retail partner. Mr. Thomas Woo, President of City Super, said, "City Super Group is committed to bringing a premium quality of life to our customers with the core value of 'crafting a better lifestyle'. We're delighted to join forces with Regal Hotels Group, allowing us to create truly innovative eco-friendly experiences in MetaGreen, the first green metropolis in The Sandbox metaverse, for new and existing customers. "
Regal Hotels have purchased what is known as an "estate" or a group of individual lands merged into a larger parcel, which will be a green virtual district in Mega City 2 and the first sustainability-themed metropolis in The Sandbox. At present, there are six uniquely interactive districts that make up the MetaGreen virtual estate:
- Regal Hotels' green hotel & residence will showcase the latest sustainable proptech innovations and promote financial inclusion in the world's most expensive real estate market, where the Group will initially sell around 100 units in the form of NFTs;
- MetaGreen Convention Center – as The Sandbox's first MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) facility where ESG-related sustainability conferences will be hosted, demonstrating the next generation of interactive corporate events in the metaverse;
- MetaGreen Mall – the first sustainability-themed metaverse shopping mall that will cater to Hong Kong consumers who prefer virtual shopping over traditional physical malls, while also offering immersive and creative O2O experiences;
- Art Park – a green art gallery that will serve as a platform for both artistic innovation and sustainability awareness;
- MetaGreen Academy – the first metaverse-based secondary school green curriculum, developed in partnership with HKUST Business School as a non-profit initiative of Bodhi Love Foundation, a Section 88 charity founded in 2013 by Ms. Poman Lo; and
- Virtual eco-travel – a metaverse biosphere that promotes biodiversity and online-to-offline eco-farming.
Accessibility and inclusivity are core elements to MetaGreen, as The Sandbox requires only a laptop or desktop computer with an approach quite similar to a traditional computer game. Targeting everyone from Generation X to Generation Z and people of all genders, ethnicities, religions and professions, Regal Hotels sees approximately two thirds of Hong Kong's population, a user base of 5 million, as potential MetaGreen netizens.
In the coming months, MetaGreen will announce more details regarding its pioneering decarbonise-to-earn model and continue to invite additional ecosystem partners who share their vision and intention of building a greener tomorrow.
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About Regal Hotels Group:
Founded in 1979 and publicly listed in Hong Kong since 1980, Regal Hotels Group (00078) is one of the largest hotel operators in Hong Kong with over 8,200 rooms and around 60 restaurants and bars in its portfolio as well as properties in mainland China, UK and Spain. Regal Hotels is an affiliate of Century City (00355), a diversified group of five listed companies in Hong Kong, with core businesses encompassing investment holding, property development and investment, hotel operation and management, hotel ownership and other investments.
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About Hang Seng Bank:
Widely recognised as Hong Kong's leading domestic bank, Hang Seng continuously innovates to provide best-in-class, customer-centric banking and wealth management services for individuals and businesses. With its award-winning mobile and digital platforms and over 280 physical outlets, Hang Seng's seamless omni-channel service experience enables more than 3.5 million customers in Hong Kong to easily manage their financial needs anytime, anywhere.
Its wholly owned subsidiary, Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited, operates outlets in about 20 major cities in mainland China to serve the local and cross-boundary banking needs of mainland customers. The Bank also operates branches in Macau and Singapore, and a representative office in Taipei. For more information, visit www.hangseng.com.
About HKUST Business School:
The School of Business and Management of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School) is young, innovative and committed to advancing global business knowledge. The School has forged an international reputation for world class education programs and research performance, and has received many top global rankings. Always striving for excellence, the School's strength lies in its full range of program offerings, high quality research conducted by world class faculty, as well as diverse and high-caliber students. Through its close collaboration with businesses, universities and research institutions worldwide, HKUST Business School seeks to advance business education and research and contribute to the economic and social advancement of the region.
About UOB:
United Overseas Bank Limited (UOB) is a leading bank in Asia with a global network of around 500 offices in 19 countries and territories in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. Since its incorporation in 1935, UOB has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions. UOB is rated among the world's top banks: Aa1 by Moody's Investors Service and AA- by both S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings. In Asia, UOB operates through its head office in Singapore and banking subsidiaries in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as branches and representative offices across the region.
Over more than eight decades, generations of UOB employees have carried through the entrepreneurial spirit, the focus on long-term value creation and an unwavering commitment to do what is right for our customers and our colleagues.
We believe in being a responsible financial services provider and we are committed to making a difference in the lives of our stakeholders and in the communities in which we operate. Just as we are dedicated to helping our customers manage their finances wisely and grow their businesses, UOB is steadfast in our support of social development, particularly in the areas of art, children and education.
Sustainable Retail Partner
About City Super Group:
City Super Group is a Hong Kong based retail chain and mega lifestyle specialty store. Established in 1996, it opened its first store in the prestigious shopping hub of Causeway Bay. Throughout the years, adhering to the spirit of craftsmanship, it has continued to offer a premium selection of products from around the world for busy urban professionals who pursue a premium quality of life. Targeted at diverse customer segments, the Group currently operates 19 Hong Kong stores, 6 Shanghai stores and 8 stores in Taiwan across the four store brands city'super, LOG-ON, cookedDeli and city'super EKI.
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CHICAGO, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Basis, a global insight consultancy headquartered in London – also having established highly successful offices in New York City, Los Angeles and Chicago – is looking to further expand its ambitious growth in the United States to support clients and internal teams.
To serve these growth efforts, Basis has hired brand insights and strategy expert Laurie Visee as Head of U.S. Quantitative Offering. Visee most recently held the position of Partner at Hall & Partners, an insight agency specializing in brand strategy, brand performance measurement, and campaign performance research. She has worked in insights for more than 20 years, working with clients across industries and audiences to answer their strategic questions and help drive their businesses forward.
"I'm thrilled to be joining Basis at such an exciting time," Visse said. "The chance to be a part of a strategic agency that pushes boundaries on how to design and leverage research is inspirational and aligns with my own beliefs and passion for uncovering insights. The Basis team is an amazing group of people from different backgrounds and specialties that are dedicated to delivering the very best, ensuring we're helping our clients thrive."
Katie Buckley, Managing Partner of Basis in the US, said: "We are ecstatic that Laurie has joined the team. Over the past few years, we've experienced high levels of growth and want to continue to offer the most thoughtful and strategic guidance to our clients. Bringing Laurie on enables us to do that with ambition and confidence and continued added value for our clients.
Basis, an independent insight consultancy, headquartered in London, with offices in LA and New York and Chicago.
It delivers custom qual and quant, ad hoc and tracking solutions for clients across a wide range of sectors and audiences, including media, entertainment, arts, retail, financial services, professional services, CPG, fashion and health.
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The report shares trends that can be derived from contract data and can be used as a benchmark, finds collaboration and hiring on the upswing, contract cycle times on the downswing, and more
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ironclad, the leading digital contracting platform, released its inaugural Digital Contracting Data Trends Report. The report used aggregated and anonymized contract data within Ironclad to identify trends in contracting, collaboration, hiring, and more. This first-of-its-kind report highlights trends that can be derived from contract data, and that companies can use for benchmarking against.
"Every business decision requires a contract, and, because of that, contract data can give businesses a holistic view of not only their legal obligations, but also their operations," said Jason Boehmig, CEO and co-founder of Ironclad. "This allows companies to create a data layer that reveals insights around how teams are operating, how quickly deals are closing, how much spend companies are committed to, and much more."
The report, which features four chapters, analyzes data across more than one billion contracts within Ironclad. The analysis comprises a unique proprietary mix of process data around the contracting process, and data inside contracts (known as "metadata"), to gain insight into trends across a wide range of areas in business.
The analysis found that across Ironclad's diverse customer base, spanning industries, locations, and sizes, companies are:
- Moving faster, with more agility, to navigate the pandemic. Contract cycle times steadily decreased after 2019, dropping from a pre-pandemic average by 10 days (60%) in 2022. As companies were pushed to compete on speed and scale, they became more reliant on online digital agreements that can be accepted instantly, also known as clickwrap agreements. Measured against pre-pandemic levels, the report found clickwrap contract volume increased by 274% in 2020, and 443% in 2021.
- Embracing new, digital ways to collaborate internally and externally. Teams are increasingly embracing browser-based collaboration for their contracts, demonstrated by a 262% increase YoY in usage of Ironclad's browser-based contracts editor, and a 150% quarter-over-quarter increase in browser-based negotiation.
- Turning to contracts as shock absorbers during times of volatility, including the pandemic. Scrutiny of contracts is at an all-time high as companies seek to gain greater control and visibility into their obligations within contracts. With companies seeking to control risks lurking in their contractual obligations in 2020, the number of contract search volume queries rose by 470% compared to pre-pandemic levels, with 2021 levels increasing by 335%.
- Severance and termination peaked in 2020, with offer letters hitting an all time high in 2021. In 2020, offer letter contracts saw a 42% increase from the 2019 pre-pandemic baseline levels, while also seeing a 247% increase in severance and termination agreements. In 2021, offer letters increased 177% from 2019 levels, and severance and termination levels grew 97%. These findings demonstrate that signs of the Great Reshuffling can be seen through contract data.
- More hiring of consultants and services than ever before. Ironclad data showed a massive uptick in partnerships and consulting agreements, growing by nearly 80% in 2020, and by 119% in 2021, compared to 2019 levels. In a similar vein, procurement agreements (commonly used for software and other services) grew by 250% in 2020, and 220% in 2021, compared to pre-pandemic levels.
"By providing a platform that can not only extract metadata from existing contracts, but also generate unique insights about the actual contracting process, we're able to paint a much more holistic picture of the business world through contract data," said Boehmig. "This report is a true testament to the power of contract data, and serves as a glimpse into the future of business analytics. We're excited to be part of this journey, and to be helping build that future."
Ironclad is the #1 contract lifecycle management platform for innovative companies, powering billions of contracts every year. L'Oréal, Staples, Mastercard, and other leading innovators use Ironclad to collaborate and negotiate on contracts, accelerate contracting while maintaining compliance, and turn contracts into critical carriers of operational business intelligence. It's the only platform flexible enough to handle every type of contract workflow, whether a sales agreement, an HR agreement or a complex NDA. Recently named one of the Top Companies to Bet Your Career On by Business Insider, the company is a Leader on the Forrester Wave for Contract Lifecycle Management and is backed by leading investors like Accel, Sequoia, Y Combinator, and BOND. For more information, visit www.ironcladapp.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Three distinct organizations mark significant moment to continue 128-year history of safety science leadership
NORTHBROOK, Ill., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the UL enterprise revealed new brands for its three organizations — UL Research Institutes, UL Standards & Engagement and UL Solutions. The brands reflect and clarify the unique role that each organization plays in working for a safer world.
"Our expertise in safety science has enabled the advancement of the human experience, including safety at work and home, for more than 128 years," said James Shannon, board chairman, UL Research Institutes and UL Solutions. "While the brands signify a new era for each of our organizations, we share a history and the UL and Underwriters Laboratories names, which are synonymous with safety science leadership. Our brands may be evolving, but our commitment to working for a safer world is constant."
The UL enterprise confronts safety challenges head-on, turning questions and hypotheses into discoveries, and innovating to ensure that scientific knowledge is applied. The three organizations' capacity to create change is amplified by a distinctive network of researchers, engineers, technologists, government regulators, technical experts and business leaders to advance safety science.
Each of the three organizations — two nonprofit organizations and the commercial business — serves a distinct role in helping to advance safety science:
- The UL Research Institutes brand signals its focus on rigorous independent research into ongoing and emerging human safety risks. As threats evolve and their consequences become more severe, UL Research Institutes pursues scientific discovery to advance public safety — marshaling resources to scan for and assess emerging human safety risks in areas such as autonomous systems and artificial intelligence.
- The UL Standards & Engagement brand exemplifies its longstanding role as a critical facilitator of standards-related public-private partnerships around the world. UL Standards & Engagement translates data and safety science research into actionable, rigorous safety standards and drives safety advocacy campaigns focused on improving public safety.
- The UL Solutions brand represents its commitment to partnering with customers and stakeholders around the world to help solve safety, security and sustainability challenges. A global safety science leader, UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth.
While the logos for the organizations have been updated to reflect the new brands, the existing UL Certification Marks, which signal high-quality performance and independent third-party safety, security and sustainability certification, will remain unchanged.
About UL Research Institutes
UL Research Institutes is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to advancing the Underwriters Laboratories public safety mission through scientific discovery and application. With best-in-class experts, we are the world's premier safety science research organization. We conduct rigorous independent research, analyze safety data and explore at the edges of technology to be the first to uncover and act on emerging risks to human safety.
About UL Standards & Engagement
UL Standards & Engagement is a nonprofit standards development and advocacy organization that translates data from safety science into practical, action-oriented safety standards. We convene experts worldwide and serve as a vital resource for regulators and policymakers. As a part of our public outreach activities, we share knowledge, advance standards-related safety policy partnerships and advocate for standards and regulations that result in positive safety changes.
About UL Solutions
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
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Respected senior technology executive tapped to lead technical strategy and execution as the disruptive startup accelerates product development and innovation efforts
BROOKINGS, S.D., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Query.AI, the provider of the market's only security investigations control plane for modern enterprises, today announced the appointment of Jeremy Fisher as chief technology officer (CTO). Fisher joins Query.AI with extensive technology and cybersecurity experience, as well as a proven track record of transforming business operations; developing, launching, and scaling first-in-class enterprise solutions that achieve desired outcomes; and building and retaining high-performing teams.
"We're delighted to welcome Jeremy to Query.AI during a time when we're seeing such strong market opportunity and promise for the future," said Dhiraj Sharan, Query.AI founder and CEO. "Our security investigations platform is solving a big industry problem by giving enterprises real-time, centralized insights from decentralized data across cloud, third-party SaaS, and on-prem environments. As a result, security operations teams can accelerate cybersecurity investigations and efficiently respond to threats. Jeremy's optimal combination of technical and leadership skills will enable Query.AI to take our platform to the next level, deliver even better customer experiences, and scale our company. I'm really looking forward to working closely with Jeremy as we embark on this next stage of our evolution."
Fisher most recently served as CTO for Archer, an RSA company, where he led technology strategy and execution for an organization of 250 people across engineering, architecture, experience design, operations, and product management. At Archer, Fisher brought a new SaaS offering to market, which significantly outsold earlier managed services offerings in its first year. He also led the development of Archer Engage, a cloud-native complement to the Archer Platform, as well as Archer Insight, the first risk quantification offering to span all domains of integrated risk management. Prior to Archer, Fisher was director, advanced engineering and data science for DST Systems (now SS&C Technologies), where he created a startup incubator focused on big data and deep analytics, and subsequently was selected to serve as technical lead for the company's digital transformation. Fisher previously held leadership positions of increasing responsibility at VML (now VMLY&R), Adknowledge, and Dominion Enterprises.
"Companies everywhere are struggling to figure out how they can bring security operations capabilities to different environments, and they're seeing that it's extremely difficult, costly, inefficient, and ineffective to send information in and out of disparate silos," said Fisher. "Query.AI offers the only solution on the market that solves this pervasive problem. I'm very excited about working with the Query.AI team to address this very real market issue, and to lead the ongoing development of a disruptive and innovative solution that I believe has the power to drastically improve cybersecurity incident response."
Fisher's appointment follows the announcement of Neil Bridges as CISO in March 2022, and the company's recent Cybersecurity Excellence Award win.
About Query.AI
The Query.AI Security Investigations Platform, a patented browser-based platform, serves as a connective tissue that delivers federated search to conduct cybersecurity operations across data silos in cloud, third-party SaaS, and on-prem environments. Access data where it lives, enjoy privacy by design, investigate in minutes, and respond with one-click orchestration. For more information, please visit http://www.query.ai.
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Judge paves way for Marjorie Taylor Greene to stay on ballot
By Marshall Cohen, CNN
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the conspiracy theory-peddling Georgia Republican, shouldn’t be disqualified over her role in the January 6 insurrection, a judge said Friday in a significant legal blow to the voters and advocacy groups who tried to throw her off the ballot.
State Judge Charles Beaudrot said in a 19-page recommendation that even if it is assumed that the US Capitol riot was an insurrection, “challengers have produced insufficient evidence to show that Rep. Greene ‘engaged’ in that insurrection after she took the oath of office on January 3, 2021.”
The recommendation was submitted to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, who accepted the decision later on Friday night and formally ruled that Greene will stay on the ballot. The anti-Greene challengers said in a statement that they’ll appeal Raffensperger’s decision in state courts.
The Republican primary in Georgia is scheduled for May 24.
The judge concluded that there was “no persuasive evidence” that Greene had taken direct actions to help the insurrectionists — such as “physical efforts, contribution of personal services or capital, issuance of directives or marching orders, transmissions of intelligence, or even statements of encouragement.” Her militant rhetoric about the election wasn’t enough to link her to the attack.
“Her public statements and heated rhetoric may well have contributed to the environment that ultimately led to the Invasion,” Beaudrot concluded. “But expressing constitutionally-protected political views, no matter how aberrant they may be, prior to being sworn in as a Representative is not engaging in insurrection under the 14th Amendment” and therefore isn’t disqualifying.
This outcome is yet another setback in the liberal-backed efforts to hold Republican officials responsible for the Capitol riot. It also raises fresh questions about whether similar constitutional challenges will stand a chance against former President Donald Trump if he runs again in 2024.
“This decision betrays the fundamental purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause and gives a pass to political violence as a tool for disrupting and overturning free and fair elections,” Free Speech For People, a constitutional advocacy group that backed the challenge, said in a statement.
In an interview after the ruling was handed down, Greene’s lawyer, James Bopp Jr., told CNN that “this is a great day for the First Amendment and a great day for our democracy.”
“There’s a bevy of well-funded Democrat lawyers behind this political smear … they are trying to win elections by disqualifying members of Congress,” Bopp said.
High-stakes hearing
Beaudrot’s recommendation comes weeks after he presided over an unprecedented all-day disqualification hearing in Atlanta, where lawyers for the voters who challenged Greene’s candidacy tried to connect her and her militant rhetoric to the violent attack on the Capitol.
She testified for more than three hours at the hearing, becoming the first member of Congress to answer questions under oath about January 6. She denied knowing about plans for violence and repeatedly said she couldn’t remember key facts — like what she discussed with White House officials about the transfer of power, and with whom she spoke as January 6 approached.
One piece of evidence that stood out to the judge was an interview Greene gave to Newsmax the day before the attack, where she was asked what the plan was for the joint session of Congress where Biden’s victory would be certified. She said, “This is our 1776 moment,” and the challengers claimed it was a coded message intended to spur Trump supporters to violence.
Beaudrot, the judge, wrote that this was “the only conduct” by Greene that came close to triggering her disqualification, but “it is impossible for the Court to conclude from this vague, ambiguous statement that Rep. Greene was complicit in a months-long enterprise to obstruct the peaceful transfer of presidential power without making an enormous unsubstantiated leap.”
Bopp, Greene’s lawyer, said Friday that the challengers’ views about the 1776 comments were a “ridiculous distortion of a simple statement” and praised the judge’s conclusion on the matter.
The judge acknowledged in his ruling that Greene had contacts with people who may have instigated violence — and she was questioned about these contacts under oath. But the judge ruled that “the evidence does not show that Rep. Greene was in contact with, directed, or assisted these individuals, or indeed anyone, in the planning or execution of the Invasion.”
Some of Greene’s testimony was undermined by recent revelations about Trump’s final chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Greene testified that she couldn’t recall if she advocated for Trump to impose martial law, but texts obtained by CNN show that Greene told Meadows on January 17, 2021, that he should raise the issue with Trump, even if she wasn’t sure if martial law was a good idea.
Similar constitutional challenges have fallen short, or are bogged down in the courts, against Republicans holding state and federal offices in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Arizona.
This story has been updated with additional reaction and details.
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Morrison-Bornstein Will Oversee Innovative Growth Strategies for the Organization
PORTLAND, Ore., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Providence Health Plan (PHP), a regional not-for-profit health plan, has named Cheryl Morrison-Bornstein as the organization's Chief Operating Officer (COO). In this role, Morrison-Bornstein will oversee the day-to-day operational and administrative functions of PHP and design innovative operating models to support the organization's overall growth strategy. She assumes the role on June 6.
Morrison-Bornstein joins PHP from Blue Shield of California, where she served as Vice President of Growth Operations, Commercial and Consumer Markets. During her tenure with Blue Shield of California, Morrison-Bornstein was responsible for the development and execution of strategic operating models across multiple lines of business. She also oversaw company-wide efforts to drive growth, improve operations, and grow capabilities and services through innovative technology.
"I'm elated to join PHP and help the organization continue to reach its growth and transformation goals," said Morrison-Bornstein. "I am looking forward to the opportunity to work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers who are committed to bettering the overall health of our communities. I have a deep passion for helping others and align closely with Providence's belief that all people deserve access to the best possible care."
Morrison-Bornstein has nearly 20 years of healthcare experience and has played a pivotal role in developing and executing successful growth strategies across multiple organizations. Throughout her career, Morrison-Bornstein has helped healthcare organizations reimagine and deploy solutions that drive transformation and innovation across all lines of business. Recently, Morrison-Bornstein oversaw the launch of a commercial self-funded employer strategy and operating model at Blue Shield of California.
"We are thrilled to welcome Cheryl to PHP. Her vast experience and dedication to being an impactful, results-driven leader will have an immediate impact on the organization," said Don Antonucci, Chief Executive Officer, Providence Health Plan. "Throughout her impressive career, Cheryl has inspired her team members by delivering a clear vision resulting in the successful growth of the organizations where she previously served. Cheryl will play a crucial role in the ongoing transformation of PHP, especially as we look for new and innovative ways to better serve members while we continue to put their needs first."
Prior to Blue Shield of California, Morrison-Bornstein served as the Vice President of Client Growth Strategy at UnitedHealth Group – OptumRx where she was accountable for developing and driving initiatives which supported growth and retention functions across all medical and Rx integrated commercial business.
About Providence Health Plan
Providence Health Plan (PHP) is an integral part of a 160-year-old not-for-profit healthcare collective that has set the health and well-being standard for the communities we serve. PHP provides high quality, affordable coverage to members via plans for small and large groups, self-insured plan sponsors, Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, as well as individuals and families. We offer a range of benefits including comprehensive healthcare, 24/7 access to telehealth visits, behavioral health resources and personalized health coaching.
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Some call for less flying hours for new pilots amid nationwide pilot shortage
(CNN) - A latest push by airlines to curb flight cancellations caused by a shortage of pilots is concerning for some people, including John and Marilyn Kausner.
Their daughter, Elly Kausner, was on board Colgan Air Flight 3407 on February 12, 2009, when it plunged into a Buffalo, New York, neighborhood.
She was among 45 passengers and four crew who were killed.
“I didn’t get the opportunity to walk my daughter down the aisle,” John Kausner said.
After the crash, the Kausners fought to mandate more pilot experience.
New airline pilots, once required to have 250 flying hours, now need 1,500 hours, but some airline executives say that requirement is contributing to the shortage.
“This is not a safety issue, and I think it’s important that some of the politicians start to act and take this up because, if they don’t, they’re putting the industry in jeopardy,” said Jonathan Ornstein, CEO of Mesa Airlines.
A change in regulations would be felt most at smaller, regional airlines contracted by major carriers. They operate short routes and make up 40% of all flights in the United States.
Regional Airline Association President Fay Malarkey Black supports substituting some flight time for classroom time.
“We should not be talking about roll back or repeal, but add and replace and enhance so that we can open up training pathways to people who have not had access,” Black said.
This week, an executive from JetBlue said pilots from other countries operate safely despite looser regulations.
The National Transportation Safety Board found pilots of Flight 3407 did not properly recognize an aerodynamic stall.
Elly Kausner’s family said that was due to lack of experience, something they insist regulators never forget.
“We put rules and regulations in place that have been preventing plane crashes, largely and that’s the legacy. Let’s not lower our safety standards,” her father said.
Earlier this week, the U.S. Transportation Secretary said the federal government is looking to fund workforce development grants aimed at increasing the number of pilots.
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Sarasota police find man missing since Saturday
Published: Apr. 18, 2022 at 9:32 AM EDT|Updated: Apr. 19, 2022 at 12:45 PM EDT
UPDATED Tuesday, April 19 at 12:45 p.m. with police reporting the man has been found.
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Sarasota Police Department has reported they have found a man missing since Saturday evening.
Henry Ellis Clemon, 89, had been last seen on Pershing Avenue at about 5 p.m. by friends.
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Businesses and investors now have the opportunity to purchase these premium domains for the first time at "buy it now" pricing.
BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identity Digital, a leader in connecting the online world with domain names and related technologies, announces that it will release approximately 5,000 previously reserved domains at "buy it now" (first come, first served) prices. Customers can purchase the domains beginning at 17:00 UTC on Sept. 13, 2022.
Some of the domains staged for sale at that time are:
- rock.band
- Miami.dentist
- aerospace.engineer
- farm.forsale
- esports.games
- tech.guide
- trading.live
- dallas.mortgage
- clothing.sale
- security.software
- wedding.video
- box.wine
Identity Digital provides businesses with descriptive top-level domains (TLDs), allowing them to use both sides of the dot to create authentic digital identities. Identity Digital domains are also shorter, more memorable, and an excellent foundation for an effective search engine optimization (SEO) strategy.
The company anticipates the release of these domains will attract interest from a wide variety of customers. "It's always exciting when previously unavailable domain inventory is released into the market, especially domains of this quality. Each one represents a new opportunity for the user," says Matt Overman, SVP of Sales, Identity Digital. "We anticipate interest from current brands, new businesses, and domain investors alike."
Those interested in purchasing one of these domain names should contact their preferred domain registrar to check availability and pricing.
Identity Digital Inc. simplifies and connects the online world with domain names and related technologies to empower people to build, market, and own their authentic digital identities. With the world's largest portfolio of nearly 300 TLDs such as .live, .technology, and .restaurant, Identity Digital operates around 25 million domains on its innovative registry services platform. In addition, they enable customers to discover, register, support and use high-quality domain names with its registrar, Name.com. Headquartered in Bellevue, WA, Identity Digital is a global company with approximately 300 employees. For more information, please visit identity.digital.
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NEW YORK, April 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of MoneyLion Inc. ("MoneyLion" or the "Company") (NYSE: ML). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether MoneyLion and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On March 10, 2022, MoneyLion disclosed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that "the Company's management has noted errors related to operating expenses, net loss and basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and additional paid-in capital and retained earnings in the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2021, along with related impacts to the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the condensed consolidated statements of redeemable convertible preferred stock, redeemable noncontrolling interests and stockholders' deficit for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021." MoneyLion further disclosed that "the Company's management identified a second error . . . as the denominator of the diluted net income per share calculation for the three months ended September 30, 2021 did not include the impact of dilutive securities" and that "[t]he Company's management, in consultation with its advisors, has determined that the calculation of diluted net income per share included within the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2021 should have included the impact of dilutive securities." Accordingly, the Audit Committee of MoneyLion's Board of Directors determined that the financial statements in question "should no longer be relied upon and should be restated in order to correct the errors described above."
On this news, MoneyLion's stock price fell $0.18 per share, or 7.11%, to close at $2.29 per share on March 10, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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