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A look at what’s happening around the majors on Thursday:
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NO ORDINARY JOE
Padres right-hander Joe Musgrove takes a 47-47 career record over seven seasons into this start at Wrigley Field. But he’s been one of the best pitchers in the majors this year, going 7-0 with a 1.50 ERA in 11 starts.
The 29-year-old Musgrove has allowed just one earned run in 27 innings over his last four starts.
Rookie Matt Swarmer starts for the Cubs. In his last outing, he was hammered for six home runs in five innings at Yankee Stadium.
OHTANI’S TURN
Angels star Shohei Ohtani is on the mound to begin a five-game series at Seattle.
Ohtani (4-4, 3.64 ERA) is coming off seven impressive innings in a win over Boston. He’s struck out 71 in 54 1/3 innings.
The reigning AL MVP has been doing better at the plate in the last 10 days, raising his batting average from .240 to .260.
CLOSED DOWN
Phillies closer Corey Knebel won’t be in that role in the near future.
After another shaky outing in Tuesday night’s 11-9 loss to the Marlins, interim manager Rob Thomson said Knebel will take a step back to focus on his mechanics.
Knebel signed a one-year, $10 million contract in the offseason to help solidify Philadelphia’s leaky bullpen. But he’s blown four saves and posted a 4.91 ERA since May 5, walking 13 in 14 2/3 innings in that stretch.
“For the near future, we’ll put him in a position where he can breathe a little because he’s not throwing the ball where he wants,” Thomson said. “And he knows that.”
Said Knebel: “The decision has been made. I’m going to go do my job.”
Thomson indicated that the Phillies will use a closer-by-committee approach for the time being, with Seranthony Dominiguez as the likely recipient of most save opportunities.
HADER AWAY
Milwaukee Brewers closer Josh Hader has been put on the paternity list and is expected to miss three days.
The roster move on Wednesday came while Hader was tied with San Diego’s Taylor Rogers for the major league lead with 19 saves. The left-hander is 0-1 with a 0.92 ERA in 21 appearances this season.
The Brewers replaced Hader by activating newly acquired Chi Chi Gonzalez and adding him to their bullpen.
BOUNCE BACK?
Rangers lefty Martín Pérez looks to improve on his previous performance when he pitches at Detroit.
Pérez led the AL with a 1.56 ERA when he started last weekend against the White Sox. He was tagged for season highs of seven runs and 12 hits in 5 innings.
Pérez (4-2, 2.18 ERA) faces a Tigers team that has outscored 33-6 during a four-game losing streak. Detroit lost 13-0 to the White Sox on Wednesday and held a players-only meeting after the rout.
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Convicted rapist killed in prison while serving possible life sentence, authorities say
Published: May. 17, 2022 at 4:18 PM EDT|Updated: 18 minutes ago
WARREN COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - Ohio authorities are investigating an inmate’s death while at a correctional institution earlier this month.
Anthony Purk died on May 11 at the Warren Correctional Institution, according to the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
WXIX reports Purk died from asphyxiation, and a report from the Ohio State Highway Patrol reported his death was a homicide.
Troopers said the investigation into Purk’s death remains ongoing.
Correction officials report Purk was serving a sentence of 10 years to life in prison for rape.
Currently, authorities said no charges have been filed in connection with Purk’s death.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Is $810 million worth $2?
That’s a good question, given it costs $2 to buy a Mega Millions lottery ticket that could pay off with an estimated $810 million prize — the nation’s fourth-largest jackpot — after the game’s next drawing Tuesday night.
ISN’T IT AN OBVIOUS QUESTION?
Not really.
To start with, your chance of winning the grand prize is minuscule, at one in 302.5 million. You have better odds of a smaller payoff, such as winning $1 million for matching five regular numbers but missing the Mega Ball. But even that is one in 12.6 million. To put that in perspective, your chance of dying in a car crash — something to consider as you drive to the mini-mart for a lottery ticket — is around one in 101 over a lifetime, according to the nonprofit National Safety Council.
As lottery officials note, players should think of their $2 bet as a chance to dream while accepting the reality they likely won’t be entering a new income tax bracket Tuesday night.
STILL, A SHOT AT $810 MILLION SEEMS WORTH $2
Ah, but even if you somehow beat the odds you are not going to get $810 million.
First, that’s the amount for winners who take the annuity option, paid over 30 annual payments. But winners nearly always opt for cash, which for this drawing would pay out an estimated $470.1 million.
And then there are federal taxes, which will slice 37% off that cash prize, so that would leave less than $300 million, though state taxes could cut into that amount as well, depending on where the winner lives. Still a fortune, but a smaller fortune. That also doesn’t account for the possibility that someone else will match the winning numbers, meaning they would need to divide even those smaller winnings in half or more, depending on the number of lucky players.
NEARLY $300 MILLION ISN’T CHUMP CHANGE
It is definitely a big paycheck.
To put that in perspective, consider that the median U.S. household income in 2020 was $67,500, meaning a lifetime of work at that rate would be less than 1% of even the smaller jackpot after taxes.
But sadly, if you had won that same prize a year ago, before the nation endured a year with an inflation rate of about 9%, your buying power would have been significantly higher.
BUT SOMEONE WILL WIN
Eventually, though the reason the grand prize has grown so large is because no one has matched all six numbers since April. That’s 28 consecutive drawings without someone hitting the jackpot.
With so many people playing now that the potential top prize is so large, it becomes increasingly likely that someone or multiple players will finally end that streak. Still, past prizes have grown larger, as the biggest payday was a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot won in 2016.
Mega Millions is played in 45 states as well as Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The game is overseen by state lottery officials.
SO, IS IT WORTH GAMBLING $2
If you have fun dreaming of a massive windfall that most likely won’t actually blow your way, buy a ticket. But if you need to watch your money, consider keeping the $2 in your wallet. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/is-790-million-worth-a-2-mega-millions-ticket-it-depends/ | 2022-07-26T10:55:59Z |
The deputy head of Taiwan's government-controlled weapons developer has died after suffering a heart attack on a trip to the south of the island.
Ou Yang Li-hsing, 57, the deputy head of the military-owned National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology, was found dead in a hotel room in southern Pingtung County on Saturday morning, the institute said in a statement.
When police arrived at the scene they determined he had suffered a heart attack, said Wang Chin-tsung, a precinct deputy director of the Pingtung County Police Department.
There were no signs of foul play, he added.
"After checking the surveillance video footage and surveying the hotel room, police found the windows to be closed and did not see any signs of a break-in or fighting, nor did we find any wounds on Ou Yang's body," Wang said.
Ou Yang's family said he had a history of heart disease and had a cardiac stent.
Ou Yang, who oversaw the development of various types of missile, had taken up his role at the institute earlier this year.
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- Global pre-registration for BIRDIE SHOT to start from September 6 until the release using Gleam
- Various rewards prepared for pre-registration such as 50tBORA and rare-grade characters
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- METABORA (co-representative Gyehan Song, Sangjoon Woo), a subsidiary of Kakao Games for global game development and publishing, began the global pre-registration for casual golf game 'BIRDIE SHOT : Enjoy & Earn' on the September 6th, 2022.
The pre-registration for BIRDIE SHOT runs until the official release using a Gleam page connected to the website of BIRDIE SHOT.
To commemorate the pre-registration of BIRDIE SHOT, METABORA is holding an event to give away tBORA. First of all, 1,000 users will be drawn from those who apply for pre-registration and given 50 tBORA (worth about 15 USD, as of August 31th). All users who sign up for the game and connect their wallets after pre-registration will be given a 'Rare' grade character (Coach Con), a random Epic item, 3 Skill Tickets and 200 Epic Drinks.
BIRDIE SHOT is a blockchain game version of "Friends Shot: Golf for All" that is being serviced in Korea and globally. It is a casual golf game where users create their own golf teams and compete against various players in golf courses across the world.
Users can earn the in-game currency GOLD while enjoying BIRDIE SHOT, which can be exchanged with tokens on the BORA PORTAL for profit. Users can also enjoy the game and earn at the same time by trading the characters they have strengthened and converted into NFTs.
To learn more about the pre-registration of BIRDIE SHOT, check the Gleam page and the BIRDIE SHOT website.
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Website for BIRDIE SHOT: https://www.birdieshot.io/
Website for Gleam: https://bit.ly/3wXEEJU
Website for BORA PORTAL: https://boraportal.com/
About METABORA
METABORA is a parent company of BORANETWORK servicing a blockchain platform, BORA.
BORA ecosystem is engaging various partners across the industries capable of bringing a shift and advance in tokenomics, content and blockchain technology, and seeking a synergy among different contents in sports and entertainment, as well as gaming.
It is running BORA PORTAL through BORANETWORK and developing services optimized to GameFi such as NFT trading, token exchange and DeFi, increasing the access to various contents for user convenience by listing BORA on global cryptocurrency exchanges.
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Firefighter killed when pickup truck runs red light, crashes into fire engine, authorities say
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – A firefighter with the Memphis Fire Department died after a crash Wednesday night.
According to WMC, police said a pickup truck ran a red light and crashed into a Memphis Fire Department engine that was responding to a house fire.
Authorities said the firetruck tried to avoid the pickup but failed and flipped on its side.
Driver David Pleasant was taken to the hospital, where he died from his injuries, according to the fire department.
Three other firefighters were treated for injuries at the hospital and have since been released.
“David was extremely passionate about his role as a driver for the Memphis Fire Department, and he loved to help people and serve our community,” the fire department said in a statement.
Pleasant had worked with the Division of Fire Services for 32 years.
The driver of the pickup truck was also taken to the hospital with critical injuries.
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Infor customers surveyed call out Infor's strengths in industry expertise, user experience, innovation and implementation experience
NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infor, the industry cloud company, today announced that it has been named a Leader in two IDC MarketScape reports – IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Manufacturing ERP Applications 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49047922, May 2022) (the "Manufacturing Report"); and IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Operational ERP Applications 2022 Vendor Assessment (doc #US46733721, May 2022) (the "Operational Report").
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The Manufacturing Report evaluated Infor customer feedback from manufacturers in discrete industries such as automotive, aerospace & defense, high-tech, and industrial machinery, and process industries such as chemicals, consumer packaged goods, food & beverage, and pulp & paper.
The Operational Report evaluated Infor customer feedback from product-centric organizations across multiple industries such as distribution, manufacturing and retail.
Key excerpts from the Manufacturing Report
The Manufacturing Report noted that Infor customers highlighted Infor's strengths in industry expertise, innovation and implementation experience.
"Infor recognizes that deep industry knowledge is key to its customers' success, and multiple (customers surveyed) cited their expertise as critical in the selection process and the most important reason they have stayed with Infor," the Manufacturing Report stated. "Another (customer) stated that Infor provides them the functionality, breadth and flexibility they need to meet unique requirements."
According to the Manufacturing Report, "Manufacturing references noted that Infor has exceeded its expectations when it comes to innovation." The Manufacturing Report added, "Combining technology expertise with industry expertise previously mentioned is the best way to ensure that tangible manufacturing outcomes are delivered through the use of new technology (IoT, AI/ML, etc.)."
According to the Manufacturing Report, "Infor's implementation experience generally exceeded customer expectations based upon reference interviews. Deployment is aided by the application's flexibility, adaptability, and extensibility, combined with simple screen designers and role-based views."
Key excerpts from the Operational Report
In the Operational Report, customers surveyed called out Infor's strengths in user experience / user interface, innovation and implementation experience.
"Multiple operational references noted the ease of use for Infor's solutions as a strength. These references shared that limited training is needed for their employees to start taking advantage of the system and it has really helped with adoption of the tools and increasing the overall impact."
Soma Somasundaram, Infor Chief Technology Officer and President of Products, said, "We believe this recognition from the IDC MarketScape reinforces that Infor is delivering to our customers smart, preconfigured and modern cloud solutions that enable them to keep pace with industry challenges and better compete and innovate. Our solutions are designed to address customers' industry-specific needs, out-of-the box, simplify the deployment process, provide an intuitive user experience and, ultimately, help them achieve business results faster."
About IDC MarketScape:
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of ICT (information and communications technology) suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor's position in a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors. Visit www.idc.com/promo/idcmarketscape.
About Infor
Infor is a global leader in business cloud software specialized by industry. We develop complete solutions for our focus industries, including industrial manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, food & beverage, automotive, aerospace & defense, and high tech. Infor's mission-critical enterprise applications and services are designed to deliver sustainable operational advantages with security and faster time to value. We are obsessed with delivering successful business outcomes for customers. Over 60,000 organizations in more than 175 countries rely on Infor's 17,000 employees to help achieve their business goals. As a Koch company, our financial strength, ownership structure, and long-term view empower us to foster enduring, mutually beneficial relationships with our customers. Visit www.infor.com.
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Monica and Jim McDougall’s springtime trip to Eastern Europe wasn’t a vacation — it was to serve in His name.
The couple flew to Chelm, Poland, in late April as part of a Christian relief effort to help refugees affected by the war in Ukraine.
The group of about 10 Central Texas Christian Response Team volunteers, which are a part of the larger Texas Baptist Men group, spent almost two weeks helping those in need. Monica McDougall said she and other team members helped clean, make food and do laundry for the refugees on their trip out of Ukraine.
McDougall, who is a descendant of Polish immigrants, said this was her first time overseas with Texas Baptist Men.
“It was totally different because I never thought I would be that close to a war zone,” McDougall said. “Just to see the amount of women and children fleeing with very little, in fear for their lives, was very emotional.”
Men and women in the group had separate roles in the small town, with women helping at a church and men at a nearby warehouse.
McDougall said her husband, who went to the warehouse, helped prepare supplies that were later picked up and brought back by Ukrainians.
“The men went to the warehouse, where supplies were coming in from all over Europe,” she said. “They were undoing those pallets and remaking pallets to distribute over to Ukraine.”
For the women at the church, McDougall said they did everything they could to make life a little bit easier for those traveling through.
Volunteers helped wash clothes and made three meals a day for the refugees. McDougall said residents of Chelm would bring any needed supplies within a day of the church posting a request to Facebook.
In addition to chores, volunteers entertained children so their parents could rest and recover from their journey.
“I tell people that, yes, the language was a barrier but a smile or a hug, and showing love, is a universal language,” McDougall said.
While members of the Polish church cooked most of the time, the Texas volunteers cooked lunch a couple of times for both the refugees and church members.
McDougall said volunteers attempted to cook Texas food, but ran into some issues finding the right ingredients.
“On Easter Sunday and Monday our team actually cooked lunch both days for everybody at the church,” McDougall said. “We made pulled chicken and trying to find barbecue sauce was an adventure so we had to create our own. Then we made carnitas on Monday and we actually found flour tortillas, which was a shock.”
Many of those who came through Chelm had difficult stories.
McDougall, who also is a chaplain for the group, said she remembered a young woman, about 20 years old, who was with her mother at the church and crying.
Through the use of Google translate, McDougall said she talked with the woman and tried to comfort her.
“Her and her mother had been hiding in Mariupol for three weeks in a basement before they escaped,” McDougall said. “The young lady’s father, brother and grandmother were still in Mariupol and she was still having nightmares at night about the bombings in Mariupol. She couldn’t sleep because she was having nightmares.”
As an American who has never been in war, McDougall said it was sometimes hard to fully understand what some of these refugees had gone through.
McDougall said that, if it wasn’t for the two-week rotations put in place for the volunteer groups, she and the other volunteers would have stayed.
While Texas Baptist Men is not sending any more groups currently, McDougall said she would be packed and ready to go if asked.
“We would have stayed, anyone of the teams that went … would have stayed longer if we could,” McDougall said. “You develop a relationship with some of the people, and we still keep in contact with some of the people at the church.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_7d3898de-e9fa-11ec-bc05-67f3363d2c31.html | 2022-06-12T06:22:00Z |
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Wow! Morgan Wright, you are certainly one impressive young man. Your essay was outstanding; hard to believe it came from one so young. I predict great things for you. Keep turning out these high-caliber students, Mr. Beck and St. Teresa’s.
The City Commission presented these cameras to the public as if they were only going to operate during school hours and now we find out they’re on all day. The City Commission is lying to us.
Mr. Morgan, yes, you can change the world. Your story brought tears and considerable pride that you have learned how to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord Jesus. I see that you are a computer guru, but I pray that you consider a career that includes journalism because your writing skills put the reader right there with you. I know that you changed the homeless man’s life with just your kindness and your prayers. Thanks to you and the parents that raised you.
Want to avoid getting ticketed by a red speed camera? Pay attention to your surroundings and slow down when you are supposed to.
I sure do like “Pretty Polly” by Ralph Stanley and Patty Loveless. God bless the Appalachians and bluegrass. That video would send old YT screaming into the night. I like that thought, too.
Great album, Evan Barber.
Squawker, I looked up “arms” in the dictionary as you suggested. It said something about limbs attached to the trunk of humans’ bodies with hands at the end. I don’t get your point.
Pattern of fires striking food facilities across the USA suggests arson teams are burning down America’s food production infrastructure.
Banks have paid virtuously nothing on saving accounts in interest for years now, 0.05% was common. Now, with interest rates going back up daily, it is about time for banks to start paying higher interest rates to their customers. They have been using our money for years without paying us. Interest rates on homes went to 5½% today
Hey, Googlehead, we have inflation in this country because of Biden shutting down our oil and gas reserves.
As federal debt-financed amphitheaters fill with weeds, homeless, addicts and illegals; springs filled with tears from the drought of reason, with naked hands our children will dig deep the fecal pot of golf course portable toilets for the country we pi--d away.
Patriot. You want pertinent views on Albany politics? How about speed trap cameras? They insult our intelligence by claiming it is about safety, yet hand out over 4,000 tickets a month. School zones are supposed to be when children are entering or leaving school. The one on Whispering Pines gives tickets all day. Pertinent enough? Signed, Yours Truly
12 million for Radium, 12 million for the bus station and 8 million to move the art museum. We’re spending money like drunken sailors for things that provide zero return.
St. Teresa’s School student Morgan Wright wrote an exceptional and an exceptionally touching essay about his encounter with the homeless man. I’m sure he’s just as smart with his computer stuff, but I hope he continues to write. He certainly has talent. | https://www.albanyherald.com/features/squawkbox/article_d63313c0-c26c-11ec-b8a0-6bca8a897e4b.html | 2022-04-23T23:33:19Z |
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of therapeutics based on its proprietary self-delivering RNAi (INTASYL™) therapeutic platform, today presented new preclinical data showing that silencing BRD4 with PH-894, a self-delivering RNAi INTASYL compound, can be used to improve the characteristics of CAR-T cell products during the activation and expansion phases of the cell manufacturing process. These new data will be presented at the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 25th Annual Meeting, which is being held in Washington D.C., from May 16-19, 2022.
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"Hurdles that are faced with current CAR T-cell therapy treatment for solid tumors include cell persistence and cell exhaustion. Due to the immunosuppressive environment of the tumor, CAR T-cells may become exhausted, thereby limiting the efficacy of treatment for cancer patients," said Dr. Simon Fricker, Phio's VP of Research and Development. "These data demonstrate that PH-894 could enhance the activity of CAR-T cells by improving the quality of the final CAR-T cell product by overcoming immunosuppression, reversing exhaustion, and preserving a phenotype associated with cell persistence. There is potential for PH-894 to play a role in boosting the potency of the next generation of CAR-T cell products to enhance adoptive cell therapy for solid tumors without using genetic manipulation."
Data from the studies conducted assessed the potential of PH-894 to improve the quality and potency of HER2-targeted CAR-T cells in a CAR-T expansion model. CAR-T cells were activated with an OKT3 antibody and treated with PH-894. Results showed that PH-894 reduced the expansion-associated production of BRD4 and BRD4-regulated genes and mitigated the production of inhibitory receptors and markers of T cell exhaustion, PD-1, TIGIT and TIM3. Additionally, PH-894 preserved putative T cell stem-cell memory and central memory, phenotypes associated with cell persistence, on HER2-CAR-T cells that were otherwise depleted by cell expansion without the use of PH-894.
Phio's presentation detailing the data presented at ASGCT titled, "Self-delivering RNAi Targeting BRD4 (PH-894) Improves the Phenotype of HER2-CAR-T Cells During Expansion" will be made available on the "Investors – Events and Presentations" section of the Company's website (click here).
About Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Phio Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Nasdaq: PHIO) is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing the next generation of immuno-oncology therapeutics based on its self-delivering RNAi (INTASYL™) therapeutic platform. The Company's efforts are focused on silencing tumor-induced suppression of the immune system through its proprietary INTASYL platform with utility in immune cells and the tumor micro-environment. Our goal is to develop powerful INTASYL therapeutic compounds that can weaponize immune effector cells to overcome tumor immune escape, thereby providing patients a powerful new treatment option that goes beyond current treatment modalities. For additional information, visit the Company's website, www.phiopharma.com.
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
New Notes Offering
The United Mexican States ("Mexico") announced today the commencement of a global offering (the "New Notes Offering") of its global notes to be denominated in U.S. dollars due 2033 (the "New Notes"). The New Notes offered may include New Notes that are issued and sold to certain tendering holders in the Switch Tender Offer (as described below). BBVA Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Natixis Securities Americas LLC will serve as Joint Lead Underwriters for the New Notes Offering.
The New Notes Offering is being made only by means of a preliminary prospectus supplement and an accompanying base prospectus. Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and the related prospectus for the New Notes Offering may be obtained by calling: BBVA Securities Inc., by calling +1-212-728-2446, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, by calling +1-212-357-1452, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, by calling +1-212-834-7279, or Natixis Securities Americas LLC, by calling +1-212-698-3108.
Application will be made for the New Notes to be admitted to listing on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and admitted to trading on the Euro MTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. Application will also be made to the London Stock Exchange plc (the "London Stock Exchange") for the New Notes to be admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's International Securities Market and the London Stock Exchange's Sustainable Bond Market.
Switch Tender Offer
Mexico also announced today that it has commenced an offer to purchase for cash (the "Switch Tender Offer") its outstanding notes of the series set forth in the table below (collectively, the "Old Notes," and each, a "series" of Old Notes) in an aggregate principal amount of all series of Old Notes that does not exceed an amount determined by Mexico in its sole discretion (the "Aggregate Maximum Purchase Amount").
Mexico will purchase notes of each series of Old Notes, in an aggregate principal amount for such series that does not exceed an amount determined by Mexico in its sole discretion (the "Maximum Purchase Amount" for such series). Mexico will accept tenders only from tendering holders who concurrently submit an Indication of Interest (as defined below) for the purchase of New Notes. "Indication of Interest" means the submission to the underwriters of the New Notes Offering, during the Switch Tender Period (as defined below), of a firm bid for an amount certain of New Notes at an indicated spread over the applicable Treasury bond yield. The Switch Tender Offer is made on the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Offer to Purchase, dated August 8, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase"), including the pricing of the issue of the New Notes in an amount and on terms and subject to conditions acceptable to Mexico, which is expected to occur today. All capitalized terms used but not defined under the heading "Switch Tender Offer" in this communication have the respective meanings specified in the Offer to Purchase.
The tender period (the "Switch Tender Period") will commence at open of market today, and, unless extended or earlier terminated by Mexico in its sole discretion, the Switch Tender Period will expire at 2:00 p.m., New York City time, today.
Mexico expects to announce the Aggregate Maximum Purchase Amount, the Maximum Purchase Amount per series the aggregate principal amount of Switch Tenders of each series of the Old Notes that have been accepted and whether any proration has occurred on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The settlement of the Switch Tender Offer is scheduled to occur on Monday, August 15, 2022 (the "Switch Tender Offer Settlement Date") and is subject to change without notice.
The purchase price to be paid for the Old Notes of each series that are validly tendered and accepted pursuant to the Switch Tender Offer will be determined, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase, based on (i) the U.S. Treasury Rate for such series, which is a yield to maturity based on the price of the Reference U.S. Treasury Security identified for such series in the table below and (ii) the Fixed Spread for such series set forth in the table below. Mexico will announce the price to be paid for each series of Old Notes at or around 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on Monday, August 8, 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Holders of the Old Notes participating in the Switch Tender Offer will also receive any accrued and unpaid interest on their Old Notes up to (but excluding) the Settlement Date ("Accrued Interest").
During the Switch Tender Period, a holder of Old Notes may place orders to tender Old Notes ("Switch Tender Orders") only through any of the Dealer Managers. If a holder does not have an account with a Dealer Manager and desires to tender its Old Notes, it may do so through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, other financial institution or other custodian that has an account with a Dealer Manager. Holders will NOT be able to submit tenders through Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") system. Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, as the billing and delivering bank for the Switch Tender Offer (in such capacity, the "Billing and Delivering Bank") will consolidate all Switch Tender Orders and accept Old Notes for purchase pursuant to the terms and conditions in the Offer to Purchase on behalf of Mexico, subject to proration as described in the Offer to Purchase, on Monday, August 15, 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter. Mexico may subject each series of Old Notes to different amounts of proration in its sole discretion. Failure to deliver Old Notes on time may result, in the sole discretion of the Billing and Delivering Bank, in any of the following: (i) the cancellation of your tender and your becoming liable for any damages resulting from that failure, and/or (ii) the delivery of a buy-in notice for the purchase of such Old Notes, executed in accordance with customary brokerage practices for corporate fixed income securities, and/or (iii) the cancellation of your tender and your remaining obligated to purchase your allocation of New Notes in respect of your related Indication of Interest.
To the extent proration occurs with respect to any series of Old Notes, the Billing and Delivering Bank will accept Old Notes of such series with appropriate adjustments to avoid purchase of Old Notes in principal amounts other than Permitted Switch Tender Amounts (as defined in the Offer to Purchase). Each holder submitting an Indication of Interest and tendering Old Notes of any series shall be deemed to represent to Mexico, the Dealer Managers and the Billing and Delivering Bank that such holder held, from the time of its submission of its Switch Tender Order through the Expiration Time, at least the amount of Old Notes of each such series as are being tendered.
All Old Notes that are validly tendered pursuant to Switch Tender Orders and are accepted by Mexico will be purchased by the Billing and Delivering Bank on behalf of Mexico. Only the Billing and Delivering Bank will be liable for the payment of the Purchase Price and Accrued Interest for Old Notes validly tendered and accepted as instructed by Mexico. Mexico will not be liable under any circumstances for the payment of the Purchase Price and Accrued Interest for any Old Notes tendered in the Switch Tender Offer by any holder. There is no letter of transmittal for the Switch Tender Offer. Old Notes held through DTC must be delivered for settlement no later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Switch Tender Offer Settlement Date. If a holder holds Old Notes through Euroclear or Clearstream, the latest process it can use to deliver its Old Notes is the overnight process, one day prior to the Settlement Date; holders may not use the optional daylight process. Holders will not have withdrawal rights with respect to any tenders of Old Notes in the Switch Tender Offer. Old Notes accepted for purchase will be settled on a delivery versus payment basis in accordance with customary brokerage practices for corporate fixed income securities.
Mexico intends, but is not required, to issue and sell New Notes to holders who validly tender their Old Notes pursuant to the Switch Tender Offer and place firm orders for New Notes during the Switch Tender Period (as well as investors that are not participating in the Switch Tender Offer). If Mexico determines to issue and sell New Notes to such holders, the scheduled settlement date for the New Notes is expected to occur on Friday, August 19, 2022 (the "Offering Settlement Date"). Any New Notes issued to tendering holders in the Switch Tender Offer as described above will be consolidated and form a single series with, and be fully fungible with, the other New Notes, to be issued and sold pursuant to the offering of New Notes on the Offering Settlement Date.
Following payment for Old Notes accepted pursuant to the terms of the Switch Tender Offer, Mexico currently intends to redeem part or all of its U.S. dollar-denominated 3.600% Global Notes due 2025 (the "2025 Notes") in accordance with the terms of the indenture relating to that series of notes. The Switch Tender Offer does not constitute a notice of redemption or obligate Mexico to issue a notice of redemption for the 2025 Notes or any other series of notes.
The Switch Tender Offer is subject to Mexico's right, at its sole discretion and subject to applicable law, to extend, terminate, withdraw, or amend the Switch Tender Offer at any time. Each of the Dealer Managers and Mexico reserves the right, in the sole discretion of each of them, not to accept tenders for any reason.
The Offer to Purchase may be downloaded from the Information Agent's website at www.dfking.com/ums or obtained from the Information Agent, D. F. King & Co., Inc., at ums@dfking.com or from any of the Dealer Managers.
The Dealer Managers for the Switch Tender Offer are:
The Billing and Delivering Bank for this Switch Tender Offer is: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC.
Questions regarding the Switch Tender Offer may be directed to the Dealer Managers at the above contact.
Mexico has filed a registration statement (including the prospectus ) and the preliminary prospectus supplement with the SEC for the New Notes Offering. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents Mexico has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Mexico and the New Notes Offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the Joint Lead Underwriters, the Dealer Managers or the Information Agent, as the case may be, will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement and the prospectus if you request it by calling any one of them at the numbers specified above.
Important Notice
The distribution of materials relating to the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer and the transactions contemplated by the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer may be restricted by law in certain jurisdictions. Each of the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer is void in all jurisdictions where it is prohibited. If materials relating to the New Notes Offering or the Switch Tender Offer come into your possession, you are required by Mexico to inform yourself of and to observe all of these restrictions. The materials relating to the New Notes Offering or the Switch Tender Offer, including this communication, do not constitute, and may not be used in connection with, an offer or solicitation in any place where offers or solicitations are not permitted by law. If a jurisdiction requires that the New Notes Offering or the Switch Tender Offer be made by a licensed broker or dealer and a Dealer Manager or any affiliate of a Dealer Manager is a licensed broker or dealer in that jurisdiction, the New Notes Offering or the Switch Tender Offer, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be made by the Dealer Manager or such affiliate on behalf of Mexico in that jurisdiction. Owners who may lawfully participate in the Switch Tender Offer in accordance with the terms thereof are referred to as "holders."
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. The offering of these securities will be made only by means of the preliminary prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement and prospectus.
The New Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European Economic Area ("EEA"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of Directive (EU) 2016/97 (as amended, the "Insurance Distribution Directive"), where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the EEA has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the EEA may be unlawful under the PRIIPs Regulation.
The New Notes are not intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and should not be offered, sold or otherwise made available to any retail investors in the United Kingdom ("UK"). For these purposes, a retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a retail client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/565 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (as amended, the "EUWA"); or (ii) a customer within the meaning of the provisions of the UK Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended, the "FSMA") and any rules or regulations made under the FSMA to Directive (EU) 2016/97 , where that customer would not qualify as a professional client, as defined in point (8) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA. Consequently no key information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as amended) as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the EUWA (the "UK PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to retail investors in the UK has been prepared and therefore offering or selling the New Notes or otherwise making them available to any retail investor in the UK may be unlawful under the UK PRIIPs Regulation.
Neither this communication, the preliminary prospectus supplement, the Offer to Purchase nor any other offer material relating to the New Notes Offering or the Switch Tender Offer has been approved by an authorized person for the purposes of section 21 of the FSMA. This communication, the preliminary prospectus supplement and the Offer to Purchase are only being distributed to and are only directed at (i) persons who are outside the UK or (ii) investment professionals falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the "Order") or (iii) high net worth entities, and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). The New Notes will only be available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to subscribe, purchase or otherwise acquire such notes will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. Any person who is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this communication, the preliminary prospectus supplement, the Offer to Purchase or any of their contents.
In Belgium, the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer are not directly or indirectly, being made to, or for the account of, any person other than to qualified investors (gekwalificeerde beleggers/investisseurs qualifiés) within the meaning of Article 2(e) Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC. (Règlement (UE) 2017/1129 du 14 juin 2017 du Parlement européen et du Conseil concernant le prospectus à publier en cas d'offre au public de valeurs mobilières ou en vue de l'admission de valeurs mobilières à la négociation sur un marché réglementé, et abrogeant la directive 2003/71/CE / Verordening (EU) 2017/1129 van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van 14 juni 2017 betreffende het prospectus dat moet worden gepubliceerd wanneer effecten aan het publiek worden aangeboden of tot de handel op een gereglementeerde markt worden toegelaten en tot intrekking van Richtlijn 2003/71/EG), as amended or replaced from time to time (Belgian Qualified Investor), that do not qualify as consumers (consumenten/consommateurs) within the meaning of Article I.1, 2° of the Belgian Code of Economic Law of February 28, 2013 (Wetboek van economisch recht/Code de droit économique), as amended or replaced from time to time (Consumers). A Consumer within the meaning of Article I.1, 2° of the Belgian Code of Economic Law is any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside their trade, business, craft or profession.
As a result, the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer do not constitute a public takeover bid pursuant to Articles 3, §1, 1° and 6, § 1 of the Belgian law of April 1, 2007 on public takeover bids (Wet op de openbare overnamebiedingen/Loi relative aux offres publiques d'acquisition), as amended or replaced from time to time.
Consequently, the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer and any material relating thereto have not been and will not be, notified or submitted to, nor approved by the Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (Autoriteit voor Financiële Diensten en Markten/Autorité des Services et Marchés Financiers) pursuant to the Belgian laws and regulations applicable to the public offering or tendering of securities.
The New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer as well as any materials relating thereto may not be advertised, nor distributed, directly or indirectly, to any person in Belgium other than Belgian Qualified Investors acting for their own account who are not Consumers, and may not be used in connection with any offering in Belgium except as may otherwise be permitted by law.
The New Notes and the Old Notes will not be registered under Chilean Law No. 18,045, as amended, with the Comisión para el Mercado Financiero de Chile (Financial Market Commission of Chile, or "CMF") and, accordingly, the New Notes and the Old Notes cannot and will not be offered or sold to persons in Chile except in circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in a public offering under Chilean law, and in compliance with Norma de Carácter General (Rule) No. 336, dated June 27, 2012, issued by the CMF.
The New Notes may not be offered, sold or negotiated in Colombia, except in compliance with Part 4 of Decree 2555 of 2010. The Offer to Purchase and the New Notes Offering do not constitute and may not be used for, or in connection with, a public offering as defined under Colombian law.
The New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer have not been and will not be approved by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority, as neither constitute a public offer in accordance with the EU Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129) nor the Danish Capital Market Act.
This announcement does not constitute an offer to the public in France. It is not a prospectus within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation.
No prospectus (including any amendment, supplement or replacement thereto) has been prepared in connection with the New Notes Offering that has been approved by the French Autorité des marchés financiers ("AMF") or by the competent authority of another Member State of the EEA and notified to the AMF under the Prospectus Regulation; the materials relating to the New Notes have not been distributed or caused to be distributed and will not be released, issued or distributed or caused to be released, issued or distributed, directly or indirectly, to the public in France, or used in connection with any offer for subscription, exchange or sale of the notes to the public in France. Any such offers, sales and distributions have been and shall only be made in France to (i) qualified investors (investisseurs qualifiés) acting for their own account, and/or to (ii) investment services providers authorized to engage in portfolio management services on behalf of third parties and/or to (iii) a limited group of investors (cercle restreint d'investisseurs) acting for their own account, all as defined in, and in accordance with, Articles L.411-2, II, D.411-1, D.411-4, D.744-l, D.754-l and D.764-1 of the French Code monétaire et financier.
In the event that the New Notes purchased or subscribed by investors listed above are offered or resold, directly or indirectly, to the public in France, the conditions relating to public offers set forth in Articles L.411-1, L.411-2, L.412-1 and L.621-8 to L.621-8-3 of the French Code monétaire et financier must be complied with. Investors in France and persons into whose possession offering materials come must inform themselves about, and observe, any such restrictions.
In the Federal Republic of Germany ("Germany"), this communication, the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer are directed exclusively at existing holders of the Old Notes.
Neither the Offer to Purchase nor the prospectus supplement or the base prospectus constitutes a prospectus compliant with the Prospectus Regulation and does therefore not allow any public offering in Germany. No prospectus (Prospekt) within the meaning of the Prospectus Regulation and the German Securities Prospectus Act (Wertpapierprospektgesetz) or any other applicable laws in Germany has been or will be published in Germany, nor has any prospectus or prospectus supplement been filed with, approved by or notified to the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht) for publication in Germany.
The prospectus supplement is strictly for use of the person who has received it. It may not be forwarded to other persons or published in Germany.
With respect to persons in Hong Kong, the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer are only made to, and are only capable of acceptance by, "professional investors" within the meaning of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Cap. 571) of Hong Kong (the "SFO") and any rules made thereunder. No person or entity may issue or have in its possession for the purposes of issue, whether in Hong Kong or elsewhere, any advertisement, invitation or document relating to the New Notes, Old Notes or the Switch Tender Offer, which is directed at, or the contents of which are likely to be accessed or read by, the public of Hong Kong (except if permitted to do so under the securities laws of Hong Kong) other than with respect to the Old Notes which are or are intended to be tendered, or New Notes which are intended to be purchased, only by persons outside Hong Kong or only by "professional investors" as defined in the SFO and any rules made under thereunder.
The Old Notes and the New Notes, and the Offer to Purchase and the New Notes Offering prospectus supplement, and any other documents or materials related to such offers have not and will not be registered with the Italian Securities Exchange Commission (Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa, or "CONSOB") pursuant to applicable Italian laws and regulations. The Offer to Purchase and the New Notes Offering are being carried out pursuant to the exemptions provided for, with respect to the Offer to Purchase, in Article 101 bis, paragraph 3 bis of Legislative Decree No. 58 of 24 February 1998, as amended (the "Consolidated Financial Act") and Article 35 bis, paragraph 4, of CONSOB Regulation No. 11971 of 14 May 1999, as amended; and, with respect to the New Bonds Offering, in Article 1, paragraph 4, letter c), of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.
Holders or beneficial owners of the Old Notes that are resident and/or located in Italy can tender the Old Notes for purchase, and the New Notes Offerings can be offered, sold and delivered, through authorized persons (such as investment firms, banks or financial intermediaries permitted to conduct such activities in Italy in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, the Consolidated Financial Act, the CONSOB Regulation No. 20307 of 15 February 2018, as amended, and Legislative Decree No. 385 of September 1, 1993, as amended) and in compliance with any other applicable laws and regulations or with any requirements imposed by CONSOB or any other Italian authority. Each intermediary must comply with the applicable laws and regulations concerning information duties vis à vis its clients in connection with the bonds or the relevant offering.
In Luxembourg, this announcement has been prepared on the basis that the offer of the New Notes, the Switch Tender Offer and the potential exchange offer will be made pursuant to an exemption under Article 1 (4) of the Prospectus Regulation from the requirement to produce a prospectus for offers of securities.
Neither the Offer to Purchase, nor any other documents or materials relating to the Offer to Purchase have been approved by or will be submitted for the approval of, the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, or the "CNBV") and, the New Notes have not been and will not be registered with the Mexican National Securities Registry (Registro Nacional de Valores) maintained by the CNBV, and therefore the Old Notes and New Notes have not and may not be offered or sold publicly in Mexico. However, investors that qualify as institutional or qualified investors pursuant to the private placement exemption set forth in Article 8 of the Mexican Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores), may be contacted in connection with, and may participate in the Offer to Purchase, and can be offered with or purchase New Notes. The participation in the Offer to Purchase or the acquisition of New Notes will be made under such investor's own responsibility.
In Norway, the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer are made only in accordance with applicable exemptions from the requirement to prepare a prospectus or offer document in accordance with the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. Accordingly, the New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer have not been and will not be filed with or approved by the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority, the Oslo Stock Exchange or the Norwegian Registry of Business Enterprises.
The Switch Tender Offer is not intended for any person who is not qualified as an institutional investor, in accordance with provisions set forth in Resolution SMV No. 021-2013-SMV-01 issued by Superintendencia del Mercado de Valores (Superintendency of Capital Markets) of Peru, and as subsequently amended. No legal, financial, tax or any other kind of advice is hereby being provided.
The New Notes Offering prospectus supplement, the accompanying prospectus and the Offer to Purchase have not been and will not be registered as a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The Offer to Purchase does not constitute an offering of securities in Singapore pursuant to the Securities and Futures Act, Chapter 289 of Singapore (the "SFA"). The New Notes will not be offered or sold or cause that such New Notes to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase and will not offer or sell such New Notes or cause such New Notes to be made the subject of an invitation for subscription or purchase, and has not circulated or distributed, nor will it circulate or distribute, this prospectus supplement or any other document or material in connection with the offer or sale, or invitation for subscription or purchase, of such New Notes, whether directly or indirectly, to persons in Singapore other than (i) to an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA) under Section 274 of the SFA, (ii) to a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA) pursuant to Section 275(1), or any person pursuant to Section 275(1A), and in accordance with the conditions specified in Section 275 of the SFA and (where applicable) Regulation 3 of the Securities and Futures (Classes of Investors) Regulations 2018 of Singapore or (iii) otherwise pursuant to, and in accordance with the conditions of, any other applicable provision of the SFA.
Where the New Notes are subscribed or purchased in reliance on an exemption under Sections 274 or 275 of the SFA, the New Notes shall not be sold within the period of six months from the date of the initial acquisition of the notes, except to any of the following persons:
- an institutional investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA);
- a relevant person (as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA); or
- any person pursuant to an offer referred to in Section 275(1A) of the SFA,
unless expressly specified otherwise in Section 276(7) of the SFA or Regulation 37A of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Securities and Securities-based Derivatives Contracts) Regulations 2018 of Singapore.
Where the New Notes are subscribed or purchased under Section 275 of the SFA by a relevant person which is:
- a corporation (which is not an accredited investor (as defined in Section 4A of the SFA)) the sole business of which is to hold investments and the entire share capital of which is owned by one or more individuals, each of whom is an accredited investor; or
- a trust (where the trustee is not an accredited investor) whose sole purpose is to hold investments and each beneficiary of the trust is an individual who is an accredited investor,
securities or securities-based derivatives contracts (each term as defined in Section 2(1) of the SFA) of that corporation or the beneficiaries' rights and interest (howsoever described) in that trust shall not be transferred within six months after that corporation or that trust has acquired the New Notes pursuant to an offer made under Section 275 of the SFA except:
- to an institutional investor or to a relevant person as defined in Section 275(2) of the SFA, or (in the case of such corporation) where the transfer arises from an offer referred to in 276(3)(i)(B) of the SFA or (in the case of such trust) where the transfer arises from an offer referred to in Section 276(4)(i)(B) of the SFA;
- where no consideration is or will be given for the transfer;
- where the transfer is by operation of law;
- as specified in Section 276(7) of the SFA; or
- as specified in Regulation 37A of the Securities and Futures (Offers of Investments) (Securities and Securities-based Derivatives Contracts) Regulations 2018 of Singapore.
None of the offer materials related to the New Notes Offering or Switch Tender Offer have been approved or registered in the administrative registries of the Spanish Securities Market Commission (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores). Consequently, the securities may not be offered, sold or distributed in Spain except in circumstances which do not constitute a public offer of securities in Spain within the meaning of Article 35 of the restated text of the Securities Markets Act approved by Royal Legislative Decree 4/2015, dated October 23, 2015 (Real Decreto Legislativo 4/2015, de 23 de octubre, por el que se aprueba el texto refundido de la Ley del Mercado de Valores), Royal Decree 1310/2005, dated November 4, 2005 (Real Decreto 1310/2005 de 4 de noviembre), or otherwise in reliance on an exception from registration available thereunder.
The prospectus supplement is not intended to constitute an offer or solicitation to purchase or invest in the New Notes described therein in Switzerland, except as permitted by law. The New Notes may not be publicly offered, directly or indirectly, in Switzerland within the meaning of the Swiss Financial Services Act ("FinSA") and will not be admitted to any trading venue (exchange or multilateral trading facility) in Switzerland.
Neither the prospectus supplement nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the New Notes constitutes a prospectus as such term is understood pursuant to the FinSA, and neither the prospectus supplement nor any other offering or marketing material relating to the New Notes may be publicly distributed or otherwise made publicly available in Switzerland.
The New Notes Offering and the Switch Tender Offer qualifies as a private placement pursuant to section 2 of Uruguayan law 18.627. The New Notes and the Old Notes are not and will not be registered with the Central Bank of Uruguay to be publicly offered in Uruguay.
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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- South Atlantic Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company")(OTCQX: SABK), parent of South Atlantic Bank (the "Bank"), is pleased to announce Matthew H. Hobert, CPA has been hired as executive vice president, chief financial officer for the Company.
Hobert previously served as director of investment banking at FIG Partners/Janney Montgomery Scott in Atlanta, Georgia, and has nine years of financial experience. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Master of Accountancy from the University of Georgia and holds his Series 79 securities license.
Richard N. Burch, executive vice president, will continue as chief operating officer and will work closely with the Accounting team during this time of transition. He will continue to lead the Deposit Operations, Loan Operations , Information Technology, and Project Management teams, as well as serve as the Bank's information security officer.
About South Atlantic Bancshares, Inc.
South Atlantic Bancshares, Inc. (OTCQX: SABK) is a registered bank holding company based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with over $1.2 billion in total assets. The Company's banking subsidiary, South Atlantic Bank, is a full-service financial institution spanning the entire coastal area of South Carolina, and is locally owned, controlled and operated. The Bank operates eleven offices in Myrtle Beach, Carolina Forest, North Myrtle Beach, Murrells Inlet, Pawleys Island, Georgetown, Mount Pleasant, Charleston, Bluffton and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The Bank specializes in providing personalized community banking services to individuals, small businesses and corporations. Services include a full range of consumer and commercial banking products, including mortgage, and treasury management, including South Atlantic Bank goMobile, the Bank's mobile banking app. The Bank also offers internet banking, no-fee ATM access, checking, CD and money market accounts, merchant services, mortgage loans, remote deposit capture, and more. For more information, visit www.SouthAtlantic.bank.
Contacts: K. Wayne Wicker, Chairman & CEO, 843-839-4410
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a professional truck driver and I needed a means of mounting my flat screen television while also keeping it movable," said an inventor, from Columbus, Ohio, "so I invented THE ROLLING MOUNT. My design also provides added storage space and organization within the lower bunk."
The invention provides an improved way to mount and use a flat screen television within a semi-truck sleeper bunk. In doing so, it offers optimum positioning and viewing of the television. It also increases safety and security and it helps to save space within cramped quarters. The invention features a stable and versatile design that is easy to mount and use so it is ideal for semi-truck drivers and the owners of recreational vehicles. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Naples sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-NPL-401, 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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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ELITE SPORTS MEDICINE + ORTHOPEDICS, Middle Tennessee's premier orthopedic group, has opened a new location at 1001 Health Park Drive Suite 220, Brentwood, TN. The new Elite location can be found in TriStar's Health Park medical office building located off Old Hickory Blvd.
"We have long awaited a location in this area to better serve our patients and make quality orthopedic care convenient for all." Said Dr. David Moore, co-founder of Elite Sports Medicine + Orthopedics and MPOWER Physical Therapy.
The new location includes on-site physical therapy with MPOWER Physical Therapy, MRI, 12 patient exam rooms, and shared space with Southern Joint Replacement Institute, a close partner of Elite Sports Medicine + Orthopedics.
The Brentwood location advances Elite's patient-centered approach to orthopedics, which combines relationship-driven care, clinical excellence, and superior facilities. Many of Elite's twelve (12) orthopedists will practice at the new facility along with numerous physician's assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical and occupational therapists.
Established in 2006 by Dr. Burton F. Elrod, Dr. David R. Moore, and Dr. Jeffrey D. Willers, Elite Sports Medicine + Orthopedics provides patient-driven, integrative care for people experiencing musculoskeletal pain and impairments. Elite's team of twelve (12) board-certified subspecialized orthopedic surgeons are uniquely experienced in diagnosing and treating a wide variety of injuries and conditions affecting joints, muscles, bones, ligaments, and tendons. The practice serves many professional and amateur athletes but emphasizes exceptional care for patients from all walks of life across its six (6) Nashville and Franklin locations.
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SHANGHAI, May 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AffaMed Therapeutics ("AffaMed"), a global clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical, digital and surgical products, announces that the first patient has been dosed in its US Phase 1 study of AM712 (ASKG712), a novel proprietary bispecific biologic molecule blocking both vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) for the treatment of retinal diseases. The study will investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of AM712 in subjects with neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD).
Dr. Dayao Zhao, CEO of AffaMed commented: "Dosing the first patient with AM712 is another example of the AffaMed team's effective execution and global clinical development expertise. Initiating treatment in retinal disease patients marks an important milestone for AffaMed, and we look forward to advancing AM712 as an innovative and differentiated therapy for the patient population with nAMD and other retinal diseases."
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an acquired degeneration of the retina that results in significant central vision loss due to neovascular (choroidal neovascular membrane formation) and non-neovascular (drusen and retinal pigment epithelium abnormalities) damages. Neovascular AMD is an advanced form of macular degeneration that has historically been the leading cause of AMD-related vision loss. Simultaneous neutralization of VEGF and Ang-2 represents a novel therapeutic approach to treat nAMD with better efficacy.
In late 2021, AffaMed entered into a licensing agreement with AskGene Pharma Inc. ("AskGene") for the exclusive rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize AM712 globally in ex-Asia plus Japan territories. Soon after, the Investigational New Drug (IND) application, filed by AffaMed for the clinical development of AM712 was cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in January 2022.
About AffaMed Therapeutics
AffaMed Therapeutics is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical, digital and surgical products that address critical unmet medical needs in ophthalmological, neurological and psychiatric disorders for patients in Greater China and around the world. The leadership team at AffaMed Therapeutics has gained deep industry expertise and an extensive track record in high-quality discovery, clinical development, regulatory affairs, business development, manufacturing, and commercial operations at leading multi-national biopharmaceutical companies in China and globally.
About AM712 (ASKG712)
AM712 is a novel bispecific biologic molecule specifically designed for ocular use. It provides dual inhibition of two important disease-relevant pathways in retinal diseases, VEGF and Ang-2. In pre-clinical studies, AM712 demonstrated robust efficacy, good ocular pharmacokinetics, and the desired safety profile supporting clinical exploration. AskGene received China CTA clearance for AM712 from NMPA in January 2022.
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LOS ANGELES, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Los Angeles-based live arts entertainment brand Secret Walls is proud to announce the first-ever Support Your Local Artist North America Tour (SYLA Tour). Kicking off in August, the multi-city tour will bring Secret Walls' high-energy physical illustration and design battles to cities across North America. Each stop will shine a spotlight on local talent, delivering an unforgettable battle event as the next generation of superstar artists compete for Secret Walls glory. Special guest artists, DJs, live performances, and Secret Walls Academy Workshops will be scheduled throughout the tour. Confirmed guests to appear at select cities include Greg Mike, Allison Bamcat, Ally Grimm, Matt Gondek, Sentrock, Woes, The Obanoth, LAmour Supreme, and musical guests Boom Bap Kids and Soulection.
"We started Secret Walls in 2006 with a mission to support local artists. Over the years we've produced over 2,000 battles in more than 50 countries and thanks to our supporters, Secret Walls has grown to become the world's premier live paint and pixel battle platform," says Terry Guy, Founder of Secret Walls. "Working with great partners like Palm NFT Studio and Moonwalk, we're extremely excited to present the SYLA Tour providing artists a unique platform - for themselves and their communities - to gather, celebrate, and be inspired."
"Palm NFT Studio believes strongly in supporting local artists around the world and empowering them to build communities and fans in an innovative way based on Web3. We are thrilled to partner with Secret Walls on the upcoming SYLA Tour given our collective value around creativity shaping culture," says Alexis Miller, VP of Marketing at Palm NFT Studio.
"Moonwalk is proud to be partnering with Secret Walls and the SYLA Tour," says Greg Consiglio Co-Founder of Moonwalk. "We're looking forward to delivering engaging Web3 experiences for the community throughout this summer's tour."
By building a community and high energy around the "Art of Competition," the concept of a Secret Walls battle is specific and distinctive. The artists are divided randomly into teams and equipped with markers, paint brushes, spray paint, and paint rollers. Nothing is revealed to the artists prior to the start of the competition. The artists will have exactly 90 minutes on the clock to ideate and create their artwork. A select team of judges and a decibel meter measuring the audience's cheers determine the winner of each battle.
Secret Walls will also bring its Secret Walls Academy to select stops on the SYLA Tour. This artist-led youth workshop provides a crash course in art history and illustration techniques while building confidence in the next generation of freestyle street artists.
Tickets for the Secret Walls Support Your Local Artist Tour are on sale now. General Admission tickets are $25 with limited VIP Admission available for $99, which includes early entry, limited-edition merchandise, artist meet and greet, and more. For tickets and more details, please visit www.secretwalls.world and follow Secret Walls on Instagram and Twitter.
Founded in London in 2006, Secret Walls is the world's premier live arts entertainment brand, where artists take a stage to show off their talent and compete to win. We exist to entertain fans, support local, develop artists and showcase the best creativity on the planet. We operate across the realms of physical and digital art - IRL + URL - and we are always expanding our universe in exciting new ways.
Media Contact: secretwalls@notedcomm.com
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KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- South Mill Champs, one of the largest high-quality mushroom growers in North America, has announced that it has entered into an equity partnership with G&K Distributing, a produce wholesaler in Los Angeles County, California. The partnership will result in expanded warehousing capabilities, as well as an extension of products and services that it can offer to its customers in the Southern California market.
"We are eager to work alongside G&K, whose experience and reputation for great service in the Los Angeles market is unmatched. Our respective teams have commenced the outward-facing seamless integration process that will deliver improved service and build the product offerings available to both of our companies' customers," said Michael Richmond, Vice President of Sales at South Mill Champs.
Mr. Richmond continued, "Significantly expanding our distribution center capabilities, combined with the geographic location of the facility in Los Angeles, allows us to continue to meet the increasing demand for high-quality mushrooms in the region."
South Mill Champs operates a network of distribution and processing centers across the United States, with centers in Winter Haven (Florida), Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with South Mill Champs," said George Harris, President and Partner at G&K Distributing. "South Mill Champs' established operating structure will enable us to leverage further opportunities to support our customers' growing needs."
Johnny Geges, Vice President and Partner at G&K stated, "This partnership will undoubtedly continue to prove our commitment to being a key sourcing resource for our long-standing customers, beginning immediately with South Mill Champs' valued supply chain of products such as high-quality mushrooms, garlic and ginger."
About South Mill Champs
South Mill Champs is a leading vertically integrated compost producer, grower, and supplier of North American-grown fresh mushrooms and functional mushroom foods. Headquartered in Kennett Square, PA, and with growing and processing operations in British Columbia, Manitoba, Pennsylvania and Maryland, South Mill Champs is a leading innovative, customer-focused supplier in the industry. It offers mushrooms and other fresh food products, full-service logistics and storage, and has a reputation for superior quality and consistent supply.
Contact:
Jessica Weil, Communications Manager
South Mill Champs
Phone: 267-909-1903
jweil@southmill.com
www.southmill.com
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GMO "Animal-Free" Dairy Threatens Non-GMO, Organic Producers
BELLINGHAM, Wash., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During June Dairy Month, the Non-GMO Project joins American dairy farmers in calling out synthetic dairy, which is quietly appearing in grocery store coolers throughout North America.
In recent years, "animal-free" dairy proteins have found their way into everything from ice cream to cream cheese to snack bars, but many shoppers, food manufacturers and retailers are unaware that these are actually unlabeled and unregulated GMOs.
"Synbio dairy products are GMOs because they are created by genetically engineering a microbe like yeast to excrete milk proteins," said Megan Westgate, founder and executive director of the Non-GMO Project, North America's most relied-upon non-GMO authority. "That's the definition of unnatural."
The synbio process forces cells to produce novel proteins that mimic natural ingredients like casein and whey. The possible risks include:
- Significant biohazardous waste.
- The accidental release of new GMOs into the environment.
- Continued reliance on fossil fuels for GMO growth media and the incineration of waste.
Synbio dairy could also put traditional dairy farmers and farmworkers out of business.
The synbio dairy industry is rapidly expanding with a significant infusion of investment. According to the biotech industry's Good Food Institute, nearly $2 billion has been invested in developing "precision fermented" products like synbio dairy in the past year alone.
"GMOs pose a threat to the land, environment, and family farms, and I don't think GMOs have a place in our farming and food system," says Albert Straus, Founder/CEO of Straus Family Creamery. "As the first Non-GMO Project Verified Creamery in North America, we are committed to organic farming."
Straus adds, "Organic farming practices protect the environment, address animal welfare, build soil health and provide nutritious food while revitalizing rural communities. Organic dairy farming and milk production are the foundation for a carbon-neutral dairy farming model that we'll achieve on my farm by 2023."
The Non-GMO Project is launching a first-ever, dairy-focused campaign during National Dairy Month to bring awareness to the agricultural and environmental threat of synbio dairy. An industry webinar, consumer education, and media kit for brands and retailers will support the June campaign, "How Do You Milk a Microbe?" The campaign asserts that natural, organic and non-GMO dairy is better than synbio dairy for consumers, farmers, and the planet. Research shows that natural and traditional dairy, produced regeneratively, can sink carbon into the ground while building biodiversity and healthy soils.
Manufacturers of synbio dairy also claim to be pro-climate, but the evidence is slim. "Given that their patents reference the need for large amounts of feedstock, it's clear the industry is just ramping up demand for more GMO seed and cheap GMO crops. This reinforces the loss of biodiversity through monocultures and pesticides, while reducing the vitality of our rural communities by concentrating wealth in corporations, " warns Alan Lewis, Vice President at Natural Grocers. "The dependence on petrochemical fertilizers and tillage releases tremendous amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. The same cows that synthetic biology wants to replace with 'sustainable' fermentation vats are actually critical to recapturing carbon via healthy pasture lands."
On June 16 at 10 am PST, the Project will host an industry webinar [register here], including Megan Westgate, Albert Straus, Alan Lewis and Errol Schweizer, author, journalist and former leader of the national grocery program at Whole Foods Market. Panelists will share insider insights on synbio dairy and address questions regarding misleading synbio dairy claims.
The Non-GMO Project is a nonprofit organization committed to preserving and building sources of non-GMO products, educating consumers and providing verified non-GMO choices. As the market leader for GMO avoidance, the Project offers North America's most rigorous and trusted third-party verification for non-GMO food and products.
Contact: Hans Eisenbeis, hans@nongmoproject.org 360.255.7704 x4
Sasha Bernstein Skon, SashaBernstein.PR@gmail.com 203-536-4987
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HANGZHOU, China and SHAOXING, China, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascletis Pharma Inc. (HKEX: 1672, "Ascletis") today announces that the Investigational New Drug (IND) application of ASC10, an oral inhibitor drug candidate targeting RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) for COVID-19, has been accepted by China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA).
ASC10 is an orally bioavailable double prodrug which has a new and differentiated chemical structure from the single prodrug molnupiravir. After oral administration, both ASC10 and molnupiravir are rapidly and completely converted in vivo into the same active metabolite ASC10-A, also known as β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC). ASC10 was discovered and developed in-house. Ascletis has filed multiple patent applications for ASC10 and its use globally. ASC10 oral tablet formulation for the clinical study was developed with in-house proprietary technology of Ascletis.
About Ascletis
Ascletis is an innovative R&D driven biotech listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1672.HK), covering the entire value chain from discovery and development to manufacturing and commercialization. Led by a management team with deep expertise and a proven track record, Ascletis focuses on three therapeutic areas with unmet medical needs from a global perspective: viral diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and oncology. Through excellent execution, Ascletis rapidly advances its drug pipeline with an aim of leading in global competition. To date, Ascletis has three marketed products, i.e. ritonavir tablets, GANOVO® and ASCLEVIR®, and 20 drug candidates in its R&D pipeline. The most advanced drug candidates include ASC22 (CHB functional cure), ASC10 and ASC11 (oral small molecules for COVID-19 treatment), ASC40 (recurrent glioblastoma), ASC42 (PBC, primary biliary cholangitis), and ASC40 (acne).
For more information, please visit www.ascletis.com.
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Teledyne LeCroy's Voyager M4x Analyzer/Exerciser addresses the most critical technologies within the USB Type-C® ecosystem.
MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teledyne LeCroy Inc., the worldwide leading supplier of serial protocol test solutions, has announced that the Voyager M4x Analyzer/Exerciser system has been approved by the USB Implementer's Forum (USB-IF) for USB Power Delivery (USB PD), USB Type-C Functional and USB 3.2 Link Layer compliance testing. The Voyager M4x also supports USB4® logical and protocol layer compliance allowing this single test platform to address the most critical technologies within the USB Type-C ecosystem.
Universal Serial Bus (USB) is on billions of PCs and devices worldwide. To qualify for the right to display the certified USB logo in conjunction with a product, the product must pass USB-IF compliance testing for product quality. "The USB-IF developed comprehensive logo certification programs around key USB technologies to provide real value to both our members and consumers at-large," said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF President & COO. "Test solutions like the Teledyne LeCroy Voyager M4x that can be used to test multiple USB specifications can also help our member companies maximize their test coverage and deliver reliable products to market".
The Voyager M4x Analyzer/Exerciser system has always been considered essential for certifying USB4 devices and systems. And now the addition of USB Type-C, USB PD and USB 3.2 Link Layer compliance brings together all the critical technologies that USB developers care about," said Joe Mendolia, vice-president of marketing at Teledyne LeCroy's Protocol Solutions Group. "There are literally hundreds of automated compliance tests available right now on the Voyager M4x that can serve as the foundation for any USB protocol verification program for years to come".
Designed from the start to address the broadest range of official USB-IF compliance applications, Voyager M4x uses the same USB Compliance Suite software, test scripts and automation infrastructure that have been used on the highly regarded Voyager M310e / M310P test platforms. Meticulously maintained and up to date with the latest specifications, the Voyager family of compliance test platforms provide one-stop verification for USB PD, USB Type-C and the very latest USB data specifications. All LeCroy protocol analysis and test products feature a hierarchical display, real-time statistics, protocol traffic summaries, detailed error reports, comprehensive automation, and the ability to create user-defined test reports.
USB Power Delivery (USB PD), USB Type-C Functional and USB 3.2 Link Layer compliance testing are available now as licensed options that can be added to existing Voyager M4x systems. For additional information, please contact us at 1-800 909-7211 or 408 653-1262; or protocolsales@teledynelecroy.com; or visit the Teledyne LeCroy USB protocol analyzer web page.
Teledyne LeCroy is a leading manufacturer of advanced oscilloscopes, protocol analyzers, and other test instruments that verify performance, validate compliance, and debug complex electronic systems quickly and thoroughly. Since its founding in 1964, the Company has focused on incorporating powerful tools into innovative products that enhance "Time-to-Insight". Faster time to insight enables users to rapidly find and fix defects in complex electronic systems, dramatically improving time-to-market for a wide variety of applications and end markets. Teledyne LeCroy is based in Chestnut Ridge, N.Y. For more information, visit Teledyne LeCroy's website at teledynelecroy.com.
© 2022 by Teledyne LeCroy. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. USB4®, USB Type-C® and USB-C® are registered trademarks of USB Implementers Forum.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a professional truck driver and I needed a means of mounting my flat screen television while also keeping it movable," said an inventor, from Columbus, Ohio, "so I invented THE ROLLING MOUNT. My design also provides added storage space and organization within the lower bunk."
The invention provides an improved way to mount and use a flat screen television within a semi-truck sleeper bunk. In doing so, it offers optimum positioning and viewing of the television. It also increases safety and security and it helps to save space within cramped quarters. The invention features a stable and versatile design that is easy to mount and use so it is ideal for semi-truck drivers and the owners of recreational vehicles. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Naples sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-NPL-401, 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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Company also closes its 4th securitization, surpasses $1 billion of loans facilitated on its platform, and announces Daniel Tilipman as Chief Executive Officer
NEW YORK, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Lending will now be known as Reach Financial ("Reach Financial" or the "Company"), a financial services company focused on producing technology and data driven consumer lending solutions. The Company offers innovative and customizable personal loans designed to help people pay down their debt faster and take control of their finances. Today, the Company's primary products are personal loans; however, the change to Reach Financial reflects the Company's future ambitions to provide tools and products to help customers reach their financial goals. The Company achieved two milestones earlier this year:
- In March, lifetime loans facilitated on the Company's platform surpassed $1 billion,
- In May, the Company closed its fourth securitization – LL ABS 2022-1, consisting of $161.6 million of rated notes. It was the first Company deal to be rated AA by Kroll Bong Rating Agency (KBRA).
Reach Financial differentiates itself by underwriting good borrowers based on signals that go well beyond credit scores. The Company leverages a combination of artificial intelligence and machine learning to approve applicants who may be overlooked by other lenders.
Reach Financial also announced that it has appointed Daniel Tilipman as Chief Executive Officer. Daniel has been a part of Reach Financial's evolution since he co-founded the Company with Alex Kleyner in 2014. Since that time, Daniel held the role of co-founder and President of National Debt Relief (NDR). Under his leadership, NDR evolved from a startup with 20 employees, to become the country's largest debt relief company with over 2,000 employees. Daniel led NDR in resolving over $10 billion of consumer debt, helping more than 750,000 customers. Daniel fueled that growth with a customer centric philosophy and a technology first approach to solve business problems.
"I am thrilled to take the role of CEO of Reach Financial," said Daniel Tilipman. "I am extremely confident in our ability to grow Reach Financial into its next chapter as a leading financial services company that supports our customers on their financial journeys."
For more information, visit www.reach.com.
Reach Financial, formerly Liberty Lending, is a financial services and digital lending platform that helps make overcoming debt a reality. Reach Financial offers innovative personal loans designed to help you pay off your debt faster and take control of your finances. To date, the company has helped thousands of customers pay off over $1 billion in debt. Based in New York, Reach Financial employs more than 100 team members. For more information, visit www.reach.com.
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At a 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts, people who will build the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind farm are learning the skills to stay safe while working around turbines at sea.
Some take to the tasks fairly easily since they’re veterans of marine fields or construction. For others, it’s totally new to be using fall protection and sea survival equipment, climbing from a boat onto a ladder to get to a turbine and learning how to work hundreds of feet in the air.
Offshore wind developers are hiring, after years of touting the promise of tens of thousands of jobs the industry could create in the United States. To launch this new clean energy industry, they now need plenty of workers with the right training and skills.
“It’s the sheer number of people we’re going to need in the timeframe that we need them,” said Jennifer Cullen, senior manager of labor relations and workforce development at Vineyard Wind in Massachusetts. “We’re combating this sense of, we’ve been talking about it for so long, … is it actually coming? We’re telling people, yes, it’s here, it’s now.
“We’re building the turbines next year and we’re going to be building many more wind farms after this,” she added.
Vineyard Wind is on track to be the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S. The development follows the Cape Wind project, which would’ve been closer to the Massachusetts shore but failed after years of litigation and local opposition.
The Massachusetts Maritime Academy is the only place in Massachusetts currently offering the basic safety training designed by a nonprofit founded by wind turbine manufacturers and operators — the Global Wind Organisation — though training is offered in other states. Everyone who will go to a wind farm offshore must complete safety training, and most developers meet the requirement with the GWO program.
The course draws union workers and others eager to work on future wind farms that the Biden administration wants to dot U.S. coastlines to help fight climate change. President Joe Biden set a goal of 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy by 2030, to power more than 10 million homes and create 80,000 jobs.
The payoff for offshore wind trainees is jobs with an average salary approaching $80,000 a year.
Before arriving at the academy, students complete about six hours of online coursework.
Then, wearing waterproof suits, they practice stepping off a vessel in Buzzards Bay and onto a boarding ladder connected to a turbine — a dangerous part of the job, especially in rough seas.
The students step off the pier into the chilly bay waters to learn how to safely abandon a vessel or the turbine in an emergency. They inflate a life raft, climb in, and right it when it’s upside down.
To prepare for working at heights, they use a harness and fall protection gear to ascend and descend a turbine’s ladder. They practice lowering themselves by ropes from a 20-foot (6.1-meter) platform in case of emergency evacuation. And they rescue a fellow student who feigns being injured.
A day is devoted to first aid basics and CPR, and they put out a small fire with extinguishers.
Many trainees will be headed to work on Vineyard Wind, 15 miles (24 kilometers) off the Massachusetts coast. With 62 turbines, the project is expected to produce 800 megawatts — enough electricity annually to power more than 400,000 homes, beginning in late 2023. Work began onshore late last year.
Daniel Szymkowiak, a 36-year-old engineer, used to work offshore in the oil and gas industry. He took the maritime academy course in August, and now works on wind farm subsea cables for Vineyard Wind.
Szymkowiak changed careers, he said, because working in renewable, wind energy made him feel better about the world’s future.
“It’s up and coming. To be the first commercial project in the states, that’s exciting,” he said. “To make a positive change for our country, to bring across new opportunities, that’s exactly why I’m here.”
The maritime academy, founded in 1891, has historically focused on Coast Guard-approved training for professional mariners. Anticipating needs of the nascent U.S. offshore wind industry, it expanded its courses in support of offshore wind in 2019.
Over 200 people have completed the basic safety training at the academy’s Maritime Center for Responsible Energy, in collaboration with RelyOn Nutec. The center plans to use grant funding to expand its offshore wind courses with basic technical training, enhanced first aid and advanced rescue, said Michael Burns, executive director of the maritime center. The safety course, offered twice a month, is booked through the end of the year.
In the classes, there’s a sense of excitement to work offshore, take on a new challenge and help launch the industry, Burns said. He expects to see more schools and companies offering the training to meet the growing demand.
“We want to do everything in our power to do our part to help ensure these projects are able to go off on their intended timelines,” Burns said.
In neighboring Rhode Island, Danish wind developer Orsted and utility Eversource are partnering with the state, the Community College of Rhode Island and union leaders to start a basic safety training course there too. Orsted and Eversource are planning to build Revolution Wind, a 400-megawatt wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, to provide power for Connecticut and Rhode Island.
The first U.S. offshore wind farm opened off Rhode Island’s Block Island in late 2016. But with five turbines, it’s not commercial scale.
Cullen, of Vineyard Wind, said the role of the training is to qualify people to work for a variety of developers and to ramp up the workforce. Vineyard Wind is also working with a Martha’s Vineyard program to prepare local residents for jobs as technicians.
Tyler Spofford has been working for GE Offshore Wind since January. The 35-year-old left his job as a tugboat captain to spend more time with his family.
Spofford said he’s excited the offshore wind industry is creating jobs, especially for mariners in the Northeast. There were few workboat jobs in the region after he earned his degree and license in 2009 at the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. That led him to the Gulf of Mexico, where he worked in the oil and gas industry.
“Pretty much since I got out of school, offshore wind was always a thing that was kind of being discussed, but nothing was really ever happening that was to scale,” he said.
Then, Spofford said, the “stars aligned.” He now helps assess the Vineyard Wind project’s needs for vessels, assists in sourcing and contracting for the vessels, and will manage them. He took the maritime academy course in August.
“It kind of feels like we’re a part of this startup in a way,” he said. “We’re up against a lot of challenges. It’s kind of fun to think them through and solve them and come up with a product and something that’s going to work, a solution.”
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Etta Tharp-Ibarra
Etta Tharp-Ibarra gave her last prayer on June 3, 2022, in Temple, Texas, entering heaven’s doorstep at 87. Etta left this world the way she lived, a strong-willed woman fiercely devoted to her family, friends, and God.
Etta particularly loved spending the holidays surrounded by family in Temple, Texas, or wherever her children resided. The festivities began months in advance when Etta would insist her family send her their Christmas wish lists, including links and detailed descriptions to buy the perfect gift. Thanksgiving lunch wouldn’t be complete without her “Pink Stuff” family dish and a carefully scripted handwritten prayer on festive stationery.
Etta was born to the late Jefferson J. Green and Gyeulah B. Kiser on October 21, 1934, during the Great Depression. She grew up on a farm in Rogers, Texas, with her brother, Thomas Green, half-brothers, Arlis and Alton Green, and half-sisters, Preble Paschal, Minnie Sloan, Lorene Reed, and Mary Faye Mainord. Her family raised beef and pork and grew vegetables.
While attending Rogers High School Etta met her first husband, Eugene “Gene” Tharp. They were married on June 17, 1954, a union that lasted 44 years until Gene’s passing. Together they raised their two children, Lisa Hill and Dr. D. Bruce Tharp, in Temple, Texas, but they also loved exploring the rest of the state and country by car. The family spent many happy weekends with relatives in Rogers, Texas, or would load up in a travel trailer to explore Yellowstone National Park, Colorado, and various Texas state parks. Later in life, Etta and Gene would make road trips to Victoria, Texas to see their grandchildren, Ainsley Elizabeth Tharp, and Carson Ross Tharp.
After graduating from high school, Etta started her career working for Baylor Scott & White Medical Center and earned her Accredited Record Technician (ART) certification. In a trailblazing move for her time, Etta worked her way up to supervisor status and was known as the “Queen of Bosses.” By her retirement, she had dedicated 44 years to the medical records office and made many lifelong friends, including her second husband, Dr. Jesse D. Ibarra, Jr.
Etta and Jesse were married on March 8, 2001. Etta’s family grew to include Patsy Britt, Beth Baetz, Jesse Daniel “Danny” Ibarra, III, and many other grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The couple loved to travel many miles on road trips and cruise ships, including stops in Mexico, Costa Rica, Hawaii, and Alaska.
After Jesse’s passing in 2015, Etta continued to live in the house they built together, and she had many angels who helped take care of her in later years. Her precious caretaker Margarite visited daily and has come to feel like family. She was also doted on by her many friends who came to call regularly, the H-E-B delivery staff, and the BSW hospital staff. And of course, Etta would never skip her regular appointment with her hairdresser Karen.
Etta was a devout Christian and a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Temple, Texas, for over 60 years. She would regularly attend services and Sunday School, making lifelong friendships in Christ. Everybody who entered Etta’s orbit would be in her daily prayers. She was known as the family’s ‘prayer warrior’ because of her strong spiritual connection to God. In recent years when she couldn’t attend in person, she’d watch services from home, including that of Columbus Avenue Baptist Church in Waco, Texas.
In her last letter to her family, Etta wrote: “I have had a blessed and great life. I was born, I lived, I died. I am waltzing across heaven with Jesus. See you there. All my love.”
Survivors include her daughter, Lisa Ann Hill and Jeff Smith of Pflugerville, Texas; her son, Dr. D. Bruce Tharp and John-Carlos Estrada of Austin, Texas; granddaughter, Ainsley Elizabeth Tharp of San Francisco, California; grandson, Carson Ross Tharp of Austin, Texas; step-daughters, Patsy Britt of Belton, Texas, Beth Baetz of San Antonio, Texas; step-son, Jesse Daniel “Danny” Ibarra, III of San Antonio, Texas; step-grandsons, Chris Britt of Belton, Texas, Bert Baetz of Kerrville, Texas, J.D. Ibarra IV of San Antonio, Texas; and step-granddaughters Annamarie Falvo of San Antonio, Texas and Jessica I. Press of San Antonio, Texas; and her 12 step-great-grandchildren.
Etta was preceded in death by her husbands, Eugene “Gene” Tharp and Dr. Jesse D. Ibarra, Jr.; her parents, Jefferson J. Green and Gyeulah B. Kiser; brother Thomas Green; half-brothers Arlis and Alton Green; and half-sisters, Preble Paschal, Minnie Sloan, Lorene Reed, and Mary Faye Mainord.
Etta’s celebration of life will be at Immanuel Baptist Church in Temple, Texas, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. Family visitation at 1 p.m. and a memorial service at 2 p.m. A private burial will follow the service in Rogers, Texas.
In place of flowers, please consider a contribution to Immanuel Baptist Church Building Fund (www.ibctemple.org) or Dr. Jesse D. Ibarra, Jr., M.D., Lectureship in International Health at Baylor Scott & White (2401 S. 31st Street, Temple, TX, 76508).
Arrangements by Scanio-Harper Funeral Home in Temple, Texas.
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Services for Julia Caldera Diaz, 82, of Temple will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Higher Power Ministries in Temple with the Rev. Robert Trevino and the Rev. Eric Thompson officiating.
Burial will be in Belfalls Cemetery.
Mrs. Diaz died Friday, Sept. 9, at a Temple hospital.
She was born Aug. 17, 1940, in Marlin to Lucio and Adislada Maris Caldera. She married Thomas Diaz in 1951. She resided in Belfalls for many years. She was a member of Higher Power Ministries in Temple.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 2016; and a son, Alfred Diaz.
Survivors include two sons, Rudie Diaz and Tommy Diaz, both of Temple, a daughter, Carmalita Lova of Temple; a sister, Tela Caldera; 12 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will take place one hour prior to the service at the church.
Hewett-Arney Funeral Home in Temple is in charge of arrangements. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_c45e6494-35b0-11ed-a09a-1b7ac8f57645.html | 2022-09-16T13:41:51Z |
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE: BKI) announced the launch of CA Risk Profiler Plus, a tool designed to help mortgage lenders, appraisers and appraisal management companies (AMCs) identify potential minority bias in the home valuation process. By flagging potentially problematic valuations, CA Risk Profiler Plus enables a more rigorous collateral review process that can help reduce risk exposure for lenders and appraisers and support more equitable underwriting decisions.
"Today's appraisers must balance market demand for speed and efficiency with their obligation to support home valuations that are objective, equitable and accurate," said Mike Sklarz, EVP, Managing Director, Black Knight Collateral Analytics. "CA Risk Profiler Plus combines valuation science and Black Knight's market-leading property data assets to make it easier than ever for appraisers, AMCs and lenders to identify and remove subjectivity from the appraisal process."
How It Works
CA Risk Profiler Plus evaluates an appraiser's list of selected comparables (i.e., properties with similar characteristics to the subject property) against a list derived from Black Knight's comprehensive U.S. property database. By identifying discrepancies between the two lists and by analyzing certain patterns, CA Risk Profiler Plus is able to alert customers when an appraisal may contain potential bias.
CA Risk Profiler Plus is an optional add-on to CA Risk Profiler, a tool that helps lenders and AMCs determine the overall valuation risk of an appraisal or hybrid valuation based on factors like the degree of similarity between the subject property and comparables, the amount of variance between the appraised value and automated valuation models (AVMs), and the appraisal's compliance with Uniform Appraisal Dataset (UAD) standards. Both solutions are developed by Collateral Analytics (CA), a provider of property valuation and mortgage risk analysis tools that was acquired by Black Knight in March 2020.
Appraisal Bias on the National Stage
Research shows that inequities in home lending and appraisal processes disproportionately impact communities of color. For example, research from Freddie Mac shows that appraisers' opinions of value are more likely to fall below the contract price for homes in majority Black or Latino census tracts than for those in White tracts.
An action plan published March 23 by the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) calls on housing industry stakeholders to take affirmative steps to advance equity in the valuation process by addressing potential bias in appraisals and AVMs.
"U.S. policymakers are actively working to address valuation bias and its impact on America's racial wealth gap. PAVE's action plan clearly signals that industry stakeholders can expect greater process scrutiny and regulatory action in the near future," Sklarz said. "Black Knight is responding to this emerging trend by investing in tools like CA Risk Profiler Plus that help position lenders and appraisers to address valuation bias in a proactive manner that is grounded in objective data."
About Black Knight
Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE: BKI) is an award-winning software, data and analytics company that drives innovation in the mortgage lending and servicing and real estate industries, as well as the capital and secondary markets. Businesses leverage our robust, integrated solutions across the entire homeownership life cycle to help retain existing customers, gain new customers, mitigate risk and operate more effectively.
Our clients rely on our proven, comprehensive, scalable products and our unwavering commitment to delivering superior client support to achieve their strategic goals and better serve their customers. For more information on Black Knight, please visit www.blackknightinc.com.
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DCF investigating child care center for alleged abuse
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BRIDGEWATER, Massachusetts (WBZ) — A Bridgewater child care center is under investigation after reports of abuse and neglect. The state ordered The Drop Spot to shut down months ago.
“I think a place that’s dangerous, considering all the parents that have had really negative experiences there,” said Nicole Conley, who used to work at The Drop Spot.
It’s a private business that state officials ordered to close in December because they weren’t licensed to care for children. The Department of Children and Families tells WBZ they’re looking into reports of alleged abuse and neglect.
“Nothing like this has happened before,” said Samantha Muise, the owner of The Drop Spot. Muise claims she can still operate as a private membership club.
She said this started as a complaint of a child left in soiled clothing and a separate incident involving an employee that was captured on cellphone video.
“The child was in a buckled seat because he had some very severe behavior stuff,” Muise said. “The video had been out previously and she was like mocking the child for his behavior.”
As the DCF investigates, Muise tells WBZ she fired the employee and installed cameras inside the facility.
“We alerted the family on Friday, and we terminated the staff member first thing Monday morning when she came back to work and we notified DCF,” Muise said. “We’re just thankful to the staff that came forward right away that and let us know that there was a problem so we can address it right away.”
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SEATTLE, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Treadway Events has announced "Scooped! Ice Cream Festival" an all-you-can-eat ice cream event coming to Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington on August 27th & 28th, 2022. The immersive ice cream experience features 75+ flavors of ice cream from brands such as Full Tilt, ACME Valley Ice Cream, Lopez Island Creamery. In addition there will be games and a curated performance lineup by Supernova Nightclub that includes DJ Supreme La Rock, Marshall Law Band, Lady Coco Jones, Ammo Drums, Queen Irene and more! It's the ultimate ice cream experience!
"Our team has wanted to produce this event in Seattle since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and now that it's mostly in our rear-view mirror, we're finally able to do it safely. We plan to have crowd-pleasing favorite flavors, a variety of off-the-wall options to choose from, and even vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free flavors!" says Brandon Treadway, President & Creative Director at Treadway Events.
Scooped Ice Cream Festival is open for two days Saturday, August 27th, from 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm, and Sunday, August 28th, 2022, from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The event is the sweetest end-of-summer celebration in all of Seattle!
Tickets are on sale at an online-only rate of $25.00 (plus applicable taxes and fees) per person. Tickets at the door are $35 (plus applicable taxes and fees) per person.. Children 2 years of age and under who are being held are free with a paid adult.
Eager attendees can find more information and purchase tickets at www.scoopedicecreamfestival.com
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For the third year in a row, a lucky true crime fanatic will be able to binge-watch 24 hours of gory documentaries -- and get paid doing it.
Documentary streaming service MagellanTV will pay one lucky winner $100 per hour of true crime endured, for a total of $2,400 over a 24-hour true crime marathon.
"Our ideal candidate lives for True Crime," wrote the streamer in their posting for the "True Crime Watch Dream Job." "They can handle the most menacing serial killer, the goriest details, and don't flinch at the chilling paranormal."
The chosen candidate will document their "epic crime and mystery binge" on social media. The winner will watch a total of 32 films that cover shocking murders, mysterious disappearances and internet scams, starting with "Murder Maps: The Bermondsey Horror," which examines an 1849 murder in London.
The winner will have 48 hours to complete the bloody marathon, giving them a chance to get some sleep -- if they can.
An additional 100 runner-ups will be gifted a one-year free membership, said MagellanTV.
Brave applicants will need to fill out a brief application explaining the role true crime plays in their lives by April 18.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Grab Holdings Limited ("Grab" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: GRAB; GRABW) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-03277, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Grab securities between August 2, 2021 and March 3, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Plaintiff pursues claims against the Defendants under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Grab securities during the Class Period, you have until May 16, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Grab offers a superapp that operates primarily across the deliveries, mobility, and digital financial services sectors in Southeast Asia.
On December 1, 2021, Grab became a public entity via a business combination with Altimeter Growth Corp., a special purpose acquisition company.
Between late 2019 and early 2020, a novel strain of the coronavirus disease, commonly referred to as COVID-19, became an ongoing global pandemic, with the outbreak first identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The virus quickly spread to other countries, including the U.S., prompting state, federal, and private parties to enact various health and safety measures to halt the spread of the disease, which has since claimed millions of lives.
The complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that Grab had overstated its post-business combination business and financial prospects; (2) that, notwithstanding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Grab's financial projections failed to take into account the pandemic's broad consequences, which included increased driver supply demand; (3) that Grab's driver supply declined during the third quarter; (4) that, as a result, Grab continued to invest heavily in driver and consumer incentives to "preemptively recalibrate driver supply"; (5) that, as a result, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted, including, among other things, a significant decline in revenue; and (6) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
On March 3, 2022, at 7:01 a.m. Eastern, over two years into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Grab disclosed that its fourth quarter revenues had declined 44% from the previous quarter and reported a $1.1 billion loss for the quarter. Grab's Chief Financial Officer attributed the poor financial results to "invest[ing] heavily" in driver incentives and stated that it would take one or two quarters "to get that equilibrium between drivers and riders, between supply and demand."
On this news, the Company's stock price fell $1.95, or 37.3%, to close at $3.28 per share on March 3, 2022, on unusually heavy trading volume.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Sweden ends neutrality, joins Finland in seeking NATO berth
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister announced Monday that Sweden will join Finland in seeking NATO membership in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a historic shift that comes after more than 200 years of military nonalignment in the Nordic country.
The move, which is likely to upset the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin, came after neighboring Finland announced Sunday that it too would seek to join the 30-country military alliance.
Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson called it “a historic change in our country’s security policy” as she addressed lawmakers in the Swedish capital.
“We will inform NATO that we want to become a member of the alliance,” she said. “Sweden needs formal security guarantees that come with membership in NATO.”
Andersson adding that Sweden was acting together with Finland, whose government announced on Sunday it would seek to to join the alliance.
The announcement came after a debate in the Riksdagen, or parliament, earlier Monday showed that there is a huge support for joining NATO. Out of Sweden’s eight parties, only two smaller left-leaning parties opposed it.
On Sunday, the Swedish Social Democrats broke with the party’s long-standing position that Sweden must remain nonaligned, paving the way for a clear majority for NATO membership in the parliament.
Public opinion in both Nordic countries was firmly against joining NATO before the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, but support for NATO membership surged quickly in both nations after that.
“The Swedish government’s intent is to apply for NATO membership. A historic day for Sweden,” Foreign Minister Ann Linde wrote on Twitter. “With a broad support from political parties in the parliament, the conclusion is that Sweden will stand stronger together with allies in NATO.”
Once a regional military power, Sweden has avoided military alliances since the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Like Finland it remained neutral throughout the Cold War, but formed closer relations with NATO after the 1991 Soviet collapse.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the governments in Finland and Sweden responded by swiftly initiating discussions across political parties about NATO membership and reaching out the U.S., Britain, Germany and other NATO countries for their support.
The Kremlin, however, has repeatedly warned the move would have destabilizing consequences for security in Europe.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Moscow “does not have a problem” with Sweden or Finland as they apply for NATO membership, but that “the expansion of military infrastructure onto this territory will of course give rise to our reaction in response.”
In Helsinki, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that there is “very significant” support in the Congress and that he expects swift ratification. He said he hoped a vote could be held before the August recess.
In the Swedish Parliament, only the small Left and Green parties objected to seeking NATO membership.
Andersson said Sweden would refuse nuclear weapons or permanent NATO bases on its soil — similar conditions as neighboring Norway and Denmark insisted on when the alliance was formed after World War II.
Though NATO officials have expressed hopes for a quick ratification process, all 30 current NATO members must agree to let Finland and Sweden in the door. Turkey voiced some objections last week, accusing the two countries of supporting Kurdish militants and others whom Turkey considers to be terrorists.
Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist told public broadcaster SVT that a Swedish delegation would be sent to Ankara to discuss the issue.
___ Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed to this report.
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Masked suspects get away with $413K in merchandise from Louis Vuitton in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - An estimated $413,000 in merchandise was stolen Wednesday from the Louis Vuitton store at Kenwood Towne Centre in Kenwood, Ohio, according to the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
Shortly after 3 p.m., around eight to 10 people wearing ski masks were dropped off at the entrance of the shopping center.
The individuals proceeded to the Louis Vuitton store as they pushed passed store employees to get into the store, the sheriff’s office explained.
The group managed to steal “every item on the showroom floor,” the sheriff’s office said.
Photos released Thursday show the suspects running out of the store, merchandise in hand, on their way to a dark gray SUV and a black sedan. The vehicles were last seen northbound on I-71, according to the sheriff’s office.
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HOUSTON, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CITGO Petroleum Corporation today named Stephen McNabb the Company's new Treasurer, where he will oversee liquidity management and the company's capital structure, manage financial risk and insurance, steward bank relationships and investor relations, and assist the CFO in developing financial strategies. McNabb previously served as Assistant Treasurer and has been with CITGO since 2016 in various financial roles of increasing responsibility.
McNabb replaces Gina Coon, who retired last year.
"Stephen McNabb brings integrity and professionalism to the vitally important position of Treasurer," said John Zuklic, CITGO Chief Financial Officer and Vice President. "He has ably served CITGO for more than six years as an integral member of our finance team. We congratulate Stephen on this promotion and look forward to his continuing contributions to our business."
McNabb has almost 20 years of experience in areas related to finance, accounting, planning and analysis, and consulting, primarily within the energy industry. Before joining CITGO, he served in leadership roles within the finance field while at Bridgepoint Consulting, Magnum Forge, and Protiviti.
McNabb holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Trinity University. In his new role, he will report directly to Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Finance, John Zuklic.
About CITGO
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a recognized leader in the refining industry with a well-known brand. CITGO operates three refineries located in Lake Charles, La.; Lemont, Ill.; and Corpus Christi, Texas, and wholly and/or jointly owns 38 active terminals, six pipelines and three lubricants blending and packaging plants. With approximately 3,300 employees and a combined crude capacity of approximately 769,000 barrels-per-day (bpd), CITGO is ranked as the fifth-largest, and one of the most complex independent refiners in the United States. CITGO transports and markets transportation fuels, lubricants, petrochemicals and other industrial products and supplies a network of approximately 4,400 locally owned and operated branded retail outlets, all located east of the Rocky Mountains. CITGO Petroleum Corporation is owned by CITGO Holding, Inc.
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Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. Friday’s outcome is expected to lead to abortion bans in roughly half the states.
The decision, unthinkable just a few years ago, was the culmination of decades of efforts by abortion opponents, made possible by an emboldened right side of the court that has been fortified by three appointees of former President Donald Trump.
The ruling came more than a month after the stunning leak of a draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito indicating the court was prepared to take this momentous step.
It puts the court at odds with a majority of Americans who favored preserving Roe, according to opinion polls.
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Alito, in the final opinion issued Friday, wrote that Roe and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the 1992 decision that reaffirmed the right to abortion, were wrong the day they were decided and must be overturned.
“We therefore hold that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion. Roe and Casey must be overruled, and the authority to regulate abortion must be returned to the people and their elected representatives,” Alito wrote.
Authority to regulate abortion rests with the political branches, not the courts, Alito wrote.
Joining Alito were Justices Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The latter three justices are Trump appointees. Thomas first voted to overrule Roe 30 years ago.
Chief Justice John Roberts would have stopped short of ending the abortion right, noting that he would have upheld the Mississippi law at the heart of the case, a ban on abortion after 15 weeks, and said no more.
Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan — the diminished liberal wing of the court — were in dissent.
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women who have today lost a fundamental constitutional protection—we dissent,” they wrote.
The ruling is expected to disproportionately affect minority women who already face limited access to health care, according to statistics analyzed by The Associated Press.
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic, which is at the center of the case, continued to see patients Friday. Outside, men used a bullhorn to tell people inside the clinic that they would burn in hell. Clinic escorts wearing colorful vests used large stereo speakers to blast Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” at the protesters.
Mississippi is one of 13 states, mainly in the South and Midwest, that already have laws on the books that ban abortion in the event Roe is overturned. Another half-dozen states have near-total bans or prohibitions after 6 weeks of pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant.
In roughly a half-dozen other states, the fight will be over dormant abortion bans that were enacted before Roe was decided in 1973 or new proposals to sharply limit when abortions can be performed, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a research group that supports abortion rights.
More than 90% of abortions take place in the first 13 weeks of pregnancy, and more than half are now done with pills, not surgery, according to data compiled by Guttmacher.
The decision came against a backdrop of public opinion surveys that find a majority of Americans oppose overturning Roe and handing the question of whether to permit abortion entirely to the states. Polls conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and others also have consistently shown about 1 in 10 Americans want abortion to be illegal in all cases. A majority are in favor of abortion being legal in all or most circumstances, but polls indicate many also support restrictions especially later in pregnancy.
The Biden administration and other defenders of abortion rights have warned that a decision overturning Roe also would threaten other high court decisions in favor of gay rights and even potentially, contraception.
The liberal justices made the same point in their joint dissent: The majority “eliminates a 50-year-old constitutional right that safeguards women’s freedom and equal station. It breaches a core rule-of-law principle, designed to promote constancy in the law. In doing all of that, it places in jeopardy other rights, from contraception to same-sex intimacy and marriage. And finally, it undermines the Court’s legitimacy.”
And Justice Clarence Thomas, the member of the court most open to jettisoning prior decisions, wrote a separate opinion in which he explicitly called on his colleagues to put the Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage, gay sex and even contraception cases on the table.
But Alito contended that his analysis addresses abortion only. “Nothing in this opinion should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion,” he wrote.
Whatever the intentions of the person who leaked Alito’s draft opinion, the conservatives held firm in overturning Roe and Casey.
In his opinion, Alito dismissed the arguments in favor of retaining the two decisions, including that multiple generations of American women have partly relied on the right to abortion to gain economic and political power.
Changing the makeup of the court has been central to the anti-abortion side’s strategy, as the dissenters archly noted. “The Court reverses course today for one reason and one reason only: because the composition of this Court has changed,” the liberal justices wrote.
Mississippi and its allies made increasingly aggressive arguments as the case developed, and two high-court defenders of abortion rights retired or died. The state initially argued that its law could be upheld without overruling the court’s abortion precedents.
Then-Gov. Phil Bryant signed the 15-week measure into law in March 2018, when Justices Anthony Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg were still members of a five-justice majority that was mainly protective of abortion rights.
By early summer, Kennedy had retired and was replaced by Justice Brett Kavanaugh a few months later. The Mississippi law was blocked in lower federal courts.
But the state always was headed to the nation’s highest court. It did not even ask for a hearing before a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ultimately held the law invalid in December 2019.
By early September 2020, the Supreme Court was ready to consider the state’s appeal.
The court scheduled the case for consideration at the justices’ private conference on Sept. 29. But in the intervening weeks, Ginsburg died and Barrett was quickly nominated and confirmed without a single Democratic vote.
The stage now was set, although it took the court another half year to agree to hear the case.
By the time Mississippi filed its main written argument with the court in the summer, the thrust of its argument had changed and it was now calling for the wholesale overruling of Roe and Casey.
The first sign that the court might be receptive to wiping away the constitutional right to abortion came in late summer, when the justices divided 5-4 in allowing Texas to enforce a ban on the procedure at roughly six weeks, before some women even know they are pregnant. That dispute turned on the unique structure of the law, including its enforcement by private citizens rather than by state officials, and how it can be challenged in court.
But Justice Sonia Sotomayor noted in a searing dissent for the three liberal justices that their conservative colleagues refused to block “a flagrantly unconstitutional law” that “flouts nearly 50 years of federal precedents.” Roberts was also among the dissenters.
Then in December, after hearing additional arguments over whether to block the Texas law known as S.B. 8, the court again declined to do so, also by a 5-4 vote. “The clear purpose and actual effect of S. B. 8 has been to nullify this Court’s rulings,” Roberts wrote, in a partial dissent.
In their Senate hearings, Trump’s three high-court picks carefully skirted questions about how they would vote in any cases, including about abortion.
But even as Democrats and abortion rights supporters predicted Kavanaugh and Gorsuch would vote to upend abortion rights if confirmed, the two left at least one Republican senator with a different impression. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine predicted Gorsuch and Kavanaugh wouldn’t support overturning the abortion cases, based on private conversations she had with them when they were nominees to the Supreme Court.
Barrett was perhaps the most vocal opponent of abortion in her time as a law professor, before becoming a federal judge in 2017. She was a member of anti-abortion groups at Notre Dame University, where she taught law, and she signed a newspaper ad opposing “abortion on demand” and defending “the right to life from fertilization to natural death.” She promised to set aside her personal views when judging cases.
Trump, meanwhile, had predicted as a candidate that whoever he named to the court would “automatically” vote to overrule Roe.
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CHINO, Calif., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Enzyme Innovation proudly announces that Sumitomo Chemical America will be the sales agent for Enzyme Innovation's powerful line of animal feed enzymes and probiotics in the United States.
"We are thrilled to partner with Sumitomo Chemical America," said Dipak Roda, VP of Market & Business Development for Enzyme Innovation, "And believe it will be a fruitful partnership for both companies, given our science and research-backed approach and Sumitomo's customer service and relationship expertise in the animal feed ingredient segment."
Enzyme Innovation's line of enzymes and probiotics promote poultry, swine, and ruminant health, allowing farms to produce more pounds of meat and eggs while saving feed costs for increased producer profits.
Enzyme Innovation is a research-driven manufacturer with expertise in the application of feed enzymes and probiotics for animal nutrition. We are leaders in innovation and committed to providing eco-safe solutions for more than 25 industries, including food, feed, and non-food. Our pellet- and heat-stable blends, DigeSEB Delta Plus, DigeGrain Pro 6, and BioSEB Trio, promote gut and immune health.
Sumitomo has provided outstanding service and advice to livestock and poultry producers in the United States as a reliable provider of a high-quality synthetic methionine.
Contact us to learn more about our Animal Feed products at 909-203-4620.
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Trusted Roofing and Construction Franchise Expands Footprint Throughout Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Storm Guard – an innovative and community-driven roofing and construction brand – is taking strides to expand its essential home restoration services in Lubbock and the surrounding areas. Having some of the most unpredictable and severe weather in the country, Storm Guard's services are a necessity making them the perfect market for franchise development. The newest franchise partner Cory Lemons, has worked within the private property insurance industry for the last 12 years. These jobs provided him with the expertise to handle insurance claims for roofs, siding, and all other exterior construction, as well as the benefit of using high performing products for building and restoration.
"Being raised in the area, Lubbock will always have a special place in my heart," said Lemons. "When I came across Storm Guard, I was immediately drawn to their sense of family and the commitment that they make to businesses within their local communities. I love Lubbock and I love working with the people of West Texas. I am excited to be able to offer our services and I can't wait to get started."
Since 2003, Storm Guard has been helping as many families as possible restore their homes after storms and solve problems that all property owners experience including roofing, siding, window improvements, painting, emergency tarping, and installing proper gutters. All repairs ranging from general home upgrades to storm restoration are completed with their customers' best interests in mind, with the brand taking measures to ensure their satisfaction such as alleviating the stress of dealing with insurance claims and providing high-quality work without the high cost.
"Storm Guard brings trusted roofing, siding, painting, and window and gutter service to customers," stated Shane Lynch, President of Storm Guard. "The residents of Lubbock deserve to have their homes protected by honest and reputable contractors who put integrity first. We are thrilled to add Cory Lemons to the Storm Guard family as we know he will bring trusted services to the Lubbock community."
Storm Guard is on a mission to provide exceptional restoration services to households all across the country by creating franchising opportunities. The ideal Storm Guard franchisee is driven, a good communicator, and takes immense pride in helping their community.
For more information about Storm Guard, go to https://www.stormguardrc.com/. To learn more about franchising opportunities, visit https://www.stormguardfranchising.com/.
About Storm Guard: Founded in 2003, Storm Guard saw the demand for a company that specializes in roofing and construction. As a single location in Minnesota, Storm Guard found themselves traveling to help local communities that were devastated by natural disasters. After responding to a hurricane in Florida in 2012, the founders saw the need for their services all over the country and decided to turn it into a franchise. Today, Storm Guard has 38 franchise locations across 17 different states. They are looking for dedicated and exceptional individuals to help continue their success throughout the nation.
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NANPING, China, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Happiness Development Group Limited ("HAPP" or the "Company"), (NASDAQ: HAPP) an emerging and diversified company engaging in the business of production and sale of nutraceutical and dietary supplements, providing e-commerce sales and marketing solutions, and the sales of automobile today announced that the Company has donated RMB 200,000 worth of anti-epidemic materials such as alcohol disinfectant and RMB 30,000 worth of vegetables to Minhang District, Shanghai to battle COVID-19.
"At this difficult time, the whole society is making efforts to fight the epidemic. As a listed company, we hope to make our own contribution to this battle. This batch of materials has arrived Minhang District, we hope the epidemic will end soon," said Mr. Xuezhu Wang, CEO of the Company.
About Happiness Development Group Limited
Headquartered in Nanping, China, Happiness Development Group Limited currently has three business lines: nutraceutical and dietary supplements, e-commerce and automobile sales. The nutrition and dietary supplements business is focusing on the research, development, manufacture and marketing of various products made from Chinese herbal extracts and other ingredients. Our e-commerce business focuses on offering e-commerce solutions, including advertising and information technology services to small and medium-sized enterprises in China. We also run our online stores which carries our products of dietary supplements and other selected products sourced from the small and medium-sized enterprises in China. Our mission for the e-commerce business is to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to fully leverage the power of e-commerce to grow rapidly. Our automobile sales adopts B2B business model and is committed to optimizing the automobile supply chain by offering standardized vehicle sources on our automobile online sales platform and providing secure transaction environment, automobile procurement and financial services for automobile manufacturers. For more information, please visit: www.happ.org.cn
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. When the Company uses words such as "may," "will," "intend," "should," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate" or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results to differ materially from the Company's expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, the following: the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the terms of the Agreement not hereafter being memorialized in a definitive agreement; the outcome of any legal proceedings that have been, or will be, instituted against the Company or other parties to the Agreement following announcement of the Agreement and transactions contemplated therein; the inability to complete the transactions contemplated by the Agreement due to unsatisfied closing conditions; risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement of the Agreement and consummation of the transaction described therein; costs related to the proposed transactions contemplated by the Agreement; changes in applicable laws or regulations; and other risks and uncertainties described herein, as well as those risks and uncertainties contained in reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. For these reasons, among others, investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Additional factors are discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available for review at www.sec.gov. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date hereof.
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Vince McMahon retires from WWE
(Gray News) - World Wrestling Entertainment chairman and CEO Vince McMahon announced Friday that he would be stepping down.
“As I approach 77 years old, I feel it’s time for me to retire as chairman and CEO of WWE,” he said in a statement. “Throughout the years, it’s been a privilege to help WWE bring you joy, inspire you, thrill you, surprise you and always entertain you.”
McMahon said he was confident in the continued success of the “sports entertainment” empire he has helmed for decades and grown into a worldwide brand. He said in the news release that his daughter, Stephanie McMahon, would take on the roles of chairwoman and co-CEO, along with co-CEO Nick Khan.
“Our global audience can take comfort in knowing WWE will continue to entertain you with the same fervor, dedication and passion as always,” he said.
The announcement was made two weeks after a Wall Street Journal report said McMahon agreed to pay more than $12 million over the past 16 years to suppress allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity.
Earlier, he announced in mid-June he would temporarily step down as CEO and chairman during an investigation into a $3 million payoff to a former paralegal who said he sexually harassed her on the job. He said at that time he would continue in his role of overseeing WWE’s creative content.
McMahon did not specifically mention in Friday’s statement whether he would step down from the creative role as well. He did say, as the majority shareholder, he would continue to support WWE in any way he can.
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KAPOLEI, Hawaii, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a Bureau of Labor and Statistics, overall employment of nursing assistants and orderlies is projected to grow 8% from 2020 to 2030. In response, 'Ohana Health Plan, in partnership with the Caregiver Foundation, is offering scholarships for individuals interested in becoming a certified nurse aide (CNA).
'Ohana Health Plan donated $15,000 to provide scholarships through the Advanced Care Training School in Wahiawa, Hawaii – a state-approved training facility certified by the Department of Human Services for teaching CNA training and recertification.
"The demand for CNAs in Hawaii was already high before COVID," said Scott Sivik, Plan President and CEO, 'Ohana Health Plan. "With the public health emergency and the healthcare workforce shortages that followed, the demand is even greater. CNAs play a critical role in patient care, especially at facilities providing assisted living for our kupuna."
"I started the Caregiver Foundation in part to provide services and support to seniors and disabled adults in ways that allowed them to feel validated and respected," said Gary Powell, Executive Director, the Caregiver Foundation. "We hope our CNA scholarship program will remove the cost barrier for students who are interested in pursuing a career in caregiving but are unable to afford the tuition to obtain their training and certification."
Scholarship applicants must complete an application form, in addition to submitting a personal statement explaining:
- What motivates you to become a CNA?
- Why should you be considered for a scholarship, and how will it help you in pursuing a career in caregiving?
To apply, visit https://thecaregiverfoundation.org/cna-scholarships and submit applications to:
The Caregiver Foundation
CNA Scholarship Award Program
926 3rd St., Pearl City, HI 96782
Or by email (with attachments) to: info@thecaregiverfoundation.org
The deadline to apply is September 19, 2022. Scholarship awardees will be announced on October 1, 2022 at the Caregiver Foundation's Starlight Fancies fundraiser dinner at the Pearl Country Club.
'Ohana Health Plan provides government-sponsored managed care services to families—from keiki to kupuna—and individuals with complex medical needs primarily through Medicaid, Medicare Advantage (Wellcare), and Medicare Prescription Drug Plans (Wellcare) across the state. 'Ohana Health Plan is a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise committed to helping people live healthier lives. For more information, please visit www.ohanahealthplan.com.
The Caregiver Foundation is a Hawaii-based, non-profit organization whose mission is to provide practical and emotional support to Seniors, Disabled Adults and their Caregivers. For more information, please visit www.thecaregiverfoundation.org
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Partnership will drive further collaboration around investment sourcing and deal flow in the digital assets space and beyond
NEW YORK and NASSAU, Bahamas, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FTX Ventures, a multi-stage venture capital fund, today announced that it will acquire a 30% stake in SkyBridge Capital ("SkyBridge"), a global alternative investment firm. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
FTX Ventures' investment will provide SkyBridge additional working capital to fund growth initiatives and new product launches. Further, SkyBridge will use a portion of the proceeds to purchase $40 million in cryptocurrencies to hold on its corporate balance sheet as a long-term investment. SkyBridge remains profitable and debt-free, notwithstanding market conditions.
The deal is the latest collaboration between SkyBridge and FTX, following the multi-year partnership to sponsor global SALT conferences in North America, Asia and the Middle East, and co-present Crypto Bahamas, the leading institutional digital assets conference that launched in April 2022. The firms will expand their collaboration on venture and digital asset investing across current and future product offerings.
"Sam is a visionary who has built incredible businesses that are synergistic with the future of SkyBridge," said Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge. "Our business has continued to evolve since we founded the firm in 2005. We will remain a diversified asset management firm, while investing heavily in blockchain."
"After working with Anthony and his team following our SALT conference partnership, we saw there was an opportunity to work closer together in ways that could complement both our businesses,'' said Sam Bankman-Fried. "We look forward to collaborating closely with SkyBridge on its crypto investment activity and also working alongside them on promising non-crypto-related investments."
Anthony Scaramucci and Sam Bankman-Fried will discuss the partnership together on stage at SALT New York's opening session on Monday September 12 at 9:00 a.m. ET.
FTX Ventures is a multi-stage venture capital fund focused on supporting the world's best teams building in crypto and web3. The fund provides flexible funding and strategic support from FTX and its network of global partners.
SkyBridge Capital is a global multi-strategy alternative investment firm, with a focus on hedge funds, fintech and venture capital. https://www.skybridge.com/
FTX Ventures Media Contact
Jay Morakis
M Group Strategic Communications
ftxventures@mgroupsc.com
SkyBridge Capital Media Contact
Prosek Partners
pro-skybridge@prosek.com
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PITTSBURGH, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there should be a way to protect the vehicle dashboard while a passenger rests his feet," said an inventor, from Bakerfield, Calif., "so I invented the DASH MAT. My design could provide a more comfortable and stress-free ride."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved way to rest the feet on a vehicle's dashboard. In doing so, it ensures that the dashboard is protected against dirt and damage. It also enhances comfort and relaxation for the passenger. As a result, it could make traveling more enjoyable. The invention features a practical and eye-catching design that is easy to use, store and transport so it is ideal for vehicle owners and travelers. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Fresno sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-FMB-116, 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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The renowned bridal retailer has teamed up with Diamond Nexus to deliver heirloom-quality jewelry to the modern couple.
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- David's Bridal, the nation's leading bridal and special occasion authority and Diamond Nexus, fine jeweler and diamond simulant brand, announced today they have entered into an exclusive partnership to reimagine the wedding and special occasion space. David's Bridal and Diamond Nexus teamed up to create a comprehensive shopping journey for their customers, aligning their commitments to delivering quality and value without compromise.
The brands joined forces to celebrate the most joyful and memorable occasions in their customers' lives. This innovative partnership is rapidly rethinking every step of the shopping experience through exceptional customer service and unparalleled products at affordable price points. Because they are not mined, Diamond Nexus' products are conflict-free and environmentally superior stone alternatives, delivering affordability and quality above all. Through their patented Nexus Diamond™ alternative, the brand delivers colorless, flawless, ethically sourced jewelry for all of life's special moments.
"Our partnership with Diamond Nexus is #brilliant," said Kelly Cook, Chief Marketing & IT Officer of David's Bridal. "It is important to us that we partner with brands that our customers love, believe in, and help accomplish what is important to them. Their belief in delivering ethical-sourced, affordable, and not to mention stunning jewelry as well as their thirst for innovation runs parallel with our foundational values in service. We are thrilled to partner with Diamond Nexus to bring even more value to our customers."
"Diamond Nexus collaborating with David's Bridal is what dreams are made of," said Brittany Bozmoski, Chief Marketing Officer of Diamond Nexus. "Both brands are guided by the core belief that your budget shouldn't limit your big moments. Both brands prove that quality, luxury and style can be synonymous with savvy; and both brands LOVE going big for life's big moments."
In their new partnership, David's Bridal has stated that Diamond Nexus will have a digital and physical presence across the retailer's touchpoints as well as exclusive offers for Diamond Loyalty members, with plans to continually build out exposure for their fine jewelry partner.
As David's Bridal moves to disrupt the wedding and event planning space, they have continued to strategically expand their portfolio of branded partnerships to offer a seamless planning experience for their customers. Teaming up with Diamond Nexus is the latest addition to the bridal retailer's growing partnership portfolio. Along with The Black Tux, Betsey Johnson, Steve Madden, Sandals Resorts, HitchSwitch, Shutterfly and more, this latest collaboration with Diamond Nexus speaks to David's Bridal's continued drive to diversify its product offerings with relevant and modern options for today's couples.
With 70 years of experience dressing customers for all of life's special occasions, David's Bridal is built on the idea everyone deserves to have the attire of their dreams regardless of style preference, shape, size, or budget. We believe in: CELEBRATING all life's magical moments, INNOVATING so we are always serving her, PERSONALIZING everything so it's all done her way, DESIGNING the most luxurious dresses, and finally, KINDNESS - so she doesn't have to worry about anything. It is our mission to help anyone and everyone find the look that will allow them to be the best, most genuine version of themselves on their wedding day or any special occasion. David's Bridal is dedicated to helping each customer, with the assistance of online planning tools and resources powered by Blueprint Registry, Rustic Wedding Chic, Forever Bride, knowledgeable stylists, and expert alteration artisans who will guide them through the entire purchasing journey. With more than 300 stores located across the US, Canada, UK, and franchise locations in Mexico, we offer the convenience of one-stop shopping for every magical event in her life including weddings, Quinceañera, graduations, prom, communions, or simply making the world her runway and beyond. Additionally, David's recently launched #frontlinefierce Philanthropy Program dedicated to amplifying the heroism, fearlessness, and bravery of those who serve others in their community. To learn more about David's Bridal, visit www.DavidsBridal.com, download the Planning App, and connect on social media through Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
Diamond Nexus crafts heirloom-quality jewelry, made delightfully affordable. Our mission is empowering consumers with a better choice than mined diamonds. With that choice, Diamond Nexus customers are disrupting one of the most powerful legacy industries on Earth. Diamond Nexus jewelry is financially accessible, ethically responsible, and environmentally superior to mined diamonds. The patented Nexus Diamond ™ alternative unlocks the look of a perfect diamond without the cost, making the joy of fine jewelry within reach to more discerning customers than ever before. This is our marquee stone, a lab-created diamond simulant that most closely replicates the qualities of a flawless diamond and comes with a LIFETIME guarantee to never chip, crack or discolor or we will replace it free. Experience the Nexus Diamond alternative and reimagine what fine jewelry means (and costs). You can get more of what you love without compromising quality, style, values or budget. Shop for what you love, not just what you can afford at Diamondnexus.com. Browse over 1,000 handcrafted pieces of fine jewelry, engagement rings, and wedding bands. Connect with us on social media through Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest and Facebook. Tell us what you would do with the money you save.
Media Contact:
David's Bridal
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SYDNEY, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) established a global certificate database to help industry and regulators verify valid accredited certifications across the globe.
https://www.iafcertsearch.org/
Supporters include : https://www.iafcertsearch.org/letters-of-support
3M, AIRBUS, DUPONT, S&P Global, AT&T, Marsh, SATAIR, NUPRESS, EcoVadis, Givvable, Trust Your Supplier, CRIF, FIFO Capital, Givvable, SFDA, US DOE, UNIDO, Natural Resources Canada, IEA - International Energy Agency, IATF - International Automotive Task Force, IAQG - International Aerospace Quality Group, GATAN, Global Harmonization Working Party, Clean Energy Ministerial, Consip, Dental Trade Alliance, ISO Technical Committee, Material Exchange, Quest Forum, EFAC, ABCB, Gattorna Alignment.
IAF CertSearch, currently includes around 650,000 valid Management System certifications from over 150 economies which represent approximately 40% of Management System certifications globally.
World leading organisations have written to the IAF to encourage IAF members to support mandatory uploading of accredited certifications to the database so that it's 100% populated which will provide industry with a reliable and efficient means of verifying the validity of certifications across supply chains and borders. Strong interest has been received from companies seeking to verify ESG related certifications across the globe as they implement net zero strategies i.e. ISO 14001 Environmental Management, ISO 50,001 Energy Management.
IAF members will vote whether or not certification bodies will be required to upload all valid certifications to the database for the purpose of verification on July 4th 2022. IAF has conducted thorough market research to understand the level of interest from industry. So far over 10,000 organisations have participated in surveys indicating overwhelming support for the database to be 100% populated.
People who wish to provide feedback can participate in a 3 questions survey
https://forms.gle/xGmSi9JnxFVdhkM89
Or write letters of support to info@iafcertsearch.org
Supporter Quotes
"On behalf of 3M, I am writing to express our support for mandatory participation in the IAF's global certification database IAFCertSearch. We believe IAFCertSearch is a tool which is greatly needed for effective international and domestic commercial transactions. Whilst the database operates well, it does not include all certifications and therefore cannot be relied upon"
Ranjit Thakur, 3M
Dir, Global Disruptive Technology & Energy Management
"Global trade relies on swift exchange of digital information. Complex global supply chains are commonplace in today's world and so buyers and suppliers expect that certification bodies and accreditation bodies will work together to facilitate digital verification of accredited certification."
Crystal Sharp, DuPont
Global Quality Manager, Dupont
"To ensure that accreditation remains relevant and valuable in this modern world and to reduce technical barriers to trade, we urge you to support the proposal to make the IAF CertSearch Database a mandatory requirement for all certification bodies"
Thomas Kaiser, AIRBUS
Supply Chain & Quality Manager
"In these extraordinary times, we write to you to call for urgent actions to support essential changes to the IAF CertSearch database. "
Beth Ford , AT&T Services, Inc.
Sr. Sourcing Manager
"If IAF's global certificate database is fully populated, accurate and reliable S&P Global can use it to verify ESG related certifications and use this information to support ESG ratings produced by S&P Global ensuring that organisations are recognised for meeting such standards "
Kevin Bourne S&P Global Sustainable1
Managing Director, Head of Investment Research
"IAF's global certificate database is a tool which is greatly needed for the insurance sector; however it can only be used if it is accurate and reliable, therefore it must include all certifications globally."
Paul Johnson, Marsh
Head of Marsh Advisory, Pacific
Why is IAF CertSearch important?
· It helps to facilitate the verification of valid accredited MS certifications around the world, supporting domestic and international trade.
· It helps industry and regulators gain transparency across their global supply chains and networks, reducing risk, improving compliance and governance.
· It improves integrity, awareness, trust and value of accreditation whilst preventing fraudulent and counterfeit certificates.
With over 2,500 certification bodies and 71 IAF MLA signatory accreditation bodies globally, validation of certifications across supply chains can be difficult. The aggregation of certification data in one global database - IAFCertSearch - makes the validation process simple and efficient.
The database also helps organizations demonstrate that organizations in their supply chains meet environmental, social, and governance standards. Verifiers can create watch lists and be alerted if there is a change to the status of a certificate, creating real time information to verifiers, helping them to manage risk across their supply chain or portfolio.
About the IAF
IAF is an association of like-minded organizations dedicated to reducing risk for businesses and its customers by assuring them that accredited certificates may be relied on around the world.
"Certified once, accepted everywhere".
Contact information
info@iafcertsearch.org
Media fact sheet:
IAF Database statistics as at 6th of June 2022
- 648,716 valid accredited certifications
- 1,230 active Certification Bodies
- 70 active IAF MLA Signatory Accreditation Bodies
- Certifications from 162 economies
- Popular standards
- Key Industries: food supply, agriculture, medical, pharmaceuticals, automotive, aerospace, manufacturing
More information
About
https://www.iafcertsearch.org/about/iaf-certsearch
Letters of support
https://www.iafcertsearch.org/letters-of-support
IAF website
https://www.iaf.nu/
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Elections in Wyoming and Alaska on Tuesday could relaunch the political career of a former Republican star and effectively end the career of another — at least for now.
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is the vice chair of a U.S. House committee seeking to expose the truth behind former President Donald Trump’s relentless efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, and his role in fomenting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Cheney’s determination to prevent Trump from ever again serving in the White House has left her fighting to hold on to the House seat she has held for three terms. Trump has made Cheney’s ouster a top priority, endorsing a challenger and traveling to Wyoming to try to seal the deal.
In Alaska, Sarah Palin jumped on a vacancy in the state’s congressional delegation as a potential springboard back into elected office. A victory in Tuesday’s special election to fill the remaining months of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young’s term could send her to Washington as soon as next month.
Palin, a former Alaska governor and the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, has been out of elected office for more than a decade but is betting her insurgent brand of conservativism can make her a hit again in the age of Trumpism.
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WYOMING
Cheney’s work as vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee has won her bipartisan praise from those who see Trump as a threat to American democracy. But it has severely threatened her chances of prevailing in the Republican primary in deeply red Wyoming, where Trump notched one of his most lopsided 2020 victories, capturing 70% of the vote compared to Joe Biden’s 27%.
Set to deny Cheney a fourth term as Wyoming’s lone member of the House is Harriet Hageman, a Cheyenne ranching industry attorney who was little known outside the state before winning Trump’s endorsement last year.
Hageman finished in the middle of a five-way, 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary. She’s campaigned aggressively for Cheney’s House seat, appearing at county fairs, parades and rodeos. Making his first public political appearance in Wyoming, Trump drew a crowd of at least 10,000 to a Casper rally supporting Hageman in May.
A defeat for Cheney would cap a swift, once unthinkable political collapse in a state where her name recognition is nearly universal and her family’s political roots run deep. Her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, held the state’s House seat for 10 years until 1989.
Still, the primary comes after Republicans booted Cheney as the party’s No. 3 House leader and the Wyoming GOP censured her. Security threats have mostly prevented the congresswoman from attending public events and rallies as she campaigns.
Cheney has instead opted for private gatherings and endorsements from well-known, traditional Republicans like Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson. She also released an ad in which her father declares: “In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who was a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump.”
Cheney’s best hope is that enough Wyoming Democrats will switch parties to vote for her instead of their own party’s three candidates — none of whom stands a chance in November’s general election. Even Cheney’s close allies say she might be putting principle above success in this race.
That has fueled speculation that Cheney is hoping for something bigger, and she’s refused to rule out a 2024 presidential run.
ALASKA
Palin is on the ballot twice in Alaska: once in a special election to complete Young’s term and another for a full two-year House term starting in January.
Voters approved an elections overhaul in 2020 ending party primaries and instituting ranked voting in general elections. Endorsed by Trump, Palin finished first among 48 candidates to qualify for a special election. They were seeking to replace Young, who died in March at age 88, after 49 years as Alaska’s lone House member.
Palin is now trying to secure the win against the No. 2 and 4 finishers, Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola. The third-place vote-getter pulled out of the race after the special primary.
In a recent address to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Palin decried the new voting system, saying, “It is bizarre, it’s convoluted, it’s complicated. And it results in voter suppression.”
Tuesday’s ballot also features a House primary race and one for the U.S. Senate in which Trump’s influence may not prove decisive. Alaskans pick one candidate in each race, with the top four vote-getters advancing to the general election, regardless of party affiliation.
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski is seeking reelection to a seat she has held for nearly 20 years. She faces 18 opponents — the most prominent of which is Republican Kelly Tshibaka, who has been endorsed by Trump.
Murkowski, the state’s senior senator, is a Trump critic who voted to convict him at his impeachment trial following the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The former president has railed against Murkowski, including at a rally with Tshibaka and Palin last month in Anchorage.
The House primary, meanwhile, has 22 candidates, including Palin, Begich and Peltola.
Begich has tried to cast Palin as a quitter because she resigned as governor partway through her term in 2009. Palin has referred to Begich, nephew of former Democratic Alaska Sen. Mark Begich and grandson of former Democratic Rep. Nick Begich, as her “fellow ‘Republican’” in the race. Begich counters that he’s always been a Republican, despite coming from a family of prominent Democrats.
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Associated Press writers Mead Gruver in Cheyenne, Wyo., and Becky Bohrer in Juneau, Alaska, contributed to this report.
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The Italian place where you don’t eat ‘Italian’ food
Julia Buckley, CNN
Everyone who travels to Italy knows the drill. A day of culture and maybe a little shopping, followed by aperitivo and piles of pasta for dinner. Or, possibly a pizza — or even risotto. Because that’s what they eat in Italy, right?
The people of Lake Trasimeno would beg to differ.
The nearly 50 square mile lake — wedged into the central Italian countryside, in the region of Umbria but nudging up against Tuscany — is known for its traditional dishes which differ wildly from its neighbors.
Umbria is the only landlocked region on the Italian peninsula — and it’s known for its hearty, meat-heavy food that comes straight from the forested hills: truffles, prosciutto and sausages are among its most famous exports.
And yet here on the lake, the traditional foods eschew pasta and pizza in favor of fish. Not your everyday fish, though — instead of fancy cuts of tuna or sea bass you’ll find perch, pike and eel.
They’re often cooked in an unusual way, too. Take carpa regina in porchetta, one of the lake’s signature dishes. “Carp baked like porchetta” (herb-roasted pork) takes one of the lake’s biggest fishes, slathers it in strong herbs, and roasts it — just as is done with Italy’s classic meat, porchetta.
“I come to Trasimeno for the food — because it’s like nowhere else in Italy,” says Veronica Grechi, a B&B owner from Florence, and regular visitor to the lake.
Visitors might get a shock but the reason that these Italians don’t eat “like Italians” in our collective imagination is that Italian cuisine is hyper-local — usually varying by town.
Lake Trasimeno’s food, which can at first seem incongruous to foreign tourists, is actually what Italians call “zero kilometer” food — in other words, as local as it gets. Not only that, but there’s a reason some of the dishes can seem strange. And there’s a reason why they almost disappeared, too.
The ‘Rimini of Umbria’
Today, Lake Trasimeno is a peaceful place, square in the middle of the country, far from the madding crowds of Italy’s beach resorts.
But 50 years ago, says professor Daniele Parbuono, an anthropologist at the nearby University of Perugia, things looked very different.
The area was important during the Second World War — it was home to a military airport — and as tourism began to grow in postwar Italy, local politicians saw their chance to redevelop it.
“They wanted to transform it into ‘the Rimini of Umbria’,” he says — Rimini being one of Italy’s best known beach resorts on the Adriatic coast.
“In the 1960s and 1970s, if you came here you’d have found pine trees, pedalos, changing cabins — just like Rimini. So much so that you’d have eaten not lake fish but sea fish.
“Today, if you come to Lake Trasimeno you’ll eat [the lake’s own] fish but it wasn’t like this until a few decades ago.”
Around 20 years ago, he says, the tourism model changed.
“There’s a new knowledge of local resources, of the territory — we talk about slow food, of food and wine.”
That change in the tourism model saved the lake’s unique food heritage.
An economy powered by pike
Today, a cooperative of 70 fishermen work on the lake, says Valter Sembolini, vice president of the Cooperativa Pescatori del Trasimeno. It was founded in 1928, but times weren’t always so good.
Last year, they opened a restaurant — La Locanda dei Pescatori del Trasimeno — where fishermen themselves roll up their sleeves and cook classic dishes of the lake, alongside their partners.
“We wanted to give a [push] to the culinary traditions of Trasimeno,” says Sembolini.
“We wanted to take another step towards enhancing them, and to develop economically but sustainably, for us and the area. We couldn’t survive just by fishing.”
In the first eight months, they’ve already had 20,000 guests, who’ve come to eat dishes like pike salad, truffled carp and homemade gnocchi with smoked tench. Of course, they also serve the Trasimeno classic: carpa in porchetta.
For Mariapia Scarpocchi, whose parents opened Da Sauro restaurant 57 years ago — she now runs it with her children — carpa in porchetta is one of her signature dishes.
Carpa regina — Eurasian carp — is an “enormous fish — big in all senses, including taste,” she says. The biggest she’s ever prepared? A whopping 23 kilograms, or over 50 pounds, prepared in porchetta for a wedding.
“It’s a medieval dish,” she says. “Back then, it was thought that carp was like pork, in its looks and consistency. It’s very hard compared to other fish, and kind of bloody. So it’s covered in flour, and then has wild fennel added, plus garlic, rosemary, all the same herbs as [the real] porchetta. It’s served in chunks. If you ate it with closed eyes, you’d think it’s pork.”
Scarpocchi and her family also serve modern dishes, but for her, carpa in porchetta is “historic — it’s always been made like that, and we want to keep it going.”
Fish ‘transformed into meat’
Pork-style carp isn’t the only incongruous dish on the menu on the lake. In fact, Parbuono — who was born on the lake — says that the locals historically cooked fish like meat for a fascinating reason.
“The area around the lake was historically one of contadini [peasants, though not pejorative] and sharecroppers,” he says.
The late Perugia anthropologist Alessandro Alimenti described Trasimeno as “an island of water in a sea of land.” There were around 10,000 contadini to around 400 fishermen.
The contadini and fishermen lived wildly different lives. The former’s days were regulated, living by the hours of the sun and the seasons, while the latter had “no set hours, no conception of time — they could be going out at 3 a.m. and would be free by 10 a.m.”
That led to distrust between the communities.
“The contadini didn’t want to have anything to do with the fishermen and vice versa,” says Parbuono.
“A peasant’s biggest fear would be to marry their daughter to a fisherman, and the fisherman’s biggest fear would be the same.”
The divide between the two communities living side by side bled into their eating styles. Fish from the lake was sold in Perugia and as far as Rome, even in ancient Roman times. But those who lived lakeside were less interested.
“There wasn’t a great habit of eating fish — the diet was a base of recipes from the earth, contadino food,” says Parbuono. “They would eat rabbits, chicken, game, pork, but very little fish.”
That’s why, when they did eat fish — perhaps swapping their produce with the fishermen — they “transformed it into meat,” he says.
“They didn’t know how to cook fish, so they cooked it as if it was meat. They cooked carp as if it was pork, or roasted rabbit. They cooked perch fillets over a grill.” Brustico — a dish typical of not only Trasimeno, but also two other lakes, Chiusi and Montepulciano, which lie nearby — is “fish cooked like grilled meat,” he says.
In the postwar period as politicians sought to create a landlocked Rimini, lake fish was “neglected,” says Parbuono. It was even disappearing in people’s houses. “There was that one granny or aunt who made tegamaccio [fish stew] once a year, but it was very, very rare,” he says.
He remembers one restaurant in Chiusi, over the border in Tuscany, that served brustico and tegamaccio, and one place in Castiglione del Lago. But then, slowly, it returned to the menus.
A more conscious, sustainable tourism helped, he said — as did an Italy-wide focus on promoting hyper-local products.
How ‘rabbit food’ became gold dust
Today, Trasimeno is known not just for its food but its “fagiolina:” a small bean, grown by the Etruscans in pre-Roman times. The fagiolina has been awarded a Slow Food “presidio” — or badge of protection, awarded to products from an area that are endangered.
But as Parbuono was growing up, the beans were far from prized.
“A bean costs something like a gold nugget today, but my nonna gave them to the rabbits,” he says.
“When I suggested eating them, she told me, ‘You eat them — I’m giving them to the rabbits.'”
“There wasn’t this idea of sustainability in the 1980s,” he adds.
“Then there was political work done on [prizing] ingredients from their area, and it [Trasimeno and Umbria] recharacterized itself.”
He compares it to the highly prized saffron of Città della Pieve, about 15 minutes south of the lake: “They were forgotten products, rediscovered in the 1990s.”
Quality not quantity
Today, Lake Trasimeno has a tourism model that’s very different from Italy’s main resorts. Instead of quantity, the area goes for quality. Two of the lakeside towns — Passignano sul Trasimeno, on the north coast, and Castiglione del Lago, on the west — belong to the Borghi piu’ belli d’Italia listings of spectacular small towns. They’re joined on that list by three other towns, just off the lake: Corciano, Paciano and Panicale.
The idea is to offer a slower kind of tourism, that attracts a different, more thoughtful kind of tourist — someone who’s more likely to appreciate the food, or attend the Trasimeno Music Festival, held every July.
Angela Hewitt is one of them. A Canadian concert pianist based in London, she’s the festival’s artistic director, but bought a lakeside piece of land to build her dream retreat in 2002. “I can honestly say that I never tire of my view, and when I arrive there after my endless touring around the world, I can’t quite believe my luck,” she says.
“The lake sets the stage for breathtaking sunsets that open your heart and soul, especially in the autumn and winter months. Even in high season, the area is still peaceful and not too touristy, with marshes bordering much of the lake.”
For Hewitt, the dishes here “emphasize the taste of the ingredients without adding a lot of rich sauces.” She forages wild fennel and wild asparagus on the hill on which she lives, and cultivates olive trees, pomegranates, lemons, cherries and — that staple of carpa in porchetta — rosemary.
Her favorite dish is another lake fish cooked like meat — skewers of perch, grilled just like meat. And although she’s not an eel fan, she loves torciglione — the holiday cake made from almonds and pine nuts that’s made in the region around Christmas and New Year. Some say it’s an eel; others that it’s a snake, recalling the Etruscans who lived on the lake 2,500 years ago, and were said to have worshiped snakes.
Scarpocchi, whose restaurant dandles on the shore of Isola Maggiore, an island hovering off the north shore of the lake, says that these traditional dishes are the locals’ history. She also specializes in tegamaccio, a fish stew that was once made of leftovers that fishermen couldn’t sell, and cooked in a sauce an earthenware pot. She makes it with perch and eel, scorching the eel first, and adding lemon, to make it lighter.
She says that although some lakeside restaurants do serve sea fish, most tourists are excited to let themselves be guided by her staff towards something more local (they only serve local produce alongside their lake fish).
‘Consuming the lake’
At Da Sauro, they pair tagliolini pasta with smoked tench, and do their own lakeside version of seafood pasta — all supplied by the cooperative. Not that it’s all traditional — they also do fish and chips, using perch.
“Italy is rich in lakes, and the quality of fish is high — the ingredients are local but they’re fully Italian products,” she says of her cooking.
For Parbuono, the refocusing on the lake’s traditions has saved them, taking the number of fishermen from a handful left 20 years ago to the thriving cooperative today.
Eating the lake’s oh-so-particular food allows you to understand the place better, he says.
“If you eat eel at home, it’s an eel; on the lake, you see a cultural dimension.
“We anthropologists differentiate between nutrition and diet — nutrition is biological but diet is cultural.
“Sitting with a view of the lake at sunset, eating that eel, as the chef explains how it was made, and brings a good white while from Trasimeno — you’re not just eating the eel.
“You’re consuming the lake.”
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Peerage Capital is a leading North American business services and private investment firm. Peerage Capital is focused on partnering with exceptional, entrepreneurial management teams to form long-term investments across several strategic business services platforms including real estate services, real estate development and management, land assembly, self-storage, asset management and wealth advisory services.
A growing network of partner companies has over 7,000 sales representatives and employees across Canada and the United States with approximately US$9 billion (C$11 billion) in total assets under management (AUM) and administration. Peerage Capital focuses on service sectors where there are opportunities to achieve scale through both organic growth as well as through acquisition, operating synergies, and brand differentiation. It supports the partner firms in which it invests by providing capital as well as a team of experienced professionals who add value in such areas as strategy, finance, technology, marketing, mergers and acquisitions, and communications.
Peerage Capital believes that superior talent is the ultimate driver of long-term growth and success. It operates with a strong culture of partnership, collaboration, and alignment of interests, both economic and cultural. Peerage Capital's unique "Professional Partnership" model has been refined over 42 years to accelerate growth through value-added services that enhance the sustainable, profitable growth rate of the organization, maximizing value for all stakeholders. www.peeragecapital.com
The Lutgert Companies have been a prominent developer for over 50 years. Known for innovative designs and an unwavering commitment to excellence, their extensive portfolio includes luxury residential and commercial projects from Florida to North Carolina.
Beginning with its landmark development of Naples' Park Shore in the 1960s, the company has produced diverse and progressive residential offerings — from luxurious high-rise towers, golf course communities, and estate properties to today's award-winning coastal contemporary homes. Its latest Florida development, Surfsedge, is a new luxury community in Vero Beach.
The company's rich history is also rooted in North Carolina, where it developed Linville Ridge, a private, gated golf course community in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Established in 1978, The Ridge continues to offer new custom homes. The firm is also expanding its footprint in Charlotte with The Regent at Eastover, a private enclave of luxury residences.
In addition to its residential projects, The Lutgert Companies' commercial properties have defined Southwest Florida's landscape. Notable builds include The Village on Venetian Bay, The Promenade at Bonita Bay, the distinctive Northern Trust Building, and Mercato, an upscale, pedestrian-friendly urban hub with residential over retail design. Its newest building, the Lutgert Professional Center, brings a clean, contemporary design to Naples.
While widely known as a luxury developer and builder, the company also maintains a reputation for philanthropic leadership, sound stewardship and community commitment. The Lutgert Companies contribute resources to numerous charities in the region covering a range of needs: healthcare, the underprivileged, arts and education. www.lutgert.com
Sotheby's International Realty® was founded in 1976 as a real estate service for discerning clients of Sotheby's auction house. Today, the company's global footprint spans nearly 1,000 offices located in 79 countries and territories worldwide, including 45 company-owned brokerage offices in key metropolitan and resort markets. In February 2004, Realogy entered a long-term strategic alliance with Sotheby's, the operator of the auction house. The agreement provided for the licensing of the Sotheby's International Realty® name and the development of a franchise system. The franchise system is comprised of an affiliate network, where each office is independently owned and operated. Sotheby's International Realty® supports its affiliates and agents with a host of operational, marketing, recruiting, educational and business development resources. Affiliates and agents also benefit from an association with the venerable Sotheby's auction house, established in 1744.
The affiliate network is operated by Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC, and the company owned brokerages are operated by Sotheby's International Realty®, Inc. Both entities are subsidiaries of Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY) a global leader in real estate franchising and provider of real estate brokerage, relocation, and settlement services. Both Sotheby's International Realty Affiliates LLC and Sotheby's International Realty®, Inc. fully support the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. www.sothebysrealty.com
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MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elite Education Group International Limited (Nasdaq: EEIQ), (the "Company" or "Elite Education Group International"), a provider of comprehensive education solutions for domestic and international students interested in college and university programs in the US, Canada and the UK, today announced that it signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") statement of intent with PSB Academy ("PSB") of Singapore.
The purpose of the MOU is to develop partnership programs between Davis College and PSB such as credit transfer programs, undergraduate and postgraduate degree pathway programs and additional programs of mutual interest. The MOU is non-binding and any future cooperation is subject to the availability of funds and the approval by the parties of definitive agreements.
The MOU with PSB is an essential element of the Company's growth strategy which is to create a more international academic environment by developing cross-border educational collaborations to diversify its student base and enhance its academic programs. Elite Education Group International is intent to have its operated colleges, Davis College and EduGlobal College, become increasingly involved with international cultures in order to offer enhanced globalized learning to its students as well as pathways programs to achieve University degrees.
With today's announcement, Davis College is continuing its mission to pursue cross-border education partnerships with international schools to improve the quality of its academic programming, offer students a more global learning experience and to internationalize its student base. A vital component of Elite Education Group International's growth plan is to build cross-border relationships and make strategic acquisitions around the globe to establish Elite Education Group International as a truly international service provider of higher learning.
Diane Brunner, President of Davis College, commented, "With our third potential international collaboration in recent months, we are continuing to develop relationships with colleges around the world to create an enriched academic experience at Davis College. We believe that the broadened internationalization at Davis College will create academic synergies and create an intercultural educational experience that will better prepare our students for the global economy."
PSB Academy is a private educational institution that offers certificates, diplomas, bachelor's and master's degree programs in Singapore. PSB offers degree programs via its schools in business and management, engineering and technology and life and physical sciences, among others. An integral part of the school's mission for its diverse community of students is to provide a teaching, learning and networking environment that will enable them to be active innovators and contributors to society. For more information, please visit https://www.psb-academy.edu.sg/.
Elite Education Group International Limited ("Elite Education" or the "Company"), through its subsidiaries Quest Holding International LLC and Highrim Holding International Limited, provides comprehensive education solutions for domestic and international students interested in university and college degree programs in the US, Canada and the UK. The Company recently acquired 80% of the equity of EduGlobal College, based in British Columbia, Canada, which focuses on English proficiency educational programming for students pursuing academic degrees. The Company also recently acquired the right to a controlling equity ownership position in Davis College, a career training college located in Toledo, Ohio. In addition, the Company has a recruiting relationship with the regional campuses of Miami University located in Oxford, Ohio ("the MU Regional Campuses"), where it maintains residential facilities, a full-service cafeteria, recreational facilities, shuttle buses and an office for the regional campuses that provides study abroad and post-study services for its students; these facilities are not owned, maintained, operated or are a part of Miami University. The Company also acts as a recruiting agent for the University of the West of Scotland (through The Education Group (London) Ltd) and Coventry University, both of which are located in the United Kingdom. For more information, please visit www.eei-global.net.
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Woman dies rock climbing when rock suddenly breaks
ASPEN, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) – A woman in Colorado fell to her death Saturday morning while rock climbing at Capitol Peak, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.
A witness called 911 around 8 a.m. after seeing the woman fall into Pierre Lakes Basin when a rock she was trying to grab gave way.
Authorities said the witness was able to provide Mountain Rescue Aspen officials with the exact location of the woman’s body.
The rescue volunteers hiked up to the woman’s body and prepared it for extraction from the field.
According to the sheriff’s office, she was flown out of the basin around 2:45 p.m. and turned over to the Pitkin County Coroner for further investigation.
Capitol Peak is a mountain with an elevation of 14,137 feet and is considered to be one of Colorado’s most difficult mountains to climb.
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Texoma woman celebrates life on National Cancer Survivors Day
DENISON, Texas (KXII) - Until a night in December of 2014, life was perfectly normal for mother and grandmother Tracy Burns.
“I didn’t have any indication that I was sick, or anything was going on, and then in the middle of the night, I just started having these stomach pains,” said Burns.
She was diagnosed with stage 2 Follicular Non-Hodgkin lymphoma...
“It was difficult, you know you always think it’s going to happen to somebody else, and then when it happens to you, you’re like ‘whoah,’” said Burns.
Burns did six months of chemo, and after remission, she continued with 18 more months of maintenance chemo, until a routine pet scan in 2019 showed her cancer had returned to her spine at stage three.
“Which was a really wild journey,” said Burns. “I mean, it took a long time. It was rough.”
She went through more chemo and a stem cell transplant.
She’s in remission now but explained there’s no guarantee that cancer won’t come back.
“The first time, I was like, it seems like it’s a death sentence, but it’s not,” said Burns. “So I like to be able to be there to encourage others that face that.”
On National Cancer Survivors Day, she’s one of the more than 16.9 million American cancer survivors celebrating life.
“I don’t want recognition, but it’s kind of nice just to have a day to be able to share my story and to give other people hope,” said Burns.
And in the face of a life-changing diagnosis, she’s reminding others that the little things go the furthest.
“If you know anybody that has cancer, just be there to encourage them because that is huge,” said Burns. “I couldn’t have done it without God and my support group.”
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Girl Scout and avid reader. A trombone player who loved movies and basketball. A straight-A student who loved Irish dance and was looking forward to a trip to Ireland.
Jurors in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz heard tearful statements Wednesday from three families whose children were among the 17 he murdered at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018. It was the third straight day of such testimony — but it didn’t make it any easier to hear as once again jurors, spectators and even Cruz’s lawyers wiped away tears.
Fourteen families have now given statements, with the final three set for Thursday after the jury tours the three-story classroom building where the massacre took place.
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to the murders; the trial, in its third week, is only to decide if he will be sentenced to death or life without parole.
Tony and Gina Montalto told the seven-man, five-woman jury and 10 alternates how their daughter Gina had saved a toddler from drowning when she was 10, and described the turtle figurine the child’s grateful mother gave her. It still decorates her now unused room.
Gina, who was 14 when she died, had an infectious personality, they said, and was an avid reader.
“She once told me she wanted to live in a library,” her mother said. The children’s wing at the Parkland library is now named for her.
Her father, wearing the same suit he wore to their last father-daughter dance, said her death has driven a wedge between him and his wife and left her younger brother angry.
“Gina was our best girl and Anthony our best boy,’’ he said. “My son struggles to make sense of Gina’s death at her school.”
They used to play together “filling our house with laughter,” he said. “Now there is deafening silence.”
Max Schachter spoke of his son, Alex, who was a dedicated trombone player in the school band. The 14-year-old also loved movies and played guard on a basketball team.
“Our family is broken. There is a constant emptiness,” his father said, adding that there is a part of him that will “always be sad and miserable.”
He said the family is haunted by the fact that they will never know whether Alex would have gone to his dream school, the University of Connecticut, or stayed closer to home.
“It’s an ache that is just constant,” he said. “I wish every single day that this was a nightmare that I could wake up from.”
He said that at 5 a.m. on the day of Alex’s funeral, he and Alex’s older brother, Ryan, were struggling to finish his eulogy when Ryan suggested looking in Alex’s bedroom trash can. There they found a poem titled “Life is like a Roller-coaster,” which Alex had written for his English class. Ryan read it for the jury.
Isabel Dalu, a friend who spoke on behalf of the family of shooting victim Cara Loughran, said Cara always reminded her of a “porcelain doll.” She made straight A’s, loved the beach and to surf. She also was looking forward to a vacation in Ireland the family had planned for the summer of 2018, Dalu said.
“Losing Cara has left a crushing absence in their lives,” Dalu said.
Dalu’s daughter was Cara’s “first friend and the big sister she didn’t have,” she said. The two loved Irish dancing, and Cara was looking forward to performing at the St. Patrick’s Day festival, she said.
Dalu said her own daughter still does Irish dance “to continue Cara’s legacy.” | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/parkland-jurors-hear-3rd-day-of-heartbreaking-testimony/ | 2022-08-03T21:59:11Z |
New eConsent moves from early adopter to general availability, unifying with IRT technology to help patients and practitioners more seamlessly navigate the demands of complex clinical trials
PHILADELPHIA, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Suvoda LLC, a global clinical trial technology company that specializes in complex studies in therapeutic areas such as oncology, central nervous system (CNS), and rare disease, today announced the broad availability of eConsent as part of its unified platform, providing a simplified solution that gives clinical trial teams more electronic control over the consent process. This offering will enable remote monitoring and the ability to track consents, screening, and randomization data in one place — increasing real-time visibility, ease of use, and efficiency, all while decreasing regulatory risk and alleviating the burden of re-consenting throughout the clinical trial journey.
Phase III trials — especially for life-saving therapies — can last years with numerous changes to treatment over the course of the trial. Currently, these trials have the highest protocol deviations. According to the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development January/February 2022 Impact Report, protocols with three or more amendments add an average of three weeks to a treatment's planned duration, resulting in an increased burden for study teams and a higher risk of mistakes. Suvoda has designed an easily adoptable solution that makes it simple to collect and store consent documents electronically — providing real-time visibility and remote monitoring that both minimizes potential problems with re-consenting that may appear down the road as well as inspection findings related to the overall informed consent process.
"Informed consent is a continuous process that must be repeated throughout a patient's clinical trial journey, and no company is exempt from the possibility of lost data and time that re-consenting can bring," said Jagath Wanninayke, CEO of Suvoda. "By listening to customers and patients throughout the early adopter phase, we have designed an eConsent solution that anticipates these challenges before they arise, while also simplifying the consent management with minimal or no changes to existing processes – both at the sponsor and the site."
Despite the growing virtualization of clinical trials, some countries still do not allow e-signatures. However, Suvoda eConsent offers a wide range of flexibility to accommodate variances in regulations by country, consent types, consent methods, and device requirements — creating a clear consent process that keeps trials moving.
The Value of a Unified Platform
eConsent is one of three unified offerings on Suvoda's platform that helps manage time-sensitive, mission-critical moments in life-sustaining trials for patients, sites, and sponsors. By uniting eConsent and IRT technology on a single platform, sponsors can share trial details with patients in an interactive manner, while increasing patient enrollment, compliance, and retention.
eConsent and IRT support remote monitoring by allowing clinical research associates to review data in reports through the portal instead of having to go on-site. Teams will be able to maintain real-time visibility of each patient's consent status across study sites and track other key consent metrics alongside those tracked in IRT (e.g. consent, screening, randomization, dosing, visit schedule, re-consenting). This unified platform allows teams to ensure consented patients are assigned to the correct clinical trial protocol, and will help automate decisions by ensuring patients are re-consented before moving to their next step in the trial. This automated control, combined with remote monitoring, helps to safeguard quality and compliance.
In addition to eConsent and IRT, Suvoda offers eCOA, expected to be broadly available by the beginning of 2023. eCOA makes it easier for patients to report critical outcome data, making Suvoda's seamless platform even stronger and better able to support the entire patient clinical trial journey.
About Suvoda
Suvoda is a global clinical trial technology company that specializes in complex, life-sustaining studies in therapeutic areas like oncology, central nervous system (CNS), and rare disease. Founded in 2013 by experts in eClinical technologies, Suvoda empowers clinical trial professionals to manage the most urgent moments in the most urgent trials through advanced software solutions delivered on a single platform. Headquartered outside Philadelphia, Suvoda also maintains offices in Portland, OR, Barcelona, Spain, Bucharest, Romania, and Tokyo, Japan. The company consistently boasts a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of close to 70, far exceeding the technology industry average of 50, and has been selected by trial sponsors and CROs to support more than 1000 trials across 65 countries. To learn more, visit suvoda.com. Follow Suvoda on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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FILMS: EDITION Introduces Tampa
The Urban Renaissance
The Wellness Pioneer
The Progressive Scene
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unlike other 24-hour gateway cities, Tampa has always flown very quietly and confidently under the radar. Its understated and simple approach to life resulting in an authenticity and realness that its residents proudly say distinguishes it from all other great cities. But, with a growing reputation as a culinary hotspot, world-class shopping, a collection of great museums, a very progressive nightlife scene, and unparalleled sports teams including recent Stanley Cup and Super Bowl champions, Tampa's time has come, alongside a paradigm-shifting transformative masterwork that will change the very heartbeat of the city and move its center to a new place.
Cementing the city's coming of age and its position as a gateway to southern Florida, is the unveiling of Water Street Tampa, an astonishing $3.5 billion urban mixed use development expansion project led by Strategic Property Partners, a partnership between Cascade Investment LLC and Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik.
A truly pioneering and visionary venture that has set a standard for the future of cities around the world, Water Street Tampa has not just revitalized the destination, it has cleverly shifted its focal point and transformed the way Tampa lives, works, and breathes.
The arrival of The Tampa EDITION further boosts the city's rise and cements the EDITION brand's knack for landing in the right place at the right time. The jewel in the crown of Water Street Tampa, the five-star hotel and residences have been masterminded and created by Ian Schrager, in collaboration with Marriott International.
"Not often have I had the opportunity to work on a project that will completely transform the very center and heartbeat of a great city like Tampa, and make it even greater," said Ian Schrager, the visionary pioneer of the boutique hotel concept and the EDITION creator. "I call it urban expansion, rather than urban renewal, and it serves as a model for how cities will transform and evolve the future. The scale of it is mind-boggling and we're very happy to be right here and a part of it."
Reminiscent of Stockholm and other very livable European and Scandinavian harbor cities that combine the best of a metropolitan city with living by the sea and being close to water, when complete, the Water Street Tampa neighborhood will double the footprint of downtown Tampa. Unfolding over 9 million square feet, the neighborhood is built around wellness, connectivity, walkability, and sustainability, placing its residents in the heart of a balanced urban experience, and offering sparkling waterfront views, publicly accessible green space, first-rate dining and shopping, cultural attractions, entertainment venues, residences, and offices.
Schrager continues: "Water Street Tampa includes new hotels, retail, dining, workplace, and residential offerings at a scale that has the potential to make Tampa a 24-hour international gateway city for all of central and southern Florida, one of the fastest growing states in the country!"
At the heart of this transformative project, The Tampa EDITION sets a new standard as the city's first five-star experience, revealing an unparalleled level of sophistication, originality, and design alongside the personal, intimate, and individual experience that the EDITION brand is known for.
Designed, concepted, and programmed by ISC Design Studio, in partnership with Morris Adjmi Architects, Nichols Architects, Bonetti Kozerski Architects, and Roman and Williams, the hotel remains firmly rooted in the EDITION brand's strong sense of refined simplicity and style. Spread over 26 stories, there are 172 rooms and 38 private residences, a rooftop terrace with a pool, expansive spa and wellness facility, fitness center, and seven bars and restaurants including a signature offering from Michelin-starred chef John Fraser.
The hotel seamlessly blends the energy of a major metropolitan city with a warm-weather resort sensibility. "The design is simple and pure. There isn't anything superfluous or gratuitous, nor a wasted gesture," says Schrager.
From the outside, The Tampa EDITION is a striking addition to the Water Street Tampa neighborhood, its combination of industrial elements, art deco-inspired curves and lush greenery seamlessly blending into the neighborhood's organic, wellness-focused ethos. Defined by a vertical tower which houses the residences, with wrap-around balconies that update the traditional idea of a Florida room, an outdoor garden in the sky, the building is anchored by the lower nine floors, which comprises the hotel's guest rooms and public spaces.
Accessible from Channelside Drive, the hotel's main entrance, with its softly curved bougainvillea-covered canopy, leads to a dynamic open-flow lobby with soaring 20-foot-high ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows that shed natural light onto the elegant interiors anchored by a dramatic white marble sculptural staircase. Here, a mixture of open-pore travertine, walnut wood and a jungle of live greenery comes together in the Lobby Bar to create a warm, natural backdrop for striking features such as a large-scale stainless-steel Anish Kapoor-inspired lilac orb art piece, a custom-designed travertine pool table, and intimately grouped furniture – from Christian Liaigre reading lights to Jean-Michel Frank-style chairs – that sit atop champagne-colored rugs. The Lobby Bar will feature elevated classic cocktails with a Mediterranean twist, along with shareable small plates.
Flanking this space is a scalloped American Black Walnut bar, with cognac leather stools, which then flows into Lilac, the signature fine dining Mediterranean restaurant helmed by Michelin-starred chef and California native, John Fraser. Open from Tuesday to Saturday, the dining room's walnut flooring and the warm glow from the pendant globes create an elevated, convivial space focused around an eight-seat Christian Liaigre chef's counter in sandblasted walnut and a lively open kitchen. Taking its cues from Fraser's Greek heritage, the cuisine at Lilac highlights locally sourced and seasonal ingredients showcasing unique flavors and techniques through an Eastern Mediterranean lens. Guests receive a prix fixe menu, beginning with hors d'oeuvres to share followed by three courses of their choice. Signature dishes include locally sourced Grouper cooked in a cataplana, Short Rib cooked on a rotisserie, and Herbed Pasta with a soft egg and sherry-braised chanterelle mushrooms. "It is always an honor to collaborate with the EDITION. We share a similar culture and are both keen on offering modern luxury and high quality. Ian Schrager is a genius at providing the stage and setting the spirit and tone. We are grateful to him and the hotel's ownership for continuously investing in the best. Through great hospitality, architecture, and design, we strive for our guests to feel as if they have arrived at a sanctuary where they never have to leave. We look forward to being a part of Ian's vision through our food and beverage offerings – with something for everyone during all parts of the day," says Fraser.
Schrager continues: "John Fraser has created signature restaurants for us at The West Hollywood EDITION and The Times Square EDITION – both of which are amazingly successful. Recognized as one of the best chefs in the world, his health and wellbeing-focused cooking style is appropriate, not just for Florida's climate, but it also fits into Water Street's wellness principles. This is a great opportunity to bring a world class, internationally recognized, Michelin star chef to Tampa."
Fraser is also behind the concepts of the hotel's other food and beverage outlets, including Market at EDITION. Located on the opposite side of the lobby to Lilac, Market at EDITION makes the most of its streetside corner spot, with a private garden oasis perfect for alfresco dining on Water Street that flows seamlessly into the interior of the restaurant. Here, the bright and airy all-day dining space features a scalloped white oak and Calcutta marble coffee and pastry bar, which sits adjacent to a casual, convivial dining space. Market at EDITION's menu has an Italian trattoria flair, with fresh pizzas emerging from the open hatch behind the zinc bar, alongside light, healthy, casual, and ingredient-driven classics.
Unfolding like a four-act theatrical piece, the hotel comprises a series of spaces and experiences each adding up to a total more than the sum of its individual parts. The second floor – accessed via the sculptural staircase – introduces a variety of dramatic and distinctive spaces that work together or separately. Evoking old Hollywood glamour, Punch Room, is a cozy, muted space accented with rich jewel-toned shades of emerald and sapphire. Handsome walnut wall paneling creates a European gentleman's club-like feel that is enhanced by Pierre Chareau alabaster wall sconces, a flickering double-sided fireplace, bright-blue George Smith furniture, Rojo Alicante marble tables and a cognac marble bar backed by a softly lit smoky antique mirror. Ideal for a sedate pre-dinner cocktail or a conversational nightcap, the venue's unique cocktail menu focuses on the West Indies, highlighting aged spirits, spices, teas, and tropical fruits in drinks such as The Black Pearl and The Tampa Punch, alongside elevated bar snacks.
Arts Club combines a trio of spaces that come together in a glamorous offering that has elevated Tampa's entertainment scene. Start your evening in the Lounge, with a cocktail and some light bites against a seductive backdrop of ebonized wood, black damask velvet sofas, black leather banquettes and – just for fun – a specially commissioned photobooth in black lacquer with a gold interior. From there, the Verde Antico marble bar noir, with its luminescent yellow velvet stools in the bar area, is the perfect precursor before an evening of entertainment in the finale, Arts Club Cabaret. Featuring an organic undulating ceiling of 350 mirrored balls of various sizes and theatrical ruby red velvet drapery, this Radio City Music Hall-inspired space will play host to a roster of entertainers with spectacular effects.
Also on the second floor and the mezzanine level above, is the 250-guest private event space and a series of meeting rooms – including two studios and a boardroom – which all come complete with top technology, including electronically controlled black-out blinds and light filtering window treatments, retractable walls to accommodate events of all sizes, and a thoughtful interior design scheme of white oak and travertine details, resulting in a bright, modern and airy offering.
The design of the wellness facility, also on level two, is just as fresh. The reception area – with its curved white oak and marble-topped desk and gold leaf accent wall behind – is flanked on either side by arches, which lead to an all-white co-ed relaxation area and six treatment rooms. The spa's concept is inspired by wellness and sustainability and offers a menu of treatments from Biologique Recherche Skinlab facials to the EDITION Signature Massage.
In a first for Tampa, and unlike anything the city has seen before, The Rooftop is the place to see and be seen, and truly has it all. Located on level nine, just below the residences, the area comprises Azure at EDITION – a restaurant overseen by chef John Fraser – and a sprawling pool club with cabanas for day and night, open to hotel guests and residences only, and accessible either via the restaurant, or its own entrance. Here, swathes of travertine create a neutral backdrop for a trimming of lush landscaping including Japanese blueberry trees and bright pops of purple bougainvillea, which sit atop the five poolside cabanas materializing an outdoor garden in the sky. With 81 sun loungers, resident DJs and a bar, the vibe here is decadent and relaxed – the perfect spot to while away a sunny day against Tampa city views.
Open to the public, Azure at EDITION serves a fresh Mediterranean-flecked menu of dishes such as Santorini Tomato Fritters, in an elevated setting anchored by a large white oak and marble racetrack bar and lined with intimate and private banquettes, upholstered in white leather and linen, separated by slatted bleached oak screens.
Finally, sandwiched between the second level and the ninth floor Rooftop, are the 172 guestrooms and suites. Each room is an understated haven with marble bathrooms and a curved American Black Walnut entrance that leads to a light white oak space embellished with photography by the late New York-based fashion and portrait photographer, Rodney Smith, and custom Jean-Michel Frank-inspired furniture alongside the sensuous curves of a white lacquer Cherner Chair. There are five Garden Terrace rooms on the third floor, the one-bedroom Penthouse – with a media room, open-plan living and dining room, pantry and expansive walk-in wardrobe and bathroom – is on a light-filled corner of the eighth floor, while each guestroom either looks out onto the city, or has views of the boat-filled Garrison Channel.
The spotlight is shining brightly on Tampa and, along with its legendary service, The Tampa EDITION is setting a new standard of luxury in a city with an ambitious future. "Tampa is a city that's really coming into its own," said Schrager. "It's got a good quality of life and a great food scene. It's a city in the sun, but it's not a vacation-only spot, it's a real living breathing city and that's what I think is so special about it."
The Tampa EDITION will open in preview from September 20, 2022, with a global launch slated for October 2022.
The Tampa EDITION
500 Channelside Drive
Tampa, FL 33602
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ABOUT EDITION HOTELS
EDITION Hotels is an unexpected and refreshing collection of individualized, customized, one-of-a-kind hotels which redefines the codes of traditional luxury. Displaying the best of dining and entertainment, services, and amenities "all under one roof," each EDITION property is completely unique, reflecting the best of the cultural and social milieu of its location and of the time.
Conceived in collaboration by Ian Schrager and Marriott International, EDITION combines both the personal and intimate experience that Ian Schrager is known for, with the global reach, operational expertise, and scale of Marriott. The authenticity and originality that Ian Schrager brings to this brand coupled with the global reach of Marriott International results in a truly distinct product sets itself apart from anything else currently in the marketplace.
Each hotel, with its individuality, authenticity, originality, and unique ethos, reflects the current spirit and zeitgeist of its location. Although all the hotels look completely different from each other, the brand's unifying aesthetic is in its approach and attitude to the modern lifestyle rather than its appearance. EDITION is about an attitude and the way it makes you feel rather than the way it looks. Sophisticated public spaces, finishes, design, and details serve the experience, not drive it. For an underserved market of affluent, culturally savvy, and service-savvy guests, the EDITION experience and lifestyle explores the unprecedented intersection and the perfect balance between taste-making design and innovation and consistent, excellent service on a global scale.
EDITION currently operates 14 hotels globally: New York and Times Square New York, London, Miami Beach, West Hollywood, Barcelona, Bodrum, Shanghai, Sanya, China, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Tokyo Toranomon, Reykjavik, and Madrid.
ABOUT IAN SCHRAGER COMPANY
After leaving Morgans Hotel Group in 2005, the company he founded and created, Ian Schrager developed his namesake, Ian Schrager Company. This company owns, develops, manages and brands hotels, residential and mixed-use projects. Since then, he has transformed the fabled Gramercy Park Hotel in New York City, created two groundbreaking residential properties, 40 Bond and 50 Gramercy Park North, successfully launched his new brand, PUBLIC Hotels, and is currently working on multiple hotels in New York City and two luxury residential projects; 215 Chrystie and 160 Leroy also in New York City. In addition, Schrager in partnership with Marriott International created EDITION Hotels, a luxury lifestyle brand with properties in London, Miami New York City, Los Angeles, Bodrum, Shanghai, Tokyo, Reykjavik, and Barcelona and more in development around the world.
Schrager's brand, PUBLIC, is a new genre of hotel offering great value, great service and great style that sets a new industry standard. He has taken the best from the luxury set, the best from the boutique/lifestyle set and the best from select service and created a new breed of hotel where everything has been rethought and every original idea updated. The brand is defined by the unique experience it creates rather than by a business classification or price.
EDITION Hotels, Ian Schrager's partnership with Marriott International, marks the next chapter in the lifestyle hotel story. This brand combines the personal, intimate, individualized, and unique lodging experience that Ian Schrager is known for with the global reach, operational expertise, and scale of Marriott. This delicate balancing act encompasses not only great design and true innovation but also personal, friendly, modern service and outstanding, one-of-a-kind food, beverage, and entertainment offerings... all "under one roof".
"Together Marriott and I have a new vision and plan to radically rethink and catapult the boutique/lifestyle category hotel into the present by capturing the spirit of the times," says Schrager.
Ian Schrager's groundbreaking concepts have changed the business and set industry standards that continue to be imitated throughout the world.
ABOUT STRATEGIC PROPERTY PARTNERS
Strategic Property Partners, LLC ("SPP") is a full-service real estate developer, owner and operator focused on world-class execution, innovation and creating high-quality experiential places. SPP's first project, Water Street Tampa, is being developed on 56 acres of contiguous land the company owns in downtown Tampa along the waterfront. The phased Water Street Tampa development project commenced vertical construction in 2018 and is revitalizing the downtown Tampa core into an urban, mixed-use waterfront district consisting of approximately nine million square feet of new commercial, residential, hospitality, cultural, entertainment, educational and retail uses, totaling over $3.5 billion in private investment from SPP. The company is owned and capitalized through a partnership between Cascade Investment LLC, and Jeff Vinik. For more information on Water Street Tampa, visit www.waterstreettampa.com.
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Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps
(AP) - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops moved cautiously to retake territory north of the country’s capital on Saturday, using cables to pull the bodies of civilians off the streets in one town out of fear that Russian forces might have booby-trapped them before leaving.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in his nightly video address hours earlier that departing Russian troops were creating a “catastrophic” situation for civilians by leaving mines around homes, abandoned equipment and “even the bodies of those killed.” His claims could not be independently verified.
Associated Press journalists in Bucha, a suburb northwest of Kyiv, watched Saturday as Ukrainian soldiers backed by a column of tanks and other armored vehicles used cables to drag bodies off of a street from a distance, fearing they might have been rigged to explode. Locals said the dead — the AP counted at least six — were civilians who were killed by departing Russian soldiers without provocation.
“Those people were just walking and they shot them without any reason. Bang,” said a Bucha resident who declined to give his name citing safety reasons. “In the next neighborhood, Stekolka, it was even worse. They would shoot without asking any question.”
Ukraine and its Western allies reported mounting evidence of Russia withdrawing its forces from around Kyiv and building its troop strength in eastern Ukraine.
The visible shift did not mean the country faced a reprieve from more than five weeks of war or that the more than 4 million refugees who have fled Ukraine will return soon. Zelenskyy said he expects departed towns to endure missile strikes and rocket strikes from afar and for the battle in the east to be intense.
“It’s still not possible to return to normal life, as it used to be, even at the territories that we are taking back after the fighting,” the president said.
Moscow’s focus on eastern Ukraine also kept the besieged southeastern city of Mariupol in the crosshairs. The port city on the Sea of Azov is located in the mostly Russian-speaking Donbas region, where Russia-backed separatists have fought Ukrainian troops for eight years. Military analysts think Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to capture the region after his forces failed to secure Kyiv and other major cities.
The International Committee of the Red Cross planned to try Saturday to get into Mariupol to evacuate residents after canceling the operation Friday when it did not receive assurances the route was safe. City authorities said the Russians blocked access to the city. There was no word as of late Saturday whether the Red Cross managed to reach Mariupol.
An adviser to Zelenskyy, Oleksiy Arestovych, said in an interview with Russian lawyer and activist Mark Feygin that Russia and Ukraine had reached an agreement to allow 45 buses to drive to Mariupol to evacuate residents “in coming days.”
The Mariupol city council said earlier Saturday that 10 empty buses were headed to Berdyansk, a city 84 kilometers (52.2 miles) west of Mariupol, to pick up people who managed to get there on their own. About 2,000 made it out of Mariupol on Friday, some on buses and some in their own vehicles, city officials said.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, Iryna Vereshchuk, said 765 Mariupol residents on Saturday used private vehicles to reach Zaporizhzhia, a city still under Ukrainian control that has served as the destination for other planned evacuations.
Among those escaping the city was Tamila Mazurenko, who said she fled Mariupol on Monday, made it to Berdyansk that night then took a bus to Zaporizhzhia. Mazurenko said she waited for a bus until Friday, spending one night sleeping in a field.
“I have only one question: Why?” she said of her city’s ordeal. “We only lived as normal people. And our normal life was destroyed. And we lost everything. I don’t have any job, I can’t find my son.”
Mariupol, which has been surrounded by Russian forces for more than a month, has suffered some of the war’s worst attacks, including on a maternity hospital and a theater that was sheltering civilians. Around 100,000 people are believed to remain in the city, down from a prewar population of 430,000, and they are facing dire shortages of water, food, fuel and medicine.
The city’s capture would give Moscow an unbroken land bridge from Russia to Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014. But its resistance has also has taken on symbolic significance during Russia’s invasion, said Volodymyr Fesenko, head of the Ukrainian think-tank Penta.
“Mariupol has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance, and without its conquest, Putin cannot sit down at the negotiating table,” Fesenko said.
About 500 refugees from eastern Ukraine, including 99 children and 12 people with disabilities, arrived in the Russian city of Kazan by train overnight. Asked if he saw a chance to return home, Mariupol resident Artur Kirillov answered, “That’s unlikely, there is no city anymore.”
In towns and cities surrounding Kyiv, signs of fierce fighting were everywhere in the wake of the Russian redeployment. Destroyed armored vehicles from both armies are left in streets and fields along with scattered military gear.
Ukrainian troops were stationed at the entrance to Antonov Airport in suburb of Hostomel, demonstrating control of the runway that Russia tried to storm in the first days of the war.
Inside the compound, the Mriya, one of the biggest planes ever built, lay wrecked underneath a hangar pock-marked with holes from the February Russian attack.
“The Russians couldn’t make one like it so they destroyed it,” said Oleksandr Merkushev, mayor of the Kyiv suburb of Irpin.
Irpin has seen some of the fiercest battles of the war, and Merkushev said the Russian troops “left behind them many bodies, many destroyed buildings and they mined many places.”
A prominent Ukrainian photojournalist who went missing last month in a combat zone near the capital was found dead Friday in the Huta Mezhyhirska village north of Kyiv, the country’s prosecutor general’s office announced. Maks Levin, 40, worked as a photojournalist and videographer for many Ukrainian and international publications.
The prosecutor general’s office attributed his death to two gunshots allegedly fired by the Russian military, and it said an investigation was underway.
Elsewhere, at least three Russian ballistic missiles were fired late Friday at the Odesa region on the Black Sea, regional leader Maksim Marchenko said. The Ukrainian military said the Iskander missiles did not hit the critical infrastructure they targeted in Odesa, Ukraine’s largest port and the headquarters of its navy.
Ukraine’s state nuclear agency reported a series of blasts Saturday that injured four people in Enerhodar, a city in southeastern Ukraine that has been under Russian control since early March along with the nearby Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman said on Telegram that the four were badly burned when Russian troops fired light and noise grenades and mortars at a pro-Ukraine demonstration.
The head of Ukraine’s delegation in talks with Russia said Moscow’s negotiators informally agreed to most of a draft proposal discussed during face-to-face talks in Istanbul this week, but no written confirmation has been provided. However, Davyd Arakhamia said on Ukrainian TV that he hopes that draft is developed enough so that the two countries’ presidents can meet to discuss it.
On Friday, the Kremlin accused Ukraine of launching a helicopter attack on a fuel depot on Russian soil.
Ukraine denied responsibility for the fiery blast at the civilian oil storage facility on the outskirts of the city of Belgorod, about 25 kilometers (16 miles) from the Ukraine border. If Moscow’s claim is confirmed, it would be the war’s first known attack in which Ukrainian aircraft penetrated Russian airspace.
Karmanau reported from Lviv, Ukraine. Andrea Rosa in Irpin, Ukraine, and Associated Press journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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Latest NOM release features enhancements to troubleshooting, reporting and dashboards
SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Micro Focus (LSE: MCRO) (NYSE: MFGP) today announced the availability of the latest version of its comprehensive Network Operations Management (NOM) solution for enterprises, managed service providers (MSPs) and government agencies. Micro Focus NOM 2022.05 has several new features and capabilities, including an offering that provides powerful troubleshooting, dashboards and reporting capabilities of the OPTIC Data Lake with the ease of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) based delivery.
The latest release also includes updates to the Performance Troubleshooting module, which has technology that is exclusive to Micro Focus NOM.
"Micro Focus is committed to delivering SaaS-based solutions across our products," said Travis Greene, Sr. Director of ITOM Product Marketing. "The latest release of NOM exemplifies that effort with a convenient SaaS-based reporting solution for flexible and interactive troubleshooting, metric reporting and Business Value Dashboards that deliver network data with a business lens – allowing network managers to correlate network performance with broader IT service level agreements and overall business goals."
The innovative Performance Troubleshooting module is built on a high-performance HTML-5 user interface and enables the identification of what went wrong by comparing data on what has changed. This module uses diagnostic data from network devices to identify slowdowns on the network due to configuration changes with the added context of performance metrics. Performance Troubleshooting's new features include grouping, enhanced scheduling and export, as well as the addition of multiple objects for a selected metric. Operations Bridge customers receive the added benefit of cross-domain reporting capabilities when sharing an OPTIC Data Lake deployment with NOM.
A recent report by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) lauded NOM for its new capabilities. Per Shamus McGillicuddy, EMA's VP of Research for Network Management, "The Micro Focus NOM solution is a long-standing industry leader in network management and was included in the leadership segment in our recent Network Performance Monitoring analysis. The addition of NOM Reporting – SaaS is a great example of Micro Focus flexing to meet the new demands of a dynamic industry and allowing Network Operations Management customers to gain new capabilities without the hassle of new infrastructure deployment."
Micro Focus NOM customers can take advantage of these new capabilities in the NOM 2022.05 release through Micro Focus' streamlined integration process with existing versions of released software.
Detailed information about Micro Focus NOM 2022.05 is available at microfocus.com/nom or by contacting Ask-NOM@microfocus.com.
In addition to Micro Focus NOM 2022.05, the company released updated versions of Network Node Manager i and Network Automation.
Micro Focus is one of the world's largest enterprise software providers, focused on solving the IT dilemma—how to balance today's needs with tomorrow's opportunities. We deliver mission-critical technology that helps tens of thousands of customers worldwide manage core IT elements of their business. Strengthened by our strategic services and support organizations, and an extensive partner network, our broad set of technologies for security, IT operations, application delivery, governance, modernization, and analytics provides the innovative solutions organizations need to run and transform— at the same time.
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Police: Stranger followed woman into home before sexually assaulting her
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow/Gray News) - Hawaiian authorities are searching for a suspect accused of following a woman into her home with a knife and sexually assaulting her.
According to Honolulu CrimeStoppers, the man followed the woman while walking home just before 10 p.m. Monday night. When entering her home, the man brandished his knife, restrained the woman and sexually assaulting her, according to Sgt. Chris Kim of Honolulu CrimeStoppers.
Surveillance video around 9:30 p.m. Monday night shows the 27-year-old woman walking toward her home while on her phone not knowing that someone is behind her.
As she exits out of frame, a man appears a few parked cars back, ducking behind cars to remain unseen. He can also be seen carrying his shoes.
The man is then seen running in the opposite direction 15 minutes later.
Police arrived at the location nine minutes afterwards.
Neighbor Stacie Rivera told HawaiiNewsNow the incident is concerning because the area is secluded.
“To think that that kind of thing could happen way up here is kind of scary,” she said.
Manoa resident Frank Richardson said a lot of the people that live in the area, walk around the neighborhood in the evenings, especially since the COVID pandemic happened.
“We get out to exercise, we walk the hills in the evenings and a lot of women walk around as well, so that’s concerning,” he said.
The suspect is described as between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-9 and weighing roughly 140 to 150 pounds. He has light tan or olive skin and black, curly or frizzy hair that was tied up in a ponytail at the time.
He was also seen wearing a light-colored, short-sleeve shirt, dark pants, Adidas slides, a black surgical mask and was possibly wearing glasses.
The Honolulu Police Department advises people to be accompanied by others, especially during late night and early morning hours.
Women walking alone are urged to be aware of their surroundings and carry pepper spray.
“If you’re able to run away, kick, scream, shout, fight, whatever you need to do to get away, you know, please do so,” Kim said.
Anyone who has any information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at (808) 955-8300.
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1/6 panel to hear of Trump’s pressure on Justice Dept.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Jan. 6 committee will hear from former Justice Department officials who faced down a relentless pressure campaign from Donald Trump over the 2020 presidential election results while suppressing a bizarre challenge from within their own ranks.
The hearing Thursday will bring attention to a memorably turbulent stretch at the department as Trump in his final days in office sought to bend to his will a law enforcement agency that has long cherished its independence from the White House. The testimony is aimed at showing how Trump not only relied on outside advisers to press his election fraud claims, but also tried to leverage the powers of federal executive branch agencies.
The witnesses will include Jeffrey Rosen, who was acting attorney general during the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Three days earlier, Rosen was part of a tense Oval Office showdown in which Trump contemplated replacing him with a lower-level official, Jeffrey Clark, who wanted to champion Trump’s claims of election fraud.
Two other former department officials, Rosen’s top deputy, Richard Donoghue, and Steven Engel, are also scheduled to testify. Both warned Trump at the White House meeting that they’d resign, and that many of the department’s lawyers would follow, if he replaced Rosen with Clark.
“You could have a situation here, within 24 hours, you have hundreds of people resigning from the Justice Department,” Donoghue has said he told Trump. “Is that good for anyone? Is it good for the department? Is it good for the country? Is it good for you. It’s not.”
Only then did Trump relent. The night, and later his administration, ended with Rosen still in power.
The hearing is the fifth this month by the committee investigating the run-up to the insurrection at the Capitol, when Trump loyalists stormed the building as lawmakers were certifying the results of the election won by Joe Biden. Witnesses have included police officers attacked at the Capitol as well as lawyers, a television executive and local election officials who all resisted demands to alter results in Trump’s favor.
The committee last week presented videotaped depositions of former Attorney General William Barr, who castigated Trump’s fraud claims as “bull—,” “bogus” and “idiotic” and resigned after failing to convince the president of that.
Thursday’s hearing will focus on what happened next as Rosen, Barr’s top deputy, took over the department and found himself immediately besieged by Trump’s demands for Justice Department action.
In one phone conversation, according to handwritten notes taken by Donoghue and made public by lawmakers last year, Trump directed to Rosen to “Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the R. Congressmen.”
Around that time, Trump was introduced by a Republican congressman, Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, to Clark, who’d joined the department in 2018 as its chief environmental lawyer and was later appointed to run its civil division. Clark was earlier subpoenaed by the committee to give a deposition but will not be among the witnesses Thursday.
Clark, according to statements from other Justice Department officials, met with Trump despite being ordered not to by bosses at the department and presented himself as eager to aid the president’s efforts to challenge the election results. A report released last year by the Senate Judiciary Committee that painted Clark as a relentless advocate for Trump included a draft letter pushing Georgia officials to convene a special legislative session to reconsider the election results.
Clark wanted the letter sent, but superiors at the Justice Department refused.
The situation came to a head on Jan. 3, 2021, a Sunday, when Clark informed Rosen in a private meeting at the Justice Department that Trump wanted to replace him with Clark as acting attorney general. Rosen, according to the Senate report, responded that “there was no universe I could imagine in which that would ever happen” and that he would not accept being fired by a subordinate.
Rosen then contacted the White House to request a meeting. That night, Rosen, Donoghue and Engel, along with Clark, gathered with Trump and top White House lawyers for a contentious, hours-long Oval Office meeting about whether the president should follow through with his plans for a radical leadership change at the department.
According to testimony given by Rosen, Trump opened the meeting by saying, “One thing we know is you, Rosen, aren’t going to do anything to overturn the election.”
Donoghue and Engel made clear to Trump that they and large numbers of other Justice Department officials would resign if Trump fired Rosen. White House lawyers said the same. Pat Cipollone, then the White House counsel, at one point said the letter that Clark wanted to send was a “murder-suicide pact.”
“Steve Engel at one point said, ‘Jeff Clark will be leading a graveyard. And what are you going to get done with a graveyard,’ that there would be such an exodus of the leadership,” Donoghue told the Senate Judiciary Committee. “So it was very strongly worded to the president that that would happen.”
Donoghue also sought to dissuade Trump from believing that Clark had the legal background to do as the president wished since he was not a criminal prosecutor at the department.
“And he kind of retorted by saying, ‘Well, I’ve done a lot of very complicated appeals and civil litigation, environmental litigation, and things like that,’” Donoghue said. “And I said, ‘That’s right. You’re an environmental lawyer. How about you go back to your office, and we’ll call you when there’s an oil spill.’”
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Curio's NuCycle Technology Will Repurpose Our Nation's High-level Radioactive Waste
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Curio today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Energy Northwest as an industry partner and potential off-taker of products produced through Curio's NuCycle™ nuclear waste recycling process. This MOU is part of Curio's plans to deploy the Nation's first state-of-the-art commercial nuclear fuel recycling facility that will provide a variety of in-demand commodities and products including domestically produced low-enriched uranium (LEU) nuclear fuel for the current U.S. fleet of nuclear reactors as well as HALEU (high-assay low-enriched uranium) and transuranic based TRUfuel™ for advanced reactors under development.
"We are proud to announce this important partnership with Energy Northwest," said Edward McGinnis, Chief Executive Officer of Curio. "Yesterday's nuclear waste is holding back tomorrow's reactors. Only approximately 4% of the energy value of our Nation's commercial light water reactor used fuel has been utilized. It's time to tap this enormous stockpile of unused energy and repurpose it into non-carbon-emitting fuel that will help power our future clean electricity generation needs. Curio's partnership with such an important nuclear utility leader as Energy Northwest represents an important step in realizing the full potential of our NuCycle technology."
"Energy Northwest is excited to partner with Curio and explore the promising potential to recycle used low-enriched uranium fuel, which would represent a game-changing development for the future of the commercial nuclear energy industry. Leveraging used fuel as a resource has numerous benefits: from reducing U.S. reliance on foreign fuel and increasing U.S. energy security and independence, to demonstrating the nuclear industry's long-term commitment to sustainability and environmental stewardship. The development of Curio's NuCycle recycling process would be an invaluable tool as we embark on a promising new phase for carbon-free nuclear energy, and Energy Northwest is proud to be a partner in this important undertaking," said Bob Schuetz, Chief Executive Officer of Energy Northwest.
Curio developed NuCycle to recycle used nuclear fuel and develop off-take isotopes for a wide variety of industries to include space, advanced batteries, and nuclear medicine. NuCycle leverages decades of American R&D to create a compact, clean, economical, scalable and proliferation resistant nuclear waste recycling process. With NuCycle, Curio will be able to dramatically reduce the quantity of radioactive nuclear waste and create a new and unprecedented standard for nuclear used fuel recycling across the globe.
Dedicated to solving the most pressing hurdles facing nuclear power, Curio™ is focused on commercializing the case for a closed fuel cycle with nuclear waste recycling and unleashing the full potential of the atom. From closing the cycle to the production of proliferation-hardened alternative fuels for our current fleet of reactors, advanced reactors, nuclear medicine, deep space applications and advanced batteries, Curio sees a bright future of global prosperity powered by the atom.
Energy Northwest develops, owns and operates a diverse mix of electricity generating resources, including Columbia Generating Station, the Northwest's only commercial nuclear energy facility, as well as hydro, solar, battery storage and wind projects. These projects provide carbon-free electricity at the cost of generation – enough clean, cost-effective and reliable energy to power more than a million homes each year. As an independent joint operating agency of Washington state, Energy Northwest comprises 27 public power member utilities from across the state serving more than 1.5 million customers. The agency continually explores new generation projects and technologies to meet the region's clean energy needs.
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NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Ironnet, Inc. ("Ironnet" or the "Company") (NYSE: IRNT) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Ironnet investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between September 15, 2021 and December 15, 2021. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
IRNT investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) the Company had materially overstated its business and financial prospects; (ii) the Company was unable to predict the timing of significant customer opportunities which constituted a substantial portion of its publicly- issued FY 2022 financial guidance; (iii) the Company had not established effective disclosure controls and procedures to reasonably ensure its public disclosures were timely, accurate, complete, and not otherwise misleading; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false, misleading, and/or lacked any reasonable basis in fact at all relevant times.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Ironnet during the relevant time frame, you have until June 21, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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NC sheriff’s office puts AR-15s in schools in case of emergencies
MADISON COUNTY, N.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - A North Carolina sheriff plans to equip school resource officers with AR-15 rifles as a safety measure.
Madison County Sheriff Buddy Harwood announced the plan to help improve security for Madison County Schools during a press conference in June, WHNS reports.
Harwood argued that we’ve seen that a deputy armed with a handgun is not always enough to stop certain situations. Because of this, he said he decided to arm every school resource officer with an AR-15 rifle with optics and accessories.
According to Harwood, all the rifles and accessories were bought using money donated by residents in Madison County.
Haywood explained that every officer will attend hours of extra tactical training with these rifles to ensure they are ready to use them. He added that each rifle will also be kept in a gun safe in an undisclosed location at each school.
Harwood said he is working with Madison County School Superintendent Dr. Weil Hoffman and the Board of Education to implement this new safety measure.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Atmofizer Technologies Inc. (the "Company" or "Atmofizer") (CSE: ATMO) (Frankfurt: J3K) (OTCQB: ATMFF) is pleased to announce its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. All amounts are expressed in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
CORORATE DEVELOPMENTS
On April 5, 2022, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "USPTO") issued U.S. Patent No. 11,291,939 relating to the Company's air and water purification technology. The patent provides protection for the application of the Company's air and water purification technology in the United States.
On April 28, 2022, the Company amended its December 13, 2021 agreement with Emerging Markets Consulting, LLC ("EMC"). EMC provides investor and public relations services including content creation, web development, and webcasting for the Company in North America. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the amended agreement, EMC continued to provide these services for an additional two months for a cash fee of $225,000. Certain functions of EMC may include "investor relations activities" under the policies of the CSE and applicable securities laws.
On May 11, 2022, the Company announced test results of its airborne nanoparticle agglomeration engine. The test results at Atmofizer's Toronto lab showed that the Company's technology, before the use of an air filter, reduced the number of airborne ultra-fine particles smaller than one micron by 81.7%, while doubling the removal of larger particles sized above 2.5 microns. The Company believes this was significant scientifically and medically, as it demonstrated the ability to remove ultra-fine nanoscopic particles from the air (including toxic industrial pollution, smoke, and infectious disease). The ability to filter particles smaller than 2.5 microns is commonly regarded as an indicator of good air quality. Doubling the amount of particles larger than 2.5 microns demonstrated that the smaller particles were effectively being agglomerated together into larger clusters by the Company's technology. These larger clusters are typically more easily filtered by the body and common air filters. The results were achieved without the use of a common air filter. The Company has also added additional staff to its Toronto testing facility to focus on applying its agglomeration technology into mobile (transport vehicles) and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning ("HVAC") aftermarket applications. The additional staff will enable the Company to test and evaluate new Atmofizer airflow configurations and prototypes more quickly.
On May 24, 2022, the Company announced the launch of a new customer lease-finance program through its majority-owned leasing subsidiary. The program enables Atmofizer customers to acquire Atmofizer nanoparticle reduction air purifiers for less than one dollar per day. Customers may be required to make a down payment (ranging from $0- $99) and then pay $29.99/month to participate in the program. The down payment is less than 10% of the manufacturer's suggested retail price. Customers utilizing the lease-finance program will receive a standard limited warranty for the Atmofizer for the duration of a 36 month term lease. This credit facility will make the Company's air purification technology more accessible to a wider range of consumers. For higher volume customers, such as hotels, cruise ships and schools, the Company intends to extend the "clean air for less than a dollar a day" financing with no down payment required, subject to certain terms and conditions.
On May 26, 2022, the Company announced a non-exclusive U.S. distribution agreement with Safeware Inc. ("Safeware"). Safeware is an industry leader in safety equipment that supplies U.S. state and local governments and education organizations. For more than 40 years, Safeware has provided public safety equipment nationally with expertise in personal protective equipment, environmental detection and monitoring, and tactical and rescue gear. Safeware services and supports all aspects of safety for law enforcement and fire services, schools, public works and facilities. Beginning in third quarter 2022, the Company's products will be in Safeware's inventory catalog and will be marketed by its sales and key account teams across the United States. The Company expects initial orders to begin by the third quarter of 2022, with revenue to be generated by the fourth quarter of 2022.
As of the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company had issued 26,407,500 common shares in the authorized share structure of the Company ("Common Shares") with gross proceeds of C$1,824,790 under the "at-the-market" equity distribution program pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated February 26, 2022 (the "ATM Program").
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company generated revenue of $nil compared to $53,000 with a gross profit of $20,488 (38.66%) during the three months ended June 30, 2021. There were a number of issues contributing to the lack of sales in the quarter. The Company has faced supply chain challenges for critical components for its Atmofizer ONE air purifiers that have contributed to this situation. Additional supply chain issues occurred in respect of computer chips, one of the critical components facing a global short supply. During the quarter the Company has been able to source some of these components and expects to have increased supply of A500 units late in the third quarter. Additionally, the Company found the regulatory environment challenging to import and sell its products during the quarter under the United States Environmental Protection Agency's pesticide device regulations. As a result under these regulations, the Company was unable to actually make any meaningful claims about its products efficacy despite having lab results showing the products' ability to neutralize bacteria and viruses through third-party labs. To overcome the issue impacting its unit sales, Atmofizer will now market its air purifiers in the United States under "Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff – Enforcement Policy for Sterilizers, Disinfectant Devices, and Air Purifiers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency" (the "FDA's Air Purifier Policy") issued in March 2020 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA"). . Atmofizer has assessed the conditions of FDA's Air Purifier Policy and determined the subject device meets the relevant technological characteristics and is substantiated by the performance criteria and labeling recommended by FDA.
The Company currently markets their products, under FDA's Air Purifier Policy as a means to support response efforts to the ongoing COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. In alignment with FDA's guidance, the Company is seeking to expand the availability and capability of Air Purifiers presumed efficacious against SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19) during the public health emergency. Furthermore, Atmofizer intends to market the device in agreement with FDA's stance per this guidance, in that the company believes that increased access to these air purifying devices may facilitate reduced risk of viral exposure for patients, healthcare providers, and consumers to SARS-CoV-2. The Company expects that this new marketing of its products under the FDA's Air Purifier Policy will result in unit sales starting late in the third quarter of 2022.
The new model 4-log Atmofizer ONE devices are expected to be available in late in the third quarter of 2022 and will be marketed and imported into the United States under the FDA's Air Purifier Policy referenced above, to create streamline importation and best align market opportunities and regulatory requirements. The Company will also seek to restructure United States distributor contracts to free up more inventory for sale in North America, and to reduce delivery concentration in channels not moving as quickly. Atmofizer also plans to redirect some inventory previously intended for the United States market to other countries where it has seen some sales success through one of its distributors.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company generated revenue of $210,000 with a gross profit of $60,296 (28.71%) compared to $53,000 with a gross profit of $20,488 (38.66%) during the six months ended June 30, 2021.
The Company incurred $4.5 million in expenses during the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $1.5 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021. The increase of $3.0 million increase in expenses was driven primarily by share based payments of $2.5 million and $1.3 million in sales and marketing expense of which $1 million was paid by issuing Common Shares. There were significant decreases over the previous quarter in management fees ($0.3 million) and research and development ($0.3 million). Salaries and wages and sales and marketing expenses were increased by $0.3 million and $0.3 million respectively.
The Company incurred $11 million in expenses during the six months ended June 30, 2022 compared to $3.8 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021. The increase of $7.3 million increase in expenses was driven primarily by share based payments of $6.4 million and $1.4 million in sales and marketing expense of which $1 million was paid by issuing Common Shares. There were significant decreases over the previous year in consulting fees ($0.8 million decrease), management fees ($0.5 million) and research and development expenses ($0.3 million).
During the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded net loss of $5 million compared to a net loss of $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021. The biggest contributors to the increase in the net loss of $3.7 million was share-based payments of $3 million.
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded net loss of $11.5 million compared to a net loss of $3.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021. The biggest contributors to the increase in the net loss of $7.8 million was share-based payments of $7.6 million.
"The Company achieved a number of important technology development milestones during the second quarter of 2022. Our science team continued to make significant advancements to prove and productize our technology to achieve our ultimate goal of delivering cleaner air, energy savings and improved efficiency during the quarter. We are doing this by expanding beyond our appliance business and into the multi-billion dollar HVAC industry. We recently received a Notice of Allowance for new claims related to the Company's air purification technology from the USPTO. The recent Notice of Allowance from the USPTO is directed to a new design that delivers ultra-fine particle agglomeration and nanoparticle reduction performance in larger air ducts with faster-moving air, using less parts," said Atmofizer CEO, Olivier Center. "The Company plans to market this patent to be licensed by air purification device manufacturers, HVAC suppliers and service companies. Our first priority is to leverage our strong relationships with HVAC distribution partners to commercialize our nano particle agglomeration technology through licensing. With respect to our appliance business, we experienced head winds from both supply chain related issues as well as regulatory issues. We see ourselves now in a better position to work with our distributors under the FDA's Air Purifier Policy and deliver appliance sales as well as having more appliance inventory on hand to sell through. We continue to follow our asset light objective of developing new clean technology and licensing or partnering with industry leaders to scale faster and capital efficiently."
SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On August 23, 2022, the Company announced that the USPTO issued a Notice of Allowance for new claims related to the Company's air and water purification technology. The allowed patent application, titled, "Ultra-Fine Particle Aggregation, Neutralization and Filtration" (US Patent Application No. 11,291,939) provides broad protection for important aspects of Atmofizer's air purification technology. The recent Notice of Allowance from the USPTO is directed to a new design that delivers ultra-fine particle agglomeration and nanoparticle reduction performance in larger air ducts with faster-moving air, using less parts. The Company plans to market this patent to be licensed by air purification device manufacturers, HVAC suppliers and service companies.
On August 25, 2022, the Company announced the latest testing performed by a third-party laboratory on Atmofizer ONE technology demonstrated a greater than 4-log reduction ( > 99.99%) in specifically targeted microorganisms, including gram-positive bacteria, gram-negative bacteria, and enveloped virus. The Atmofizer ONE is now marketed subject to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "Enforcement Policy for Sterilizers, Disinfectant Devices, and Air Purifiers During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency" (March 2020).
Atmofizer ONE Performance Update
Atmofizer Efficacy Claims:
- 99.99% reduction of Klebsiella Aerogenes [gram-negative bacteria]
- 99.99% reduction of Staphylococcus Epidermis [gram-positive bacteria]
- 99.99% reduction of Phi-6 Bacteriophage [enveloped virus, Surrogate for SARS-CoV-2]
Atmofizer SARS-CoV-2 Specific Efficacy Claims
- Atmofizer reduces airborne SARS-CoV-2
- Atmofizer destroys over 99.99% SARS-CoV-2 without a filter
- Atmofizer destroys SARS-CoV-2 by over 99.99% in 45 minutes
These results are based on third-party laboratory tests at 180 minutes of continuous device operation. The FDA has not evaluated Atmofizer technology. Atmofizer ONE has not been reviewed or approved by the FDA. SARS-CoV-2 data is based on Third-Party Testing of Phi-6 Bacteriophage, a surrogate microorganism for SARS-CoV-2.
About Atmofizer Technologies Inc.
Atmofizer's consumer and industrial solutions are based on its patent-protected and patent pending technology for ultrafine particle agglomeration and neutralization. This capability creates a revolutionary and more efficient method for addressing the wide range of dangerous nano-scale particles, viruses and bacteria that are too small to be effectively managed by conventional HEPA filters and ultraviolet lights. Atmofizer plans to disrupt the air treatment industry by improving air safety and purification efficiency while lowering customers' operational costs.
Atmofizing air refers to the process of using ultrasonic acoustic waves to agglomerate (cluster together) small particles into a larger target that is then radiated by ultraviolet light to neutralize their harmful properties, making the air you breath less hazardous to your health. Using units that atmofize air in tandem with high efficiency particulate air ("HEPA") filters can make the HEPA filters work more efficiently, enable the use of a less-powerful filter and result in a cleaner and longer-lasting filter that reduces operating costs and is less of a health hazard to clean or replace.
Atmofizer is patent-pending and patent-protected sole source of technology to atmofize air and is applying its proprietary technology in consumer and industrial air purification products currently manufactured under the Atmofizer brand, as well as in retail and commercial devices produced by other companies that integrate Atmofizer technology into their own products under license. Atmofizer's owned and licensed product lines include wearable, portable and mobile use for personal air treatment, as well as larger systems to handle higher air volumes for commercial, industrial, institutional and residential applications.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. All statements contained herein that are not clearly historical in nature may constitute forward-looking information. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by words or phrases such as "may", "will", "expect", "likely", "should", "would", "plan", "anticipate", "intend", "potential", "proposed", "estimate", "believe" or the negative of these terms, or other similar words, expressions and grammatical variations thereof, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" happen, or by discussions of strategy. The forward-looking information contained herein includes, without limitation, the Company's new customer lease-finance program, the Company's sales and order expectations from its distribution agreement with Safeware and the business and strategic plans of the Company.
By their nature, forward-looking information is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved. A variety of factors, including known and unknown risks, many of which are beyond our control, could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking information in this press release including, without limitation: the Company's ability to comply with all applicable laws and governmental regulations relating to its commercial products; the ability of the Company to protect its intellectual property; impacts to the business and operations of the Company due to the COVID-19 pandemic; the conflict in eastern Europe; having only a limited operating history, the ability of the Company to access capital to meet future financing needs; the Company's reliance on management and key personnel; competition; changes in consumer trends; foreign currency fluctuations; and general economic, market or business conditions.
Additional risk factors can also be found in the Company's continuous disclosure documents, which have been filed on SEDAR and can be accessed at www.sedar.com. Readers are cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained herein is made as of the date of this press release and is based on the beliefs, estimates, expectations and opinions of management on the date such forward-looking information is made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, estimates or opinions, future events or results or otherwise or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and such forward-looking information, except as required by applicable law.
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Chicken wing prices drop to pre-pandemic levels
Published: Aug. 23, 2022 at 9:34 AM CDT|Updated: 31 minutes ago
(CNN) - A popular item at most football tailgating parties won’t be as expensive this season.
Chicken wings are now less than they were when the COVID-19 pandemic started.
According to the Department of Agriculture, the cost of wings was $1.68 per pound in July. That is the lowest monthly average since May 2020.
Poultry is in high demand across the country.
A study from the National Chicken Council Study found 37% of those polled planned to eat more chicken over the next year. Less than half of that percentage said the same about beef and pork.
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More than $1.3 million awarded through new LLS Equity in Access Research Program.
RYE BROOK, N.Y., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is dedicated to ensuring that all blood cancer patients and survivors have access to the care they need, when they need it. But for too many patients, this does not happen.
Some groups of people experience more barriers than others when it comes to getting the right diagnosis and treatment. The challenges faced often are rooted in structural disadvantages or discrimination related to patients' racial or ethnic group, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, mental health, disability, sexual orientation, geographic location or other factors.
"Blood cancer is hard enough for patients and their families, and these obstacles make it even harder," said Gwen Nichols, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at LLS. "That's why LLS created the Equity in Access Research Program. We want to better understand the underlying causes contributing to health disparities and inequities—and to identify solutions we can urge lawmakers and those in the healthcare industry to adopt. Together, we want to put an end to these disparities."
During its first year, the Equity in Access program funded seminal research to better understand how insurance status and type impact access to care for blood cancer patients and survivors.
Today, LLS is announcing the program's first cohort of award recipients— a group of outstanding health services researchers who received more than $1.3 million in combined funding:
- Xu Ji, Ph.D. and Sharon Castellino, M.D., M.Sc. of Emory University School of Medicine, whose research will provide insight into whether continuous insurance coverage can lead to increased blood cancer survival rates. They also will examine how Medicaid expansion impacts insurance continuity and what it means for children, adolescents and young adults with blood cancers.
- Stacie Dusetzina, Ph.D. of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Lauren H. Nicholas, Ph.D., M.P.P. of the University of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus, whose innovative research will evaluate the financial and health outcomes for individuals selecting different Medicare coverage options and how these outcomes vary by the presence and timing of a cancer diagnosis. The goal of this work is to identify opportunities to improve plan selection and reduce inequities in cancer care and outcomes.
- F. Lennie Wong, Ph.D. of the Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, whose novel research will shed light on how insurance coverage and Medicaid expansion contribute to racial differences in multiple myeloma treatment patterns and their effects on survival.
Findings will identify steps that policymakers can take to reduce health disparities in blood cancer patients. And LLS will work to transform these recommendations into state and federal policy proposals that its Office of Public Policy will work to implement.
The new program is just one avenue LLS is pursuing as part of its longstanding commitment to health equity. LLS staff and volunteers continue to advocate for changes in the law that minimize barriers to care for patients and promote equitable care. For example, we recently helped increase clinical trial access for more than 41 million people – including underserved populations – through adoption of the Clinical Treatment Act. And we continue to work to expand insurance coverage to patients stuck in the Medicaid coverage gap, 60% of whom are people of color.
LLS issued the second Equity in Access Research Program Request for Proposals (RFP) on July 6. We encourage you to share the opportunity with researchers who may be interested in applying. More information can be found here.
LLS is steadfast in its commitment to serving underrepresented communities through two more programs—the LLS IMPACT Research Grants initiative and Myeloma Link—which aim to promote health equity in clinical and community settings.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society® (LLS) is a global leader in the fight against cancer. The LLS mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease and myeloma. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world, provides free information and support services, and is the voice for all blood cancer patients seeking access to quality, affordable, coordinated care.
Founded in 1949 and headquartered in Rye Brook, NY, LLS has regional offices throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more, visit www.LLS.org. Patients should contact the LLS Information Resource Center at (800) 955-4572, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., ET.
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
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Military-grade explosives found in a Colorado neighborhood
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) - An unexpected discovery in the trash Tuesday morning triggered an investigation in a residential neighborhood east of downtown Colorado Springs.
The Colorado Springs Police Department’s bomb squad was called to the area after someone believed they found a possible grenade in a garbage.
“I was going to put some stuff in the garbage can, and I moved the Walmart bag that was on top, and there was a grenade,” Floyd Clarke told KKTV. “I reached down and touched it. When I moved the bag I touched it. Then I seen what it was and it said ‘grenade frag’ on it, so I went inside and called 911 right away.”
Police announced the Regional Explosive Unit determined the explosives found were “real and also military-grade.”
The device was contained, and the Fort Carson 71st Explosive Ordinance D Unit was called to the area for proper disposal back on post.
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Kim Kardashian took to Twitter to show support for Melissa Lucio, the woman on death row for the death of her 2-year-old daughter.
Lucio was convicted in 2008. Her execution date is set for April 27.
During her litigation, Lucio earned notoriety as the first Hispanic woman on death row in Texas. Her story became the subject of the 2020 documentary The State of Texas vs. Melissa.
Monday night, in a Twitter thread, Kardashian went over the case and encouraged her followers to sign the petition.
“I recently just read about the case of Melissa Lucio and wanted to share her story with you,” said Kardashian. “It’s stories like Melissa’s that make me speak so loud about the death penalty in general and why it should be banned when innocent people are suffering.”
She also spoke to Gov. Greg Abbott, asking him to stop the execution.
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Literati Book Fairs Are Now Bookable For 2022-2023 School Year
To book a fair visit: literati.com/bookfairs
AUSTIN, Texas, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California schools were among the first in the United States to host Literati Book Fairs this past spring. In less than three months, 28 schools across Southern California hosted their first Literati Book Fair, selling over 27,000 books total with a portion of sales going directly back to each school. Literati proudly offers each school multiple profit options ranging from cash up to 50% in books.
Literati Book Fairs is a new book fair offering from Literati, a data driven book club company championing a love of learning through expertly curated books. Literati launched book fairs in January 2022 and began operating the first Literati Book Fairs across the United States in March 2022. Literati believes that putting the right book in the right child's hands can help elevate literacy outcomes whether it's at home or at school.
Caroline Rausch, Librarian at Thorpe Elementary in Santa Ana, California said, "we loved hosting our first Literati Book Fair this Spring. Literati understands the importance of making the entire process simple for the event coordinator and volunteers to operate. Everything including set-up, cash register, re-stocking and beyond was quick and seamless from start to finish. Their book selection was fantastic and the theme and marketing materials were bright, fun, and engaging for the entire community. I was thrilled to be able to select Titlewave as our book fair profit option to continue adding great books to our library. We look forward to welcoming Literati Book Fairs back to Thorpe Elementary for two more fairs in the 2022-2023 school year!"
Literati Book Fairs can be set up in 45 minutes or less with just one person and feature hardcover and softcover books curated by Literati specifically for elementary schools grades K-8 that range from $3.00-$25.00. Schools who hosted a Spring 2022 Literati Book Fair enjoyed the "Pets" theme, which featured beloved household animals and created a whimsical reading experience for students. The Fall 2022 Literati Book Fair theme will be "Passport to Adventure," celebrating books that can take kids on an exciting journey.
Literati offers a kid's book club that is personalized for every reader and features expertly curated books delivered monthly. A Literati kid's book club membership can also help a school raise funds beyond the book fair. When a customer signs up for a Literati kid's book club, they can associate their account with a particular school, which allows the school to earn ten percent of all book club costs for as long as the membership exists. To subscribe, visit this link https://literati.com/kids/schoolbox/ and select any school from the dropdown menu to support its ongoing literacy efforts.
To learn more about Literati Book Fairs or book a fair for your school, please visit www.literati.com/bookfairs
Literati is the leading curator and distributor of children's books focused on matching the right books with the right reader. Through our kid's book club and book fairs, we are transforming the way books are discovered and experienced. By leveraging technology to deliver personalization to each individual reader, we can ignite a child's love of learning and elevate literacy outcomes at home and in the classroom.
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SKOKIE, Ill., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tenneco Inc. (NYSE: TEN) ("Tenneco") today announced that it has given notice of its intention to redeem all of its outstanding 5⅜% Senior Notes due 2024 (the "2024 Notes") and all of its outstanding 5.0% Senior Notes due 2026 (the "2026 Notes" and, together with the 2024 Notes, the "Notes") on October 7, 2022 (such date, as it may be extended as described below, the "Redemption Date"), subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.
The aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2024 Notes is $225,000,000. The redemption price for the 2024 Notes will be equal to 100.896% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from June 15, 2022 (the most recent interest payment date) to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, for a total payment to holders of $1,025.68 per $1,000 principal amount of 2024 Notes (assuming the Redemption Date occurs on October 7, 2022).
The aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2026 Notes is $500,000,000. The redemption price for the 2026 Notes will be equal to 101.667% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes from July 15, 2022 (the most recent interest payment date) to, but excluding, the Redemption Date, for a total payment to holders of $1,028.06 per $1,000 principal amount of 2026 Notes (assuming the Redemption Date occurs on October 7, 2022).
The obligation of Tenneco to redeem the Notes and pay the applicable redemption price to the holders of the Notes on the Redemption Date is conditioned on (i) the completion of the acquisition of Tenneco by Pegasus Holdings III, LLC ("Holdings") pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated February 22, 2022, among Tenneco, Pegasus Merger Co. ("Merger Sub") and Holdings (such condition, the "Merger Condition") and (ii) the completion by Merger Sub of an offering of debt securities on or prior to the Redemption Date in an aggregate principal amount satisfactory to Merger Sub (such condition, the "Financing Condition"), and the Redemption Date may be delayed until each of the Merger Condition and Financing Condition has been satisfied or waived by Tenneco. If either the Merger Condition or the Financing Condition is not satisfied or waived, Tenneco may elect to rescind the notice of redemption and terminate the redemption and return any tendered Notes of such series to the holders thereof. If the Redemption Date is extended or the redemption is terminated, the Company will provide notice to holders of the Notes no later than 5:00 p.m. New York time on the business day immediately preceding the Redemption Date (or the new Redemption Date based on any extension).
Unless Tenneco defaults in paying the redemption price in full for the respective series of Notes on the Redemption Date and assuming the applicable notice of redemption is not rescinded, interest on such series of Notes shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, and the only remaining right of the holders of such series of Notes will be to receive payment of the applicable redemption price upon surrender of their Notes.
U.S. Bank National Association is the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to each series of Notes.
This press release is for information purposes only and shall not constitute the official notice of redemption for each series of Notes required under the respective indenture governing such series of Notes, which notice shall be provided by the Trustee on behalf of Tenneco.
About Tenneco
Tenneco is one of the world's leading designers, manufacturers, and marketers of automotive products for original equipment and aftermarket customers, with full year 2021 revenues of $18 billion and approximately 71,000 team members working at more than 260 sites worldwide. Through our four business groups, Motorparts, Performance Solutions, Clean Air and Powertrain, Tenneco is driving advancements in global mobility by delivering technology solutions for diversified global markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway, industrial, motorsport and the aftermarket.
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847 482-5162
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NEW ORLEANS, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until July 18, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQGS: PEGA), if they purchased the Company's shares between May 29, 2020 and May 9, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). This action is pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
What You May Do
If you purchased shares of Pegasystems and would like to discuss your legal rights and how this case might affect you and your right to recover for your economic loss, you may, without obligation or cost to you, contact KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or via email (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nasdaqgs-pega/ to learn more. If you wish to serve as a lead plaintiff in this class action, you must petition the Court by July 18, 2022.
About the Lawsuit
Pegasystems and certain of its executives are charged with failing to disclose material information during the Class Period, violating federal securities laws.
On May 9, 2022, post-market, the Company disclosed that a Virginia state court jury deliberating over a lawsuit brought by one of its principal competitors, Appian Corporation ("Appian") for stealing its trade secrets and violating the commonwealth's computer crime law had awarded Appian more than $2 billion for the Company's "willful and malicious" trade secret misappropriation.
On this news, shares of Pegasystems plummeted from $65.93 per share on May 9, 2022, to close at $52.25 per share on May 10, a one-day decline of 21% that wiped out over $1 billion in market capitalization.
The case is City of Fort Lauderdale Police and Firefighters' Retirement System v. Pegasystems Inc., et al., No. 1:22-cv-00578.
About Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC
KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking recoveries for investment losses emanating from corporate fraud or malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
To learn more about KSF, you may visit www.ksfcounsel.com.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unum Group (NYSE: UNM) will release its second quarter 2022 results August 2, 2022, at approximately 4:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. The earnings release and financial supplement will be available in the Investors section of the company's website, which can be directly accessed at www.investors.unum.com.
Members of Unum Group's senior management will host a conference call Wednesday, August 3, at 8 a.m. EST to discuss second quarter operations results. Topics may include forward-looking information, such as guidance on future results or trends in operations, as well as other material information. Interested parties are invited to listen and participate in the question-and-answer segment.
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A live webcast of the call will be available in a listen-only mode. Participants should access the webcast approximately 10 minutes before the call.
Webcast URL: https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/680035918
Unum will keep a recording of the call on the Investor site through Wednesday, August 10, 2022.
Callers in the U.S. Toll Free: 1-866-813-9403
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Unum (NYSE: UNM) an international provider of workplace benefits and services, has been helping workers and their families for more than 170 years. Through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, the company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental, vision and stop-loss insurance; leave and absence management support and behavioral health services. In 2021, Unum reported revenues of $12.0 billion and paid $8.2 billion in benefits. The Fortune 500 company is one of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies, recognized by Ethisphere®.
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NEW YORK, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: APYX).
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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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Friday forecast: Showers/storms today, dry weekend expected
A few storms may be strong to severe this afternoon/evening
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Today will likely be our only opportunity of rain for a while but the rain will not be widespread meaning some areas may get little to even no rain while other areas could get more than 0.50″.
Taking Action:
- The rain chance exists all day with lightning and locally heavy rain the primary threats. Strong winds and hail may accompany some of the storms in the afternoon/evening hours. Stay weather aware. This will not be an all day washout, there will be several dry hours so keep an eye on the radar to find out if you have to alter any outdoor plans you have.
- Keep an eye on the forecast for the fog potential for the next several mornings
With the rain today and tonight, most spots will likely be in the 0.05″-0.25″ range however there will be spots that get more just like the rain earlier in the week. The higher probability of the heavier rain will be south of I-70 ahead of the cold front this afternoon where severe weather may occur as well as well.
Today: Increasing clouds. Isolated showers/storms this morning with more scattered storms this afternoon. Temperatures will likely be in the 80s for highs (low 80s near the Nebraska border with upper 80s possibly reaching 90° near I-35) however depending when rain moves through an area will depend when the high occurs. Winds SW/W 5-10 mph.
Tonight: The chance of showers/storms is highest before midnight but isolated showers/storms still may last through 8am Saturday. Lows in the 60s. Winds SW around 5 mph.
Tomorrow: Few clouds early otherwise plenty of sun. Highs in the mid 80s. Winds W/NW 5-10 mph.
The nice weather continues on Sunday, starting out in the low 60s possible 50s with highs back in the mid 80s with winds N/NE 5-10 mph.
Next week there remains uncertainty on how much of a warm-up there is. One model is keeping highs in the upper 80s-low 90s while the other model has highs more in the mid-upper 90s so this will need to be monitored. IF there is going to be rain next week it’ll be Wednesday night as well as Thursday night with a higher chance likely not until Saturday night into Sunday.
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HUNTSVILLE, Ala., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph Pelfrey has been appointed deputy director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
In this role, he will assist in leading Marshall's nearly 7,000 onsite and near-site civil service and contractor employees and oversee its annual budget of approximately $4 billion. He will also help guide Marshall's broad portfolio of human spaceflight, science, and technology development efforts, which touches nearly every mission NASA pursues.
"It's my pleasure to welcome to Marshall's executive leadership team such a smart, caring, detail-oriented engineer and manager," said Marshall Director Jody Singer. "I've been privileged to work with Joseph Pelfrey for many years at Marshall, and he's an inexhaustible source of insight and invention – both critical to executing NASA's mission every time we fly and every day we come to work."
Previously, Pelfrey was manager of Marshall's Human Exploration Development and Operations Office from 2020-2022, overseeing management and implementation of Marshall's work portfolio in the areas of human exploration and transportation projects; habitation systems, payload and mission operations and integration; and International Space Station payload, facility, environmental control and life support systems project development and integration. He also served from 2018-2020 as deputy manager of that organization.
Throughout his NASA career, he has served in multiple technical leadership positions at Marshall. He began his career as an industry partner, supporting development of space station payload hardware. He joined Marshall in 2004 as an aerospace engineer in the Science and Mission Systems Office, and went on to serve in various leadership roles within the ISS Program, and leading the development, integration, and operations of multiple payload facilities and science experiments.
In 2008, Pelfrey joined Marshall's Engineering Directorate to serve as the design integration lead for the Ares I Upper Stage, the rocket that would inform development of NASA's Space Launch System. In 2011, he was named engineering task manager for the Space Launch System's Spacecraft/Payload Integration and Evolution Office and, subsequently, manager of the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services Project at Marshall.
In 2012, Pelfrey was appointed deputy manager and then manager of the Exploration and Space Transportation Development Office in Marshall's Flight Programs and Partnerships Office. In 2016, he was appointed to the Senior Executive Service post of associate director for operations in Marshall's Engineering Directorate. The Senior Executive Service is the personnel system covering most top managerial, supervisory and policy positions in the executive branch of the federal government.
A native of Cheraw, South Carolina, Pelfrey received a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from Auburn University in 2000. He resides in Huntsville with his wife Nicole and daughter Adelyn.
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ATLANTA, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season is here, and Atlanta Gas Light is encouraging its customers to prepare for an expected active Atlantic hurricane season. Forecasters predict 19 named storms and nine hurricanes.
Atlanta Gas Light's number one value is safety and the company reminds customers to keep safety first as they prepare for the threat of severe weather this hurricane season. Atlanta Gas Light offers the below natural gas safety tips for customers to remember:
Meter Safety
- Know the location of your natural gas meter.
- Do not attempt to turn off your gas supply at the meter. Only Atlanta Gas Light or emergency personnel should turn the valve on or off.
- Following severe weather, make sure your natural gas meter is visible, and the area surrounding the meter is free of trash and debris. Mechanical equipment used during storm clean-up could damage the meter if it is hidden.
- If your natural gas meter is damaged or an underground gas line is exposed, leave the area immediately and call 911 or the Atlanta Gas Light 24-hour emergency response line at 1-877-427-4321 from a safe location.
Appliance Safety – Before and After the Storm
- Leave your natural gas appliances connected in severe weather. Most modern gas appliances have safety valves that shut off the flow of natural gas automatically if there is a loss of gas pressure or flooding of the appliances.
- If you are not comfortable leaving your appliances connected, contact a certified plumber or HVAC representative to shut off your appliances at the cutoff valves. When it is safe to do so, have them return to turn the valves back on, leak test the line and ensure the appliance is safe to operate.
- If flooding occurs at your property and the gas appliances are underwater, please do not use the appliances until a safety inspection is conducted by a certified plumber or HVAC representative.
Damage Prevention
- Intense winds and saturated ground can cause trees to become uprooted. Contact Georgia 811 to request that the underground utility lines be marked. This is important because the tree roots could become tangled with utility lines.
- If a natural gas meter is damaged or a natural gas line is exposed, please immediately leave the area and call 911 or the Atlanta Gas Light 24-hour emergency response line at 1-877-427-4321 from a safe location.
Detecting Gas Leaks
- If you smell the distinctive "rotten-egg" odor associated with natural gas, leave the area immediately and move away from the potential leak.
- Look for blowing dirt, discolored vegetation or continued bubbling in standing water.
- Never try to identify the source of a leak or stop the leak on your own.
- Avoid using any sources of ignition, such as cell phones, cigarettes, matches, flashlights, electronic devices, motorized vehicles, light switches or landlines, as natural gas can ignite from a spark and cause a fire or explosion.
- Call the Atlanta Gas Light 24-hour emergency response line at 1-877-427-4321 or 911 once you are in a safe location away from potential leak.
Generator Safety
- Generators can be helpful after a storm but dangerous if not used properly. The primary hazards to avoid when using a generator are carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning, electric shock or electrocution and fire.
- Never use a generator in an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
- Never try to power the house wiring by plugging the generator into a wall outlet, a practice known as "backfeeding."
- Plug appliances directly into the generator or use a heavy duty, outdoor-rated extension cord that is rated (in watts or amps) at least equal to the sum of the connected appliance loads.
- During a power outage, natural gas generators provide continuous fuel supply from an existing natural gas line. While these units are available in a range of sizes to meet various energy needs, please contact Atlanta Gas Light prior to the purchase and installation to determine whether their service line and meter meet load requirements for the generator's safe and efficient operation.
For more information about Atlanta Gas Light, log on to our website or connect with us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.
Atlanta Gas Light is one of four natural gas distribution companies of Southern Company Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company (NYSE: SO). Atlanta Gas Light provides natural gas delivery service to approximately 1.7 million customers in Georgia. In operation since 1856, the company is one of the oldest corporations in the state. For more information, visit atlantagaslight.com.
Southern Company Gas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), America's premier energy company. Southern Company Gas serves approximately 4.3 million natural gas customers through its regulated distribution companies in four states with approximately 666,000 retail customers through its companies that market natural gas. Other businesses include investments in interstate pipelines and ownership and operation of natural gas storage facilities. For more information, visit southerncompanygas.com.
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Sydney wins Australia’s National Basketball League title
SYDNEY (AP) — The Sydney Kings have swept the best-of-five National Basketball League final for their first Australian title since 2005 by beating the Tasmania JackJumpers 97-88. Sydney outscored the JackJumpers 31-19 in the final quarter to win its fourth NBL championship. The deciding game was watched by an NBL final record attendance of 16,149 at Qudos Bank Arena in western Sydney. The Kings trailed after the first three quarters but never by more than eight points. Xavier Cooks and Jarell Martin had double-doubles for Sydney. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/11/sydney-wins-australias-national-basketball-league-title/ | 2022-05-11T15:34:09Z |
Temperatures could spike as high as 104 degrees on Thursday, according to the National Weather Service. The agency has warned of health and fire hazards related to the extreme heat.
ALBANY – The city of Albany and Dougherty County have teamed up to provide cool places to get out of the heat and distribute water starting today, with locations available throughout the city.
Temperatures are predicted to peak as high as 102 degrees on Wednesday, and the Thursday high could be as much as 104 degrees in Albany, according to the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee.
“The city, through the Recreation and Parks Department, they’re going to be providing what they’re calling safe havens,” Wendy Howell, Dougherty County’s public information officer, said.
Heat has been identified as a contributing cause of at least four deaths in Dougherty County during the current heat wave, and emergency medical personnel have warned of the threat that the extreme heat poses.
The Albany Herald will provide more details about locations and hours of operation for the cooling stations when they become available.
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Results Show Sentiment Towards Investing, Emerging Technologies & Areas of Impact
SEATTLE, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PitchBook, the premier data provider for the private and public equity markets, today released the findings from a new survey conducted in partnership with Collision Conference, a Web Summit event and North America's fastest growing technology conference taking place in Toronto June 20-23, 2022. The survey was administered to 105 venture capital (VC) investors attending Collision. This is the fifth survey PitchBook and Web Summit have partnered on and offers a glimpse at how investment activity has fared compared to 2021, investor sentiment towards technology and focus areas for impact. At Collision, PitchBook is sponsoring the Investor Lounge where investors in attendance can work, take meetings and network. PitchBook senior VC analyst, Kyle Stanford, is a keynote speaker presenting global VC trends at the conference on June 21 at 11:45 AM EDT.
The global VC industry has more than $500 billion in dry powder available with VC consistently showing best returns of private investment strategies, driving more interest and capital. European VC deal value started 2022 with strong momentum reaching €27.5 billion invested in the first quarter of the year while U.S. investment activity did not maintain its pace after a record-setting 2021, reaching $70 billion invested during the same timeframe. The VC industry overall has displayed unwavering resilience throughout the pandemic.
"It is a strong signal of market stability that nearly half of investors polled do not plan on slowing down investment activity. Recent fundraising records have driven dry powder levels to new heights, which can provide short-term insulation from global market headwinds," said Kyle Stanford, senior VC analyst at PitchBook. "It's encouraging to see the majority of survey respondents have made first-time investments over the past twelve months – an area of the market that slowed during the pandemic – and we expect to continue to see a strong startup ecosystem."
"Despite a decrease in startup valuations, venture capital deal making remains strong — especially if VC dry powder stays robust — and potentially makes smaller cheques at lower valuations more available," said Paddy Cosgrave, founder and CEO at Collision and Web Summit. "Alternatively, many less renowned venture funds might simply shutter because the actual pool of viable startups available for them to invest in may be significantly lower than the outsized amount of capital available in the broader market."
Key findings and comparisons with 2021's Web Summit survey include:
Investment
- In the past twelve months, over half of investors (53%) have made between one and five investments, down from two thirds of respondents in 2021. 30% of respondents have made between six and ten investments. Out of those investments, nearly one third of investors said at least 75% of their investments were first-time financings.
- First-financings have continued to close at a historically high rate in 2022 following 2021's momentum. With more than 1,000 deals closed, Q1 finished with more companies raising their first institutional capital than any quarter prior to 2021.
- Considering nontraditional investments, 59% of respondents agreed record levels of capital from nontraditional sources including corporate venture capital (CVC) and financial institutions has been the main driving force behind increased deal sizes. A quarter (26%) of respondents disagreed with this sentiment, which is an 8% increase from 2021.
Evaluation
- When asked what the most important criterion respondents look at when evaluating investment opportunity, executive team pedigree moved to the top (26%) followed by business model (25%). In 2021, the two were swapped with business model ranked first (30%) followed by executive team pedigree (22%).
- Half of respondents agreed that growth must come before profit for VC-backed technology startups while nearly one third disagreed.
- Majority of respondents (83%) either agreed or strongly agreed increased deal sizes across financing stages are pushing up valuations and making it harder to find good value-for-money investments.
- When evaluating external pressures facing the VC ecosystem such as public market volatility, increasing interest rates and talent market shifts, nearly half (45%) of respondents disagreed that their investment activity will markedly decrease from recent years.
Opportunity
- Emerging technologies continues to attract capital from investors and when asked what category has the potential to be most disruptive in the next five to ten years, fintech remained at the top at 30%. Artificial intelligence and machine learning came in second (27%) over taking climate tech (15%), which came second in 2021.
- According to respondents, over half (58%) selected North America as the most exciting region to invest in right now. After North America, Africa and Asia Pacific tied for second.
- When asked where VC investors should focus their attention to have the most impact, improved long-term investment moved to the top (26%). In 2021, environmental and social concerns was the top choice, which moved to second.
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PitchBook is a financial data and software company that provides transparency into the capital markets to help professionals discover and execute opportunities with confidence and efficiency. PitchBook collects and analyzes detailed data on the entire venture capital, private equity and M&A landscape—including public and private companies, investors, funds, investments, exits and people. The company's data and analysis are available through the PitchBook Platform, industry news and in-depth reports. Founded in 2007, PitchBook has offices in Seattle, San Francisco, New York, London and Hong Kong and serves more than 70,000 professionals around the world. In 2016, Morningstar acquired PitchBook, which now operates as an independent subsidiary.
About Collision
When Collision, North America's fastest growing technology event, moved online, the pivot to host thousands of attendees online was coined by the Sunday Times as a "pretty big experiment". For the second year in a row, Collision will host attendees online on its proprietary software. After hosting 32,000 attendees at its first online event in June 2020, the Collision platform was called "the stunning future of online events" by Digital Trends. This year, the platform will host more than 40,000 attendees for the three days of the conference.
About Web Summit
In the words of Inc. Magazine, "Web Summit is the largest technology conference in the world". Forbes says Web Summit is "the best tech conference on the planet", Bloomberg calls it "Davos for geeks", Politico "the Olympics of tech", and the Guardian "Glastonbury for geeks".
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Biden forest plan stirs dispute over what counts as “old”
By MATTHEW BROWN and MATTHEW DALY
Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s order to protect the nation’s oldest forests against climate change, wildfires and other problems devastating vast woodlands is raising a simple yet vexing question: When does a forest grow old?
Millions of acres are potentially on the line — federal land that could eventually get new protections or remain open to logging as the administration decides which trees to count under Biden’s order covering “old growth” and “mature” forests. Underlining the urgency of the issue are wildfires in California that killed thousands of giant sequoias in recent years.
Experts say there’s no simple formula to determine what’s old: Growth rates among different tree types vary greatly — and even within species, depending on their access to water and sunlight and soil conditions.
Any definitions for old-growth or mature trees adopted by the Biden’s administration are “going to be subjective,” said Mark Ashton, a forestry professor at the Yale School of the Environment.
Already disagreement is emerging between the timber industry and environmentalists over which trees to count. That’s likely to complicate Biden’s efforts to protect older forests as part of his climate change fight, with key pieces stalled in Congress.
“If you were looking at ecological and academic definitions of old growth, it’s going to be very different from what the White House is thinking about,” Ashton said. “Even the word ‘mature’ is difficult to define.”
Groves of aspen, for example, can mature within a half century. For Douglas fir stands, it could take 100 years. Wildfire frequency also factors in: Ponderosa pine forests are adapted to withstand blazes as often as once a decade, compared to lodgepole pine stands that might burn every few hundred years.
There’s wide consensus on the importance of preserving the oldest and largest trees — both symbolically as marvels of nature, and more practically because their trunks and branches store large amounts of carbon that can be released when forests burn, adding to climate change.
Global wildfires last year emitted the equivalent of about 7.1 billion tons (6.4 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide, according to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service. That’s equal to about 18% of global CO2 emissions from coal, oil and other energy sources recorded last year by the International Energy Agency.
Concerns that warming temperatures, fires and disease could doom the dwindling number of ancient trees on federal forests drew a bipartisan group of lawmakers to California this month. They touted planned legislation to preserve perhaps the most iconic old growth in the U.S.: stands of massive sequoias that can tower almost 300 feet (90 meters).
Lightning-sparked wildfires killed thousands of giant sequoias last year, adding to a two-year death toll that accounts for up to nearly a fifth of Earth’s largest trees. The giants are concentrated in about 70 groves scattered along the western side of the Sierra Nevada range.
“We’re going the wrong direction. We’re burning up more trees and putting more carbon into the atmosphere,” Arkansas Rep. Bruce Westerman told The Associated Press after visiting Sequoia National Forest.
But the unity behind saving rare sequoias quickly fades when it comes to “mature” forests — a term that White House climate adviser David Hayes said could apply to stands at least 80 years old.
Westerman, the ranking Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee and a licensed forester, said the sequoia groves clearly qualify as mature. But much beyond that “it’s a vague term that has no scientific meaning at all.”
“I’ve got a graduate degree in forestry and I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said.
Biden’s order calls for the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management over the next year to define and inventory all mature and old growth forests on federal land. After that, the agencies must identify the biggest threats those forests face and come up with ways to save them.
White House adviser Hayes described old growth forests generally as undisturbed stands with well-established canopies and individual trees usually over 150 years old.
“Mature forests,” he added, “are generally 80 to 150 years old and have many of the same characteristics of old-growth forests or are on their way to developing those characteristics if left undisturbed.”
Officials were developing a “workable definition” that would be made public, Hayes said. “Then based on a good definition, there will be the opportunity to … get real and protect these stands and safeguard them to the greatest extent we can from the threats that they face.”
Threats could include fire, drought, competition with younger trees, insect infestation and timber harvests, agency officials said in a statement. How those rank won’t be known until after the inventory.
Environmentalists said Biden’s inclusion of mature forests was crucial if the order is to be meaningful, since so many old growth stands already were cut over the past half-century, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.
They want the administration to adopt specific rules to protect those forests, rather than vague management plans that would be easier for a future Republican administration to reverse. Environmentalists also want to stop pending logging projects on federal lands in Oregon, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho and other states.
“This executive order clearly calls out the need for protections,” said Randi Spivak with the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity. “I’m concerned the Forest Service will slow walk this until the clock runs out.”
Spivak acknowledged that definitions of mature may vary among different tree species, but said complexity was no excuse to avoid acting.
“If you’re looking for one age, 80 years is a good cutoff,” she said.
Logging projects on federal forests often include a mix of older and younger trees. Smaller, densely packed trees are worse for wildfires, because they can burn faster and hotter. But larger trees are worth more, which can be used as an incentive to bring in timber companies that thin forests to reduce wildfire risks.
Environmentalists are pushing the administration to stop those projects, but the timber industry says that would undermine efforts to protect communities against wildfires.
Past protections for older trees have come indirectly, such as the “roadless rule” a dopted under former President Bill Clinton in 2001 that blocked logging on 58.5 million acres (23.7 million hectares), or about one quarter of all federal forests.
On federal forest land in the Pacific Northwest, the size of tree trunks was used for almost two decades as a proxy to determine if they were too “old” for logging. Known as the “21-inch Rule,” the restriction was dropped by the Forest Service last year after both logging companies and conservationists criticized it as too rigid.
Timber industry representative Nick Smith with the American Forest Resource Council said any definitions crafted under Biden would be difficult to put into practice. Smith said the administration should instead be concentrating on another piece of its strategy to combat wildfires — thinning stands where decades of fire suppression allowed undergrowth to flourish, which can be a recipe for disaster when fires ignite.
“It’s hard to see how this Executive Order results in meaningful protections while also accelerating the pace and scale of treating our national forests,” Smith said.
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Daly reported from Washington.
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Hillcrest Baseball defeats Idaho Falls to bring momentum into the district tournament
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) - The Hillcrest Knights have some huge momentum going into their district tournament after taking down the Idaho Falls Tigers at Melaleuca Field Friday afternoon.
The Knights came out swinging with a pair of runs in each of the first two innings.
Hillcrest put away the top-seeded team in 5A District 5-6 with a four-run fourth inning to take an 8-2 lead at the time that would be preserved for the rest of the game.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trinity Audio, the only unified platform that advances content owners to strategically evolve to deliver audio experiences, announced Donald Buckley as the newest member of its Advisory Board.
"I'm happy to be joining the advisory board of Trinity Audio," said Donald Buckley. "Especially at this early stage, where future growth is unlimited, opportunities are broad and numerous and the Trinity products could not be more timely. Ron Jaworski and his team have built a powerful suite of audio AI offerings and it is going to be exciting to see, and help, the company grow."
"From his groundbreaking work in Warner Bros. to advisory roles and a whole lot in between, having someone of Mr. Buckley's stature is a huge honor and an incredible complement to our growing startup," says Ron Jaworski, CEO of Trinity Audio. "We look forward to drawing on his extensive media and business experience as we continue to invest in our unified audio AI platform and further our mission to help every piece of original content reach as many people as possible."
As a seasoned digital marketing executive and board member with more than two decades of experience in the entertainment, media, and technology industry, Mr. Buckley has worked on some of the most iconic brands such as the Harry Potter and The Dark Knight franchises, among others.
At Warner Bros. Pictures, he founded its first-ever digital marketing team and developed breakthrough strategies and tactics that largely became industry standards in terms of original digital content production, design, technology, creative advertising, podcasting, promotion, and public relations.
After Warner Bros., Mr. Buckley was part of Showtime Networks for eight years, ultimately becoming the company's CMO. He led and built the cross-disciplinary marketing organization that launched Showtime's OTT streaming product, driving subscriptions beyond projections.
His extensive experience in strategy, operations, and marketing has earned him the place of strategic advisor to numerous organizations, helping them advance innovative breakthroughs in marketing, voice, and voice AI.
By joining Trinity Audio's advisory board, Mr. Buckley will help guide the company's strategy regarding new products and business initiatives.
About Donald Buckley
An award-winning creative with deep expertise in innovative and breakthrough digital marketing, Mr. Buckley is a bonafide heavyweight in the media and entertainment industry. His transformational work in Warner Bros. set several industry standards when it comes to digital content, earning him recognition as one of the foremost creative innovators and strategists in the business.
Mr. Buckley also acts as an advisor to several startups and serves as a Board Member of the Experience Center of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB). In addition to his advisory positions, he is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and a Guest Lecturer at NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
About Trinity Audio
Founded in 2018, Trinity Audio, the only unified audio platform, is an AI company helping publishers and content creators build their audio future and provide audio experiences for their audiences. The company's technology instantly converts content from text to audio with the most natural sounding voices, continuously learns listeners' behavior, and creates futuristic smart audio experiences, covering every stage of the audio journey from creation to distribution.
Trinity Audio is part of GoTo Ltd, a publicly traded company on TASE.
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- Hundreds of Aspen Dental offices to open doors for annual Day of Service, honoring veterans
- Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 to schedule an appointment
CHICAGO, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, June 11, participating Aspen Dental locations nationwide will open their doors to provide free care to military veterans across the country. Now in its 8th year, the Aspen Dental Day of Service provides much-needed dental care for veterans and their families at no cost to honor their service and break down barriers to health care.
Appointments are still available for veterans in Florida, at the following Aspen Dental locations:
- Boca Raton, Florida (West)
- Bonita Springs, Florida
- Boynton Beach, Florida (West)
- Bradenton, Florida
- Brandon, Florida
- Cape Coral, Florida
- Cape Coral, Florida (South)
- Clermont, Florida
- Dania Beach, Florida
- Daytona Beach, Florida
- Delray Beach, Florida
- Estero, Florida
- Florida City, Florida
- Fort Myers, Florida (Cypress)
- Fort Myers, Florida (Palm)
- Gainesville, Florida
- Gainesville, Florida (Butler)
- Hialeah, Florida
- Homosassa, Florida
- Jacksonville, Florida (Atlantic West)
- Jacksonville, Florida (River City)
- Jacksonville, Florida (San Jose Blvd.)
- Jacksonville, Florida (Shoppes at Southside)
- Jensen Beach, Florida
- Jupiter, Florida
- Kissimmee, Florida
- Lake Wales, Florida
- Lake Worth, Florida (Lantana Square)
- Lakeland, Florida - South
- Largo, Florida
- Melbourne, Florida (Viera)
- Merritt Island, Florida
- Miami Gardens, Florida
- Miami, Florida (River Landing)
- Milton, Florida (Pace)
- Mt. Dora, Florida
- Naples, Florida (Collier)
- Naples, Florida (Pine Ridge)
- New Port Richey, Florida (Trinity)
- Niceville, Florida
- Nokomis, Florida
- North Miami, Florida
- North Port, Florida
- Ocala, Florida (Silver Springs)
- Ocoee, Florida
- Orange City, Florida
- Orlando, Florida (SODO)
- Orlando, Florida (Waterford Lakes)
- Palatka, Florida (Walgreens)
- Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Palm Coast, Florida
- Palm Harbor, Florida
- Panama City Beach, Florida (Pier Park)
- Panama City, Florida
- Pembroke Pines, Florida
- Pinellas Park, Florida
- Plant City, Florida
- Poinciana, Florida
- Pompano Beach, Florida
- Port Charlotte, Florida
- Port Orange, Florida
- Port Richey, Florida
- Port St. Lucie, Florida
- Punta Gorda, Florida (North)
- Riverview, Florida
- Royal Palm Beach, Florida (Wellington)
- S. Tampa, Florida
- Sanford, Florida
- Sarasota, Florida (South)
- Sebring, Florida
- St. Petersburg, Florida
- Stuart, Florida
- Tallahassee, Florida
- Tampa, Florida (Mission Bell)
- Tampa, Florida (Walgreens)
- Tarpon Springs, Florida
- The Villages, Florida
- Titusville, Florida
- University Park, Florida
- Venice, Florida
- Vero Beach, Florida
- Wesley Chapel, Florida - Lutz
- West Melbourne, Florida
- Winter Haven, Florida
- Zephyrhills, Florida
Veterans and their families can call 1-844-277-3646 (1-844-ASPENHMM) to find a participating Aspen Dental office in their community and schedule an appointment. Advance appointments are required. During the Day of Service, Aspen Dental doctors and their teams focus on treating the most urgent dental needs for veterans and their families - with a focus on getting them out of pain, from fillings and extractions to dental hygiene and basic denture repairs.
Millions of Americans struggle to access dental care every year, and veterans are no exception. In fact, U.S. veterans are ineligible for dental benefits through the Veterans Administration unless they're 100% disabled, have a service-related mouth injury, or were a prisoner of war.
Visit www.HealthyMouthMovement.com to learn more.
Aspen Dental was founded in 1998 in New York by Bob Fontana with a simple goal in mind: to break down the barriers that doctors and patients face when it comes to dental care. Today, more than 20 years later, with nearly 1,000 Aspen Dental locations nationwide, the mission of the company remains the same – to bring better care to more people. Aspen Dental is the largest group of branded dental offices in the world. For more information, visit aspendental.com, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
TAG – The Aspen Group was built on the simple idea of bringing better health care to more people. TAG and the independent health care practices it supports operate more than 1,100 locations in 45 states through its four health care support companies: Aspen Dental®, ClearChoice Dental Implant Centers®, WellNow Urgent Care® and Chapter Aesthetic StudioSM. Combined, the companies serve more than 35,000 patients a day and more than 8 million patients each year. TAG is headquartered at 800 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. For more information, visit teamtag.com, and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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OSLO, Norway, April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lytix Biopharma AS (Lytix), a clinical-stage company with an in situ vaccination technology platform targeting cancer indications, notes that the first patient has been dosed in Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Phase II study evaluating LTX-315 for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma (skin cancer). This triggers a USD 1 million milestone payment to Lytix in accordance with the licensing agreement between the parties.
Verrica Pharmaceuticals Inc ("Verrica") has an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Lytix to develop and commercialize LTX-315 for dermatologic oncology conditions.
"We are delighted to see Verrica doses the first patient in its Phase II trial evaluating LTX-315 as a non-surgical treatment option for patients with basal cell carcinoma. Non-melanoma skin cancers, including basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, are the most common form of cancer in the U.S., with over 5 million diagnoses each year, and there is a high unmet need for new treatments. We look forward to following the development of our novel oncolytic molecule as a potential new treatment for non-melanoma skin cancer," said Øystein Rekdal, CEO of Lytix Biopharma.
LTX-315 is a first-in-class oncolytic molecule representing a new and superior in situ therapeutic vaccination principle, and in August 2020, Lytix licensed LTX-315 to Verrica for the treatment of dermatologic oncology indications.
Under the terms of the agreement, Lytix is entitled to receive an upfront payment, contingent regulatory milestones based on achievement of specified development goals, and sales milestones, with aggregate payments of up to USD 111 million, including the mentioned milestone. In addition, Lytix is entitled to receive tiered royalties based on worldwide annual sales. There are approximately 3-4 million patients diagnosed with basal cell carcinomas in the U.S. each year, with a high unmet need for new treatment options.
To view the full announcement from Verrica, please visit https://verrica.com/press_release/verrica-pharmaceuticals-announces-first-patient-dosed-in-phase-2-study-of-ltx-315-a-potential-first-in-class-oncolytic-peptide-based-immunotherapy-for-the-treatment-of-basal-cell-carcinoma/
For information about Verrica's clinical trial, please visit www.clinicaltrials.gov.
For more information about Verrica, please visit www.verrica.com.
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E-mail: Oystein.Rekdal@lytixbiopharma.com
About Lytix Biopharma AS
Based in Oslo, Norway, Lytix Biopharma is a clinical-stage biotech company developing novel cancer immunotherapies, an area within cancer therapy that is aimed at activating the patient's immune system to fight cancer. The Company's technology is based on pioneering research in "host defense peptides" – nature's first line of defense towards foreign pathogens. Lytix Biopharma's lead product, LTX-315, is a first-in-class oncolytic molecule representing a new and superior in situ therapeutic vaccination principle to boost anti-cancer immunity, with the potential to be the ideal combination partner with other types of immunotherapies. LTX-315 target cancer cells and disintegrate their cell membranes, causing immunogenic cell death and release of a patient's tumor specific antigens. This mode of action allows cytotoxic T cells to recognize, infiltrate, and attack cancer cells. The Company was listed on Euronext Growth in Oslo in June 2021, following a private placement covered by investors such as PBM Capital, a U.S. based, healthcare-focused investment firm. For more information, visit www.lytixbiopharma.com.
About LTX-315
LTX-315 is a potential first-in-class oncolytic molecule administered directly into a tumor to induce immunogenic cell death, which may offer a non-surgical option for patients suffering from skin cancer. The technology is based on pioneering research in "host defense peptides" – nature's first line of defense towards foreign pathogens. LTX-315 has demonstrated positive tumor-specific immune cell responses in multi-indication Phase I/II oncology trials.
About in situ vaccination
In situ vaccination stimulates a patient's immune system by injecting drugs with the ability to kill cancer cells straight into the tumor environment. Lytix Biopharma has applied this approach with its first-in-class oncolytic molecules, representing an alternative and unique approach to cancer vaccination. Importantly, this approach generates an immune response against a broad antigen repertoire without pre-identifying the antigens, which in turn can save considerable costs and valuable time.
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Man charged in rape of Ohio 10-year-old who sought abortion in Indiana, reports say
(Gray News) - A suspect was arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old in Ohio and getting her pregnant, media reports said.
Because of the abortion law in Ohio, which bans abortions after six weeks, the girl had to go to Indiana for an abortion, a story that captured national headlines and got the attention of President Joe Biden.
Gershon Fuentes, 27, was arrested Tuesday, the Columbus Dispatch and WBNS reported. The arrest happened after police said he confessed to raping the child at least twice.
The rape was reported June 22, and Fuentes was named by the victim this week, WBNS reported.
The suspect appeared in court Wednesday, was charged with one count of first-degree rape and was given a $2 million bond. He remains jailed.
The plight of a 10-year-old who had to get an abortion in another state drew the ire of Biden, who said it was an example of an “extreme” abortion restriction in some states since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
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Shocking images showing the bodies of civilians scattered across the streets of Bucha, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, have sparked global horror in recent days and raised the urgency of ongoing investigations into alleged Russian war crimes. But a starkly different narrative is playing out on China's state-run media.
There, domestic media reports on the civilian casualties in Bucha have been quick to emphasize the Russian rebuttal, with two prominent televised reports from national broadcaster CCTV this week highlighting unsubstantiated claims from Moscow that the situation was staged after Russian forces withdrew from the area.
In one report, a caption citing Russia with the words "Ukrainians directed a good show," flashes over heavily blurred footage from the Ukrainian town.
There is no evidence to suggest this is the case. Satellite images suggest some bodies had been there since at least March 18, while eyewitnesses have said the carnage began weeks ago.
Separately, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday said the shocking images from Bucha showed "all the signs" that civilians were "directly targeted and directly killed." On Tuesday, UN chief António Guterres added to growing international calls for a war crimes investigation into the killing of civilians in the town.
The allegations of war crimes raise the stakes for China's position. Beijing's apparent boosting of Russian propaganda is consistent with its stance since the beginning of the invasion, as it has refused to condemn Russia -- at home or in its diplomacy -- even as the civilian death toll grows.
Instead, Beijing has sought to portray itself as a neutral actor, calling for peace while blaming the situation on the United States.
This was on show in an editorial published in the nationalist tabloid the Global Times on Wednesday, which appeared to question the veracity of what it called, in quotes, the "Bucha incident" and absolve Russia of responsibility.
"It is regrettable that after the exposure of the 'Bucha incident,' the US, the initiator of the Ukraine crisis, has not shown any signs of urging peace and promoting talks, but is ready to exacerbate the Russia-Ukraine tensions," the editorial said.
"No matter how the 'Bucha incident' took place, no one can deny at least one thing: War itself is the main culprit of the humanitarian disaster," it added.
A common foe
Rising tensions with the US have driven Moscow and Beijing closer in recent years, with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping declaring their countries' partnership had "no limits" just weeks before Russia's invasion.
Since Russia's invasion, Beijing has come under considerable pressure to decry Russia's actions and join countries around the world in imposing sanctions. Chinese officials have instead refused to use the term invasion to describe Russia's actions, and have repeatedly said they will cut their own path when it comes to their response.
At a United Nations Security Council special session on Tuesday, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Jun acknowledged that the images of civilian deaths in Bucha were "deeply disturbing," but when it came to attributing blame for the situation he urged "all sides" to "exercise restraint and avoid unfounded accusations."
"The relevant circumstances and specific causes of the incident should be verified and established. Any accusations should be based on facts," Zhang said.
Similar comments were made at a regular briefing on Wednesday by Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin, who said "humanitarian issues should not be politicized."
"All parties should exercise restraint and avoid groundless accusations" before fact-finding was concluded, Wang said, adding that China "is willing to continue to work together with the international community to avoid any harm coming to civilians."
But at home, China has been broadcasting a more pointed message, one that ties into a longer history of Russian and Chinese state media reinforcing each other's narratives -- on issues such as the treatment of Russian dissidents, Hong Kong pro-democracy protests, and the origins of Covid-19 -- as they seek to refute the characterizations of Western officials and media.
In an example of such overlap on Tuesday, state agency China News Service ran a post on the popular Twitter-like social media platform Weibo with the hashtag, "Russia shows the video to prove that the Bucha incident is staged" referencing a report from a Russian state news agency.
But even as China amplifies Russian rhetoric in its reporting at home, some public shows of skepticism can be seen, even in China's highly moderated social media platforms.
In a recent example, a widely followed military blogger wrote on Sunday that Ukrainians were responsible for a "massacre" of civilians -- but multiple users in the comments below suggested the details of the post were wrong.
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Woman says Texas abortion law prevented her from getting timely miscarriage care
(CNN) - In the three weeks since the Supreme Court overturned a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, uncertainty is growing about how the ruling will affect other pregnancy-related issues like fertility treatments, contraception, even miscarriage.
A woman in Texas said after finding out she had a miscarriage, her doctor refused to perform the necessary medical procedure, which means she carried her dead fetus for two weeks until she found a doctor who would help her.
Marlena Stell and Ab DeSilva have always wanted a little brother or sister for their daughter, Adelina. Instead, what they said they got was a nightmare because of a Texas anti-abortion law.
“I get so angry that I was treated this way because of laws that were passed by men who have never been pregnant and never will be,” Stell said.
Her nightmare started out as a dream come true. After months of trying, she became pregnant late last summer.
“We were super-excited because we didn’t think I could get pregnant,” Stell said.
An ultrasound at 7 and 1/2 weeks showed all was well. But at an ultrasound two weeks later showed something different.
“She said there is no heartbeat. There is no viable pregnancy,” Stell said.
Stell asked her doctor for a standard treatment: a surgery to remove the fetal remains. She said her doctor refused.
That surgery, commonly known as a D and C, is the same procedure used to abort a living fetus.
“She said, ‘Well, because of the new law that’s passed, you’re going to have to get another ultrasound for me to be able to even do anything for you,’” Stell said.
She said she was overwhelmed emotionally and physically. “The pain would get so severe, it would be hard to walk,” Stell said.
She went to get a second invasive ultrasound at an imaging center, describing it later in a YouTube video: “Someone shoves a wand in my in my sensitive area and tells me, ‘Hey, you lost your baby’ again. I shouldn’t have to go through that twice.”
She added, “It was gut-wrenching, sorry, ‘cause you already know what you’re going to see. It’s just like, seeing it twice, being told that you’re not going to be a mom.”
It was still not enough to get her doctor to give her medical care. Stell had to get yet another ultrasound showing her dead fetus.
She was walking around carrying a dead fetus “and just emotionally carrying it around and just knowing that there’s nothing you could do. It just feels very ... it’s like I can’t grieve or move past it because I’m just walking around carrying it.”
Dr. Lillian Schapiro, who has been an OB-GYN in Atlanta for more than 30 years, said carrying around a dead fetus is also dangerous to the mother.
“She can develop an infection that can make her sterile and never able to have children again,” she said.
Or even worse. “When the baby dies inside, the baby starts to release parts of its tissue that can get into the mother’s blood supply. It can cause organ failure. It can cause death,” Schapiro said.
In Texas and some other states, a doctor who does the right thing and surgically removes a dead fetus could be vulnerable to an expensive lawsuit.
“Any private citizen can walk into court and say ‘I think Dr. Smith performed an abortion,’” said Stephen Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas.
Citizens are incentivized to bring such cases. They can win more than $10,000.
And even when doctors can prove the fetus was dead, the doctor still has to be responsible for their own legal fees.
“They’re going to lose even though they win, and that’s the chilling effect. They face this specter of potentially endless, ruinous litigation, that they just can’t stop, they can’t avoid, they can’t pre-empt,” Vladeck said.
Stell did finally manage to find a doctor to perform her D and C, but it took two weeks. She said she worries the nightmare could happen to her again.
Stell said she isn’t trying to get pregnant again.
“I’m worried about getting infected, have something happen to me. And then my daughter’s left without her mom,” she said.
Now they’re contemplating moving away from Texas, away from their extended family, just so they can try to get pregnant again.
Texas filed a lawsuit last week challenging an executive order by President Joe Biden giving hospitals the right to pre-empt state abortion restrictions when there’s an emergency.
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MADRID, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Music Spain, in collaboration with Spaceti, WSS, and Utopicus, has launched The Music Station, the world's first creative-musical hub that also enables hybrid and flexible work.
Spaceti, a leading player in PropTech, has collaborated with Warner Music Spain to launch The Music Station, the world's first creative-musical hub based in Madrid at the renovated Príncipe Pío train station, built in 1861. The cooperation between Spaceti and Warner Music Spain started when WMS decided to move to its new Madrid headquarters with the idea to create a new creative co-working environment for Warner Music employees, artists, composers, producers, managers, and creative professionals, providing them a powerful tool to enhance the building and workplace experience while enabling hybrid and flexible work via "The Music Station" app.
"Spaceti proved incredibly quick to engage with and understand our vision and systems requirements. The scope and aspirations of our project have changed immensely over time, but Spaceti has been creative, flexible, and adaptable over the course of the project, working with us step-by-step and often coming up with new suggestions for systems enhancements that could help streamline our internal operations. We look forward to continuing to work with them to enhance The Music Station experience for our employees and artists," said Sergio Méndez, Head of Artists Services & Institutional Relations at Warner Music Spain.
With the help of Spaceti, Warner Music was able to transform its unique Spanish office building into a space that appealed both to employees and the artists working there. The new space in Madrid consists of more than 10,000 square meters (100,000 square feet) of co-working space, recording studios, a café, and even a performance theatre and auditorium. The space houses Warner Music Spain and Warner Chappell Music Spain. The new collaborative and creative environments were achieved by integrating smart building solutions such as:
- A customized "The Music Station" application for Warner Music artists, employees, and the general public to interact with the space.
- Booking Management System (booking desks, parking spots, meeting rooms, rehearsal rooms, studios, and other amenities with specific policies).
- 24/7 Access Control System Integrations.
- Smart Lockers for storing personal items.
- Community events, newsfeeds, and performances.
To read "The Music Station" case study, click here.
"The Music Station is a great example of how disruptive innovation and technology can be applied to an existing building. Spaceti's white-labeled mobile app and workplace experience platform responds and adapts to the needs of the specific industry and personalizes the building experience for the different user groups. This allows the building users to create and experience music in a way that blends the physical and digital layers, creating an immersive built environment. This can serve as a model for the future of mixed-use real estate," said Max Verteletskyi, CEO & Cofounder at Spaceti.
Along with Spaceti, the project has seen Warner Music Spain partnering with Utopicus, Workspace Solutions Tech (WSS), and SALTO Systems.
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A Pennsylvania 911 operator faces a rare charge of involuntary manslaughter for failing to send an ambulance to the rural home of a woman who died of internal bleeding a day later, despite a plea from the woman’s daughter that without medical help “she’s going to die.”
A Greene County detective last week filed charges against Leon “Lee” Price, 50, of Waynesburg, in the July 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54, based on Price’s reluctance to dispatch help without getting more assurance that Kronk would actually go to the hospital.
“I believe she would be alive today if they would have sent an ambulance,” said Kronk’s daughter Kelly Titchenell, 38.
Price, who also was charged with reckless endangerment, official oppression and obstruction, questioned Titchenell repeatedly during the four-minute call about whether Kronk would agree to be taken for treatment.
Price was arraigned June 29 and released on bail. He did not reply to messages left at a home number listed in his name, and officials said a defense lawyer has not contacted district court.
“It has to be very clear throughout the entire state, that when you call it’s not going to be conditioned on somebody on the other end of the phone saying there’s going to be a service provided or not,” said Lawrence E. Bolind Jr., who represents Titchenell in a federal lawsuit filed last month. “What we’re trying to do here is make this never happen to somebody else.”
In the 911 recording, an operator identified by police as Price replied to Titchenell’s description of her mother as needing hospital treatment by asking if she was “willing to go” to the hospital about a half-hour away from where she was living in Sycamore.
“She will be, ’cause I’m on my way there, so she’s going, or she’s going to die,” Titchenell told Price as she drove from her home in Mather.
Price said he would send an ambulance but then added that “we really need to make sure she’s willing to go.”
“She’s going to go, she’s going to go,” Titchenell said. “Cause if not, she’s going to die, there’s nothing else.” She said that Kronk was not thinking clearly and that she was her mother’s closest relation. When Price again asked if Kronk would in fact go, Titchenell replied: “OK, well, can we just try?”
After Titchenell told Price she was about 10 minutes from her mother’s home, Price asked if Titchenell would call 911 back once she made sure Kronk was willing to go in an ambulance.
“I’m sorry,” Titchenell said, and Price replied: “No, don’t be sorry, ma’am. Just call me when you get out there, OK?”
When Titchenell and her three children arrived at the house, she said, Kronk was nude on the front porch and talking incoherently. She got her mother to put on a robe.
“She just kept saying she was OK, she’s fine,” Titchenell said. “She’s the mom, you know — she doesn’t listen to her children.”
Titchenell said she could not call from the home because her mother’s landline could not be located and there was not cell service. She also did not call on her way home, believing that her uncle would soon check on her and that another contact with 911 would be pointless.
“This is unheard of, to me. I mean, they’ll send an ambulance for anything,” Titchenell said. “And here I am telling this guy that my mom’s going to die. It’s, like, her death, and she doesn’t get an ambulance.”
Her brother found the next day that their mother had died..
The prosecutor, Greene County District Attorney Dave Russo, said he is also investigating whether there was any policy or training under which the county’s 911 dispatchers were allowed to refuse services to callers.
“We all deserve equal protections, and we all deserve access to medical services,” Russo said in an interview. “I have a major concern as to the safety of the community in regards to this.”
John Kelly, a Naperville, Illinois, lawyer who is general counsel to the National Emergency Number Association, said criminal charges against dispatchers for failing to send help are very rare but have happened.
In a case Kelly teaches in dispatcher training, a 911 operator in Detroit received a year of probation in 2008 and lost her job after, authorities said, she did not take seriously a boy’s calls to report his mother had collapsed. The 5-year-old boy testified that the dispatcher accused him of playing games and hung up on him, while the dispatcher testified that she could not hear the child.
Titchenell, on behalf of her mother’s estate, sued Price and Greene County in Pittsburgh federal court last month, along with two 911 supervisors. The lawsuit accuses Price of “callous refusal of public emergency medical services.”
Marie Milie Jones, a lawyer for the county and 911 supervisors in the federal case, said her clients plan to vigorously defend the lawsuit and do not believe they are liable for Kronk’s death. She said there are “personnel matters that are ongoing” regarding Price but declined to elaborate.
“It’s unfortunate that this woman had died. Certainly, from a personal standpoint, that’s very difficult,” Jones said. “I’m not going to comment on the details of her circumstances.”
Titchenell told Price that her mother had been drinking heavily for some weeks before she died, and that Titchenell had noticed she was losing weight and was “turning yellow.” She said the autopsy concluded Kronk, who worked in home health care, died of internal bleeding.
She said she thinks about her late mother every day — how the former longtime sub shop manager loved to cook, to help people and to spoil her five grandchildren, how she would pile a mountain of presents under the tree every Christmas.
“She had the biggest heart,” Titchenell said. “If someone didn’t have a place to live, she was going to take them in, give them a bed. That was Mom.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/shes-going-to-die-dispatcher-who-didnt-send-ambulance-charged-in-death/ | 2022-07-08T19:45:13Z |
The beauty and wellness company continues to make strides with sustainability efforts and help millions of people in need
PROVO, Utah, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nu Skin, a global leader in beauty and wellness, today released its 2021 Social Impact and Sustainability Report. The report outlines the progress on the company's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) priorities, including its sustainability commitments and global giving efforts. The company released the report to coincide with Earth Day, which celebrates environmental protection and global betterment.
"At Nu Skin, we are passionate about our mission to be a global force for good," said Ruth Todd, chief reputation officer at Nu Skin. "In 2021, we made progress on our sustainability commitments worldwide and built lasting partnerships that lift global communities. We look forward to further enhancing our efforts and continuing to have a greater impact on those in need."
The Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation is at the heart of Nu Skin's mission to be a force for good. The nonprofit foundation has worked for nearly 25 years to help children around the world in more than 50 countries. The Foundation has generously supported health and wellness projects that benefit hundreds of thousands of children and has helped preserve more than 1.4 million acres of natural habitats to better the planet.
Highlights from the 2021 Social Impact and Sustainability report include:
- Substantial progress toward making all product packaging recycled, recyclable, reusable, reduced or renewable by 2030.
- Reduction/savings of 131 tons of plastic and 34.4 tons of paper as a result of Nu Skin's 2021 packaging efforts.
- First beauty brand to use sugarcane-based Eco-Pac packaging to reduce plastic use and carbon emissions
- At least 267 palm oil derived ingredients, accounting for nearly 70-75% of our ingredient portfolio, achieved RSPO certification (mass balance).
- Nu Skin's Ingredient Dictionary became the company's consumer-facing ingredient accountability, improving consumer awareness of natural and synthetic product ingredients. The company continually updates this directory where consumers can search for product ingredients by name and get information about each ingredient's function.
- Donations from the company's force for good efforts benefited more than 50 million people in more than 35 countries worldwide.
- More than $8.5 million in donations benefited individuals and organizations in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Pacific.
- More than 750 million meals purchased and donated to children in more than 65 countries, including Malawi, Mainland China, Mexico and others through the company's for-profit Nourish the Children initiative.
To learn more about Nu Skin's social and environmental impact efforts, visit www.nuskin.com/forceforgood.
About Nu Skin
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE: NUS) is a leading beauty and wellness company, powered by a dynamic affiliate opportunity platform. The company helps people look, feel and live their best with products that combine the best of science, technology and nature. Backed by more than 35 years of scientific research, Nu Skin develops innovative products including Nu Skin® personal care, Pharmanex® nutrition and the ageLOC® anti-aging brand which includes an award-winning line of beauty device systems. Nu Skin operates in approximately 50 markets worldwide in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Pacific. Rhyz Inc. is the company's strategic investment arm that includes a collection of technology and manufacturing companies to support growth in the core Nu Skin business. Nu Skin is committed to sustainability, including global initiatives such as transitioning to reduced and sustainable packaging for all products by 2030. The Nu Skin Force for Good Foundation also strives to improve children's health, education and economic circumstances throughout the world. For more information, visit nuskin.com.
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Tesla owner implants chip in hand to unlock, start car
(CNN) - A Michigan man never again has to worry about losing his car keys after he had a chip implanted in his hand that unlocks and starts his Tesla.
Brandon Dalaly had the chip implanted under local anesthetic at a tattoo and piercing parlor. A few days later, his hand hardly sore, he could use it to open his Tesla by hovering over the door pillar.
“You can’t lose your hand, so you always have a way of getting in your car,” Dalaly said.
Though he’s been mocked online as an Elon Musk groupie, Dalaly says he’s actually just a huge technology nerd. What he really wants is for the chip to be updated, so the implant will work for credit cards.
Until that’s possible, Dalaly will settle for using it to start his Tesla by holding his hand over the console.
“Getting a lot of comments saying, ‘What if someone comes after you and chops off your hand?’” Dalaly said.
He already has a chip implanted in his other hand that allows him to unlock the door to his home. It also holds his contact and medical information, such as COVID vaccinations. It glows green, so you know the phone is reading it.
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Tommy John donates cast to Smithsonian Institute
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Tommy John, when most baseball fans hear the name, they think of a surgery performed in effort to save a pitcher’s career. Nearly 50 years after the first surgery, Tommy John donated the cast he wore following the first-of-a-kind medical procedure to the world’s largest museum.
In a Friday ceremony at the National Museum of American History, John formally donated the cast from the first “Tommy John” surgery to the Smithsonian Institute.
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institute, Lonnie Bunch, said, “When you become part of the Smithsonian, what you really are, is you become part of America’s collective memory.”
In 1974, Tommy John, then a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, injured a ligament in his throwing arm. Back then the injury meant his baseball career was over -- so it seemed. Dodgers doctor Frank Jobe made history by surgically reconstructing John’s ligament, saving his career.
In an interview with Gray Television’s Washington News Bureau, John said, “1974, I took a step. I had no idea of where I was going, but all of the sudden Dr. Jobe gave me a flashlight and I found my way home.”
Steve Garvey, John’s former Dodgers teammate, attended Friday’s ceremony and led those in attendance in singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” Garvey reflected on watching Tommy John’s recovery from the cutting edge surgery.
Garvey said, “It was one step at a time to the point where he could go back and try again. And then could he sustain it. And lo and behold, he sustained it for 288 wins. And what I think as a Hall of Fame career.”
The ligament reconstruction surgery, now commonly known as “Tommy John” surgery, is credited with helping save hundreds of athletic careers.
Smithsonian Institute officials said Tommy John’s cast will be part of the entertainment and sports history collections at its Museum of American History. However, they said there are currently no plans to display the cast.
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(NEXSTAR) – Country music group Lady A has announced the postponement of the band’s Request Line Tour in order to support co-vocalist Charles Kelley on his “journey to sobriety.”
The group shared the news via social media on Thursday, confirming the tour would be pushed off until sometime in 2023.
“Being on the road with our fans is our greatest joy, so it was a hard but important decision to make,” reads a statement attributed to Lady A.
“We are a band, but more importantly … we’re family,” the statement continued. “We’re proud to say that Charles has embarked on a journey to sobriety. So, right now in order to be the healthiest, strongest and most creative band we can be, Lady A will take the time with the support of our families and team of professionals to walk through this together. It’s early on this road, but we are determined to do what will best set us up for many more years together. We’re grateful for your patience.”
Lady A’s Request Line Tour was scheduled to kick off on Aug. 13 and 14 at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium. The band said ticketholders would be contacted in “the coming days” with more information.
Several venues, including the South Dakota State Fair and the Colorado State Fair, have already started looking for replacement acts, Nexstar’s KELO and KDVR are reporting. A number of new concert dates — scheduled for 2023 — also appear to have been added to the band’s website as of Thursday afternoon.
Lady A, which formed in Nashville, comprises of Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood. The group has won 14 Academy of Country Music Awards, nine American Country Awards and seven Grammys, among others awards and accolades, since releasing their first album (as Lady Antebellum) in 2008. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/lady-a-postpones-request-line-tour-until-2023-amid-members-journey-to-sobriety/ | 2022-08-04T21:29:18Z |
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement by Jen Judson, President of the National Press Club and Gil Klein, President of the National Press Club Journalism Institute, on the arrest of José Rubén Zamora, president of the Guatemalan newspaper elPeriódico, on July 29 in Guatemala City.
"The Guatemalan government must immediately release José Rubén Zamora and drop all charges against him. We view these charges, which include money laundering and extortion, as spurious and part of a broader campaign by the government of President Alejandro Giammattei and Attorney General Consuelo Porras to weaponize the judiciary system against those who would expose and root out corruption in the country. Those targeted individuals include independent, crusading journalists like José Rubén Zamora, whose newspaper elPeriódico has reported on wrongdoing inside the Giammattei government.
"We further note with concern Zamora's announcement shortly after his arrest that he would begin a hunger strike in protest of his detention. If Zamora's health deteriorates and his life is put at risk because of this, the international blame and censure that will fall upon the Giammattei government will surely be severe and immense. Over his long and distinguished career, Zamora has been the recipient of multiple international journalism awards including from the Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Center for Journalists, and Columbia University.
"Additionally, the National Press Club and its Journalism Institute are worried about the overall deterioration of the press freedom climate in Guatemala. For example Guatemalan authorities in May charged three journalists at elPeriódico, including Zamora, under an anti-female violence law for the alleged psychological crime of reporting on a female government official's links to corruption. And criminal charges brought on seemingly bogus grounds have prompted other Guatemalan journalists, such as Juan Luis Font, to flee the country. We view these developments as part of a broader and deeply concerning pattern in Central America of certain autocratic governments -- resistant to public calls for reform and accountability -- increasingly sharing the same playbook of weaponizing judicial tools of the state to intimidate and silence journalists. If this culture of judicial oppression of the press as well as of civil society and nongovernmental organizations continues to spread, we fear the destabilizing impacts will spread far outside the region."
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. The Club has 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization and is a leading voice for press freedom in the U.S. and worldwide. The National Press Club Journalism Institute promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement.
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club
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CHANHASSEN, Minn., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --- Life Time Group Holdings, Inc. ("Life Time" or the "Company") (NYSE: LTH) today announced that it is scheduled to participate in the 2022 RBC Capital Markets Global Consumer & Retail Conference on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 2:40pm EDT.
The fireside chat will be webcast and may be accessed on the Company's Investor Relations website at ir.lifetime.life, where it will be archived for approximately 90 days.
About Life Time®
Life Time (NYSE: LTH) empowers people to live healthy, happy lives through its portfolio of nearly 160 athletic country clubs across the United States and Canada. The Company's healthy way of life communities address all aspects of healthy living, healthy aging and healthy entertainment for those 90 days to 90+ years with integrity and respect for everyone. With a team of more than 30,000, Life Time is committed to providing the best programs and experiences through its athletic country clubs, iconic athletic events and via a complementary and comprehensive digital platform.
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Topeka Rotary competing nationwide for $25,000 grant
Voting to select a winner takes place online from April 27 through May 6
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Topeka Rotary Against Human Trafficking Foundation is competing nationally for a $25,000 grant. The Topeka Rotary has partnered with Valeo and Shawnee county to provide resources for women leaving incarceration. More information on the project can be found here.
“We know that women who are being released are very vulnerable,” said Patti Mellard with the Topeka branch of Rotary International, “because they’ve been through a lot of trauma. Many times they’ve been sex-trafficked of domestically abused and that makes them vulnerable to traffickers and other bad actors who might be waiting in the parking lot for them to be released.”
The grant is part of State Farm’s Neighborhood Assist program and so far the field has been narrowed down from 4,000 potential projects to just 200 nationwide. The Topeka Rotary says the grant will go a long way towards getting these women the resources to immediately make their way to success.
“Ultimately the goal of the project is to provide those basic needs right at that moment they are being released,” said Mellard, “but then also provide referrals to the other services they need like medical care, dental care, substance abuse care and then a mentorship program that will ultimately help them find employment and reintegrate into our community.”
Additional items including food coupons, clothes, and a bus ticket will be provided for the women as they are preparing to leave the correctional facility. “Things to just get them immediately on their way to success,” said Mellard.
The Shawnee County Correctional Facility had a similar program in place before Covid-19. The program was cut due to staffing and funding issues. Even if they don’t win the grant money, Mellard said that they would still find a way.
“If we don’t receive the money for this grant, we will still figure out a way to make that part of the grant work. Rotary and Valeo and Shawnee County have already put in money to it but this will really help provide the basic needs onsite.”
Voting takes place online and is open to anyone who is 18 and older. You can vote once a day and everyday during the 10-day open voting period. You can also use the QR code below to access the voting site:
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ALBANY, N.Y., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- We are pleased to announce we have been awarded the PSN Top Guns distinction for our Curran Midcap Equity strategy by Informa Financial Intelligence's PSN manager database, North America's longest running database of investment managers, period ending June 30, 2022.
"Midcap is the sweet spot of the market between large and small companies. It's a segment of the market that deserves more attention from investors." ~ Kevin T. Curran, Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer
- Bull/Bear Master, ranked #9 within the Mid Growth Universe among 144 products and 96 firms
- Ranked #10 total return for a 5-year period in the 4-star category among 144 products and 96 firms within the Mid Growth Universe
Top Gun firms are awarded a rating ranging from one to six stars, with the number of stars representing continued performance over time. PSN Top Guns investment managers must claim that they are GIPs compliant.
In the 4-star category, our Curran Midcap Equity Strategy had an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for the recent five-year period. Moreover, the strategy's returns exceeded the style benchmark for the three latest three-year rolling periods. The top ten returns for the latest three-year period then become the 4 Star Top Guns.
To achieve a Bull/Bear Master ranking, managers must outperform their benchmark during periods of up markets and decline less than the benchmark during periods of down markets. Bull/Bear Strategies must have an r-squared of 0.80 or greater relative to the style benchmark for a three-year period. Moreover, the strategy had an upside market capture over 100 and a downside market capture less than 100 relative to the style benchmark. The top ten ratios of Upside Capture Ratio over Downside Capture Ratio become the PSN Bull & Bear Masters.
Top Guns rankings, recognize manager achievement and outperformance measured against their benchmarks. The complete list of PSN Top Guns and an overview of the methodology can be located at Zephyr's PSN Universe Database.
Past Performance does not guarantee future results. The information herein is considered to be obtained from reference sources deemed reliable. All Investments carry risks, including possible loss of principal.
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Davids highlights women-owned businesses during tour of Culinary Center
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (WIBW) - U.S. Representative Sharice Davids highlighted women-owned businesses in Kansas during her tour of The Culinary Center of Kansas City.
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) says she toured the Culinary Center of Kansas City - a local woman-owned business and client of the Kansas City Women’s Business Center.
“Investing in women means investing in our entire economy,” said Davids. “Countless business owners I’ve spoken with, including the Culinary Center, sing the praises of our local Women’s Business Center for the training, support, and counseling they provide. It was great to see that today and I will continue supporting their efforts through this bipartisan legislation.”
Rep. Davids said her visit follows the House passage of her bipartisan bill the Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act, which would increase access to resources and opportunities for female entrepreneurs in the Sunflower State and the nation.
In 2021, Davids said the Kansas City WBC helped 513 local small business owners with counseling, training and resources.
“I’ve seen women come a very long way in business, although there is definitely some work to do in order to gain full equality,” said Laura Laiben, owner of The Culinary Center of Kansas City and past client of the KC WBC. “When we realize our differences, big strides can be made to support women entrepreneurs on their journeys to success. The Women’s Business Center understands these differences and has crafted programs to provide for this kind of targeted support.”
According to Davids, the WBC was established to help women entrepreneurs succeed and now boasts 150 locations in the nation - including Kansas City - and serves more than 88,000 business owners each year. She said women-owned businesses in general employ about 9.4 million people in the U.S. and contribute about $1.2 trillion to the economy annually.
In Kansas’ Third District, Davids even said more than 3,500 women-owned small businesses were given loans or aid from the federal government in Fiscal Year 2021.
“During the pandemic, all small business owners were forced to make sacrifices in order to keep their business afloat, but women entrepreneurs, in particular, felt the negative effects the hardest,” said Sherry Turner, Executive Director of the Kansas City Women’s Business Center. “Representative Davids has proved many times her dedication to supporting women-owned businesses in Kansas, and her legislation would ensure these entrepreneurs can continue being a driving force in our economy.”
The Congresswoman said her legislation would authorize the WBC program for four years, increase the authorization level from $18 million to $31.5 million and increase the cap on individual center grants for the first time since the program began.
Davids also said the legislation would establish an accreditation program run by the Association of Women’s Business Centers to ensure all locations provide excellent service and counseling.
“Earlier this year, the bipartisan support and leadership in the House of Representatives around H.R. 6441, the Women’s Business Centers Improvement Act of 2022, introduced by Representatives Sharice Davids and Claudia Tenney, was a critical component for House passage. We applaud these Congresswomen’s leadership in ensuring that women business owners have the necessary resources will enable them to survive, grow, and thrive,” said Corinne Goble Hodges, CEO of Association Womens’ Business Centers.
The bill was passed by the House earlier in 2022 and awaits a vote in the Senate.
Copyright 2022 WIBW. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/09/06/davids-highlights-women-owned-businesses-during-tour-culinary-center/ | 2022-09-06T19:06:20Z |
NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ:SCHL) today announced the following schedule and teleconference information for its first quarter fiscal year 2023 earnings release:
- Earnings Release: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at approximately 4:00 PM (Eastern) by public distribution and on the Company's websites at investor.scholastic.com and mediaroom.scholastic.com.
- Conference Call: Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 4:30 PM (Eastern) hosted by Peter Warwick, President and CEO and Kenneth Cleary, CFO. A live webcast of the call will be available on the "Investor Relations" page of the Scholastic Corporation's website at Online Registration. To access the conference call by phone, please go to this link (Phone Registration), and you will be provided with dial in details. To avoid delays, we encourage participants to dial into the conference call fifteen minutes ahead of the scheduled start time.
- Archived Webcast and Audio Replay: The archived webcast and accompanying slides will be available on the Company's website, investor.scholastic.com, shortly after the completion of the live call.
About Scholastic
For more than 100 years, Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) has been encouraging the personal and intellectual growth of all children, beginning with literacy. Having earned a reputation as a trusted partner to educators and families, Scholastic is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, a leading provider of literacy curriculum, professional services, and classroom magazines, and a producer of educational and entertaining children's media. The Company creates and distributes bestselling books and e-books, print and technology-based learning programs for pre-K to grade 12, and other products and services that support children's learning and literacy, both in school and at home. With 15 international operations and exports to 165 countries, Scholastic makes quality, affordable books available to all children around the world through school-based book clubs and book fairs, classroom libraries, school and public libraries, retail, and online. Learn more at www.scholastic.com.
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Illinois, Delaware and South Carolina had the Highest Foreclosure Rates;
Completed Foreclosures Increase 28 Percent from Last Month
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ATTOM, a leading curator of real estate data nationwide for land and property data, today released its August 2022 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, which shows there were a total of 34,501 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — up 14 percent from a month ago and up 118 percent from a year ago.
Lenders started the foreclosure process on 23,952 U.S. properties in August 2022, up 12 percent from last month and up 187 percent from a year ago.
"Two years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and after massive government intervention and mortgage industry efforts to prevent defaults, foreclosure starts have almost returned to 2019 levels," said Rick Sharga, executive vice president of market intelligence at ATTOM. "August foreclosure starts were at 86 percent of the number of foreclosure starts in August 2019, but it's important to remember that even then, foreclosure activity was relatively low compared to historical averages."
States that had at least 100 foreclosure starts in August 2022 and saw the greatest monthly increases in foreclosure starts included: Oklahoma (up 80 percent); Tennessee (up 74 percent); Virginia (up 64 percent); Arkansas (up 53 percent); and Washington (up 50 percent).
In taking a more granular look, those counties that had the greatest number of foreclosure starts in August 2022 included: Cook County, IL (798 foreclosure starts); Los Angeles County, CA (740 foreclosure starts); Harris County, TX (465 foreclosure starts); Suffolk County, NY (297 foreclosure starts); and Riverside County, CA (280 foreclosure starts).
Nationwide one in every 4,072 housing units had a foreclosure filing in August 2022. States with the highest foreclosure rates were Illinois (one in every 1,926 housing units with a foreclosure filing); Delaware (one in every 2,387 housing units); South Carolina (one in every 2,417 housing units); New Jersey (one in every 2,441 housing units); and Florida (one in every 2,950 housing units).
Among the 223 metropolitan statistical areas with a population of at least 200,000, those with the highest foreclosure rates in August 2022 were Peoria, IL (one in every 869 housing units with a foreclosure filing); Jacksonville, NC (one in every 968 housing units); Bakersfield, CA (one in every 1,454 housing units); South Bend, IN (one in every 1,478 housing units); and Rockford, IL (one in every 1,496 housing units).
Those metropolitan areas with a population greater than 1 million, with the worst foreclosure rates in August 2022 were: Cleveland, OH (one in every 1,820 housing units); Chicago, IL (one in every 1,877 housing units); Jacksonville, FL (one in every 2,074 housing units); Riverside, CA (one in every 2,091 housing units); and Orlando, FL (one in every 2,445 housing units).
Lenders repossessed 3,938 U.S. properties through completed foreclosures (REOs) in August 2022, up 28 percent from last month and up 59 percent from last year.
"Repossessions are likely to continue running below pre-pandemic levels for several reasons, most importantly that over 90 percent of borrowers in foreclosure have positive equity in their homes, and would benefit from selling these properties at a profit rather than risk losing everything to a foreclosure auction or lender repossession," Sharga noted.
Those states that had the greatest number of REOs in April 2022, included: Illinois (493 REOs); New York (337 REOs); Michigan (326 REOs); Pennsylvania (260 REOs); and California (189 REOs).
Among those major metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) with a population greater than 1 million that saw the greatest monthly increase in REOs in August 2022, were: Kansas City, MO (up 967 percent); New York, NY (up 90 percent); Philadelphia, PA (up 28 percent); and Detroit, MI (up 23 percent).
The ATTOM U.S. Foreclosure Market Report provides a count of the total number of properties with at least one foreclosure filing entered into the ATTOM Data Warehouse during the month and quarter. Some foreclosure filings entered into the database during the quarter may have been recorded in the previous quarter. Data is collected from more than 3,000 counties nationwide, and those counties account for more than 99 percent of the U.S. population. ATTOM's report incorporates documents filed in all three phases of foreclosure: Default — Notice of Default (NOD) and Lis Pendens (LIS); Auction — Notice of Trustee Sale and Notice of Foreclosure Sale (NTS and NFS); and Real Estate Owned, or REO properties (that have been foreclosed on and repurchased by a bank). For the annual, midyear and quarterly reports, if more than one type of foreclosure document is received for a property during the timeframe, only the most recent filing is counted in the report. The annual, midyear, quarterly and monthly reports all check if the same type of document was filed against a property previously. If so, and if that previous filing occurred within the estimated foreclosure timeframe for the state where the property is located, the report does not count the property in the current year, quarter or month.
ATTOM provides premium property data to power products that improve transparency, innovation, efficiency and disruption in a data-driven economy. ATTOM multi-sources property tax, deed, mortgage, foreclosure, environmental risk, natural hazard, and neighborhood data for more than 155 million U.S. residential and commercial properties covering 99 percent of the nation's population. A rigorous data management process involving more than 20 steps validates, standardizes, and enhances the real estate data collected by ATTOM, assigning each property record with a persistent, unique ID — the ATTOM ID. The 30TB ATTOM Data Warehouse fuels innovation in many industries including mortgage, real estate, insurance, marketing, government and more through flexible data delivery solutions that include bulk file licenses, property data APIs, real estate market trends, property reports and more. Also, introducing our newest innovative solution, that offers immediate access and streamlines data management – ATTOM Cloud.
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Number one for the ninth year in a row and ranked in the top three spots for all 10 specialties
BOSTON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston Children's Hospital is the number one pediatric hospital in the nation for the ninth year in a row according to U.S. News & World Report's 2022-23 Best Children's Hospitals Honor Roll.
"These last few years have been extremely challenging, not just for hospitals, but for everyone. This ranking is a testament to the extraordinary work and resolve of our entire Boston Children's family and a tribute to their dedication to the patients, families and communities we are privileged to serve," says President and CEO Kevin B. Churchwell, MD. "We are honored to be recognized again as the nation's leading children's hospital, and we are proud of our unwavering commitment to improving and advancing the health and well-being of children -- everywhere and every day."
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U.S. News introduced the Best Children's Hospitals rankings in 2007 to help families of children with rare or life-threatening illnesses find the best medical care available in consultation with their doctors and other medical professionals. The rankings are the most comprehensive source of quality-related information on U.S. pediatric hospitals.
The Best Children's Hospitals methodology factors objective measures such as patient outcomes, including mortality and infection rates, as well as health equity and available clinical resources and compliance with best practices. To calculate the Best Children's Hospitals rankings, U.S. News gathered relevant data from children's hospitals in early 2022 and from pediatric physicians and other healthcare organizations as well as available clinical resources, compliance with best practices, and efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion among patients and staff in 2022.
For more information, visit Best Children's Hospitals and use #BestHospitals on Facebook and Twitter.
Boston Children's Hospital is ranked the #1 children's hospital in the nation by U.S. News & World Report and is a pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School. Home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric medical center, its discoveries have benefited both children and adults since 1869. Today, 3,000 researchers and scientific staff, including 11 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 25 members of the National Academy of Medicine and 10 Howard Hughes Medical Investigators comprise Boston Children's research community. Founded as a 20-bed hospital for children, Boston Children's is now a 415-bed comprehensive center for pediatric and adolescent health care. For more, visit our Answers blog and follow us on social media @BostonChildrens, @BCH_Innovation, Facebook and YouTube.
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FAIRFAX, Va, (AP) — The shooting death of a northern Virginia couple in 2017 may have been connected to a suicide pact between the couple’s daughter and her boyfriend, according to newly unsealed court papers.
Nicholas Giampa, 22, of Lorton, is charged with murder in the deaths of Scott Fricker and his wife, Buckley Kuhn-Fricker.
In court papers, prosecutors say the Frickers forbade their daughter from dating Giampa after learning that he associated with neo-Nazis online, as well as the fact that he had been charged as a juvenile with possessing child pornography.
Police reports in the court file indicate that the daughter told detectives she and Giampa had entered a suicide pact after her parents ordered her to end the relationship.
Giampa and the daughter “discussed wounding her parents if they tried to intervene or stop their suicide attempt,” according to the report.
Fricker and Kuhn-Fricker were fatally shot in the head in December 2017 in their Reston home when they discovered Giampa in their daughter’s bedroom. The daughter told police she had given Giampa a security code that allowed him to enter the home after her parents had gone to bed.
According to police, Giampa reached for a handgun and shot Fricker and Kuhn-Fricker after the daughter unlocked her bedroom door.
It was at that point, according to the police report, that the daughter and Giampa planned to follow through on their suicide pact. The daughter told police that Giampa put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger, but it did not fire. Giampa then turned the gun on himself and shot himself in the forehead.
Giampa was hospitalized for weeks and placed in a medically induced coma but survived. He has been awaiting trial since then.
Prosecutors made clear in court papers that they have no plans to bring any kind of criminal charges against the daughter, who is expected to testify for them.
Though the case has drawn intense interest, details of what happened have been hidden from public view. Because Giampa was a few months shy of his 18th birthday when the shootings took place, he was charged initially in juvenile court, where records and hearings were not made public.
Giampa is now being tried as an adult, but nearly the entire case file had been sealed from the public at the request of prosecutors and the defense. A judge unsealed most of the file earlier this month after The Associated Press and The Washington Post filed a motion seeking access.
Giampa was scheduled to go on trial last month, but the case was again delayed after Judge Brett Kassabian ruled that the confession was inadmissible. Prosecutors are asking the Virginia Court of Appeals to overturn Kassabian’s ruling, which will likely delay any trial for another year at least.
The court papers show that detectives obtained the confession in January 2018, while Giampa was still hospitalized and recovering from the brain injuries from his self-inflicted gunshot wounds.
Giampa’s answers raised doubts about the accuracy of his statement. He incorrectly referred to his girlfriend as “Nancy” and struggled to recall his father’s name. He was adamant that he had also shot his girlfriend’s younger brother, even though the brother was uninjured in the attack.
“He was incoherent,” said Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court Judge Helen Leiner, the first judge to rule the confession inadmissible. “Some of what he said didn’t make any sense. … He was very suggestible.”
Public defender Dawn Butorac, in court papers, said police “used coercive tactics to take advantage of a child that had suffered a severe brain injury.”
Prosecutors argued unsuccessfully that police read Giampa his rights and avoided intimidating tactics. But Kassabian ruled the confession inadmissible, just as Leiner had done in the juvenile proceedings. In juvenile court, Leiner still found probable cause to allow the case to go forward, even without the confession.
Defense attorneys are also trying to bar prosecutors from telling a jury about Giampa’s online advocacy of neo-Nazi ideology, but prosecutors say the fact is important to understanding Giampa’s motives for shooting the parents.
“The evidence is clear that Defendant wanted to be with (the daughter) and evidence that the Frickers tried to keep them apart would establish a clear motive for the Defendant to want to kill them,” prosecutor Lyle Burnham wrote. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-us-headlines/suicide-pact-may-have-fueled-virginia-couples-2017-slaying/ | 2022-08-05T20:26:41Z |
SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (NASDAQ: ARAY) announced today that Franco N. Palomba has joined the company as vice president, chief accounting officer & controller. Mr. Palomba will be responsible for the controllership function, including the global accounting organization and associated budgetary and administrative operations, as well as financial and regulatory compliance. He will report to Accuray senior vice president & chief financial officer Ali Pervaiz.
Mr. Palomba is a skilled executive with more than 30 years of accounting and finance expertise, primarily in the radiation therapy industry at Varian Medical Systems, now a part of Siemens Healthineers. Most recently, he served as vice president of finance and controller at Ashvattha Therapeutics where he was responsible for all internal and external resources supporting the successful completion of the company's first multiyear audit, establishment of an internal finance team and closing of a major company funding initiative. Prior to Ashvattha Therapeutics, Mr. Palomba held various leadership positions at Genomic Health, Inc., acquired by Exact Sciences, Varian, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
"Franco is a well-rounded executive with the deep strategic and tactical expertise necessary to help advance our global finance organization and drive the growth of our business. Under his guidance his teams have delivered significant value including streamlining processes, reducing debt and increasing income. We look forward to his leadership at this important time in our organization's evolution," said Ali Pervaiz, senior vice president & chief financial officer at Accuray.
"The opportunity with Accuray will enable me to re-engage in the radiation therapy industry, an area of particular interest and importance to me. I've always been impressed by the innovation behind the organization's technology and the team's dedication to improving the lives of patients who would benefit from radiation treatments," said Franco Palomba, vice president, chief accounting officer & controller at Accuray. "I'm looking forward to partnering with the global team to help accelerate the company's growth and build shareholder value."
Accuray is committed to expanding the powerful potential of radiation therapy to improve as many lives as possible. We invent unique, market-changing solutions that are designed to deliver radiation treatments for even the most complex cases—while making commonly treatable cases even easier—to meet the full spectrum of patient needs. We are dedicated to continuous innovation in radiation therapy for oncology, neuro-radiosurgery, and beyond, as we partner with clinicians and administrators, empowering them to help patients get back to their lives, faster. Accuray is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with facilities worldwide. To learn more, visit www.accuray.com or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and YouTube.
Statements made in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this press release relate, but are not limited, expectations related to the company's growth and building shareholder value. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if any of the company's assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of the company and those of its customers and suppliers; disruptions to our supply chain, including increased logistics costs; the company's ability to achieve widespread market acceptance of its products, including new product and software offerings; the company's ability to develop new products or enhance existing products to meet customers' needs and compete favorably in the market, the company's ability to realize the expected benefits of the China joint venture and other partnerships; risks inherent in international operations; the company's ability to effectively manage its growth; the company's ability to maintain or increase its gross margins on product sales and services; delays in regulatory approvals or the development or release of new offerings; the company's ability to meet the covenants under its credit facilities; the company's ability to convert backlog to revenue; and such other risks identified under the heading "Risk Factors" in the company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on April 29, 2022 and as updated periodically with the company's other filings with the SEC.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made and are based on information available to the company at the time those statements are made and/or management's good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events. The company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual performance or results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. Accordingly, investors should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.
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Accuray
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