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Flagman dies after race car hits him
NORWAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WLUC/Gray News) – A veteran flagman died Friday night after a race car hit him at Norway Speedway in Michigan.
The Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office said 65-year-old Greg Maas died at the speedway around 9:15 p.m.
The sheriff’s office said it responded to reports of a race car hitting a flagman at the speedway near the entrance to the pit area.
In a column posted on the Norway Speedway website, Dickinson County Racing Association President John Ostermann described Maas as “a fixture, a pillar, an icon of Norway Speedway for 34 years.”
“We will race this Friday night in Greg’s honor. And yes, I can assure you that’s what Greg would want. Rest in peace my friend,” Ostermann wrote.
The crash is still under investigation.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — When you think about a diner you might think of simple, good, delicious, food with quality, homey service. There are also some fun names diners are called like lunch counters, snack bars, greasy spoons, hash house, and other fun ones.
The feel of a good diner is important and most everyone has a go-to greasy spoon where they live, but do you know where the best diner is in your home state? You can make all claims you want but this report from Love Food has made their choice of the best diner in Texas as well as the other states in the U.S.
The report says, “Every state has them: places to perch at the counter for a slice of pie and a bottomless cup of coffee, ‘new-school’ diners that take comfort food to new levels and retro places where you can slide into a booth and order a burger for breakfast.”
If you’re traveling around the Lone Star State, or simply just find yourself passing through Central Texas, then you might want to take a quick pit stop at the best diner in town and the state. Love Food says Phoebe’s Diner in the city of Austin is a must-visit.
“Customers rave about the tender brisket, cooked in a smoker and served with eggs for the ultimate breakfast. Everything’s beautifully prepared, from the fried chicken and grits to the tastiest biscuits in sausage gravy.”
For more from this report and a look at the best diners across the country, click here! | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/report-says-this-is-the-best-diner-in-texas/ | 2022-09-02T17:54:37Z |
Valera's Unique Ability to Treat Members Across the Care Spectrum including Serious Mental Illness Expands Horizon's Enhanced Ecosystem of Care
NEW YORK, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Valera Health, a tele-behavioral health service that provides comprehensive care for kids and adults with mild to severe mental illness, announced today that it is working with Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc, New Jersey's largest health insurer, (Horizon) to increase access to virtual mental health services and provide evidence based care to Horizon members.
Today, nearly 50 million U.S. adults live with a mental illness. In New Jersey alone, the prevalence of mental illness is currently at 16.37%. Furthermore, according to the WHO, there has been a 25% increase in anxiety and depression worldwide as a direct result of the Covid pandemic.
"We are pleased to add Valera to Horizon's extensive behavioral health network and the growing community of virtual providers that are delivering evidence-based therapies through cutting edge technologies," said Suzanne Kunis, Vice President for Behavioral Health at Horizon. "Horizon has expanded our behavioral health treatment network by more than 40% since 2018. Adding Valera gives us a new option for mild to moderate mental health conditions, but even more importantly, Valera offers treatment resources for children as young as 6 years and offers a fully virtual program specifically tailored for our members with serious mental illness. These are critical resources."
Valera Health provides comprehensive longitudinal services for patients with mild to severe mental health conditions with a focus on exceptional quality using a data science approach. The company currently covers over 36 million lives through partnerships with more than 20 health plans across nine states, treating individuals aged 6-99.
"We are dedicated to helping Horizon expand its innovative virtual capabilities by adding our services to their Ecosystem," said Valera Health CEO and Co-Founder, Dr. Thomas Tsang. "Through this collaboration, we will now be able to provide affordable, quality mental health treatment to Horizon members living with mental illness. This is a significant step, as we look to partner with additional healthcare providers to provide virtual mental health support to people across the U.S."
Horizon's Mental Health Resource Center is designed to help members better understand their mental health care options, find clinicians, and explore self-guided tools for managing stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia.
Valera Health's comprehensive virtual behavioral health services provide quality care for patients across all levels of mental health acuity, including serious mental illness (SMI). Founded by clinicians and psychiatrists, Valera Health currently covers over 36 million lives across Medicaid, Medicare and commercial plans in nine states, and is rapidly growing to support additional patients across the country. From meditation to therapy to medications, patients with mild depression to severe schizophrenia are treated with expert care. With exceptionally high Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) scores, Valera's behavioral health services produces measured outcomes that far exceed national average outcomes. For more information go to: www.valerahealth.com.
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Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., New Jersey's oldest and largest health insurer, is a tax-paying, not-for-profit health services corporation, providing a wide array of medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance products and services. Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc. is transforming healthcare in New Jersey by working with doctors and hospitals to deliver innovative, patient-centered programs that reward the quality, not quantity, of care patients receive. It is headquartered in Newark, NJ with offices in Wall and Hopewell, NJ, Horizon serves 3.8 million members including more than 1 million who are provided health coverage through Medicaid. Learn more at www.HorizonBlue.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Elevation Gold Mining Corp. (TSX.V: ELVT) (OTCQX: EVGDF) (the "Company" or "Elevation Gold") is pleased to announce that exploration discovery drilling has commenced on the Florence Hill target located on the Moss Mine Property in Mohave Country Arizona (see Figure 1: Moss Project Drilling Location).
Michael G. Allen, President of Elevation Gold, stated, "We are excited to be doing the maiden drill program on the Florence Hill Target. Recent geophysical work by the Company has identified key structures from the historic Oatman district that continue to Florence Hill. In addition, geochemical, and alteration mapping indicate the presence of a large hydrothermal system in this area. It is unusual to find an undrilled target with these features in the lower 48, and the Company is excited about the potential for making a new discovery."
More than 2 million ounces of gold have been historically produced from underground mining in the Oatman district (e.g., DeWitt et al., 1986; report.pdf (usgs.gov)). Most of the historic production was from the northwest-trending United Western, United Eastern, Tom Reed, Big Jim, and Gold Road epithermal vein systems, which appear to intersect in the Florence Hill area. Average head grades for these historic mines are reported to have ranged between approximately 10 g/t and 33 g/t gold.
The Company has planned a program of approximately 3,800 meters of oriented diamond core drilling, focused primarily on the Florence Hill target (see May 31, 2022, News Release). In addition, the Company has built roads and drill pads to test adjacent fault-hosted targets, including the Silver Creek Springs, eastern West Oatman, and possibly the Hardy Vein exploration targets.
Dr. Warwick S. Board, Vice President of Exploration for Elevation Gold, stated, "The proximity of significant historic producers in the Oatman district and their location on structures that intersect the Silver Creek Caldera margin in the Florence Hill area, highlights the potential of the Florence Hill exploration target. Ongoing geological and geophysical work continues to add to our knowledge of the multiple features that are coincident in the Florence Hill exploration area. Key learnings from successive drillholes will be used to iteratively optimize drill targeting in the Florence Hill and similar target areas along the caldera margin. Everyone at Elevation Gold is excited about what this drilling may discover."
In addition, the Company is pleased to provide an update the Company's multi-phase infill and resource expansion drilling program at the Moss Mine in northwestern Arizona (see Figure 1: Moss Project Drilling Location). Results discussed include those from infill drilling below the active West Pit, the Eastern Extension, as well as from condemnation drilling in the proposed 3B Leach Pad area (see Figure 2: Drillhole Location Map).
Michael G. Allen, President of Elevation Gold, added "Infill drilling results continue to highlight the potential for resource and reserve expansion to the west, east, and at depth below the current mine operations. We are particularly encouraged by the continued intersection of relatively broad zones of stockwork mineralization below and to the west of the West Pit, as well as the apparent increase in thickness with depth in the Moss Vein in the Eastern Extension Area."
Recent Moss Mine Drilling Highlights
West Pit
Infill drilling continues to indicate the presence of broad intersections of stockwork and vein-hosted mineralization beneath the active West Pit (see May 3, 2022, News Release; Figure 2: Drillhole Location Map; Figure 3: Cross-Section: Line 11W, West Pit). Stockwork mineralization was intersected from surface down to almost 160 meters below surface in this tranche of drilling.
- Drillhole AR22-613R intersected 60.96 meters of hanging wall stockwork grading 0.54 g/t gold and 5.13 g/t silver, including 10.67 meters grading 1.00 g/t gold and 6.80 g/t silver, starting from surface, and a further 41.15 meters grading 0.30 g/t gold and 7.70 g/t silver from a depth of ~80 meters below surface.
- Drillhole AR22-606R intersected 138.68 meters of hanging wall stockwork mineralization grading 0.38 g/t gold and 0.93 g/t silver, including 3.05 meters grading 3.35 g/t gold and 1.60 g/t silver, and 4.57 meters grading 0.85 g/t gold and 1.47 g/t silver, starting around seven meters below surface.
Eastern Extension
Drilling approximately 100 meters to the east of the current East Pit intersected stockwork and vein-hosted epithermal gold-silver mineralization in the Moss Vein from a depth of about 110 meters below surface (see Figure 2: Drillhole Location Map; Figure 4: Cross Section: Line Zero, East Extension). The vein appears to increase in thickness and grade with depth, being blind at surface in this area. Additional drilling is being planned to further explore the Moss Vein to the east of the current East Pit.
- Drillhole AR22-579R intersected 32.00 meters of stockwork and vein-hosted mineralization grading 0.84 g/t gold and 10.91 g/t silver, including 12.19 meters grading 1.56 g/t gold and 20.70 g/t silver, from a depth of ~150 meters below surface.
3B Leach Pad Condemnation Drilling
Stockwork and vein-hosted epithermal gold and silver mineralization was intersected in nine of the ten condemnation drillholes drilled in the proposed 3B Leach Pad area (see Table 1). Drillhole intersections are mainly of low grade stockwork mineralization ranging from more than a meter to almost 40 meters in downhole thickness. Mineralization that may be related to the north-dipping Mordor Vein was intersected at depths of between approximately 22 meters and 58 meters below surface in drillholes AR22-616R and AR22-617R, approximately 400 meters to the west of the active West Pit (see Figure 1: Moss Project Drilling Location).
- Drillhole AR22-616R intersected 18.29 meters grading 0.50 g/t gold and 2.23 g/t silver from a depth of around 22 meters below surface.
- Drillhole AR22-617R intersected 25.91 meters grading 0.53 g/t gold and 4.16 g/t silver. Including 4.57 meters grading 1.54 g/t gold and 6.90 g/t silver from a depth of about 58 meters below surface.
A complete list of the latest results from Elevation Gold's infill and near-mine exploration drilling at the Moss Mine is provided in Table 1.
The drilling presented in this news release is focused on infill and resource expansion drilling targeting the Moss and Ruth Veins and associated hanging wall stockwork beneath and adjacent to the West Pit, as well as condemnation drilling in the proposed 3B Leach Pad area (see Figure 2: Drillhole Location Map).
Assay results from 31 RC drillholes, including 12 drillholes from the West Pit area, nine drillholes from the East Extension area, and ten condemnation drillholes from the proposed 3B Leach Pad area, are presented in Table 1. Assay results are pending for twenty-six additional holes drilled as part of the infill and near-mine drilling program and will be released upon receipt and compilation.
Table 1: Latest Results from Elevation Gold's West Pit Infill, Exploration, and Condemnation Drilling at the Moss Mine
Dr. Warwick Board, P.Geo., Vice President Exploration of Elevation Gold, is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 responsible for the Moss Regional Exploration Project and has reviewed and approved the scientific and technical information in this news release related thereto.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF ELEVATION GOLD MINING CORPORATION
"Michael G. Allen"
President
Elevation Gold is a publicly listed gold and silver producer, engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development, and operation of mineral properties located in the United States. Elevation Gold's common shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") in Canada under the ticker symbol ELVT and on the NASDAQ OTC in the United States under the ticker symbol EVGDF. The Company's principal operation is the 100% owned Moss Mine in Mohave County, Arizona. Elevation also holds the title to the Hercules exploration property, located in Lyon County, Nevada.
Cautionary Statement on Forward-Looking Information
Certain of the statements made and information contained herein is "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this document constitute forward-looking information, including but not limited to statements regarding the Company's plans, prospects and business strategies; the Company's guidance on the timing and amount of future production and its expectations regarding the results of operations; expected costs; permitting requirements and timelines; timing and possible outcome of Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimations, life of mine estimates, and mine plans; anticipated exploration and development activities at the Company's projects; net present value; design parameters; economic potential; processing mineralized material; the potential of robust economic potential at the Moss Mine Project. Words such as "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "contemplate", "target", "plan", "goal", "aim", "intend", "continue", "budget", "estimate", "may", "will", "can", "could", "should", "schedule" and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking information is necessarily based upon various estimates and assumptions including, without limitation, the expectations and beliefs of management, including that the Company can access financing, appropriate equipment and sufficient labour; assumed and future price of gold, silver and other metals; anticipated costs; ability to achieve goals; and assumptions related to the factors set forth below. While these factors and assumptions are considered reasonable by the Company as at the date of this document in light of management's experience and perception of current conditions and expected developments, these statements are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Known and unknown factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements and information. Such factors include, but are not limited to: risks inherent in mining, including, but not limited to risks to the environment, industrial accidents, catastrophic equipment failures, unusual or unexpected geological formations or unstable ground conditions, and natural phenomena such as earthquakes, flooding or unusually severe weather; uninsurable risks; global financial conditions and inflation; changes in the Company's share price, and volatility in the equity markets in general; volatility and fluctuations in metal and commodity prices; the threat associated with outbreaks of viruses and infectious diseases, including the COVID-19 virus; delays or the inability to obtain, retain or comply with permits; risks related to negative publicity with respect to the Company or the mining industry in general; health and safety risks; exploration, development or mining results not being consistent with the Company's expectations; unavailable or inaccessible infrastructure and risks related to ageing infrastructure; actual ore mined and/or metal recoveries varying from Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve estimates, estimates of grade, tonnage, dilution, mine plans and metallurgical and other characteristics; risks associated with the estimation of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves and the geology, grade and continuity of mineral deposits, including, but not limited to, models relating thereto; ore processing efficiency; information technology and cybersecurity risks; potential for the allegation of fraud and corruption involving the Company, its customers, suppliers or employees, or the allegation of improper or discriminatory employment practices; regulatory investigations, enforcement, sanctions and/or related or other litigation; estimates of future production andoperations; estimates of operating cost estimates; the potential for and effects of labour disputes or other unanticipated difficulties with or shortages of labour or interruptions in production; risks related to the environmental regulation and environmental impact of the Company's operations and products and management thereof; exchange rate fluctuations; climate change; risks relating to attracting and retaining of highly skilled employees; compliance with environmental, health and safety laws; counterparty and credit risks and customer concentration; litigation; changes in laws, regulations or policies including, but not limited to, those related to mining regimes, permitting and approvals, environmental and tailings management, and labour; internal controls; challenges or defects in title; funding requirements and availability of financing; dilution; risks relating to dividends; risks associated with acquisitions and related integration efforts, including the ability to achieve anticipated benefits, unanticipated difficulties or expenditures relating to integration and diversion of management time on integration; uncertainties relating to interpretation of drill results and the geology, continuity and grade of mineral deposits; uncertainty of estimates of capital and operating costs, production estimates and estimated economic return; uncertainty of meeting anticipated program milestones; and other risks and uncertainties including but not limited to those described the Company's public disclosure documents which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com under the Company's profile. All of the forward-looking statements made in this document are qualified by these cautionary statements. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated, forecast or intended and readers are cautioned that the foregoing list is not exhaustive of all factors and assumptions which may have been used. Should one or more of these risks and uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described in forward-looking information. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that forward-looking information will prove to be accurate and forward-looking information is not a guarantee of future performance. Readers are advised not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein speaks only as of the date of this document. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise forward–looking information or to explain any material difference between such and subsequent actual events, except as required by applicable law.
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DALLAS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Experienced trial attorney Austin Curry of the Dallas-based intellectual property and commercial litigation firm Caldwell Cassady & Curry has earned Board Certification in Patent Litigation from the prestigious National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA).
Mr. Curry is one of the rare lawyers to earn NBTA board certification based on his proven commitment to bettering the legal profession by completing a rigorous application process and a detailed written examination. NBTA board-certified attorneys must also have substantial trial experience, positive references from judges and other lawyers, and proof of good standing, among other requirements.
Since Caldwell Cassady & Curry was formed less than 10 years ago, Mr. Curry and the firm's lawyers have helped clients win more than $2.5 billion in trial verdicts and legal settlements. Mr. Curry is widely regarded as one of the top trial lawyers in the state, having earned multiple selections in the annual guide to The Best Lawyers in America and the Texas Rising Stars list of the state's leading young attorneys. He previously was named one of the top intellectual property lawyers in the country under the age of 40 in the Rising Stars list published by the national legal news outlet Law360.
Earlier this year, Caldwell Cassady & Curry was ranked as one of Texas' best law firms for intellectual property disputes in the 2022 edition of Chambers USA, the exclusive annual guide to the country's top attorneys and firms.
Chambers rankings are based on input from 200 individual research analysts across 200 separate legal jurisdictions. The assessments focus on multiple areas, including effectiveness, technical legal ability, client service, depth of experience, and client value.
Caldwell Cassady & Curry additionally is ranked on the 2022 Best Law Firms list as one of the country's leading intellectual property litigation firms.
Caldwell Cassady & Curry represents companies and individuals in high-stakes civil litigation, including patent infringement cases, trade secrets claims, fiduciary duty cases, class actions, and disputes involving company founders. The firm has tried and won some of the nation's top verdicts against the largest companies in the world. Learn more about the firm at www.caldwellcc.com.
For more information, contact Bruce Vincent at 214-763-6226 or bruce.vincent@muselegalpr.com.
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India’s Modi touts development projects in visit to Kashmir
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN
Associated Press
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting Himalayan Kashmir for his first public event since New Delhi stripped the disputed region’s semi-autonomy and took direct control in 2019. Modi remotely inaugurated a tunnel and work on two hydropower projects before delivering a speech Sunday that was punctuated by his government’s developmental achievements. He said the territory was put on a path of unprecedented development since 2019 but made no political commitments to the region’s people who have been without an elected local government for four years. Government forces fanned out across Kashmir to thwart any violence. On Friday, two suspected militants and a paramilitary officer were killed in a gunfight. Police said they had crossed from Pakistan. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/24/indias-modi-touts-development-projects-in-visit-to-kashmir/ | 2022-04-25T04:22:22Z |
- Mass production of world's best-performing DRAM, HBM3, comes just seven months after development announcement
- HBM3 to be combined with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU for accelerated computing
- SK hynix aims to solidify leadership in premium DRAM market
SEOUL, South Korea, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SK hynix Inc. (or "the company", www.skhynix.com) announced that it began mass production of HBM3, the world's best-performing DRAM.
* HBM (High Bandwidth Memory): High-value, high-performance memory that vertically interconnects multiple DRAM chips and dramatically increases data processing speed in comparison to traditional DRAM products. HBM3 DRAM is the 4th generation HBM product, succeeding HBM (1st generation), HBM2 (2nd generation) and HBM2E (3rd generation).:000660
The announcement comes just seven months after the company became the first in the industry to develop HBM3 in October, and is expected to solidify the company's leadership in the premium DRAM market.
With accelerating advancements in cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data, major global tech companies are seeking ways to quickly process rapidly increasing volumes of data. HBM, with significant competitiveness in data processing speed and performance compared with traditional DRAM, is expected to draw broad industry attention and see rising adoption.
NVIDIA has recently completed its performance evaluation of SK hynix's HBM3 samples. SK hynix will provide HBM3 for NVIDIA systems expected to ship starting in the third quarter of this year. SK hynix will expand HBM3 volume in the first half in accordance with NVIDIA's schedule.
The highly anticipated NVIDIA H100 is the world's largest and most powerful accelerator. SK hynix's HBM3 is expected to enhance accelerated computing performance with up to 819GB/s of memory bandwidth, equivalent to the transmission of 163 FHD (Full-HD) movies (5GB standard) every second.
Kevin (Jongwon) Noh, president and chief marketing officer at SK hynix, states that the company has secured top-notch competitiveness in the premium DRAM market through its close work with NVIDIA. "We aim to become a solution provider that deeply understands and addresses our customers' needs through continuous open collaboration," he said.
About SK hynix Inc.
SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is the world's top tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips ("DRAM"), flash memory chips ("NAND flash") and CMOS Image Sensors ("CIS") for a wide range of distinguished customers globally. The Company's shares are traded on the Korea Exchange, and the Global Depository shares are listed on the Luxemburg Stock Exchange. Further information about SK hynix is available at www.skhynix.com, news.skhynix.com.
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Plumbing Companies Will Now Be Offered High Performing Digital Marketing Services
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Matt Maglodi, founder of the full service digital marketing company Online Advantages, is pleased to announce the launch of Plumber SEO, which is the latest service from his new brand Digital Marketing For Plumbers By Online Advantages.
As Maglodi noted, through his extensive experience with SEO and digital marketing, he has seen first hand how these services have benefited the plumbing industry.
This knowledge inspired him to create the new brand and offer high performing digital marketing services to plumbing companies, including plumber SEO and much more.
To learn more about Digital Marketing For Plumbers By Online Advantages, please click here https://digital-marketing-for-plumbers.onlineadvantages.net/plumber-seo/ to go to the page that will address the following topics and questions:
- Search engine optimization for plumbing companies
- Why is search engine optimization for plumbers so important
- Search engine optimization company for plumbers
- Search engine optimization services that plumbers can trust
- Search engine optimization plumbing agency
- Plumbing search engines optimization
The fact that Maglodi has added new brand and specialized digital marketing service to his company will not surprise the many satisfied clients who have worked with him over the years.
Since Maglodi launched Online Advantages, he has earned a well-deserved reputation for not only offering the best and most effective digital marketing services, but also for being on the lookout for additional services he and his team can offer. Never content to rest on his laurels, Maglodi is always thinking about how he can help his valued clients and their companies succeed.
Even though Maglodi only began offering digital marketing for plumbers quite recently, he and his team are already seeing a great deal of interest from plumbing companies.
"Our customer focused team will improve your Digital Presence and increase sales for your web-based plumbing operations."
Digital Marketing For Plumbers By Online Advantages is a unique full service internet marketing company. Founder Matt Maglodi specializes in all aspects of online marketing from video marketing, to pay per click advertising, organic search and social media. For more information, please visit https://digital-marketing-for-plumbers.onlineadvantages.net.
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NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Natera common stock between February 26, 2020, and April 19, 2022, inclusive.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until June 27, 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, Natera, Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's non-invasive prenatal test, Panorama, was not reliable and resulted in high rates of false positives; (2) the Company's screening test for kidney transplant failure, Prospera, did not have superior precision compared to competing tests; (3) as a result of defendants' false and misleading claims about Natera's technology, the Company was exposed to substantial legal and regulatory risks; (4) Natera relied upon deceptive sales and billing practices to drive its revenue growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about the company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
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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June 20-26, 2022
WASHINGTON, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Independent Women's Forum (IWF), the leading national women's organization advocating for better policies and more freedom for women, together with its grassroots membership arm Independent Women's Network, has registered an official National Women's Sports Week observed annually during the week of June 23 to recognize female athletes — past, present, and future — for their athletic participation and achievement in sport.
The inaugural 2022 National Women's Sports Week takes place June 20-26 and coincides with the 50th anniversary of Title IX, landmark legislation passed in 1972. Title IX transformed sports by guaranteeing women and girls the right to equal athletic opportunities. Two in five women now participate in sports, compared to one in 27 prior to Title IX's passage.
How to observe National Women's Sports Week:
- Champion female athletes for their teamwork, resilience, and success.
- Honor the coaches and parents who support female athletes .
- Fight to ensure the continuation of single-sex athletic competition.
To celebrate 2022 National Women's Sports Week, IWF along with female athletes, parents, advocates, and fourteen organizations from across the political spectrum will rally for "Our Body, Our Sports" on Thursday, June 23, at 11 a.m. ET in Washington, D.C. Female athletes including NCAA Swimmer Riley Gaines Barker, USA Women's Masters Track Athlete Cynthia Monteleone, Olympian Inga Thompson, and Skateboarder Taylor Silverman will join former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) in celebrating 50 years of Title IX and advocating for the preservation of single sex sport.
Competitive sport is a zero-sum game where some athletes make the cut, and others do not; someone wins, and others lose. In a zero-sum competition, the inclusion of male-bodied athletes in women's sport inevitably denies opportunities to female athletes. Claims to the contrary deny science, defy logic, and undermine Title IX. Women's Sports Week is the perfect time to STAND UP for female athletes and single-sex competition.
- For more information about National Women's Sports Week, visit www.iwf.org/womenssportsweek and use #WomensSportsWeek hashtag on social media.
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TORONTO, April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (the "Company" or "TGOD") (CSE: TGOD) (US-OTC: TGODF), a sustainable global cannabis company, announces that it has granted options (each, an "Option") to purchase an aggregate of up to 29,552,000 common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") to certain directors, officers, employees, and consultants of the Company, of which 19,950,000 Options were granted to directors and executive officers, and 9,602,000 Options were granted to employees and consultants. Each Option is exercisable into one Common Share at an exercise price per Common Share equal to $0.13. The Options vest as to 1/3 of the total number of Options granted on each of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date, and expire five years from the grant date. The Options are granted in accordance with the Company's share option plan adopted by the board of directors of the Company on May 12, 2021 (the "Option Plan").
Pursuant to the terms of the Company's amended and restated restricted share unit plan dated October 9, 2020 (the "RSU Plan"), restricted share units ("RSUs") representing the right to receive up to an aggregate of 350,000 Common Shares, subject to the satisfaction of certain vesting conditions, were also awarded to a consultant of the Company. Copies of the Option Plan and the RSU Plan are available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (CSE: TGOD) (US‐OTC: TGODF) is a sustainable, global cannabis company with a focus on innovation, quality, consistency, integrity and transparency. By leveraging science and technology, TGOD harnesses the power of nature from seed to sale. The Company is committed to cultivating a better tomorrow by producing its products responsibly, with less waste and impact on the environment. In Canada, TGOD serves the recreational market with a brand portfolio including The Green Organic Dutchman, Highly Dutch Organics, Ripple by TGOD and Cruuzy brands, and the medical markets in Canada, South Africa, Australia, and Germany. All cannabis utilized in products for The Green Organic Dutchman and Highly Dutch Organics brands is grown through a certified organic process, which includes living soil, filtered rainwater, sunlight, and natural inputs. Through its European subsidiary, HemPoland, the Company also distributes premium hemp CBD oil and CBD-infused topicals in Europe.
TGOD's Common Shares and Warrants issued under the indentures dated December 19, 2019, June 12, 2020, October 23, 2020 and December 10, 2020 trade on the CSE under the symbol "TGOD", "TGOD.WS", "TGOD.WR", "TGOD.WA", and "TGOD.WB" respectively. TGOD's Common Shares trade in the U.S. on the OTCQX under the symbol "TGODF". For more information on The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd., please visit www.tgod.ca.
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Which Leapfrog toy is best?
Today, technology is being used by kids before they can even read. From simple robot-building kits to visually stimulating tablets, children nowadays grow up with technology similar to how their parents or grandparents grew up with simple toys.
LeapFrog is a toy company that focuses on education and technology through play. LeapFrog toys focus on crucial learning aspects for young children from a few months old to children in elementary school. Children can learn a wide variety of topics, from phonics to science, technology, engineering and math subjects. The quality of the Leapfrog Learn And Groove Musical Table shows just how good a brand they are among parents and educators alike.
What to know before you buy a Leapfrog toy
Educational content
Ensure the toy you buy is the right difficulty level for your child. Buying a STEM toy for a young learner who isn’t at the age to start learning such things will probably prove to be a waste of money. Keeping a prematurely bought toy until your child is older may prove to be a waste of time, too. This is because toys like these can quickly become outdated as technology rapidly advances.
Durability
Leapfrog toys have a reputation for lasting a long time. Examples include tablets with smash-proof screens for older kids and simple plastic toys made from durable but safe plastic without sharp edges. Always check reviews at online stores to ensure the longevity of the toy you want to purchase.
Accessories and add-ons
As with all great brands, Leapfrog has compatible accessories you can add to prolong interest in a toy. For example, the Chat and Count Smartphone is compatible with My Pal Violet, enabling calls and voicemail sharing with the little pup.
What to look for in a quality Leapfrog toy
Safety
Consider whether you will need to constantly supervise your child with their toy. Plastic tables or push-along toys may cause your child to fall over when supporting themselves against it. It is important to consider the age-range recommendation on the toy and be prepared to supervise playtime until you are sure your child can play safely.
Noise
Children are usually oblivious to the noise that they make with their toys. However, repetitive phrases and high volumes aren’t always what parents want to hear. Consider a toy’s noise level before buying and your own tolerance threshold for specific sounds or phrases. Some toys, such as this LeapPad Academy Kids’ Learning Tablet, have headphone ports, bringing additional peace to the household.
Power
LeapFrog toys usually need batteries to perform, and these are almost always included. Forgetful parents can breathe a sigh of relief once they realize a Christmas or birthday gift is immediately operational.
How much you can expect to spend on a Leapfrog toy
Simple LeapFrog toys will start at around $10-$15, with learning tablets reaching about $200-$250. Tablets aside, you can consider $10-$50 as the required range to purchase a quality LeapFrog toy.
Leapfrog toy FAQ
What resources are available to help me further the education of the toy.
A. Development programs are essential to all parents wishing their child to steadily grow and learn. LeapFrog ensures that there are logical processes to go about doing this well. The LeapFrog website will provide you with any extra resources you need to ensure the toy is serving its educational purpose to the max.
How long do these toys last?
A. Simple toys for infants and toddlers at the lower end of the budgetary scale should last from half a year to a year. More developed toys should last for a couple of years due to their durable designs. All-in-all, LeapFrog toys will last well, but you should also consider the rough play your child is likely to dish out.
What’s the best Leapfrog toy to buy?
Top Leapfrog toy
Leapfrog Learn And Groove Musical Table
What you need to know: This is a great educational tool for infants and toddlers from 6 months to 3 years old.
What you’ll love: It covers many key learning categories, including numbers, letters, shapes and colors, as well as songs and musical instruments. Important cause and effect skills can be developed when children comprehend the results of their actions. It comes in two great colors: blue and pink.
What you should consider: Some buyers noted a lack of friction on the legs, causing them to slide easily. Support the very youngest ones carefully.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon.
Top Leapfrog toy for the money
What you need to know: Violet is a cute, interactive puppy for infants and toddlers from 6 months to 3 years old.
What you’ll love: Children and parents alike will love this economically-priced pooch. It’s a loveable stuffed toy with quite a bit extra! Violet will learn your child’s name and teach spelling, emotions, colors and more. She is compatible with your computer or smartphone and can switch to nighttime lullaby mode for soothing your child to sleep.
What you should consider: A green version named Scout is also available, depending on your preference.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon.
Worth checking out
Leapfrog: Fridge Phonics Magnetic Letter Set
What you need to know: A great toy for children from 2 years old who are ready to start learning the alphabet and phonics.
What you’ll love: This will get your little one ready to start learning how to read by teaching them the sounds and names of all 26 letters of the alphabet. Using the letter tiles also improves hand-eye coordination skills while building vocabulary and sentence construction knowledge.
What you should consider: Some buyers report their fridges have been scratched from the toy. Consider using another magnetic surface if this is a problem.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon.
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COO Eric Mosser will take helm of U.S. distributor for Bidi Vapor products; Niraj Patel to remain on Board of Directors
GRANT, Fla. , June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KAVL) ("Kaival Brands," the "Company," or "we"), the U.S. distributor of all products manufactured by Bidi Vapor, LLC ("Bidi Vapor"), which are intended for legal-age nicotine users, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer and founder, Nirajkumar Patel, will transition to Chief Science and Regulatory Officer. Eric Mosser, the Company's current Chief Operating Officer, will become President and remain COO. Mr. Mosser will serve as the Company's principal executive officer for purposes of its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Mr. Patel will remain on the Board of Directors for Kaival Brands.
The management changes follow the Company's recently announced international licensing agreement with a Philip Morris International ("PMI") affiliate, Philip Morris Products S.A. ("PMPSA") on June 13, 2022 (the "International Agreement"). The International Agreement grants to PMPSA a license of certain intellectual property rights relating to Bidi Vapor's premium electronic nicotine delivery system ("ENDS") device, the BIDI® Stick, in the U.S., as well as potentially newly developed devices, to permit PMPSA to manufacture, promote, sell, and distribute such ENDS device and newly developed devices, in international markets outside of the U.S.
"What Mr. Patel has accomplished, from initial concept to an international distribution agreement with Philip Morris is extraordinary," stated Eric Mosser, President and Chief Operating Officer. "With unwavering belief and integrity, he established himself as a true visionary within the vaping category. Mr. Patel has been both inventor and salesman, developing a product and everything that goes around it to make it successful. We have grown from a no-name brand to the No. 1-selling self-contained disposable ENDS device in the U.S based on the Nielsen retail sales data for the 52-week period ending June 4, 2022, according to a recent Goldman Sachs' Equity Research Report. We intend to scale what Mr. Patel has created into a new global brand and company. Management is dedicated to maintaining the core values of integrity, compliance and youth-access prevention that he instilled in the company. I am excited to take on the new leadership role within Kaival Brands and honored to continue Mr. Patel's vision and create sustained growth of our brand in the United States and also now internationally through our agreement with PMPSA."
The transition will allow Mr. Patel to focus on developing new products and expanding the Bidi Vapor product portfolio, which is directly related to the new agreement with PMPSA, and allow Mr. Mosser to focus on expanding sales distribution channels and increasing the revenues and profits of Kaival Brand.
"My passion for the business is in creating, designing, and delivering new products for adult tobacco users to the market," Mr. Patel said. "Mr. Mosser understands the core values, mission and goals of the Company, and I am confident he will take Kaival Brands to new levels."
The management changes are effective immediately, with roles and responsibilities to transfer over the coming weeks.
On June 24, 2022, Kaival Holdings, LLC ("KH"), the Company's controlling stockholder, and an entity owned and controlled by Mr. Patel and Mr. Mosser, exercised its right to convert its 3,000,000 shares of Series A Restricted Preferred Stock into 25,000,000 shares of the Company's Restricted Common Stock. The Board, after reviewing and discussing KH's desire to convert the Series A Preferred Stock prior to November 1, 2023, determined that there exists a justifiable reason for allowing the early conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock, namely the occurrence of the entry into the international licensing agreement with PMPSA, and approved the early conversion.
Based in Melbourne, Florida, Bidi Vapor maintains a commitment to responsible adult-focused marketing, strict youth access prevention measures and age-verification standards, as well as sustainability through its BIDI® Cares recycling program. Bidi Vapor's device, the BIDI® Stick, is a premium product made with high-quality components, a UL-certified battery and technology designed to deliver a consistent vaping experience for adult smokers 21 and over. Bidi Vapor is also adamant about strict compliance with all federal, state, and local guidelines and regulations. At Bidi Vapor, innovation is key to its mission, with the BIDI® Stick promoting environmental sustainability, while providing a unique vaping experience to adult smokers.
For more information, visit www.bidivapor.com
Based in Grant, Florida, Kaival Brands Innovations Group, Inc., is a company focused on growing and incubating innovative and profitable products into mature and dominant brands in their respective markets. Our vision is to develop internally, acquire, own, or exclusively distribute these innovative products and grow each into dominant market-share brands with superior quality and recognizable innovation. Kaival Brands and Philip Morris International Inc. are the exclusive global distributors of products manufactured by Bidi Vapor.
Learn more about Kaival Brands at www.ir.kaivalbrands.com
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Since the Columbine High School massacre more than 20 years ago, police have been trained to quickly confront shooters in the horrific attacks that have followed.
But officers in Uvalde, Texas, took more than an hour to kill a shooter who massacred 19 children, a lapse of time that will likely be a key part of a Justice Department probe into the police response.
The rare federal review comes amid growing, agonized questions and shifting information from police. Authorities now say that several officers entered the elementary school just two minutes after alleged gunman Salvador Ramos and exchanged fire with him, but he wasn’t stopped until a tactical team entered a classroom more than an hour later.
That’s a confounding timeline for law enforcement experts like Jarrod Burguan, who was the police chief in San Bernardino, California, when the city was hit by a terrorist attack that killed 14 people in 2015. Officers entered that facility, a training center for residents with developmental disabilities, within two minutes of arriving.
“Columbine changed everything,” Burguan said Monday. Officers are now trained to form up and enter buildings to confront shooters as quickly as possible to prevent them from killing more people. “This has been drilled into this industry for years now.”
Justice Department officials probing the Texas slayings will examine a host of questions about the police response in Uvalde. A similar review that largely praised the response to the San Bernardino mass shooting was over 100 pages long.
In announcing the review, Justice Department spokesman Anthony Coley said it would be conducted in a fair, impartial and independent manner and the findings would be made public. It could take months. Handling the review is the department’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.
One key question for Maria Haberfeld, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, is why a school district police chief had the power to tell more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway at Uvalde’s Robb Elementary.
“The key question for me is, who designated him to be in charge?” she said.
Officials have said he believed the suspect was barricaded inside adjoining classrooms and there was no longer an active threat. But school police officers don’t typically have the most experience with active shooters, and Haberfeld questioned why people with more specialized training didn’t take the reins.
A U.S. Border Patrol tactical team finally used a janitor’s key to unlock the classroom door and kill the gunman, raising more questions about the choice of entry.
“It’s not some fortified castle from the Middle Ages. It’s a door,” she said. “They knew what to do. You don’t need the key.”
The Justice review won’t investigate the crime itself, or directly hold police civilly or criminally liable. What it will likely do is examine things like how police communicated with each other, said Thor Eells, executive director of the National Tactical Officers Association. It’s not yet known why the school chief, Pete Arredondo, thought the shooter was barricaded and he hasn’t commented.
“I think we need to be a little patient on that and wait to ensure we understand what that mindset was,” Eells said. “It goes back to communication. What information did they have?”
The review will also likely examine how well officers were prepared with gear like weapons and body armor. The shooter wore a tactical vest and was armed with an AR-15-style rifle, a powerful weapon capable of piercing basic bulletproof vests.
In previous shootings reviewed by the Justice Department, non-specialized law enforcement units did not have the kind of body armor needed to fully protect themselves.
At the 2016 massacre that killed 49 people and hurt dozens more in the LGBT community at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida, a detective on the scene exchanged gunfire with the suspect, knowing his handgun was “no match” for the weapon being fired in the club. Despite that, the first officers on the scene formed up in a team to enter the club quickly and begin searching for the shooter, according to the report.
In San Bernardino, meanwhile, only one of the first officers on scene had a shotgun and several did not have body armor. But they still used their training on active shooter situations to form up in a four-officer team to immediately enter the complex.
Moving quickly is important not only to stop a shooter from killing more people, but to help the wounded. In San Bernardino and Orlando, the Justice Department reviews credited the quick response in getting the wounded transported to treatment within a “golden hour” where victims are mostly likely to survive.
It is unclear what impact the delayed entry into the Texas classroom might have had on any of the children who were wounded and needed treatment more than an hour away in San Antonio.
Police do have to quickly analyze the risks to themselves and others in a violent, quickly changing situation — but they’re also trained to stop people from getting hurt, Eells said.
“Making an entry into that room is very, very, very dangerous,” he said. “But we are going to incur that risk, knowingly and willingly, because our priorities are to help those that cannot help themselves.”
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Whitehurst reported from Salt Lake City. Associated Press writer Gary Fields in Washington contributed to this report.
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Like most people, I’ve watched events unfolding in Ukraine with great concern. Casualties have mounted on both the Russian and Ukrainian sides, incessant shelling has left Ukrainian cities pockmarked or worse — turned into rubble — and locals are struggling with homelessness and medical crises.
As the roughly 6-month-old war has dragged on, myriad news articles have reported at length on the many billions of dollars worth of foreign military aid that has been funneled to Ukraine. However, many individuals, including Georgia businessman and former state representative Emory Morsberger, were left wondering how to help those caught in the middle of Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
Thanks to an international network, Morsberger and his friends found creative ways to provide Ukrainians critical humanitarian aid in what has been termed the “Great Rotarian Relay.”
“I went to Ukraine in 1998, and fell in love with the Ukrainian people and their desire to be free,” Morsberger told me in a telephone interview. After Russia launched a blitzkrieg-styled invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, he and many others wanted to help, which was sorely needed. Very quickly, the conflict evolved into a devastating war of attrition as tens of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers and civilians have died, and an unknown number of others have been wounded
This spurred a network of people, including Morsberger, connected to Rotary clubs across the globe into action. Morsberger, in particular, became involved because he felt that he had an obligation to help Ukraine in its time of need. For those who are not familiar with Rotary clubs, “Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves,” their website reads. Aiding Ukraine is fast becoming one of their top priorities.
“A group of Atlanta-area Rotarians wanted to get medical equipment to Ukrainian hospitals,” Morsberger explained, and they worked alongside the Tucker, Georgia-based Friends of Disabled Adults and Children to do this. All told, they raised around $150,000 to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine, and they managed to make these dollars stretch even farther.
“The $150,000 ended up resulting in roughly $500,000 worth of equipment through either donations or donations of equipment,” Morsberger proudly added.
The supplies included Stryker surgical drills, catheters, and just about anything else that medical professionals might need to help those injured in Ukraine.
After the money had been raised and equipment collected, Morsberger was tasked with accompanying the shipment of the supplies from Georgia to Ukraine. Back in June, he hopped on a Delta flight from Atlanta to Bucharest, Romania, and then crossed over into Ukraine with the help of Eastern European Rotarians. Once in Kyiv, he handed the supplies to the medical community, which will help save countless lives, and provided food to internal refugees.
Morsberger — who holds the Ukrainian people in the highest regard — said, “they were incredibly appreciative.” However, it wasn’t the same Ukraine that Morsberger had visited more than two decades ago. War has destroyed many towns, air raid sirens have become so frequent that they’re essentially normal background noise in some locales, and the destructive conflict has upended the Ukrainian economy.
While Kyiv has been spared from much of the carnage witnessed at the various fronts, and locals are striving to live their lives as normally as possible, the hospitals are filled with soldiers who have been injured in battle. Yet with the help of Morsberger and the network of Rotarians, these people now stand a better chance of receiving the medical care that they need.
The foreign military aid that the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Poland have directed to Ukraine may have grabbed the headlines, but there’s something special about the Rotarian relay. It’s a fledgling network that came together organically and relied on charity and volunteers to make a difference. They’ve accomplished that mission, and the path to helping Ukrainians went through the Peach State.
But the sad reality is that there is no end in sight for the war.
“We must prepare for the fact that it could take years,” Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said. If that’s the case, then Morsberger has vowed to return, to continue providing critical aid and see another Rotarian relay to completion.
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HANOI, Vietnam, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank, stock code: SSB) announced its First half 2022 business results. Additionally, a change in directors in charge was published on July 8th, 2022.
Accordingly, in the first half of 2022: SeABank's total assets reached US$ 9.82 billion; Pre-tax profit reached nearly US$ 20 million; Total Operating Income (TOI) reached US$ 215 million; Non-interest income (NoII) recorded a growth of US$ 74.2 million. Notably, cost-to-income ratio (CIR) dropped to 30.3% compared to 38.3% as of 2021's first half; NPL ratio decreased to 1.6%.
Additionally, SeABank issued 211.4 million shares for dividend payment and 109.7 million shares to increase share capital from stakeholders' equity. By these two issuances, SeABank's charter capital increased to US$ 847 billion.
Continuing its strategy of moving forward and growth of adding more key professionals, on July 8th, 2022, SeABank's Board of Directors passed a resolution about Ms. Le Thu Thuy's continuing to support the bank by moving up from CEO to the role of Vice Chairwoman of the Board. Simultaneously, Mr. Faussier Loic Michel Marc, SeABank's current Senior Deputy CEO with 25 years of professional and managerial experiences in international organizations and banks of France, Hong Kong and Japan, was appointed as the Deputy CEO in charge while submitting to the State Bank for official appointment as CEO. This is a strategic step to prepare for the incoming speed-up in SeABank's implementation of 5-year plan.
During the past 5-year term, Ms. Le Thu Thuy has successfully transformed SeABank into the modern retail banking model, developed strategic cooperation with leading domestic enterprises and international financial institutions. Some achievements to be noted: Moody's long-term credit rating of B1 for 4 consecutive years (2019-2022) with Positive outlook; Completing Basel II's 3 pillars before deadline; One of the leading banks to implement and apply Basel III; Receiving credit packages and investments from world-class financial organizations like IFC and DFC, etc.
Moreover, under Ms. Le Thu Thuy's leadership, SeABank's charter capital has increased by US$ 518.3 million, total assets increased by US$ 3 billion, network extended to 180 branches and transaction offices across 29 regions. SeABank's corporate culture also becomes impressive, particularly for attractive service-length-based benefits, performance-based bonus, welfare policies for employees and active Corporate Social Responsibility activities like One Day One Smile, Dream Nurturing, etc.
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(NEXSTAR) — Last month, NASA’s $10 billion James Webb Telescope released its first batch of images that went deeper into the cosmos than humanity has ever seen. On Tuesday, NASA shared a new image Webb captured of “stellar gymnastics in the Cartwheel Galaxy.”
Webb, the world’s largest and most powerful space telescope, left Earth in December and reached its lookout point 1 million miles away in January. After a lengthy process of aligning mirrors, ensuring the infrared detectors were cold enough to operate, and calibrating other instruments, Webb began peering into the depths of space.
In Webb’s latest photo, seen below, NASA says we have “a new view of how the Cartwheel Galaxy has changed over billions of years.”
“Its appearance, much like that of the wheel of a wagon, is the result of an intense event – a high-speed collision between a large spiral galaxy and a smaller galaxy not visible in this image,” NASA explains.
This image — a composite from two of Webb’s instruments — shows the Cartwheel, right, alongside two smaller galaxies with a backdrop of even more galaxies.
Cartwheel’s inner core is comprised of “a tremendous amount of hot dust,” including some massive, but young, star clusters. The outer ring, NASA explains, has been expanding for 440 million years. As it grows, it hits surrounding gas, sparking new star formation. Cartwheel is in a transitory stage and is expected to keep transforming, according to NASA.
The Hubble Space Telescope, Webb’s predecessor, has looked at the Cartwheel before, but the amount of dust around it kept us from getting a sharper view.
Webb is equipped with a Near-Infrared Camera, which can see wavelengths of light that reveal even more stars, especially younger ones. The telescope also has a Mid-Infrared Instrument, allowing it to see areas in the Cartwheel Galaxy rich in hydrocarbons and other chemical compounds. This helped Webb spot the wagon wheel spokes seen in the galaxy above — regions Hubble could see but not as clearly.
If you can’t get enough of Webb’s images, have no fear — more images will be shared in the coming weeks. NASA says its telescope “has a packed schedule of science programs looking at all kinds of cosmic phenomena, like planets, stars, galaxies, black holes, and more.”
You can also find out what Webb is scheduled to look at. Each week, the Space Telescope Science Institute shares Webb’s schedule, which can be found here. Among Webb’s targets this week are Ganymede, a Jupiter moon and the largest in our solar system; Cassiopeia A, the remnant of a massive star that exploded hundreds of years ago; and Jupiter’s main ring.
A full gallery of Webb’s images can be seen here. Future images will also be posted in the gallery, NASA says.
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NEW YORK, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Molecular Partners AG (NASDAQ: MOLN).
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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.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vial's tech-enabled CRO has added Marcia Swank to the team. Marcia will be the company's new VP of Ophthalmology. Swank joins the team with over 20 years of experience in ophthalmology and optometry research. Most recently, she served as the Executive Director of Ophthalmology at TFS HealthScience. Swank is a demonstrated leader of global teams in clinical research and has conducted trials from Phase I to Phase III across 15+ ophthalmology indications, including posterior and anterior related indications, pediatric indications, and rare diseases.
On her new position, Swank said, "Throughout my career, there has never been a more exciting time in Ophthalmology research. With the rise of innovative therapies and cutting-edge technology, combined with the ever-changing external factors of our society, we've been forced to step back and take a hard look at the processes that make up our industry. We continue to learn from our previous ways of doing things and apply our most valuable lessons. However, we are in a time when we must take a look at how to repair or build the foundation of ophthalmology research with a more efficient, innovative, and collaborative approach than ever before. My passion for ophthalmology research lies not only in finding better options for patients but also in continued learning, the growth of people, and the empowering of teams by providing the support and resources needed; to challenge the barriers that prevent ophthalmology clinical trials from being successful. I'm very excited about the days ahead for Vial Ophthalmology CRO."
Marcia will be working together with Vial's scientific advisory board members, including founding members Dr. Arshad Khanani, Dr. Nancy Holekamp, and Dr. Jeffrey Heier, to refine the CRO to support ophthalmology sponsors' greatest needs.
The Vial CRO promises quick execution and high-quality trial outcomes by leveraging Vial's tech-enabled trial management system, streamlined study startup processes, and proven enrollment playbook. Together, these best-in-class CRO services will accelerate the development of new therapies and devices for ophthalmology sponsors.
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About Vial: Vial's mission is to empower scientists to cure all human diseases. Vial has executed that vision by launching a next-generation Contract Research Organization (CRO) (with slated launches in Ophthalmology CRO, Oncology CRO, Gastroenterology CRO, and a Neurology CRO), a site network (Dermatology Clinical Trials, Ophthalmology Clinical Trials, Gastroenterology Clinical Trials, Women's Health Clinical Trials, Neurology Clinical Trials), and technology platform (VialConnect CTMS) to accelerate research. Vial has over 125 employees, is based in San Francisco, California, and has contributed to over 750 trials from Phase I through Phase IV.
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Drastic drop in donations poses a significant risk to Ohio blood supply
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Versiti Blood Center of Ohio has issued an emergency appeal for blood donations, pleading with Ohioans to donate. Versiti has seen a drastic drop in scheduled appointments and the blood center anticipates the available inventory of blood to be at less than a one-day supply within the coming days. Versiti strives for at least a three-day supply of blood, so it can be ready to serve all patients, even during unexpected events.
While all blood types are needed, Type O Negative blood, used to treat trauma patients in emergencies, is the most at risk. Only about 7% of donors have Type O Negative blood, making it extremely important for those individuals to donate.
Versiti is urgently seeking donors for more than 300 open appointments available at community blood drives and the Mill Run donor center this week.
"As we head into the heart of summer, now is a crucial time for blood donation. With more people traveling and getting together, there is more opportunity for accidents and the subsequent need for blood," said Dr. Dan Waxman, vice president of transfusion medicine and senior medical director at Versiti. "Type O blood donors are most needed, as the supply of O-negative blood is dangerously low."
Platelet donors are also desperately needed. Platelets are a component of blood that promotes clotting and are a special type of blood donation. Platelet donations have a shelf life of less than one week, which means that donations will be used by a patient in a local hospital on average within five days.
Platelets are incredibly important in a wide range of treatments for patients of all kinds, including premature babies, warriors fighting cancer, trauma victims, and those receiving organ or bone marrow transplants. Donors of all blood types are encouraged to donate platelets.
For those who do not know their specific blood type, the best way to find out is by signing up to donate blood. Donors can schedule an appointment to donate blood by calling 800-485-6594 or visit Versiti online at http://www.versiti.org/ohio.
Trauma Patients
- In the U.S., hemorrhage is the most common cause of death within the first hour of arrival to a trauma center.
- More than 80 percent of deaths in the operating room and nearly 50 percent of deaths in the first 24 hours after injury are due to severe blood loss.
- Three percent of civilian trauma patients will receive a massive transfusion and these patients consume 70 percent of all blood transfused at a trauma center.
- Gunshot victims are approximately five times more likely to require blood transfusions, they require 10 times more blood units and are 14 times more likely to die than people seriously injured by motor vehicles, non-gun assaults, falls, or stabs.
Individuals Going Through Cancer Treatments
- More than a quarter of the U.S. blood supply is used by patients battling cancer.
- More than 1.9 million people are diagnosed with a new cancer each year and many of them will need blood during their chemotherapy treatment.
Maternity and Pediatric Patients
- Transfusions are needed in the U.S. in 1 out of every 83 deliveries.
- Pediatric patients in the U.S. used 652,000 blood components.
- The rate of transfusions needed in childbirth in the U.S. increased by 54 percent between 2006 and 2015.
Versiti has extended hours at its Mill Run donor center (3830 Fishinger Blvd, Hilliard, OH 43026) to provide more flexibility for donors. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.
Donor center hours:
- Tuesday, June 14: 6 a.m. – 2 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 15: 12 p.m. – 8.pm.
- Thursday, June 16: 12 p.m. – 8 p.m.
- Friday, June 17: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Saturday, June 18: 7am-2pm
One donation of blood can save up to three lives, and anyone age 17 or older in good health who meets eligibility requirements is encouraged to give. Parental consent is required for donors age 16 to donate blood. Donating blood takes about an hour. To learn more, visit Versiti.org.
Based in Columbus, Versiti Blood Center of Ohio provides blood, blood products and specialty laboratory services to The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. The Wexner Medical Center is a leading hospital system with a nationally recognized hematology division, the Midwest's largest cancer hospital and the only academic medical center in the region. The health system uses more than 60,000 lifesaving units of blood products every year. Versiti Blood Center of Ohio schedules community blood drives in the Columbus area in order to support The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center blood needs. For a complete listing of upcoming drives for to host a blood drive visit www.versiti.org/ohio or call 800-485-6594.
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BOSTON, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MediKarma, Inc, a global leader in an AI-based patient engagement, education and navigation platform, has selected 1upHealth, the market leader offering healthcare's most complete FHIR® data platform, as its interoperability partner to help patients request and acquire their medical records through FHIR-based APIs. Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) is the future of healthcare that brings together claims and clinical information in one common standard to drive innovation.
MediKarma, Inc. intends to upend the healthcare market by providing a consumer-focused platform with personalized human body visualization, a dynamic health score and an AI voice companion that answers the important, recurring question, "What do I do next?" By integrating seamlessly into a consumer's lifestyle and leveraging data from multiple sources, MediKarma reduces friction within the healthcare journey and provides the best next action, which enables an improved healthcare experience.
The interoperability partnership between MediKarma and 1upHealth solves two significant user challenges: one, helping patients quickly access all of their medical and EMR records from multiple sources, and two, helping patients make sound decisions about the best way to enable continuous improvements in their personal healthcare.
"MediKarma's AI-enabled healthcare coach and daily health scores provide easy-to-access and Next Step information for the consumer. Finding a vendor with an accurate, easy-to-navigate records collection capability was paramount when selecting 1upHealth as an interoperability partner," says Kris Narayan, CEO of Medikarma. "The 1up|Health History app is easy to navigate and enables complete user health history to be integrated into the Medikarma workflow in under an hour."
"1upHealth is leading healthcare's conversion to FHIR®, a standard that is based on the same web technologies that have transformed other industries such as retail, travel and finance," said Joe Gagnon, CEO of 1upHealth. "We purpose-built a modern data architecture to rebuild how healthcare accesses, stores, analyzes and shares data using a scalable, serverless environment."
The 1up|Health History application enables individuals to connect and request their health data from the company's integrated network of 10,000+ clinical and payer endpoints. The disparate data is then ingested and conformed into clean FHIR® that is more timely, usable, and computable.
To learn more, click here or call 1-888-FHIR-1UP (1-888-344-7187).
MediKarma is a unique, compelling product that focuses on Health-care Consumers and answers the one question everyone has about their health "What do I do next?"
MediKarma's goal is to provide an insanely great UI, achieved through a voice-driven and AI-guided coach to help consumers modify their behavior and lead their health journey from the position of strength.
1upHealth offers healthcare's most complete FHIR® data platform that makes it easy for organizations to connect, control and compute data in a common format. Health plans, providers, biopharma and digital health companies use 1up's APIs and native integrations with EMRs to combine claims and clinical data on 1up's scalable infrastructure where customers to manage access to and send data out to partners, or interact with that data by applying analytics to gain meaningful answers for more informed decision making. Founded in 2017, the company's trusted interoperability network allows patient-mediated connections to more than 10,000+ clinical and payer endpoints. Gartner designated 1upHealth a "Cool Vendor in Healthcare Interoperability" for its FHIR® platform.
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HANGZHOU, China, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hailiang Education Group Inc. (Nasdaq: HLG), an education and management services provider in China ("Hailiang Education" or the "Company"), today announced that at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders held today, the Company's shareholders voted in favor of, among other things, the proposal to approve the re-election of five directors of the Company to hold office until the effective time of the Merger (as defined below), and the proposal to authorize and approve the previously announced agreement and plan of merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated May 7, 2022, by and between the Company, Hailiang Education International Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the law of the Cayman Islands ("Parent"), and HE Merger Sub Limited, an exempted company with limited liability incorporated under the law of the Cayman Islands and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Merger Sub"), the plan of merger required to be filed with the Registrar of Companies of the Cayman Islands (the "Plan of Merger") in order to give effect to the merger of Merger Sub with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the "Merger"), and any and all transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement and the Plan of Merger, including the Merger.
Approximately 88.53% of the Company's total outstanding ordinary shares, including ordinary shares represented by the Company's American Depositary Shares (the "ADSs"), voted in person or by proxy at the extraordinary general meeting. Each shareholder had one vote for each ordinary share. These shares represented approximately 88.53% of the total outstanding votes represented by the Company's total ordinary shares outstanding at the close of business in the Cayman Islands on the record date of September 1, 2022. The following is a summary of the voting results at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders:
- The Merger Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger, were approved by over 99.99% of the total votes cast at the extraordinary general meeting.
- The authorization of each of the directors of the Company to do all things necessary to give effect to the Merger Agreement, the Plan of Merger and the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Merger was approved by over 99.99% of the total votes cast at the extraordinary general meeting.
- The re-election of Mr. Junwei Chen as a director of the Company to hold office until the effective time of the Merger was approved by over 99.99% of the total votes cast at the extraordinary general meeting.
- The re-election of Mr. Cuiwei Ye as a director of the Company to hold office until the effective time of the Merger was approved by over 99.99% of the total votes cast at the extraordinary general meeting.
- The re-election of Mr. Ken He as a director of the Company to hold office until the effective time of the Merger was approved by over 99.99% of the total votes cast at the extraordinary general meeting.
- The re-election of Mr. Xiaofeng Cheng as a director of the Company to hold office until the effective time of the Merger was approved by over 99.99% of the total votes cast at the extraordinary general meeting.
- The re-election of Mr. Xiaohua Gu as a director of the Company to hold office until the effective time of the Merger was approved by over 99.99% of the total votes cast at the extraordinary general meeting.
Completion of the Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement. The Company will work with the other parties to the Merger Agreement towards satisfying all other conditions precedent to the Merger set forth in the Merger Agreement and completing the Merger as quickly as possible. If and when completed, the Merger would result in the Company becoming a privately held company, its ADSs will no longer be listed on the NASDAQ Global Market, and the Company's ADS program for the Company's ordinary shares will terminate.
About Hailiang Education Group Inc.
Hailiang Education Group Inc. (Nasdaq: HLG) is an education and management services provider in China. The Company primarily focuses on providing distinguished, specialized, and internationalized education. Hailiang Education is dedicated to providing students with high-quality high school curriculum education, student management services, ancillary educational services, and education and management services, and it strives to maintain the high quality of its students' life, study, and development. Hailiang Education adapts its educational services based upon its students' individual aptitudes. Hailiang Education is devoted to improving its students' academic capabilities, cultural accomplishments, and international perspectives. For more information, please visit http://ir.hailiangedu.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains information about Hailiang Education's view of its future expectations, plans, and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made under the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to the following: the Company's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated under the Merger Agreement as planned, and other risks detailed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), as well as the Schedule 13E-3 transaction statement and the proxy statement to be filed by the Company. Hailiang Education may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the SEC, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials, and in oral statements made by its officers, directors, or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about Hailiang Education's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, whether known or unknown, and are based on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "will make," "will be," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "endeavor to," "is/are likely to," or other similar expressions. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in our annual report on Form 20-F and other filings with the SEC. All information provided in this press release is as of the date of this press release, and Hailiang Education undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, except as may be required under applicable law.
For more information, please contact:
Mr. Litao Qiu
Board Secretary
Hailiang Education Group Inc.
Phone: +86-571-5812-1974
Email: ir@hailiangeducation.com
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Wilson, Plum help Aces deal Fever 13th straight loss, 93-72
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum each scored 22 points and the Las Vegas Aces handed the Indiana Fever their club-record 13th straight loss, 93-72 on Friday night to open a two-game series. The teams will meet again in Indiana on Sunday. Wilson was 10 of 15 from the field and had six rebounds, three assists and three steals to help Las Vegas improve to 21-8. Plum was 8 of 11, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range, and Jackie Young added 15 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Queen Egbo led Indiana with 13 points. The Fever are 5-26. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/07/29/wilson-plum-help-aces-deal-fever-13th-straight-loss-93-72/ | 2022-07-30T08:47:35Z |
HOUSTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share on the company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be paid on October 14, 2022, to stockholders of record on September 15, 2022.
About KBR
We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission-critical roles in 34 countries.
KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.
Visit www.kbr.com
Forward Looking Statement
The statements in this press release that are not historical statements, including statements regarding future financial performance, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's control that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the significant adverse impacts on economic and market conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the company's ability to respond to the resulting challenges and business disruption; the recent dislocation of the global energy market; the company's ability to manage its liquidity; the outcome of and the publicity surrounding audits and investigations by domestic and foreign government agencies and legislative bodies; potential adverse proceedings by such agencies and potential adverse results and consequences from such proceedings; changes in capital spending by the company's customers; the company's ability to obtain contracts from existing and new customers and perform under those contracts; structural changes in the industries in which the company operates; escalating costs associated with and the performance of fixed-fee projects and the company's ability to control its cost under its contracts; claims negotiations and contract disputes with the company's customers; changes in the demand for or price of oil and/or natural gas; protection of intellectual property rights; compliance with environmental laws; changes in government regulations and regulatory requirements; compliance with laws related to income taxes; unsettled political conditions, war and the effects of terrorism; foreign operations and foreign exchange rates and controls; the development and installation of financial systems; the possibility of cyber and malware attacks; increased competition for employees; the ability to successfully complete and integrate acquisitions; and operations of joint ventures, including joint ventures that are not controlled by the company.
The company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K, any subsequent Form 10-Qs and 8-Ks, and other U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings discuss some of the important risk factors that the company has identified that may affect its business, results of operations and financial condition. Except as required by law, the company undertakes no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished.
When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited. It said she owed $83,762 to cover the cost of her 2 1/2 year imprisonment for drug crimes.
Now, she’s afraid she’ll have to sell her home of 51 years, where she lives with two adult children, a grandchild and her disabled brother.
“I’m about to be homeless,” said Beatty, 58, who in March became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration. “I just don’t think it’s right, because I feel I already paid my debt to society. I just don’t think it’s fair for me to be paying twice.”
All but two states have so-called “pay-to-stay” laws that make prisoners pay for their time behind bars, though not every state actually pursues people for the money. Supporters say the collections are a legitimate way for states to recoup millions of taxpayer dollars spent on prisons and jails.
Critics say it’s an unfair second penalty that hinders rehabilitation by putting former inmates in debt for life. Efforts have been underway in some places to scale back or eliminate such policies.
Two states — Illinois and New Hampshire — have repealed their laws since 2019.
Connecticut also overhauled its statute this year, keeping it in place only for the most serious crimes, such as murder, and exempting prisoners from having to pay the first $50,000 of their incarceration costs.
Under the revised law, about 98% of Connecticut inmates no longer have to pay any of the costs of their incarceration after they get out, said state Rep. Steve Stafstrom, a Bridgeport Democrat and a sponsor of the repeal legislation.
The state retained its ability, though, to collect some prison debts already on the books before the law changed. It’s unclear whether the change in the law, made after Beatty sued, will be enough to keep her in her home. That will be decided in court.
Her lawyers have asked a federal judge to block the state from enforcing the law against anyone, saying it remains unfair even after the amendments.
Beatty acknowledges she was guilty of selling and possessing drugs, but said nobody told her when she went to jail that every day behind bars would cost her more than a night at a fine hotel.
“It just drags you back to despair,” said Beatty, who has had other brushes with the law over drug possession since her release from jail, but has also become a certified nursing assistant. “That’s where I feel like I’m at. I feel like no hope. Where do I go? All of this work and it feels like I’ve done it in vain.”
Pay-to-stay laws were put into place in many areas during the tough-on-crime era of the 1980s and ’90s, said Brittany Friedman, an assistant professor of sociology at University of Southern California who is leading a study of the practice.
As prison populations ballooned, Friedman said, policymakers questioned how to pay for incarceration costs. “So, instead of raising taxes, the solution was to shift the cost burden from the state and the taxpayers onto the incarcerated.”
Laws vary from state to state. Many, like Connecticut, only go after inmates for the cost of incarceration if they come into money after leaving prison. A few, such as North Carolina, have laws on the books but almost never use them, Friedman said.
Connecticut’s partial repeal went into effect July 1. The state is projected to collect about $5.5 million less per year from ex-prisoners because of the change.
State Sen. John Kissel, the top Republican on the legislature’s Judiciary Committee, said he opposed the repeal passed by the Democratic majority, but might support reforms like allowing inmates to pay off debt in installments.
Kissel said that while Beatty’s situation tugs at one’s heartstrings, “Everybody has issues.”
“The policy is to make one appreciate that your incarceration costs money,” he said. “The taxpayers footed the bill. They didn’t do anything wrong. And knowing that one has to pay the state back a reasonable sum on a regular basis is not a bad policy.”
Connecticut used to collect prison debt by attaching an automatic lien to every inmate, claiming half of any financial windfall they might receive for up to 20 years after they are released from prison, said Dan Barrett, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut. That included things like insurance settlements, inheritances and lottery winnings.
The state even collected money awarded to inmates in lawsuits over alleged abuse by prison guards.
Former Connecticut inmate Fred Hodges, who served more than 17 years in prison for killing a man while trying to retrieve his son’s stolen bicycle, came into $21,000 after his car was totaled in a 2009 traffic accident. The state claimed half of that, he said. After paying his lawyer, he was left with about $3,000.
“I have seven grandchildren and the money could have helped them. It could have helped me,” said Hodges, who works for a nonprofit that helps other inmates reenter society. “You’d be surprised at the effect it can have on you psychologically when they tell you you owe them $249 a day. I was locked up for 17 1/2 years. At $249 a day, how are you going to come up out of that?”
Beatty’s lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, argues that the pay-to-stay seizures violate the excessive fines clause of the Constitution.
Da’ee McKnight, who works with Hodges as a coordinator for an organization called Family ReEntry, said the state took an insurance settlement from him, even though he served most of his sentence before the law was on the books.
“Here, I’m being penalized for something that I was not even made aware of at the time I was sentenced, because it did not even exist,” he said.
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Associated Press writer Dave Collins contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/ap-at-249-per-day-prison-stays-leave-ex-inmates-deep-in-debt/ | 2022-08-27T18:50:45Z |
TSA on track to find record-setting number of guns
(CNN) - Airport security screeners are finding an average of 17 guns a day.
Officials with the Transportation Security Administration say if that pace continues, they will find more firearms this year than any other year.
The TSA reports it caught more than 3,000 guns in the first half of 2022.
The previous full-year record of 5,972 was set last year, and the TSA says more than 80% of the guns found were loaded.
According to the TSA, people can bring firearms in checked bags, but they must be in a locked, hard-sided case, unloaded and declared at the airline check-in counter.
Guns also have to be in a different case than ammo.
If a gun is discovered at a TSA checkpoint, it can result in a fine of up to $10,000.
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Flight Control makes the process of conceiving, planning and running complex campaigns easy by unifying all activity into one platform
NEW YORK, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinch, the leader in dynamic ad serving and personalization and creator of Flight Control, the Omnichannel Campaign Management Platform, has been recognized by Digiday Media Awards as this year's Best Ad Tech Platform. The Digiday Media Awards is the industry's annual recognition of the companies, campaigns and creatives modernizing media and marketing.
Built to solve major challenges facing the advertising industry, Flight Control offers a simple, visual platform that both reduces complexity and makes ad personalization - often seen as very effective but too difficult to organize - drag & drop simple.
Advertisers today are tasked with conceiving, planning and running complex campaigns across several disparate platforms, each with their own varying levels of integration, requirements and measurements. Flight Control utilizes proprietary Artificial Intelligence to enable a single omnichannel workflow that eliminates issues that stem from fragmented collaboration and platforms that aren't inherently built for advertising.
"We are honored to receive this prestigious award, especially in such a competitive category," said Oz Etzioni, CEO of Clinch. "Innovating against the needs of our clients has always been our top priority, as well as maintaining the agility and foresight to do so ahead of the game. Flight Control was built with agencies, for agencies and in-house brand advertising teams to offer the first truly intuitive UI to create, manage and maintain campaigns across all paid media channels with as little friction as possible. Offering the customization and flexibility to seamlessly integrate with any partner stack enables us to deliver unparalleled performance and efficiency to both creative and media teams."
Campaigns run through Flight Control save on average 3-4+ days of setup time, with human error rates reduced to zero and activation time in trafficking reduced by 30%. Agencies who use Flight Control report drastically increasing the share of budget devoted to DCO/personalization, which consistently reports higher performance on metrics like ROAS over traditional campaigns.
Flight Control is available as a SaaS platform (the first of its kind) or managed service, enabling complex data-driven personalized ad campaigns, smart ad serving, and consumer intelligence across all channels.
About Clinch
Clinch is the recognized leader in omnichannel personalization, campaign management and ad serving. The company's AI-driven dynamic personalization technology delivers custom-tailored ad experiences at scale across all channels, driving best-in-class performance and consumer intelligence. Flight Control, Clinch's Omnichannel Campaign Management Platform, enables agencies and brands to manage the entire campaign lifecycle, from strategy through activation and measurement, on a single data-driven, automated platform that makes them massively more efficient, and profitable. Clinch campaigns run across all digital channels including programmatic, Connected TV (CTV), social media, in-app, native and Digital Out of Home (DOOH).
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Main Street Live unveils new events schedule for 2022-2023
Published: Aug. 22, 2022 at 7:57 PM EDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - With the return of Main Street Live in Downtown Bradenton, themes for the 2022 - 2023 series have been announced.
The popular outdoor concert series has rebranded with the help of the City of Bradenton Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), to raise the bar for the live music scene. Main Street Live will feature live entertainment by regional and local acts, food, artisan vendors, and so much more.
Main Street Live takes place on Old Main Street12th Street West.
Located between Manatee and Third Avenueplans to have family friendly activities, local food vendors, photo opportunities, and more surprises!
Below are the dates and themes scheduled so
- Saturday, October 29, 2022 | Halloween & Fall Festival - Featuring rock n’ roll band Stormbringer from Tampa Bay
- Wednesday, November 23, 2022 | Holiday Bazaar
- Saturday, December 31, 2022* | New Year’s Eve
- Saturday, February 11, 2023 | Bradenton Regatta
- Friday, March 17, 2023 | St. Patrick’s Day
- Saturday, April 22, 2023 | Spring Fling
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BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, Inc. (Nasdaq: IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Total revenues were RMB6.7 billion (US$993.8 million1), decreasing 13% year over year.
- Membership services revenue was RMB4.3 billion (US$639.7 million), increasing 7% year over year.
- Operating income was RMB125.8 million (US$18.8 million) and operating income margin was 2%, compared to operating loss of RMB1.1 billion and operating loss margin of 15% in the same period in 2021.
- Non-GAAP operating income2 was RMB343.8 million (US$51.3 million) and non-GAAP operating income margin was 5%, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of RMB779.4 million and non-GAAP operating loss margin of 10% in the same period in 2021.
- Net loss attributable to iQIYI was RMB214.0 million (US$31.9 million), compared to net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.4 billion in the same period in 2021.
- Non-GAAP net income attributable to iQIYI2 was RMB78.3 million (US$11.7 million), compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.1 billion in the same period in 2021.
"We fought against the gravity of macro downturn throughout the second quarter of 2022 and booked operating profit growth. The process was extremely challenging, but the result was absolutely remarkable." commented Mr. Yu Gong, Founder, Director, and Chief Executive Officer of iQIYI. "In the third quarter, we built important partnership with Douyin and PAG. This together with the positive momentum of a series of blockbuster new releases makes us more confident than ever that we will be able to deliver greater profit growth in the future."
"Our gross margin expanded in the last three consecutive quarters, reflecting ongoing gains in the ROI of our content business. Meanwhile, we kept our spending disciplined and stabilized total operating expenses in the second quarter." commented Mr. Jun Wang, Chief Financial Officer of iQIYI. "We are committed to building a healthy and sustainable business that generates long-term value for our stakeholders."
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
Second Quarter 2022 Other Operating Highlights
- The average daily number of total subscribing members3 for the quarter was 98.3 million, compared to 99.2 million for the same period in 2021 and 101.4 million for the first quarter in 2022. The average daily number of subscribing members excluding individuals with trial memberships4 for the quarter was 97.7 million, compared to 98.5 million for the same period in 2021 and 100.8 million for the first quarter in 2022.
- The monthly average revenue per membership (ARM5) for the second quarter was RMB14.53, compared to RMB13.42 for the same period in 2021 and RMB14.69 for the first quarter in 2022, increasing 8% year over year.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results
Total revenues reached RMB6.7 billion (US$993.8 million), decreasing 13% year over year.
Membership services revenue was RMB4.3 billion (US$639.7 million), increasing 7% year over year, primarily attributable to the increase in ARM, as we launched a variety of premium content that elevated user experiences and continued to refine operations to improve monetization capabilities.
Online advertising services revenue was RMB1.2 billion (US$178.2 million), decreasing 35% year over year, primarily due to challenging macroeconomic environment, pandemic resurgence, and our strategy leading to fewer number of variety shows launched.
Content distribution revenue was RMB479.3 million (US$71.6 million), decreasing 30% year over year, primarily due to the decrease in the value of cash transactions and barter transactions.
Other revenues were RMB698.4 million (US$104.3 million), decreasing 37% year over year, primarily due to the soft performance of various business lines.
Cost of revenues was RMB5.2 billion (US$783.5 million), decreasing 24% year over year, primarily due to lower content costs during the quarter. Content costs as a component of cost of revenues were RMB3.9 billion (US$578.7 million), decreasing 24% year over year. The decrease in content cost resulted from our improvement in content strategy and improvement in operating efficiency.
Selling, general and administrative expenses were RMB800.6 million (US$119.5 million), decreasing 32% year over year, primarily due to the decrease in marketing spending, share-based compensation expenses, and personnel-related compensation expenses.
Research and development expenses were RMB482.2 million (US$72.0 million), decreasing 29% year over year, primarily due to the decrease of personnel-related compensation expenses.
Operating income was RMB125.8 million (US$18.8 million), compared to operating loss of RMB1.1 billion in the same period in 2021. Operating income margin was 2%, compared to operating loss margin of 15% in the same period in 2021. Non-GAAP operating income was RMB343.8 million (US$51.3 million) and non-GAAP operating income margin was 5%, compared to non-GAAP operating loss of RMB779.4 million and non-GAAP operating loss margin of 10% in the same period in 2021.
Total other expense was RMB291.0 million (US$43.4 million), compared to total other expense of RMB226.4 million during the same period of 2021. The year over year increase was a combined result of the foreign exchange loss driven by the appreciation of U.S. dollar against Renminbi, decreased interest expenses mainly due to the adoption of ASU 2020-06, Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity's Own Equity and less principal amount of convertible bond, as well as the fluctuation of other items.
Loss before income taxes was RMB165.2 million (US$24.7 million), compared to loss before income taxes of RMB1.3 billion in the same period in 2021.
Income tax expense was RMB36.2 million (US$5.4 million), compared to income tax expense of RMB30.4 million in the same period in 2021.
Net loss attributable to iQIYI was RMB214.0 million (US$31.9 million), compared to net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.4 billion in the same period in 2021. Diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS was RMB0.28 (US$0.04) for the second quarter of 2022, compared to diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS of RMB1.75 in the same period of 2021. Non-GAAP net income attributable to iQIYI was RMB78.3 million (US$11.7 million), compared to non-GAAP net loss attributable to iQIYI of RMB1.1 billion in the same period in 2021. Non-GAAP diluted net income attributable to iQIYI per ADS was RMB0.10 (US$0.01), compared to non-GAAP diluted net loss attributable to iQIYI per ADS of RMB1.33 in the same period of 2021.
As of June 30, 2022, the Company had cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments of RMB4.9 billion (US$733.0 million).
Conference Call Information
iQIYI's management will hold an earnings conference call at 7:00 AM on August 30, 2022, U.S. Eastern Time (7:00 PM on August 30, 2022, Beijing Time).
Please register in advance of the conference using the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, passcode and unique access PIN by a calendar invite.
Participant Online Registration: https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10024346-sgdy7f.html
It will automatically direct you to the registration page of " iQIYI Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call", where you may fill in your details for RSVP.
In the 10 minutes prior to the call start time, you may use the conference access information (including dial-in number(s), passcode and unique access PIN) provided in the calendar invite that you have received following your pre-registration.
A telephone replay of the call will be available after the conclusion of the conference call through September 6, 2022.
Dial-in numbers for the replay are as follows:
International Dial-in +1 855 883 1031
Passcode: 10024346
A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available at http://ir.iqiyi.com/.
About iQIYI, Inc.
iQIYI, Inc. is an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China. Its corporate DNA combines creative talent with technology, fostering an environment for continuous innovation and the production of blockbuster content. We produce, aggregate and distribute a wide variety of professionally produced content, or PPC, as well as a broad spectrum of other video content in a variety of formats. The Company distinguishes itself in the online entertainment industry by its leading technology platform powered by advanced AI, big data analytics and other core proprietary technologies. iQIYI attracts a massive user base with tremendous user engagement, and has developed a diversified monetization model including membership services, online advertising services, content distribution, online games, live broadcasting, IP licensing, talent agency, online literature, etc.
Safe Harbor Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this announcement, as well as iQIYI's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. iQIYI may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its periodic reports to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements about iQIYI's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: iQIYI's strategies; iQIYI's future business development, financial condition and results of operations; iQIYI's ability to retain and increase the number of users, members and advertising customers, and expand its service offerings; competition in the online entertainment industry; changes in iQIYI's revenues, costs or expenditures; Chinese governmental policies and regulations relating to the online entertainment industry, general economic and business conditions globally and in China and assumptions underlying or related to any of the foregoing. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release and in the attachments is as of the date of the press release, and iQIYI undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement iQIYI's consolidated financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, iQIYI uses the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating (loss)/income, non-GAAP operating (loss)/income margin, non-GAAP net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, non-GAAP diluted net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI per ADS and free cash flow. The presentation of the non-GAAP financial measure is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
iQIYI believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding its operating performance by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of its business operating results, such as operating performance excluding non-cash charges or non-operating in nature. The Company believes that both management and investors benefit from referring to the non-GAAP financial measures in assessing its performance and when planning and forecasting future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to iQIYI's historical operating performance. The Company believes the non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency with respect to supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision making. A limitation of using these non-GAAP financial measures is that the non-GAAP measures exclude certain items that have been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant component in the Company's results of operations. These non-GAAP financial measures presented here may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. Other companies may calculate similarly titled measures differently, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures to the Company's data.
Non-GAAP operating (loss)/income represents operating (loss)/income excluding share-based compensation expenses, amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations and non-recurring employee severance costs.
Non-GAAP net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, Inc. represents net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, Inc. excluding share-based compensation expenses, amortization and impairment of intangible assets resulting from business combinations, non-recurring employee severance costs, disposal gain or loss, impairment of long-term investments, fair value change of long-term investments, adjusted for related income tax effects. iQIYI's share of equity method investments for these non-GAAP reconciling items, amortization and impairment of intangible assets not on the investees' books, accretion of their redeemable non-controlling interests, and the gain or loss associated with the issuance of shares by the investees at a price higher or lower than the carrying value per shares, adjusted for related income tax effects, are also excluded.
Non-GAAP diluted net (loss)/income per ADS represents diluted net (loss)/income per ADS calculated by dividing non-GAAP net (loss)/income attributable to iQIYI, Inc, which is adjusted for accretion for the redeemable non-controlling interests, by the weighted average number of ordinary shares expressed in ADS.
Free cash flow represents net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures.
For more information, please contact:
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iQIYI, Inc.
+ 86 10 8264 6585
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- LEGOLAND California Resort kicks off biggest tourism season with an official grand opening ceremony for its newest attraction, LEGO Ferrari Build and Race, on May 12th
- Cutting-edge digital technology lets guests build, test and race their very own LEGO Ferrari
- Life-size Ferrari F40 LEGO model built out of more than 350,000 LEGO pieces was on display at the event and will become a permanent centerpiece of the attraction
CARLSBAD, Calif., May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Start your engines! Yesterday, LEGOLAND® California Resort debuted its newest attraction, LEGO® Ferrari Build and Race. Capitalizing on the increased popularity of Formula 1 racing (with viewership up 56% compared to 2020), the new attraction puts visitors in the driver's seat with cutting-edge digital technology that guests have never experienced at any other LEGOLAND theme park in the world.
"Kicking off what is anticipated to be one of the biggest vacation seasons to date, LEGOLAND California is thrilled to bring this first-of-its-kind attraction to Carlsbad, California," said President of LEGOLAND California Resort Kurt Stocks. "On the heels of Miami's Grand Prix, we know what a thrill the Formula 1 races can be, and we're excited to give our guests a taste of that experience here at the Park."
The centerpiece of the opening was a life-size, bright red Ferrari F40 model developed by the LEGO Group, the only model of its kind in the world. The LEGO model took a team of Master Model builders more than 3,800 hours and more than 350,000 LEGO elements to create. It stands at 14 feet long, 6 ½ feet wide, 4 feet tall, and weighs more than 3,000 lbs. A permanent, visual centerpiece of the attraction's "garage," guests can sit in the full-scale Ferrari F40 model and have their photos taken.
LEGO® Ferrari Build and Race lets guests build, test, and race their very own LEGO Ferrari. Drawing inspiration from Ferrari fun facts, race history and awards featured in the "garage", Young racers get to tap into their creativity as they head into the build and test area to construct their own LEGO Ferrari car to race at one of three test tracks which include the test zone, steering test track and speed test track. Each track offers guests different obstacles, challenges and a chance to clock in the fastest time.
Once guests have fine-tuned their vehicles, they will then head into the race area and use digital technology developed by Dimensional Innovations, a leader in immersive and engaging experiences, to digitally scan their cars and virtually race them in an effort to capture the fastest lap time. A fully customizable experience, guests will be able to digitally modify their LEGO car down to its engine size, tire specs, power, and aerodynamics, plus personalize the license plate and even add stickers.
Once on the "track," LEGO Ferrari Build and Race is designed to be interactive and challenging as racers adapt to changing racecourse conditions due to weather, wind, temperature, and wind speed. Guests will have three laps to set their fastest time using touchpads to give their car extra acceleration and to pass competitors through straghtaways. Families can join in the fun by viewing overhead monitors with a bird's eye view of the action and leaderboards displaying the status of current races and highlighting top performers of the day.
The journey continues in the DUPLO® build zone where younger guests have the chance to drive their imagination and design their creations out of bigger bricks. A LEGO pit crewmember will also be on hand to share Ferrari fun facts, race history, and showcase themed LEGO race gear and awards.
LEGO Ferrari Build and Race is included in the price of admission to LEGOLAND California Resort. It joins other new additions to the Park this year, including the brand new SoFi Stadium LEGO model in MINILAND U.S.A. For LEGOLAND California Resort ticket prices, operating schedule, and additional information, visit www.LEGOLAND.com or call 760-918-LEGO (5346).
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Man admits to raping 2 underage girls in motel room, police say
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) – Police in Texas said they arrested a man who admitted to raping two girls, ages 15 and 12, at a motel.
According to a report from College Station police, the two girls went missing Friday night from a residential treatment center for survivors of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, and sex trafficking.
An employee at the facility was able to help lead police to the motel where the girls were found along with the suspect, Allen Michael Lee, 27.
According to the arrest report, Lee told police he met the 15-year-old two years ago on a dating app and said at the time, she lied about her age. Lee claimed that after learning her real age, he ceased communications until she recently reached out and told him she was pregnant and he was the father.
After learning about the pregnancy, Lee told police he picked her up, along with the 12-year-old girl, and traveled to College Station. Police noted in their report that Lee did not know the 12-year-old prior to picking her up Friday.
Police said Lee brought the girls to a motel where he and the children had sexual intercourse multiple times.
Lee was arrested and remains in the Brazos County Detention Center, charged with two counts of sexual assault of a child and one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child.
He is being held on a $300,000 bond.
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AS A GIFT FOR FANS, FOR FIVE CONSECUTIVE WEEKS STARTING JULY 29TH, AEROSMITH WILL PREMIERE NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN CONCERT FOOTAGE FROM A DIFFERENT DECADE EVERY WEEK ON AEROSMITH'S OFFICIAL SITE AND YOUTUBE CHANNEL
THE SERIES KICKS OFF WITH A CLASSIC PERFORMANCE FROM 1977, LIVE FROM THE SUMMIT, HOUSTON, TX, 1977
Watch The Trailer On Their Official YouTube Channel, HERE
LOS ANGELES, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In continued celebration of their 50th anniversary, today, the four-time GRAMMY® Award winning and Diamond-certified rock legends Aerosmith, (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford and Joey Kramer), announce the launch of 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults, the band's new "official bootleg" streaming concert series featuring five deep, archival, and unreleased multi-camera live shows from Aerosmith's vast personal vaults. With the entire production of all five concert films supervised by Aerosmith, the series kicks off with a live stream of Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977, a combination of classic live performances from a two-night stand in Houston in 1977 that captures the band in all its raw and powerful rock n' roll splendor. Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 will premiere on Aerosmith's official YouTube channel on July 29th at 12pm PT/3pm ET and will be available, in its entirety as a gift for fans, for one week only and can be viewed HERE. Highlight clips from Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 will also be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on July 30th and will include "Back In The Saddle," "Mama Kin" and "Sweet Emotion."
Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 is taken directly from the original in-house 2" master analog video cartridge for the best possible quality and features footage filmed over the course of two summer nights at The Summit in Houston, Texas on June 24 & 25, 1977. The original live feed edit, only intended for the in-house screens, was carefully cleaned, digitized, and remastered in HD, bringing the 45-year-old footage to life. This hour long, highly charged performance shows why Aerosmith became one of the hottest bands of the 70s and continues to this day. Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977 kicks into full gear as the band burst onto The Summit stage, delivering powerful and raw renditions of "Back In The Saddle," "Mama Kin," "Lord Of The Thighs," "Lick And A Promise," and "Sweet Emotion," featuring Tom Hamilton's signature bass line as he lays down that familiar groove as Joe Perry's iconic talk box intro eases the audience in. Other highlights include "Draw The Line," "Walk This Way," a blistering version of "Toys In The Attic," and their 1973 Top 10 power ballad "Dream On."
For 50 Years Live!: From the Aerosmith Vaults, producer Steve Berkowitz, along with long-time Aerosmith employees Tommy Higgins & John Bionelli, combed through the band's vast Vindaloo Vaults, unearthing a treasure trove of filmed concerts recorded in the original formats of the day, covering the band's history throughout the decades. With the help of Director and Producer Jennifer LeBeau (Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon), this footage was carefully transferred and converted to digital to help preserve these historic recorded documents. Produced by Steve Berkowitz and Dennis Wolfe, the video and audio restoration was skillfully conducted by Vanderquest UK and Formosa Sound, giving these performances the highest possible visual and sonic quality.
For five consecutive weeks, starting on July 29th with Live From The Summit, Houston, TX, 1977, Aerosmith's official website and YouTube channel will premiere a different concert every week from each decade. With each show, the band's official online store will also feature a new collection of exclusive merchandise capsules celebrating each decade. First collection is now available, HERE.
As part of the continued celebration around their 50th anniversary, Aerosmith will return to Las Vegas to bring their critically acclaimed residency, AEROSMITH: DEUCES ARE WILD to the Dolby Live at Park MGM. Kicking off September 14th — with shows running through December 11th — the residency is the first live concert experience presented in Dolby Atmos® at Dolby Live. Dolby Live is one of the world's most technologically advanced performance venues for enjoying live music in Dolby Atmos. Tickets can be purchased online at ticketmaster.com/aerosmith.
In addition to their upcoming dates in Las Vegas, Aerosmith is set to perform at Maine Savings Amphitheater in Bangor, Maine on September 4th before they head to Boston for a show at the historic Fenway Park on September 8th. For ticket information, please visit Aerosmith.com.
Upcoming live stream premieres include:
Filmed in Landover, Maryland on December 17, 1989, Aerosmith closes out the 80s in top form with this dynamic performance at Capital Centre. Live From The Capital Centre features classic tracks such as "Walk This Way" and "Rats In The Cellar," as well as "Rag Doll," "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)," and "Permanent Vacation."
Highlight clips from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 6th will be: "Walk This Way," "Permanent Vacation" and "Dude (Looks Like A Lady)."
Throughout the 90s, Aerosmith continued to be an unstoppable force in rock, delivering a high energy set at Coca-Cola Star Amphitheater on July 2, 1993, with all the same swagger and attitude they had from day one. The tightly knit band belts out now classics such as "Eat The Rich," "Janie's Got A Gun," "Livin' On The Edge'" and "Cryin'." Older favorites include "Last Child." "Walk This Way" and "Back In The Saddle."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 13th will be: "Cryin'," "Janie's Got A Gun" and "Livin' On The Edge."
"Mama Kin" kicks things into high gear as Aerosmith storm through Michigan on September 7, 2003, at Comerica Park during their Rocksimus Maximus Tour. Included are classics such as "Same Old Song And Dance" and "Walk This Way," as well as "Jaded," "Love In An Elevator," and the GRAMMY® Award winning single "Pink." Aerosmith brings the incredible night to a close in a cloud of confetti and a frenetic version of "Toys In The Attic."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 20th will be: "Toy's In The Attic," "Same Old Song And Dance" and "Love In An Elevator."
Captured at the Arena Ciudad de Mexico in Mexico City on October 27, 2016, this show was enhanced with the discovery of the original multi-tracks that were added and mixed by Aerosmith's long-time Soundboard Engineer John Ship. The band wastes no time getting into their groove as Steven Tyler swaggers through classics such as "Draw The Line" and "Rats In The Cellar," as well as "Crazy" and their hit ballad "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing." Teasing the crowd with a "You See Me Crying" and "Home Tonight" medley, Tyler breaks into a powerfully moving rendition of "Dream On," before bringing the show to an explosive end with "Sweet Emotion."
Highlights from this show to be added to Aerosmith's YouTube channel on August 27th will be: "Crazy," "Dream On" and "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing."
In addition, Aerosmith – 1971: The Road Starts Hear (UMe) is now available globally on CD and vinyl LP and can now be streamed, HERE. This rare recording from 1971 was recently discovered in Aerosmith's Vindaloo Vaults and was originally only available as a limited-edition cassette and vinyl release for Record Store Day in 2021. The heavily sought-after RSD release quickly sold out and debuted on the Billboard 200, hitting No. 2 on the Top Hard Rock Albums chart, No. 12 on the Top Rock Albums chart, No. 13 on the Vinyl Albums chart, and No. 19 on the Top Album Sales chart. In addition, the band's official online store now features a new 1971 collection of exclusive merchandise, available HERE.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame members Aerosmith have sold more than 150 million albums around the world, produced genre-defining music videos such as "Amazing," "Crazy," "Janie's Got A Gun," "Livin' On The Edge," and "Love In An Elevator," and launched extravagant record-shattering global tours, most recently with their smash hit Las Vegas residency. The band has broken numerous boundaries, including becoming the first rock band with a massive commercially successful hip-hop collaboration with Run DMC on "Walk This Way" and the first hard rock band to appear during a Super Bowl Halftime Show with their 2001 performance, and in 1999, Aerosmith became the first band to have their own themed attraction at Disney World in Florida and later Paris with the launch of the Rock 'N' Roller coaster starring Aerosmith.
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NEW YORK, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Upstart, Inc. (NASDAQ: UPST) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: March 18, 2021 to May 9, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 12, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Upstart, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Upstart's AI model could not adequately account for macroeconomic factors such as interest rates that impact the market-clearing price for loans; (2) as a result, Upstart was experiencing a negative impact on its conversion rate; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to use its balance sheet to fund loans; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Upstart you have until July 12, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Upstart securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the UPST lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/upstart-inc-loss-submission-form?id=27817&from=4.
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DALLAS, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Braemar Hotels & Resorts Inc. (NYSE: BHR) (the "Company" or "Braemar"), announced today its preliminary expectations for net income attributable to common stockholders, Adjusted EBITDAre, and Adjusted FFO for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
The Company reported today a preliminary estimated range of net income attributable to common stockholders of approximately $10.6 million to $12.0 million, a preliminary estimated range of Adjusted EBITDAre of $48.5 million to $49.9 million, and a preliminary estimated range of Adjusted FFO available to common stockholders, OP unitholders, Series B Cumulative Convertible preferred stockholders and convertible note holders on an "as converted" basis of $36.4 million to $37.8 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. Also, through April 25, 2022, the Company has issued 3.57 million shares of its Series E and Series M non-traded perpetual preferred stock raising approximately $80.2 million of net proceeds. Final results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 will be released on May 4, 2022 as previously announced.
"We are absolutely thrilled with the performance of our portfolio in the first quarter. These unprecedented results are a testament to the ideal positioning and industry leading quality of our portfolio. Our luxury resorts are located in very desirable, high barrier to entry markets, which are benefitting from the recent surge in leisure demand and sky-rocketing average daily rates," stated Richard J. Stockton, Braemar's President and Chief Executive Officer. He continued, "Furthermore, we are now also seeing strong bookings within our urban hotel portfolio, as corporate transient and corporate group demand rebounds, which should further solidify our results for the balance of the year." He concluded, "This year, I entirely expect to significantly exceed both the RevPAR and Adjusted EBITDAre that we achieved in 2019."
We use certain non-GAAP measures, in addition to the required GAAP presentations, as we believe these measures improve the understanding of our operational results and make comparisons of operating results among peer real estate investment trusts more meaningful. Non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release, which should not be relied upon as a substitute for GAAP measures, are FFO, AFFO, EBITDA, EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre. Please refer to our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more detailed description of how these non-GAAP measures are calculated. The reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the closest GAAP measures are provided below and provide further details of our results for the period being reported.
The following tables are reconciliations of the Company's preliminary estimated GAAP net income (loss) to the Company's preliminary estimated EBITDA, EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, FFO and Adjusted FFO:
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Braemar Hotels & Resorts is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on investing in luxury hotels and resorts.
The preliminary estimated results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 included in this release, which are the responsibility of management, were prepared by the Company's management in connection with the preparation of the Company's financial statements and are based upon preliminary hotel operating results, preliminary corporate level expenses and a number of subjective judgements and assumptions. Additional items that may require adjustments to the Company's preliminary estimated financial information may be identified and could result in material changes to the Company's preliminary estimated results. The Company has provided ranges, rather than specific amounts, for the preliminary estimated results described above primarily because the Company's closing procedures for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 are not yet complete and, as a result, the Company's final results upon completion of the closing procedures may vary from the preliminary estimates set forth above. The Company's independent registered public accounting firm, BDO USA, LLP, has not audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures with respect to the preliminary estimated financial information, nor have they expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such information or its achievability, and assume no responsibility for, and disclaim any association with, such preliminary estimated financial information. Further, these preliminary estimated results are not a comprehensive statement or estimate of the Company's financial condition or operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. These preliminary estimated results should not be viewed as a substitute for complete quarterly financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") or as a measure of the Company's performance. In addition, the preliminary estimated financial information is not necessarily indicative of the results to be achieved for any future period. Accordingly, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this preliminary estimated financial information. See the information below under the heading "Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements and assumptions in this press release contain or are based upon "forward-looking" information and are being made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, among others, statements about the Company's strategy and future plans. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. When we use the words "will likely result," "may," "anticipate," "estimate," "should," "expect," "believe," "intend," or similar expressions, we intend to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to numerous assumptions and uncertainties, many of which are outside Braemar's control.
These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, including, without limitation: the impact of COVID-19, and the rate of adoption and efficacy of vaccines to prevent COVID-19, on our business and investment strategy; our ability to repay, refinance or restructure our debt and the debt of certain of our subsidiaries; anticipated or expected purchases or sales of assets; our projected operating results; completion of any pending transactions; risks associated with our ability to effectuate our dividend policy, including factors such as operating results and the economic outlook influencing our board's decision whether to pay further dividends at levels previously disclosed or to use available cash to pay dividends; our understanding of our competition; market trends; projected capital expenditures; the impact of technology on our operations and business; general volatility of the capital markets and the market price of our common stock and preferred stock; availability, terms and deployment of capital; availability of qualified personnel; changes in our industry and the markets in which we operate, interest rates or the general economy; and the degree and nature of our competition. These and other risk factors are more fully discussed in Braemar's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The forward-looking statements included in this press release are only made as of the date of this press release. Such forward-looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions, and expectations of our future performance taking into account all information currently known to us. These beliefs, assumptions, and expectations can change as a result of many potential events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans, and other objectives may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider this risk when you make an investment decision concerning our securities. Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company can give no assurance that these forward-looking statements will be attained or that any deviation will not occur. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or circumstances, changes in expectations, or otherwise, except to the extent required by law.
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BEIJING, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent survey from Global Times showed that nearly 80 percent of Chinese respondents said about 90 percent considered the China-ASEAN ties as friendly and over 75 percent hold a positive attitude toward their future.
The survey was jointly conducted by the Global Times Research Center and Centre for Chinese Foreign Strategy Studies, Renmin University of China between March 15 and April 15 in 31 Chinese provinces, regions and municipalities among the general public aged 18 to 69 and college students. It collected 2,012 valid questionnaires from the general public and 1,150 from college students.
About 61.8 percent of the respondents said they have a good impression of ASEAN, and those who have visited ASEAN members share high scores in terms of the impression about the region. On average, the level of affection of the Chinese public toward ASEAN, with a 3.8 score, is much higher than the other blocs and countries.
Most of the college students are impressed by the ASEAN's rich resources and culture. They also share a high level of affection.
"Those results showed that China and ASEAN have developed very successful relations in the past two to three decades," Lu Xiang, research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times. This results from the ramped-up efforts of China's diplomacy toward Southeast Asia.
The survey also shows that although fewer Southeast Asian countries share divergences with China on questions like the South China Sea, those conflicts are under control, and have not become "the mainstream tone" for bilateral ties. The Chinese public supports and trusts China's policy and its relations with ASEAN, Lu said.
Positive momentum
Although 10 ASEAN members share vast differences, China has been handling the relations with them pretty well, either from diplomatic efforts or the infrastructure cooperation under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, which all laid the foundation for the positive momentum in China-ASEAN ties, experts said.
Over 90 percent of the respondents said they are interested in ASEAN, and nearly two-third of them share very high interests. For example, the culture and arts of the region have become a great attraction for the Chinese public. The region's business and trade, technology, nature, history and sports attract about 40 percent of the respondents, according to the survey.
Among the surveyed college students, 54.3 percent said they know ASEAN and over 50 percent said they know the region's politics, geography, culture and economy.
Some 90.4 percent of the respondents said China-ASEAN relations are "friendly" and over two-thirds took it as "very friendly" and "relatively friendly."
"Those survey results are in line with Chinese people's objective perception of the development of China-ASEAN relations," Xu Liping, a research fellow on Southeast Asian studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, told the Global Times recently.
In China's neighboring diplomacy, ASEAN occupies a very important position, Xu said, noting that ordinary Chinese will have a high degree of favorability and affinity for ASEAN.
"This objectively shows that there is a strong internal driving force for the development of China-ASEAN relations, and strengthening cooperation and friendly people-to-people exchanges will continue to be the mainstream of bilateral relations," he said.
In responding to the question about "whether China and ASEAN can properly handle the South China Sea question," 26.9 percent of the respondents said the two sides can always handle it well while 67.3 percent believed that although there are divergences, they can generally handle it properly, the survey showed. It also means that 94.2 percent of the respondents hold a positive attitude toward the two sides handling the South China Sea question well.
The survey also shows that the majority of the respondents attach importance to economic cooperation between China and ASEAN, followed by the public health sector. In emerging industries, most of them value energy and green development cooperation.
ASEAN and China reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen their partnership and cooperation in line with the ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (CSP) established in 2021, as officials of both sides met at the 23rd ASEAN-China Joint Cooperation Committee Meeting in April 2022.
The meeting also discussed developments in ASEAN and China and the continued progress of cooperation over the past year. Substantive progress has been made in various areas of the ASEAN-China Plan of Action 2021-2025, such as trade, ICT, digital economy, education, public health, culture and information, media, environment and sustainable development, and narrowing the development gap.
In the education sector, 88.4 percent of the college students surveyed showed a positive attitude toward exchange activities with universities in the region. Activities related to culture and arts are considered the most popular ones, as 61.6 percent of the respondents mentioned, followed by language study activities.
Singapore as top interest
While the Chinese public shares high interests in ASEAN members, Singapore has become the country that attracted them the most. The average score of affection and interest for Singapore is above 4, with the highest score of 5, followed by Malaysia and Thailand, which both scored 3.8.
Chinese students are most attracted by Singapore, and then Thailand and Malaysia.
"Such interest in Singapore is in line with the general perception," Lu said. He noted that as a Chinese-dominated society, Singapore shares many similarities with China.
ASEAN remains China's largest trade partner, accounting for 14.6 percent of China's total foreign trade in the first four months of 2022, with the EU and the US ranking second and third, according to the latest Chinese customs data released on Monday.
China-ASEAN trade totaled 1.84 trillion yuan ($274.5 billion) from January to April 2022 up 7.2 percent year-on-year.
While Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand were the three countries considered to be the most friendly with China, as the GT survey showed, nearly 96 percent of the respondents said they support China and ASEAN to further develop friendly neighborly relations. The Chinese public will better understand those countries with more economic and cultural exchanges with China, and it's not strange that Chinese people are interested in the above-mentioned three Southeast Asian countries as the tour packages of those three are the most common in China, experts said.
"It's believed that with the further development of the Belt and Road projects, the public will know other ASEAN members better, with a more favorable attitude," Lu said.
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Fork In The Road: Fire Station Doghouse
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - It’s a dramatic story of survival served with a side of designer hot dogs.
This week’s Fork In The Road takes us to Topeka’s Oakland neighborhood to one of the newest, most unique restaurants around: The Fire Station Doghouse.
“Uh, give me a big one,” an animal control officer told Chef Johnny Jackson.
Big or small--Fire Station Doghouse in Topeka’s Oakland neighborhood has got it all.
From the old school Kansas City dog, to the Chicago and New York dogs, the classic old dogs and Chef Johnny’s Designer Dog’s.
“The chief dog, we have the sporting, the Crusher, the Hickabilly and the Top City Blues Dog,” chef said about the menu.
That’s just to name a few. But, it’s the Crusher he recommends to customers wanting to try something new.
Chef described the designer dog: “The things that go on it are bacon and jammer sauce which is made from both our cheddar cheese and Monterey jack cheese sauce spun with Rotel tomatoes so it kind of makes it spicy and then we put sweet sauteed peppers on top, fresh jalapeno slices on, sliced tomatoes and we top it off with our homemade salsa.”
You can even build your own dog from the 27 toppings to choose from. Then, there are the unique sides including sweet vanilla slaw salad, loaded baked potato salad, and fire-roasted baked beans.
Johnny’s restaurant was born from a traumatic childhood event.
“When I was younger a fireman helped save our house and helped save my life,” the chef recalled.
As a child, the owner wanted to become a firefighter but became a chef instead.
Here, he’s combined his two passions.
They’ve only been open less than two months, but already, they’ve seen customers from across Kansas--a firefighter and his family from Colby and new friends from Emporia.
Chef offered an open invitation: “We’d just love for you to come down and get your dog on.”
Chef Johnny says, it’s actually a sin to keep ketchup in a hot dog shop; but, they do have it available for those wanting to indulge. You can visit Fire Station Doghouse at 2211 NE Sardou in Topeka from 11 to 7, seven days a week.
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Dwolla expects the higher limits to substantially expand Same Day ACH payment adoption as companies with larger transaction sizes stand to benefit most.
DES MOINES, Iowa, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dwolla, a fintech powering innovation with sophisticated account-to-account payment solutions, celebrates Nacha's announcement of the Same Day ACH transaction limit increase from $100,000 to $1 million. Effective March 18, the $1 million limit was applied to all Same Day ACH transactions. Dwolla expects this update to further support the adoption of Same Day ACH, which saw payment volumes grow by nearly 74 percent in 2021 following a successful expansion of operating hours.
"We are proud to be a Nacha Preferred Partner for ACH Technology and for having played a role in fueling the growth in ACH and Same Day ACH payments," said Brady Harris, CEO of Dwolla. "Nacha continues to look for ways to adapt to what a modern business needs, and this is just the latest example. The trifecta of faster payments, higher transaction limits and Dwolla's technology is hard to beat."
While not every company will need the $1 million transaction limit, Dwolla acknowledges that the expanded transaction limit will open many possibilities for companies to glean more value from Same Day ACH. In Nacha's recent update, Q1 numbers signal the anticipated growth we will see this year of Same Day ACH, showing 53.3% increase in dollar value over a year earlier with a 7.8% volume increase. Key industries poised to benefit from the limit increase include accounting, insurance, construction, real estate and healthcare.
"The ability for us to process higher transfers via Same Day ACH is a game-changer for the real estate industry and in particular, InvestNext" said Kevin Heras, InvestNext CEO. "Our customers raise hundreds of millions of dollars from their investors on our real estate investment platform. The ease at which Dwolla has provided us with these enhancements and their scalable infrastructure to handle such large volumes of payments has been extremely reliable for us."
The demand for the Same Day ACH limit increase was highlighted by the recent surge in ACH payment transactions. In 2021, ACH payments set records for both the number of transactions and the value of those transactions at 29.1 billion transactions valued at $72.6 trillion. The number of ACH payments has skyrocketed since the onset of COVID-19, driven by businesses and consumers transitioning to electronic payments.
"Every year, consumers, businesses, non-profit organizations and government entities turn to the ACH Network to make more of their payments," said Michael Herd, Nacha Senior Vice President, ACH Network Administration. "Last year Same Day ACH payment volume grew nearly 74%, and we expect to see ongoing adoption this year as the Same Day ACH limit increased from $100,000 to $1 million. This exemplifies how the ACH Network is constantly evolving to help meet America's faster payment needs."
According to the December 2021 Federal Reserve Payments Study, the ACH Network was the only payment system to grow in share by number annually from both 2018 to 2019 and 2019 to 2020. Today's announcement aligns with the ACH Network's strong history of innovation. In 2017, Same Day ACH was enabled for debit payments, followed by 2019's announcement of faster funds availability for both Same Day and standard ACH. In March 2020, the Same Day ACH dollar limit per transaction increased from $25,000 to $100,000; in 2021, Nacha extended the time frame for Same Day ACH payment submission.
This announcement follows Dwolla's recent release of its Virtual Account Number feature and comes on the heels of a monumental 2021 that included facilitating over $35 billion in payment volume, a $21 million fundraise and the launch of Real-Time Payments.
About Dwolla
Dwolla, Inc. is a fintech company powering innovations with sophisticated account-to-account payment solutions. Dwolla's robust platform, low-code API and partnership ecosystem simplify the complex process of integrating with the various payment networks to create a single end-to-end solution. Integrating Dwolla's modern payment technology gives a business the ability to program payments in real-time, on the same day or to a debit card 24/7. With minimal development, start-ups to Fortune 500 companies can gain efficiency, flexibility and improved cash flow by working with Dwolla.
About Nacha
Nacha governs the thriving ACH Network, the payment system that drives safe, smart, and fast Direct Deposits and Direct Payments with the capability to reach all U.S. bank and credit union accounts. More than 29 billion ACH Network payments were made in 2021, valued at close to $73 trillion. Through problem-solving and consensus-building among diverse payment industry stakeholders, Nacha advances innovation and interoperability in the payments system. Nacha develops rules and standards, provides industry solutions, and delivers education, accreditation, and advisory services.
About InvestNext
Detroit-based InvestNext is on a mission to democratize real estate investing. Their product streamlines tedious tasks acting as a centralized source of truth to engage investors, raise capital, report and distribute returns, and more. Its user-friendly platform empowers investors to make a meaningful impact on the communities in which they invest. Learn more at investnext.com.
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Yellen: Russia invasion will have ‘enormous repercussions’
By FATIMA HUSSEIN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a House panel that Russia’s actions in Ukraine “will have enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.” Yellen said in remarks that globally, “spillovers from the crisis” are heightening economic vulnerabilities in many countries that are already facing higher debt burdens and limited policy options as they recover from COVID-19. Yellen’s appearance before the House Financial Services committee is part of her annual testimony on the state of the international financial system. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/06/yellen-russia-invasion-will-have-enormous-repercussions/ | 2022-04-06T16:36:36Z |
WATERLOO, Wis., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese is proud to announce that their Chocolate Mascarpone was named the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair Grand Master Cheesemaker. This is the first time the company has received this prestigious award.
The award was announced during the annual Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Products Contest and Auction on August 11, hosted by Wisconsin State Fair and the Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board. This year, over 300 locally produced dairy products were entered and Crave's Chocolate Mascarpone was selected as the Grand Champion from the top 40 first place winners from each product class.
"Our Chocolate Mascarpone has become a favorite with customers, and we're delighted to add this coveted recognition to our growing list of awards for our newest product," said Crave Brothers' founder George Crave. "It's especially rewarding to be recognized as we celebrate our 20-year anniversary!"
In addition to its Chocolate Mascarpone placing first in the flavored soft cheese category, Crave Brothers had a strong showing in other cheese classes including:
- Mozzarella Medallions – 2rd place in the open class – Soft and Spreadable Cheese
- Mascarpone – 3nd place in the open class – Soft and Spreadable Cheese
- Marinated Fresh Mozzarella – 3rd place in the Flavored Semi-Soft Cheese
The Crave family, celebrating 20 years in the cheesemaking business in 2022, farms 2,500 acres of productive land in south-central Wisconsin, growing soybeans, corn and alfalfa to use as nutritious feed for their Holstein cows. From the biodigester to water recovery and recycling, sustainability is top-of-mind on the farm. The Crave Brothers Farm LLC and Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese LLC use 100% green power and are carbon-negative businesses.
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(WXIN) — Kellogg’s is offering a cash incentive to switch out the casserole for a bowl of cereal.
The company will pay five people $5,000, plus a year’s supply of cereals like Frosted Flakes, Froot Loops and Frosted Mini-Wheats, as part of a new sweepstakes.
“Kellogg’s cereals shine as stars of the breakfast table, but morning isn’t the only time cereal can bring the fun,” said Sadie Garcia, director of Brand Marketing at Kellogg All Family Cereal.
Cereal connoisseurs are invited to share on Instagram how they enjoy Kellogg’s cereal for dinner under #KelloggsCerealforDinnerEntry.
People can submit a post once a day leading up to National Breakfast Day on Sept. 26.
Each week for five weeks, one winner will be randomly selected.
No purchase is necessary.
For more information, follow Kellogg on Instagram @KelloggsUS and visit www.kelloggs.com/en_US/Giveaway.html for official rules. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/kelloggs-will-pay-you-5000-for-having-cereal-for-dinner/ | 2022-08-29T15:39:58Z |
The funding will be used to continue building the best CMS experience for developers and marketers who want to scale their storytelling
LINZ, Austria, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Storyblok, an enterprise headless content management system (CMS) that enables developers and marketers to deliver powerful content experiences on any digital platform, today announced the close of its $47M Series B financing, led by Mubadala Capital and HV Capital and joined by existing investors 3VC and firstminute capital. Storyblok previously raised $11 million.
Following the company's last funding round in February 2021, Storyblok has increased the size of its team by 500% across 38 countries and more than doubled its users, projects, and agency partners. The new funding will further accelerate product innovation, growth into the U.S. and Europe—as well as an expansion into APAC—and growth of the ecosystem of partners and apps.
The company was founded by Dominik Angerer and Alexander Feiglstorfer in 2017 during their time working at a web development agency. Their frustrating experience with traditional content management systems, and their inability to find a system that would be a good fit for both developers and content editors, inspired them to build a headless CMS that works for all users.
Storyblok is currently used by 74,000 developers and marketers from 130+ countries, building 120,000 projects. Leading brands such as Adidas, Renault, and Marc O'Polo use Storyblok to organize content and tell better stories globally and instantaneously on all channels.
"We've been big believers in Storyblok from day one, and the speed at which the company has managed to scale since our Series A investment has been remarkable. Storyblok's strong organic traction is a real testament to the quality of the product Dominik and Alex have built, and we are excited to continue our partnership with the Storyblok team," said Fatou Bintou Sagnang, Partner at Mubadala Capital Ventures.
"As a truly remote company with a global customer base, Storyblok is uniquely positioned to play a leading role in the global content management market. The company's remote-first philosophy, along with Dominik's and Alexander's vision, gives them tremendous advantages to scale their product globally at a rapid pace and quickly won our investment team over. We're delighted to be partnering with Storyblok and its innovative team to further support the company's growth ambitions," said Jannis Fett, Investment Manager at HV Capital.
Headless CMS represents the next generation of content management systems, promising a significantly higher degree of flexibility. Storyblok is the only headless CMS built for developers and marketers from the very beginning. The upcoming launch of the all-new Storyblok CMS will bring enhancements to digital asset management, visual editing, and real-time collaboration that further harmonize content operations across all teams. These updates make it even easier for enterprises to have full control of their content in a world where it needs to be everywhere at the same time: websites, mobile, IoT, the metaverse, and beyond.
"Changing the way content is managed and published online is an ambitious goal that requires the support of bold investors," said Dominik Angerer, Co-Founder and CEO of Storyblok. "HV Capital, Mubadala Capital, 3VC, and firstminute capital see the massive need and opportunity to make 'publish once, deploy everywhere' the new standard in enterprise content management."
Resources
- View Storyblok's press kit: https://www.storyblok.com/press
- See case studies: https://www.storyblok.com/case-studies
- Learn more about Storyblok: https://www.storyblok.com
- Explore career opportunities at Storyblok: https://www.storyblok.com/jobs
About Storyblok
Storyblok is a headless CMS that enables developers and marketers to deliver powerful content experiences on any digital platform. Developers create flexible components that are independently managed by content teams through a collaborative visual editor and customizable workflow. Published content is delivered through an API, so changes are made once and will appear everywhere: websites, mobile, IoT, the metaverse, and beyond. This approach reduces maintenance and makes content management more efficient. Leading brands such as Adidas, Renault, and Marc O'Polo use Storyblok to manage and share their content with the world. Storyblok was named the #1 CMS for 2022 by G2.
For more information, visit https://www.storyblok.com and follow Storyblok on LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Mubadala Capital
Mubadala Capital is the asset management subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, a leading global sovereign investor headquartered in Abu Dhabi. In addition to managing its own balance sheet investments, Mubadala Capital manages c. $9 billion in third-party capital vehicles on behalf of institutional investors in four of its businesses, including three private equity funds, two early stage venture funds, a public fund and a fund in Brazil focused on special situations.
About HV Capital
Since 2000 HV Capital has invested in Internet and technology companies through various generations of funds and is one of the most successful and financially strongest early-stage and growth investors in Europe. HV Capital has already invested in around 225 companies, including Zalando, Delivery Hero, FlixMobility, Depop and SumUp. The company supports startups with capital between €500,000 and €50 million. This makes HV Capital one of the few venture capitalists in Europe that can finance startups through all growth phases. To learn more about HV Capital, visit www.hvcapital.com.
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Brandon Watts
brandon.watts@storyblok.com
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PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I was so hot sitting under an umbrella on the beach one day and I thought there had to be a way to relax under these conditions and be cooled down," said the inventor from York Haven, Penn. "I thought of this idea to block the sun while on the beach by providing more shade while also providing a means of a power supply."
He created the patent-pending SOLAR CONCEPTS to provides users with an outdoor umbrella with integrated solar panels, fan and a rechargeable battery system. This would offer increased shade protection for outdoor consumers and an additional cooling fan for increased cooling capabilities. It would eliminate the need for individuals to purchase and carry separate electronics and accessories for powering in remote locations. Additionally, this would be useful to all types of outdoor enthusiasts.
The original design was submitted to the Lancaster sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-LBT-206, 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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RetailMeNot's Summer of Savings Will Give Shoppers the Chance to Save on Everything They Need for Summer's Memorable Moments
AUSTIN, Texas, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, RetailMeNot is kicking off summer shopping with the announcement of its Summer of Savings to help shoppers save on everything they need for the upcoming gifting, hosting and travel season while earning money back along the way.
Shoppers are eagerly anticipating a season of celebrating milestones and making memories with their loved ones, and according to recent RetailMeNot's research, 70% of Americans plan to attend a celebration this summer. To help these shoppers save money, RetailMeNot's Summer of Savings will offer coupons, deals and cashback offers available at favorite stores including the Home Depot, buybuy Baby, eBay and more. Whether shoppers need to find the perfect wedding gift, re-book winter travel plans, or refresh the home with hosting essentials, they can shop with confidence during the Summer of Savings.
"Summer has arrived and with the new season comes lots of milestones as we get back to normal, which means lots of celebrations. We want to help make shopping for these celebrations easier by hosting our Summer of Savings to help consumers save money," says Kristin McGrath, Shopping Expert at RetailMeNot. "In a time when inflation is causing stressed budgets, RetailMeNot wants to help you kick off your vacations, events and gatherings by giving shoppers the chance to earn money back while they shop. Our Summer of Savings will bring cash back and discounts from favorite retailers so you can celebrate all of the special moments this summer, while saving at the same time."
See below for some of the exciting offers that will be available throughout the month:
- Up to 12% cash back at Home Depot
- Deals of up to 50% off your living space with eBay
- Up to 12% cash back at buybuy Baby
To shop RetailMeNot's Summer of Savings, visit www.retailmenot.com to access the awesome deals.
The Ziff Media Group Shopping Survey was conducted between April 6 and 7, 2022, among 1,116 nationally representative Americans ages 18 and up.
RetailMeNot is a leading savings destination bringing people and the things they love together through savings with retailers, brands and restaurants. RetailMeNot makes everyday life more affordable through online and in-store coupon codes, cash back offers, and the RetailMeNot Deal Finder™ browser extension. To learn more, visit https://www.retailmenot.com/corp or follow @RetailMeNot on social media.
Ziff Davis (Nasdaq: ZD) is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, entertainment, shopping, health, cybersecurity, and martech. For more information, visit www.ziffdavis.com.
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ALISON BROD MARKETING + COMMUNICATIONS
retailmenot@alisonbrodmc.com
212-230-1800
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Annual Program Has Directed Over $25 Million for More Than 2,300 Scholarships, Aiming to Break Down Barriers to Higher Education for Local Students
LOS ANGELES, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of the Wonderful Community Scholarship Program intended to help college-bound students reach their full potential, 12 Central Valley students from the communities of Wasco and Shafter will each receive up to a $30,000 scholarship to assist with tuition, living expenses, and other costs at an accredited college or university of their choice. Created and funded by philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick, co-owners of The Wonderful Company, the program builds on their long-standing commitment to help Central Valley students fulfill the dream of a college education as a pathway to entering the workforce. To date, over $25 million has been directed to more than 2,300 college scholarships.
With the goal of getting more children to and through college, the scholarship program helps first-generation college students prepare for, pay for, and persist through college. Currently, 17 percent of Kern County, California, residents possess a bachelor's degree, and many don't see college as a realistic option. This program is one of the many ways the Resnicks strive to increase access to higher education opportunities in the communities The Wonderful Company serves.
"Today's children are tomorrow's citizens, and we're determined to make sure the next generation of leaders in the Central Valley not only excels in academics, but that they also use their passions to ignite change in the communities where our employees live and work," said Lynda Resnick, vice-chairman of The Wonderful Company. "A quality education must be equitable and inclusive so that every child can gain the skills and earn the credentials needed for successful, fulfilling careers. Our children have so much to contribute to the world and, thanks to them, I know our future is bright."
Every year, The Wonderful Company and its co-owners invest more than $30 million in community development, education, and health and wellness initiatives across the Central Valley and beyond. Established initially to provide college scholarships to the children of Wonderful employees from the Central Valley, the program has expanded over the last 28 years to also award college scholarships to Wonderful College Prep Academy graduates, Wonderful Agriculture Career Prep students, and now first-generation college students from high schools in Wasco and Shafter. Presently, 900 Wonderful scholarship recipients are enrolled in college and an additional 300 graduating seniors received a Wonderful College Scholarship this year.
"We're proud of our students for pursuing their educational aspirations," said Russell Shipley, principal, Shafter High School. "It's more important than ever to help build and maintain the pipeline of diverse talent that will go on to be innovators and changemakers in our community for years to come. We're incredibly grateful for the financial support to help our young leaders achieve their dreams."
The Community Scholarship Program aims to reach more communities and students in the future. For additional information about The Wonderful Company and its co-owners' philanthropic efforts, please visit www.wonderful.com/csr.
About The Wonderful Company
The Wonderful Company is a privately held $5 billion global company dedicated to harvesting health and happiness around the world. Its iconic brands include FIJI® Water, POM Wonderful®, Wonderful® Pistachios, Wonderful® Halos®, Wonderful® Seedless Lemons, Teleflora®, JUSTIN®, JNSQ™, and Landmark® wines.
The Wonderful Company's connection to consumers has health at its heart and giving back in its DNA. To learn more about The Wonderful Company, its products, and its core values, visit www.wonderful.com, or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. To view the current Corporate Social Responsibility report, visit www.wonderful.com/csr.
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- FY 2021 Revenue up 22% YoY to $63.7 Million; Adjusted EBITDA up 90% YoY to $19.6 million -
- Q4 2021 Revenue up 13% YoY to $16.5 Million; Adjusted EBITDA up 55% YoY to $5.1 million -
- Preliminary Q1 2022 Revenue up 33% YoY to $20.1 Million -
- Filing of Audited Annual Financial Statements and Related Materials Delayed -
- Management Conference Call Scheduled for Today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time -
MIAMI, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Cansortium Inc. (CSE: TIUM.U) (OTCQX: CNTMF) ("Cansortium" or the "Company"), a vertically-integrated cannabis company operating under the Fluent™ brand, today announced preliminary unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2021. The Company is also providing select preliminary unaudited first quarter results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Unless otherwise indicated, all results are presented in U.S. dollars.
"We ended 2021 on a high note with record fourth quarter results, and our momentum has carried into the first quarter of 2022," said CEO Robert Beasley. "We have grown revenue sequentially every month between October 2021 and March 2022 due to both cultivation improvements across our facilities in Florida as well as new capacity coming online in December and February. We are now harvesting double the biomass per week compared to last year. The recent 4/20 holiday was also our strongest day of sales in company history, further reflecting our continued momentum into Q2. I cannot thank our team enough for their hard work over the past year to help us reach this inflection point.
"Although our results are dramatically improving, we are disappointed to report that our auditors require more time to complete their audit procedures, delaying the filing of our 2021 audited financial statements. We understand the frustration this will cause with our shareholders, and we are equally frustrated as our auditors previously communicated that our required filings would be completed by today's deadline. We have provided all the required information for the auditors to complete their review and expect to have our various filings completed soon.
"Despite this frustration over the audit process, we expect another strong year of growth highlighted by new store openings, continued new patient acquisition, ramping new cultivation and further improving our flower quality. For the first time, we now have an adequate level of supply for our 27-store footprint in Florida, and our results over the past couple months validate that our stores can thrive with more product to sell. Our management team is highly motivated by the dramatic uptrend in sales and the morale within the company is at an all-time high."
Q4 2021 Preliminary Financial Highlights (vs. Q4 2020)
- Revenue increased 13% to $16.5 million compared to $14.7 million.
- Expected Operating loss decreased to $(1.6) million compared to $(9.7) million.
- Expected Adjusted EBITDA increased 55% to $5.1 million or 31.0% of revenue, compared to $3.3 million or 22.5% of revenue.
FY 2021 Preliminary Financial Highlights (vs. FY 2020)
- Revenue increased 22% to $63.7 million compared to $52.4 million.
- Expected Operating loss decreased to $(2.4) million compared to $(8.4) million.
- Expected Adjusted EBITDA increased 90% to $19.6 million or 30.8% of revenue, compared to $10.3 million or 19.6% of revenue.
Q1 2022 Preliminary Results & Recent Highlights
- Revenue increased 33% year-over-year to $20.1 million compared to $15.1 million.
- In Florida, average biomass harvested per week has increased approximately 100% in Q1 2022 compared to Q4 2021 due to new cultivation ramping.
- Inventory shipped in Florida increased 75% in March 2022 compared to December 2021, reflecting the highest levels of inventory in company history.
- Sales in milligrams ("mgs") of THC increased by 173%, from 5.6 million mgs in the first week of Q1 2022 to 15.4 million mgs in the 16th week of 2022.
- New patient acquisition in Florida increased approximately 16% in Q1 2022 compared to Q4 2021 due to increased community outreach engagement, competitive pricing and fully stocked inventories.
- In late April, the Company opened its third dispensary in Pennsylvania in Annville.
2022 Outlook
The Company expects revenue in 2022 to range between $90-$95 million, reflecting an approximate 45% increase from 2021 at the midpoint. Cansortium also expects adjusted EBITDA in 2022 to range between $25-$28 million, reflecting an approximate 35% increase from 2021.
Delayed Filing of Audited Annual Financial Statements and Related Materials
As a result of additional time required by the Company's auditors to complete their remaining audit procedures, Cansortium will not be filing its periodic disclosure documents (the "Annual Filings") by the filing deadline of May 2, 2022. The Company has sought from, and is in communication with, the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") concerning the availability of a management cease trade order in respect of the missed deadline for the Annual Filings.
If an MCTO is granted, it is expected that the general investing public will continue to be able to trade in the Company's listed common shares, however, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer will not be able to trade in the Company's common shares. The Company confirms it will comply with the provisions of the alternative information guidelines under National Policy 12-203 – Management Cease Trade Orders for so long as an MCTO remains in effect.
The Company has been actively engaged in discussions with its auditors over the past two weeks and was only recently informed that they would not complete the filings ahead of the deadline.
The causes of the delay are not material to the Company nor its operations. Notwithstanding the delay, the Company continues to operate normally without disruption and is working diligently and expeditiously with its auditors to complete the Annual Filings as soon as possible.
The Company is not currently subject to any insolvency proceedings. The Company also confirms that there is no other material information concerning the affairs of the Company that has not been generally disclosed as of the date of this press release.
The Company will advise, by way of press release, if the MCTO is granted. If the MCTO is not granted, it is expected that the OSC will issue a failure-to-file cease trade order. If a failure-to-file cease trade order is made, the Company will advise, by way of press release, setting out the particulars thereof and will comply with its related obligations.
Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call and live audio webcast today at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss its preliminary financial results, operational highlights and the delayed filing, followed by a question-and-answer period.
Toll-free dial-in number: (800) 319-4610
International dial-in number: (604) 638-5340
Conference ID: 10018936
Link: Cansortium Conference Call
Please call the conference telephone number 5-10 minutes prior to the start time. An operator will register your name and organization. If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Elevate IR at (720) 330-2829.
The conference call will also be available for replay via the News & Events section of the Company's investor relations website at https://investors.getfluent.com/.
About Cansortium Inc.
Cansortium is a vertically-integrated cannabis company with licenses and operations in Florida, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Texas. The Company operates under the Fluent™ brand and is dedicated to being one of the highest quality cannabis companies for the communities it serves. This is driven by Cansortium's unrelenting commitment to operational excellence in cultivation, production, distribution and retail. The Company is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Cansortium Inc.'s common shares trade on the CSE under the symbol "TIUM.U" and on the OTCQX Best Market under the symbol "CNTMF." For more information about the Company, please visit www.getfluent.com.
Forward-Looking Information
Certain information in this news release may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation and may also contain statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "targets", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "an opportunity exists", "is positioned", "estimates", "intends", "assumes", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking information. Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts but instead represent the Company's expectations, estimates, and projections regarding future events, plans or objectives, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company's control. The forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained herein include, but are not limited to, statements or information with respect to the Annual Filings, whether the Company will receive an MCTO rather than the CTO, and if issued whether the MCTO or CTO can be timely lifted or limited in scope.
Forward-looking information is necessarily based on many opinions, assumptions, and estimates that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of this news release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to the factors described in the public documents of the Company available at www.sedar.com. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company; however, these factors should be considered carefully. There can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements contained in this news release are made as of the date of this news release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements containing any forward-looking information, or the factors or assumptions underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
For further information: www.getfluent.com
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DLC, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nashville-based Made In Network has formed a strategic partnership with investment groups MEP Capital and Cordillera Investment Partners to accelerate the company's mission of helping creators build the next generation of media brands.
Over the next five years, Made In Network plans to invest over $50mm into its creator talent and brand studio including development of new original IP, product extensions, catalog licensing, and business diversification.
The partnership brings substantial growth capital to Made In Network, expanding its ability to bring the company's full suite of creative, production, strategy, and commercial services to some of the world's leading creators and advertisers across digital platforms. Specifically, Made In Network will be investing in the expansion of its partners' businesses through increased production support, new IP development, expansion into other mediums such as podcasts, and the creation of new product lines.
Founded in 2013, Made In Network has been a trusted partner to the highest caliber of content creators, including the Babish Culinary Universe, Cinema Sins, Matty Matheson, Marty Schwartz,Bailey Sarian, and Some Good News. Today, the company's managed channels, on YouTube alone, generate over 3 billion organic annual views across over 70mm subscribers. This viewership rivals or surpasses the viewership of most traditional media and entertainment companies.
In 2018, Made In Network launched its brand studio, Studio Made, to help corporate partners create original content, build audiences, and collaborate with top-tier Creators. Studio Made combines Made In Network's in-depth knowledge of digital video and the emerging creator economy with the creative services approach of top ad agencies. Studio Made is run by longtime agency executive Ryan Mack (the former president of VICE Media's creative agency, Virtue). Studio Made partners have included The Botanist Gin, Cheez It, Salt Life, Yeti, Amazon Music, LG, and AMC Networks among others.
The new alignment with deeply experienced media industry investors cements Made In Network's leadership position as THE trusted creative and operational partner for top-notch Creators. Now, Made In Network is providing BOTH the mission-critical services AND growth capital/extended resources to a curated group of top tier talent.
"While plenty of options are available today to attract investment against existing revenue streams, many of those options don't aid creators in growing their presence into fully-realized businesses," says Kevin Grosch, CEO of Made In Network. "Building a long-lasting, diversified media business requires more than capital. Creators need a team with a comprehensive set of experience and skills. We believe in the unique
potential that Creator-born content businesses hold. Our company was specifically built to work as a partner to Creators, helping them realize their ambitions and aspirations. Made In Network's unique offering, now supported by long-term investment partners, ensures that elite talent across digital media formats have everything they need to accomplish their goals."
In addition to the continued growth of its creator roster, Made In Network is expanding its offerings to advertisers looking to make the greatest impact through digital video and audio. Grosch adds, "While our work with creators is core to our mission as a company, we're equally excited by the planned acceleration of our offering to brand partners. From original branded programming on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Podcasts to product integrations with top channels on the internet, our Studio team is now poised for rapid expansion."
About MIN… Made In Network is a studio and media house, creating content and building audiences in partnership with creators, while also working deeply with consumer brands. Since 2014, Made In Network has been helping creators architect, produce, and operate some of the most influential and culturally relevant channels on the internet, cementing the company as a leader in the emerging creator ecosystem and economy. For brands, Made In Network provides a range of services helping their clients activate and build audiences through content. Learn more at www.madeinnetwork.com.
About MEP… MEP Capital is an investment firm focused on opportunities in the media and entertainment industries, providing support to the creative community. Across digital media, music, film & television, gaming, and live events, MEP partners with leading industry operators to finance projects, acquire assets, and invest in businesses. We invest through long-term oriented funds, with committed capital from institutions, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals. Learn more at http://www.mepcap.com
About CIP… Cordillera Investment Partners is an investment management firm focused on investing in niche, non-correlated assets. Its investments are generally in sectors that are misunderstood, undercapitalized, and uncorrelated with traditional assets. Cordillera manages over $1 billion of capital for endowments, foundations, family offices, wealth advisors, and other institutional investors. For more information please visit www.cordillera-ip.com.
Investment bank Canaccord Genuity served as exclusive financial advisor to Made in Network on this transaction.
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Official Naming Rights partner of home of the Miami Marlins and Official Mortgage Provider of the team pledges $50 for every Marlins run scored at loanDepot park throughout the season – with a special donation increase of $1,000 per run scored by Marlins players at the team's Home Opener on April 14
Builds on $16,300 raised during 2021 season to launch inaugural Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade Marlins Youth Academy Jr. RBI Northwest teams (2)
loanDepot hosted Jr. RBI Northwest teams at home opener; including pre-game pep-talk with loanDepot EVP TJ Freeborn and Miami Marlins Players Jon Berti, Bryan De La Cruz and Payton Henry
MIAMI, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Benefitting Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade, loanDepot, the nation's second largest nonbank retail lender has announced the return of its "Runs Scored" program with the Miami Marlins Foundation. In its second season as Official Naming Rights partner of the home of the Miami Marlins and Official Mortgage Provider of the team, loanDepot has once again pledged $50 for every Marlins run scored at loanDepot park – which includes a bonus of $1,000 per run at today's Home Opener.
loanDepot's EVP, Chief Administrative Officer TJ Freeborn was on hand at loanDepot park before the game to make the announcement with Miami Marlins Foundation Executive Director Raquel "Rocky" Egusquiza, Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade President Alex Rodriguez-Roig and kids from Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade benefiting from the program.
"loanDepot park is our home away from home," said Freeborn. "We care deeply about the communities where Team loanDepot lives and works, which is why we're so passionate about supporting those served by the Miami Marlins Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade."
As a result of more than $16,000 donated by loanDepot through the Runs Scored program in its first year of the partnership in 2021, the Miami Marlins Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of Miami-Dade received enough money to fund the creation of two youth baseball and softball teams for 30 kids at the Northwest Club in the community of Liberty City. The teams are part of the Marlins Youth Academy Jr. RBI program, which helps to grow and promote baseball and softball while teaching the fundamentals and life lessons learned through the game. With today's bonus and an expected increase in runs this season, the program could raise more than $25,000.
"Since joining the Marlins family last year, loanDepot and CEO Anthony Hsieh have stepped up to the plate in such a big way," said Egusquiza. "With the renewal of the Runs Scored program they've given Marlins fans yet another great reason to cheer this season. We're proud to call loanDepot a partner as they work alongside us to grow the sport of baseball and support those who need it most in our community."
Amidst the announcement, loanDepot and the Miami Marlins Foundation hosted the Northwest Club's Jr. RBI teams and their coaches at the Marlins' 2022 Home Opener. Prior to the game, the kids enjoyed a special pre-game experience where they stepped onto the big-league field alongside Freeborn, and Marlins players Jon Berti, Bryan De La Cruz and Payton Henry.
"Thanks to loanDepot and the Miami Marlins Foundation's support, we're able to provide this opportunity for 30 kids, who may not otherwise have the chance to play and learn the sport of baseball – or even step foot in an MLB ballpark," said Rodriguez-Roig. "The money donated by loanDepot will pay for fundamentals, like equipment, uniforms and coaching staff, things that other communities don't need to think twice about. Paired with the experience and advice they received today, we're making a lasting, positive impact on these kids and the community."
In addition to the Runs Scored program, loanDepot and Hsieh worked with the Miami Marlins Foundation last year to address the immediate needs of the survivors of the Surfside condo collapse, donating $50,000 to the Surfside Relief Fund. The company also hosted community nights at Marlins home games for kids and staff from Boys & Girls Clubs and other organizations in the loanDepot suite.
The Runs Scored program runs in parallel to loanDepot's "Home Means Everything" RBI campaign with Major League Baseball, donating $25 for every RBI of the season to Boys & Girls Clubs of America and local clubs, including those in Miami-Dade county. That program kicked off with a special $250 per RBI donation during the first two days of the MLB season last Thursday and Friday, raising $29,500.
loanDepot is also the Official Mortgage Provider of MLB and the Presenting Sponsor of the ALCS and NLCS.
About loanDepot
loanDepot (NYSE: LDI) is a digital commerce company committed to serving its customers throughout the home ownership journey. Since its launch in 2010, loanDepot has revolutionized the mortgage industry with a digital-first approach that makes it easier, faster and less stressful to purchase or refinance a home. Today, as the nation's second largest retail mortgage lender, loanDepot enables customers to achieve the American dream of homeownership through a broad suite of lending and real estate services that simplify one of life's most complex transactions. With headquarters in Southern California and offices nationwide, loanDepot is committed to serving the communities in which its team lives and works through a variety of local, regional and national philanthropic efforts.
Media Contact:
Jonathan Fine
VP, Public Relations
(781) 248-3963
jfine@loandepot.com
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- Randy Parker is Named CEO of Hyundai Motor America
- Edgar Carranza is Named CEO of Hyundai Motor Mexico
- Tedros Mengiste is Promoted to Vice President, Genesis Sales Operations, Genesis Motor America
- Bob Kim is Promoted to Vice President, National Sales, Hyundai Motor America
- David VandeLinde is Promoted to Vice President, After-Sales, Hyundai Motor America
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- José Muñoz, president and chief executive officer, Hyundai Motor North America (HMNA) announced today the promotion of five key members of his HMNA executive team. The five promotions are effective Aug.1.
Randy Parker is promoted to CEO of Hyundai Motor America (HMA). Parker will be responsible for Hyundai's commercial automotive operations in the United States and report to Muñoz. Parker was previously the senior vice president of national sales at HMA.
Edgar Carranza is promoted to CEO of Hyundai Motor Mexico. Carranza will oversee commercial automotive operations in Mexico reporting to Muñoz. Carranza was previously the chief operating officer of HMM.
Tedros Mengiste is promoted to vice president, Genesis sales operations, Genesis Motor America. Mengiste will continue to oversee Genesis sales, production, distribution, incentives, and field operations in the United States. He will continue to report to Claudia Marquez, chief operating officer, Genesis Motor North America. Mengiste was previously the executive director of Genesis sales.
Bob Kim is promoted to vice president, national sales, Hyundai Motor America. Kim will oversee sales and field operations in the United States and report to Parker. Kim was previously the general manager of the southern region.
David VandeLinde is promoted to vice president, after-sales, Hyundai Motor America. VandeLinde will continue to be responsible for leading dealer service programs and operations, parts and accessory sales, and owner marketing, and will report to Parker.
"I am excited to have Randy and Edgar leading these two markets in North America," said Muñoz. I know that they will continue the remarkable growth and expansion of the Hyundai brand that we have experienced during the past three years. And having Ted and Bob leading sales efforts for GMA and HMA will ensure we continue to increase market share across both brands in the U.S."
Hyundai Motor North America
Hyundai Motor North America (HMNA) was established in 2018 to provide strategic oversight of Hyundai Motor America, Hyundai Motor Canada, Hyundai Motor Mexico, Genesis Motor America, and Genesis Motor Canada. HMNA also provides operational oversight of Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. HMNA's 1,400 dealerships sold 956,000 Hyundai and Genesis vehicles in 2021, a 22% increase compared with 2020. HMNA is committed to achieving long-term sustainable growth and promoting Hyundai's global vision of 'Progress for Humanity.'
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This is the sixth consecutive time that Paychex has been recognized as an industry leader
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NelsonHall, a global analyst and research firm, has once again identified Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of integrated human capital management software solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services, as a "Leader" in its 2022 NelsonHall Vendor Evaluation and Assessment Tool (NEAT) report for payroll service providers. This is the sixth consecutive time Paychex has been positioned in the upper right quadrant of the NEAT graph with a leader designation.
Liz Rennie, NelsonHall's HR Technology & Services Research Director, said "Paychex is a Leader in the Comprehensive Payroll Capability and Digital Payroll Capability market segments, clearly demonstrating that it can change with the times through constantly improving and offering additional tools for payroll quality and compliance. Its payroll technology is one of the most advanced, bringing benchmarks as well as digital service enablement, and is complemented by a highly responsive and high-quality customer support model. Paychex clients benefit from having improved insights and greater visibility of data as well as improved accuracy and timeliness of payroll."
NelsonHall's 2022 NEAT report evaluated 24 payroll services vendors based on two criteria: (1) ability to deliver immediate client benefits and (2) ability to meet clients' future requirements. Paychex was positioned highly in the "Leader" category, fulfilling both criteria.
"We are proud of our 50-year track record of successfully helping American businesses pay their employees through simple and intuitive technology and highly professional services," said Tom Hammond, vice president of corporate strategy and product management at Paychex. "Receiving recognition from firms like NelsonHall is another indication that we are building on our payroll foundation to offer innovative services that not only meet the current needs of our customers but offer solutions that will address future business challenges."
Over the past year, Paychex has added several new payroll features to its comprehensive HCM platform Paychex Flex®. These additions include:
- Paychex Pre-Check, which allows employees to preview their paycheck on a device of their choice to confirm its accuracy before payday.
- Compensation Summary Reports, which allows employees to view their compensation, including health insurance contributions, retirement contributions, bonuses, and other benefits.
- Diversity and Equal Pay Live Report, which builds on the company's recently released EEO-1 compliance solution to enable administrators to analyze pay and diversity data.
- Paychex Flex Labor Cost Hub, which offers customers and CPAs a holistic view of payroll labor job cost and labor distribution to highlight the long-term impact of pay decisions.
These new features help drive payroll efficiency for business leaders with varying needs, whether they are HR managers charged with recruiting and retaining talent or business managers looking to save time with administrative tasks. Employees can also benefit from the flexibility of payroll solutions within Paychex Flex®.
Attendees of the 2022 HR Technology Conference & Expo, September 13-16, in Las Vegas can stop by the Paychex booth (#3410) to learn more about how Paychex HCM solutions, including payroll, work in conjunction with support from industry-leading HR coaches and best-in-class service to deliver a superior customer experience. Paychex experts will also present two in-person educational sessions during the conference highlighting the technology solutions available for today's HR professionals and how businesses can make decisions with HR analytics and reporting. For a complete overview of how to connect with Paychex at HR Tech, visit https://pages.paychex.com/HR-Tech-Fall-2022.
NelsonHall is the leading global analyst firm dedicated to helping organizations understand the 'art of the possible' in digital operations transformation. NelsonHall provides buy-side organizations with detailed, critical information on markets and vendors (including NEAT assessments) that helps them make fast and highly informed sourcing decisions. And for vendors, NelsonHall provides deep knowledge of market dynamics and user requirements to help them hone their go-to-market strategies. NelsonHall's research is based on rigorous, all-original research, and is widely respected for the quality, depth, and insight of its analysis.
Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) is a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for human resources, payroll, benefits, and insurance services. By combining innovative software-as-a-service technology and mobility platform with dedicated, personal service, Paychex empowers business owners to focus on the growth and management of their business. Backed by 50 years of industry expertise, Paychex serves more than 730,000 payroll clients as of May 31, 2022 in the U.S. and Europe, and pays one out of every 12 American private sector employees. Learn more about Paychex by visiting www.paychex.com and stay connected on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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BETHESDA, Md., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AGNC Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC" or the "Company") announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.12 per share of common stock for July 2022. The dividend is payable on August 9, 2022 to common stockholders of record as of July 29, 2022.
For further information or questions, please contact Investor Relations at (301) 968-9300 or IR@AGNC.com.
ABOUT AGNC INVESTMENT CORP.
AGNC Investment Corp. is an internally-managed real estate investment trust that invests primarily in residential mortgage-backed securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise or a U.S. Government agency. For further information, please refer to www.AGNC.com.
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An all-Black female crew operated an American Airlines flight from Dallas to Phoenix in honor of Bessie Coleman, the first Black woman to earn a pilot's license in 1921.
The airline hosted the Bessie Coleman Aviation All-Stars tour this week to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Coleman performing the first public flight by an African American woman in 1922.
Coleman's great-niece, Gigi Coleman, was hosted on the flight operated by the all-Black female crew of pilots, flight attendants, customer service coordinators, cargo team members and the aviation maintenance technician, the airline said.
"I'm grateful for American Airlines to give us this opportunity to highlight my great aunt's accomplishments in the field of aviation," Gigi said in a video posted by American Airlines titled "Empowering Women in the Skies."
Very few American women of any race had pilot's licenses by 1918, but those who did were often White and rich. Undeterred, Coleman learned French and moved to Paris and was accepted by the Caudron Brothers School of Aviation. In 1921, Coleman became the first female pilot of African American and Native American descent.
Coleman died at 34 in 1926 during a practice run with another pilot. While she never fulfilled her dream to open a flight school for future Black pilots, Coleman's imprint on aviation history lives on, CNN previously reported.
Black women have been "notably underrepresented in the aviation industry, especially as pilots, representing less than 1% in the commercial airline industry," American Airlines said.
"Today, I'm beyond thrilled to be a part of the crew where we are inspiring young girls, young girls of color, to see the various roles that these women play in every aspect to make this flight possible," Captain Beth Powell, the flight's pilot, said in the video.
American Airlines said it is committed to diversifying the flight deck, which includes "expanding awareness of and increasing accessibility to the pilot career within diverse communities" through its cadet academy.
The day after the historic flight, representatives from the Bessie Coleman Foundation and American Airlines pilots and cadets met with students at the Academies at South Mountain in Phoenix, where the flight landed, to expose young people to careers in the aviation industry.
"I knew she was the first African American woman to get her pilot's license, she was the first to do it so she inspired the next generation to follow her footsteps and know that they can also be what they want to be," said Mohamed Mohamed, an aspiring airline pilot who studies aerospace at the academy, in the video.
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Hyundai recalls 215K Sonatas; faulty hoses can leak fuel
Published: May. 11, 2022 at 9:31 AM CDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) — Hyundai is recalling more than 215,000 midsize cars in the U.S. - most for a second time - because fuel hoses can leak in the engine compartment and cause fires.
The recall covers certain 2013 and 2014 Sonata sedans, many of which were recalled for the same problem in 2020.
The Korean automaker says in documents posted Wednesday by U.S. safety regulators that a low-pressure fuel hose can crack over time due to heat from the engine.
That can cause fuel leaks and increase the risk of a fire.
Dealers will replace the hoses. Owners will be notified starting July 5.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A former Somali president voted out of power in 2017 has been returned to the nation’s top office after defeating the incumbent leader in a protracted contest decided by legislators in a third round of voting late Sunday.
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, who served as Somalia’s president between 2012 and 2017, won the contest in the capital, Mogadishu, amid a security lockdown imposed by authorities to prevent deadly militant attacks.
“Victory belongs to Somali people, and this is the beginning of the era of unity, the democracy of Somalia and the beginning of the fight against corruption,” Mohamud said after winning the vote.
He added that he saw “a daunting task ahead” after winning back authority.
The first round of voting was contested by 36 aspirants, four of whom proceeded to the second round. With no candidate winning at least two-thirds of the 328 ballots, voting then went into a third round where a simple majority was enough to pick the winner.
Members of the upper and lower legislative chambers picked the president in secret balloting inside a tent in an airport hangar within the Halane military camp, which is protected by African Union peacekeepers. Mohamud’s election ended a long-delayed electoral process that had raised political tensions — and heightened insecurity concerns — after President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s mandate expired in February 2021 without a successor in place.
Mohamed and Mohamud sat side-by-side Sunday, watching calmly as the ballots were counted. Celebratory gunfire rang out in parts of Mogadishu as it became clear that Mohamud had defeated the man who replaced him.
Mohamed conceded defeat, and Mohamud was immediately sworn in.
The 66-year-old Mohamud is the leader of the Union for Peace and Development party, which commands a majority of seats in both legislative chambers. He also is well-known for his work as a civic leader and education promoter, including for his role as one of the founders of Mogadishu’s SIMAD University.
The Somali government under Mohamed faced a May 17 deadline to hold the vote or risk losing funding from international partners.
Mohamed — who is also known as Farmaajo because of his appetite for Italian cheese — said on Twitter while voting was underway that it was “a great honor to lead” Somalia.
For Mohamed and his supporters, Sunday’s loss will be disappointing after he rose to power in 2017 as a symbol of a Somali diaspora eager to see the country prosper after years of turmoil. Mohamed leaves behind a country even more volatile than he found it, with a reported rift in the security services and the constant drumbeat of al-Shabab attacks.
Analysts had predicted that Mohamed would face an uphill battle to be reelected. No sitting president has ever been elected to two consecutive terms in this Horn of Africa nation, where rival clans fight intensely for political power. In winning the vote, however, Mohamud overcame the odds as no former president had ever launched a successful return to the office.
A member of the Hawiye clan, one of Somalia’s largest, Mohamud is regarded by some as a statesman with a conciliatory approach. Many Somalis hope Mohamud can unite the country together after years of divisive clan tensions but also take firm charge of a federal government with little control beyond Mogadishu. Mohamud promised during campaigns that his government would be inclusive, acknowledging the mistakes of his previous government that faced multiple corruption allegations and was seen as aloof to the concerns of rival groups.
The new president “will get an opportunity to heal a nation in desperate need of peace and stability,” said Mogadishu resident Khadra Dualeh. “The country doesn’t need celebrations; we did that for Farmaajo. Enough celebration. We need prayer, being sober and planning how to rebuild the country.”
Al-Shabab, which has ties with al-Qaida, has made territorial gains against the federal government in recent months, reversing the gains of African Union peacekeepers who once had pushed the militants into remote areas of the country.
But al-Shabab is threatening Mogadishu with repeated assaults on hotels and other public areas. Despite the lockdown, explosions were heard near the airport area as legislators gathered to elect the president.
To discourage extremist violence from disrupting the elections, Somali police put Mogadishu, the scene of regular attacks by the Islamic rebel group al-Shabab, under a lockdown that started at 9 p.m. on Saturday. Most residents are staying indoors until the lockdown lifts on Monday morning.
The goal of a direct, one-person-one-vote election in Somalia, a country of about 16 million people, remains elusive largely because of the widespread extremist violence. Authorities had planned a direct election this time but, instead, the federal government and states agreed on another “indirect election,” via lawmakers elected by community leaders — delegates of powerful clans — in each member state.
Despite its persistent insecurity, Somalia has had peaceful changes of leadership every four or so years since 2000, and it has the distinction of having Africa’s first democratically elected president to peacefully step down, Aden Abdulle Osman in 1967.
Mohamed’s four-year term expired in February 2021, but he stayed in office after the lower house of parliament approved a two-year extension of his mandate and that of the federal government, drawing fury from Senate leaders and criticism from the international community.
The poll delay triggered an exchange of gunfire in April 2021 between soldiers loyal to the government and others angry over what they saw as the president’s unlawful extension of his mandate.
Somalia began to fall apart in 1991, when warlords ousted dictator Siad Barre and then turned on each other. Years of conflict and al-Shabab attacks, along with famine, have shattered the country which has a long, strategic coastline by the Indian Ocean.
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BOSTON (AP) — Fans dressed as unicorns. Bands playing music. Kids jumping on trampolines.
And the loudest Wellesley scream tunnel anyone can remember.
The Boston Marathon was back to a full field and back in the spring for the first time since 2019, and fans along the course threw a coming-out party for a region recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We were so glad that we were able to do it,” Boston Athletic Association President Tom Grilk said Tuesday, a day after Evans Chebet and Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir broke the tape on Boylston Street. “It was Boston at its finest.”
Six months after its delayed, then canceled, then delayed again 125th edition, the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual 26.2-mile race returned to its traditional Patriots’ Day spot in the schedule — and the atmosphere was back as well.
Thick crowds lined the course through the eight cities and towns from Hopkinton to Boston’s Back Bay.
One boy got a high-five from 2017 winner Edna Kiplagat. Other children blew bubbles and sat on their parents’ shoulders to get the best view. There was music, dancing and drummers.
One man egged on the women’s leaders by chasing them with a giant cutout of Will Smith’s head. Near the midway point at Wellesley College, the students kept up the “scream tunnel” tradition that had been muted six months ago by masks.
“It was loud out there,” Manuela Schar, who also won the smaller and socially distanced race in October, said on Tuesday. “It was a little bit louder and a little bit bigger. I needed it.”
The weekend, which coincided with the Boston Red Sox home opener, also included the regular 5K fun run and high school and professional miles, as it had been before the pandemic.
But the most welcome sight was the full, 28,000-runner field, led across the finish line by Chebet and then a back-and-forth women’s duel over the last mile between Jepchirchir and Ethiopian Ababel Yeshaneh.
“Does everyone now believe we’re back?” race director Dave McGillivray said Tuesday. “In October we were sort of back, and now we’re really back. That performance yesterday was for the ages. It really was.”
BAA officials said on Tuesday that 25,314 participants crossed the start line in Hopkinton and 24,918 of them finished by the time the clocks were turned off at 5:35 p.m., a 98.4% finish rate.
There were 1,580 people who received medical assistance, 1,033 at the finish and 547 on the course. Fifty-five were admitted to emergency rooms at an area hospital.
McGillivray, who annually returns to the starting line and runs the course after the elite runners finish, finished in the dark — his 50th straight year running the race. Valerie Rogosheske, one of the eight runners in the first official women’s division in 1972, celebrated the 50th anniversary of her pioneering run and finished in 6:38:57.
Chris Nikic, the first athlete with Down Syndrome to complete an Ironman, finished in 5:38:51. Para athlete and advocate Adrianne Haslet, who was injured in the 2013 bombing, finished in 5:18:41.
Guinness World Record holder Jocelyn Rivas finished her 112th marathon in 4:40:47. Jacky Hunt-Broersma finished in 5:05:13, her 102nd marathon in 102 days.
Other notable finishers:
NASCAR driver Matt Kenseth (3:01:40); soccer player and “Survivor” contestant Ethan Zohn (5:02:44); “The Bachelor” star Matt James (3:49:38); “The Bachelorette” contestant Zac Clark (3:43:46); NCAA football and soccer player Sarah Fuller (5:50:59); former U.S. soccer player Kristine Lilly (3:54:42); Native Women Running founder and activist Verna Volker (5:49:47); and Paralympic medalist Melissa Stockwell (3:58:36).
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MONTREAL, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CASTALOOP USA, Inc., a subsidiary of LOGISTEC Stevedoring Inc., announced the opening of a new terminal operation located in Lemont (IL). CASTALOOP USA, Inc. will provide bulk, break-bulk, and project cargo heavy lift customers with seamless marine and cargo handling services on the Illinois River at mile marker 300, connecting to the Mississippi River System and its tributaries.
"By expanding our network of terminal operations at the heart of the USA, we envision to provide a new alternative for the Midwest River system customers to reach new markets while maintaining the trusted cargo care they have grown accustomed to receive throughout our facilities, in support of a strong global supply chain." said Philip O'Brien, President of CASTALOOP USA, Inc.
The Lemont (IL) terminal is strategically located to serve markets in the greater Chicago area with barge-to-truck services, and easily accessed through the interstate highway network. Offering over 13 acres of outdoor storage and 65,000 square feet of indoor warehousing, suitable for steel, non-ferrous metals, forest products, super sacks and palletized goods, customers will benefit from CASTALOOP USA, Inc.'s commodity-specific cargo handling expertise. The terminal is a central direct link to global markets through the river system.
"Our operations are up and running at Lemont with the recent handling of steel pipe destined for the oil and gas market in the southern USA," explained Mike Taylor, CASTALOOP USA, Inc.'s General Manager at Lemont. "The terminal has available capacity, and we are ready to work with customers to get their products to market safely and efficiently."
CASTALOOP USA, Inc. is a subsidiary of LOGISTEC Stevedoring Inc. and part of LOGISTEC Corporation, which is based in Montréal (QC) and provides specialized services to the marine community and industrial companies in the areas of bulk, break-bulk and container cargo handling in 53 ports and 79 terminals located in North America. LOGISTEC also offers marine transportation services geared primarily to the Arctic coastal trade as well as marine agency services to shipowners and operators serving the Canadian market. Furthermore, the Company operates in the environmental industry where it provides services to industrial, municipal and other governmental customers for the renewal of underground water mains, dredging, dewatering, contaminated soils and materials management, site remediation, risk assessment, and manufacturing of fluid transportation products.
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Winning High School and College Students Will Have TV, Radio and Billboards Displayed Nationally
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Ad Council and Project Yellow Light announced the winners of the eleventh annual Project Yellow Light scholarship competition, a unique opportunity in which students create TV, radio and billboard PSAs to educate their peers about the dangers of distracted driving, specifically the dangers of using your mobile device while driving. The winning PSAs will be showcased this afternoon on a digital billboard in New York City's Times Square, in space donated by Clear Channel Outdoor.
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"We're thrilled to announce the 2022 Hunter Garner Scholarship winners and recognize their outstanding contribution to our mission -- to save lives by reducing the number of distracted driving crashes," said Project Yellow Light Founder, Julie Garner. "Thanks to their talent and our partners' fire and energy we are making a difference."
Project Yellow Light was established in 2007 by the family of Hunter Garner to honor his memory after his death in a car crash at age 16. In 2020, seven percent of drivers 15 to 19-years-old involved in fatal crashes were reported as distracted. This age group has the largest proportion of drivers who were distracted at the time of the fatal crashes.*
For over 10 years, Project Yellow Light and the Ad Council have collaborated to place the winning student PSAs on 1,800 TV stations, iHeartMedia radio stations, and Clear Channel Outdoor's more than 1,500 digital displays across the U.S.
"No one can reach teens like their peers, and the message to stop distracted driving is an incredibly important one to share," said Michelle Hillman, Ad Council Chief Campaign Development Officer. "The effort, passion and creativity demonstrated by the winning student's is inspiring and at the very root of Project Yellow Light's impact. We could not be more thrilled for this year's student winners."
Supporting partners include Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), Elephant Insurance, iHeartMedia, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), National 4-H Council, the National Organizations for Youth Safety (NOYS), and WKRN-TV Nashville. Scholarships for this year's winning students are supported through Clear Channel Outdoor and Elephant Insurance.
The contest received just under 1,900 submissions this year. Entries were received from students representing nearly all fifty states and Washington, D.C. The 2022 scholarship prizes were awarded to:
- Winning Formula (video, high school): Justin Hutcheson (Rockwall, TX)
- Eyes Up (video, college): Emiliano Diaz Capt (Akron, OH)
- Text or Drive (billboard design, high school): Isabella Kaake (Marlette, MI)
- Impossible Multitask (billboard design, college): Connor Avila (Mauldin, SC)
- School Drive (radio, high school): Noah Brechbill (Schwenksville, PA)
- Messages Unseen (radio, college): Asher Mitchell (Watford City, ND)
A number of advertising industry executives and artists lent their time to judging the entries. This year's panel included recording artist and songwriter Aloe Blacc; renowned filmmaker and social activist Kweku Mandela; dentsu international Global CEO Wendy Clark; Wordsworth + Booth President Tony Mennuto; Co-Chairman and Partner of Goodby Silverstein & Partners Jeff Goodby; and representatives from the Martin Agency, Pereira O'Dell and Project Yellow Light partners the Ad Council, CCO, Elephant Insurance, iHeartMedia and National 4-H Council.
"Project Yellow Light gives students the unique opportunity to use their voice, creativity and the power of media to save lives," said Dan Levi, EVP & CMO, Clear Channel Outdoor. "It is inspiring to welcome this new class of student winners by showcasing their lifesaving PSAs across our nationwide digital billboard network to help prevent distracted driving."
"Elephant has truly valued our partnership with Project Yellow Light for the last four years, allowing us the opportunity to bring attention to distracted driving and make roads safer," said Elephant Insurance CEO Alberto Schiavon. "Congratulations to this year's winners for creating powerful messaging that will impact their peers and ultimately lead to safer roads for all of us."
"Now in its seventh year, iHeart's partnership with Project Yellow Light has never been more critical as more and more teens are driving with mobile devices – a known distraction on and off the road," said Jessica King, Senior Vice President, Communications and Community Engagement at iHeartMedia. "We are once again offering our platform to deliver unique peer-to-peer messaging aimed at inspiring young people to think twice about reaching for their phones or engaging in other high-risk behaviors while driving. We believe this year's student winners will save lives through their creative, witty and inspiring PSAs."
"Sadly, it's becoming more common for us to interview families who have lost a loved one due to a deadly distracted driving crash. The heartbreaking reality is, that these families would still be together if it weren't for the senseless act," said WKRN-TV Nashville Emmy-winning journalist Alex Denis. "Please, put the phone down. It's not worth changing lives forever."
Through the Stop Texts. Stop Wrecks. campaign, the Ad Council and NHTSA have been working together to prevent distracted driving since 2012.
*Data Source: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813266
The Ad Council
The Ad Council is a nonprofit organization with a rich history of marshaling volunteer talent from the advertising and media industries to deliver crucial messages to the American public. Having produced literally thousands of PSA campaigns addressing the most pressing social issues of the day, the Ad Council has affected, and continues to affect, tremendous positive change by raising awareness, inspiring action and saving lives. To learn more about the Ad Council and its campaigns, visit AdCouncil.org, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter or view our PSAs on YouTube.
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings
Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. ("CCOH") is at the forefront of driving innovation in the out-of-home advertising industry. Our dynamic advertising platform is broadening the pool of advertisers using our medium through the expansion of digital billboards and displays and the integration of data analytics and programmatic capabilities that deliver measurable campaigns that are simpler to buy. By leveraging the scale, reach and flexibility of our diverse portfolio of assets, we connect advertisers with millions of consumers every month across more than 500,000 print and digital displays in 26 countries.
Elephant Insurance
Elephant Insurance is a customer-centric auto insurance carrier headquartered in Richmond, VA. Elephant provides auto insurance policies to consumers in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. Elephant is a wholly owned subsidiary of Admiral Group, plc., a FTSE 100 company and one of the U.K.'s leading insurers with a presence in eight countries and millions of customers worldwide. Elephant is certified as a Great Place to Work®. To learn more, visit www.elephant.com.
iHeartMedia
iHeartMedia, Inc. is the leading audio media company in America, reaching over 90% of Americans every month, and has a portfolio of unmatched consumer brands and industry-leading events. iHeart's broadcast radio assets alone have more consumer reach in the U.S. than any other media outlet; twice the reach of the next largest broadcast radio company; and over four times the ad-enabled reach of the largest digital only audio service. iHeart is the largest podcast publisher according to Podtrac, with more downloads than the next four podcast publishers combined; has the number one social footprint among audio players, with seven times more followers than the next audio media brand; and is the only fully integrated audio ad tech solution across broadcast, streaming and podcasts. The company continues to leverage its strong audience connection and unparalleled consumer reach to build new platforms, products and services. Visit iHeartMedia.com for more company information.
NHTSA
For more than 50 years, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has served as the key federal agency charged with improving safety on our nation's roadways. As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTSA is working to reduce traffic-related deaths and injuries by promoting the use of seat belts and child safety seats; helping states and local communities address the threat of distracted, drunk and drug-impaired drivers; regulating vehicle safety standards and investigating safety defects in motor vehicles; establishing and enforcing fuel economy standards; conducting research on driver behavior and traffic safety; and providing consumer information on issues ranging from child passenger safety to impaired driving. For more information visit www.nhtsa.gov.
National Organizations for Youth Safety
NOYS was originally founded in 1995 as the Traffic Safety Collaboration supported by funding from government agencies, including the Department of Transportation. In 2005, NOYS became a 501(c)(3) organization and incorporated as National Organizations for Youth Safety. With over 100 organizational members - youth-serving nonprofits, businesses and government agencies, NOYS works collectively to address the most prevalent causes of injury and death among teens and young adults in the US. Learn more at www.NOYS.org.
Project Yellow Light
Project Yellow Light is a scholarship competition where high school and college students create compelling PSAs persuading their peers to develop safe driving habits. This project gives students a voice and a role in preventing car crashes — one of the leading causes of death of teenagers and young adults in the U.S. Project Yellow Light was created by Julie, Lowell and Alex Garner in memory of their son/brother, Hunter, who died tragically in a car crash in 2007. Each year the winners receive the Hunter Garner Scholarship.
WKRN-TV Nashville
WKRN-TV Nashville and wkrn.com are part of Nexstar Media Group. Nexstar Media Group is America's largest local television and media company with 200 full power stations in 116 markets and a growing digital media operation. WKRN-TV Nashville serves the Mid-state of Tennessee and Southern Kentucky.
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A 17-year-old boy died by suicide hours after being scammed. The FBI says it’s part of a troubling increase in ‘sextortion’ cases.
By Josh Campbell and Jason Kravarik, CNN
Ryan Last received a message on a school night in February from someone he believed to be a girl.
Within hours, the 17-year-old, straight-A student and Boy Scout had died by suicide.
“Somebody reached out to him pretending to be a girl, and they started a conversation,” his mother, Pauline Stuart, told CNN, fighting back tears as she described what happened to her son days after she and Ryan had finished visiting several colleges he was considering attending after graduating high school.
The online conversation quickly grew intimate, and then turned criminal.
The scammer — posing as a young girl — sent Ryan a nude photo and then asked Ryan to share an explicit image of himself in return. Immediately after Ryan shared an intimate photo of his own, the cybercriminal demanded $5,000, threatening to make the photo public and send it to Ryan’s family and friends.
The San Jose, California, teen told the cybercriminal he could not pay the full amount, and the demand was ultimately lowered to a fraction of the original figure — $150. But after paying the scammers from his college savings, Stuart said, “They kept demanding more and more and putting lots of continued pressure on him.”
At the time, Stuart knew none of what her son was experiencing. She learned the details after law enforcement investigators reconstructed the events leading up to his death.
She had said goodnight to Ryan at 10 p.m., and described him as her usually happy son. By 2 a.m., he had been scammed, and taken his life. Ryan left behind a suicide note describing how embarrassed he was for himself and the family.
“He really, truly thought in that time that there wasn’t a way to get by if those pictures were actually posted online,” Pauline said. “His note showed he was absolutely terrified. No child should have to be that scared.”
Law enforcement calls the scam “sextortion,” and investigators have seen an explosion in complaints from victims leading the FBI to ramp up a campaign to warn parents from coast to coast.
The bureau says there were over 18,000 sextortion-related complaints in 2021, with losses in excess of $13 million. The FBI says the use of child pornography by criminals to lure suspects also constitutes a serious crime.
The investigation into Last’s case is ongoing, Stuart and the FBI tell CNN.
“To be a criminal that specifically targets children — it’s one of the more deeper violations of trust I think in society,” says FBI Supervisory Special Agent Dan Costin, who leads a team of investigators working to counter crimes against children.
According to Costin, many of the sextortion scams reported to the FBI are determined to be from criminals on the African continent and in Southeast Asia. Federal investigators are working with their law enforcement counterparts around the world, Costin said, to help identify and arrest perpetrators who are targeting kids online.
One challenge for the FBI: many victims of sextortion do not report the incidents to law enforcement.
“The embarrassment piece of this is probably one of the bigger hurdles that the victims have to overcome,” said Costin. “It can be a lot, especially in that moment.”
But investigators urge victims to quickly contact law enforcement, either online or at their local FBI field office.
Medical experts say there’s a key reason why young males are especially vulnerable to sextortion-related scams.
“Teen brains are still developing,” said Dr. Scott Hadland, chief of adolescent medicine at Mass General in Boston. “So when something catastrophic happens, like a personal picture is released to people online, it’s hard for them to look past that moment and understand that in the big scheme of things they’ll be able to get through this.”
Hadland said there are steps parents can take to help safeguard their kids from online harm.
“The most important thing that a parent should do with their teen is try to understand what they’re doing online,” she said. “You want to know when they’re going online, who they’re interacting with, what platforms they’re using. Are they being approached by people that they don’t know, are they experiencing pressure to share information or photos?”
Hadland said it’s also critical that parents specifically warn teens of scams like sextortion, without shaming them.
“You want to make it clear that they can talk to you if they have done something, or they feel like they’ve made a mistake,” he said.
Ryan’s mom agrees.
“You need to talk to your kids because we need to make them aware of it,” Stuart said.
Still grieving the loss of her son, she is channeling her family’s pain into action, and honoring Ryan by speaking out and telling his story. She hopes that doing so will help save lives.
“How could these people look at themselves in the mirror knowing that $150 is more important than a child’s life?” she says. “There’s no other word but ‘evil’ for me that they care much more about money than a child’s life. I don’t want anybody else to go through what we did.”
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Weber Inc. (NYSE: WEBR) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Weber Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's August 2021 initial public offering.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 27, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Weber Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Weber was reasonably likely to implement price increases; (2) as a result, consumer demand for Weber's products was reasonably likely to decrease; (3) due to the resulting inventory buildup, Weber was reasonably likely to run promotions to "enhance retail sell through"; (4) the foregoing would adversely impact Weber's financial results; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects, were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Weber you have until September 27, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
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LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency, a declaration Saturday that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines.
Although monkeypox has been established in parts of central and west Africa for decades, it was not known to spark large outbreaks beyond the continent or to spread widely among people until May, when authorities detected dozens of epidemics in Europe, North America and elsewhere.
Declaring a global emergency means the monkeypox outbreak is an “extraordinary event” that could spill over into more countries and requires a coordinated global response. WHO previously declared emergencies for public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2014 West African Ebola outbreak, the Zika virus in Latin America in 2016 and the ongoing effort to eradicate polio.
The emergency declaration mostly serves as a plea to draw more global resources and attention to an outbreak. Past announcements had mixed impact, given that the U.N. health agency is largely powerless in getting countries to act.
Last month, WHO’s expert committee said the worldwide monkeypox outbreak did not yet amount to an international emergency, but the panel convened this week to reevaluate the situation.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox have been reported in 74 countries since about May. To date, monkeypox deaths have only been reported in Africa, where a more dangerous version of the virus is spreading, mainly in Nigeria and Congo.
In Africa, monkeypox mainly spreads to people from infected wild animals like rodents, in limited outbreaks that typically have not crossed borders. In Europe, North America and elsewhere, however, monkeypox is spreading among people with no links to animals or recent travel to Africa.
WHO’s top monkeypox expert, Dr. Rosamund Lewis, said this week that 99% of all the monkeypox cases beyond Africa were in men and that of those, 98% involved men who have sex with men. Experts suspect the monkeypox outbreaks in Europe and North America were spread via sex at two raves in Belgium and Spain.
Michael Head, a senior research fellow in global health at Southampton University, said it was surprising WHO hadn’t already declared monkeypox a global emergency, explaining that the conditions were arguably met weeks ago.
Some experts have questioned whether such a declaration would help, arguing the disease isn’t severe enough to warrant the attention and that rich countries battling monkeypox already have the funds to do so; most people recover without needing medical attention, although the lesions may be painful.
“I think it would be better to be proactive and overreact to the problem instead of waiting to react when it’s too late,” Head said. He added that WHO’s emergency declaration could help donors like the World Bank make funds available to stop the outbreaks both in the West and in Africa, where animals are the likely natural reservoir of monkeypox.
In the U.S., some experts have speculated whether monkeypox might be on the verge of becoming an entrenched sexually transmitted disease in the country, like gonorrhea, herpes and HIV.
“The bottom line is we’ve seen a shift in the epidemiology of monkeypox where there’s now widespread, unexpected transmission,” said Dr. Albert Ko, a professor of public health and epidemiology at Yale University. “There are some genetic mutations in the virus that suggest why that may be happening, but we do need a globally-coordinated response to get it under control,” he said.
Ko called for testing to be immediately scaled up rapidly, saying that similar to the early days of COVID-19, that there were significant gaps in surveillance.
“The cases we are seeing are just the tip of the iceberg,” he said. “The window has probably closed for us to quickly stop the outbreaks in Europe and the U.S., but it’s not too late to stop monkeypox from causing huge damage to poorer countries without the resources to handle it.”
In the U.S., some experts have speculated that monkeypox might become entrenched there as the newest sexually transmitted disease, with officials estimating that 1.5 million men are at high risk of being infected.
Dr. Placide Mbala, a virologist who directs the global health department at Congo’s Institute of National Biomedical Research, said he hoped any global efforts to stop monkeypox would be equitable. Although countries including Britain, Canada, Germany and the U.S. have ordered millions of vaccine doses, none have gone to Africa.
“The solution needs to be global,” Mbala said, adding that any vaccines sent to Africa would be used to target those at highest risk, like hunters in rural areas.
“Vaccination in the West might help stop the outbreak there, but there will still be cases in Africa,” he said. “Unless the problem is solved here, the risk to the rest of the world will remain.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/world-health-organization-declares-monkeypox-a-global-emergency/ | 2022-07-23T15:19:19Z |
WAWONA, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one of California’s largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and businesses.
The Oak Fire started Friday afternoon southwest of the park near the town of Midpines in Mariposa County and by Saturday had grown to nearly 19 square miles (48 square kilometers), according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire. It erupted as firefighters made progress against an earlier blaze that burned to the edge of a grove of giant sequoias in the southernmost part of Yosemite park.
Evacuation orders were put in effect Saturday for over 6,000 people living across a several-mile span in the sparsely populated, rural area, said Daniel Patterson, a spokesman for the Sierra National Forest.
Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency for Mariposa County on Saturday due to the effects of the Oak Fire.
More than 400 firefighters were battling the blaze, along with helicopters, other aircraft and bulldozers, facing tough conditions that included hot weather, low humidity and bone-dry vegetation caused by the worst drought in decades, Patterson said.
“Explosive fire behavior is challenging firefighters,” Cal Fire said in a statement Saturday that described the Oak Fire’s activity as “extreme with frequent runs, spot fires and group torching.”
By Saturday morning, the fire had destroyed 10 residential and commercial structures, damaged five others and was threatening 2,000 more structures, Cal Fire said. The blaze prompted numerous road closures, including a shutdown of Highway 140 between Carstens Road and Allred Road — blocking one of the main routes into Yosemite.
California has experienced increasingly larger and deadlier wildfires in recent years as climate change has made the West much warmer and drier over the past 30 years. Scientists have said weather will continue to be more extreme and wildfires more frequent, destructive and unpredictable.
“The fire is moving quickly. This fire was throwing embers out in front of itself for up to 2 miles yesterday,” Patterson said. “These are exceptional fire conditions.” The cause of the fire was under investigation.
Pacific Gas & Electric said on its website that more than 2,600 homes and businesses in the area had lost power as of Friday afternoon and there was no indication when it would be restored. “PG&E is unable to access the affected equipment,” the utility said.
A shoeless older man attempting to flee the blaze on Friday crashed his sedan into a ditch in a closed area and was helped by firefighters. He was safely driven from the area and did not appear to suffer any injuries. Several other residents stayed in their homes Friday night as the fire burned nearby.
Meanwhile, firefighters have made significant progress against a wildfire that began in Yosemite National Park and burned into the Sierra National Forest.
The Washburn Fire was 79% contained Friday after burning about 7.5 square miles (19.4 square kilometers) of forest. It was one of the largest fires of the year in California, along with the Lost Lake Fire in Riverside County that was fully contained in June at 9 square miles (23 square kilometers)
The fire broke out July 7 and forced the closure of the southern entrance to Yosemite and evacuation of the community of Wawona as it burned on the edge of Mariposa Grove, home to hundreds of giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees by volume.
Wawona Road is tentatively set to reopen on Saturday, according to the park website.
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Scalability Experts announces rebrand and new offerings with launch of New Website
ADDISON, Texas, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scalability Experts, a leader in data management & cloud solutions, today announced a major rebranding to reflect the company's evolution into an all-encompassing, global cloud consulting business. Effective June 6th, 2022, Scalability Experts will be called SE Data & Cloud Solutions and all its offerings will be branded under the new flagship name.
SE's vision is to methodically build global talent, capabilities and assets to address the requirements of the current and future data and cloud markets. Alongside, SE will be focused on providing the deepest and richest end-to-end solutions to manage the complexities of data & cloud technology while innovating consistently to drive business success for their customers & Cloud Migration partners. With this launch, Scalability Experts is now unifying all these assets behind a clear, clean revitalized brand – SE Data & Cloud.
Scalability Experts has always believed in providing end to end solutions to their customers, while delivering impressive business results for their partners. SE will carry forward this legacy and build success by harnessing the power of rich data with its business intelligence solutions, artificial intelligence, and transformative ideas.
Rajinder Gill, Global CTO at Scalability Experts commented, "Our new brand is intended to break through the digital noise and simplify who we are into the core components of what our clients need."
The company's revamped website, www.sedatacloud.com, includes in-depth information targeted to SE's primary offerings & other services. "We've taken a clean, modern approach to the website's design and user experience. We purposefully set out to challenge the status quo in all aspects of our business. This redesign reflects that," Vaibhav Rokade, Marketing Head explained.
The rebranding includes a top-to-bottom redesign of the company's website, logo, graphics, communications and correspondence. Scalability Expert's flagship proprietary cloud migration framework called OmniCloud, will stay unchanged.
About SE Data & Cloud:
SE Data & Cloud is a global leader in cloud technology that provides implementation services and industry-specific solutions to SMB and enterprise businesses. Over the past 20 years since its initial formation, SE has won multiple awards and proudly carries the highly-valued title of Microsoft gold partner. SE's primary focus is on empowering customer success through our unique data-driven approach of cloud adoption and tailor-made solutions specific to each industry.
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Kaw River Roots Festival returns to Lawrence in August
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) - The full lineup for the 2nd annual Kaw River Roots Festival was released on Monday.
The two-day festival will return to downtown Lawrence on August 26 and 27 at Abe & Jake’s Landing. There will be roots, bluegrass, and Americana music performed along the bank of the Kansas River as well as food and drinks provided by local vendors. The headliners of the festival will be Leftover Salmon and Grammy award winners, The Infamous Stringdusters.
“Brining such a highly regarded group of Americana & Bluegrass artists all together for a weekend in Lawrence like this has long been a goal of ours. This two-day lineup is stacked, don’t miss the local and regional artists on this fest, we are very fortunate to have them here so close to home,” festival organizer Mike Logan said.
Tickets to the festival, hotel accommodations, and other information can be found here.
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ON TRACK TO OPEN 100 STORES IN 2022
DUBLIN, Calif., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ross Stores recently opened 21 Ross Dress for Less® ("Ross") and eight dd's DISCOUNTS® stores across 12 different states in June and July. These new locations are part of the Company's plans to add approximately 100 new stores – 75 Ross and 25 dd's DISCOUNTS – during fiscal 2022.
"These recent openings reflect our ongoing commitment to expanding our two chains," said Gregg McGillis, Group Executive Vice President, Property Development. "This summer, we expanded our presence in our largest markets of California, Florida, and Texas, and also added locations in newer states, including North Carolina for dd's as well as Ohio for Ross. Looking ahead, we remain confident in our ability to grow to at least 2,900 Ross Dress for Less and 700 dd's DISCOUNTS locations over time."
Together, Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS currently operate a total of 1,980 locations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam.
Ross Stores, Inc. is an S&P 500, Fortune 500, and Nasdaq 100 (ROST) company headquartered in Dublin, California, with fiscal 2021 revenues of $18.9 billion. Currently, the Company operates Ross Dress for Less® ("Ross"), the largest off-price apparel and home fashion chain in the United States with 1,669 locations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. Ross offers first-quality, in-season, name brand and designer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 60% off department and specialty store regular prices every day. The Company also operates 311 dd's DISCOUNTS® in 21 states that feature a more moderately-priced assortment of first-quality, in-season, name brand apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions for the entire family at savings of 20% to 70% off moderate department and discount store regular prices every day. Additional information is available at www.rossstores.com.
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PURCHASE, N.Y., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, PepsiCo, and its philanthropic arm, the PepsiCo Foundation, announced partnerships with World Central Kitchen and Save the Children to provide meals, potable water and disaster relief to those impacted by severe flooding in eastern Kentucky.
Mobilizing quickly with their partners and those within the community, PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation will provide nearly 50,000 meals, among other urgently needed items, through a variety of pathways, including:
- A $150,000 donation in support of the World Central Kitchen toward efforts to deliver fresh, hot meals to those in need.
- 10,000 shelf stable Food for Good breakfast meals delivered in partnership with Amazon Disaster Relief to be distributed by Save the Children at emergency shelters in the area.
- An additional $150,000 in support of Save the Children's relief efforts that include clean drinking water, hygiene kits, diapers, infant care supplies, and cribs for families.
- Donated nearly ninety thousand bottles of water to areas where water access connections have been impacted.
"The current crisis is impacting thousands, leaving many without adequate essential supplies or a safe place to stay, but our partners on-the-ground—World Central Kitchen and Save the Children—have swiftly responded," said Jon Banner, PepsiCo Executive Vice President, Global Communications, and PepsiCo Foundation President. "PepsiCo has a long history in Kentucky and 1,400 of our employees call it home. Our roots are planted deep and we're heartbroken to see so many families, including 27 of our own, displaced by this disaster."
"World Central Kitchen is a team of food first responders who know that a hot meal is so much more than a plate of food—it's hope, it's dignity, it's a sign that someone cares," said Jason Collis, Vice President of Relief, World Central Kitchen. "We're grateful to count on the PepsiCo Foundation, not only for monetary support, but for their eager belief in our mission and willingness to roll up their sleeves and help communities in Kentucky which were devastated by the flooding."
"Save the Children began working in Kentucky communities 90 years ago and remains committed to supporting children impacted by the recent devastating flooding – now and well into the future," said Betsy Zorio, vice president of U.S. Programs for Save the Children. "We are deeply grateful for PepsiCo's support in getting the essential supplies and meals Kentucky kids and families need to begin to recover during this harrowing time."
To help further support relief efforts, the PepsiCo Foundation will also match employee donations to organizations providing critical relief for impacted communities and has activated PEPhelp, an employee-to-employee program to that provides financial assistance to PepsiCo employees affected by natural disasters. PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation also are providing employees with dinner donations, hotel stays, grocery gift cards, and time off for the necessary recovery.
The PepsiCo Foundation also has a longstanding history of community relief efforts and is a member of the American Red Cross' Annual Disaster Giving Program, granting at least $500,000 annually to ensure the Red Cross can pre-position supplies, secure shelters, maintain vehicles, train volunteers and prepare for future disasters.
PepsiCo and the PepsiCo Foundation urges others to offer their support. Donations can be made online in support of flood relief to Save the Children, World Central Kitchen, and the American Red Cross.
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.
Established in 1962, the PepsiCo Foundation, the philanthropic arm of PepsiCo, invests in the essential elements of a sustainable food system with a mission to support thriving communities. Working with non-profits and experts around the globe, we're focused on helping communities obtain access to food security, safe water and economic opportunity. We strive for tangible impact in the places where we live and work—collaborating with industry peers, local and international organizations, and our employees to affect large-scale change on the issues that matter to us and are of global importance. Learn more at https://www.pepsico.com/our-impact/philanthropy/pepsico-foundation.
Founded in 2010 by Chef José Andrés, World Central Kitchen (WCK) is first to the frontlines, providing meals in response to humanitarian, climate, and community crises while working to build resilient food systems with locally led solutions. WCK has served more than 100 million fresh meals to people impacted by natural disasters and other crises around the world. WCK's Resilience Programs strengthen food and nutrition security by training chefs and school cooks; advancing clean cooking practices; and awarding grants to farms, fisheries, and small food businesses while also providing educational and networking opportunities. Learn more at wck.org.
Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. Since our founding more than 100 years ago, we've changed the lives of more than 1 billion children. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube.
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides comfort to victims of disasters; supplies about 40% of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; distributes international humanitarian aid; and supports veterans, military members and their families. The Red Cross is a nonprofit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to deliver its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or CruzRojaAmericana.org, or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.
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Taxing the rich could help fix the food crisis. Davos didn’t want to know
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
Wealth taxes are never a popular rallying cry at Davos, a playground for billionaires, corporate titans and top politicians. But Gabriela Bucher, the executive director of Oxfam International, was still frustrated that this week’s World Economic Forum mostly looked the other way.
High energy prices are putting massive strain on household budgets globally. And earlier this month, the United Nations estimated that 193 million people in 53 countries experienced “acute hunger” last year — a number that’s expected to rise as extreme weather and soaring food prices slam vulnerable populations around the world.
“There needs to be resource mobilization to deal with those situations — those extreme situations — we’re dealing with now,” Bucher said on the only panel on taxation on the official Davos program. “Something that can really change things is tax.”
Given the magnitude of the crisis, governments must think seriously about taxing wealth accumulated by the world’s richest people, Bucher told CNN Business. Even taxing wealth at relatively low levels, she emphasized, could make a big difference.
According to Oxfam, a 2% tax on assets greater than $5 million, graduated to 5% for net worth above $1 billion, could raise $2.5 trillion worldwide.
This idea of more progressive taxation gained traction during the pandemic, as the rich saw their fortunes leap while millions of others were left behind. Oxfam estimated in a report released ahead of Davos that some 573 people have joined the billionaire ranks since 2020, bringing the global total to 2,668.
Last year, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen proposed taxing billionaires on unrealized gains in their assets. Right now, taxes are only levied when they’re sold.
Yet wealth taxes failed to generate much conversation in the Swiss Alps this week, even as attendees sounded the alarm on the looming hunger crisis.
“We haven’t seen a huge history of success,” for wealth taxes, OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann said during the panel debate. “It’s true that on the perceived fairness and equity front — in terms of the politics of it — it’s attractive, but in terms of what it actually achieves in substance, it’s not that attractive.”
UN World Food Programme Chief David Beasley told CNN Business that climate change and the war in Ukraine could generate widespread famines later this year. That would result in the destabilization of many countries and could trigger mass migration.
“What breaks your heart is that there’s $430 trillion of wealth on Planet Earth today,” Beasley said. When his organization “doesn’t have enough money,” he continued, it has to “choose which child eats.”
Last year, Beasley got in a Twitter clash with Tesla CEO Elon Musk after he called on him to put up 2% of his fortune, which he said would solve world hunger. Beasley told Reuters this week that he remains hopeful that Musk or another wealthy individual will step up, and said he remains willing to engage.
He probably shouldn’t count on Musk. On Twitter Thursday, Musk said, “Use of the word ‘billionaire’ as a pejorative is morally wrong and dumb,” and he agreed with a comment that billionaires are at their most nefarious when spending their money to “do good.”
Pressure building
But as the surging cost of living becomes a major problem for lower-income households in both developed and developing nations, governments are increasingly willing to implement measures they’d eschewed previously.
The UK government on Thursday did a policy U-turn and introduced a $6 billion tax on the profits of its oil and gas companies to fund help with energy bills, bowing to pressure from campaigners who pointed out that many Britons now had to choose between “heating and eating.”
At the forum, wealth taxes remained a B-list talking point. For Phil White, a British millionaire who traveled to Davos for a small protest that called for higher taxes on the wealthy — himself included — that was a missed opportunity.
“We’re going to see rising inequality from both rising energy and food prices,” White said. “Wealth taxes can play an immediate part in doing something about that.”
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Syria denies it is holding American journalist Austin Tice
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria denied on Wednesday it is holding U.S. journalist Austin Tice or other Americans after President Joe Biden accused the Syrian government of detaining him.
The Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Damascus “denies it had kidnapped or is holding any American citizen on its territories.”
“The U.S. issued last week misleading and illogical statements by the American president and secretary of state that included baseless accusations against Syria that it had kidnapped or detained American citizens including former U.S. Marine Austin Tice,” the statement said.
Biden’s comments last week came in a statement released by the White House to mark the 10th anniversary of Tice’s abduction, which took place when he was in Syria covering its lengthy conflict. Biden’s remarks were the clearest indication so far that the U.S. is certain Tice is being held by the government of President Bashar Assad.
Tice went missing shortly after his 31st birthday on Aug. 14, 2012 at a checkpoint in a contested area west of the capital Damascus. A video released a month later showed him blindfolded and held by armed men, saying “Oh, Jesus.” He has not been heard from since.
Tice is one of two Americans who went missing in Syria. The other is Majd Kamalmaz, a psychologist from Virginia, who vanished in Syria in 2017.
Tice is from Houston and his work had been published by The Washington Post, McClatchy newspapers and other outlets. He went to Syria to cover the conflict that started in 2011. The war has left hundreds of thousands dead and displaced nearly half of the pre-conflict population of 23 million. More than 5 million of those are outside the country.
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Bishop robbed at gunpoint while delivering sermon
NEW YORK (WCBS) - A New York bishop was robbed at gunpoint in the middle of a sermon on Sunday, and it was all caught on video.
Bishop Lamor Whitehead saw the door in the back of the room he was speaking in get kicked open.
“I see three to four men come in,” he said. “As I got down, one went to my wife and took all her jewelry and had the gun in front of my 8-month-old baby’s face. Took off my bishop’s ring, my wedding band, my bishop’s chain, and then I had chains underneath my robe and he started tapping my neck, so that means they knew. They watched and they knew that I have other jewelry.”
The church’s livestream shows the gun being held on the pastor.
Whitehead said what you do not see on camera are around 100 people who were in the room. Men, women and children dropped to the floor in silence.
“My church is traumatized. The women and children are still crying. Babies are still crying,” Whitehead said.
Police said the men took off in a white Mercedes.
“These men, they need to turn themselves in. I forgive you and I’m praying for you, and I hope that God delivers you from the mindset from who you are at this time,” Whitehead said.
He believes the family was targeted because of the publicity he received when he helped turn in a suspect wanted in the fatal subway shooting of 48-year-old Daniel Enriquez in May.
“I turned him in, but the media called me the ‘Bling Bling Bishop.’ The had my Rolls Royce car all over everywhere,” he said.
The New York Police Department is investigating.
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$250,000 in scholarships to be awarded to HBCU students during fair
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Juneteenth Foundation is excited to virtually host The Juneteenth Reflection Panel and Career Fair on June 18, the largest diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) focused career fair in the country and part of the second annual Freedom Festival celebration. Some of the largest equitable employers in the U.S. will have virtual booths during the career fair, including General Motors, Alaska Airlines, Carhartt, Hilton and T-Mobile.
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"More people than ever want to work for employers with a proven dedication to DE&I, so our aim is to facilitate the matching on a historic scale," said Laquan Austion, CEO and co-founder of The Juneteenth Foundation. "The fair will connect job seekers directly with companies committed to attracting diverse talent and will also enable companies to showcase their efforts toward building a sustainably inclusive environment, so job seekers can have confidence their voices will be valued."
In a 2021 poll conducted by CNBC and SurveyMonkey, nearly 80% of the U.S. workforce reported they want to work for a company that prioritizes diversity and inclusion, and more than half considered DE&I to be very important. DE&I-focused career fairs are specifically designed to facilitate workforce representation that more accurately reflects the population and involves companies that respect and create space for employees' unique strengths and perspectives. The Juneteenth Reflection Panel and Career Fair will focus on providing Black job seekers ample resources and lending insights into how large corporations are supporting and empowering Black employees in the workplace.
Job seekers looking to partake in the career fair may create a profile on The Juneteenth Foundation website and submit their resumes for consideration by June 10th. Participants will also be eligible for giveaways sponsored by Alaska Airlines, The Body Shop, Ashley Stewart and Moet Chandon, among others. The career fair will have three main components, each lasting one hour:
- A panel discussion featuring three brand representatives sharing their commitments and efforts toward supporting the Black community inside their company and beyond, which will be followed by a live Q&A. Panelists include Todd Corley, former head of DE&I of Abercrombie and current head of DE&I for Carhartt; Deshaun Wise Porter, vice president, diversity, equity, inclusion and recognition of Hilton; and others.
- Employer-led breakouts, enabling participants to choose their preferred employer and participate in more intimate discussions.
- One-on-one interviews for job seekers who submitted their resumes in advance and have been selected by potential employers. Participants who were not selected for an interview will continue to network in employer-led breakouts.
"Wells Fargo is honored to partner with The Juneteenth Foundation this year—on the first official federal Juneteenth holiday—to elevate the importance of attracting diverse talent and increasing diversity in the workforce," said Dewey Norwood, senior lead consultant with Wells Fargo's diverse segments, representation and inclusion external engagement team. "We align with The Foundation's vision and are grateful for the opportunity they are creating to connect bright new talent with employers and resources during the Career Fair. Consistent with The Foundation, we remain committed to improving access to equity and opportunity in the financial services sector."
During the career fair, winners of the Freedom Scholarship Awards will also be announced. In 2021, The Juneteenth Foundation created the scholarship program for students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to support the next generation of scholars and continue the legacy of Black culture and freedom. This year, The Foundation has raised and will award a total of $250,000 to young Black students who are attending HBCUs. Each winner will receive $10,000.
To learn more about the four-day Freedom Festival celebration, visit: thejuneteenthfoundation.com
The Juneteenth Foundation
The Juneteenth Foundation is a 501©3 organization dedicated to the national recognition of Juneteenth and the celebration of freedom and Black culture. The Foundation organizes initiatives and events that call attention to the historical significance of Juneteenth and supports corporate and citizen engagement surrounding healing and advocacy for Black Americans.
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HERNDON, Va., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Finch Computing, developers of powerful natural language processing software products used throughout the federal government and among enterprise information aggregators and financial services firms, today announced that its co-founder and former Chief Technology Officer, Scott Lighter, will assume the role of President, effective immediately.
"We are looking forward to having Scott assume this new role," managing director Joe Readyhough said. "Finch Computing is our most important investment, and we know that Scott will do a phenomenal job continuing to grow that business for us."
In this new role, Lightner will focus on growing the Finch Computing business and its partnerships as it further penetrates its core markets, which include the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, data integrators and financial services firms.
Lightner, who was one of the company's original founders, has served as its Chief Technology Officer since 2017. In that role, he led a team of data scientists and engineers who secured more than 30 patents on natural language processing (NLP), data modeling, in-memory computing and more. The team built three products around the company's core NLP capabilities. Finch for Text® is a real-time NLP software as a service offering; Finch Data as a Service (DaaS) provides curated real-time data feed products; and Finch Analyst leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver entity-driven insights and alerting.
"Scott and the team have developed some amazing and highly in-demand products over the last few years." Readyhough continued. "With this new role and with additional support, we know he and the team will continue to develop differentiated products and drive our next level of growth. We're excited about what's next."
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TSX.V: EU
OTCQB:ENCUD
www.encoreuranium.com
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - enCore Energy Corp. ("enCore" or the "Company") (TSXV: EU) (OTCQB: ENCUD) announces that, as disclosed in the Company's news release of September 12, 2022, the Company's shares commenced trading today on a consolidated basis of one new share for every three former shares in connection with the Company's application to uplist their shares to the NASDAQ market. The consolidated shares remain trading on the TSX.V under the symbol 'EU' with consolidated shares trading on the OTC market now trading under the symbol 'ENCUD'.
With approximately 90 million pounds of U3O8 estimated in the measured and indicated categories and 9 million pounds of U3O8 estimated in the inferred category1, enCore is the most diversified in-situ recovery uranium development company in the United States. enCore is focused on becoming the next uranium producer from its licensed and past-producing South Texas Rosita Processing Plant by 2023. The South Dakota-based Dewey Burdock project and the Wyoming Gas Hills project offer mid-term production opportunities, with significant New Mexico uranium resource endowments providing long-term opportunities. The enCore team is led by industry experts with extensive knowledge and experience in all aspects of ISR uranium operations and the nuclear fuel cycle. enCore is committed to engaging and working with local communities and indigenous governments to create positive impact from corporate developments.
1 Mineral resource estimates are based on technical reports prepared in accordance with NI43-101 and available on SEDAR as well as company websites at www.encoreuranium.com.
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Fiona’s baby brother officially has a name
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) – It’s official! The Cincinnati Zoo has announced Fiona’s little brother will be called Fritz.
The hippo care team selected Ferguson and Fritz as the final name candidates from thousands of suggestions and asked the public to weigh in on which they liked better.
Fritz got 56% of the more than 220,000 votes.
“We would have been happy with either name, but we really think the name Fritz fits this spunky little guy’s personality,” said Cincinnati Zoo’s head hippo keeper Wendy Rice. “We also thought it was funny that it was suggested because ‘Fritz’ is here due to Bibi’s birth control being ‘on the fritz’.”
Bibi gave birth to her calf on Aug. 3 around 10 p.m.
The zoo said Fiona and Tucker are being kept away from Bibi while she bonds with her new baby boy.
Mom and baby will stay behind the scenes for a while, but the zoo is sharing photos and videos on social media.
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STOCKHOLM, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To adapt to the new hybrid way of working, one of Flowscape's global customers continues to roll out the solution to even more offices. Therefore, the number of user licenses is increased to 15,000. The order value in the first year is SEK 1,070,000 (EUR 100,000) and thereafter SEK 140,000 (EUR 13,100) annually.
"This customer is at the forefront of the transformation to the new hybrid way of working. The management has launched a policy that employees all over the world should be able to continue working half the time from home. In line with this policy, Flowscape's hybrid office solution is now being implemented throughout the company. We are very pleased to see how our new solutions are rolled out on this large scale and the number of user licenses will probability continue to grow during the year, as more and more offices around the world join Flowscape's solution." says Peter Reigo, CEO and founder.
Read more on our website.
The customer is a company with more than 100,000 employees in over 150 countries. Flowscape is an important part of the customer's new office concept, for the new hybrid way of working, where remote work will be allowed up to half the time.
Flowscape's solution is used for efficient booking of desks, booking of conference rooms but also for the employees to plan when they will be in the office, where they are sitting and share this information with their colleagues. All to promote cooperation between colleagues. The accurate analytics that the customer receives from the system are also necessary input for how the offices will be rebuilt in the coming years.
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Watching Your Wallet: Rising rents impacting tenants
Expert offers tips to fight increasing costs
InvestigateTV - InvestigateTV - As home rental prices keep climbing, for many, salaries have not risen at the same rate. From 1985 to 2020, rent prices increased 149%, while income grew just 35%, according to a report by RealEstateWitch.com.
Danetha Doe, an economist and spokesperson for Clever Real Estate, said more private companies and policymakers must pay attention and work to change the trend.
“It’s an entirely different situation when folks are not able to comfortably afford rents, because now we’re looking at an individual or a family not being able to own their home or be able to rent,” Doe said.
She suggested there are a few things consumers can do in the meantime if rent suddenly increases.
First, Doe suggested trying to talk to your landlord. She said it never hurts to explain your situation and see if they can work with you.
Doe’s other tactics included:
- See if you can increase your salary by negotiating a raise
- Expand your search and look for a new, better-paying job.
- Look for simple ways to cut back on everyday spending, like using your car less to save on gas or finding more ways to save at the grocery store.
A pair of apps that could help with groceries and gas are Upside and Ibotta. The savings could save you money and free up more money for rent.
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MURRAY, Utah, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ: RCM) ("R1"), a leading provider of technology driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of healthcare providers, announced an agreement to be the exclusive provider of revenue cycle management services for Emergency Physicians Professional Association (EPPA), a physician group providing high-quality emergency medicine and urgent care across Minnesota.
The partnership is expected to optimize clinical, financial, and operational performance for EPPA, while bolstering the patient experience and service for its patients. R1's model hardwires best practices and processes into its proprietary technology platform while leveraging intelligent automation, advanced data analytics and technical expertise to streamline workflows, improve efficiencies and drive superior outcomes.
Headquartered in Bloomington, MN, EPPA has been providing expert medical care in Minnesota communities for more than 50 years; it is one of the oldest and most respected independent emergency physician groups in the country. EPPA is independently owned and governed by its physician shareholders and serves more than 600,000 patients every year across its 11 hospitals and medical centers and three Urgency Room locations.
"I'm excited to partner with R1 as our resource for revenue cycle management," said Tom Klassen, MHA, executive vice president, and chief operating officer at EPPA. "We believe this partnership will create positive outcomes and solutions for our group, while giving us the ability to deliver a more unified, patient-centric experience to those we serve."
"We look forward to collaborating with EPPA to deliver a comprehensive, enterprise revenue cycle solution. This partnership will not only improve their financial performance and patient experience, but also support their long-term growth objectives while fulfilling EPPA's vision of delivering excellence in emergency and urgent care medicine," said Gary Long, executive vice president and chief commercial officer at R1.
R1 is a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of hospitals, health systems, and medical groups. R1's proven and scalable operating models seamlessly complement a healthcare organization's infrastructure, quickly driving sustainable improvements to net patient revenue and cash flows while reducing operating costs and enhancing the patient experience. To learn more, visit: r1rcm.com.
Emergency Physicians Professional Association (EPPA) was founded in 1969. EPPA's mission is to provide an innovative, stable, and supportive platform to practice acute care medicine as an independent group. This framework allows EPPA health professionals the best opportunity to align with EPPA partners in delivering world-class care for EPPA patients.
The group is comprised of more than 300 board-certified emergency physicians, family practice physicians and advanced practice clinicians (APCs) including physician assistants and nurse practitioners. EPPA providers staff hospital emergency departments across the Twin Cities, St. Cloud and rural Minnesota and owns and operates three stand-alone Urgency Room locations. For more information about the EPPA, visit eppahealth.com.
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SKÅNES FAGERHULT, Sweden, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Concentric AB's annual general meeting was held on Thursday 21 April 2022. The main resolutions passed were the following.
Regarding full details of the resolutions, a referral is made to the notice convening the AGM and the complete proposals. The notice convening the AGM and the complete proposals are available at the company's website, www.concentricab.com.
Adoption of the income statements and the balance sheets
The general meeting resolved to adopt the income statement and balance sheet and the consolidated income statement and consolidated balance sheet for the financial year 2021.
Dividend
The general meeting resolved, in accordance with the board's proposal, on a dividend of SEK 3.75 per share. The record date was set to Monday 25 April 2022. The dividend is expected to be distributed by Euroclear Sweden AB on Thursday 28 April 2022.
Discharge from liability
The general meeting discharged each who had held the position as CEO or board member from personal liability during the financial year 2021.
Board and auditors
The general meeting re-elected Karin Gunnarsson, Anders Nielsen, Susanna Schneeberger, Martin Sköld, Claes Magnus Åkesson, Petra Sundström, Joachim Rosenberg as board members. The general meeting re-elected Anders Nielsen as chair of the board.
The registered accounting firm KPMG AB was re-elected as the company's auditor.
The general meeting resolved that the chair of the board will receive SEK 900,000 (previously SEK 800,000) and that each of the other board members will receive SEK 375,000 (previously SEK 350,000). In addition, the chair of the Compensation Committee will receive SEK 125,000 (previously SEK 100,000) and member of the Compensation Committee will receive unchanged SEK 50,000. Further, it was resolved that the chair of the Audit Committee will receive SEK 175,000 (previously SEK 150,000) and member of said committee will receive unchanged SEK 75,000.
The general meeting resolved that fees will be paid to the auditor according to approved current account.
Approval of Remuneration Report
The general meeting resolved, in accordance with the board's proposal, to approve the board's remuneration report on remuneration to the CEO in accordance with Chapter 8, Section 53 a of the Swedish Companies Act.
Performance based incentive programme (LTI 2022)
In accordance with the board's proposal, the general meeting resolved to implement a long-term performance based incentive programme, LTI 2022. The programme is offered to up to 6 senior executives, including the CEO, and 7 other executives and key employees (total of 13 employees) and up to 21 senior managers within the Concentric group, who, provided an own investment in Concentric shares, are offered employee stock options that, under certain conditions, give participants the right to acquire Concentric shares after a three-year lock-up period.
The LTI 2022 is expected to result in costs of approximately MSEK 3.4 annually for Concentric if participants invest to their individual limits, the performance criteria are met and an annual share price growth of 15 per cent is assumed. In addition to this, social security charges will apply in the year of vesting, 2025. Social security charges are expected to amount to approximately MSEK 1.2 annually based on the same assumptions.
Issue of warrants and approval of transfer of warrants
As one of several options to secure a cost-efficient supply of Concentric shares for transfer under the LTI 2022, the general meeting adopted the board's proposal to issue, free of charge, 211,000 warrants to its wholly-owned subsidiary Concentric Skånes Fagerhult AB. Should the board choose the option to utilize the warrants for delivery of shares under the LTI 2022, the dilution effect will total 0.5 per cent, otherwise the warrants will lapse and the dilution effect be nil.
Furthermore, the general meeting resolved to approve that Concentric Skånes Fagerhult AB, on one or more occasions, may transfer warrants to the participants in LTI 2022 in accordance with the terms and conditions of LTI 2022, and otherwise dispose of the warrants in order to cover costs related to, or fulfil obligations occurring under, LTI 2022.
Acquisitions and transfers of own shares
In accordance with the board's proposal, the general meeting resolved to authorise the board to acquire and/or transfer own shares, which in the latter case may be resolved on with deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights, on one or more occasions until the annual general meeting 2023.
Acquisition of the company's own shares shall be made on Nasdaq Stockholm, for the purpose of, being able to improve the company's capital structure and to enable share transfers in accordance with the authorisation for the board to transfer own shares and resolution on transfer of own shares to participants in LTI 2019-2022, to increase the flexibility for the board in connection to potential future corporate acquisitions, as well as to cover costs for LTI 2019-2022 and enable delivery of shares in accordance with LTI 2019-2022. The company's total holdings of own shares must not at any time exceed 10 per cent of the total number of shares in the company.
Transfer of the company's own shares may be done for the purpose of, being able to improve the company's capital structure, to cover costs relating to LTI 2019-2022 as well as to increase the flexibility of the board in connection to potential future corporate acquisitions, by facilitating a fast and cost-efficient financing by divesting holdings of own shares. Transfer of own shares can be made either on Nasdaq Stockholm or in another manner, and the maximum number of shares that may be transferred is the total number of own shares held by the company at the time of the board's resolution to transfer the shares.
In accordance with the board's proposal, the general meeting also approved transfers of own shares to participants in the LTI 2022 on the terms and conditions that apply for the incentive programme.
Transfer of own shares to an employee share ownership trust
In accordance with the board's proposal and to enable a tax efficient delivery of shares under LTI 2022 to participants resident in the United Kingdom, the general meeting resolved that the company should be able to invite those participants to take part in a Joint Share Ownership Plan ("JSOP"). Using the JSOP will not change any terms specified in LTI 2022 and the total costs for using the JSOP are expected to be in line with those specified in the board's proposal on LTI 2022.
To facilitate the JSOP, the general meeting resolved on transfer of own repurchased shares to an employee share ownership trust equal to the maximum number of share options which may be awarded to participants who elect to join the JSOP. As specified within the terms of a joint ownership agreement, these shares will be jointly owned by the employee share ownership trust and the respective participant. The general meeting resolved that transfer of own shares may be made with deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights.
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This Duo Is Making Entering The Metaverse Easier Than Ever
NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jonathan Koon, entrepreneur, artist, and founder of luxury fashion brand Mostly Heard Rarely Seen 8-Bit teamed up with Highstreet, the leading retail-focused web3 metaverse, to launch a one-of-a-kind experience that uses the traditional fashion retail experience to transport shoppers into the metaverse.
This partnership between Highstreet and Jonathan Koon will act as a bridge that aims to achieve a holy grail in the metaverse world: to seamlessly guide the crypto-unfamiliar customer base of the world's leading fashion retailers into the web3 metaverse.
Every Mostly Heard Rarely Seen 8-Bit physical garment in its latest collection is embedded with a redeemable NFT. To redeem the NFT, Highstreet infused a key into every 8-Bit garment in this drop via a QR code sewn into the garment. By scanning this code, the user is taken through a few steps that in minutes will digitally clone the shopper along with their purchased 8-Bit apparel into the Highstreet metaverse.
Once in Highstreet, users will be granted $HIGH tokens, the native currency of the Highstreet metaverse, to hit the ground running so they can start to explore the exclusive experiences in the digital world. Shoppers can also establish a permanent record of their ownership of this drop by minting their apparel into NFT's, establishing a provenance behind this drop, and giving access to resale markets in the digital world from OpenSea to LooksRare.
Mostly Heard Rarely Seen 8-Bit X Highstreet: 8 STEPS INTO THE METAVERSE HERE
"Just like how Supreme is a lifestyle brand that represents the perspective of a skateboarder from downtown New York; 8-Bit is a lifestyle brand that represents the perspective of a modern day tech kid." - Jonathan Koon
"With this launch, we aim to welcome more traditional, non-blockchain consumers to the web3 world. To allow consumers to experience the energy and new possibilities in web3 culture, without needing to already possess the complex knowledge of navigating web3 tech. Today, department stores around the world become the key that opens the doors to the Highstreet metaverse. Every step of the process is based on something we all already do: buying physical products we already love." - Jenny Guo (Co-founder of Highstreet)
The 8-Bit "phygital" experience will launch at top department stores and designer boutiques worldwide such as Sak's 5th Ave, Neiman Marcus, Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Beymen, and more who will all carry the line in-stores and on e-commerce. This initial unique offering will single-handedly channel thousands of traditional fashion consumers directly into the Metaverse. The apparel is priced between $120 - $275, and will soon launch limited edition collaborations with other brands, celebrities, and cult following NFT creators.
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Mostly Heard Rarely Seen 8-Bit is a lifestyle brand that is inspired by and represents the lens and perspectives of a modern-day tech kid. The 8-Bit collection celebrates tech pop culture and euphoric nostalgia with simple yet detailed designs through its proprietary iconic "8-Bit" pixelated 3-Dimensional graphic appliques.
Website: www.mostlyheardrarelyseen8bit.com
About Highstreet:
Highstreet World is an MMORPG built with brand integration and on-chain features. Throughout 2022, Highstreet will be delivering the game to players in four phases. As part of the first phase, where the focus is on real estate, Highstreet will allow players to purchase homes in the core regions of Binance Beach, AVAX Alps, Everyrealm, and Animoca Archipelago, and Highstreet City. The first move-in day for Highstreet's Solarium was organized in April 2022.
Website: www.highstreet.market
About Jonathan Koon:
Jonathan Koon is an American entrepreneur, artist, and fashion designer. He is the founder of Tykoon Brands, which owns and operates a collective of brands between fashion, jewelry, and health/beauty. Koon is also the founder of Jon's Room – a fashion collective showroom based in Paris and New York City that serves as a global creative and sales consulting agency and distribution platform for designer streetwear brands. Additionally, Koon serves as an executive/creative consultant for numerous companies within the fashion, art, and tech space.
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CT Senator, Chris Murphy Recognized BioWave for Continued Innovation of BioWave's Patented Pain Blocking Technology.
NORWALK, Conn., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HARTFORD–U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced that BioWave, based in Norwalk, CT, has been named April's "Innovator of the Month." BioWave is a patented smarter pain blocking technology that provides immediate, deep, long-lasting relief of severe pain. BioWave devices deliver therapeutic electrical signals through skin directly to pain nerves in deep tissue to prevent pain signals from reaching the brain relieving chronic, acute or post-operative pain. BioWave's technology has helped professional and college athletes, veterans and others suffering from chronic pain, get closer to a pain-free life and return to daily activities without the use of opioids.
BioWave recently introduced a new patent pending product family called BioWraps® which are wearable compression electrode garments that are paired with BioWave's pain blocking neurostimulators. BioWraps use a proprietary silver fabric technology that allow for treating up to 5X the volume of tissue as compared to conventional electrodes while simultaneously providing compression and support.
"Imagine being able to treat and reduce pain across the entire lower back. We've also designed BioWraps for numerous other locations on the body. Our Foot/Ankle BioWrap is designed to treat pain throughout the entire foot and ankle, so we are very excited about the opportunity to help patients that suffer from painful diabetic neuropathy," said Bradford Siff, Founder & President. "We help manage severe pain and reduce opioid consumption for over 10,000 veterans per year in over 190 VA Hospitals and CBOCs (Community Based Outpatient Clinics) around the country, and we believe BioWraps are a superior technology for providing the highest level of relief for Veterans," said Robert Adler, Chairman.
"The team at BioWave is transforming pain care management for the millions of Americans who suffer from chronic pain that interferes with their daily lives. Their technology provides a safe, effective alternative to opioids that helps ease persistent pain, and I'm proud to recognize their innovative work in Connecticut," said Murphy.
"We are honored to be recognized by Senator Murphy. One of the keys to innovation is having access to capital as well as to high level resources that can facilitate the ideation, design and development process. Being located in Connecticut helps provide easier access to capital and to these key individuals and core outside services. So for example, we were delighted to have the State of Connecticut's venture capital arm, Connecticut Innovations, participate in our most recent round of preferred equity financing several years ago," said Bradford Siff.
Murphy believes entrepreneurship and innovation are the building blocks for a strong economy. In the U.S. Senate, he has introduced two bipartisan pieces of legislation to incentivize angel investors to put more money into startup companies—the Angel Tax Credit Act and the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act. Startup companies create an average of 2 million jobs each year.
BioWave is committed to delivering immediate, deep, and long-lasting relief to severe pain by offering innovative solutions to treat pain using the company's patented, high-frequency neurostimulation technology. Products include BioWavePRO and BioWavePENS, for use in a physician's office, BioWaveHOME RX, a home prescription portable version, BioWave GO RX, a portable unit, BioWaveGO an over-the-counter device, and BioWraps, wearable electrode compression garments.
BioWave technology and solutions are widely and used by many VA hospitals, active military bases, pain, and ortho clinics, along with professional and collegiate sports teams. BioWave devices are FDA-cleared, and clinically proven to deliver safe and effective treatment of pain without the need for prescription drugs.
BioWave is available under Federal Supply Schedule contract number V797D-70205.
More information about the company's products and solutions can be found at BioWave.com.
Contacts
Ania Kuniej
BioWave Marketing
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LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Glancy Prongay & Murray LLP ("GPM") announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: OM).
Class Period: September 15, 2020 – June 13, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 6, 2022
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Outset lawsuit, you can submit your contact information at www.glancylaw.com/cases/outset-medical-inc/. You can also contact Charles H. Linehan, of GPM at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, or via email at shareholders@glancylaw.com to learn more about your rights.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance" that required an additional 510(k) application; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell the Tablo for home use; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Charles Linehan, Esquire, of GPM, 1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-201-9150, Toll-Free at 888-773-9224, by email to shareholders@glancylaw.com, or visit our website at www.glancylaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number and number of shares purchased.
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WASHINGTON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kelley Drye & Warren LLP today announced that Senior Government Relations Counsel Laurie Rubiner has joined the firm. Drawing from her extensive experience in the U.S. Senate and the national public policy arena, Laurie will provide Kelley Drye clients with strategic guidance and counseling, devise and implement comprehensive advocacy campaigns, and help build coalitions with allied stakeholders.
"As politics grows increasingly partisan, it's more important than ever for our clients to have strategic partners that can advocate for them on both sides of the aisle," said Paul Rosenthal, co-chair of the Government Relations and Public Policy practice group. "Laurie's strong bi-partisan background, political acumen, and understanding of the inner workings of Congress will benefit our clients across a range of industries."
In the U.S. Senate, Laurie served as Chief of Staff to Senator Richard Blumenthal (D); Legislative Director to Senator Hillary Clinton (D); and Legislative Assistant to the late Senator John Chafee (R). Recently, Laurie served as Special Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee for the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Prior to joining Kelley Drye, she was Executive Vice President for Domestic Programs at the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids – where she formulated, supervised, and managed the Campaign's U.S. programs. She has held senior positions with several national policy organizations, including as vice president for Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), where she led the organization's implementation of national and state strategies for improved public policies through government relations, grassroots organizing, litigation, and political affairs. She also served as a director at the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., and as vice president for public policy at the National Partnership for Women & Families.
"During my career, I have been able to work with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle on key legislative and policy issues, and I'm eager to translate my experience into solving real world business problems for our clients," said Laurie. "It's also great to be able to reconnect with the people that I started my career in Washington with, as I worked in the government relations group at Collier Shannon prior to their merger with Kelley Drye."
Laurie received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and is admitted to practice in the state of New York.
Founded in 1836, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP is home to skilled practitioners in the areas of litigation, regulatory, real estate, corporate and bankruptcy. The firm's Washington office is home to team of over 30 bipartisan advocates that work in partnership with companies and organizations to develop and implement strategies to change government policy. Kelley Drye's Government Relations and Public Policy group is a balanced bipartisan team of former congressional, administration, and federal agency staff and includes lawyers and non-lawyer lobbyists – many of whom have been recognized as preeminent practitioners of their respective fields of practice. Working as an integrated team allows them to leverage their substantive knowledge of the issues and political acumen across the political spectrum to obtain successful outcomes for the firm's clients. The group's efforts range from day-to-day issue monitoring and outreach to the development and implementation of major strategic campaigns. To learn more, visit www.kelleydrye.com.
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ORLANDO, Fla., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alabama Power was announced as a recipient of two Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Emergency Response Awards. Presented to EEI member companies, the awards recognize recovery and assistance efforts following disruptions caused by extreme weather or other natural events. The winners were chosen by a panel of judges following an international nomination process. The awards were presented during EEI 2022, the organization's annual thought leadership forum.
"Over the past year, electric companies confronted severe storms and extreme weather events, including hurricanes, tornadoes and winter storms, that impacted customers and communities across the nation," said EEI President Tom Kuhn. "Despite challenging conditions, Alabama Power and its employees worked around the clock to restore power safely and as quickly as possible. I congratulate and applaud Alabama Power and their employees for their continued dedication to the customers and communities that they serve, and I am honored to present them with this well-deserved award."
Alabama Power responded to two severe weather events this year that caused major damage and service disruptions.
In early February, Winter Storm Landon brought heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across a 2,000-mile stretch between Texas, the Midwest and the Northeast. Alabama Power sent 173 company lineworkers, 245 contractors and 178 trucks to Plano, Texas, providing Oncor Electric Delivery assistance with downed lines in freezing temperatures with heavily iced roads and bridges.
"Our employees demonstrate excellent commitment to our customers by utilizing their world-class training and skillset, demonstrating excellent customer service in all that they do, from recovery and restoration to providing assistance to our industry peers," said Scott Moore, Alabama Power senior vice president of Power Delivery.
Between March 30-31, a line of severe thunderstorms, strong winds of up to 80 mph and several tornadoes passed through Alabama Power's service territory. Prior to these storms and well after their passing, sustained rain and winds soaked the ground and toppled trees, causing extensive damage and more than 115,000 outages. Working more than 35,000 hours, Alabama Power crews and contractors helped replace 203 poles, 105 transformers and two transmission towers.
"It is an honor to be recognized by EEI for our restoration efforts following severe weather," said Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite. "These awards reflect our team's preparation, hard work and dedication to customers."
Alabama Power has earned the Emergency Response Award 31 times since its inception in 1998.
EEI is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Our members provide electricity for more than 235 million Americans, and operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. As a whole, the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in communities across the United States. In addition to our U.S. members, EEI has more than 65 international electric companies, with operations in more than 90 countries, as International Members, and hundreds of industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.
Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), provides reliable, affordable electricity to 1.5 million customers across the state. Learn more at www.alabamapower.com.
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LONDON, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virax Biolabs ("Virax" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: VRAX), an innovative biotechnology company focused on the prevention, detection, and diagnosis of viral diseases, today announced that Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, James Foster will ring the Nasdaq Stock Market closing bell on Thursday, August 18, 2022. This comes after Virax began listing its common shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market on July 21, 2022.
The ceremony will begin at approximately 3:45 p.m. ET on August 18 and can be viewed live at https://www.nasdaq.com/marketsite/bell-ringing-ceremony.
"I am honored to ring the Nasdaq closing bell on behalf of the Virax team," commented James Foster. "The bell ringing ceremony is a great opportunity to celebrate the major milestone of the Company going public, and is representative of opening a new era for Virax. I am grateful to be joined by my talented team of colleagues and those who have supported us through all the stages of Virax's development over the years. Supported by our major progress and key strategic partnerships since the start of 2022, I am confident and excited for Virax's journey ahead."
Founded in 2013, Virax Biolabs Group Limited is an innovative biotechnology group focused on the detection and diagnosis of viral diseases, with a particular interest in the field of immunology.
Virax Biolabs Group Limited is currently developing a proprietary T-Cell Test technology with the intention of providing an immunology profiling platform that assesses each individual's immune risk profile against major global viral threats. T-Cell testing is particularly effective in the diagnosis and therapeutics of COVID-19 as well as other threats including Monkeypox, Hepatitis B, Malaria, Herpes and Human Papillomavirus. For more information, please visit www.viraxbiolabs.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. In addition, from time to time, we or our representatives may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. We base these forward-looking statements on our expectations and projections about future events, which we derive from the information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance, including: our financial performance and projections; our growth in revenue and earnings; and our business prospects and opportunities. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as "may," "should," "expects," "anticipates," "contemplates," "estimates," "believes," "plans," "projected," "predicts," "potential," or "hopes" or the negative of these or similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including: our ability to change the direction of the Company; our ability to keep pace with new technology and changing market needs; and the competitive environment of our business. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are only predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this press release and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions about us. We are not obligated to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed in this press release and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives might not occur.
Company Contact:
Virax Biolabs Group Limited
Phone: + +44 020 7788 7414
Email: info@viraxbiolabs.com
Investor Relations Contact:
Russo Partners, LLC
Maxim Jacobs, CFA
(646) 942-5591
Email: Maxim.Jacobs@russopartnersllc.com
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Which kayak life jacket is best?
Kayakers know there’s nothing quite like gliding over pristine water, skimming the surface in a sleek boat with your paddles effortlessly pulling you forward. They also know that kayaking can be a dangerous sport, and drowning in even the calmest water is a possibility. The best kayak life jacket is a critical piece of safety equipment that every kayaker needs to wear.
The Onyx MoveVent Dynamic Paddle Sports CGA Life Vest performs its function well while allowing easy movement for paddling and maneuvering in the boat.
What to know before you buy a kayak life jacket
Inflatable vs. padded
There are two main types of kayak life jackets to choose from: inflatable or padded.
- Inflatable: Inflatable life jackets allow for greater movement of the arms while still providing protection when you enter the water. Some are manually inflated with a tube, but others come with a canister of compressed air that automatically inflates when you hit the water. This may not be ideal if you frequently practice rollovers. These are also not recommended for whitewater kayaking or children under 16.
- Padded: Many boating life jackets are padded. There is usually more storage space on a boat, and less range of motion is needed. These also require less maintenance and are ready to go the second you put them on. But they can be bulky and get hot.
Life jacket materials
Most life jackets are made of either nylon or neoprene.
- Nylon: Nylon is lightweight, durable and inexpensive. It’s a great choice for kayakers because it allows for free movement.
- Neoprene: This material is better suited for cold water or water sports that have you actually in the water instead of on top of it. It fits more snugly than nylon, and it can be more expensive.
What to look for in a quality kayak life jacket
Large arm holes
You’ll need plenty of room for your arms to move. Look for life jackets with deep-cut arm holes or open backs.
Bright colors
In a worst-case scenario where you find yourself separated from your boat, you will want the brightest color life jacket you can find. Dark colors blend easily with surging water. Instead, you should choose a kayak life vest in neon colors.
Zippered pockets
Although it is ill-advised to bring your keys with you on your kayaking adventures, you might want a place to stow safety gear. Zippered pockets and D rings work well for this purpose and can also hold small snacks.
How much you can expect to spend on a kayak life jacket
The price depends on the material, the size and the type of life jacket. Expect to spend $30-$150.
Kayak life jacket FAQ
How do you find the best fit?
A. Your life jacket won’t do you any good if it doesn’t fit. It should be snug but comfortable. This increases the chance that it can save your life and that you will actually wear it.
Adult life jackets sometimes correspond with clothing sizes but often use chest measurements. On the other hand, children’s life jackets fit based on their weight.
How you put on the jacket matters, too.
- Slip the jacket on.
- Start by buckling the straps at the bottom first. Make sure each strap is tight as you work your way up.
- Once your jacket is buckled, slide your thumbs underneath the shoulders of the jacket and pull up. If it moves, you’ll need to tighten the buckles again, starting at the bottom.
Make sure to wear your paddling clothes when you try on life jackets, and move your arms around once the vest is in place. If you find it tight or chafing when trying it on, imagine what it will feel like after an hour or two on the water.
What is buoyancy, and how much is necessary for a kayak life jacket?
A. Buoyancy, also known as flotation, is the measure of force needed to keep your head and chin above the water. The average adult requires 7 to 12 pounds of buoyancy, and U.S. Coast Guard-approved flotation devices meet this standard.
To check the buoyancy of your kayak life jacket:
- Enter deep water that allows you to float without touching the bottom.
- Stop moving and tilt your head back. Relax.
- If your chin is not above the water without effort, you need a higher buoyancy rating.
What’s the best kayak life jacket to buy?
Top kayak life jacket
Onyx MoveVent Dynamic Paddle Sports CGA Life Vest
What you need to know: It has the best features of inflatable and padded life jackets all in one.
What you’ll love: The padding is only in the front for more free movement. The mesh back is comfortable against a kayak backrest. The shoulders are padded and adjustable. Zippered pockets hold whistles and safety gear.
What you should consider: Because of the vague sizing, this may not be the best choice for people with larger chests.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Dick’s Sporting Goods
Top kayak life jacket for the money
Lyuwpes Inflatable Snorkel Vest
What you need to know: If you prefer an inflatable vest, this one inflates quickly and works well for more than just snorkeling.
What you’ll love: Easily adjust the fit with waist and groin straps. The vest slips over your head and buckles to stay secure. The slim line allows for a full range of motion. It is brightly colored for better visibility.
What you should consider: The straps around the groin may take some getting used to when sitting in a kayak.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
O’Neill Superlite USCG Life Vest
What you need to know: This lightweight vest is adjustable and comfortable for kayaking.
What you’ll love: The outer shell is nylon, and closed-cell foam is lightweight and comfortable. Four 1.5-inch wide webbing belts have quick-release Delrin buckles that you can adjust to fit different people. It sheds water easily and stays relatively cool in the sun.
What you should consider: Measure yourself carefully. The sizing for this vest is different than for regular clothing sizes.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its community outreach program, Radians®, a Memphis-based PPE manufacturer, recently made meaningful donations to four Memphis nonprofits, including Memphis Youth Villages, Lisieux Community, Les Passees, and Dress for Success.
"Partnering with these organizations allows Radians to advocate for positive, long-term change, enhancing the quality of life for children, women, families, and young people in Memphis," said Radians CEO, Mike Tutor. "All of these organizations help others overcome challenges, bringing hope and healing to our community, so we are excited that we could help with such worthy causes."
The Radians Tickets for Charity program is an online auction format that allows its employees to bid upon and purchase name-brand entertainment at the FedEx® Forum and the Live at the Garden concert series, which is held at the Radians Amphitheater in the Memphis Botanic Garden. The ticket price paid by the employee is then matched by Radians and donated to local charities selected by the employees.
In addition to its Tickets for Charity donations, Radians sponsors other programs and organizations that make Memphis a better place, including the Radians Amphitheater, the Live at The Garden concert series, Stax Music Academy, and the Church Health Center.
For more information about Radians, visit www.radians.com or call toll-free 1-877-723-4267.
Radians® is a Memphis, TN-based top-tier manufacturer of quality PPE, including safety eyewear, Radwear® high visibility apparel, rainwear, hearing protection, hand protection, head gear, cooling products, heated jackets, AR/FR workwear, eyewash stations, N95 respirators, face masks/gaiters, retractable tool tethers, and lens cleaning systems. Radians has partnered with highly respected companies including DSM Dyneema, DEWALT®, STANLEY®, and BLACK+DECKER™ to provide high performance personal protection products. Brands include Bellingham® Glove, Crossfire® by Radians, Neese, VolCore™, Arctic Radwear®, Nordic Blaze®, and VisionAid®. An ISO 9001:2008 certified leader in the PPE industry, the company has additional facilities in Reno, NV, Thomasville, NC, Bellingham, WA, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. For more information, visit www.Radians.com.
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NEW YORK, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: APYX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: May 12, 2021 to March 11, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 5, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in APYX:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/apyx-medical-corporation-loss-submission-form-2?id=28449&from=4
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Apyx Medical Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) a significant number of Apyx's Advanced Energy products were used for off-label indications; (2) such off-label uses led to an increase in the number of medical device reports filed by Apyx reporting serious adverse events; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur regulatory scrutiny; (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Apyx you have until August 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Apyx securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the APYX lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/apyx-medical-corporation-loss-submission-form-2?id=28449&from=4.
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J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy will issue its first-quarter financial results at 7 a.m. ET on Monday, May 9, in a news release to be posted on the company's website at duke-energy.com/investors.
An earnings conference call for analysts is scheduled at 10 a.m. ET that day to discuss first-quarter 2022 financial results and other business and financial updates.
The conference call will be hosted by Lynn Good, chair, president and chief executive officer, and Steve Young, executive vice president and chief financial officer.
The call can be accessed via the investors' section (duke-energy.com/investors) of Duke Energy's website or by dialing 833.927.1758 in the U.S. or 929.526.1599 outside the U.S. The confirmation code is 527418. Please call 10 to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
A recording of the webcast with a transcript will be available on the investors' section of the company's website by May 10.
Duke Energy
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., is one of America's largest energy holding companies. Its electric utilities serve 8.2 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky, and collectively own 50,000 megawatts of energy capacity. Its natural gas unit serves 1.6 million customers in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Ohio and Kentucky. The company employs 28,000 people.
Duke Energy is executing an aggressive clean energy transition to achieve its goals of net-zero methane emissions from its natural gas business and at least a 50% carbon reduction from electric generation by 2030 and net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The 2050 net-zero goals also include Scope 2 and certain Scope 3 emissions. In addition, the company is investing in major electric grid enhancements and energy storage, and exploring zero-emission power generation technologies such as hydrogen and advanced nuclear.
Duke Energy was named to Fortune's 2022 "World's Most Admired Companies" list and Forbes' "America's Best Employers" list. More information is available at duke-energy.com. The Duke Energy News Center contains news releases, fact sheets, photos and videos. Duke Energy's illumination features stories about people, innovations, community topics and environmental issues. Follow Duke Energy on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
Media contact: Jennifer Garber
800.559.3853
Analysts contact: Jack Sullivan
980.373.3564
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Auburn’s Smith, a projected Top-5 pick, enters NBA draft
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Auburn freshman Jabari Smith, who led the Tigers to their first No. 1 ranking, is entering the NBA draft. Smith, who is projected as a potential No. 1 overall pick, lived up to his billing as the highest-rated recruit in program history. He announced his decision in a video posted on social media. The 6-foot-10 Smith led the Tigers in scoring and 3-point shooting, averaging 16.9 points and 7.4 rebounds. The program’s second consensus All-American, Smith was named the Southeastern Conference freshman of the year. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/05/auburns-smith-a-projected-top-5-pick-enters-nba-draft/ | 2022-04-05T19:01:23Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Enochian BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENOB) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: January 17, 2018 to June 27, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 26, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in ENOB:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/enochian-biosciences-inc-loss-submission-form?id=31226&from=4
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Enochian BioSciences, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's co-founder and inventor Serhat Gumrukcu was engaged in a variety of frauds; (2) Gumrukcu was not a licensed doctor anywhere in the world; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Gumrukcu's purported contributions to the Company lacked a reasonable basis; (5) as a result of the foregoing, the Company had overstated its commercial prospects; (6) Gumrukcu had improperly diverted approximately $20 million from Enochian to entities he owned; and (7) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Enochian you have until September 26, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Enochian securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the ENOB lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/enochian-biosciences-inc-loss-submission-form?id=31226&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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SHENZHEN, China, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Creality Ender-3 S1 is compatible with the laser engraving module, and this matching module has been well-liked since the release of Ender-3 S1. To enhance the user experience, Creality launched a new laser engraving & cutting machine named Creality CR-Laser Falcon at its 8th-anniversary celebration on April 9th this year.
Further developed and optimized based on the last generation, CR-Laser Falcon will surely impress users and add fun to life. For DIY enthusiasts, they should not miss it. Please take a look at how this machine meets personalized engraving and cutting needs.
Engraving & Cutting Master Delivering 0.1 mm Precision
Just like the Creality's resin 3D printers—Halot One Plus featured by high accuracy, CR-Laser Falcon energized by double high precision is excellent. By using the poly-lens spot compression laser technology, the spot size is compressed to 0.12*0.06 mm from 0.32*0.14 mm, giving an increase to speed by 6 times, ensuring both the engraving and cutting accuracy can reach 0.1 mm.
Quick Focusing, Efficiency Improvement
With the focusing system made up of a fixed–focus lens and a facilitator, users can slide down the facilitator for fast focusing and uplift it once it's completed. For example, to customize a logo on gift boxes of different materials, due to the size and thicknesses differences, users need to conduct focusing to ensure the engraving effect. On top of these, just like CR-10 Smart Pro, it can be easily assembled as its parts are coming all in one piece.
Engraving Area Preview, Accurate Positioning
To reduce the risk of failure, preview the engraving area before taking action. CR-Laser Falcon can accurately locate the working area. For small batch engraving, the preview function is significant with an indication of the same area, largely improving the success rate. If users want to make ten pieces of artwork with a tiger engraved at the corner, CR-Laser Falcon will recognize the same engraving area and make sure the pattern is at the right place.
Protective to Health, Enjoy Creating
Same as Creality Sermoon V1 Pro, CR-Laser Falcon prioritizes healthiness. Equipped with a fan and washable cotton, the machine can effectively absorb the smoke and dust, protecting users' respiratory systems and ensuring the engraving quality with avoidance of object blackening. Therefore, for those who would like to use the machine at home, no need to worry about the health issue anymore, and can thoroughly enjoy creation.
Support Multiple Materials, Maximize Imagination
DIY on different materials and have fun. CR-Laser Falcon is compatible with multiple materials –flexible materials like paper and leather, wood, PVC of general hardness and the anodized surface of high-hardness can all be handled by Falcon. Users can laser engrave the same pattern on different materials for creative aesthetic interpretation.
Creality has launched its new global website where users can easily upload their engraving works to Creality Cloud, as well as its official store. For more details about CR-Laser Falcon, click to have a look.
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WATCH: Boeing 757 dubbed ‘Trump Force One’ gets new look
LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC/Gray News) - The big jet dubbed “Trump Force One” gets a new look, after Landlock Aviation Service repainted the plane in Louisiana.
A Boeing 757 belonging to former President Donald Trump has been out of commission since he took office in 2016, when it was used as he campaigned for that election. The refit of the VIP private jet has been under wraps, but now the work is done.
Tyson Grenzebach, with Landlock, said it was hard for everyone not to get excited about the project.
“We tried to keep very professional and stick to the task at hand but we all had a little something in the back of our minds driving us to the level of excellence the customer was needed,” he said.
Grenzebach told KPLC it took a crew of about 40 people a little over a month to complete the project, saying though the bar was set high, expectations were met.
“This was a little bit different and unique because of the timeline and customer requirements,” Grenzebach said. “So, we did what we call scuff sanding. That helped because we had a base to start with and then we primed, laid out for all the colors and painted all the unique colors you see on the aircraft.”
He said the paint job is flawless. Standout features on the craft include polished shiny aluminum edges, the big American flag on the vertical of the plane and the specialized gold-metallic Trump logo.
“As it turns out, it’s the nicest 757 Landlock aviation has ever painted, and one of the best aircrafts I’ve painted in my 28-year career,” Grenzebach said.
Grenzebach added he and the Landlock team is proud of the work they’ve done.
“We had to accomplish all that in a kind of short period of time and around all the supply chain challenged environment that we’re all experiencing,” he said. “So, between ourselves and some great vendors, we were able to move mountains if you will to get the job done.”
In a social media post, Trump said his remolded plane looks “great” and could be back in the skies by this fall.
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Joystick, a next-generation gaming ecosystem that empowers users to become business owners, professional eSports gamers, or content creators in the evolving Web3 world, combines tech, gamefi, education, communities and NFT assets to deliver maximum yield across the metaverse.
LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Le, one of the most popular content creators with over 10 billion views on TikTok, along with tech entrepreneur Robin DeFay, announced the launch of a revolutionary gaming and esports platform called Joystick. Joystick leverages metaverse assets in ways that benefit ecosystem users and guilds by giving them the opportunity to keep 100% of the revenue they generate playing games on the blockchain.
Joystick is focused on connecting the largest games globally to their players. The platform is the first to provide players a path to web3 financial freedom, flipping the current play-to-earn revenue sharing model by giving players 100% of the revenue they generate. Joystick is pushing boundaries by removing current global accessibility limitations and making it easy for anyone to play anytime, anywhere.
Michael Le (aka @JustMaiko), co-founder of Joystick and outspoken supporter of Web3, said "Play-to-earn gaming has the potential to change so many lives and Joystick is creating a culture around this revolution. Joystick's goal is to create an environment where owning gaming assets and other tokens is accessible and beneficial to anyone in the world. The industry is craving a new model where players are more empowered to get paid for their time, and Joystick offers a valuable solution."
By creating and sharing educational content, Le's goal is to educate traditional gamers exposing them to the opportunities in play-to-earn gaming. Along with Le, Joystick has already raised a $8 million seed round and is currently raising a $110 million Series A, putting Joystick on track to become one of the most valuable gaming start-ups in the world and leading Le to become the most successful "born-on-TikTok" creator in the world of business.
DeFay, CEO and Co-Founder, added "The rise of play-to-earn gaming and Web3 has created new earning potential for gamers. We are revolutionizing this model by allowing players to pay a fixed fee and earn 100% of the revenue they generate - a major improvement over the traditional revenue sharing model used by everyone else. This means the more players play, out hustle and outsmart, the more money they earn - not us."
About the business model
The primary platform revenue will be generated from NFT assets, both directly and indirectly from a rental program where users utilize the assets in exchange for in-game rewards. Joystick takes a small monthly fee instead of the industry standard 50%+ of revenue generated by the player. This improved model allows the player to earn 100% of the revenue they generate, empowering them to build their own business in the Web3 world. In addition to a top tier suite of educational resources, with cameo appearances from leading industry creators and influencers, Joystick will host regular eSports tournaments for players to have fun, compete, test their skills and earn rewards like JOY tokens, NFTs, and sponsorships.
About JOY
JOY tokens will be ERC-20 tokens issued on the Ethereum network. The JOY token is designed to capture all value generated through Joystick activities as the platform acquires gaming assets, gaming guilds, early round token allocation, access to the best liquidity pools, games and gaming studios. JOY token holders will have access to reward distribution, discounted priority access to gaming assets, access to the Joystick private community, educational materials, and limited edition merchandise.
*This valuation is not prepared in accordance with the standards and practice of any professional body in any jurisdiction, and is not intended to constitute an accounting, legal or tax opinion. This information is provided for reference only and should not be relied upon in making any decision to buy, sell or hold any token described herein.
Management Team:
Michael Le, Co-Founder
Robin DeFay, Co-Founder and CEO
Paul Jin, CTO, Lead Dev
Advisors:
Jeff Zirlin, AxieLima, Trey Smith, Neil Patel, Matt Morgan, Dan Fleyshman,
Stefan Georgi, Ketrina "Taz" Askew, Brandon Frick, Bradley Townsend, and Zak Folkman.
About Joystick:
Joystick is a next-generation gaming ecosystem that empowers users to become business owners, professional eSports gamers, or content creators in the evolving Web3 world. Joystick combines tech, gamefi, education, communities and NFT assets to deliver maximum yield across the Metaverse. By leasing assets for a fixed fee, Joystick is revolutionizing the play-to-earn model and putting revenue earned directly into players' pockets.
To learn more about Joystick visit:
Website: https://joystickgames.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joystickprosDiscord: https://discord.com/invite/JoystickGames
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Celebrities – Including Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Lily Tomlin, Gayle King, Lance Bass and More – Join Social Media Challenge to Share Seniors' Words of Wisdom
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Meals on Wheels America – the national leadership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs dedicated to addressing senior hunger and isolation across the U.S. – has joined forces with many of its celebrity supporters to launch the #RespectYourElders campaign, garnering support for America's aging population and raising awareness for the importance of honoring seniors nationwide. The social media challenge is simple – share heartwarming videos or photos that raise up the stories, smiles and charming personalities of meaningful elders in your life – and it comes at a crucial time when America's seniors are lonelier than ever, with millions homebound and living by themselves without family or friends nearby.
We all have the power to help change that, so Meals on Wheels America is issuing a call to value our senior neighbors before they are completely left behind. After all, there is so much we can learn by spending time with our elders and it's important to spread the wisdom and stories they share with us to others, while doing everything in our power to nourish their lives and let them know they are not alone.
Many of the organization's celebrity supporters will take to social media throughout August to share words of wisdom from their own older loved ones and encourage their followers to do the same. Famous participants include NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, actors Lily Tomlin, Andrew Burnap, Annaleigh Ashford, Danny Burstein, Gail Bean, Jalyn Hall, Poorna Jagannathan, Ramona Young and Zyra Gorecki, and singers Lance Bass and Coffey Anderson.
"I always admired my mom for her warmth and kindness," shared Lily Tomlin when asked who she is spotlighting in support of the campaign. "One of the greatest things she taught me is that there's always room at the table for one more. That's why I'm answering Meals on Wheels America's call to #RespectYourElders."
Additionally, renowned journalist Gayle King recently joined Meals on Wheels America to support the campaign by hand-delivering meals to seniors in New York City and said, "Everybody I know likes to eat, but imagine if you had no way or means to get to the grocery store or a restaurant. Sadly, that's the reality for many who are elderly in our city. That's why when Meals on Wheels asked if I wanted to help deliver lunch and dinner to people who need it most, I said, 'Yes, please sign me up!' Now, it's your turn."
Millions of seniors are homebound and nearly a third of those who live alone spend almost all of their time by themselves. Supporting Meals on Wheels today provides the food, compassion and hope that can not only brighten their days but change their lives.
"At Meals on Wheels, we don't just nourish seniors' bodies through our food deliveries, but their souls as well because, for many, our volunteers provide the only human contact they have all week," said Ellie Hollander, President and CEO of Meals on Wheels America. "The #RespectYourElders campaign is meant to encourage people to connect with the seniors in their lives, from family and friends to neighbors. They need us and, as our Meals on Wheels volunteers who help us in our mission to combat senior isolation could tell you, there is so much we can learn from them."
Head to www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org/respect to learn more about how you can get involved with the #RespectYourElders campaign and support Meals on Wheels' crucial work.
Meals on Wheels America is the leadership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior hunger and isolation. This network serves virtually every community in America and, along with more than two million staff and volunteers, delivers the nutritious meals, friendly visits and safety checks that enable America's seniors to live nourished lives with independence and dignity. Through funding, leadership, education, research and advocacy, Meals on Wheels America empowers its local member programs to strengthen their communities, one senior at a time. For more information, or to find a Meals on Wheels provider near you, visit www.mealsonwheelsamerica.org.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. and LUND, Sweden, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: CASI), a U.S. biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products, and BioInvent International AB ("BioInvent") (Nasdaq Stockholm: BINV), a biotech company focused on the discovery and development of novel and first-in-class immune-modulatory antibodies for cancer immunotherapy, today announced the first-patient-in in China Phase 1 dose-escalation and expansion study of BI-1206, a first-in-class fully human monoclonal antibody (mAb) that targets FcγRIIB, in combination with rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL). The study design is to assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacology, and clinical activity of BI-1206. The patient was enrolled at Henan Cancer Hospital.
Wei-Wu He, Ph.D., CASI's Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "We are excited to dose the first patient in the continued evaluation of BI-1206. BI-1206 has previously shown encouraging early signs of efficacy in Phase 1, a tolerable safety profile, and the potential to be used with multiple therapeutic mAbs that rely on ADCC/CDC* for efficacy. This Phase 1 trial in China will generate valuable information and has the potential to provide early evidence of clinical activity in the treatment of relapsed or refractory Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma."
Martin Welschof, CEO of BioInvent, said: "The initiation of this Phase I trial in China is an important milestone for BioInvent as it marks the expansion of the clinical program of our lead drug candidate, BI-1206. The clinical results have been very promising, and we are looking forward to generating additional data together with our partner CASI Pharmaceuticals with the aim of improving treatment for patients with NHL and addressing this significant unmet medical need."
The National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) granted BI-1206 Clinical Trial Application (CTA) approval in December 2021. Ethics committee approval from a leading investigational site was granted in January 2022. BI-1206 is currently being investigated outside of China in two Phase 1/2 trials. One is evaluating the BI-1206 combination with rituximab for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), which includes patients with follicular lymphoma (FL), mantle cell lymphoma (MCL), and marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who have relapsed or are refractory to rituximab. A second Phase 1/2 trial is investigating BI-1206 in combination with anti-PD1 therapy Keytruda® (pembrolizumab) in solid tumors. Earlier this year, the U.S. FDA granted Orphan Drug Designation, for BI-1206, for the treatment of follicular lymphoma, the most common form of slow-growing non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
BioInvent International AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: BINV) is a clinical-stage biotech company that discovers and develops novel and first-in-class immuno-modulatory antibodies for cancer therapy, with currently four drug candidates in five ongoing clinical programs in Phase 1/2 trials for the treatment of hematological cancer and solid tumors, respectively. The Company's validated, proprietary F.I.R.S.T™ technology platform simultaneously identifies both targets and the antibodies that bind to them, generating many promising new drug candidates to fuel the Company's own clinical development pipeline or for additional licensing and partnering. The Company generates revenues from research collaborations and license agreements with multiple top-tier pharmaceutical companies, as well as from producing antibodies for third parties in the Company's fully integrated manufacturing unit. More information is available at www.bioinvent.com
CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a U.S. biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics and pharmaceutical products in China, the United States, and throughout the world. The Company is focused on acquiring, developing, and commercializing products that augment its hematology oncology therapeutic focus as well as other areas of unmet medical need. The Company intends to execute its plan to become a leader by launching medicines in the Greater China market, leveraging the Company's China-based regulatory and commercial competencies and its global drug development expertise. The Company's operations in China are conducted through its wholly-owned subsidiary, CASI Pharmaceuticals (China) Co., Ltd., located in Beijing, China. The Company has built a commercial team of more than 100 hematology and oncology sales and marketing specialists based in China. More information on CASI is available at www.casipharmaceuticals.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act with respect to the outlook for expectations for future financial or business performance, revenue growth, strategies, expectations and goals. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and we assume no duty to update forward-looking statements. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict which factors will arise. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those currently anticipated due to a number of factors.
The press release contains statements about the future, consisting of subjective assumptions and forecasts for future scenarios. Predictions for the future only apply as the date they are made and are, by their very nature, in the same way as research and development work in the biotech segment, associated with risk and uncertainty. With this in mind, the actual outcome may deviate significantly from the scenarios described in this press release.
For further information, please contact:
CASI Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rui Zhang
Phone: 240.864.2643
Email: ir@casipharmaceuticals.com
BioInvent International AB (publ)
Cecilia Hofvander, Senior Director Investor Relations
Phone: +46 (0)46 286 85 50
Email: cecilia.hofvander@bioinvent.com
BioInvent International AB (publ)
Co. Reg. No. Org nr: 556537-7263
Visiting address: Ideongatan 1
Mailing address: 223 70 LUND
Phone: +46 (0)46 286 85 50
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PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a quick and easy way to locate the television remote," said an inventor, from Las Vegas, Nev., "so I invented the ADVANCE REMOTE. My design would also offer a more cost-effective means of powering the remote control."
The invention provides an improved universal remote control for a television. In doing so, it saves time and effort when locating the remote control. It also eliminates the hassle of replacing batteries. As a result, it increases convenience. The invention features a practical and user-friendly design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households.
The original design was submitted to the Las Vegas sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-LGT-175, 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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BENSALEM, Pa., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Missfresh Limited ("Missfresh" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: MF).
Class Period: June 2021 IPO
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: September 12, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Missfresh investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its Registration Statement; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: APYX).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Apyx between May 12, 2021 and March 11, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 5, 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, Apyx Medical Corporation issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) a significant number of Apyx's Advanced Energy products were used for off-label indications; (2) such off-label uses led to an increase in the number of medical device reports filed by Apyx reporting serious adverse events; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur regulatory scrutiny; (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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Master Services Agreement positions INEO for expansion into Staples stores across the United States
SURREY, BC, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - INEO Tech Corp. (TSX-V: INEO) (OTCQB: INEOF) (the "Company" or "INEO"), the innovative developer and operator of the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers, is pleased to announce the signing of a Master Services Agreement with Staples the Office Superstore LLC ("Staples").
Under the terms of the Master Services Agreement, both parties have set terms and conditions for Staples to buy certain INEO products and use certain INEO services such as traditional EAS systems and products, as well as the INEO Welcoming System. INEO has currently installed 26 INEO GATE systems in 12 Staples stores in 11 US states. The installed Welcoming GATE systems provide a clear upgrade path to Welcoming Systems in the future. INEO's deployments in the initial stores positions the Company for expansion into over 1,000 Staples retail locations across the United States.
INEO Tech Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, INEO Solutions Inc., operates the INEO Media Network, a digital advertising and analytics solution for retailers. INEO's patented technology integrates and monetizes digital screens with theft detection sensor gates at the entrance of retail stores. The Company's cloud-based platform uses IoT (Internet of Things) and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to deliver customized digital advertising to each retail location based on the demographic mix, such as age and gender, of customer traffic at each location. The Company also deploys the INEO Welcoming Network technology through a SaaS-based solution to larger retail chains. INEO is headquartered in Surrey, Canada and publicly traded on the TSX-Venture Exchange under the symbol "INEO" and on the OTCQB-Venture Market under the symbol "INEOF".
For more information please visit:
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All-Fiber, Gig-Speed Network to Reach 60,000 Potential Customers in Tennessee by End of 2023
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brightspeed today announced that it will deliver, by the end of 2023, 60,000 new fiber passings in the first phase of its fiber network build in the state of Tennessee. In subsequent years of its network initiative, the company plans to add over 70,000 fiber passings for a total of over 130,000 new fiber-enabled locations in its Tennessee operating territory.
"We could not be more excited to share the details of our initial fiber build in Tennessee. High-quality, reliable broadband has never been more critical, whether for work, education, telemedicine, entertainment, or just staying connected," said Chris Creager, Chief Administration Officer of Brightspeed. "We can't wait to introduce our state-of-the-art products, and simple, intuitive customer experience to households and businesses across our service area."
Tennessee is one of the 20 states that make up Brightspeed's footprint, encompassing mainly rural and suburban regions of the country. In total, Brightspeed intends to invest at least $2 billion in its fiber optics transformation, which is expected to reach up to 3 million homes and businesses over the next five years, including in many locations where fiber and advanced technology have not historically been deployed.
By the end of 2023, Brightspeed will bring faster, more reliable internet and Wi-Fi to 60,000 residential and business locations in markets within Carter, Greene, and Washington counties.
Creager emphasized the importance of Brightspeed's fiber investment to the individuals and businesses of the broader local community: "We are pleased that Johnson City, Tennessee will be home to one of Brightspeed's major operational work centers. We live and work here, and we want our communities to have the ability to compete and flourish in today's digital economy."
Beyond its initial network build plans, Brightspeed is currently evaluating additional areas for consideration for Tennessee's broadband infrastructure initiatives. "It's our mission to bring more fiber-based internet to customers across our footprint. We are looking forward to participating in a major way in current and future broadband grant programs," said Creager.
"In Tennessee, we've prioritized strategic investments in broadband infrastructure to ensure our rural communities are connected and have every opportunity to thrive," said Governor Bill Lee. "I welcome Brightspeed to Johnson City and commend this company for its partnership to increase connectivity across Upper East Tennessee."
State Senator Rusty Crowe said, "I certainly appreciate this initiative as we have worked tirelessly these last few years to increase broadband access—especially in those rural areas where it is needed the most. This will move Northeast Tennessee forward, not only from a business perspective, but from an educational perspective as well. This will be especially important for our students whose education and curriculum require a great deal of computer work at home. I appreciate Brightspeed for the work they're doing in my Senate District and our state as a whole."
Brightspeed is leveraging the latest technology innovations as part of its copper-to-fiber transformation, including the deployment of XGS-PON, a leading-edge architecture capable of symmetrical internet speeds exceeding 1Gbps, and the fiber necessary to deliver ultra-fast connections to homes and businesses.
Brightspeed will initially be comprised of incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) assets and associated operations of Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), which are the subject of a pending acquisition by Apollo-managed funds (NYSE: APO). The company has secured all necessary state-required regulatory approvals in the 20 states in its operating footprint. The parties expect to obtain final FCC approval in the third quarter, and to close the transaction early in the fourth quarter.
Brightspeed plans to announce additional state-specific network build plans over the next few weeks.
For more information about Brightspeed, visit the company's website, www.brightspeed.com.
About Brightspeed
Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C. and expected to have assets and associated operations in 20 states, Brightspeed will provide broadband and telecommunications services through a network platform capable of serving more than 6 million homes and businesses. The company aims to bridge the digital divide by deploying a state-of-the-art fiber network and a customer experience that makes staying connected simple and seamless. For more information about Brightspeed, visit the company's website, www.brightspeed.com.
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Growing full-service life sciences commercialization company completes its seventh acquisition
Combined companies create a differentiated platform for providing both strategic insights and operational excellence to the life science commercialization process
MORRISVILLE, N.C., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TrialCard Incorporated, a full-service life sciences commercialization company, today announced it has acquired Triangle Insights Group, a strategy consulting firm focused on delivering high-impact solutions across the life sciences value chain. Triangle Insights Group offers a full suite of consulting services, including R&D and portfolio strategy, new product planning and commercialization support, and extensive pricing and market access expertise and insights. The deal marks TrialCard's seventh acquisition since entering a partnership with Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC in November 2017.
Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with offices in New York City and San Francisco, Triangle Insights Group's 50+ consultants combine deep knowledge of the life sciences industry across therapeutic areas and functional groups, with a dedication to creativity and strong critical thinking. Recommendations from Triangle Insights Group are original, relevant to the evolving industry landscape, and supported by rigorous analytics. The company, founded in 2013, supports clients in the biopharmaceutical, diagnostics, and medical device industries, with experience in every therapeutic area and more than 150 indications. TrialCard is pleased to announce that all TIG partners and employees will be retained by TrialCard post-acquisition.
"The addition of Triangle Insights Group to the TrialCard platform is a huge win for the life sciences industry and patients in general," said Scott Dulitz, President and Chief Strategy Officer at TrialCard. "Commercialization and operational considerations are becoming increasingly important during the early pre-approval stages of a product's lifecycle. Our blended team of experts will be well-positioned to provide both the strategic insights and executional excellence to successfully launch and commercialize new products."
"We are thrilled to be part of TrialCard's innovative full-service commercialization platform," added Gautam Aggarwal, Founding Partner and Pricing Market Access Lead at Triangle Insights Group. "Our strategic capabilities, combined with TrialCard's industry-leading suite of patient support and provider engagement services, will enable us to offer unparallelled value to our clients. This growth-accelerating transaction will provide incredible opportunities for our Triangle team and will enable us to continue our trend of attracting top-caliber talent."
For the past four years, Triangle Insights Group has been ranked on Inc. magazine's annual Inc. 5000 list as one of the fastest-growing companies in the nation. This ranking is based on revenue growth over the past three years and represents the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. In February 2022, Triangle Insights Group was ranked #6 among the Best Boutique Consulting Firms in the 2022 Vault Rankings.
Clearsight Advisors served as the exclusive financial advisor to Triangle Insights in connection with this transaction.
About TrialCard
TrialCard Incorporated is a full-service life sciences commercialization company that provides comprehensive solutions that span the entire biopharmaceutical value chain. In addition to a foundation of fully integrated, digitally enabled patient support services, its broader offerings include everything from late-stage clinical trial supply management to post-marketing HCP engagement services and proprietary data-as-a-service payer intelligence and insights. Founded in 2000, TrialCard provides commercialization support for more than 400 life science customers and has connected over 36 million patients with more than $22 billion in branded drug savings to date. The company is headquartered in Morrisville, North Carolina. For more information about TrialCard, please visit www.trialcard.com.
About Triangle Insights Group
Triangle Insights Group is a premier strategy consulting firm providing guidance on critical business issues to life science industry leaders. The firm's approach combines deep industry knowledge with strong analytical rigor to drive strategic decision-making across client domains. Triangle's expertise encompasses key therapeutic areas (oncology, CNS, cell, and gene therapy) and relevant industry disciplines (pricing and market access, new product planning, and commercial strategy). For more information, visit www.triangleinsightsgroup.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Aris Gold Corporation (Aris Gold or the Company) (TSX: ARIS) (OTCQX: ALLXF) reports financial and operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. All amounts are in US dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
Aris Gold CEO Neil Woodyer stated: "During Q2 our team became the operator and completed the acquisition of a 20% interest in the Soto Norte project, with the option to increase to 50% ownership. This marked a big step forward for the company, which we quickly followed with the announcement to combine with GCM Mining to create a new, stronger Aris Mining. On completion of this transaction our portfolio of assets will include two producing mines, two development projects, and an advanced exploration project. We are delivering on our strategy to create a leading Americas focused gold company."
On April 12, 2022, Aris Gold completed the acquisition of a 20% interest in the Soto Norte gold project in Colombia, with the option to increase to a 50% interest, and became operator. A feasibility study on the Soto Norte project estimates steady-state production of 450,000 ounces of gold per year at life-of-mine all-in sustaining costs (AISC) of $471 per ounce of gold. Concurrently with the acquisition, Aris Gold amended its $110 million precious metals stream at the Marmato mine with Wheaton Precious Metals International to increase the total funding amount by $65 million to $175 million.
Also in Q2 2022, Aris Gold advanced construction of the Marmato Lower Mine, including advancing the ventilation decline, furthering the land acquisition process, finalizing updates to the Environmental Management Plan, continuing the geotechnical and environmental studies for advancement of the Lower Mine decline, progressing construction of the camp and access road, and refining the engineering design, cost and completion schedule.
Optimization work at the Marmato Upper Mine continued to advance in Q2 2022, including relocating the gravity concentrator to the primary milling circuit to improve recoveries, implementing a new strategy to optimize the ventilation system and further improve conditions underground, and modifying the mechanized mining methods to decrease stope widths and further reduce dilution.
Subsequent to Q2 2022, on July 25, 2022 Aris Gold announced an agreement with GCM Mining to combine and create a gold producer with increased diversification of operating and project development risk, an improved capital markets profile, and reduced overhead costs. GCM Mining and Aris Gold shareholder meetings to approve the transaction are planned for September 19, 2022, subject to receipt of shareholder and regulatory approvals and satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Completion of the transaction and the launch of the new Aris Mining Corporation is expected to occur promptly thereafter.
Gold production from the Marmato Upper Mine in Q2 2022 increased year-over-year by 24% to 7,411 ounces, driven by a 13% increase in throughput and a 12% increase in grade compared to Q2 2021. These increases in both volumes mined and grade realized demonstrate the steady improvements of the Upper Mine optimization program. Revenue increased by 29% for Q2 2022 compared to Q2 2021, primarily driven by the increase in gold sold.
Aris Gold's Q2 2022 financial statements and related MD&A are available on SEDAR and in the Investors section of Aris Gold's website here.
Aris Gold is a Canadian mining company listed on the TSX under the symbol ARIS and on the OTCQX under the symbol ALLXF. The Company is led by an executive team with a demonstrated track record of creating value through building globally relevant gold mining companies. In Colombia, Aris Gold operates the 100%-owned Marmato mine, and is the operator and 20% owner of the Soto Norte development project with an option to become 50% owner. Aris Gold also owns the Juby project, an advanced exploration stage gold project in the Abitibi greenstone belt of Ontario, Canada. In July 2022, Aris Gold entered into an agreement to combine with GCM Mining, which will add the Segovia operations, also in Colombia, and the Toroparu development project in Guyana. The transaction with GCM Mining is expected to close in mid-September 2022 following receipt of regulatory approvals and satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Aris Gold plans to pursue additional acquisition and growth opportunities to unlock value creation from scale and diversification.
Additional information on Aris Gold can be found at www.arisgold.com and www.sedar.com.
This news release contains "forward-looking information" or forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. All statements included herein, other than statements of historical fact, including without limitation statements relating to anticipated timing for completion of the transaction with GCM Mining, expected benefits to be derived from the completion of the transaction with GCM Mining, estimated production rate and life of mine AISC at the Soto Norte Project, and statements made relating to Aris Gold's strategic plans to pursue additional acquisition and growth opportunities and the expected impact of successful execution, are forward-looking. Generally, the forward-looking information and forward looking statements can be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "will continue" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Statements concerning mineral resource estimates may also be deemed to constitute forward looking information to the extent that they involve estimates of the mineralization that will be encountered. The material factors or assumptions used to develop forward looking information or statements are disclosed throughout this presentation.
Forward looking information and forward looking statements, while based on management's best estimates and assumptions, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Aris Gold to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information or forward looking statements, including but not limited to: uncertainties relating to obtaining the requisite shareholder and regulatory approvals in order to complete the transaction with GCM Mining, the ability of the Aris Gold management team to successfully integrate with the GCM Mining operations post-closing, risks related to international operations, risks related to general economic conditions, uncertainties relating to operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, actual results of current exploration activities, availability of quality assets that will add scale, diversification and complement Aris Gold's growth trajectory; changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined; fluctuations in prices of metals including gold; the ability to convert mineral resources to mineral reserves; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, increases in market prices of mining consumables, risks associated with holding derivative instruments (such as credit risks, market liquidity risk and mark-to-market risk), possible variations in mineral reserves, grade or recovery rates; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; changes in national and local government legislation, taxation, controls, regulations, regulations and political or economic developments in Canada or Colombia, accidents and operations, labour disputes, title disputes, claims and limitations on insurance coverage and other risks of the mining industry; delays in obtaining governmental approvals including obtaining required environmental and other licenses, or in the completion of development or construction activities, changes in national and local government regulation of mining operations, tax rules and regulations, and political and economic developments in countries in which the Company operates, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in Aris Gold's most recent AIF available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Although Aris Gold has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information and forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information or statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information or statements. The Company has and continues to disclose in its Management's Discussion and Analysis and other publicly filed documents, changes to material factors or assumptions underlying the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements and to the validity of the information, in the period the changes occur. The forward-looking statements and forward-looking information are made as of the date hereof and Aris Gold disclaims any obligation to update any such factors or to publicly announce the result of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements or forward-looking information contained herein to reflect future results. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information.
This announcement does not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States, nor may any securities referred to herein be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration as provided in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the "Securities Act") and the rules and regulations thereunder. The securities referred to herein have not been registered pursuant to the Securities Act and there is no intention to register any of the securities in the United States or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States.
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Australia's leading university embarks on cloud data migration journey to improve operations, mitigate risk, and identify opportunities to improve student experiences
SYDNEY, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Talend, a global leader in data integration and management, today announced that the University of Melbourne (UoM) has selected Talend Data Fabric for its cloud data platform, helping the public-spirited institution respond to the changing needs of the business by moving and managing healthy data in cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments.
At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, higher education organizations turned quickly to remote and hybrid learning, resulting in an unprecedented economic impact for the institutions with declining student enrolment and commercial revenue. To deal with the significant effects on their business, The UoM was determined to attract students with an improved customer experience and new offerings and resources through insight from their data.
"Last year, The UoM's integration platform strategy was set to transition the university's current hybrid integration platform to a target-state cloud integration platform," said Daniel Buttigieg, Director, Enterprise Technology, Business Services, The University of Melbourne. "With our new data ecosystem powered by Talend, we can address the current gaps in toolsets, pain-points to support the future strategic projects, and rationalize the integration platform."
The UoM decided to decommission its legacy on-premises data platform favouring a cloud-based solution to address the gaps and the new requirements identified within the university's strategy, this includes compliance with the UoM's cybersecurity team's needs, and the native support of multiple connectors aligned with applications in the university ecosystem.
By selecting Talend Data Fabric, The UoM can deliver a streamlined data integration process with support for cloud-based data integration to ensure it meets the needs of the strategic SaaS direction of the university. Talend removes technological and skills-based barriers enabling a larger base of users to work effectively with data across the entire organization. Talend Data Fabric will enable the delivery of various on-premises to on-premises, cloud to on-premises, and cloud-to-cloud data integration needs, including large-scale data migration activities such as advanced CRM and ERP implementations.
"By rapidly transforming itself, the academic community has demonstrated its resilience and capacity for digital transformation during a very challenging time," said Mark Fazackerley, Regional Vice President, Australia and New Zealand, Talend. "The University of Melbourne is making the proper choice by focusing on its data to move into the post-pandemic world. We are extremely proud that Talend has been selected to support them in this strategy to achieve organization-wide data health."
Earlier this year, The University of Melbourne joined the Talend University Alliance program, a higher education program that addresses the shortage of skilled data workers and the rising demand for data integration expertise. The university program provides free software technologies and comprehensive data integration coursework that can be applied to students' future professional careers in data analysis and data research.
For more details on Talend and its complete portfolio of solutions, visit www.talend.com.
About Talend
Talend, a global leader in data integration and data management, is taking the work out of working with data.
Talend offers the only end-to-end platform that combines enterprise-grade data integration, integrity, and governance capabilities to unify data across any cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud environment. With Talend's no-code and low-code modules, data experts and business users actively collaborate to make data more discoverable, usable, and valuable organization-wide. Over 7,250 customers around the world rely on Talend for healthy data and a healthy business. Top analyst firms and industry media recognize Talend as a leader in data management software.
For more information, please visit www.talend.com and follow us on LinkedIn.com and Twitter @Talend.
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