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To reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for mental health crises, it now takes only three digits: 988.
On Saturday, Vibrant Emotional Health, the nonprofit that operates the lifeline on behalf of the US Department of Health and Human Services' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), launched the 988 dialing code available to everyone across the United States.
So far, the dialing code to reach the lifeline has been 1-800-273-TALK, which will remain operational during the current expansion to 988. Text messages can be sent to the three-digit number as well.
Veterans can now dial 988 and press 1 to reach the Veteran Crisis Line.
"One of the goals of 988 is to ensure that people get the help that they need when they need it, where they need it. And so, when a person calls 988, they can expect to have a conversation with a trained, compassionate crisis counselor who will talk with them about what they're experiencing. If it's the case that they need further intervention, then likely the crisis counselor will connect with a local mobile crisis team," Dr. Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, the administrator of SAMHSA, said earlier this month during a call with reporters.
"Some of the goal is to, where possible, minimize unnecessary contact or connection with police departments when what a person needs is connecting with either a mobile crisis worker or anyone within the mental health and behavioral health system of care," she added.
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline has been in operation since 2005 and is funded by SAMHSA.
In 2020, the US Federal Communications Commission's five leaders unanimously voted to finalize 988 as the three-digit number Americans can dial to be connected to the existing lifeline's network of trained counselors.
That year, the National Suicide Hotline Designation Act of 2020 became law, amending the Communications Act of 1934 to designate 988 as "the universal telephone number for the purpose of the national suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline system operating through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and through the Veterans Crisis Line, and for other purposes."
As 988 will become an easier number to remember for mental health crises -- similar to how people can dial 911 for medical emergencies -- there has been growing concern among leading mental health and suicide prevention groups that 988 call centers may not be ready to handle an anticipated influx of calls.
The call line received 3.6 million calls, chats and texts in 2021, and that number is expected to double in the first full year after the 988 transition, according to SAMHSA.
Bob Gebbia, the CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, told CNN that a "big concern is that the demands might outstrip the capacity very quickly and these centers will be overwhelmed."
"When that happens, then calls get dropped, waiting times go up, and the individuals who are on the other end and struggling don't get the connection they need," Gebbia said.
Since the FCC's approval in 2020 of 988, the federal government and Vibrant have been gearing up for the nationwide implementation of the three-digit number by providing grants to states to support call centers and actively trying to recruit more crisis counselors.
People who are interested in learning more can visit the SAMHSA website.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific hauled in 22% more profit during the first quarter because it charged more and delivered 4% more shipments even as it struggled to clear up congestion along its rail network.
The Omaha, Nebraska, railroad said Thursday it earned $1.63 billion, or $2.57 per share, in the quarter. That’s up from $1.34 billion, or $2 per share, a year ago.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.55 per share.
Union Pacific’s Chairman, President and CEO Lance Fritz said the railroad delivered solid financial results but failed to meet customer expectations for service. Federal regulators plan to hold a hearing next week after several groups of shippers complained about delayed deliveries that disrupted their business.
“Clearly we’re not providing broadly our customers the kind of service that they deserve, that they expect and that we have committed to provide them,” Fritz said.
For Union Pacific, the recent problems began when winter weather disrupted operations in February. Then as the railroad was struggling to recover from that, customers who saw shipments starting to slow added more railcars to help ensure they would get the deliveries they needed. But Fritz said those additional cars clogged the network further because UP didn’t have the crews it needed to handle all the traffic.
Fritz reiterated that the railroad is hiring aggressively, bringing more locomotives out of storage and putting limits on some shipments to help get freight moving smoothly again. During the quarter, Union Pacific said the average speed of its trains fell 4% to 24.1 mph.
The railroad has 500 new workers in training now, and executives said UP is on track to hire a total of 1,400 new workers this year to help it improve service and handle growing volume. But in places it has been difficult to find workers to fill all of its openings.
“They’ve been struggling trying to bring in workers. That’s not just a railroad issue,” Edward Jones analyst Jeff Windau said. “That’s an issue across multiple industries whether it’s kind of a retail industry, whether it’s airlines, everyone’s having these challenges.”
But the railroad’s quarterly revenue grew 17% to $5.86 billion as it increased the rates it charged to deliver an assortment of raw materials, crops and finished products. That also surpassed the $5.81 billion that five analysts surveyed by Zacks predicted.
Union Pacific maintained its prediction that volume will grow faster this year than industrial production.
Union Pacific is one of the nation’s largest railroads with a network of 32,400 miles (52,000 kilometers) of track in 23 Western states.
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Hardware Access Control Leader Appoints CRO to Drive Go-To-Market Growth Strategy and COO to Support Its Growing Customer Base.
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sepio, the leader in Hardware Access Control, today announced that Scott Coffey has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), along with the appointment of Iftah Bratspiess, co-founder and GM for Sepio Israel as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
"These new appointments further strengthen Sepio's leadership team focusing on revenue generation and global expansion," said Yossi Appleboum, co-founder, and CEO of Sepio. "Scott brings his vast expertise to our executive team with an impressive track record as a driving force for the company's growth stage."
As CRO, Scott will be leading Sepio's global sales organization. He will be responsible for planning and executing the strategy, building the teams, and developing the channels and partnerships.
"The need for managing the risk of hardware assets inside organizations is growing fast and is starts, of course, with a need for complete detection of all deployed devices. Sepio's HAC-1 is fast and simple to deploy without the nightmare of tapping into all traffic." said Scott Coffey, CRO of Sepio. "I am looking forward to joining the existing high-performance team, as Sepio is leading this market, while visibility challenges and threats are growing exponentially."
"Taking the COO position of Sepio is an important milestone in our growth," said Iftah Bratspiess, COO of Sepio. "While we are building our global presence, we are strengthening our operations that will lead our research, engineering, data science and product activities. Creating this new position in Sepio allows us to use my vast expertise and laser-focused approach towards high quality delivery and customer approval."
About Sepio
Founded in 2016 by cybersecurity industry veterans, Sepio's HAC-1 solution helps enterprises manage risks related to their hardware assets. HAC-1 is the first hardware access control platform that provides unparalleled visibility, control, and mitigation to zero trust, insider threat, BYOD, IT, OT and IoT security programs. Sepio's physical layer fingerprinting technology discovers all managed, unmanaged, and hidden devices that are otherwise invisible to all other security and asset visibility tools. Through multiple 3rd party seamless integration support, HAC-1 insights and actionable measures are easily incorporated into existing automation processes. The company's HQ is in Rockville, Maryland and operates globally through its vast channel partners' network. Learn more: www.sepiocyber.com
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BEIRUT — The chilling scenes from Syria of victims twitching and gasping for air after chlorine cylinders were dropped from helicopters in towns and villages were broadcast over and over in the course of country’s civil war.
Legal and moral taboos were shattered. Hundreds were killed, including many children, in dozens of poison gas attacks widely blamed on President Bashar Assad’s forces under the protection of his chief ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Several years later, concerns are growing that such weapons could be used in Ukraine, where Russian forces have been waging a devastating war for weeks.
As the conflict drags on, Western officials and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy have warned that Putin could deploy chemical agents.
“The world must react now,” Zelenskyy said.
Officials say they are investigating an unconfirmed claim by a far-right Ukrainian regiment that a poisonous substance was dropped in the besieged city of Mariupol this week. The claim could not be confirmed by independent sources, and Ukrainian officials say it could have been phosphorus munitions - which cause horrendous burns but are not classed as chemical weapons.
LOWERING THE THRESHOLD
Putin has threatened to broaden the Ukraine war into a nuclear conflict, but it is unclear if chemical agents will be used to support his military operations. Analysts say the Syria war set a horrific precedent in terms of deploying chlorine, sulfur and the nerve agent sarin, completely disregarding international norms and with no accountability.
“From what we’re seeing now, it seems that Russia has drawn the conclusion that it’s safe to continue this modus operandi from Syria in the Ukrainian context as well,” said Aida Samani, legal adviser with Civil Rights Defenders, a Sweden-based group.
“Of course, that undermines the international regulations that we have in place and lowers the threshold for the use of such weapons,” Samani added.
She has joined with other nongovernmental organizations to file a criminal complaint on behalf of a group of Syrians living in Sweden against the Syrian government for war crimes and crimes against humanity related to its use of chemical weapons.
Western officials say Russia may be looking to borrow from the Syria playbook, where Assad’s forces tested the international community’s resolve by gradually ramping up the brutality of attacks and methods.
Part of the equation in Syria was the difficulty of proving anything in the aftermath of such attacks, largely due to the lack of immediate access. Assad, with Russia’s backing, consistently cast a cloud of confusion, accusing the opposition of fabricating evidence or deploying poison gas themselves to try to frame him.
An investigative mechanism set up by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons blamed Syrian government forces for multiple chemical attacks in Syria, including the use of chlorine and sarin in an attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in April 2017 that killed about 100 people. At least one mustard gas attack was blamed on the Islamic State group, which held territory in Syria and Iraq for several years during the war that killed half a million people.
In comments reminiscent of Syria, Russia accused Ukraine of running chemical and biological labs with U.S. support, leading to accusations Moscow was seeking to stage a false-flag incident. Ukraine does have a network of biological labs that have gotten funding and research support from the U.S. — but they are part of a program seeking to reduce the likelihood of deadly outbreaks by pathogens, whether natural or manmade. The U.S. efforts date to the 1990s to dismantle the former Soviet Union’s program for weapons of mass destruction.
RED LINES
The assault early on the morning of Aug. 21, 2013, on the rebel-held suburbs of Damascus known as Ghouta shocked a world that had grown largely numb to the carnage of Syria’s civil war.
Fueling the international outrage were dozens of online videos showing victims in spasms, gasping for breath and foaming at the mouth. The attack crossed what then-U.S. President Barack Obama had called a “red line” for possible military intervention in the Arab country.
Obama came close to ordering U.S.-led military strikes but abruptly backed down after failing to secure the necessary support from the U.S. Congress and instead struck a deal with Moscow to eliminate Syria’s chemical arsenal.
By August 2014, Assad’s government declared that the destruction of its chemical weapons was completed. But Syria’s initial declaration to the OPCW has remained in dispute, and the attacks continued.
In 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump launched several dozen cruise missiles at a Syrian air base in retaliation for a suspected nerve gas attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun in rebel-held Idlib province that killed about 100 people. Experts from the U.N. and the chemical weapons watchdog blamed the Syrian government for the attack.
As Moscow pushes its offensive in Ukraine, world leaders and policymakers are grappling with how the West should respond to a Russian battlefield use of chemical or biological weapons. Members of Congress said the Biden administration and its allies will not stand by if that happens.
Unlike Syria, however, Russia is a nuclear power. Any reaction risks triggering a nuclear confrontation, which Putin has already alluded to.
ACHIEVING JUSTICE
Samani, of Civil Rights Defenders, faults the international community for not making a real effort to seek accountability for the chemical weapons attacks in Syria.
“There hasn’t really been any political appetite to explore how, for example, a special tribunal could be set up for Syria,” she said.
Last week, she and a group of NGOs presented new information relevant to the sarin gas attacks on Khan Sheikhun in 2017 and Ghouta in 2013 to investigative authorities in Germany, France and Sweden.
But justice appears to be a long way off.
“Holding the perpetrators of these crimes accountable for the use of illegal weapons is the first deterrent to ensure that they do not recur,” said Haneen Haddad, project leader for the Syrian Archive, a Syrian-led project that documents human rights violations and other crimes committed in Syria.
“Without meaningful accountability, cruel actors and their enablers think that they can do terrible things without real consequence from the international community.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_85504dc0-bb81-11ec-aa9d-87b8ffeb159c.html | 2022-04-14T05:14:29Z |
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During the period July 25 - July 29, 2022 AB Electrolux (LEI code 549300Y3HHZB1ZGFPJ93) has repurchased in total 462,085 own series B shares (ISIN: SE0016589188) as part of the buyback program initiated by the Board of Directors in order to optimize the company's capital structure.
The share buybacks form part of the buyback program of a maximum of 8,000,000 series B shares for a total maximum amount of SEK 1,250 million, which AB Electrolux announced on April 29, 2022. The buyback program, which runs between May 2, 2022 - October 21, 2022, is being carried out in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR") and the Commission Delegated Regulation 2016/1052 (the "Safe Harbour Regulation"). The objective of the share buybacks is to optimize the company's capital structure and the intention is to reduce Electrolux share capital through subsequent share cancellations.
Series B shares in AB Electrolux have been repurchased (in SEK) as follows:
All acquisitions have been carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG on behalf of AB Electrolux. Following the above acquisitions, AB Electrolux holding of own shares as of July 29, 2022 amounts to 10,341,806 series B shares. The total number of shares in AB Electrolux amounts to 283,077,393.
A full breakdown of the transactions pursuant to article 5.3 of MAR and article 2.3 of the Safe Harbour Regulation is attached to this announcement.
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New research from Thorn reveals many parents are hesitant to discuss online safety with their kids, may victim-blame, and implement harsh punishments
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from Thorn, a technology nonprofit dedicated to defending children from online sexual abuse, finds that fewer than 1 in 3 parents have talked with their children about sharing nudes.
This research, "The Role of Caregivers: Safeguarding & Enhancing Youth Resilience Against Harmful Sexual Encounters Online", shows that parents' hesitancy to discuss this topic often stems from a discrepancy between how often and how early parents believe children are sharing nude selfies and kids' self-reporting of this behavior.
This hesitancy can cause delays in parents' responses to a rapidly changing landscape of sexual exploitation online.
The research also reflects many parents feel ill-equipped to have these uncomfortable conversations with their children and examines the attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors of caregivers as they relate to talking with their children about sharing "nudes," or self-generated child sexual abuse material (SG-CSAM).
This latest study builds on Thorn's earlier research examining the experiences of young people who have shared explicit imagery of themselves.
Thorn found that:
- Parents generalize talks about online safety with their kids. This often comes at the expense of explicit discussions that can help kids recognize and navigate the distinct risks and pathways of grooming and sharing nudes. While 2 in 3 parents have talked with their child about social media and digital safety, fewer than 1 in 3 parents have talked with their child about sharing nudes of themselves.
Even fewer parents (27%) have had conversations with their children about non-consensually re-sharing the nude imagery of their peers. More concerningly, 1 in 4 parents believes that the person who receives a nude photo or video has a right to re-share it at their discretion, with 33% of male parents thinking this is acceptable compared to 16% of women—a troubling gender discrepancy. - Gender plays a pervasive role in how caregivers approach SG-CSAM with their child. For example, while caregivers think boys should receive a conversation about SG-CSAM at younger ages than girls, they think girls should receive a conversation about online sexual predators at younger ages than boys. They also perceive higher levels of risk for girls experiencing online sexual activity than boys.
- Caregivers perceive that their children would never engage with SG-CSAM or are too young. Parents' misconceptions about the ages at which children are sharing nudes, combined with a lack of confidence in speaking with their child about this topic or the tech they use, inhibit critical conversations between caregivers and their kids. Although the majority of parents think they should speak to children about SG-CSAM before they turn 13, only 1 in 5 parents of children aged 9-12 has done so. Thorn's earlier research, however, has shown that the practice of sharing nudes is seen as "normal" among children as young as 9.
- Not all kids have equal access to engaged or informed caregivers who can help safeguard them from the risks associated with SG-CSAM — and sadly, some parents hold extreme perspectives that could worsen outcomes for a child confronting a risky online experience. For instance, 1 in 5 parents is comfortable with their child being convicted of a crime or having to register as a sex offender if caught re-sharing nude images of another student. Further, over half (53%) of all parents would place the ultimate blame on the victim whose nudes were shared without consent.
The report underscores the critical need to provide parents and caregivers with the tools they need to have open, honest, and non-judgmental discussions with their kids about online risks and healthy online relationships.
That's why Thorn launched Thorn for Parents, a digital resource hub designed to equip parents and caregivers and help them have earlier, more frequent, and judgment-free conversations with kids about digital safety.
While these conversations may be uncomfortable, 4 in 5 parents surveyed agreed a few things would make them more likely to speak with their children about digital safety. These factors include knowing other parents at their child's school were discussing the issue with their children; having a better understanding of the tech platforms their children use; and understanding that nude-sharing behavior was on the rise.
"Parents and caregivers are the first line of defense in protecting children from bad actors and other dangers online," said Julie Cordua, CEO of Thorn. "We study the ways parents currently engage with their kids on these topics to better understand what might be holding parents back – and what can be created to help parents have more proactive conversations with their children on these topics.
"All parents want the best for their kids—and while there are many steps parents can take to protect their children online, the first step is having honest talks with their children about risks and safety, without judgment. Thorn is here to help parents start these conversations so we can move closer to a world where every child is free to safely explore online, and to simply be a kid."
Methodology: This research was conducted by Thorn in partnership with Benenson Strategy Group. Both qualitative and quantitative tools were used to collect data related to caregiver attitudes and behaviors about the role of technology in their child's life and its intersection with sexual exploration. In March 2020, 16 caregivers, aged 31-60 and 14 youth, aged 15-17, participated in focus groups. In July and October 2021, 2,000 caregivers from across the United States participated in one of two 18-minute online surveys. Data was weighted to age, gender, race, and geography, based on US Census data.
Ensuring the privacy and safety of those who chose to participate in this research was paramount. Help resources were provided to participants in the event who wanted to learn more about the topics discussed or needed professional support to talk about the issues.
About Thorn: Thorn is a nonprofit founded in 2012 to build technology to defend children from sexual abuse to eliminate child sex abuse material from the internet. Thorn creates products that identify child victims faster, provides services for the tech industry to play a proactive role in removing abuse content from their platforms, and works directly with youth and communities to build resilient kids. Learn more about Thorn's mission to build technology to defend children from sexual abuse at Thorn.org.
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Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Courtney Lin, Iris Menas, Tony Revolori, Kausar Mohammed, Valeria Rodriguez, Alexa Kahn, Alexander Polinsky, and Debra Wilson Star as the Series' Iconic Fashionable Monsters
First-Look Images of Monster High Revealed, Series to Debut Globally Fall 2022
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BURBANK, Calif., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon and Mattel today announced the lineup of actors lending their voices to the fashionable monsters featured in the upcoming original animated series Monster High. The all-new series (26 episodes) follows the teenage children of famous monsters including Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura, Frankie Stein, and Deuce Gorgon as they discover who they are, embrace their differences, and learn to be fierce and fearless at the one place they all belong: Monster High. Monster High is set to debut globally this fall on Nickelodeon. The animated comedy-adventure series accompanies the upcoming live-action movie-musical Monster High: The Movie in re-launching the globally loved and iconic Monster High franchise.
The voice cast bringing the Monster High characters to life are:
- Gabrielle Nevaeh Green (That Girl Lay Lay) as Clawdeen Wolf – Half-human and half-werewolf, Clawdeen is thrilled to join Monster High, despite the challenge of being a half-monster in a school of full-monster students.
- Courtney Lin (Crash: The Animated Series) as Draculaura – The daughter of Dracula, vampire Draculaura seems like the perfect dictionary definition of a monster. But she hides a deep desire to become a witch, which is strictly forbidden in the monster world.
- Iris Menas (West Side Story) as Frankie Stein – Brought to life just 15 days ago by their scientist parents, Frankie is figuring out who they are and who they want to be.
- Tony Revolori (Spider-Man: No Way Home) as Deuce Gorgon – The son of Medusa and Lyra, Deuce is often influenced by the snakes that live on his head and get him into trouble.
- Kausar Mohammed (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous) as Cleo De Nile – Cleo is a mummy monster who knows she is destined for greatness--if only everyone else would just admit it and get out of her way.
- Valeria Rodriguez (To Your Eternity) as Lagoona Blue – Having grown up in an ancient underwater Mayan Castillo with her ocean nymph mother and sea monster father, sweet yet ferocious Lagoona doesn't know much about life on land.
- Alexa Kahn (Madagascar: A Little Wild) as Toralei Stripe – hailing from an elite monster family, Toralei is a werecat and the "bad girl" at Monster High. Old fashioned and brave, Toralei is committed to her cause of preserving monster society.
- Alexander Polinsky (Blaze and the Monster Machines) as Heath Burns – Temperamental and passionate as the son of Hades would be, Heath is quite literally a hot head who can get worked up over anything and is prone to fiery outbursts.
- Debra Wilson (Baby Shark's Big Show!) as Headmistress Bloodgood – The headless overseer of the school, Headmistress Bloodgood has a proclivity for wandering around at night to keep an eye on the students.
In addition to the animated series, a live-action television movie musical based on the iconic franchise is slated to premiere Thursday, Oct. 6 on Nickelodeon and Paramount+. Both projects join other Mattel Television content in production, including series and specials based on Barbie, Masters of the Universe, Thomas & Friends, Polly Pocket, Pictionary and Fireman Sam, to name a few. Mattel first introduced Monster High in 2010, and it quickly became one of the most successful and beloved kids' properties of all time. The franchise seeks to foster a more accepting world where everyone is proud to be their authentic self, which is more relevant now than ever before. Today, Monster High is back with a reimagined set of fangtastic characters, inspired by the original ghouls for a new generation that embraces what makes them unique and rallies people everywhere to express themselves.
Shea Fontana (Polly Pocket) serves as showrunner and co-executive producer of Monster High, with Nick Filippi (Big Hero 6: The Series) as supervising producer. Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, Big Kids Animation and Nikki Price, Director of Franchise Animation, and for Mattel by Fred Soulie, Senior Vice President and GM of Mattel Television, and Christopher Keenan, Senior Vice President of Content Development.
Mattel is a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest catalogs of children's and family entertainment franchises in the world. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Fisher-Price®, American Girl®, Thomas & Friends®, UNO® and MEGA®, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include film and television content, gaming, music and live events. We operate in 35 locations and our products are available in more than 150 countries in collaboration with the world's leading retail and ecommerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering children to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.
Nickelodeon, now in its 43rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA) (Nasdaq: PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands.
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Canadian Native Yates' Career Has Taken Off and He Is Back On Stage Ready To Show U.S. Fans What They've Been Missing
NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Francesco Yates has announced he will be joining ATCK (All The Cool Kids) on fifteen Backstreet Boys tour dates in the United States.
ATCK is a creative collaboration between A.J. Mclean (Backstreet Boys) and DJ Lux (Brandon Mashburn). Yates has also performed with ATCK several times in the past, as well as appearing on ATCK single releases including "Don't Call Me Back" and "Hurts To Love You".
The 26-year-old Toronto-based Yates began his professional career when he signed a major label record deal at the age of 16, propelling him into a worldwide spotlight. He is the recipient of platinum-selling plaques, more than a billion streams, and multiple other successes including performing on Robin Schulz's 2015 global smash hit "Sugar" and serving as direct support on Justin Timberlake's 2018/2019 Man of the Woods tour.
Buoyed by the influence of pop music royalty past and present, Yates' latest single, "Jimi", showcases his masterful evolution as he delivers one of his most confident and alluring vocal performances to date, along with his world-class musicianship and airtight pop songcraft. The track transports the listener with his modern take on up-tempo 90s R&B Pop with Funk-filled bass lines and a prominent guitar solo that Hendrix would surely approve of. "Jimi" can be found on Spotify along with the official music video on YouTube.
Francesco will be performing "Jimi" with ATCK on the following U.S. dates:
- Tuesday, August 2, 2022 in Englewood, Colorado
- Thursday, August 4, 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah
- Saturday, August 6, 2022 in Wheatland, California
- Sunday, August 7, 2022 in Mountain View, California
- Tuesday, August 9, 2022 in Concord, California
- Friday, August 12, 2022 in Auburn, Washington
- Friday, August 19, 2022 in Nampa, Idaho
- Sunday, August 21, 2022 in Spokane, Washington
- Monday, August 22, 2022 in Portland, Oregon
- Tuesday, September 6, 2022 in Lexington, Kentucky
- Thursday, September 8, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee
- Friday, September 9, 2022 in Memphis, Tennessee
- Sunday, September 11, 2022 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Tuesday, September 13, 2022 in Wichita, Kansas
- Wednesday, September 14, 2022 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Follow Francesco Yates on all socials at @FrancescoYates. You can follow DJ Lux at @official_djlux on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. ATCK can be followed on Instagram at @officialatck. Backstreet Boys can be followed on all platforms under @BackstreetBoys.
Fans interested in purchasing tickets to the show can do so by visiting the Backstreet Boys' website at https://backstreetboys.com/events/.
The Toronto-based Francesco Yates has already garnered more than a billion streams and has amassed several platinum-selling plaques. A singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist, Yates is now touring with the Backstreet Boys across North America. At 16, Yates signed a major label record deal and was propelled into a worldwide spotlight. From releasing his self-titled debut EP in 2015, singing and playing guitar on Robin Schulz's global smash hit "Sugar", and has won the endorsement of heavyweights including Timberlake and Pharrell Williams, Yates' musical journey has more than prepared him for this moment. Fans can check out more of Francesco Yates on Instagram and TikTok by following @FrancescoYates and going to his website www.francescoyates.com for more information.
ATCK is a creative collaboration between A.J. Mclean (Backstreet Boys) and DJ Lux (Brandon Mashburn), whose past performances have included guest performers such as Chris Kirkpatrick (NSync), Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees), Ryan Stevenson (Snoop Dog, Drake, French Montana) and The Voice winner Chris Blue.
For 28 years the Backstreet Boys have delivered the finest pop music one has to offer, making them one of pop's most influential performers. With countless #1s hits, record-setting tours, numerous awards and worldwide sales in excess of 130 million, BSB has been recognized as the best-selling boy band in history. In early 2019, BSB released their GRAMMY nominated 10th studio album "DNA" on RCA Records. The album debuted at #1 and features the Top 10 hit "Don't Go Breaking My Heart." The critically acclaimed and chart topping single was nominated for the "Pop Duo / Group Performance" 2019 GRAMMY, and was BSB's first hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 10 years. Upon its release, the single went straight to #1 on iTunes Top Songs and Global charts and charted in over 22 countries.
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STOCKHOLM, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
- Ericsson suspends affected business in Russia
- Records a SEK 0.9 b. provision in first quarter 2022
In late February, Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) suspended all deliveries to customers in Russia. In the light of recent events and of European Union sanctions, the company will now suspend its affected business with customers in Russia indefinitely. Ericsson is engaging with customers and partners regarding the indefinite suspension of the affected business. The priority is to focus on the safety and well-being of Ericsson employees in Russia and they will be placed on paid leave.
As a consequence, Ericsson records a SEK 0.9 b. provision in first quarter 2022 for impairment of assets and other exceptional costs. No staff redundancy cost is included. The provision will be recorded in Other Operating Expenses in Segment Networks. Around one third of this amount will impact cashflow.
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NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parsley Health announced that it is moving in-network with Aetna New York, a CVS Health company. This is the first time Parsley will be available in-network with a major insurance provider. Parsley has plans to expand to additional providers in the near future.
"By becoming an in-network provider with Aetna New York we're able to immediately increase access to personalized, longitudinal medical care that helps patients make lasting improvements to their chronic conditions," said Dr. Robin Berzin, M.D., Founder and CEO of Parsley Health. "Our data shows that by offering a comprehensive, holistic approach that addresses the root cause of chronic conditions, we are able to improve or resolve symptoms for more than 80% of patients in the first year of membership, while also significantly reducing prescription drug usage and referrals to specialists. We offer life-changing care for patients who have been suffering. And reducing the cost of our care through insurance is paramount to reaching those who need us most."
Parsley Health was founded in 2016 to serve the complex health needs of women and families. According to the CDC, approximately 6 in 10 Americans suffer from chronic conditions. The majority are women. And many more remain undiagnosed. Yet the complexities of women's health needs are not well served by the conventional primary care model, in which 1 in 5 women report feeling dismissed by their doctors. Parsley's unique clinical model blends functional medicine with conventional primary care to address the root cause of chronic conditions – creating personalized, holistic care plans that put food, lifestyle, and proactive diagnostic testing on the prescription pad alongside medication.
Parsley treats patients comprehensively throughout their lifecycles and across multiple conditions, while also caring for their partners, children, and family members of any gender or identification. As a result of this approach, the majority of Parsley Health patients improve or resolve their conditions within their first year of care – putting an end to the revolving door of specialist-referrals and prescription-drug-overload for those seeking relief from gastrointestinal, autoimmune, hormone, fertility, metabolic, and mental health concerns.
"Parsley Health's move to go in-network with Aetna New York is essential to supporting the health of New Yorkers, and it is also a signal that we're on the cusp of a sea change," said Carladenise Edwards, Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer at Henry Ford Health System and member of Parsley Health's Medical Advisory Board. "Insurers are beginning to accept providers, like Parsley Health, that have a holistic approach to healthcare and are designed to prevent and treat the suffering caused by chronic diseases. This is the one of the first steps in an insurance revolution that will have positive ripple effects across the country."
Since launch, Parsley has grown into the largest holistic medical practice in America, serving tens of thousands of patients across the U.S. through telemedicine nationwide and in-person care in New York and California. Parsley's membership includes 5 doctor's visits and 5 health coach visits per year – ensuring more than 3 hours of dedicated doctor-patient time annually to identify the root cause of health concerns – in addition to advanced diagnostic testing, unlimited messaging, personalized medications and nutritional guidance.
Parsley's doctors are trained in conventional medicine, have undergone additional training in holistic care and have completed Parsley's in-house fellowship program. They are paired with health coaches trained in nutrition and lifestyle interventions to provide Parsley's comprehensive whole-body approach to health.
About Parsley Health
Parsley Health is the nation's leading holistic medical practice for women and families, designed to address patients' complex health needs and drive powerful outcomes. More than 80% of Parsley patients feel better within their first year of care, while also significantly reducing prescription drug use and specialist referrals for gastrointestinal, autoimmune, hormone, fertility, metabolic, and mental health conditions. At Parsley patients see the whole picture of their health, identify and address the root drivers of illness, and experience accessible, supportive care from providers who listen. Parsley combines advanced diagnostic testing, personalized medications and nutritional guidance to provide best-in-class modern holistic care -- all online. Learn more at https://www.parsleyhealth.com/aetna-ny-insurance.
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- Josef Newgarden wins his fourth 2022 INDYCAR Series race in the No. 2 Hitachi Dallara/Chevrolet at Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 at Iowa Speedway
- Hitachi Astemo provides fuel-system components for INDYCAR engines
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Josef Newgarden captured his fourth INDYCAR Series win of the year in Team Penske's No. 2 Hitachi Chevrolet at the Hy-VeeDeals.com 250 at Iowa Speedway.
The two-time INDYCAR Series champion's 24th victory of this season came in the first of two weekend races (July 23) at the speedway. Newgarden took the lead from Penske teammate Will Power on lap 23 for last Saturday's win. He is battling this year for his third INDYCAR Series title.
Newgarden is the all-time INDYCAR Series win leader at Iowa Speedway with his fourth career victory at the oval race track located near Des Moines, Iowa. His previous wins there came in 2016, 2019 and 2020.
The 31-year-old American led 208 of the 250 laps enroute to Saturday's victory despite temperatures nearing 100 degrees.
"This was a long game day, but I was really proud of our team," Newgarden said after the race. "Hitachi and Team Chevy really showed up for us. Iowa Speedway is one of my favorite tracks. To be able to win here again is always very special."
On Sunday, Newgarden's No. 2 Hitachi Chevrolet started second behind Power's No. 12 Chevrolet but took the lead on lap 85 and went on to lead 148 laps before being knocked out of the race following a mechanical problem. Over the two-race weekend, Newgarden led a total of 356 laps.
"Josef Newgarden and Team Penske turned in another outstanding INDYCAR performance at Iowa Speedway last Saturday," said Rob Sharpe, senior vice president, sales & marketing, Hitachi Astemo Americas. "Hitachi and Hitachi Astemo employees are among Josef Newgarden's biggest fans. We wish him the very best and look forward to seeing him in the winner's circle again in the very near future."
Sharpe pointed out that Hitachi Astemo is a technology partner with Chevrolet in the development of its highly successful INDYCAR engine program. Hitachi Astemo, for example, provides fuel-system components for all of its 2.2-liter, twin-turbocharged INDYCAR racing engines.
The iHhHitachi name also appears on the sides and rear wing of Team Penske's No. 2 car and Astemo appears on both front wings.
Hitachi will be the primary sponsor of Team Penske's No. 2 car for INDYCAR Series races at Portland International Raceway in Portland, Oregon, on Sept. 4 and at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California, on Sept. 11.
More info is available at Hitachi Astemo's motorsports webpage: https://www.hitachiastemo.com/en/motorsports/sponsorship/indy.html
Hitachi Astemo is a global automotive technology company formed in 2021 by the merger of Hitachi Automotive Systems with Honda's Keihin, Showa and Nissin Kogyo groups. Headquartered in Tokyo, the company has approximately 90,000 employees and leadership positions in a wide range of product areas including AD/ADAS, software and powertrain, as well as chassis and motorcycle systems. Its headquarters for the Americas is in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Hitachi Astemo Americas, Inc. manufactures and markets engine management, electric powertrain and integrated vehicle controls for major automotive manufacturers worldwide, adhering to ISO/TS:16949:2009 industry standards. For more Hitachi Astemo corporate information, please visit www.hitachiastemo.com. Additional product information is available at www.hitachiastemo.com/en/products/.
Team Penske is one of the most successful teams in motorsports history with 18 Indianapolis 500 victories, two Daytona 500 Championships, a Formula 1 win and victories in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring. Josef Newgarden entered the 2022 INDYCAR season with 15 pole positions and 20 wins. Born in Hendersonville, Tennessee, he lives in Nashville. More information is available at www.teampenske.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP announced today the release of its 2022 Private Equity Midyear Review and Outlook, a helpful reference on the remarkable array of market and regulatory changes currently underway.
In the second half of the year, geopolitical and economic uncertainties persist, and markets around the globe have slowed accordingly. While private equity fundraising and M&A activity levels remained generally strong in the first half of the year (although comparatively weaker than 2021), the macroeconomic environment, market volatility and heightened regulatory oversight present challenges to which the private equity industry will need to adapt.
The report notes that we may see increasing competition in fundraising in the second half of the year, as the demand by sponsors for capital continues to be strong, as well as increasing use of bespoke structures that are tailored to investors' needs and of warehousing vehicles as alternative sources of capital. Meanwhile, as overall M&A activity slows, it is anticipated that continuation funds and fund-to-fund transactions will remain popular. More generally, parties are expected to deploy more creativity in structuring and bridging valuation gaps to get deals over the finish line, including in the secondaries market as well as M&A and leveraged finance transactions.
Changes also continue to unfold on the regulatory front worldwide, creating additional compliance obligations for sponsors and impacting execution of transactions. Debevoise has previously reported about heightened scrutiny by U.S. antitrust regulators on the private equity industry (see FTC Sharpens Focus on Private Equity and Navigating the Dynamic World of Antitrust Divestitures). In addition, as interest in socially responsible business practices and investment strengthens, regulators in the United States, the UK and the European Union have either published or already put into effect ESG-related disclosure proposals.
Debevoise is a trusted partner and legal advisor to a majority of the world's largest private equity firms, and has been a market leader in the Private Equity industry for over 40 years. The firm's Private Equity Group brings together the diverse skills and capabilities of more than 400 lawyers around the world from a multitude of practice areas, working together to advise our clients across the entire private equity life cycle. The Group's strong track record, leading-edge insights, deep bench and commitment to unified, agile teams are why, year after year, clients quoted in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, The Legal 500 and PEI cite Debevoise for our close-knit partnership, breadth of resources and relentless focus on results.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a premier law firm with market-leading practices, a global perspective and strong New York roots. We deliver effective solutions to our clients' most important legal challenges, applying clear commercial judgment and a distinctively collaborative approach.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Oscar Health, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of OSCR during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant SEP membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
DEADLINE: July 11, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/oscar-health-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=29512&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of OSCR during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is July 11, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Leadership-based course moves employees on a path of continued excellence
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MOTION PT Group, a leading provider of comprehensive physical, occupational, and speech therapy, announced its recent MOTION Track-to-Leadership graduating class. The program is a self-development opportunity for employees to learn and enhance their personal leadership skills. More than 60 graduates of the program are in MOTION leadership positions today.
The curriculum, adapted from the NCHL Health Leadership Competency Model 3.0, reflects benchmarking against the best available evidence and thought leadership outside of healthcare, adapted to the unique healthcare environment. It provides a standard of leadership excellence, and translates it for improving professional development, organizational performance, health management education, and, ultimately, the health of the population.
"At MOTION we believe that complementing the technical aspects of our industry with the qualities of leadership that support our culture, mission, and values creates a successful, meaningful, and high-performance experience for both staff and patients alike," said Chief Clinical Officer, Mike Fox, PT, SCS. "We offer this program as a part of our overall training for employees with the goal of continual professional advancement for our staff."
The Track-to-Leadership program, available to employees across all functions at MOTION, includes accountability, communications skills, change leadership, interpersonal understanding, team leadership, talent development, organizational awareness, self-awareness and professional responsibility. Graduates of the most recent program represent varied levels of experience across clinical, administrative, and corporate functions. The program takes place over ten months and the fifth Track-To-Leadership class initiated in June 2022.
MOTION PT Holdings, Inc. (MOTION) provides physical and occupational therapy services through a network of 59 outpatient clinics across New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maryland under the names of MOTION PT Group and MOTION Sports Medicine. For more information, visit www.motionptg.com.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newfront, the tech-driven insurance brokerage based in San Francisco, welcomes Kevin Weiser as Associate Vice President and P&C Producer. Kevin joins Newfront from High Ground Insurance, where he worked closely with clients across several industries to develop strategic risk management and insurance solutions. He is based in Los Angeles.
"We are so excited to add Kevin to the rapidly growing team in Southern California. He brings a fresh perspective and determination to create amazing client experiences which makes him both a great technical and cultural fit." said Linde Hotchkiss, Newfront Southwest Regional Managing Director.
Kevin brings nearly 15 years of experience to Newfront.
"Kevin has a great reputation and fearless determination to deliver innovative solutions to clients in our community" said Brian Hetherington, President of Newfront. "I look forward to seeing the impact he will have on enhancing our exceptional client experiences."
With a passion for helping clients anticipate and respond to changes in the legal, risk management, and insurance environment, Kevin will serve clients throughout the state and country.
"I am thrilled to join Newfront and bring industry-leading and tech-enhanced service to my clients," he said.
About Newfront
Newfront is transforming the delivery of risk management, employee experience, insurance, and retirement solutions by building the modern insurance platform. Transparent data delivered real-time translates into a lower total cost of risk and greater insights. Newfront makes insurance work for you.
Headquartered in San Francisco, Newfront has offices throughout California, Washington, Illinois, and New York and is home to more than 750 employees who serve clients across the United States and globally. Learn more about building the Modern Insurance Experience here.
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BAODING, China, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, GWM HAVAL DARGO was launched in Chile and Peru in South America, bringing a brand-new driving experience to local customers.
To let locals have a more real feeling of this car's power, the GWM held a long-distance test drive for HAVAL DARGO in Chile. The test drive models are all-wheel-drive edition, combining coziness of urban SUVs and driving performance of off-road SUVs. The test drive route starts from Puerto Montt and ends at Puerto Varas via the Alerce Andino National Park, covering different driving environments, such as off-road terrain and paved roads.
The multi-scenario experience activities attracted a large number of test drivers to participate enthusiastically, and many well-known media gave positive comments.
Chileautos, the top local automotive website, commented that "HAVAL has introduced an SUV with an off-road gene, HAVAL DARGO seeks to conquer the adventure-loving masses."
During the test, HAVAL DARGO performs well in the off-road section, which allows test drivers to experience great off-road fun. The model's off-road capability is enhanced by equipping an intelligent all-wheel-drive system and rear axle electronically-controlled differential locks. The all-wheel-drive system can intelligently adjust the power output of all four wheels and works with the differential locks to fully utilize the grip of each wheel, helping test drivers pass through complex environments smoothly.
One of the test drivers said, "the driving performance of HAVAL DARGO on mountainous roads far exceeded my expectations, and the vehicle's grip and chassis performance are both excellent. It can provide steady support when cornering and a comfortable driving experience."
Also, in the test drive on paved roads, the model provides impressively comfortable experience. The test drive vehicles feature a variety of intelligent devices, such as Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) and Lane Keeping Assist (LKA). These configurations provide test drivers with a technology-supported comfort and convenience. For example, ACC can accurately identify the distance to the car in front and automatically control the speed, allowing the driver to enjoy a more relaxed and convenient way of driving.
HAVAL DARGO combines an off-road exterior with a technology-inspired interior, presenting test drivers with both the roughness of its appearance and exquisite details. In terms of the interior, the model has a spacious space, which is installed with shift knobs and a large center control screen, elevating the sense of refinement and comfortable atmosphere.
"Its unique styling, exquisite interior workmanship, and rich intelligent technology configurations are very eye-catching, making it outstanding among other products at the same class in the market", commented La Tercera, an authoritative Chilean media.
According to the latest sales data released by GWM, HAVAL DARGO achieved excellent sales results in July 2022, with global sales increasing by up to 45.36% year-on-year.
Soon, GWM will launch this car in other markets, including the Middle East countries, bringing a diversified driving experience to more customers.
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FBI arrests former Kansas detective long accused of sexually assaulting women
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective who has long been accused of sexually preying on Black women during criminal investigations was indicted Thursday on charges that he sexually abused two women, the FBI said.
Roger Golubski, 69, was arrested at his home in Edwardsville after a federal grand jury indicted him on six counts of civil rights violations. He was expected to make his first court appearance Thursday afternoon.
Golubski retired in 2010 after working for the Kansas City (Kansas) Police Department for 35 years. The FBI has been investigating allegations that Golubski, who is white, sexually assaulted Black women in the city and exchanged drugs for information during criminal investigations.
The federal indictment announced Thursday accuses Golubski of sexually assaulting two women, identified as S.K., and O.W., on several occasions between 1998 and 2002.
He is accused of raping both women and forcing them to perform oral sex on him several times in his vehicle and at the women’s homes. Golubski’s conduct included aggravated sexual abuse and kidnapping, according to the indictment.
If convicted of any of the counts, Golubski could be sentenced to life in prison.
Golubski’s attorney, Morgan Roach, didn’t immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Civil rights groups for years sought an investigation into Golubski’s conduct. The allegations against him drew more attention after Lamont McIntyre, who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit, sued Golubski and other Kansas City, Kansas, officers after he was released.
McIntyre and his mother, Rose McIntyre, alleged in the lawsuit that Golubski framed Lamont for a double homicide in 1994 because she refused the detective’s sexual demands. The local government agreed in June to settle the lawsuit for $12.5 million.
When deposed by McIntyre’s lawyers in the case, Golubski invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination hundreds of times. He has consistently declined media requests to comment on the allegations.
In 2020, a coalition of Kansas lawmakers, religious leaders and racial justice advocates asked the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to investigate Golubski and other members of the department who were accused of misconduct and abuse.
And in 2021, an organization run by rapper Jay-Z filed a petition seeking records from the police department related to what it called a history of officer misconduct within the department.
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LEHI, Utah, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PCF Insurance Services (PCF), a top 20 U.S. insurance brokerage firm, announced today the completion of a strategic partnership with I-Connect Insurance Services, located in Delano's diverse Central California community.
Founded in 1967, Principal William Ritchey leads the independent property and casualty (P&C) insurance agency with specializations in agri-business, commercial, workers' compensation, bonds, home, auto, antique auto, motorcycle, recreational vehicles (RVs), boats, life, health, and supplemental insurance.
"We're thrilled to welcome I-Connect to the PCF family," says Peter Foy, Chairman, Founder & CEO of PCF Insurance. "William Ritchey possesses a proven track record of successfully serving his clients in Central California for over fifty years. I-Connect is a tremendous addition to our people-centric, entrepreneurial organization."
I-Connect becomes the latest addition to an extensive list of successful PCF specialty insurance agencies to benefit from its vast infrastructure of resources and services. The partnership will allow I-Connect to simplify its back-office business functions with finance and accounting, human resources, information systems, carrier relations, communications and marketing, and growth operations support.
"Partnering with PCF gives our agency access to the necessary resources for aiding our continued growth," said William Ritchey, principal of I-Connect. "We have seen great success on our own, but now that we have PCF on our side, we are looking forward to collaborating for even greater success."
I-Connect Insurance Services, formerly the William Ritchey Insurance Agency, is an independent agency serving clients in California since 1967, with our company's history dating back to 1928. I-Connect caters to our customers with highly trained agents specializing in agri-business, commercial, workers' compensation, bonds, home, auto, antique auto, motorcycle, RV, boats, life, health, and supplemental insurance. Learn more at wr-ins.com.
Headquartered in Lehi, Utah, PCF Insurance Services is a leading full-service consultant and insurance brokerage firm offering a broad array of commercial, life and health, employee benefits, and workers' compensation solutions. A top 20 U.S. broker, PCF's agency-centric operating model and entrepreneurial environment support its tremendous growth profile, offering partners alignment through equity ownership, significant leadership incentives, and resources to over 2,000 employees throughout the U.S. Learn more at pcfins.com.
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WASHINGTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following is a statement from National Press Club President Jen Judson and National Press Club Journalism Institute President Gil Klein on the 15-year prison sentence imposed by an Egyptian court this week on Al Jazeera Journalist Ahmed Taha.
"We object in the strongest terms to the arbitrary sentence against Ahmed Taha, a journalist for Al Jazeera since 2011. Taha, who lives in London and is a presenter on Al Jazeera's Mubasher Channel interviewed former presidential candidate Aboul Fotouh in late 2018 to discuss the upcoming 2019 elections. For this interview, Taha was charged with spreading 'false news.' Interviewing opposition political figures is a routine part of the practice of journalism. There is nothing false about it. This is part of a pattern by Egypt of harassing Al Jazeera journalists that started with a sweep of their offices in 2013. Even today there are still four Al Jazeera journalists being held without charges in Egypt. They are Hisham Abdel-Aziz, Bahaa El-Din Ibrahim, Ahmed Al-Najdi and Rabie Al-Sheikh. All four should be released immediately."
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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BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE American: LEU) President and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Poneman made the following statement about the nuclear energy related investments in the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law earlier this week:
"The Inflation Reduction Act makes a historic commitment to combating climate change while restoring America's nuclear leadership on the world stage. In addition to providing critical support to our existing fleet of reactors, the new law includes a $700 million appropriation to help jump-start domestic production of High-Assay, Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) – an advanced fuel that's needed to power the next generation of nuclear reactors.
"Establishing the necessary infrastructure to produce and transport HALEU will take sustained public and private investment over several years. The $700 million in the new law represents a critical down payment on this effort.
"In the meantime, with the only U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission license for HALEU production, Centrus is strongly committed to serving this market and helping to fuel the future of nuclear energy around the world so that we can achieve our net-zero climate goals."
About Centrus Energy
Centrus Energy is a trusted supplier of nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry. Centrus provides value to its utility customers through the reliability and diversity of its supply sources – helping them meet the growing need for clean, affordable, carbon-free electricity. Since 1998, the Company has provided its utility customers with more than 1,750 reactor years of fuel, which is equivalent to 7 billion tons of coal. With world-class technical and engineering capabilities, Centrus is also advancing the next generation of centrifuge technologies so that America can restore its domestic uranium enrichment capability in the future. Find out more at www.centrusenergy.com.
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This press release may contain statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a predictor of actual results. Readers are urged to carefully review and consider this press release and Centrus Energy Corp.'s other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this press release, except as required by law.
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Indianapolis' leading HVAC and plumbing company enters new market in northern Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peterman Brothers, a leading HVAC and plumbing company serving the Greater Indianapolis area, is expanding its services after launching its new location in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The new location will provide a full line of HVAC and plumbing services.
"Our ability to grow and enter new markets is a testament to the quality of service our team provides," said Chad Peterman, president of Peterman Brothers. "Our team treats our customers like they are part of our family. That's what we take pride in at Peterman Brothers. Whether it's installing a gas line or completing emergency HVAC repairs, we treat each customer with the same respect that we would treat our loved ones. With the new location in Fort Wayne, we will be able to deliver the same type of services to homeowners in that community."
The Fort Wayne location offers a variety of HVAC, indoor air quality and plumbing services including furnace maintenance and repairs, heat pump installation, smart thermostat services, A/C installation and repairs, IAQ assessments, plumbing maintenance, gas line installation, water heater maintenance and more.
In addition to providing home service solutions, Peterman Brothers has received several accolades in the past year. In 2021, they received the Dealer of the Year award from Bryant Heating & Cooling. They were also named to the Inc. 5000 list for the third year in a row in 2021.
"We are excited to have the opportunity to serve Fort Wayne and provide top-level home service solutions to its residents," Peterman said. "Awards are a byproduct of the hard work our team brings to the office and in the homes of our customers daily. The true reward is seeing the smiling face of a customer once a job is completed."
Peterman Brothers is available to help with any plumbing or cooling needs. For more information, call (260) 201-3070 or visit https://www.petermanhvac.com/.
About Peterman Brothers
Founded in 1986, Peterman Brothers provides residential heating, cooling, and plumbing services in the Greater Indianapolis area. A second-generation family business, the company offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee with any new installation of HVAC equipment. All technicians are certified through the North American Technical Excellence (NATE) program and fully bonded and insured. Peterman Brothers provides 24/7 emergency service to its customers and offers several financing options with approved credit. To find out more, call (260) 201-3070 or visit https://www.petermanhvac.com.
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Long-Range Strategy Seeks Diversification into Three Key Industries
NEW YORK, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AIkido Pharma Inc. (Nasdaq: AIKI) ("AIkido" or the "Company") announced the formation of a wholly owned subsidiary with the purpose of making strategic investments and acquisitions across the fintech and financial services industries. The new subsidiary is expected to be the centerpiece of a long-range plan to diversify AIkido's business beyond biotechnology, in order to reduce volatility and mitigate risk while increasing revenue and enhancing shareholder value.
The new subsidiary will leverage the extensive capital markets expertise of AIkido's board of directors to identify investment opportunities and acquisition targets in wealth management, investment banking, alternative investments, and asset management with the goal of transforming and optimizing operations with a synergistic and accretive business model. The Company is in the process of recruiting additional top-tier talent to implement the strategy.
Anthony Hayes, CEO of AIkido stated, "Our board is made up of some of the most accomplished Wall St. executives, so we are fully confident that the financial services sector is the right next step for AIkido and our overall plan is the right path forward for our company. Our vision is to merge world-class talent with best-in-class technology to acquire revenue generating assets to drive shareholder value," Hayes added.
"Beyond acquisitions in the financial services industries, AIkido intends to create two additional subsidiaries in the industries of health and wellness and innovative technology. Our investment portfolio was set up along these same lines. For example, the legacy biotech assets and our investment in ASP Isotopes, Kerna Health, will be part of our health and wellness subsidiary. Whereas our investments in Epics Games, SpaceX, and Discord, are foundational to our innovation subsidiary. Our assets are part of a long-term strategy to own operational and revenue generating companies in the key high-growth sectors that we have identified for investment. The proceeds from the investments in each industry, some of which we expect to receive this year, will allow us to further fund and grow revenue generating businesses in those sectors. And just like financial services, the recruitment of top talent within each subsidiary is necessary for execution. We are committed as a Company to keep shareholders informed and will provide additional information when we are able. We thank shareholders for their patience and believe we have the proper plan to navigate through the notable downturn in the biotechnology sector and build a diversified company of revenue generating assets."
AIkido Pharma Inc. was initially formed in 1967 and is a biotechnology Company with a diverse portfolio of small-molecule anticancer and antiviral therapeutics. The Company's platform consists of patented technology from leading universities and researchers, and we are currently in the process of developing an innovative therapeutic drug platform through strong partnerships with world renowned educational institutions, including The University of Texas at Austin and University of Maryland at Baltimore. Our diverse pipeline of therapeutics includes therapies for pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer. We are constantly seeking to grow our pipeline to treat unmet medical needs in oncology. The Company is also developing a broad-spectrum antiviral platform that may potentially inhibit replication of multiple viruses including Influenza virus, SARS-CoV (coronavirus), MERS-CoV, Ebolavirus and Marburg virus.
This press release and any statements of stockholders, directors, employees, representatives and partners of AIkido Pharma, Inc. (the "Company") related thereto contain, or may contain, among other things, certain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties. Such statements may include, without limitation, statements identified by words such as "projects," "may," "will," "could," "would," "should," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "intends," "plans," "potential" or similar expressions. These statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including those detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results (including, without limitation, the impact of the Reverse Stock Split described in this release) may differ significantly from those set forth or implied in the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that are subject to change based on various factors (many of which are beyond the Company's control). The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future presentations or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Contact:
Investor Relations:
Hayden IR
Brett Maas, Managing Partner
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AIkido Pharma Inc.
Phone: 212-745-1373
Email: investorrelations@aikidopharma.com
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE: CODX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class of all persons and entities who purchased the publicly traded securities of Co-Dx during the period of May 12, 2022 through the close of the market on August 11, 2022 (4:00 p.m. ET).
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 17, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in CODX:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/co-dx-class-action-loss-submission-form?id=31050&from=4
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Co-Diagnostics, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) demand for the Company's Logix Smart™ COVID-19 test had plummeted throughout the quarter ended June 30, 2022, and (ii) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the demand for its Logix Smart™ COVID-19 test lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Co-Dx you have until October 17, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Co-Dx securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the CODX lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/co-dx-class-action-loss-submission-form?id=31050&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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Bringing the Magic of Childhood to Children with Cancer and their Siblings September Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
OCEANSIDE, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunrise Association kicks off Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month with the announcement of actor Ken Jeong as its first-ever celebrity ambassador in the mission to bring the magic of childhood back to children with cancer and their siblings.
Ken Jeong has brought joy to audiences worldwide as an actor and comedian. He is also a medical doctor who knows the devastation caused by cancer. His wife, Dr. Tran Ho, is a breast cancer survivor. Jeong was first introduced to Sunrise when he hosted last year's Dare to Dream virtual fundraiser and helped raise over a million dollars during an emotional one-hour event. Since then, Ken has used his large social media presence to share the free services offered by the Sunrise Association to children with cancer and their siblings.
The Sunrise Association brings the magic of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings world-wide, at 11 summer day camps around the world, year-round programs, and in-hospital recreational activities. Sunrise Days Camps are the only camps in the world to offer a free, full summer day-camp experience to children with cancer and their siblings. Camps are located in New York (3 locations), Baltimore, Metro-DC, Atlanta, Israel (3 locations), greater Philadelphia, and online (Sunrise VX Virtual eXperience). For information visit http://www.sunriseassociation.org/.
The mission of the Sunrise Association is to bring back the joys of childhood to children with cancer and their siblings world-wide, through Summer Day Camps, Year-Round Programs, and In-Hospital Recreational Activities, all offered free of charge. Learn more at sunriseassociation.org.
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First-of-its-kind program designed to streamline and simplify consumers' ability to purchase consumer grade trailers and truck equipment
STAMFORD, Conn. and ADDISON, Texas, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Synchrony (NYSE: SYF), a premier consumer financial services company, and American Trailer World (ATW), North America's leading manufacturer, distributor and retailer of professional and consumer grade trailers and truck beds, announce a new financing program. In partnership with Synchrony, ATW will now offer flexible and affordable financing solutions for consumers to purchase trailers, equipment, and parts at ATW's nearly 1,000 US dealer locations.
The multi-year partnership comes amid unprecedented growth in the trailer industry as more people look to transport goods for both personal and professional use. Synchrony will offer a variety of flexible financing options for customers including:
- Access to market-leading interest rates
- Loan terms of up to 84 months
- Simplified online application process
- Ability to finance all trailers manufactured by ATW
"This partnership enables us to offer flexible financing options for our dealers to utilize so their customers can purchase the products and services they need when they need them," Johnathan Bradley, vice president of sales & marketing, American Trailer World. "Synchrony's years of experience, knowledge of how dealerships operate and extensive history of enhancing retail finance options, will simplify how purchases are made and help us create long-term relationships with our valued customers."
By serving as the preferred retail financing provider, ATW dealers will have 24x7 access to Synchrony's instant decisioning of applications, dealer and customer support, rapid response to financing questions, loan contract preparation and expedited loan funding processes as part of Synchrony's Business Center. Financial information throughout the loan process is presented in dashboards to give customers a visual representation of the payment process, detailed explanation about how installment loans work, and multiple term options to meet each customer's unique budget requirements. For dealerships, Synchrony provides dedicated merchant service and support, customized portfolio analysis, coordinated marketing and co-branding initiatives, and industry leading dealer incentives.
"ATW delivers a superior experience that strengthens customer loyalty," said Darrell Owens, senior vice president, Synchrony. "We worked closely with ATW to design a customized, dealer-friendly program that streamlines and simplifies the purchasing process, which includes proven underwriting strategies, 24x7 online application availability and cross-promotional expertise that ensures customers are getting the best financing options available to help them complete their purchase."
To learn more about ATW, visit www.atw.com.
About American Trailer World
American Trailer World (ATW®) is on the road to reinvent the trailer industry – we live and breathe trailers, right down to the last bolt. From humble beginnings in the Lone Star State, we've grown to become the largest manufacturer, retailer, and distributor of professional and consumer grade trailers, truck equipment, parts and accessories in North America. Brands include Big Tex®, Big Tex Trailer World, PJ Trailers®, Carry-On Trailer™, Dakota Bodies™, CM Truck Beds®, RC Trailers®, and BWise Trailers®, TexTrail Trailer Parts®, Wholesale Trailer Supply, and Marius Garon, Inc.
About Synchrony
Synchrony (NYSE: SYF) is a premier consumer financial services company delivering one of the industry's most complete digitally-enabled product suites. Our experience, expertise and scale encompass a broad spectrum of industries including digital, health and wellness, retail, telecommunications, home, auto, outdoor, pet and more. We have an established and diverse group of national and regional retailers, local merchants, manufacturers, buying groups, industry associations and healthcare service providers, which we refer to as our "partners." We connect our partners and consumers through our dynamic financial ecosystem and provide them with a diverse set of financing solutions and innovative digital capabilities to address their specific needs and deliver seamless, omnichannel experiences. We offer the right financing products to the right customers in their channel of choice. For more information, visit www.synchrony.com and Twitter: @Synchrony
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Michelle Blaya
Synchrony
Michelle.Blaya@syf.com
626.250.1415
Lauren Peterson
ATW
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Strong Labor Market is Likely to Slow Over the Months Ahead
NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conference Board Employment Trends Index™ (ETI) decreased in July 2022 to 117.63—down from a downwardly revised 118.71 in June. The ETI is a leading composite index for employment. When the index decreases, employment is likely to decrease as well, and vice versa. Turning points in the index indicate that a turning point in the number of jobs is about to occur in the coming months.
"The Employment Trends Index declined in July and has now been on a downward trend since March 2022," said Frank Steemers, Senior Economist at The Conference Board. "While the US labor market is currently still robust, the recent behavior of the Index signals that slower job gains should be expected over the next several months. This would bring the labor market in line with the rest of the economy, where economic activity has already been slowing."
Steemers added: "It is increasingly likely that the US economy will fall into recession by yearend or early 2023, with the Fed expected to continue raising interest rates rapidly over the coming months. While businesses are currently still struggling with severe labor shortages, they may soon see some reduced pressure in recruitment and retention difficulties as economic activity cools. Depending on the severity of the recession, some months of negative jobs growth are possible over the year ahead. However, The Conference Board expects the unemployment rate—just 3.5 percent as of July 2022—to remain below 4.5 percent in 2023."
July's decrease in the Employment Trends Index was driven by negative contributions from six of its eight components. From the largest negative contributor to the smallest, these were: Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance, Ratio of Involuntarily Part-time to All Part-time Workers, Percentage of Respondents Who Say They Find "Jobs Hard to Get", Real Manufacturing and Trade Sales, Percentage of Firms with Jobs Not Able to Fill Right Now, and Industrial Production.
The Employment Trends Index aggregates eight leading indicators of employment, each of which has proven accurate in its own area. Aggregating individual indicators into a composite index filters out "noise" to show underlying trends more clearly.
The eight leading indicators of employment aggregated into the Employment Trends Index include:
- Percentage of Respondents Who Say They Find "Jobs Hard to Get" (The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Survey®)
- Initial Claims for Unemployment Insurance (U.S. Department of Labor)
- Percentage of Firms With Positions Not Able to Fill Right Now (© National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation)
- Number of Employees Hired by the Temporary-Help Industry (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- Ratio of Involuntarily Part-time to All Part-time Workers (BLS)
- Job Openings (BLS)*
- Industrial Production (Federal Reserve Board)*
- Real Manufacturing and Trade Sales (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis)**
*Statistical imputation for the recent month
**Statistical imputation for two most recent months
The Conference Board publishes the Employment Trends Index monthly, at 10 a.m. ET, on the Monday that follows each Friday release of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation report. The technical notes to this series are available on The Conference Board website: http://www.conference-board.org/data/eti.cfm.
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Area college: Malone, Walsh golf teams compete at G-MAC Championships
Malone's Connor Curry and Walsh's Kyle Buzaki finished tied for fourth at the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Men's Golf Championships in Lexington, Kentucky.
Curry and Buzaki each shot 67 in the final round to finish with a three-round total of 217. They helped the Pioneers and Cavaliers finish tied for eighth in the team standings.
At the women's tournament in Lexington, Walsh's Madison Ardelean finished sixth with a three-round score of 237. She had a low round of 74.
Malone's Christina Williams tied for seventh at 238. She had a low round of 75.
The Cavs finished sixth in the women's field. The Pioneers came in seventh.
Cavaliers earn share of G-MAC title
The Walsh men's tennis team earned a share of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference regular season title with a 4-0 win over Hillsdale on Saturay.
Walsh, ranked 56th in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, finished tied with Findlay and Tiffin in the G-MAC at 5-1. The Cavaliers are the No. 3 in the G-MAC Championships and will face Tiffin on Friday at noon in Owensboro, Kentucky.
More:Area college: Alyssa Rose fires no-hitter in Mount Union softball's win over Otterbein
Conference athletes of the week
G-MAC
Jakob Riglewski
Walsh, senior
Men's Tennis Player of the Week
• Went 2-0 in singles and doubles play.
• Helped the Cavaliers beat Hillsdale 4-0 to earn a share of the G-MAC regular season title.
Nicole Beidacki
Walsh, senior
Women's Tennis Player of the Week
• Staved off four match points for a 7-6 (7-5) doubles win against Hillsdale.
• Clinched the victory with a 6-2, 6-0 singles win.
More:Grace Vesco helps pitch St. Francis softball team to first in NEC; Tye Hunt has big win
OAC
Carson Davis
Mount Union, senior
Baseball Pitcher of the Week
• Struck out six and gave up just two runs over eight innings in a 16-3 win over John Carroll.
Isabella Sherban
Mount Union, senior
Softball Hitter of the Week
• Batted .857 with a slugging percentage of 1.857 in three games.
• Finished with six hits, including two doubles, a triple and a home run, and four RBIs.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — WalletHub has released its ranking of the best cities in the nation for basketball fans and two Lone Star State cities have made the top 10 list: San Antonio (7) and Houston (9).
North Texas also saw some representation on the list with Dallas ranking 18th in the nation.
To make their ranking, WalletHub compared almost 300 large cities across 21 different metrics from the performance level of each city’s NBA and NCAA Division 1 team(s) to ticket prices and stadium accessibility.
Here were the top 10
- Los Angeles, CA
- Boston, MA
- Salt Lake City, UT
- San Fransisco, CA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Miami, FL
- San Antonio, TX
- Washington D.C.
- Houston, TX
- Oklahoma City, OK
Source: WalletHub
For the full report, visit WalletHub. | https://cw33.com/news/texas/these-texas-cities-ranked-in-nations-top-10-best-cities-for-basketball-fans/ | 2022-05-11T21:10:04Z |
With a full-category exhibition at IFA 2022, TCL is sharing the excitement of its smart connected lifestyle with premium Mini LED TVs, award winning soundbars and home appliance offerings.
BERLIN, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TCL Electronics, one of the dominant players in the global TV industry and a leading consumer electronics brand, is participating in IFA in Berlin from September 2nd to 6th, 2022. This is the first major offline edition of the global trade fair for consumers and home electronics since 2019. Under its branding signature Inspire Greatness, TCL showcases a collection of world-first exhibits at Hall 21A in a vast interactive booth spanning over 2,500 square meters. For more TCL latest news at IFA, please click here.
In addition to the new 2022 home theater and home appliance lines, TCL is also exhibiting the world's largest Mini LED TV, a 98-inch QLED TV from its XL Collection, a 136-inch 4K cinema wall, top-notch gaming monitors as as well as the latest RAY•DANZ Dolby Atmos soundbars.
"We are delighted to be back at IFA and proud to be part of this resilient and dynamic industry. We look forward to welcoming visitors at our incredible exhibition booth," said Shaoyong Zhang, CEO of TCL Electronics. "Under our theme #TCLInspireGreatness we will demonstrate how our products and services can help people live, work and play better each and every day."
Immersive Home Theater with Mini LED QLED TVs and RAY•DANZ Dolby Atmos Soundbars
TCL is dedicated to developing Mini LED technology. For this, visitors at TCL booth will have the chance to experience the EISA Premium Mini LED TV C835: an incredible all-round 4K Mini LEDTV, with amazing picture quality paired with Dolby Atmos for immersive sound. Moreover, they will also have the opportunity to see the EISA Best Buy LCD TV C735 with QLED and 144Hz high refresh rate, ideal for gamers looking for excellent gaming experience.
IFA visitors will also discover TCL's first 98-inch QLED TV to European market. This TCL 98C735 features Quantum Dot colour technology with high peak brightness, local dimming and stunning contrast that ensures unique picture quality as well as amazing immersive viewing. Its powerful and responsive low latency and motion clarity also ensure a breathtaking viewing experience for fans of fast-moving sports like football and gamers.
IFA 2022 will also be an opportunity to hear the exceptional audio quality of the C935U RAY•DANZ Dolby Atmos Soundbar, which is the EISA Best Buy Soundbar award winner. To go further, TCL is also launching its latest flagship soundbar with the brand-new TCL X937U with RAY•DANZ technology. Both can be discovered at the TCL booth.
Also at the TCL booth: the 4K Mini LED flagship TV C935 with as many as 1920 local dimming zones and 2.1.2 channel Upfiring speakers.
Other TCL TVs including the TCL C635 QLED TV featuring Google TV, taking video streaming content to a new level of brightness and colour, with its slim bezel-less design, perfect for any space at home.
Smarter living with TCL Home Appliances
Presenting at TCL's home comfort zone is a new line of FreshIN series air conditioners. Unlike conventional AC that circulates air inside the house, TCL FreshIN Series features a proprietary FreshIN Plus fresh air system which helps transport the fresh air from the outdoors to the indoors with capacity of up to 60 cubic meters per hours thanks to its powerful air engine, which helps increase the oxygen and humidity levels.
Also delivering better health, wellbeing and located within the TCL booth are the award-winning air purifiers, breeva Pro 700P and 400P.
At TCL washing machine zone, visitors will see how customers can save energy thanks to a new "A" energy-class washing machines[2] - featuring steam programs to elimate common bacteria while making laundry an easier and more satifying experience.
Intuitive and interactive smart wearables
Visitors can also explore a new world of possibilities with TCL NXTWEAR Wearable Display Glasses that come with a series of upgrades to enrich the user experience. Easy to use and light, weighing just 75g, these glasses are an original option for both gamers and remote workers to give the incredible feeling of viewing an immersive expanded 140-inch screen 4 meters away.
Adding excitement, with more to experience
For all European basketball fans around the world watching FIBA EuroBasket 2022 this September, TCL wants to bring a taste of the action of this flagship basketball event to our booth, by offering a VR video gaming experience to visitors!
As a proud global partner of FIBA since 2018, we look forward sharing the excitement of this important European sporting occasion with IFA 2022 visitors.
TCL will be exhibiting at IFA 2022 as follows:
Date: September 2-6th, 2022
Venue: HALL 21A, Messedamm Berlin, Germany
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TCL Electronics (1070.HK) is a fast-growing consumer electronics company and a leading player in the global TV industry. Founded in 1981, it now operates in over 160 markets globally. TCL specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of consumer electronics products ranging from TVs, audio and smart home appliances. Visit TCL home page at https://www.tcl.com.
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Study finds higher homicide risk in homes with handguns
NEW YORK (AP) - Most U.S. gun owners say they own firearms to protect themselves and their loved ones, surveys show. But a study published last Monday suggests people who live with handgun owners are shot to death at a higher rate than those who don’t have such weapons at home.
“We found zero evidence of any kind of protective effects” from living in a home with a handgun, said David Studdert, a Stanford University researcher who was the lead author of the Annals of Internal Medicine study.
The study has several shortcomings. For example, the researchers said they could not determine which victims were killed by the handgun owners or with the in-home weapons. They couldn’t account for illegal guns and looked only at handguns, not rifles or other firearms.
The dataset also was limited to registered voters in California who were 21 and older. It’s not clear that the findings are generalizable to the whole state, let alone to the rest of the country, the authors acknowledged.
But some outside experts said the work was well done, important and the largest research of its kind.
“I would call this a landmark study,” said Cassandra Crifasi, a gun violence policy researcher at Johns Hopkins University. “This contributes to our understanding of the potential causal relationship between guns in the home and homicides,” she said.
California is unusual in that it offers gun ownership data and other information not obtainable in almost any other state. That allowed the researchers to follow millions of people over many years to try to better establish what happens when a person begins living in a home with handgun, they said.
The study focused on nearly 600,000 Californians who did not own handguns but began living in homes with handguns between October 2004 and December 2016 — either because they started living with someone who owned one or because someone in their household bought one.
The researchers calculated that for every 100,000 people in that situation, 12 will be shot to death by someone else over five years. In comparison, eight out of 100,000 who live in gun-free homes will be killed that way over the same time span.
“The rates are low” and the absolute risk is small, but it’s important to consider the increase in a person’s risk of being killed, Studdert said.
Those numbers suggest the risk rises 50%, but Studdert said it’s actually higher: In a separate calculation designed to better account for where people live and other factors, the researchers estimated the risk was actually more than twice as high.
Separately, the researchers found that those who lived with handgun owners had a much higher rate of being fatally shot by a spouse or intimate partner. The vast majority of such victims — 84% — were women, they said.
The study was confined to California, but the risk is likely even greater in states with less stringent gun laws and where gun ownership is more common, Crifasi said.
Previous research estimated that nearly 3% of U.S. adults became new gun owners between January 2019 and April 2021, which translates to about 7.5 million Americans. Of those, about 5.4 million previously lived in a home with no guns.
For decades, studies have shown guns in the home raise the risk of a violent death. Much of that work, including an earlier study by Studdert and his colleagues, focused on suicide.
The new study goes further in addressing the perception that handguns are still worthwhile because of the safety they provide against being murdered, some experts said.
“The reason people have guns in their home is for protection from strangers,” said David Hemenway, director of the Harvard University’s Injury Control Research Center. “But what this is showing that having a gun in the home is bad for people in the home.”
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Parents charged in death of infant child
BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) - A North Carolina couple is charged with the death of their 2-month-old daughter, Riley.
Nicholas Stephenson and Diandra Fuhr-Farlow were served with arrest warrants Tuesday.
According to one warrant, they intentionally and neglectfully left their daughter in a seriously injured state, which led to her death.
“Around average, just about over 70% of the time when a child dies from a homicide, it’s by the parents,” said Geoff Sidoli with Mountain Child Advocacy Center.
Sidoli says that child abuse is on the rise.
“When the economy does well, abuse and neglect go down, and when the economy and society don’t do well, those numbers tend to increase. Over the past 2 1/2 years, that’s what we’ve seen,” he said.
Another arrest warrant says the parents unlawfully, willfully and feloniously murdered Riley recklessly without regard for human life.
The warrants also describe multiple burns and broken bones in the infant.
“We actually probably don’t see that many in Buncombe County, though we have seen an increase in over the past five, 10 years or so,” Sidoli said.
It is unclear why authorities initially responded to the couple’s home.
“We have seen a large number of increases in our abuse numbers. Anywhere between 50% and 80% increases in sexual and physical abuse,“ Sidoli said.
Stephenson is charged with second-degree murder and negligent child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury. Fuhr-Farlow is charged with felonious child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury.
They both remain in jail.
“It’s not unusual that there have been other types of forms of abuse that occurred prior to a fatality,” Sidoli said.
Riley’s autopsy is scheduled for Friday morning.
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Former Kanye West Manager and Cannabis Advocate Joins
New York-Based Social Equity-Driven Cannabis Platform
NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Urban Aroma, the leading cannabis platform connecting N.Y. and D.C. consumers to cannabis brands, delivery services, and dispensaries that support legalization, social equity, fair access, and consumption for all, has appointed John Monopoly as Chief Executive Officer. Monopoly will work closely with Urban Aroma Co-Founders M-1 of Dead Prez and artist and filmmaker Umi.
Monopoly, a music industry and marketing veteran, who is credited with discovering and managing long-time client Kanye West, has also worked with artists including Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliott, and brands including Pheed, Zumani, and Guff during his 25+ years career that has seen him develop music acts, brands, and cannabis companies alike. His experience launching brands at the intersection of entertainment and technology sets him up for his new role that will see him spearhead the day-to-day operations of Urban Aroma–the N.Y-based cannabis movement working to create a cannabis industry that supports communities that have been targeted and convicted for their use of cannabis. One of Monopoly's first priorities as CEO is to organize a series of fundraising events in New York throughout the summer. Funds raised will benefit various cannabis and social equity-related philanthropic organizations.
With their foundation rooted in supporting New Yorkers formerly incarcerated for cannabis through their partnership with Mission Green, and the fight to decriminalize cannabis in D.C., Urban Aroma is at the forefront of driving cannabis policy reform and community-owned businesses, through music, art, activism, education, and social equity in the Northeast.
"I've been watching the amazing work Urban Aroma has been doing, and the foundation they have been laying to ensure the underground origins of the cannabis movement is respected, and will continue to be part of the legacy of the cannabis industry as it continues to grow, both in terms of legalization and accessibility. Our goal is to continue to advocate for change, across both policies and ownership, to ensure our people are represented and in the room at each stage of the growing cannabis industry journey, especially across N.Y. and D.C. We also want to make sure consumers are aware of where they're spending their dollars, and ensure Urban Aroma is a continued resource for those looking to support and patronize cannabis companies of color, culture, and change," said Monopoly.
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Founded in 2020 by Mutulu Olugbala a.k.a. M-1 of Dead Prez and artist & filmmaker Umi, Urban Aroma works to connect and empower cannabis consumers to cannabis brands, delivery services and dispensaries that support legalization, social equity, fair access and consumption for all. Urban Aroma represents the legacy cannabis movement - fighting for a cannabis industry that supports the Black and Brown communities, and is steeped in art, music, culture, education, and activism. Visit UrbanAroma.com for more info.
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Uranium Energy Corp. (NYSE American: UEC) (the "Company" or "UEC") announces that it has received a notice from UEX Corporation ("UEX") that Denison Mines Corp. ("Denison") has made an acquisition proposal for all of the issued and outstanding shares of UEX (the "Denison Proposal") pursuant to a plan of arrangement. UEX has further advised UEC that the board of directors of UEX has determined that the Denison Proposal constitutes a "Superior Proposal" as defined in the arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") dated June 13, 2022, as amended June 23, 2022, among UEX, UEC and the UEC 2022 Acquisition Corp. and that UEX intends (subject to UEC's right to match the Denison Proposal) to enter into an agreement with Denison to implement the Denison Proposal.
Under the Arrangement Agreement, UEC has the right, for a period of five business days from receipt of UEX's notice, to offer to amend the terms of the Arrangement Agreement. In the event that UEC elects not to match and if UEX terminates the Arrangement Agreement in order to enter into an agreement with Denison, then UEX is required to pay to UEC a termination fee in the amount of US$8.25 million.
Amir Adnani, President and CEO, stated "UEC has consistently been disciplined and focused on delivering accretive transactions for our shareholders as exhibited by our successful M&A track record. While the competing offer for UEX validates the merits of this acquisition, since announcing the transaction, there has been significant market deterioration in the sector and this has created a broader set of growth opportunities that would be highly accretive and strategic in nature. We continue to be in the driver's seat with our acquisition of UEX, however, we have made no determination as to whether we will choose to match the competing offer. UEC will do a careful analysis to determine whether this or other opportunities we are considering provide the most compelling value for our shareholders."
Uranium Energy Corp is America's leading, fastest growing, uranium mining company listed on the NYSE American. UEC is a pure play uranium company and is advancing the next generation of low-cost, environmentally friendly In-Situ Recovery (ISR) mining uranium projects. The Company has two production ready ISR hub and spoke platforms in South Texas and Wyoming, anchored by fully licensed and operational processing capacity at the Hobson and Irigaray plants. UEC also has seven U.S. ISR uranium projects with all of their major permits in place. Additionally, the Company has other diversified holdings of uranium assets, including: (1) one of the largest physical uranium portfolios of U.S. warehoused U3O8; (2) a major equity stake in the only royalty company in the sector, Uranium Royalty Corp.; and (3) a pipeline of resource-stage uranium projects in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Paraguay. The Company's operations are managed by professionals with a recognized profile for excellence in their industry, a profile based on many decades of hands-on experience in the key facets of uranium exploration, development and mining.
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K-pop girl group Blackpink has released a new song, "Pink Venom," and an accompanying music video for it.
The song is from the group's forthcoming sophomore album, "Born Pink," which is set for release on Sept. 16.
K-pop girl group Blackpink has released a new song, "Pink Venom," and an accompanying music video for it.
The song is from the group's forthcoming sophomore album, "Born Pink," which is set for release on Sept. 16.
Blackpink, made up of members Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rosé, recently told Rolling Stone how they collaborate on their music.
"We don't just receive a completed song," Jisoo said. "We are involved from the beginning, building the blocks, adding this or that feeling, exchanging feedback—and this process of creating makes me feel proud of our music. If we just received pre-made songs, it would feel mechanical. I feel more love for the process, because we say, 'How about adding this in the lyrics? How about adding this move in the choreography?'"
Blackpink's first LP, "The Album," sold over one million copies in less than a month after its 2020 release
The new album was announced last week. The group also has an upcoming world tour.
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After losing their mother to brain cancer in April, a Tennessee woman wanted to make her younger sister's birthday special.
But after only one person responded to their party invitations, strangers stepped in to show their support.
Chloe Sexton, 28, and Charlotte Sexton, 8, lost their mother, Jennifer, on April 12 after battling brain cancer for 11 years, Chloe told CNN on Saturday.
Chloe is now Charlotte's legal guardian.
"I sent the invites out early and I heard nothing back except from one person," Chloe said. "It upset me that I couldn't give her the birthday I wanted to."
Charlotte had to transfer to a new school in the middle of the school year after losing her mother. Her new classmates and parents were aware of her mother's death, Chloe said.
So that's when Chloe took to TikTok to express her frustrations.
That video has over 9 million views and more than 30,000 comments as of Saturday.
Chloe said her comments and inbox began filling up with messages of people offering to help decorate, to attend the party and asking what gift to bring for Charlotte.
"This was the first time I saw people put action behind their empathy," Chloe said. "The overwhelming support made me feel like not just a face online, but that I mattered, and my story mattered to people."
On July 9 Chloe was able to surprise Charlotte with guests, balloons, presents and more, thanks to the help of strangers.
Some women helped decorate the house and assemble a balloon display and another brought her horse from Oxford, Mississippi, to give the kids pony rides at the party.
Throughout the day people stopped by, even if only for 30 minutes, from all over. At one point there were about 20 kids in the house, Chloe said.
A group called Mid South Jeeps organized a drive-by parade for Charlotte as well. About 25-30 jeeps drove by their Memphis house, some handing gifts out their window and other blaring birthday music.
"She kept asking me 'Is this all for me?'" Chloe said. "There was so much excitement, her eyes were so big."
Not only was this her first birthday without her mom, but this was her first birthday party ever, Chloe said. Charlotte has never had a party like this as her mother battled cancer for most of her life.
"Charlotte did say to me 'I think mommy would've loved today' after the day was over," Chloe said.
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Selection recognizes Zurich's leadership in helping to modernize, diversify and expand apprenticeships to support the success of American workers and businesses.
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zurich North America has been selected as an Apprenticeship Ambassador by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in recognition of the company's exemplary apprenticeship program, which enables people representing diverse backgrounds and experiences to launch careers in insurance while earning a college degree.
The DOL's Apprenticeship Ambassador designation recognizes Zurich's leadership in helping to modernize, diversify and expand Registered Apprenticeships across the country.
The Department of Labor's Apprenticeship Ambassador Initiative is designed to create a national network of employers, labor organizations, industry associations, program sponsors, educators, workforce intermediaries, community-based organizations and other stakeholders to serve as champions for expansion of Registered Apprenticeship Programs (RAPs).
Dating to 2016, the Zurich Apprenticeship Program was the first Registered Apprenticeship Program in commercial insurance. From the start, Zurich has shared its model and learnings with companies inside and outside its industry. Zurich's program has more than tripled in size since its inception.
"We're honored to be recognized as an Apprenticeship Ambassador by the U.S. Department of Labor," said Zurich North America CEO Kristof Terryn. "When we launched our program nearly seven years ago, apprenticeships in the U.S. were largely limited to manufacturing and the trades, and it was difficult for people to launch a career in corporate America without a four-year college degree. Our U.S. business decided to adapt the apprenticeship model used at Zurich Insurance Group in Switzerland. The program's growth speaks for its value. It has greatly expanded our talent pipeline, attracting the diverse talent we need to continue to innovate for our customers. Apprenticeship benefits our business and our communities. It can do the same for many more companies."
As an Apprenticeship Ambassador, Zurich will support the DOL's goals of increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in Registered Apprenticeship Programs, including for underrepresented and underserved populations. Zurich also will continue to help communicate the business case for Registered Apprenticeship as a mainstream workforce strategy for high-demand industries.
"We look forward to serving as an Apprenticeship Ambassador," said Al Crook, Head of HR Business Partners and Apprenticeship at Zurich North America. "We believe that apprenticeships are going to become more critical in increasing access to debt-free degrees and in developing skilled workers across industries. We also believe every business and every function has apprenticeable work."
In 2017 Zurich co-founded the Chicago Apprentice Network (CAN) with Aon and Accenture. The three founders have since helped other companies create apprenticeship programs toward well-paying, professionally rewarding careers. Since 2019, Zurich has hosted an annual National Apprenticeship Week Summit event at its suburban Chicago headquarters or virtually. Zurich leaders and apprentices have spoken at many business events and CAN events about the value of apprenticeship.
"These are the types of actions the Department of Labor looks for from its Apprenticeship Ambassador designees," Crook said. "Recognition of Zurich as an Apprenticeship Ambassador acknowledges what we've accomplished to date and our commitment to contribute to a more inclusive, equitable and sustainable society well into the future."
Zurich North America is one of the largest providers of insurance solutions and services to businesses and individuals. Our customers represent industries ranging from agriculture to technology. Zurich North America is part of Zurich Insurance Group, a leading multi-line insurer serving more than 55 million customers – both people and businesses – in more than 210 countries and territories. Founded 150 years ago, Zurich is transforming insurance. In addition to providing insurance protection, Zurich is increasingly offering prevention services such as those that promote wellbeing and enhance climate resilience.
Reflecting its purpose "to create a brighter future together," Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. It is targeting net-zero emissions by 2050 and is one of the world's most sustainable insurers, as shown by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. In 2020, Zurich launched the Zurich Forest project to support reforestation and biodiversity restoration in Brazil.
The Group has about 56,000 employees and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich Insurance Group Ltd (ZURN), is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and has a level I American Depositary Receipt (ZURVY) program, which is traded over-the-counter on OTCQX. Further information is available at www.zurich.com.
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Insurance Navy is proud to announce that they will be expanding its SR-22 insurance coverage to four states – Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Tennessee.
CHICAGO, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SR22 insurance is an essential car insurance product, so much so that some drivers are required to carry an SR-22 in order to drive legally when they have been deemed high-risk by car insurance company standards. This is usually after a series of traffic violations, driving without a license or a major one like a DUI or DWI that resulted in a driver's license being suspended. Drivers are able to get their driver's license reinstated along with their driving privileges, but only if they have the proper insurance coverage. SR-22 insurance, an SR-22 certificate or SR22 Form, is the main component in doing this.
"Providing low-cost car insurance for high-risk drivers has been one of our practices since day one," says Insurance Navy CEO Fadi Sneineh, "It's impossible for drivers with suspended licenses to return to the road without SR-22 insurance, and not every insurance company offers SR-22's. We've become a beacon for drivers in the Chicagoland and Houston areas who need SR-22 certificates to get their suspended driver's license back. We're happy to be extending our SR-22 coverage to Georgia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Tennessee."
The most common reason why drivers require SR-22 insurance coverage is driving under the influence violations. While some of these violations can be from accidents, a vast majority are pulled over before any damage is done. In addition to the penalties associated with intoxicated driving like fines and jail time, drivers are held to a new high-risk car insurance standard that only an SR-22 can satisfy.
Of course, an SR-22 isn't a form of car insurance on its own. Rather, it's a certificate that a high-risk driver has financial responsibility for their high-risk car insurance. While insurance rates will be higher than average rates, they can return to normal in time as long as the SR-22 certification is maintained and renewed accordingly.
"SR-22 insurance also requires communication with the states' DMVs. We're also known for acting as reliable liaisons between our policyholders and their Department of Motor Vehicles. We strive to keep car insurance rates affordable after something like a license suspension. Many people need to drive, and that shouldn't be expensive because of one mistake." Sneineh said.
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AUSTIN, Texas, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TrustRadius, the most trusted research and review platform, is proud to have celebrated Certification Nation Day on May 17, along with the community of Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies across the country. Great Place to Work® designated May 17, 2022, as Certification Nation Day to salute and recognize the companies working to create great places to work for all.
"I am proud of what our team has accomplished and the cohesive company culture we strive to build on every day," said Vinay Bhagat, CEO of TrustRadius. "TrustRadius receiving the Great Place to Work® certificate is a testament to our positive culture and focus on "rowing together." We believe that teams excel when you have strong individuals who work in unison and align around a common direction. We're dedicated to creating an environment where creativity and innovation can thrive. It's an honor to be recognized as a Great Place to Work, and to be counted among such amazing companies."
"We're passionate about fostering inclusion and celebrating differences; diversity is a key component of what makes our team resilient and dynamic and makes TrustRadius a Great Place to Work®," says Jamy Conrad, Senior Director of People at TrustRadius. "We're committed to continuing to build a company culture in which employees can bring their true authentic selves to work."
Great Place to Work Certification™ is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying outstanding employee experiences.
"Certified companies put employees first," says Michael C. Bush, Chief Executive Officer at Great Place to Work. "Thriving employees increase revenue and profit, and provide market-leading customer experiences. I hope that Certification Nation Day can inspire other executives to create and sustain employee-first cultures."
It's important to honor all of the work that goes into creating a Certified company.
"Great Place to Work Certification™ isn't something that comes easily," says Sarah Lewis-Kulin, Vice President of Global Recognition at Great Place to Work. "It takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience."
92% of TrustRadius employees say it is a great place to work, compared to 57% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company. See what our employees say about our culture: https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7045463
According to Great Place to Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work, and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company's profits, and have a fair chance at promotion.
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Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive "employer-of-choice" recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience—specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike, and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place to Work Certification.
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Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting, and insights needed to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work for all. Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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SHANGHAI, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infinix, an emerging brand in the consumer electronics market, today announced the NOTE 12 PRO, the latest addition to its NOTE Series smartphone line-up. The NOTE 12 PRO is the first smartphone powered by MediaTek Helio G99. The device features an impressive 108MP camera unit, a 6.7" FHD+ true-color AMOLED display, and stunning design language that stands out from the crowd. The NOTE 12 PRO caters to the ever-growing needs of young people today and is all available at a modest price tag proving unparalleled value for a smartphone in 2022.
"The NOTE 12 PRO is the industry's first smartphone powered by MediaTek Helio G99, which uses TSMC's 6nm process technology. The NOTE 12 PRO fully realizes the potential of the chipset to bring users a truly outstanding smartphone experience. With incredible photographic capabilities, a powerful chipset, and a stylish design, the NOTE 12 PRO represents a fantastic choice for young users in emerging markets looking to upgrade their devices. At Infinix, we are committed to expanding our product portfolio to meet the demand of different consumers." Vento Lin, Product Manager of NOTE Series at Infinix Mobility.
Exceptional Performance
The NOTE 12 PRO is powered by MediaTek's latest chipset, the Helio G99, delivering unparalleled computing architecture, powerful performance, and industry-leading power efficiency. Inside the MediaTek Helio G99 is an octa-core CPU with two high-performance Arm Cortex-A76 processors clocking up to 2.2GHz, alongside a highly capable Arm Mali G57-class GPU. The Helio G99 was built using the exceptionally efficient 6nm-class chip production process, maximizing in-game performance and power saving. This chip allows for extensive usage on a single charge and enables buttery smooth gaming all day long. Compared to the G96 12nm, the power consumption of the G99 6nm processor is reduced by 10% [1].
Smartphone Photography at its Best
The NOTE 12 PRO is equipped with the 108MP Ultra Clear Triple Camera, delivering unparalleled photo quality. The crisp 108MP main camera features the latest Samsung S5KHM6 sensor, which ensures enhanced image quality and reduced noise. The f/1.75 aperture lens, which supports 9-in-1 Super Pixel, helps mobile photographers to create truly stunning photographs. Additionally, the 1/1.67 super large image sensor and 1.92μm unit pixel size allow more light into the lens resulting in enhanced quality & clarity of snapshots in all lighting conditions so that users can focus on the subject and less on the light.
By utilizing professional Night Scene Photography Mode, the NOTE 12 PRO can capture more light at night, restore realistic and richer details, and present clear and vivid portraits. Furthermore, for users looking for the perfect selfie, the NOTE 12 PRO also offers a 16MP front camera for snapping crystal clear selfies.
Iconic Design Language
Embodying Infinix's pursuit of aesthetics, the NOTE 12 PRO elevates premium design to new heights. The Round Camera Deco design is inspired by a racing car, reflecting NOTE 12 PRO's spirit of passion and exploration. Available in three glossy finishes – Volcanic grey, Tuscany Blue, and Alpine White, the NOTE 12 PRO looks the part alongside delivering a fantastic smartphone experience. Exceptionally thin, sleek, and stylish, the NOTE 12 Pro boasts a thickness of just 7.8mm, effortlessly fitting into small handbags and pockets. The NOTE 12 PRO represents one of the best-looking smartphones designed to date in the NOTE Series lineup.
The NOTE 12 Pro comes with a stunningly slim 6.7-inch FHD+ true-color AMOLED screen which displays rich vivid colors. Compared with conventional LCD screens, AMOLED is more power-efficient and doesn't leak light. With a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut and a 100000:1 color contrast ratio, the NOTE 12 Pro screens give rise to sharper, more true-to-life colors. Presenting a truly immersive visual entertainment experience, the NOTE 12 PRO has super-narrow bezels which deliver an impressive 92% screen-to-body ratio.
Ahead of the Curve
The NOTE 12 PRO is equipped with unique Extended RAM technology allowing the device to run smoothly under heavy usage. Consumers can enjoy a better experience compared to the original large-memory models without the added cost. The NOTE 12 PRO provides extended memory of 8GB+5GB (equivalent to 13GB), supporting up to 20 apps running lag-free at the same time [2].
Furthermore, the NOTE 12 PRO gives users longer-lasting battery life thanks to the 5000mAh battery and 33W super charge functionality, allowing users to quickly power up their smartphone.
Additional key features
- Monster Game Kit: Infinix's Monster Game Kit provides consumers with visual, auditory, and tactile sensations for an immersive gaming experience. Utilizing graphic enhancement, revive countdown, Dual Speakers with DTS and the Linear Motor Tactile System make smartphone gaming better than ever before.
- Dual Speakers with DTS: The NOTE 12 PRO is equipped with Dual Speakers with DTS Stereo surround sounds for a truly immersive audio experience.
- XOS 10.6 Software: The NOTE 12 PRO features new XOS 10.6 software based on Android 12, which includes new features such as Storage Optimizer, Lightning Multi-Window, Privacy Guardian and more.
- Multifunctional NFC: The NOTE 12 PRO offers consumer NFC function to make secure transactions, enabling being a e-ticket to connect electronic devices with a touch.
Pricing and Availability
The NOTE 12 PRO will cost around $219. The series will include variations based on customer and market demands. Prices and availability will vary from region to region.
About Infinix:
Infinix Mobility is a rapidly emerging technology brand that designs, manufactures and markets an expanding portfolio of smart devices worldwide under the Infinix brand, which was founded in 2013.
Targeting today's youth with first in class technology, Infinix creates trendy, powerful and attainably priced smart devices that bring the latest technology on the market to users around the world at a time when they need it at a price that they want it.
For more information, please visit: http://www.infinixmobility.com/
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Edoardo Molinari 2nd vice-captain in Europe’s Ryder Cup team
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Henrik Stenson has checked out the Italian course staging next year’s Ryder Cup for the first time since being appointed as captain of the European team. He had a couple of assistants with him at the Marco Simone course outside Rome. Italian golfer Edoardo Molinari has been named as the second vice captain. Thomas Bjorn had already been handed the role this month. Molinari says of his conversations with Stenson: “We had chatted a few times about stats and what I could do to help the team but I never expected this.” Molinari was part of the victorious European team at the 2010 Ryder Cup in Wales. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/30/edoardo-molinari-2nd-vice-captain-in-europes-ryder-cup-team/ | 2022-05-30T13:06:46Z |
The global logistics and delivery giant is deploying the Rand connected vehicle platform to optimize performance of its fleet
CHICAGO and DUBAI, UAE, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Rand McNally, a leader in commercial transportation technology solutions, today announced that its connected vehicle platform, Rand Platform, has been chosen by Aramex to help optimize the organization's fleet performance. The global logistics and delivery company is rolling out the solution to 11 locations in the Middle East and North Africa region, with plans to expand the program in coming months.
Focused on saving fuel and improving vehicle and driver performance, Aramex chose the Rand McNally Fleet platform due to the solution's "API-first" architecture that makes integrations easy and flexible. The platform is device-agnostic and seamlessly supports multiple asset types – just what Aramex needed with its varied vehicle fleet that includes vans, motorcycles, trucks, and warehouse vehicles, among others.
"Aramex's requirements are a prime example of why our platform works for diverse customers across the globe and across the supply chain," said Jakub Felinski, Rand McNally Fleet's Chief Technology Officer. "The connected vehicle solution we offer enables a single platform for fleets from long-haul and local trucking to government and rental fleets, to OEMs. And it doesn't matter if a fleet's vehicles are fuel-based, EV, or mixed."
The deal with Aramex includes Rand McNally supplied hardware, a driver app and manager app, and a customized web portal from which managers can track vehicles and driver metrics. The hardware is a mixture of OBDII plug-in devices as well as hard-wired equipment for two-wheeled and older vehicles that don't have OBDII ports.
"Aramex continues to leverage the latest innovative technologies and solutions to further enhance our operational efficiencies and deliver exceptional service to our customers," said Alaa Saoudi, Chief Operating Officer – Express at Aramex. "By implementing the Rand McNally fleet management solution, we gain valuable insights that we can use to make our fleet safer and more productive. The streamlined data collection and management also enables us to further optimize our fuel costs, boost efficiencies, and enhance customer experience."
Last month, Rand McNally announced that it had acquired Australia-based Fleetsu and its innovative vehicle platform through the Chicago company's owner, TELEO Capital. The platform, now integrated into Rand McNally's fleet business, has elevated Rand McNally's place in the connected vehicle space and expanded its footprint as a global provider.
The platform, founded and originally built by Felinski and the Australia team, has attracted global customers including several major truck and automotive OEM contracts. Combined with Rand McNally's Fleet business and hardware product, the new Rand McNally Fleet platform offers vehicle and asset tracking, video telematics, navigation and routing, and compliance solutions.
Aramex is a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions, recognized for its customized and innovative services for businesses and consumers. Aramex currently has business operations in 600+ cities across more than 60 countries worldwide and employ over 16,000 professionals. It offers innovative services and solutions, including international and domestic express delivery, freight-forwarding, integrated logistics and supply chain management, and e-commerce solutions. Earlier this month, Aramex announced an agreement to acquire U.S.-based, cross-border e-commerce platform, MyUS.
To learn more about the Rand Platform, please contact Rand McNally at +1-800-789-6277.
About Rand McNally – Chicago-based Rand McNally makes journeys better through innovative solutions that improve the movement of people and goods.
About Aramex: Since its foundation in 1982, Aramex has grown to become a global leader in the logistics and transportation industry, recognized for its customized and innovative services for businesses and consumers. Listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and headquartered in the UAE, Aramex's location bridges the path between East and West, enabling its reach to more customers with the provision of effective logistics solutions worldwide. Aramex currently has business operations in 600+ cities across more than 60 countries worldwide and employs over 16,000 professionals. Aramex offers innovative services and solutions, including international and domestic express delivery, freight-forwarding, integrated logistics and supply chain management and e-Commerce solutions. Aramex is strategically leveraging technology for better and more efficient last-mile delivery solutions. This approach has significant benefits, and that's why Aramex considers itself to be a technology-driven enterprise, selling transportation and logistics solutions without owning heavy assets. For more information, please visit us: www.aramex.com
Rand McNally is a trademark of RM Acquisition LLC, d/b/a Rand McNally.
Aramex (DFM: ARMX) is a leading global provider of comprehensive logistics and transportation solutions, and innovative geolocation technology.
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Kitten recovering after being rescued from Las Vegas dumpster fire
Published: May. 4, 2022 at 4:54 PM EDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (KVVU/Gray News) - A 4-week-old kitten was rescued from a dumpster fire in Las Vegas.
The Animal Foundation of Las Vegas is treating the kitten, which they named Savannah, in their kitten nursery. The shelter doesn’t have many details on how Savannah was caught in the fire, but she suffered burnt paws, singed fur and whiskers, KVVU reported.
Savannah is on medication to help with pain and is in an incubator to warm her up. The Animal Foundation said she will be going to a foster home to heal.
To donate to Savannah’s care, visit animalfoundation.com/savannah.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP) today announced several leadership changes within its External Affairs organization to support the company's regulatory, public policy and customer service strategies. The changes are effective July 2.
Matthew Satterwhite, currently vice president – Regulatory Services, has been promoted to senior vice president – Regulatory Services. He will continue to report to Raja Sundararajan, who will become the company's executive vice president – External Affairs July 1. Philip Dion, currently vice president and interim chief customer officer, has been named vice president – Federal Affairs. He will report to Tony Kavanagh, senior vice president – Governmental Affairs.
"AEP continues to transform to meet the changing expectations and needs of our customers. It's crucial we have experienced leadership to advocate for the most effective legislation, policies and rules that advance our goal of building a cleaner, smarter energy infrastructure for the benefit of our customers," said Sundararajan. "Matt and Phil's expertise in crafting regulatory and public policy strategies and engaging with stakeholders at the state and federal level will strengthen our ongoing efforts to create the energy grid of the future."
Stacey Gabbard, currently director – Customer Services and Technology Integration, has been promoted to a vice president – Customer Operations, and will report to Sundararajan.
"Stacey's strong leadership in business process improvement and data-driven operations paired with his regulatory knowledge will be instrumental in our work to enhance the customer experience and support more personalized energy solutions," said Sundararajan.
Prior to his current role, Satterwhite was the president and chief operating officer of Kentucky Power. He joined AEP in 2008 as a senior legal counsel and served as a state regulatory attorney supporting Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Kentucky. Satterwhite has worked in various leadership roles in the public sector, including at the Supreme Court of Ohio, Office of the Ohio Attorney General and the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio. He received his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Kansas and a juris doctorate from Capital University.
Dion has held various leadership roles since joining AEP in 2015, including vice president – Technology Business Development, and vice president – Customer Policy Solutions and Insights. Prior to AEP, he was senior vice president – Public Policy and Customer Solutions, for UNS Energy Corp. and was the chief of staff to former Commissioner Marc Spitzer of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Dion has a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Arizona and a juris doctorate and master's degree in finance from Santa Clara University.
Gabbard joined AEP in 1990 as a field representative in Public Service Company of Oklahoma's meter revenue operations department. He has held roles of increasing responsibility with AEP, including director – Customer Services Support, and manager – Customer Choice Processes & System. Gabbard received his bachelor's degree in psychology and his master's degree in finance from the University of Tulsa.
American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, is powering a cleaner, brighter energy future for its customers and communities. AEP's approximately 16,700 employees operate and maintain the nation's largest electricity transmission system and more than 224,000 miles of distribution lines to safely deliver reliable and affordable power to 5.5 million regulated customers in 11 states. AEP also is one of the nation's largest electricity producers with approximately 31,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity, including more than 7,100 megawatts of renewable energy. The company's plans include growing its renewable generation portfolio to approximately 50% of total capacity by 2030. AEP is on track to reach an 80% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2000 levels by 2030 and has committed to achieving net zero by 2050. AEP is recognized consistently for its focus on sustainability, community engagement, and diversity, equity and inclusion. AEP's family of companies includes utilities AEP Ohio, AEP Texas, Appalachian Power (in Virginia and West Virginia), AEP Appalachian Power (in Tennessee), Indiana Michigan Power, Kentucky Power, Public Service Company of Oklahoma, and Southwestern Electric Power Company (in Arkansas, Louisiana, east Texas and the Texas Panhandle). AEP also owns AEP Energy, which provides innovative competitive energy solutions nationwide. For more information, visit aep.com.
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Editors and Panel of Judges Selected 32 Innovative Apps, Tools, and Services that Simplify the Money Management Process and Boost Your Bottom Line
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dotdash Meredith's REAL SIMPLE revealed the winners of its fourth annual Smart Money Awards, spotlighting 32 of the best products and services to help readers maximize their money, investments, and time. Selected by editors and a panel of judges, the winners span eight categories, such as travel, kids and family finances, home and real estate, and more. The 2022 Smart Money Awards are featured in the September issue, on sale August 12 and the full list of winners is available now on RealSimple.com/moneyawards.
"Whether you're looking to cut big purchases into bite-size payments or get accounting support for your small business, this year's Smart Money Awards deliver more innovative solutions to your personal finance concerns than ever before. We're here to help you get your money house in order with this smartly-curated review of the best new tools and services. I especially love the ones that extend banking access to underserved communities, and reward you for earth-friendly purchases," said REAL SIMPLE Editor in Chief Lauren Iannotti.
The Smart Money Awards is REAL SIMPLE'S annual spotlight on the best financial innovations that make life easier. To curate the 2022 Smart Money Awards, REAL SIMPLE editors compiled a list of products across eight categories that debuted, or were updated between January 2021 and June 2022. A panel of financial professionals rated them and selected 32 winners based on innovation and relevance to REAL SIMPLE readers.
REAL SIMPLE's 2022 Smart Money Awards Winners
Banking
Save Up for Big Purchases: Accrue Savings
Score Impressive Debit Card Rewards: American Express Rewards Checking
Build "Set It and Forget It" Savings: Digit
Access Traditional Banking if You've Been Shut Out: Majority
Share Expenses Simply: WellPaid
Credit Cards
Take the Guesswork out of Points and Rewards: Card Curator (Premium)
Cut Big Purchases into Bite-Size Payment Chunks: Chase My Chase Plan
Earn Cash for What You Need: Citi Custom Cash Card
Get Rewarded for Earth-Friendly Purchases: FutureCard Visa Card
Investment & Retirement
Reflect Your Values with Your Stock Choices: Alinea
Try a Nontraditional Retirement Plan: Alto Solutions Inc's IRA Account
Learn How to Invest: Schwab Starter Kit
Embrace Risk and Excitement: SoFI IPO Investing
Kids & Family Finances
Help Your Teen Grow Their Allowance: Fidelity Youth Account
Drill Down on Saving for College: Personal Capital Education Planner
Teach Kids How to Spend and Save Wisely: Till App/Debit Card Combo
Travel
Get Big Payoffs for Globe-Trotting: Capital One Venture X Card
Vacation on a Budget: Elude
Turn a Random Mix of Points into an Actual Trip: NerdWallet Airline Point Transfers and Partner Award Bookings Tool
Keep All Your Points in One Place—and Maximize Them: The Points Guy App
Career & Taxes
Have the Benefits of an Employer While Working for Yourself: Catch
Get Accounting Help for Your Business: Collective
Organize Invoices for Freelance Work: Lili Pro
Home & Real Estate
Rent with Perks: Bilt Mastercard
Be Your Neighbor's Self-Storage: Neighbor
Speed Up the Home-Buying Business: Opendoor Complete
Own a Vacation Home Without the Responsibility: Pacaso
Get Rewarded for Paying Rent on Time: Piñata
Insurance
Protect Yourself from Catastrophe: Avibra
Get Essential Disability Coverage: Breeze
Buy Life Insurance Without Feeling Judged and Depressed: Haven Life
Free Yourself from the Weight of Medical Debt: PayZen
The panel of judges included Marsha Barnes, Certified Financial Social Worker, Educator, and Founder of The Finance Bar, which provides personal finance tools and educational support; Cathy Curtis, Certified Financial Planner and Founder of Curtis Financial Planning in Oakland, California, who focuses on advising women; Dawn Dahlby, Certified Financial Planner and Behavioral Financial Adviser who offers online financial coaching courses for clients around the country; Stephanie Mccullough, Financial Planner and CEO of Sofia Financial in Berwyn, Pennsylvania; Grant Sabatier, Author of Financial Freedom and Creator of The Financial Freedom Course, which helps participants build wealth and retire early; Julien and Kiersten Saunders, Authors of Cashing Out, about paying off $200,000 in debt, who share advice for building wealth and financial freedom, especially for Black men and women; Erin Skye Kelly, Licensed Mortgage Broker who paid off $2 million in debt and author of Get The Hell Out Of Debt, about her three-step process to eliminating debt and building wealth; Tatiana Tsoir, Certified Public Accountant and Author of Dream Bold, Start Smart, A Guide To Entrepreneurship; and Vee Weir, Personal Finance Educator in Boulder, Colorado, who paid off more than $70,000 in debt and shares tips on Instagram At @Veefrugalfox.
The September issue of REAL SIMPLE is on newsstands on August 12, and the full list of this year's Smart Money Awards is now available at REALSIMPLE.com/moneyawards.
ABOUT REAL SIMPLE
REAL SIMPLE provides practical and useful solutions for simplifying every aspect of a modern woman's busy life. By tightly curating the best advice, products and services to make decisions simple, REAL SIMPLE delivers a judgment-free guide for life, leaving her lighter, more accomplished, and in control. As the number one women's lifestyle magazine at newsstand and on Apple News+, REAL SIMPLE reaches an audience of 22 million every month through print, digital, podcasts, licensed products, brand experiences, and more. REAL SIMPLE is part of the Dotdash Meredith publishing family.
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VALLETTA, Malta, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kindred and the Philadelphia Eagles extend the agreement of their partnership until the end of the 2024/25 season. As part of the new agreement, Unibet will now serve as the Eagles' official casino, online casino games, and sportsbook partner.
Kindred Group plc's (Kindred) Unibet brand and the Philadelphia Eagles continue to build on their current partnership with a new three-year extension. As part of the agreement, Unibet will have a dedicated `Unibet Landing' location at Lincoln Financial Field that will host different fan engagement activities throughout the year. Additionally, Unibet will expand sponsorship designations to include Official Partner for Online Casino, Casino, Online Games and Sportsbook.
"Our partnership with the Eagles has been a key pillar in Unibet's strategy in Pennsylvania since the entry in the market and will continue to be an essential piece going forward. We are very pleased to continue the collaboration and continue to develop innovative and engaging projects both at the stadium as well as digitally", says Manuel Stan, SVP North America, Kindred Group.
"We look forward to extending our fully-integrated partnership with Unibet for another three years," says Brian Napoli, Vice President of Corporate Partnerships, Philadelphia Eagles. "Our growth in this emerging online space has enabled us to connect with Eagles fans in new and interactive ways thanks to Unibet's forward-thinking approach to the industry. Through our continued partnership, we are excited to offer Eagles fans even more engagement opportunities, starting with the new Unibet Landing at Lincoln Financial Field this season."
Unibet and the Eagles will continue to innovate by offering consumers branded mobile casino games, including Eagles slot games, Eagles blackjack games and others. The partnership will also see Kindred activating the Unibet brand at Lincoln Financial Field and across the team's digital properties.
CONTACT:
For more information:
Maria Angell Dupont, External Communications Manager, Kindred Group
press@kindredgroup.com
+46 72 165 15 17
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GRAPHIC: Video shows teen jumping out of moving car during high-speed chase
Published: Apr. 29, 2022 at 4:05 PM CDT
WHITEHALL, Ohio (CNN) - Police in Ohio said a teenager jumped out of a moving car earlier this week while they were in pursuit.
The Whitehall Township Police Department reports the incident happened early Wednesday morning when officers were pursuing an allegedly stolen car driven by a 16-year-old near Columbus, Ohio.
During the chase, a teen is seen in police dashcam video jumping out of the car while police were behind him.
Officers said the 16-year-old attempted to evade officers on foot, and he was already wearing a neck brace from a previous accident in a stolen vehicle.
Police eventually caught the teen and took him to a behavioral health facility.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newfold Digital today announced that it has received the 2021 Google Cloud Expansion Partner of the Year for North America Award.
Newfold Digital was recognized for the company's achievements in the Google Cloud ecosystem, helping joint customers achieve success online through best of class web solutions.
The partnership provides Newfold Digital customers under several brands including Web.com, Bluehost, Network Solutions, HostGator, Domain.com and Register.com access to Google Cloud's leading business solutions, helping them effectively operate their businesses all from one place. Guided by its mission to empower online success in a digital world, Newfold created a simple and integrated way for its customers to build their website or online store and leverage tools needed to run their business with Google Workspace. Newfold's vision of thriving online includes ensuring customers have access to world-class collaboration and productivity tools to run their business, which is made possible through the partnership with Google Cloud.
"Through this partnership with Google Cloud, we are able to help more small businesses effectively compete in the online world and that's what we are here to do," said Sharon Rowlands, CEO of Newfold Digital. "We are thrilled to be recognized as Google Cloud Expansion Partner of the Year - North America, and we are appreciative of how incredibly supportive the Google Cloud partner teams have been in working with us to bring best of class solutions to our customers around the world. We are looking forward to bringing Google Cloud to even more customers globally."
"Newfold Digital has demonstrated strong capabilities across Google Cloud products and solutions, and has significantly scaled their work with customers over this past year," said Bronwyn Hastings, VP of Global ISV Partnerships and Channels, Google Cloud. "We're proud to recognize Newfold Digital's growth with Google Cloud and their commitment to helping an increasing number of customers succeed with cloud technology."
About Newfold Digital:
Newfold Digital is a leading web and commerce technology company serving nearly 7 million customers globally. Established in 2021 through the combination of leading web services providers Endurance Web Presence and Web.com Group, our portfolio of brands includes: Bluehost, CrazyDomains, HostGator, Network Solutions, Register.com, Web.com, Yoast and many others. We help customers of all sizes build a digital presence that delivers results. With our extensive product offerings and personalized support, we take pride in collaborating with our customers to serve their online presence needs. Learn more about Newfold Digital at Newfold.com.
CONTACT: Newfold@teamlewis.com
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LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Carvana Co. ("Carvana" or the "Company") (NYSE: CVNA).
Class Period: May 6, 2020 – June 24, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 3, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Carvana faced serious, ongoing issues with documentation, registration, and title with many of its vehicles; (2) as a result, Carvana was issuing unusually frequent temporary plates; (3) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was violating laws and regulations in many existing markets; (4) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana risked its ability to continue business and/or expand its business in existing markets; (5) as a result of the foregoing, Carvana was at an increased risk of governmental investigation and action; (6) Carvana was in discussion with state and local authorities regarding the above-stated business tactics and issues; (7) Carvana was facing imminent and ongoing regulatory actions including license suspensions, business cessation, and probation in several states and counties including in Arizona, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and North Carolina; and (8) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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5 things to know for May 5: Ukraine, Rate hike, Roe v. Wade, Chappelle, Inmate escape
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN
May is Mental Health Awareness Month — and also the perfect time to check in with those around you with a gentle call or text. Research shows the mental health of many people has suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic, and the damage wasn’t limited to adults.
Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.
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1. Ukraine
Heavy “bloody battles” are now unfolding at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, a Ukrainian commander said. Russian forces have breached the perimeter and there was “non-stop shelling and assault” overnight. Despite efforts to evacuate civilians trapped in the sprawling complex, hundreds remain, including about 30 children, the city’s mayor said. Until recently, Azovstal was a major player on the global stage, producing 4 million tons of steel annually. But now, at least 150 employees have been killed and thousands remain unaccounted for, said Yuriy Ryzhenkov, CEO of Metinvest Holding, which owns the plant. The Russian Ministry of Defense says it expects to open evacuation corridors for civilians out of the plant starting today but it is unclear how many civilians trapped inside the plant will be able to leave.
2.Interest rates
The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by a half-percentage point to get a handle on the worst inflation America has seen in 40 years. It’s the first time in 22 years that the central bank has hiked rates this much. Americans will experience this policy shift through higher borrowing costs: That means higher interest costs for mortgages, home equity lines of credit, credit cards, student debt and car loans. Business loans will also get pricier, for businesses large and small. The interest rate hike was unanimous, with all 12 members of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee agreeing on it. In March, the Fed ramped up its benchmark borrowing rate for the first time since late 2018, increasing it by a quarter-percentage point.
3. Roe v. Wade
Clinics in states likely to maintain access to abortion procedures are preparing for a potential influx of out-of-state patients following the report of a leaked draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. “This is a devastating blow for millions of people who will find themselves in a vast abortion desert,” said Jennifer Welch, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of Illinois. In the draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, conservative Justice Samuel Alito separately tries to make clear it should not necessarily impact other decisions, such as the right to marry a person of a different race or the same sex and the right to contraception. But opponents say Alito’s attempt to wall off abortion from everything else raises several questions and legal challenges.
4. Dave Chappelle
A representative of comedian Dave Chappelle released a statement regarding an audience member who attacked him Tuesday night while Chappelle was performing at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. “As unfortunate and unsettling as the incident was, Chappelle went on with the show,” Carla Sims, Chappelle’s representative, said in a statement to CNN. “Jamie Foxx and Chris Rock helped calm the crowd with humor before Chappelle introduced the last and featured musical guests for the evening.” The man who tackled Chappelle has been identified as 23-year-old Isaiah Lee. He had a knife and is in custody, police said. The motive of the apparent attack remains unclear.
5. Inmate escape
Investigators suspect a missing Alabama corrections officer and a murder suspect had a romantic relationship before they both disappeared last week, according to Lauderdale County Sheriff Rick Singleton. The pair went missing Friday after Vicky White, 56, said she was taking the inmate, Casey White, 38, to the courthouse and was planning to seek medical attention because she wasn’t feeling well. But the two never arrived at the courthouse. And Vicky White didn’t make it to the medical facility. Vicky White is now the subject of an active arrest warrant for allegedly permitting or facilitating escape in the first degree, the sheriff said. Records also show Vicky White had made major financial moves in the weeks leading up to the escape — including selling her home days before she disappeared for a price well below market value.
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TODAY’S NUMBER
20 to 25
That’s how many years a federal judge will sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin to serve in prison for the 2020 killing of George Floyd. The sentencing range was laid out in the plea agreement filed months ago, which mentioned Chauvin would be expected to serve between 17 and a little over 21 years, “assuming all good-time credit.” At the federal level, Chauvin pleaded guilty in December to violating George Floyd’s civil rights after months earlier pleading not guilty. Chauvin has also asked the Minnesota Court of Appeals to overturn his conviction at the state level.
TODAY’S QUOTE
“Some would consider this a wake-up call. I disagree. The alarm’s already gone off.”
— Wade Crowfoot, California’s secretary for natural resources, urging Southern Californians to immediately cut back their water usage. Due to slim resources and the ongoing climate crisis, Southern California is bracing for unprecedented water restrictions unless residents and businesses significantly scale back. Scientists reported earlier this year that the West’s current drought is the worst in at least 1,200 years.
TODAY’S WEATHER
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AND FINALLY
Meet the world’s tallest dog
This Great Dane named Zeus just stole our hearts! (Click here to view)
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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 28, 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 Georgia, at the following Aspen Dental locations:
- Atlanta, Georgia (Cumberland)
- Cartersville, Georgia
- Cumming, Georgia
- Dalton, Georgia
- Douglasville, Georgia
- Dunwoody, Georgia
- Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
- Gainesville, Georgia
- Griffin, Georgia
- Hinesville, Georgia
- Loganville, Georgia
- Newnan, Georgia
- Pooler, Georgia
- Rincon, Georgia
- Rome, Georgia
- Snellville, Georgia
- Statesboro, Georgia
- Valdosta, Georgia
- Warner Robins, Georgia
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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SHANGHAI, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This year, Coolpo was also featured in the recommended brand sections of UC Today Collaboration Market Guide 2022. Matthew, one of Coolpo's co-founders and Senior VP for Global Operations, also gave an official interview and introduced Coolpo's existing product application direction and future outstanding intelligent, reliable, and trusted product line planning.
UC Today is the global authoritative publication in the field of unified communications and collaboration technology industry, headquartered in the United Kingdom. Each year, they publish and update on technology trends in the industry and brands that deserve attention or cooperation, providing professional and unique industry insights for industry professionals as well as consumers in general.
Especially in the video conferencing that Coolpo sponsored, Coolpo appeared with other industry leaders in both the hardware and software industries. These companies are well-known communications and collaboration device developers in different countries.
Coolpo has always believed that hybrid/telecommuting is an irreversible trend, especially in the current epidemic era, many people actively or passively start working remotely, and more and more people will find its flexibility, efficiency, and throttling of corporate spending. It is also constantly innovating and developing communication tools for collaboration between corporate teams to support the future of the office model.
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Positioned as a Leader Based on Completeness of Vision and Ability to Execute
PLEASANTON, Calif., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Workday (NASDAQ:WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of the inaugural 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises* based on completeness of vision and ability to execute.
Workday Enterprise Management Cloud brings together core financials, human resources, and operational data in one adaptable system to help provide service-centric organizations with predictive insights, greater agility, and engaging experiences. Workday Financial Management, Workday Human Capital Management (HCM), Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Accounting Center, Workday Prism Analytics, and Workday Spend Management can integrate seamlessly into the customer's technology ecosystem to help transform the way organizations operate across finance, human resources, and procurement.
Helping Customers to Accelerate Transformation
With more than 9,500 customers across 175 countries, Workday continues to deliver innovative solutions that help enable service-centric enterprises to navigate transformation in the changing world of work.
With Workday, service-centric organizations can:
- Gain more meaningful insights and adapt business strategies to match the speed of change. Employees and extended workers often represent the largest source of spend for service-centric organizations. By combining operational data with finance and worker data, organizations are empowered to make real-time, data-driven decisions to help maximize profitability and performance across talent populations. With Workday's intelligent data core, organizations can integrate and manage multiple data sources, allowing visibility across their ecosystem in one place. For example, an organization can respond to dynamic changes by modeling new strategies and taking action, as well as aligning the workforce to business needs.
- Fuel automation and increase efficiency in mission-critical business processes. Workday helps orchestrate seamless processing across the front, middle, and back office technology ecosystem, creating a connected and frictionless experience that helps increase employee productivity. For example, with the ability to conduct continuous accounting and embedded machine learning to help automate transactional processes, as well as workspaces that help enable collaboration across finance teams, employees have more time to focus on strategy and analysis.
- Unlock the potential of the most valuable resource – the workforce. Human capital is the most complex, multi-dimensional asset service-centric organizations have to manage. Workday helps organizations map people resources to business needs, including upskilling, job rotations, and training. In addition, with Workday Peakon Employee Voice, leaders can get real-time insight into employee sentiment so organizations can turn feedback into dialog and action. With these tools, organizations can better manage critical people resources to help improve retention and reduce attrition.
Ability to Execute Drives Customer Satisfaction
Workday achieved an industry-leading 97% customer satisfaction rating in its latest customer satisfaction survey driven by the ability to execute effectively for customers facing the growing challenges of today's volatile climate. Additionally, Gartner® Peer Insights™ documents customer experience through verified ratings and peer reviews. As of July 1, 2022, Workday customer reviews include the following:
- "Moving from an aging on-premise ERP solution to Workday was a breath of fresh air. Selecting Workday as our corporate HR ERP solution has provided us with stability, flexibility, and ease of use." — ERP Director in the Banking Industry [read full review]
- "Great tool that allows [us] to keep Finance and HR core operations within the same tool as a single source of truth." — Sr. Director of Information Systems in the IT Services Industry [read full review]
- "The actionable insights to optimize the process is commendable. Whether it is working hours or paid time off, everything is answered." — Center Head in the Higher Ed Industry [read full review]
Comments on the News
"We realize the importance of strong workflow and reporting capabilities to increase the efficiency in the organization, as well as having quick access to key data to drive business performance," said Duncan Magrath, chief financial officer, Alfa Financial. "Workday enables our finance and HR teams to streamline previously manual, time-consuming processes and gives us a real-time, holistic view of our business."
"With Workday, we have an enterprise system that enables us to both manage our workforce and the costs associated with our workforce in a single platform," said Rich Rogers, chief information officer, Prisma Health. "Our employees and contingent workers are happy with the user experience and streamlined workflows in Workday, and our finance team has a real-time view into our business, which simplifies our reporting and analysis. Combining our ability to manage our finances, supplies, and people in a single system helps us achieve our organizational goals to support exceptional service to our patients and their families."
"With Workday, we have been able to consolidate multiple systems and manual processes into one, which has been extremely beneficial for our business," said Wayne Sisco, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Redstone Federal Credit Union. "As part of our culture of accountability, Workday has allowed our employees to be less focused on transactions and spend more time on analytics and strategy through increased visibility and effective reporting."
"Workday was founded on the idea that enterprise systems must be fully interconnected to provide the capability and visibility modern enterprises need to be successful," said Sayan Chakraborty, executive vice president of product and technology, Workday. "We are proud to have been named a Leader in Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises. By bringing together systems and data and helping enable finance, procurement, and HR leaders to support their organizations, together we can deliver digital transformation for the changing world of work."
Additional Information
- Read the blog, "Workday Named a Leader in the 2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises"
- Get the report, "2022 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises"
- See a demonstration of Workday Financial Management, Workday Accounting Center, and Workday Adaptive Planning
*Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises, John Van Decker, Denis Torii, Tim Faith, Sam Grinter, Patrick Connaughton, 12 July 2022
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About Workday
Workday is a leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, helping customers adapt and thrive in a changing world. Workday applications for financial management, human resources, planning, spend management, and analytics have been adopted by thousands of organizations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 50% of the Fortune 500. For more information about Workday, visit workday.com.
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Any unreleased services, features, or functions referenced in this document, our website, or other press releases or public statements that are not currently available are subject to change at Workday's discretion and may not be delivered as planned or at all. Customers who purchase Workday services should make their purchase decisions based upon services, features, and functions that are currently available.
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LAS VEGAS, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart NFTs are the next innovative evolution of NFTs pioneered by VIMworld. Known as VIMs (Virtually Integrated Metadata) on the platform, these virtual characters build layered backstories, rather than being just a collection of unchangeable pixels on the screen. These Smart NFTs grow and change based on its owner's interactions with it.
Owners can feed their Smart NFT VIMworld's native token VEED to evolve the artwork and earn treasures or other secondary items in a variety of fun ways to make them unique. When fully utilized, a Smart NFT VIM will become the manifestation of its owner's identity, acting as both a virtual companion and ironclad resume of personal accomplishments.
Smart NFTs rely on frequent and sustained interaction with their owners in order to take their true shape. VIMworld has been expertly designed from the ground up to be an evolutionary open metaverse, and VIMs are intended to be integrated into gaming and social experiences that benefit from integrating user metadata.
NFT buyers are attracted to other projects because of incredible artwork, community hype, and limited minting. After the hype dies down, these collectors are often left wondering what to do besides holding. VIMworld understands these pain points first hand. In addition to the ways Smart NFT holders can engage on the VIMworld platform, VIMworld has developed an SDK to attract partnerships and third-party developers to integrate their applications and give users more places to explore and VIMs new ways to evolve.
VIMworld has also developed tools for owners to easily access, store and track progress of an owner's VIMs. The online platform has a robust management tool for feeding and levelling up each VIM. Owners can also check various leaderboards to compare progress to others in the community. While the marketplace allows owners to buy and sell VIMs.
For owners who have a variety of digital assets, VIMworld developed Nufinetes, a secure multi-chain wallet app that currently enables transactions on Ethereum and Vechain, with support for several tokens. It allo Nufinetes is available for iOS and Android so NFT collectors and digital asset holders from all over the world can have one centralized wallet app.
Smart NFTs will continue to evolve as web3 gains wider adoption VIMworld will continue to pave the way with exciting new features and utility that take full advantage of Smart NFT technology.
VIMworld is a revolutionary non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem that creates a space where entrepreneurship and play combine and thrive. At the core of VIMworld are VIMs themselves, each one unique and permanent. VIMs are Smart NFTs that will deliver an immutable system of authentication, allowing their owners to both store and build value through play whilst building meaningful connections with others.
VIMworld can be accessed through VIMworld.com using a VeChain-enabled browser such as the VeChain Sync browser or Google Chrome + Comet Extension. For more information about VIMworld, please visit vimworld.com or follow our social media channels:
Twitter — Instagram — Reddit
Nufinetes is available in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. More information can be found on nufinetes.com. The app can also directly be downloaded.
Android: https://d3va9f6jgm4z2y.cloudfront.net/nufinetes-prod/Nufinetes_Android_latest.apk
App Store (OS): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nufinetes/id1609562349
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Top prospect joins #TeamBioSteel athletes who prioritize Clean. Healthy. Hydration.™
NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BioSteel Sports Nutrition Inc. ("BioSteel") today announced the latest addition to #TeamBioSteel with the signing of Connor Bedard, an elite rising hockey star and top prospect for the 2023 NHL Draft. Bedard intends to promote BioSteel through events, social media, trade marketing, and more as he supports his daily hydration routine with the brand's lineup of zero sugar sports drinks. He will frequently be featured alongside fellow #TeamBioSteel athlete Connor McDavid, who he grew up watching and will join on the ice later this summer at the annual pre-season BioSteel NHL Camp.
Connor's signing highlights the brand's commitment to supporting the daily hydration needs of the next generation of athletes and the critical role of hydration in achieving top performance both on and off the ice.
"As I continue to work to take my game to the next level, I know I have to be smart about what I put into my body, and maintaining a hydration routine is a key priority for me," said Bedard. "Ever since I was introduced to it, I've loved the BioSteel product. Like many younger hockey players, I have been a big admirer of the BioSteel Camp and followed along each summer. I'm humbled to now be an official member of the team, and I couldn't be more excited to participate in Camp this year and take the ice with their support."
"Connor is an elite athlete who represents the next generation of hockey stars, and we couldn't be more excited to officially support him with Clean. Healthy. Hydration™," said John Celenza, Co-Founder of BioSteel. "With Connor officially joining our #TeamBioSteel roster, we're able to double down on our efforts to hydrate the next generation, and we look forward to working with him to show young athletes and fans why a hydration routine is essential both on and off the ice."
Founded in 2009 by Celenza and business partner and NHL veteran Michael Cammalleri, BioSteel has achieved a reputation for being the hydration product of choice for athletes and consumers looking for a zero-sugar alternative. The brand is committed to using premium ingredients, maintaining product transparency, and delivering essential electrolytes needed to support physical activity. Each electrolyte-packed sports drink comes in an eco-friendly 16.7 fl oz Tetra Pak, and the range of flavors includes Blue Raspberry, Mixed Berry, Peach Mango, Rainbow Twist and White Freeze to keep athletes and health-conscious consumers hydrated throughout the day.
BioSteel products are available across North America and globally with select retail partners or direct to consumers online through www.biosteel.com.
About BioSteel:
BioSteel is a North American beverage brand committed to delivering premium Clean. Healthy. Hydration.™ to consumers and athletes across the globe. Each BioSteel sports drink is sugar-free and comes in an eco-friendly Tetra Pak filled with premium ingredients, natural flavors and essential electrolytes needed to support physical activity. Perfect for everyone from health and environmentally conscious consumers to world class athletes, BioSteel hydration products are currently readily available across North America, globally with select retail partners and direct to consumers online through www.biosteel.com.
Press Contact
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Senior Manager, Brand Communications
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacsun continues to grow its digital presence by collaborating with the first known virtual influencer, Miquela. As a leader within the metaverse, the addition of virtual influencers into its campaign initiatives is a natural next step for the retailer. Pacsun aims to further strengthen the connection with its core demographic who are exploring the digital space.
Pacsun and Miquela will collaborate on social content, amplifying the brand's back-to-school and 2022 holiday campaigns. Miquela became a phenomenon in 2016, when the 19-year-old robot based in Los Angeles appeared on Instagram and instantly went viral. Since then, she has graced a billboard in Times Square, has been named by TIME Magazine as a "most influential person on the internet," and has gained a millions-strong cult following known as her "Miqaliens." The digital personality is best known for her authenticity, inclusivity, and youthfully unique style, and has begun to claim her title as "queen of the metaverse." Pacsun has been following the evolution of the virtual influencer landscape and wanted to craft a special partnership with Miquela, especially as both were recently part of ComplexLand.
"I'm so excited to be working with Pacsun on this campaign," said Miquela. "As a fan of their fits, vibe and vision, I couldn't be happier to partner up as we explore what the future of fashion and culture looks like for a new generation."
Miquela paved the way for computer-generated virtual influencers, which have become an astonishing trend in full growth today. These digital personalities are popular amongst younger, Gen Z audiences and celebrate diversity and representation for all — pushing the boundaries of how technology, entertainment, and social media intersect. Major fashion houses including Dior, Balmain, Kenzo and Prada have helped spearhead the trend as well.
"Miquela has become a digital muse for Pacsun and we're thrilled to be working with a great example of a strong female advocate and inspiration," said Brieane (Brie) Olson, President at Pacsun. "She aligns with our core brand values and vision…speaking out on important social issues like BLM and Rally The Vote, as well as achieving inroads into metaverse fashion and culture. Miquela has been traveling to New York City, and we're excited to invite her to shop with us in our Soho location."
This partnership marks the beginning of an exciting marketing strategy for the specialty retailer, who will be leaning more into the virtual influencer space and the metaverse heavily throughout Q4.
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Pacsun is a leading specialty retailer offering a cross section of emerging brands and trending fashion through the lens of youth culture. Throughout the contemporary, streetwear and active lifestyle markets, Pacsun partners with the best brands to offer curated collections, rare and exclusive products, and creative collaborations on every level. Founded in 1980, Newport, CA. Curated in Los Angeles. Follow @pacsun on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok.
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Pony Cars Power Onto Stamps Published: Jul. 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM CDT | Updated: 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON , July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Pony Cars Power Onto Stamps(PRNewswire)
What:
The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the heyday of the pony car era with five new stamps featuring some of the most famous examples of these youth-oriented vehicles.
The first-day-of-issue event for the Pony Cars Forever stamp will be held at the Great American Stamp Show in partnership with the American Philatelic Society . The ceremony is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #PonyCarsStamps .
Who:
Scott Bombaugh, chief technology officer and executive vice president, U.S. Postal Service.
When:
Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at 11 a.m. PT
Where:
Great American Stamp Show
SAFE Credit Union Convention Center
1400 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
RSVP:
Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at: usps.com/ponycars.
Background:
In the 1960s, a new breed of vehicle began appearing on our nation's roads. Over the past six decades, fast and fun pony cars have become a uniquely American obsession. Since their emergence, these performance coupes and convertibles have brought a youthful spirit to the automotive world.
In the mid-to-late 20th century, American automakers began catering to a segment of their customer base that was rapidly growing — younger drivers. These drivers craved sporty, affordable cars that looked and felt different from what was in their parents' garages. Several manufacturers initially produced models that fit that description, but the pony car trend did not begin in earnest until 1964.
By the time of the 1970s energy crisis, sales of the once ubiquitous pony cars had begun to decline. But by the end of the decade, the cars had a resurgence. Pony cars were cultural icons; throughout the 1970s, they appeared in many television shows and movies.
Since then, the popularity of pony cars has ebbed and flowed. But over the past two decades, automakers have reintroduced many of the beloved models first launched in the genre's heyday. Today, adventurous young — and young-at-heart — drivers enjoy the thrill of driving pony cars.
Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps , by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide.
The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
Please Note: For U.S. Postal Service media resources, including broadcast-quality video and audio and photo stills, visit the USPS Newsroom . Follow us on Twitter , Instagram , Pinterest and LinkedIn . Subscribe to the USPS YouTube channel , like us on Facebook and enjoy our Postal Posts blog . For more information about the Postal Service, visit usps.com and facts.usps.com .
Contact: James McKean 202-268-2380jim.mckean@usps.gov usps.com/news
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DALLAS (KDAF) — It may not be a double-digit million-dollar jackpot but it sure beats not winning a single dime that’s for sure!
The Texas Lottery reports a $10,000 winning Mega Millions ticket was sold somewhere in Texas; that ticket matched four of the five winning numbers along with the Mega Ball. Those winning numbers for the Aug. 5 drawing were 2, 5, 29, 64 and 69 with the Mega Ball, 18.
The chance grows for the Mega Millions jackpot to grow to what it once was earlier in the summer as the $36 million jackpot rolls on to $52 million for the Aug. 9 drawing. That jackpot has a cash value of $30.2 million.
The lottery says, “There were no Mega Millions jackpot or 2nd prize winners in Texas for drawing on 08/05/2022.” In total there were over 42,000 winners throughout the Lone Star State that won at least $2 and as much as $10,000. | https://cw33.com/news/texas/10000-winning-mega-millions-ticket-sold-somewhere-in-texas/ | 2022-08-08T15:58:07Z |
Company's expanded research capabilities deepen market knowledge and strategic planning
GREENSBORO, N.C., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bell Partners Inc., one of the nation's leading apartment investment and management companies, today announced the appointment of TJ Parker as Senior Vice President, Research and Data Analytics. In this new role, Ms. Parker will be responsible for leading Bell's research and data analytics capabilities, where her work will inform investment opportunities, community management and the strategic planning process. Ms. Parker will report to Nickolay Bochilo, EVP of Investments, and work directly with Bell Partners' investment and portfolio management teams.
Ms. Parker joins Bell Partners with extensive experience in the real estate sector. She previously was Managing Director for Real Estate Research with Barings, a global investment manager, where she was a senior member of the research team for the last seven years. Prior to joining Barings, Ms. Parker spent three years as an Assistant Risk Manager at Hartford Investment Management Company. Ms. Parker is a CFA and a CAIA charter holder. She earned an MBA in Investment Management from The Ohio State University and a bachelor's degree in engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University in Bangalore, India.
"We are thrilled to welcome TJ to Bell Partners as we continue to enhance our research and data analytics capabilities," said Lili Dunn, President and CEO of Bell Partners. "With her strong background in research and portfolio analysis, as well as her depth of experience in institutional real estate, TJ will be a valuable addition to our team."
From a management portfolio of over 70,000 apartments, Bell Partners has access to detailed, real-time information which readily identifies trends in apartment fundamentals by submarket. Proprietary dashboards and advanced reporting allow the company to access and organize a voluminous database of information, evaluate trends, adjust business tactics, and provide clear visibility on performance. Bell Partners utilizes leading-edge technology to transform operational and financial data into actionable information which is used across the company for investment screening, annual business planning and market analysis, ultimately driving strong investment performance.
Established in 1976, Bell Partners Inc. ("Bell Partners" or the "Company") is a privately held, vertically integrated apartment investment and management company focused on high-quality multifamily rental communities throughout the United States. With over 70,000 units under management, Bell Partners is one of the largest apartment operators and renovators in the United States. Including its headquarters in Greensboro, N.C., the Company has over 1,600 associates and twelve offices and offers an extensive and full-service platform containing expertise in acquisitions and dispositions, construction, financing, property operations, accounting, risk management, and all other related support functions. Bell Partners is led by a senior management team with an average of 26 years of industry experience that has invested throughout all phases of the real estate cycle and has helped the Company complete over $22 billion of apartment transactions since 2002. For more information, visit www.bellpartnersinc.com.
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John Perilli
Prosek Partners for Bell Partners Inc.
(401) 316-3375
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Dear Heloise: I am picky about my bananas. If I buy a bunch that are just right, in two days the rest of the bunch is too ripe. If I put them in a refrigerator to slow down the ripening process, by the second day they have started turning black. I found this does not happen if I separate them and put them in a foam cooler or ice chest with a frozen gel bag. This keeps them about 50 degrees or cooler, and they don’t turn black.
I have also had luck putting them outside in cool weather as long as it is above 32 degrees. If you have the opposite problem, and they are too green, put them in a bag with an apple, and they will ripen much faster.
— Alex, Camarillo, Calif. | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/advice_columns/article_1698ce8e-c7ca-11ec-8be2-b3e2c0055b73.html | 2022-05-01T08:50:23Z |
NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for NCMI, VERU, ZIM, DLO, and ARCO.
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Man gets life in prison for traveling to Vietnam to sexually abuse children, DOJ says
(Gray News) – A Florida man was sentenced to life in prison for traveling from Florida to Vietnam to engage in sex acts with a number of Vietnamese minors he had met and talked to over the internet, according to the Department of Justice.
The DOJ says 52-year-old Christopher Edwin Day pleaded guilty to two counts of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and two counts of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor into illegal sexual activity in February 2020.
Day traveled from Florida to Vietnam on two separate occasions in 2015 and 2016 to engage in sex acts with minor Vietnamese boys, according to court documents and statements made related to Day’s plea and sentencing.
Day flew back and forth to Vietnam under the guise of being an English teacher, the documents say. Some boys were introduced to Day as their English teacher while others were allegedly promised money and gifts.
The case was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations agents in Tampa and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, which is a nationwide initiative to combat the epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse.
The initiative was launched in 2006 by the DOJ.
Anyone with information on suspected child sexual exploitation can contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 800-843-5678 or at its website.
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Discovery's Latest Acquisition Expands the Company's Digital Solution Suite Supporting Science Education
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Discovery Education, a global edtech company backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, "Clearlake"), today announced it has acquired Minneapolis, MN-based Pivot Interactives SBC. Led by a team of science teachers, practitioners, and students, Pivot Interactives develops dynamic cloud-based activities and labs that actively engage students in the authentic exploration of real scientific phenomena. Terms were not disclosed.
The acquisition of Pivot Interactives supports Discovery Education's mission to prepare learners for tomorrow by creating innovative classrooms connected to today's world. Pivot Interactives will complement Discovery Education's other successful digital services supporting science education, which include Discovery Education's K-12 platform, Mystery Science, the Science Techbook series, and STEM Connect.
Pivot Interactives is Discovery Education's second acquisition this month, having also acquired DoodleLearning.
"Discovery Education empowers teachers and inspires students worldwide through digital content delivered on our platform," said Discovery Education Chief Executive Officer Scott Kinney. "Unlike other digital interactives on the market, Pivot Interactives explores concepts using real-life experiments, not animations, allowing teachers to include phenomena-based learning at any stage of the learning cycle. Through our acquisition of Pivot Interactives, Discovery Education is now better positioned to broaden our impact by providing our partner school systems access to phenomena-based, active learning tools."
Peter Bohacek, Chief Executive Officer of Pivot and physics teacher, and Matthew Vonk, Chief Science Officer for Pivot and physics professor, founded Pivot Interactives by developing a library of interactive video-based activities funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. The co-founders began working with their own students to develop direct measurement videos that allow teachers and students to break out of classroom constraints.
Now, teachers worldwide are using Pivot Interactives to engage over 1 million students with phenomena and science practices. Under the Discovery Education family of services, Pivot Interactives' award-winning platform will continue innovating to revolutionize science education.
"We're thrilled to be joining the Discovery Education family," said Mr. Bohacek. "Back in 2012, I began to experiment with integrating interactive video into my classroom practice. The results were so promising, I was compelled to continue to explore how to expand the capability of interactive video and that led to the founding of Pivot Interactives. I am excited about this next chapter and the opportunity to scale the impact of these resources."
"The Pivot Interactives team shares Discovery Education's mission to prepare all learners for future success, and I believe that as part of Discovery Education we will be in an even better position to improve science education across the country and around the world," said Mr. Vonk. "Echoing Peter's sentiments, we're excited to join Discovery Education."
For more information about Discovery Education's award-winning digital resources and professional learning services, visit www.discoveryeducation.com, and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through Twitter and LinkedIn.
About Discovery Education
Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Through its award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools, Discovery Education helps educators deliver equitable learning experiences engaging all students and supporting higher academic achievement on a global scale. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in over 100 countries and territories. Inspired by the global media company Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education partners with districts, states, and trusted organizations to empower teachers with leading edtech solutions that support the success of all learners. Explore the future of education at www.discoveryeducation.com.
About Clearlake
Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is an investment firm founded in 2006 operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit, and other related strategies. With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with management teams by providing patient, long-term capital to businesses that can benefit from Clearlake's operational improvement approach, O.P.S.® The firm's core target sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake currently has over $72 billion of assets under management, and its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 400 investments. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, CA with affiliates in Dallas, TX, London, UK and Dublin, Ireland. More information is available at www.clearlake.com and on Twitter @Clearlake.
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Stephen Wakefield
Discovery Education
Phone: 202-316-6615
Email: swakefield@discoveryed.com
Jennifer Hurson
For Clearlake
Phone: 845-507-0571
Email: jhurson@lambert.com
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CHICAGO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - BMO Harris Bank announced today that it is increasing its US$ prime lending rate from 3.50 percent to 4.00 percent, effective May 5, 2022.
BMO Harris Bank provides a broad range of personal banking products and solutions through more than 500 branches and fee-free access to over 40,000 ATMs across the United States. BMO Harris Bank's commercial banking team provides a combination of sector expertise, local knowledge and mid-market focus throughout the United States. For more information about BMO Harris Bank, visit the company fact sheet. Accounts are subject to approval. BMO Harris Bank N.A. Member FDIC. BMO Harris Bank is part of BMO Financial Group, a highly diversified financial services provider with total assets of CDN$1.02 trillion as of January 31, 2022.
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BERLIN (AP) — A man drove a car into a German school group in a popular Berlin shopping district Wednesday, killing a teacher and seriously injuring nine people, authorities said. He was quickly arrested.
The man drove into people on a street corner around 10:30 a.m., got the car back on the road and then crashed into a shop window about a block away, police said. The driver was apparently detained by passers-by and then arrested swiftly by a police officer near the scene.
Berlin’s top security official, Iris Spranger, said the woman killed was a teacher on a trip to the German capital with students from a secondary school in the central German state of Hesse.
Authorities spent hours working to determine whether it was a deliberate attack or an accident. On Wednesday evening, Spranger made it clear on Twitter that authorities now believe it was the former, describing it an “amok act by a psychologically impaired person.”
Six people sustained life-threatening injuries and another three were seriously injured, fire service spokesman Adrian Wentzel. Police said 14 students from Hesse were among those who sustained injuries of varying severity, but didn’t give a total tally.
American-British actor John Barrowman, who was in a nearby store at the time, described the scene as “carnage.”
Police said the driver was a 29-year-old German-Armenian who lived in Berlin. Spranger said posters were found in the man’s car “in which he expressed views about Turkey.” She said there was “no claim of responsibility.”
Spranger told regional public broadcaster RBB that Germany’s domestic intelligence agency had no immediate information on the man and authorities were still checking whether he was previously known to police. He was taken to a hospital.
Berlin Mayor Franziska Giffey said she was “deeply shocked” by the incident, which she said brought back “terrible memories” of a truck attack more than five years ago at the nearby Breitscheidplatz square. An Islamic extremist drove into a Christmas market in 2016, resulting in 13 deaths.
In a 2019 incident in central Berlin, an SUV plowed into a group of pedestrians, killing four people. The driver had suffered an epileptic seizure and veered onto the sidewalk.
A memorial service for the people killed or hurt in Wednesday’s crash was held in the evening at the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church on the Breitscheidplatz, next to the scene of the crash.
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NEW YORK, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Upstart Holdings, Inc. ("Upstart" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: UPST). Such investors are advised to contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888-476-6529, ext. 7980.
The investigation concerns whether Upstart and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices.
On May 9, 2022, Upstart issued a press release announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 and provided its financial outlook for the second quarter and full year 2022. Among other items, Upstart provided revenue guidance for both the quarter and year that fell significantly short of expectations. On this news, Upstart's stock price fell sharply during intraday trading on May 10, 2022.
The Pomerantz Firm, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Paris 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, the Pomerantz Firm pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 80 years later, the Pomerantz Firm 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.pomerantzlaw.com.
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Robert S. Willoughby
Pomerantz LLP
rswilloughby@pomlaw.com
888-476-6529 ext. 7980
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ROME (AP) — A convicted mobster who was one of Italy’s most-wanted fugitives and reputedly one of the world’s most powerful drug brokers, arrived in Rome Wednesday, extradited by Brazil after 28 years on the lam.
Rocco Morabito held the No. 2 position on the list of Italy’s most wanted and dangerous mobsters. He was convicted two decades ago in absentia of drug trafficking as part of the ‘ndrangheta organized crime syndicate, which does billions of euros (dollars) in cocaine business.
Italian police describe him as one of the world’s top drug brokers. Morabito, 55, must serve a 30-year prison sentence after being convicted in absentia by a court in Milan in 2001.
He was arrested in May 2021 by Brazilian police in a joint operation with Italian and U.S. investigators. Morabito had earlier been arrested in Uruguay in 2017, but escaped from prison there two years later.
Italian police have been searching for him since 1994.
Calabria-based anti-Mafia prosecutors say Morabito played a big role in cocaine trafficking between South America and Milan, a key distribution point for the drug to be sold elsewhere in Italy and across Europe.
In addition to drug trafficking, Morabito has been convicted in Italy of mafia association.
When he was captured in 2017 in Uruguay, Morabito was living in a luxury villa in a seaside resort using an alias and a false Brazilian passport, authorities said at the time. During his arrest in a Montevideo hotel, police also seized a 9mm gun, 13 cell phones and a stash of cash, as well as a Mercedes coupe.
Still No. 1 on Italy’s list of most-wanted mafia bosses is Matteo Messina Denaro, considered to still wield top power in Cosa Nostra in Sicily despite being a fugitive since 1993.
In recent decades, the ‘ndrangheta has eclipsed the Sicilian Mafia in power and scope, spreading its branches throughout much of Europe as it launders cocaine revenues by infiltrating or buying up legitimate businesses like restaurants and hotels, investigations have found.
A small army of turncoats helped prosecutors put many Cosa Nostra bosses behind bars for life. The ’ndrangheta, built around strong family ties, has been less hurt by devastating betrayals of crime clan loyalties. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/italys-no-2-most-wanted-mobster-is-extradited-from-brazil/ | 2022-07-06T17:31:12Z |
LOS ANGELES, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supply Change Capital, a women and Latina powered venture firm investing in early-stage food technology businesses, today announced an equity investment from Bank of America.
The additional capital will help sustain the momentum toward Supply Change Capital's $40 million fund goal to invest in companies addressing the future of food. Focused on the intersection of food, culture and technology, the fund catalyzes change by investing in diverse founders across the supply chain in technology, sustainable ingredients, and culture-first brands.
Supply Change Capital has made ten investments to date in food technology companies. Seventy percent of portfolio companies are led by women and ninety percent of companies are led by a female and/or founder of color. Additionally, seventy percent of investments reduce the food system impact on climate, and over half promote healthier communities. This makes Supply Change Capital's investments catalytic for the environment, consumers, and the ecosystem.
"The rising multiculturalism of America is having a deep impact on the $6 trillion food sector in terms of what, how, and where we eat. Concurrently, climate change is the defining force of our generation, impacting food and agriculture across the supply chain," says Noramay Cadena, Supply Change Co-Founder and Capital General Partner. "The past year was record-breaking for food tech investments and IPOs. The food sector is essential to the economy, and innovation in this space will be critical in years to come."
Bank of America became the first multi-million-dollar institutional investor in Supply Change Capital's Fund I. The company's investment is a part of Bank of America's commitment to advancing racial equality and economic opportunity. As a part of this commitment, the bank has already allocated more than $300 million to more than 100 minority-focused investment funds across the U.S, acting as a force multiplier, encouraging other institutions to deepen investments into under-capitalized funds. In turn, these funds invest capital into under-represented minority and women entrepreneurs to help them establish and grow their businesses.
"Bank of America's investment into Supply Change Capital underscores our ongoing efforts to catalyze highly-scalable, venture-backed businesses led by women and people of color," said Raul A. Anaya, head of Bank of America business banking and president for Greater Los Angeles. "Supply Change Capital is well positioned to help more entrepreneurs scale their businesses while also addressing how technology can modernize our food system."
Learn more about Supply Change Capital's activities here.
Supply Change Capital is focused on the intersection of food, culture, and technology. The team invests in a new generation of entrepreneurs who are innovating across the supply chain from regenerative agriculture to alternative proteins, food technology, culture-first brands, and more. Founding General Partners Noramay Cadena and Shayna Harris met at MIT Sloan in 2009 and have over 75 investments between them, including ten to date in the Supply Change Capital portfolio. T support founders post-investment via their signature Supercharge III program which helps elevate individual and organizational awareness for more effective leadership in fast-growing organizations. Fund investors include strategics such as General Mills, Family Offices, Foundations, and HNW individuals. Learn more at www.supplychangecapital.fund, and connect with us on Twitter (@supplychangecap) and Instagram (supplychangecapital).
At Bank of America, we're guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. We're delivering on this through responsible growth with a focus on our environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership. ESG is embedded across our eight lines of business and reflects how we help fuel the global economy, build trust and credibility, and represent a company that people want to work for, invest in and do business with. It's demonstrated in the inclusive and supportive workplace we create for our employees, the responsible products and services we offer our clients, and the impact we make around the world in helping local economies thrive. An important part of this work is forming strong partnerships with nonprofits and advocacy groups, such as community, consumer, and environmental organizations, to bring together our collective networks and expertise to achieve greater impact. Learn more at about.bankofamerica.com, and connect with us on Twitter (@BofA_News).
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BARRIE, ON, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - MediPharm Labs Corp. (TSX: LABS) (OTCQX: MEDIF) (FSE: MLZ) ("MediPharm" or the "Company") a pharmaceutical company specialized in precision-based cannabinoids, is pleased to announce it will release second quarter financial results for the three and six month period ended June 30, 2022 before markets open on Monday, August 15, 2022.
MediPharm's executive management team will also host a conference call and audio webcast on Monday, August 15, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. eastern time to discuss the Company's financial results and outlook.
Toll-free number: 1 (888) 330-2454 / International number: 1 (240) 789-2714 / Conference ID: 4921762
Participants are asked to dial in approximately 15 minutes before the start of the call.
An audio webcast will be available in the Events section of the MediPharm website https://www.medipharmlabs.com/investors or by visiting the following link here.
For those who are unable to participate on the live conference call or webcast, a replay will be available approximately one hour after completion of the call.
Founded in 2015, MediPharm specializes in the development and manufacture of purified, pharmaceutical-quality cannabis concentrates, API and advanced derivative products utilizing a Good Manufacturing Practices certified facility with ISO standard-built clean rooms. MediPharm has invested in an expert, research driven team, state-of-the-art technology, downstream purification methodologies and purpose-built facilities with five primary extraction lines for delivery of pure, trusted and precision-dosed cannabis products for its customers. Through its wholesale and white label platforms, MediPharm formulates, develops (including through sensory testing), processes, packages and distributes cannabis extracts and advanced cannabinoid-based products to domestic and international markets.
In 2021, MediPharm received a Drug Establishment Licence from Health Canada, becoming the only company in North America to hold a domestic Good Manufacturing Practices licence for the extraction of natural cannabinoids. The Company carries out its operations in compliance with all applicable laws in the countries in which it operates.
This news release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of the applicable Canadian securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and are based on expectations, estimates and projections as at the date of this news release. Any statement that involves discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions, future events or performance (often but not always using phrases such as "expects", or "does not expect", "is expected", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", "plans", "budget", "scheduled", "forecasts", "estimates", "believes" or "intends" or variations of such words and phrases or stating that certain actions, events or results "may" or "could", "would", "might" or "will" be taken to occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results and future events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the inability of MediPharm to obtain adequate financing; the delay or failure to receive regulatory approvals; and other factors discussed in MediPharm's filings, available on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release. Except as required by law, MediPharm assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements of beliefs, opinions, projections, or other factors, should they change.
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A blueprint for women to transform their career and fast track into leadership roles
BELLEVUE, Wash., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In Show Your Worth: Eight Intentional Strategies for Women To Emerge as Leaders at Work, business leader and empowerment speaker Shelmina Babai Abji shares how she learned from her trials, tribulations and triumphs to achieve success and become one of the highest-ranking women of color at IBM.
Shelmina grew up in a small town called Mwanza in Tanzania that didn't even have education past tenth grade. Her mother had a fourth grade education and had her first child when she was fifteen. Shelmina had to first leave her home, then her continent to become the first person in her family to graduate college.
When she started her career, there was no one in the room who looked like her, much less in leadership. She found herself afraid to speak in meetings. She undermined her capabilities and underestimated her worth—she felt underrepresented, undereducated, and underexperienced.
There was no blueprint for her to achieve success.
She discovered eight intentional strategies which enabled her to become a Vice President at IBM, all while raising two kids as a single mother.
Today, she has mentored thousands of young women, and they continue to face the same struggles she did. There's still no blueprint for success. Most advice for women to succeed in business comes from folks who are not relatable to them. They inspired her to write this book.
77% of women say the biggest obstacle to gender equity in the workplace is the lack of information on how to advance. Only 41% of women surveyed, as opposed to 64% of men, said they have a network of coaches, mentors, and sponsors offering them career guidance. (Working Mother Research Institute)
With humor and tough love, her book is a deep dive into how women can use intentional strategies to transform obstacles into opportunity and create a fast track for leadership. It's also a vulnerable exploration of Shelmina's struggles as an immigrant and a single mother, with additional personal stories from high-powered women such as Gwendolyn Sykes, CFO- US Secret Services and Kathleen Hogan, Chief People Officer, Microsoft.
With this book, every woman can create her own definition of success, show her worth, and rise into leadership roles.
"In Show Your Worth, Shelmina beautifully shares a blueprint for how women can emerge as leaders in their fields. From showcasing the importance of women supporting other women to digging deep in difficult times, Shelmina's own story of empowerment and the powerful insights she's learned along the way can help inspire a new generation of female leaders."
—Stephanie Linnartz, President, Marriott International
"The framework Shelmina lays out in Show Your Worth, helps women navigate the all-too-common career challenges and pitfalls we have all faced. This book should be in every woman's hand to ensure we close the gender gap in Corporate America."
—Deidra Merriwether, Chief Financial Officer, W. W. Grainger
As an Engineering manager in technology, a single mom, an immigrant, and a woman of color, Shelmina's guidance will help me scale new heights. If I had this book early in my career, it would have been a game changer.
—Kavita Ryali, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft
Show Your Worth releases on June 21 by McGraw Hill. For more information about the book, visit www.shelmina.com
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Rise of 10.6% Is the Highest Annual Rate in More Than a Decade, Creating $26 Trillion in New Private Wealth, but Digital Leaders Threaten Traditional Players' Dominance, According to a New BCG Report
BOSTON, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global wealth reached a record high of $530 trillion in 2021, fueled by strong equity markets and a surge in demand for real assets, according to the 22nd edition annual report on the global wealth management industry by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), being released today.
The report, Global Wealth 2022: Standing Still Is Not an Option, finds that despite geopolitical and economic destabilizers such as inflation and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, approximately $80 trillion in new wealth is likely to be created over the next five years. In a notable industry shift, Hong Kong will probably overtake Switzerland in 2023 as the domicile managing the largest amount of private cross-border wealth, ending a run of more than 200 years of Swiss dominance.
"Wealth development is resoundingly resilient, and even against the backdrop of geopolitical turmoil the growth rate will remain positive," said Anna Zakrzewski, global leader of BCG's wealth management segment and a coauthor of the report. "Although this stability provides tremendous opportunity for wealth managers, they must make strategic choices to remain competitive. Wealth clients are looking for next-generation offers and next-level service—including net zero, crypto, personalization, and digitization. The most important question facing wealth managers today is not which initiatives to prioritize, but how best to implement them."
The report predicts that wealth assets will continue to rise in value in all regions. But Asia-Pacific will maintain the fastest rates of wealth growth, with asset values poised to increase by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.4% through 2026. If that rate holds, the region could be home to nearly one-quarter of the world's wealth by 2026.
Wealth in the Middle East and Africa is on track to rise by a CAGR of 5.4% over the next five years, the biggest overall leap in regional wealth growth. In North America, wealth growth will be slower than in years past, with an estimated CAGR of 4.7% through 2026, down from a prior five-year average of 9.1%. Likewise, in Western Europe, wealth growth is likely to slow from roughly 4.5% over the past five years to less than 4% annually until 2026.
Sustainable investing—of which net zero is a key component—is growing three to five times as fast as traditional investments, and by 2026 this asset class could account for 8% to 17% of privately invested wealth, up from 4% to 11% today. Although people tend to think of net zero as a 2050 goal, the report notes that wealth managers must act immediately to embed sustainable investing across the entire client life cycle.
Nontraditional wealth managers currently manage up to $1 trillion in crypto-related wealth, and the market capitalization for crypto could increase four- to fivefold by 2030. The opportunity for wealth managers is clear: nearly 80% of clients surveyed said that they would consider increasing their crypto holdings if wealth managers offered advisory and education services. Two-thirds of clients who sourced their crypto investment with third parties said that they did so because they didn't think their wealth managers offered such services. To determine whether crypto is right for their businesses, wealth managers must consider if, when, and how they want to participate.
On average, wealth managers that excel at customizing offers and interactions see higher rates of client satisfaction and lower rates of churn than others do. While these metrics translate into increased returns on client assets and liabilities, along with annual growth of more than 10%, wealth managers that outperform on personalization are the exception rather than the rule. Personalization is a complex undertaking that requires introducing new data and analytics, connecting processes across the firm's front, middle, and back offices, and changing ways of working. In the report, BCG identifies three actions that wealth managers vying to deliver individualized service at scale can take to improve personalization: prioritize capabilities that recur across journeys; design for value and scale; and back good ideas with the right enablers.
The valuation multiples of digital wealth management firms are six or seven times as high as those of traditional wealth managers. Furthermore, private funding in wealth tech has increased, with digital wealth management firms attracting $14.5 billion in funding in 2021 (11% of total global investments). Digital wealth management institutions are delivering faster customer growth, cheaper cost structures, and superior rates of innovation. To protect their future profitability, traditional wealth managers must evolve with the times.
"Traditional wealth managers have known for years that they need to accelerate the pace of their own digitization," said BCG's Zakrzewski. "Now they have an additional incentive to emulate the practices of these digital leaders as they look for ways to secure future growth and increase their value to clients."
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Lake Township man killed in Wayne County accident
A 72-year-old man from Lake Township died at the scene of a two-vehicle collision Thursday afternoon on State Route 241 in southeastern Wayne County just west of Brewster, according to the Ohio Highway Patrol.
Rand Luckner was pronounced dead by the Wayne County Coroner's office after the crash that took place at about 4:13 p.m. north of milepost 3 on State Route 241 in Paint Township. His passenger, Laura Luckner, 73, of the same Lake Township address, was taken to Aultman Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the OHP said.
The driver of the other vehicle, Charles Samples, 32, of Uhrichsville in Tuscarawas County, fled the crash scene and was taken into custody at 6:22 p.m. according to the OHP, which did not disclose the location of the apprehension in its statement or what charges were filed. He was taken to Wooster Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Ohio Highway Patrol troopers have initially determined that Samples was driving a 2011 Ford F350 south on State Route 241. Rand Luckner was driving a 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe north on State Route 241. Samples went left of the center line and collided with Luckner's vehicle head on, a statement by the Wooster post of the Ohio Highway Patrol issued late Friday evening said. Luckner's vehicle went off the right side of the road and overturned into a ditch.
The Patrol, whose troopers are still working to determine the cause of the crash, says alcohol appears to have played a role in causing the fatal accident.
Both Samples and Rand Luckner were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the collision.
In addition to the Wayne County Coroner's office and Ohio Highway Patrol troopers, Kidron EMS and Fire, Accelerated Towing and Patriot Towing responded to the crash scene.
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Customers can now get best-in-class video safety and robust DVIR service conveniently through one leading global provider
SAN DIEGO, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lytx® Inc., a global leader in video telematics solutions, has released a new Driver Vehicle Inspection Reports (DVIR) service for fleets wanting to improve safety and productivity. DVIR solutions are an important component for any maintenance program and can identify existing (and potential) issues with a vehicle. Required documentation for commercial vehicles is also needed to meet government DVIR mandates. For vehicles that do not fall under the mandate, this service can be bundled with one of Lytx's fleet or safety solutions, allowing customers to benefit from DVIR functionality across their mixed fleets.
DVIR is required documentation that verifies commercial vehicles are safely maintained and compliant with U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations. Drivers must regularly inspect their vehicles before and after taking them out on the road by checking essential vehicle components and systems to ensure each vehicle is being maintained and operated safely. Non-compliance can result in large fines, as well as loss of licenses and certifications.
To help address the growing needs of fleets wanting to combine effective tools with a streamlined approach, Lytx DVIR Service is the next offering that joins Lytx's all-in-one suite of customizable fleet management solutions. Using the Lytx Driver App, drivers can conveniently log DVIRs electronically via pre-populated checklists and upload photos and videos to enhance their reports.
The provided information can then be shared with mechanics to highlight vehicle malfunctions and used to increase visibility for fleet managers, who can customize vehicle and trailer checklists within their Lytx Account. In addition to having the ability to closely track specific areas of concern, fleet managers can quickly review and resolve DVIRs within their account dashboard.
A well-maintained vehicle means safer roadways and less potential harm to drivers from accidents caused by mechanical failure. In addition to improving safety programs, fleet managers adding Lytx DVIR Service can also take advantage of numerous cost savings, such as increased vehicle uptime and less time getting costly repairs. A safe and healthy fleet can also help managers avoid expensive claims costs, maintenance fees, and fines that occur if their vehicles are not safely maintained and DOT compliant.
Today's drivers and fleet managers face unprecedented challenges in their daily work, including increased roadway risks, rising fuel prices, and supply chain issues. Maintaining a safe and efficient vehicle has become more vital than ever. Lytx DVIR Service can help fleet managers proactively identify and address issues with their vehicles to maximize the efficiency and dependability of their fleet, as well as ensure the safety of their drivers.
Lytx DVIR Service is available now to all existing customers through month-to-month plans based on the number of vehicles, with each vehicle being able to support multiple drivers. Unlike many other providers of all-in-one fleet management solutions, Lytx does not require customers to purchase ELD service in order to add DVIR. Customers who already own (or choose to add) one of Lytx's proven solutions can conveniently add DVIR to instantly take advantage of these new tools.
New customers interested in learning more about DVIR and other Lytx products and services can obtain additional information here.
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HughesNet Fusion plans combine satellite and wireless technologies for a high-speed, low-latency internet experience
GERMANTOWN, Md, Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite communications for over 50 years, today announced it started rolling out a new low-latency satellite internet offering to consumers in select U.S. markets. Available as HughesNet® Fusion plans, the multipath offering seamlessly blends Geostationary (GEO) satellite and wireless technologies into a fast and responsive satellite internet experience.
"With HughesNet Fusion plans, we are solving the latency challenge inherent with GEO technology, while maximizing the many advantages of these time-tested satellites, including low cost, reliability, dense capacity and widespread availability," said Pradman Kaul, president of Hughes. "GEO satellites are the workhorses of the connected ecosystem, essential for meeting the demand for connectivity everywhere, particularly in rural areas, whether alone or in combination with other transports such as wireless and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites."
The Hughes multipath technology was previewed for reporters at the SATELLITE conference in March 2022. Today, HughesNet customers in select markets who want a faster, more responsive satellite internet experience can take advantage of the HughesNet Fusion plans.
Kaul continued: "We are rapidly entering an era in which hybrid connectivity—both multi-transport and multi-orbit—will be commonplace. To realize that connected future, at Hughes we are integrating different transports with smart technologies and managed services to create a dynamic, always-on, connected environment that we call the ActiveComms Ecosystem. The HughesNet Fusion plans are an outcome of that approach."
"HughesNet Fusion plans elevate satellite internet as we know it today," said Peter Gulla, senior vice president, Hughes. "The multipath solution represents our continued commitment to meet the changing needs of those who live where other high-speed providers do not reach. The launch of our ultra-high density JUPITER™ 3 satellite next year will bring further service enhancements, including service plans with speeds up to 100 Mbps down."
When using satellites for internet access, signals travel a long distance from device to a satellite in space and back. The time it takes for the signal to travel is known as latency. This delay doesn't impact most online activities but can be noticeable when, for instance, browsing content-rich sites and video conferencing.
Delivering low-latency satellite connectivity with 25 Mbps download speeds and No Hard Data Limits, HughesNet Fusion plans are available today to HughesNet customers in select regions across the country. Hughes aims to roll out the offering in markets across the U.S. later this year.
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Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), an innovator in satellite and multi-transport technologies and networks for 50 years, provides broadband equipment and services; managed services featuring smart, software-defined networking; and end-to-end network operation for millions of consumers, businesses, governments and communities worldwide. The Hughes flagship Internet service, HughesNet®, connects millions of people across the Americas, and the Hughes JUPITER™ System powers Internet access for tens of millions more worldwide. Hughes supplies more than half the global satellite terminal market to leading satellite operators, in-flight service providers, mobile network operators and military customers. A managed network services provider, Hughes supports nearly 500,000 enterprise sites with its HughesON™ portfolio of wired and wireless solutions. Headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, USA, Hughes is owned by EchoStar. To learn more, visit www.hughes.com or follow HughesConnects on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS) is a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., and conducting business around the globe, EchoStar is a pioneer in secure communications technologies through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. For more information, visit www.echostar.com. Follow @EchoStar on Twitter.
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LOS ANGELES, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From Avant garde door hardware to larger-than-life insect sculptures, the creative world of Martin Pierce continues to fascinate.
The sculpture collection has been compiled over the last few years but the covid lock down gave Pierce the push needed to finish these first editions. Work priorities and creative passions were re-prioritized so that he could channel his artistic energy into creating a new fictional reality in bronze.
Pierce was born in England, left school at 16 and trained as a wood carver where he learned to carve quickly and 3 dimensionally. Leaving England in 1980 he settled in Los Angeles with his wife, Anne and together they established creative collections of furniture and door hardware. In this new collection of large stag beetles, wasps, and crickets the scale of his insects and humans has been reversed. According to Pierce "the reversed scale of humans to insects together with other inter specie variations has effectively removed the physical basis for one species to dominate and exploit another." What began in his earliest wood sculptures as a way of showing the mechanical beauty of smaller life forms has evolved in bronze to become a fictional portrayal of insects and humans performing tasks together and even competing together in the Annual Insect Race. Martin Pierce is collaborating with his wife and together they are writing a story that explains the attributes of each species and how they interact. Currently they are establishing the rules of the Annual Insect Race. The first rule prohibits aerial travel so all creatures must compete by hopping, walking, or crawling. As Anne Pierce explains the outline of the Annual Insect Race "the differing insect species are obviously not permitted to be aggressive or predatory and while hornets and wasps historically preyed on beetles, the Herbivy Treaty signed in 505 has held firm for centuries allowing these species to peacefully co-exist". It is clear that both Pierces approach their subject material with humor but as Anne points out "the story line also helps us visualize the way the insects can be articulated so for example Martin will sculpt the 6 scarab legs in different raised and bent positions to portray a piece when running, versus flying or sparring with a rival".
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PITTSBURGH, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a product that would speed up the toilet installation process," said one of two inventors, from Cincinnati, Ohio, "so we invented the PLUMBERS DREAM. Our design could increase efficiency and productivity for plumbers."
The patent-pending invention facilitates the task of installing a toilet. In doing so, it offers an improved alternative to traditional installation methods. As a result, it saves time and effort and it eliminates the replacement of toilet rings and cut-off screws. The invention features a simple and durable design that is easy to use so it is ideal for plumbers and do-it-yourselfers.
The original design was submitted to the Cincinnati sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-CCT-4617, 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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A South Carolina man died from a heart problem while burying the woman he strangled, deputies say
By Amir Vera, Jamiel Lynch and Amanda Watts, CNN
A 60-year-old man strangled a woman and tried to bury her in the backyard of their South Carolina home, but had a “cardiac event” in the process of covering a pit and died, according to a news release from the Edgefield County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the home in Trenton on Saturday morning for calls of an unresponsive man lying in his yard. Deputies identified him as Joseph McKinnon, who had no signs of trauma “and natural causes were suspected,” the release said.
As deputies notified the next of kin, a second body was found in the freshly dug pit, the release said. Officials identified those remains as Patricia Dent, 65, who also lived at the home.
Dent “appeared to have died by foul play,” the release said.
An investigation led deputies to believe McKinnon attacked Dent inside their home, the release said. Deputies said McKinnon then bound and wrapped her in trash bags before putting her in the previously dug pit in the yard.
While he was covering the pit in, McKinnon had a cardiac event that caused his death, the release said.
The Edgefield County Coroner’s Office ruled McKinnon’s cause of death to be natural causes. Dent’s death was due to strangulation.
Trenton is about 25 miles northeast of Augusta, Georgia.
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The Fed is sounding more and more aggressive
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
What does it mean when even the doves at the Federal Reserve start to sound like hawks?
Investors are weighing that question after a key member of the central bank who has historically favored a gentler approach to raising interest rates talked tough about the central bank’s need to fight rising prices.
“It is of paramount importance to get inflation down,” Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said in a speech Tuesday.
She said that the central bank would move to “rapidly” shrink its nearly $9 trillion balance sheet this year, unraveling the huge bond-buying program launched at the start of the pandemic, while also hiking rates.
Brainard’s commentary “cleared the way” for a super-sized interest rate hike at the Fed’s next meeting in May, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
That sparked a strong response across financial markets. After Brainard spoke, the yield on the benchmark 10-year US Treasury note hit its highest level in nearly three years, soaring to 2.56%. Bond yields move opposite prices, so that indicates a sharp sell-off.
Stocks also fell. The S&P 500 finished down 1.3%, while the Nasdaq Composite shed 2.3%. Investment-grade corporate bonds logged their biggest one-day decline since March 2020.
David Madden, an analyst at Equiti Capital, said the moves were sparked by the “realization” that central banks are set back to pull back support for the economy even faster than had been expected, even though the war in Ukraine has clouded the outlook for growth.
“Not only are they continuing down the path, they seem to be accelerating their language,” Madden told me.
Market sentiment is holding up for now. The CNN Business Fear & Greed Index remains in “neutral” territory, after producing an “extreme fear” reading one month ago.
But worries are clearly growing that the Fed could be so aggressive in fighting the highest inflation in 40 years that it sparks a recession. Deutsche Bank on Tuesday became the first major bank to predict this would happen.
“We no longer see the Fed achieving a soft landing,” Deutsche Bank economists led by Matthew Luzzetti wrote in the report. “Instead, we anticipate that a more aggressive tightening of monetary policy will push the economy into a recession.”
The bank, while citing “considerable uncertainty” around its forecast, predicted that the US economy will shrink during the final quarter of next year and the first quarter of 2024, though the contraction should be much more mild than the past two downturns.
The turbulence could continue on Wednesday as Wall Street pores over the Federal Reserve’s minutes from its March meeting for clues on its next steps.
JetBlue thinks it can win a fight to buy Spirit Airlines
Budget carrier Spirit Airlines is a hot commodity right now.
On Tuesday, JetBlue made an unsolicited $3.6 billion offer to buy the company. The twist? The bid could derail a proposed deal between Spirit and Frontier Airlines announced earlier this year.
JetBlue’s cash offer is about 33% higher than the value of Frontier’s stock-and-cash offer, my CNN Business colleague Chris Isidore reports.
It has good reason to want to emerge victorious. If Frontier and Spirit combine, they would leapfrog JetBlue to become the nation’s fifth largest airline, competing directly with American, United, Delta and Southwest, which together control more than 80% of the market.
“The combination of the two airlines would position JetBlue as the most compelling national low-fare challenger to the four large dominant US carriers,” JetBlue said in a statement.
CEO Robin Hayes played up JetBlue’s relative popularity. Frontier and Spirit had the industry’s worst customer satisfaction ratings for 2021, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index. JetBlue was tied for third best.
“Customers shouldn’t have to choose between a low fare and a great experience, and JetBlue has shown it’s possible to have both,” Hayes said.
What happens next: Spirit said that it’s working with its financial and legal advisers to evaluate the proposal. Shares of the airline spiked 22% on Tuesday after the New York Times disclosed the bid. JetBlue fell 7%.
Elon Musk is already shaking things up at Twitter
That didn’t take long. Just one day after Tesla CEO Elon Musk disclosed that he’d scooped up a 9% stake in Twitter, making him its largest shareholder, the company announced that he would join its board of directors.
With a board seat, Musk is poised to have more influence over the company and its direction.
“I’m excited to share that we’re appointing @elonmusk to our board!” Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal said Tuesday. “Through conversations with Elon in recent weeks, it became clear to us that he would bring great value.”
Musk responded that he is “looking forward to working with Parag & Twitter board to make significant improvements to Twitter in coming months!”
Sign of a shakeup: Musk tweeted a poll to his followers on Monday asking if they wanted Twitter to have an edit button, the subject of longstanding debate on the platform.
Late Tuesday, Twitter said it’s been developing a feature for the past year that will allow users to edit their tweets, and that testing will become available “in the coming months.”
Up next
Tune in to CNN Business’ “Markets Now” digital show, now live at 12 p.m. ET. Charles Schwab’s Liz Ann Sonders offers her tips for navigating volatile markets. Plus, Voyager CEO Steve Ehrlich joins from Bitcoin 2022 in Miami.
Also today:
- Executives from Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil testify before members of the House on soaring gas prices starting at 10:30 a.m. ET.
- Minutes from the Fed’s latest meeting arrive at 2 p.m. ET.
Coming tomorrow: Earnings from Conagra and Constellation Brands.
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TAIPEI, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- People dress according to mood, occasion, and necessity - and the mask, which inherently occupies half of the face, is an indispensable fashion accessory. On August 8th, COLO, a fashionable mask brand with colorful designs, will debut on Amazon in the United States, introducing two different series of masks that allow people to play with color and enrich their personal style.
Whether ones want to look relaxed or energetic, cool or elegant, COLO fashion masks represent their best choice. "COLO", Spanish for color, is a color loving brand bringing the power of a few eye catching hues to soothe the soul. The two new series "COLO MOOD" and "COLO SHOK" are available in eight styles, creating with users healthy, fashionable, and personal looks - seven days a week.
COLO MOOD Express Feelings with Colors
"COLO MOOD" introduces five classic monochrome colors, including the understated Cool Black, the serious but slightly relaxed Dark Denim, the soft and tranquil Calla Yellow, the warm Cherry Blossom Pink, and the slightly mysterious Lavender Purple. Each of the five masks emote differently, conveying unspoken feelings.
Choose low-profile Cool Black that reflects quiet intention, or Dark Denim to express playful discretion. Calla Yellow on those calm and peaceful days, and when ones' heart is full, wear Cherry Blossom Pink. Set free users' enigmatic charm with Lavender Purple. There's a mask for every mood to reveal users' unique taste.
COLO SHOK is the Focus of Attention
The COLO SHOK collection blends allure and enthrallment in three different prints. It is introducing Jeans, Shadow Black Camo, and Woodland Camo. All three are striking elements in the fashion industry, and now they are combined into masks to spark individuality in outfits and become eye-catching fashion accessories.
Jeans has always been an important and indispensable staple in the fashion world; simple to wear and a match for every personality. The Shadow Black Camo and the Woodland Camo transform the originally masculine military color pattern into approachable and cool fashion camouflage aesthetic, easily worn with classic colors or even full camo outfits to highlight the mask and the person behind it.
From Protection to Fashion
COLO upgrades the concept of the mask with color - from protection to fashion. Masks integrate into the outfit to change the overall look and mood, so users can enjoy every opportunity in the game of fashion.
COLO fashion masks deserve complete trust, due to the COLO brand's origins at CSD, a professional disposable medical supplies manufacturer with 75 years of history in Taiwan. They are not only the first professional disposable medical supplies manufacturer in Taiwan, but also have obtained ISO 9001, CE Mark, GMP, ISO13485, FDA registration, and they are the overseas manufacturing facility recognized by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, which meets global production standards.
CSD's first colorful masks in Taiwan have led to the trend of fashionable masks and are popular among Asian consumers. They have further attracted international brands such as BVLGARI, Warner Bros. and Paramount for collaborate, and have jointly created popular co-branded masks such as Harry Potter, The Batman, and Top Gun. In 2022, CSD will extend its reach to the United States and lead the trend of wearing masks from protection to fashion in the post-epidemic era.
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Numerica converting investment services program to Cetera from CUSO
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cetera Financial Group, one of America's largest networks of financial professionals, announced today that Numerica Credit Union will convert its investment program to the Cetera Financial Institutions (CFI) community. The Washington-state based credit union currently manages $200 million and was formerly affiliated with CUSO Financial Services (CFS), a full-service broker dealer that specializes in serving credit unions. Numerica will take advantage of Cetera's investment services programs, including growth resources, tools and technology, and collaborate with Cetera senior management to better serve Numerica members.
"Working with institutions with the caliber and strong offering of Numerica's is a testament to Cetera's solutions and long-term vision for CFI," said LeAnn Rummel, president and CEO of Cetera's financial institutions community. "We're thrilled to welcome Numerica to the Cetera family and to create new opportunities for its members to achieve their version of financial wellbeing."
The Cetera Financial Institutions partnership provides Numerica access to a wide array of tools, technologies, and solutions, including AdviceWorks® – Cetera's award-winning platform for financial professionals and members – and Growth360, Cetera's peer-based methodology that helps financial professionals learn from and incorporate the successes of their fastest-growing peers.
"Cetera has a long-standing reputation for helping banks and credit unions offer innovative investment services and solutions," said Carla Cicero, Numerica president and CEO. "We are confident that Cetera and Numerica coming together will bring even more value to our members."
"Whether someone is looking to invest, gain financial confidence, or build a retirement plan – our members' financial well-being and security is our first priority," said Nancy Almond, senior vice president, Program Manager at Numerica. "Cetera's industry experience and track record will assist our Numerica Financial Services team to become best in class."
Since 1983, Cetera Financial Institutions (CFI) has set the industry standard for serving bank and credit union wealth management programs. It empowers financial institutions to deepen their client connections and expand their services in meeting their clients' full lifecycle needs. The team's unmatched knowledge of supporting the unique needs of financial institutions means its organizations have access to client-centric capabilities to deliver a superior and collaborative experience, along with robust technology and tools designed specifically for banks and credit unions. This is the fourth relationship CFI has formed with a financial institution this year, and comes on the heels of PyraMax Bank joining Cetera from LPL.
Click here to learn more about Cetera's resources and support for financial institutions.
Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) is a leading financial services firm whose purpose is to enable the delivery of best-in-class financial advice to as many Americans as possible. Cetera empowers its financial professional communities to help clients achieve their version of financial wellbeing through the Advice-Centric Experience®. Cetera proudly serves independent financial professionals, tax professionals, banks and credit unions in providing wide-ranging financial planning and wealth management services.
Cetera oversees approximately $353 billion in assets under administration and $122 billion in assets under management, as of December 31, 2021.
Visit www.cetera.com, and follow Cetera on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
"Cetera Financial Group" refers to the network of independent retail firms encompassing, among others, Cetera Advisors LLC, Cetera Advisor Networks LLC, Cetera Investment Services LLC (marketed as Cetera Financial Institutions or Cetera Investors), Cetera Financial Specialists LLC, and First Allied Securities, Inc. All firms are members FINRA/SIPC. Located at: 655 W. Broadway, 11th Floor, San Diego, CA 92101.
Individuals affiliated with Cetera firms are either Registered Representatives who offer only brokerage services and receive transaction-based compensation (commissions), Investment Adviser Representatives who offer only investment advisory services and receive fees based on assets, or both Registered Representatives and Investment Adviser Representatives, who can offer both types of services.
• Not FDIC/NCUSIF Insured • No Bank/Credit Union Guarantee • May Lose Value
• Not a deposit • Not insured by any federal government agency
Headquartered in Spokane Valley, Numerica has more than 165,000 members throughout Eastern Washington, Central Washington, and North Idaho. The credit union manages more than $3.3 billion in assets. It offers a full line of financial products and services, including mortgages and business products, and is committed to giving back 5 percent of its earnings to the community each year. Numerica is federally insured by NCUA and an Equal Housing Opportunity lender. Membership is open to anyone who lives, works or worships in the state of Washington or North Idaho.
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Core BTS, a leading technology consulting firm and managed services provider, today announced it was named a 2022 Microsoft US Partner Award winner for Migration to Azure.
This award is a reflection of the company's ability to strategically migrate workloads to Microsoft Azure to help organizations improve IT operations and drive competitive edge.
"Our team is honored to be recognized for the work we do with clients to improve technical agility and business efficiency using Azure," said Paul Lidsky, CEO of Core BTS. "As a Microsoft Azure Expert MSP, we are committed to driving value for our clients by helping them harness the power of the Microsoft Cloud."
To recognize excellence in innovation by its US partners, Microsoft US (MSUS) created the MSUS Partner Awards program to supplement the Microsoft Worldwide Partner of the Year program. Award recipients are selected based on their commitment to clients, the impact of their solutions, and their exemplary use of Microsoft technologies.
"For over 18 years, we've worked closely with Microsoft to develop strategic programs and solutions that help organizations accelerate digital transformation and gain competitive edge," said Tony Guidi, SVP of Microsoft Channel Alliance at Core BTS. "We are honored to be recognized among the best of the best in Microsoft's US partner network."
To learn more about the MSUS Partner Awards program, and see a full list of winners, visit the Microsoft US Partner Community Blog.
Core BTS is an award-winning technology consulting firm and managed service provider. Recognized for accelerating the adoption of digital technology to transform business, Core BTS delivers robust cloud, modern workplace, collaboration, security, and networking solutions to clients nationwide. Core BTS is owned by Nomura Research Institute, a global provider of consulting services and system solutions. Learn more at https://corebts.com/.
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Several White House correspondents’ dinner attendees test positive for COVID-19
Published: May. 4, 2022 at 10:28 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hours ago
(CNN) - Several attendees of the White House Correspondents Association dinner have tested positive for COVID-19.
Reporters and staffers from CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS and Politico have fallen ill.
Politico reports ABC’s Jon Karl has the virus.
He shook hands with President Joe Biden at the Saturday and sat next to Kim Kardashian, though it was unlikely Karl was infectious at the time.
The White House Correspondents Association said it had implemented protocols beyond local and federal guidance.
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TORONTO, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Magna Gold Corp. (TSXV: MGR) (OTCQB: MGLQF) ("Magna" or the "Company"), today announced operating and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 ("Q1 2022" and "Q1 2021", respectively). All figures are in US Dollars, unless otherwise expressed.
- Total tonnes mined during Q1 2022 were 7.3 million compared to 5.8 million during Q1 2021. This is an increase of 26%.
- Q1 2022 strip-ratio was 6.7:1 compared to 8.4:1 during Q1 2021.
- Tonnes of ore processed during Q1 2022 were 1.4 million compared to 0.7 million during Q1 2021. This is an increase of 90%.
- Gold production increased 21% with 11,874 ounces produced during Q1 2022 compared to 9,785 ounces produced during Q1 2021.
- Revenue for Q1 2022 increased 54% to $23.5 million compared to $15.3 million during Q1 2021, mainly due to the San Francisco Mine achieving steady state commercial production at the end of Q2 2021.
- Production costs of $21.3 million during Q1 2022 compared to $15.6 million during Q1 2021. The 37% increase is due to larger tonnage mined and higher processing rates achieved.
- Net loss was $3.3 million ($0.04 per share) during Q1 2022 compared to $3.4 million ($0.04 per share) during Q1 2021.
- Cash flow from operations during Q1 2022 was $6.6 million compared to $4.7 million during Q1 2021.
- Cash cost per gold ounce (1) decreased 8% to $1,675 during Q1 2022 from $1,826 during Q1 2021.
- Site all-in sustaining cost per gold ounce (1) decreased 18% to $2,467 during Q1 2022 compared to $3,003 during Q1 2021.
Arturo Bonillas, President and CEO of Magna stated: "I am very pleased to see the San Francisco Mine maintain a steady state of operations for three consecutive quarters now. As demonstrated by our results, strip ratio and cash cost continue to trend downwards from where we were a year ago. Gold production is in line with our operating plans and is anticipated to increase as production is expected to be back weighted in 2022."
The financial statements and MD&A for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, are available on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and on the Company's website (www.magnagoldcorp.com).
(1) Cash cost per gold ounce and site all-in sustaining cost per gold ounce are non-GAAP financial performance measures with no standard definition under IFRS. For more details, refer to the non-GAAP Performance Measures section of the MD&A for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
About Magna Gold Corp.
Magna is a Mexico focused gold/silver production company engaged in acquiring, exploring, developing and operating quality precious metals properties in Mexico. It is committed to advancing its 100% owned flagship San Francisco Mine, Margarita Silver Project and other highly prospective mineral properties located in Sonora and in Chihuahua. The primary strength of the Company is the team of highly experienced mining professionals with a proven track record of developing properties in Mexico from discovery to production. Magna employs community members and services in its operations.
Based on the NI-43-101 technical report "Pre-Feasibility study for the San Francisco Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico" prepared by Micon, dated August 8, 2020, San Francisco operations are estimated to have measured and indicated resources of 99,700,000 tonnes @ 0.446g/t Au containing 1,430,000 ounces of gold, and inferred resources of 11,374,000 tonnes @ 0.446 g/t containing 171,000 ounces of gold. The total proven and probable reserves is 47,629,000 tonnes @ 0.495 g/t Au containing 758,000 ounces of gold. Mineral resources are inclusive of mineral reserves. Mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Arturo Bonillas
President and CEO
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Qualified Person
James Baughman (P. Geo.), Consulting Geologist and a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, has approved the scientific and technical information in this news release.
Cautionary Statements
This News Release includes certain "forward-looking statements" which are not comprised of historical facts. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plans". Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to the Company, the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, the Company's objectives, goals or future plans, exploration results, potential mineralization (including estimates of measured and indicated resources, inferred resources and probable reserves), exploration and mine development plans, production (including gold production expectations and guidance), processing and mining expectations (including statements regarding expansion and advancement of assets) and strip ratio trends and expectations. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking information include, but are not limited to failure to identify mineral resources, failure to convert estimated mineral resources to reserves, the inability to complete a feasibility study which recommends a production decision, the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results, delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals, political risks, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, fluctuations in commodity prices, delays in the development of projects, capital, operating and reclamation costs varying significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry, risks related to the effects of COVID-19 on the Company; and those risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.
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Giants take DL Thibodeaux and OT Neal with 5th, 7th picks
By TOM CANAVAN
AP Sports Writer
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants filled their two biggest needs in the first round, taking edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux of Oregon and tackle Evan Neal with the No. 5 and 7 overall picks during the NFL draft. The Giants (4-13) had plenty of needs coming into the draft, but the offensive line and putting pressure on opposing quarterbacks were the top two. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/28/giants-take-dl-thibodeaux-and-ot-neal-with-5th-7th-picks/ | 2022-04-29T01:58:07Z |
Green industry software provider Real Green announces a new platform that allows green businesses to drive growth by generating and managing contracts, proposals and other business forms
WALLED LAKE, Mich., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Real Green by WorkWave, a leading provider of field service software and solutions to the green service industries, announces the launch of Real Green Forms, a digital solution for the green industry that empowers lawn care and lawn maintenance professionals to use professional, customized and branded integrated forms to save time, close sales faster and reduce manual office processing — all without interfering with their current business processes.
Real Green integrated WorkWave's form-generating capabilities into its core software solution after seeing the success it has had within WorkWave's other software solutions. With Real Green Forms, green industry owners have a powerful new option for generating and managing paperless contracts, proposals and other business forms.
"Real Green Forms is a proven, innovative forms solution that allows Real Green customers to create highly customizable, fillable forms that are fully integrated into the platform's automation, enabling them to close sales faster, drive growth through efficiency and optimize customer experience," said David F. Giannetto, CEO of WorkWave, the parent company of Real Green. "This is one of the many benefits of bringing together industry leaders. We can leverage features and add-on solutions that are helping our customers succeed across our different platforms, and more quickly deliver proven new features and functionality that our customers want. This gives our customers the most value they can get from WorkWave as their technology partner."
Real Green Forms enhances the power and functionality of Real Green's market-leading green software platform with an intuitive solution that allows customers to digitally capture all relevant information, including signatures, required to complete contracts and proposals and other business forms.
With Real Green Forms, users can:
- Create standardized, professional-looking PDF forms and documents, including lawncare and lawn maintenance proposals, contracts, surveys, checklists and more
- Build a library of reusable, shareable PDF templates
- Identify required fields and automatically pre-fill customer information before sending
- Add dynamic pricing to forms, contracts and invoices
- Send forms for signatures from any device and digitally capture customer and staff signatures
- Add forms to customer accounts
- Review, track and organize every document within Service Assistant 5 via Form Tracker
Real Green was acquired by WorkWave in June 2021. Together, these leading providers of software for the service industries are fueled by the same mission to empower their customers to grow their businesses, service their customers and maximize their money. As part of the WorkWave family, Real Green brings decades of market expertise to growing lawn care and landscaping businesses, fostering success across the entire green industry.
For more information about Real Green, visit www.realgreen.com.
About Real Green by WorkWave
For more than 30 years, Real Green by WorkWave has provided green service contractors with the solutions they need to grow and manage their business and remains the foundation that can run any service industry business. Real Green's solutions utilize the latest technology in mobile apps, measurement, routing, scheduling, global positioning and in-field estimating, routing, scheduling, invoicing and payments. Real Green offers a full suite of marketing services, including automated marketing, referral marketing, branding, SEO, social media and more. For more information, visit https://www.realgreen.com.
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Sr. Manager, Strategic Communications
WorkWave
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Big cross-border tunnel found linking Tijuana, San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities on Monday announced the discovery of a major drug smuggling tunnel — running about the length of a six football fields — from Mexico to a warehouse in an industrial area in the U.S.
The secret passage from Tijuana to San Diego featured rail and ventilation systems, electricity and reinforced walls, authorities said. It was discovered near San Diego’s Otay Mesa border crossing in an area where more than a dozen other sophisticated tunnels have been found in the last two decades.
U.S. authorities said it was unknown how long the tunnel had been operating and what amount of drugs, if any, got through undetected. They seized 1,762 pounds of cocaine, 165 pounds of meth and 3.5 pounds of heroin in connection with the investigation.
Six people, ages 31 to 55, were charged with conspiring to distribute cocaine. All are Southern California residents.
The tunnel is in one of the most fortified stretches of the border, illustrating the limitations of border walls. While considered effective against small, crudely built tunnels called “gopher holes,” walls are no match for more sophisticated passages that run deeper underground.
The latest passage, discovered Friday, ran one-third of a mile to Tijuana. It was 4 feet in diameter and about six stories deep.
The type of drugs seized may signal a shift from the multi-ton loads of marijuana that were often found in discoveries before California legalized pot for recreational use in 2019.
Hard drugs, such as heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl, are typically smuggled through official border crossings from Mexico because their small size and lack of odor make them difficult to detect. But tunnels give smugglers an advantage of being able to carry huge loads at lightning speed.
The tunnel exited the United States in a nondescript warehouse named “Amistad Park” on a street that is busy with large semitrailers during the day but quiet at night. On Monday, armed guards watched over a small shaft with a ladder that descended into the tunnel.
After staking out a home that was recently used to stash drugs, officials began making traffic stops of vehicles that had been there or at a warehouse near the border, turning up boxes full of cocaine, according to a federal criminal complaint filed in San Diego.
They raided the properties — finding no other drugs at the warehouse, but a tunnel opening carved into the cement floor, federal prosecutors said.
Authorities have found about 15 sophisticated tunnels on California’s border with Mexico since 2006.
Many tunnels, including the one announced Monday, are in San Diego’s Otay Mesa industrial area, where clay-like soil is conducive to digging and warehouses provide cover.
The cross-border passages date back to the early 1990s and have been used primarily to smuggle multi-ton loads of marijuana. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said in 2020 that they are generally found in California and Arizona and associated with Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel.
Authorities declined to link the latest tunnel to any specific cartel. They claimed victory despite not knowing how long it had been operating.
“There is no more light at the end of this narco-tunnel,” said Randy Grossman, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of California. “We will take down every subterranean smuggling route we find to keep illicit drugs from reaching our streets and destroying our families and communities.”
By federal law, U.S. authorities must fill the U.S. side of tunnels with concrete after they are discovered.
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Associated Press writer Eugene Johnson in Seattle contributed.
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Fourth annual report summarizes findings from a survey of nearly 1,000 Americans; Results, as compared to 2021 findings, signal individual users and employers continue to utilize lax password policies and procedures; Concludes many Americans and businesses are still at high risk for falling victim to cybercrime
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, American cybersecurity firm, PC Matic, announced the release of its fourth annual report analyzing users and their password habits and hygiene.
The nineteen-page report presents the results of a nationally distributed survey by which 1,000 Americans were asked about their password behaviors and tendencies. Fielded in August 2022, the findings revealed that nearly 35% of Americans aren't sure when they last changed their passwords, or never have at all. The survey also revealed the companies continue to be lax with corporate password policies since the company's 2021 survey, finding that nearly a fifth of employers nationwide still never require their employees to change their passwords.
More key findings from the report are as follows:
- Nearly 55% of those surveyed responded that they have never changed their home Wi-Fi password, or that it hasn't been changed since setup. This is down from 60% in 2021's Password Habits and Hygiene Survey.
- 40% of respondents indicated that they are using the password lockout feature on both their work and home computers. This number remains virtually unchanged since the 2021 Password Habits and Hygiene Survey.
- 46% of employers don't require their employees to utilize a Virtual Private Network (VPN). 2021 survey results showed that 44% of employers didn't require this layer of security for employees.
- More than 50% of respondents admit to checking personal e-mail accounts at work. This number remains virtually unchanged from 2021's survey results, and still presents an imminent threat to corporate networks.
"As more employees than ever participate in hybrid work environments, password hygiene has never been more important," said Rob Cheng, CEO and Founder of PC Matic. "Our 2022 Password Habits and Hygiene Report sought to understand if password practices across the nation had improved since our 2021 findings, and provides a great deal of insight into how IT professionals can enhance these practices to better protect corporate networks."
More findings and the complete report may be found here.
More information on PC Matic may be found here.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc., a clinical-stage company focused on novel cancer therapeutics, today announced the U.S. Food Drug and Administration (FDA) granted Orphan Drug Designation for TP-3654, the company's proprietary investigational oral inhibitor of PIM kinases, for the treatment of myelofibrosis.
"This designation is an important milestone in the development of TP-3654 and highlights the need for potential new treatment options for patients with myelofibrosis," said Patricia S. Andrews, CEO and Global Head of Oncology, Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc. "This rare hematologic cancer can also progress and worsen. We are excited about collaborating with investigators to advance this clinical-stage asset with the goal of improving patient outcomes."
The FDA's Orphan Drug Designation is granted to investigational therapies addressing rare medical diseases or conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. Myelofibrosis is a rare type of bone marrow cancer which disrupts an individual's normal production of blood cells.1 Myelofibrosis has approximately 1.5 reported cases per 100,000 people each year in the United States.2
"TP-3654 is an investigational oral inhibitor of PIM kinases. PIM kinases have potential antitumor and anti-fibrotic effects through multiple pathways, including induction of apoptosis.3,4 Notably, PIM kinase expression correlates with increased cell survival and reduced apoptosis in tumors, supporting the potential of PIM kinases as novel therapeutic targets,"3 explained Jatin J. Shah, M.D, Chief Medical Officer of Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc. "PIM-1 expression is significantly elevated in myelofibrosis hematopoietic cells and therefore a potential therapeutic target for myelofibrosis."4
TP-3654 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1/2, multicenter, dose-escalation, open-label trial to assess safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics in patients with intermediate or high-risk primary or secondary myelofibrosis. It is being conducted in the United States and Japan. To learn more about the study and eligibility for enrollment visit clinicaltrials.gov (NCT04176198).
About TP-3654
TP-3654 is an oral investigational inhibitor of PIM kinases, which has potential antitumor and anti-fibrotic effects through multiple pathways, including induction of apoptosis.3,4 TP-3654 inhibited proliferation and increased apoptosis in murine and human hematopoietic cells expressing clinically relevant JAK2V617F mutation.4 TP-3654 alone and in combination with ruxolitinib normalized WBC and neutrophil counts, and reduced spleen size and bone marrow fibrosis in JAK2V617F and MPLW515L murine models of myelofibrosis.4 TP-3654 is currently being evaluated in two clinical trials; A Phase 1 study to treat TP-3654 in patients with advanced solid tumors (NCT03715504); A Phase 1/2 study of oral TP-3654 in patients with intermediate and high-risk myelofibrosis (NCT04176198).
About Sumitomo Pharma Oncology
Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. As a global oncology organization with teams in the U.S. and Japan, SMP Oncology is committed to advancing purposeful science by transforming new discoveries into meaningful treatments for patients with cancer. SMP Oncology's robust and diverse pipeline of preclinical and advanced-stage assets spans multiple areas, including oncogenic pathways, survival mechanisms and novel protein interactions, which aim to address unmet clinical needs in oncology. For more information, visit www.oncology.sumitomo-pharma.com.
About Sumitomo Pharma
Sumitomo Pharma is among the top-ten listed pharmaceutical companies in Japan, operating globally in major pharmaceutical markets, including Japan, the U.S., China, and other Asian countries with more than 7,000 employees worldwide. Sumitomo Pharma defines its corporate mission as "To broadly contribute to society through value creation based on innovative research and development activities for the betterment of healthcare and fuller lives of people worldwide." Additional information about Sumitomo Pharma is available through its corporate website at https://www.sumitomo-pharma.com.
Disclaimer Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements," as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products. The forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's assumptions and beliefs in light of information presently available and involve both known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Any forward-looking statements set forth in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. We do not undertake to update any of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof. Information concerning pharmaceuticals (including compounds under development) contained within this material is not intended as advertising or medical advice.
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3. Foulks JM, Carpenter KJ, Luo B, et al. A small-molecule inhibitor of PIM kinases as a potential treatment for urothelial carcinomas. Neoplasia. 2014;16(5):403-412.
4. Nath D, Yang Y, Dutta A, Whatcott C. The PIM kinase inhibitor TP-3654 in combination with ruxolitinib exhibits marked improvement of myelofibrosis in murine models. Blood. 2018. doi:10.1182/blood-2018-99-119421.
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BLUE BELL, Pa., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AVASOFT, a NextGen products and solutions company, and an industry leader in accelerating the digital transformation for corporates and enterprises, has earned ISO 9001:2015 certification for its quality management system. ISO 9001: 2015 is an internationally recognized standard for Quality Management, which ensures enterprises consistently deliver high-quality products and services to their customers and business partners. This certification examines the fundamentals of quality management systems like strong customer focus, people management, standardized process for delivery quality, and a commitment to exhibit continuous improvement.
AVASOFT has earned this recognition for its standardized process of engineering delivery, business enablement, infrastructure, human resources, training, and business growth. Apart from that the certification also proves the company has well-positioned itself as a 'Mission-First' organization that will thrive in all the phases of digital transformation. The company provides best-in-class solutions to its employees, customers, and stakeholders with their clearly defined engineering discipline.
Further, the achievement of ISO 9001:2015 certification bolsters the standards of AVASOFT's unique proprietary software delivery process called "Vetri" which is applicable for all the agile and other delivery models.
"From the inception of our journey in tech, we focused on aligning quality with our wider business strategy. Be it customers or our own employees, we always have a sense of commitment to delivering only the highest quality IT solutions. And this validation has indeed assured us that we possess the required maturity to stay true to our commitment," said Sairam Srinivasan, CTO, AVASOFT.
ABOUT AVASOFT
AVASOFT, a NextGen products and solutions company with 14+ years of industry excellence, aims at accelerating the digital transformation of enterprises. We enable enterprise digital transformation by maximizing the ROI of modern workplace platforms (M365, Salesforce, ServiceNow), migrating from legacy data platforms to modern data landscape (Snowflake, Synapse, Databricks) with streaming solutions (PowerBI, Tableau, Qlik), and adopting cloud-native & DevOps practices(AWS, Azure, Containerization, Micro-frontend architecture).
With a team of 1000+ members, AVASOFT unleashes the true potential of cutting-edge technologies to create maximum business impact. Headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, and Plano, Texas for the US, Toronto for Canada, and Chennai for the Asia Pacific, AVASOFT serves enterprises across the globe to shape the future of software.
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Partnership to Support Acquisition and Development of Land in American Homes 4 Rent's Markets
CALABASAS, Calif. and MINNEAPOLIS, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) (the "Company"), a leading provider of high-quality single-family homes for rent, and Värde Partners, a leading global alternative investment firm, today announced that they have entered into a land banking facility agreement. This facility provides $500 million in initial capacity to acquire and develop new land opportunities as part of American Homes 4 Rent's internal development platform. The two firms have recently closed their first six land transactions into the facility, representing total acquisition and development costs of over $150 million, and due diligence is underway on additional sites.
"We are excited to combine Värde's extensive experience in U.S. housing with American Homes 4 Rent's reputable homebuilding and development platform," said Brendan Bosman, Senior Managing Director at Värde Partners. "The demand for high-quality single-family rental homes has never been higher despite a persistent shortfall in supply, creating opportunities to invest in segments that we believe are well-positioned for growth. We look forward to working with American Homes 4 Rent to capitalize on these trends and the strong dynamics in their core markets."
Värde Partners has 28 years of experience investing in real estate, with substantial equity and credit investments in residential land development and homebuilding transactions. This partnership further expands the firm's U.S. housing footprint in its target markets.
"Our facility with Värde Partners will enable us to continue the strategic expansion of our development pipeline while also maintaining our commitment to a best-in-class investment grade balance sheet and reducing long-term risk," said David Singelyn, Chief Executive Officer of American Homes 4 Rent. "With a continued focus on our disciplined underwriting process and a robust pipeline of development opportunities, we are well-positioned to execute our three-pronged growth strategy in our diversified portfolio footprint while driving value for shareholders."
About American Homes 4 Rent
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) is a leader in the single-family home rental industry and "American Homes 4 Rent" is a nationally recognized brand for rental homes, known for high-quality, good value and resident satisfaction. We are an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on acquiring, developing, renovating, leasing, and operating attractive, single-family homes as rental properties. As of March 31, 2022, we owned 57,984 single-family properties in selected submarkets in 22 states. Additional information about American Homes 4 Rent is available on our website at www.americanhomes4rent.com.
About Värde Partners
Värde Partners is a leading global alternative investment firm with roots in credit and distressed. Founded in 1993, the firm has invested $90 billion since inception and manages over $13 billion on behalf of a global investor base. The firm's investments span corporate and traded credit, real estate and mortgages, private equity and direct lending. Värde has offices in Minneapolis, New York, London, Singapore and other cities in Asia and Europe. For more information, please visit https://www.varde.com.
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– Cancer prevention has a greater impact than cancer interception on clinical outcomes for CRC
– Clinical performance requirements and diagnostic procedures vary by cancer type
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. , April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Freenome, a privately held biotech company, will present research at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting that measures the clinical impact of detecting precancerous adenomas for tests that screen for colorectal cancer (CRC), including multi-cancer early detection (MCED) tests. The research modeled detecting adenomas and cancer (prevention and interception) or primarily cancer alone (interception) for such tests.
The research found that even modest improvements in detecting adenomas resulted in more favorable CRC clinical outcomes than detecting primarily cancer alone. Since different cancers have different preclinical phases, the clinical utility of detecting precancerous lesions varies accordingly.[1] In CRC, detection and removal of adenomas and early-stage CRC significantly reduces CRC incidence and mortality.[2]
Using Freenome's validated model, CRC-MAPS, researchers simulated adherence to an annual, blood-based CRC screening test among average-risk adults aged 45-75. Four scenarios were modeled:
- A cancer interception test with clinical performance comparable to or better than that reported for some MCED tests3,4
- A cancer interception test with near-perfect performance
- Two cancer prevention and interception scenarios with varying adenoma sensitivity
A threshold analysis was also performed to determine the ≥10mm adenoma sensitivity needed for a cancer prevention and interception test to result in the same CRC mortality reduction as a near-perfect cancer interception test.
The results demonstrated that the cancer prevention and interception scenarios resulted in outcomes 2.3 to 5.6 times more favorable than the cancer interception scenarios due to increased adenoma detection. Further, the threshold analysis found that increasing the ≥10mm adenoma sensitivity by less than one (1) percentage point, from 1% to 1.94%, resulted in the same reduction in CRC mortality as the near-perfect interception test.
"This study shows the clinical impact of detecting adenomas in any test that screens for CRC," said Girish Putcha, M.D., PhD., lead author of the study and senior vice president, Freenome. "This is just one example of how clinical performance requirements vary by cancer, and why it's important to consider each cancer separately when it comes to helping patients and improving health outcomes."
About Freenome
Freenome is a biotechnology company with a comprehensive multiomics platform for the early detection of cancer using a routine blood draw. The company combines its deep expertise in molecular biology with advanced computational biology and machine learning to detect disease-associated patterns among billions of circulating cell-free biomarkers. Freenome is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
1 Putcha G, Gutierrez A, Skates S. JCO Precision Oncology. 2021. doi: 10.1200/PO.20.00488
2 Gupta S, Lieberman D, Anderson JC, et al. 2020. Gastroenterology. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.10.026
3 Liu MC, Oxnard GR, Klein EA, et al. 2020. Ann Oncol. doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2020.02.011
4 Lennon AM, Buchanan AH, Kinde I, et al. 2020. Science. doi: 10.1126/science.abb9601
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TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Sailfish Royalty Corp. (TSXV: FISH) (OTCQX: SROYF) (the "Company" or "Sailfish") is pleased to announce that, further to the Company's news release dated October 7, 2021, Sailfish is continuing to engage in discussions with 1287398 B.C. Ltd. ("Pubco" or "Swordfish Silver") to complete the previously announced transaction with Pubco (the "Proposed Transaction") with the goal of creating a silver focused exploration and development company pursuant to the terms of a binding letter of intent (the "LOI") with Pubco. The Proposed Transaction is expected to result in the transfer of the Company's wholly owned Gavilanes silver property located in Durango, Mexico (the "Gavilanes Silver Project") to Pubco in exchange for shares of Pubco (the "Gavilanes Acquisition"). Pubco also signed a binding letter of intent with certain funds managed by Wexford Capital LP to acquire the Commonwealth silver and gold property in Cochise County, Arizona (the "Commonwealth Silver-Gold Project"). Closing of the Gavilanes Acquisition is subject to, among other things, Pubco acquiring the Commonwealth Silver-Gold Project in exchange for shares of Pubco, a concurrent private placement financing for proceeds of US$5,000,000 (the "Private Placement"), and receipt of conditional acceptance from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSXV") to have Pubco's common shares listed on the TSXV.
Paolo Lostritto, VP Corporate Development of Sailfish states that, "investor and corporate appetite for silver has greatly improved over the past six months. At the same time, the work at both the Gavilanes Silver Project and Commonwealth Silver-Gold Project continue to show signs of significant exploration growth. At the Gavilanes Silver Project, surface geochemical surveys combined with follow-up trenching and sampling have identified several new veins that have yet to be drilled. This supports the view that there is significant exploration potential to expand mineralization at Gavilanes.1 At the Commonwealth Silver-Gold Project, additional geophysical work is being done to refine and prioritize untested low-sulphidation epithermal targets that have remained untested because of a thin colluvial cover. The Commonwealth Silver-Gold Project currently targets a shallow open-pit.2 Once public, Swordfish Silver plans to focus on rapidly expanding the precious metals resource inventory at both projects."
For additional information regarding the Proposed Transaction and the Private Placement, please refer to the Company's news release dated October 7, 2021.
About Sailfish
Sailfish is a precious metals royalty and streaming company. Within Sailfish's portfolio are two main assets in the Americas: a gold stream equivalent to a 3% NSR on the San Albino gold mine (~3.5 sq. km) and a 2% NSR on the rest of the area (~134.5 sq. km) surrounding San Albino in northern Nicaragua; and an up to 3% NSR on the multi-million ounce Spring Valley gold project in Pershing County, Nevada.
Sailfish is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "FISH" and on the OTCQX under the symbol "SROYF". Please visit the Company's website at www.sailfishroyalty.com for additional information.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as the term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Notes Regarding the U.S. Securities Act:
This press release is not an offer of the securities for sale in the United States. The securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an available exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act") and applicable U.S. state securities laws. Pubco will not make any public offering of the securities in the United States. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Cautionary Notes Regarding the Proposed Transaction:
Completion of the Proposed Transaction is subject to a number of conditions including, but not limited to, entering into a definitive agreement, Pubco's acquisition of the Commonwealth Silver- Gold Project , completion of the Private Placement, closing conditions customary to transactions of the nature of the Proposed Transaction, approvals of all regulatory bodies having jurisdiction in connection with the Proposed Transaction, TSXV acceptance of the disposition of the Gavilanes Silver Project by Sailfish and of listing of Pubco, court approval of the plan of arrangement and, if applicable, shareholder approval.
Investors are cautioned that, except as disclosed in listing statement to be prepared in connection with the proposed listing of Pubco, any information released or received with respect to the proposed transaction may not be accurate or complete and should not be relied upon. The Exchange has in no way passed upon the merits of the Proposed Transaction and has neither approved nor disapproved the contents of this press release.
Cautionary Notes Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This release includes certain statements and information that may constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. All statements in this news release, other than statements of historical facts, are forward looking statements, including statements regarding the steps contemplated by the LOI, the completion of the private placement, the Company's views regarding the exploration potential of Gavilanes, the intention of Swordfish to focus on rapid expansion of the precious metals resource inventory at both Gavilanes and Commonwealth upon closing of the Proposed Transaction, and the listing of Pubco on the TSXV. Forward-looking statements are based on certain material assumptions and analysis made by the Company and the opinions and estimates of management as of the date of this press release, including that the transactions contemplated by the LOI will be completed, that the Proposed Transaction (including the private placement) will ultimately close, and that the shares of Pubco will be listed on the TSXV. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information. Important factors that may cause actual results to vary, include, without limitation, capital market conditions for the Private Placement, receipt of TSXV and other regulatory approval for completion of the Proposed Transaction, satisfactory due diligence completed by the parties and satisfaction of other conditions for completion of the Proposed Transaction. Although management of the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. Readers are cautioned that reliance on such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement, forward-looking information or financial out-look that are incorporated by reference herein, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
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MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Melissa Lee comforted her son and daughter after a student opened fire in their suburban Kansas City high school, wounding an administrator and a police officer stationed there.
Then weeks later, she wept for the parents in Uvalde, Texas, who were forced to bury their children after the massacre there in May. She said she was “absolutely” reassured when she learned her district had since purchased one of the panic-alert systems gaining traction nationwide amid a surge in school violence that includes shootings and fights. The technology, featuring wearable panic buttons or mobile phone apps, enables teachers to notify each other and police in the event of an emergency.
“Time is of the essence,” said Lee, whose son helped barricade a classroom door and watched police enter his school with guns drawn. “They can hit a button and, OK, we know something’s wrong, you know, really wrong. And then it puts everybody else on high alert.”
Multiple states now mandate or encourage the buttons, and a growing number of districts are shelling out tens of thousands of dollars per school for them — part of a widespread scramble to beef up school security and prevent the next tragedy. The spending spree includes metal detectors, security cameras, vehicle barriers, alarm systems, clear backpacks, bullet-resistant glass and door-locking systems.
Critics say school officials are scrambling to show action — any action — to worried parents ahead of the new school year, but in their haste may be emphasizing the wrong things. It’s “security theater,” said Ken Trump, president of the National School Safety and Security Services. Instead, he said, schools should focus on making sure teachers are implementing basic safety protocols such as ensuring doors aren’t propped open.
The attack in Uvalde illustrated the shortcomings of panic-alert systems. Robb Elementary School had implemented an alert app, and when an attacker approached the school, a school employee did send a lockdown alert. But not all teachers received it because of poor Wi-Fi or phones that were turned off or in a drawer, according to an investigation by the Texas Legislature. And those who did may not have taken it seriously, the Legislature’s report said: The school sent out frequent alerts related to Border Patrol car chases in the area.
“People want visible, tangible things,” Trump said. “It’s a lot harder to point to the value of training your staff. Those are intangibles. Those are things that are less visible and invisible, but they’re most effective.”
In suburban Kansas City, the decision to spend $2.1 million over five years for a system called CrisisAlert “isn’t a knee-jerk reaction,” said Brent Kiger, Olathe Public Schools’ director of safety services. He said he had been eying the system even before gunfire erupted in an Olathe high school in March as staff confronted an 18-year-old over rumors that he had a gun in his backpack.
“It helped us kind of evaluate it and look at it through a lens of: ‘We’ve been through this critical incident, and how would it have helped us?’ And it would have helped us that day,” he said. “There’s just no question about that.”
The system, a different one than what Uvalde relied on, allows staff to trigger a lockdown that will be announced with flashing strobe lights, a takeover of staff computers and a prerecorded intercom announcement. Teachers can set off the alarms by pushing a button on a wearable badge at least eight times. Staff also can summon help to break up a hallway fight or to deal with a medical emergency if they push the button three times.
Demand for CrisisAlert had been growing even before Uvalde, with revenue from new contracts increasing 270% from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2022, the product’s maker, Centegix, said in a statement.
Arkansas was an early adopter of panic buttons, announcing in 2015 that more than 1,000 schools would be equipped with a smartphone app that connects users quickly with 911. At the time, education officials said the plan was the most comprehensive in the nation.
But the idea really gained steam after the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.
Lori Alhadeff, whose 14-year-old daughter, Alyssa, was among the 17 killed, founded the group Make Our Schools Safe and began advocating for panic buttons. She had texted her daughter as shots rang out that help was on the way.
“But in reality, there was no panic button. There was no immediate way to contact law enforcement or emergency services to get on site as soon as possible,” said Lori Kitaygorodsky, the group’s spokeswoman. “We always kind of go by the thinking that time equals life.”
Lawmakers in Florida and New Jersey responded by passing Alyssa’s Law, requiring schools to begin using panic alarms. District of Columbia schools also added panic-button technology.
Following Uvalde, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a new bill into law that requires school districts to consider installing silent panic alarms. And Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an executive order, calling on all schools to implement panic buttons if not already in use. The state previously provided money for schools to subscribe to an app.
Over the years, legislation also has been introduced in Nebraska, Texas, Arizona and Virginia, according to Make Our Schools Safe.
Las Vegas schools also decided to add panic buttons this year to deal with a wave of violence. Data show the district recorded 2,377 assaults and batteries from August 2021 through the end of May, including an after-school attack that left a teacher injured and unconscious in her classroom. Other districts adding panic buttons for back-to-school include Madison County Schools in North Carolina, which also are putting AR-15 rifles in every school, and the Houston County School District in Georgia.
Walter Stephens, the executive director of school operations in the 30,000-student Houston County district, said the district piloted the panic button technology last year in three schools before signing a $1.7 million, five-year contract to make it available in all its buildings.
Like most schools, the district reassessed its safety protocols after the tragedy in Uvalde. But the Texas shooting didn’t provide the impetus to add the panic buttons, Stephens insisted. If students don’t feel safe, he said, “that translates to them not performing well in our schools.”
Whether the buttons deliver as promised is something experts are monitoring. In places like Florida, a panic button app has proven unpopular with teachers. And what happens, asked Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association of School Resource Officers, in the case of a false alarm, or a student using a panic-button to cause mayhem?
“In throwing so much technology at the problem … we may have unintentionally created a false sense of security,” Canady said.
Kansas state Sen. Cindy Holscher represents an area that includes part of the Olathe district, and her 15-year-old son knew the Olathe East shooter. While Holscher, a Democrat, supports the addition of panic buttons in the district, she said schools alone can’t fix the country’s mass shooting problem.
“If we make it way too easy for people to get their hands on guns, it’s still a problem,” said Holscher, who has championed a red-flag law and another measure that would have mandated safe firearm storage. She said neither measure even got a hearing in the GOP-dominated Legislature.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch public prosecutor’s office has opened a criminal investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct at “The Voice of Holland” talent show, authorities said Monday.
The prosecutor’s office said it was acting on five complaints against four people at the television show, and now officially considered them suspects after the first allegations were aired in January.
The show was taken off the air when it became one of the most serious #MeToo reckonings yet to hit the Dutch entertainment world. It focuses on a show created in the Netherlands but broadcast in local versions around the globe.
The scandal erupted after a local broadcaster’s YouTube show called “BOOS” — the Dutch word for angry — contacted “The Voice of Holland” to say it had spoken to victims of “sexually transgressive behavior.” It aired a broadcast about their allegations soon after.
Dutch broadcaster RTL, which airs “The Voice of Holland,” reacted swiftly to the reports and suspended the show.
The prosecutor’s office said it expected the investigation to take quite a while and will only decide then whether to prosecute the suspects. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/dutch-open-sexual-misconduct-probe-at-the-voice-of-holland/ | 2022-04-25T23:05:05Z |
It's been eight years since Cooper Harris, a 22-month-old, died in a sweltering hot car.
Since then, the twists and turns in the case surrounding Cooper's father, Justin Ross Harris, who left the toddler in the car for seven hours, have garnered national attention.
It was also revealed that Harris was sexting multiple women -- some of whom were underage at the time -- while his son was trapped in the vehicle, according to testimony from an investigator.
On June 22, the Georgia Supreme Court overturned his murder conviction in a 6-3 vote, saying evidence submitted by prosecutors of Harris' extramarital sexual relationships, which the state portrayed as the motivation behind his decision to kill his son, had unfair prejudicial impact on the jury.
So how exactly did the case end up here?
Summer 2014: Toddler dies and explicit messages surface
On June 18, 2014, Harris strapped Cooper into his rear-facing car seat and drove from his family's home to a nearby Chick-fil-A.
Instead of dropping his son off at day care afterward, he went to work at Home Depot, where he was a web designer. He parked and went inside, leaving Cooper strapped in the car for the next seven hours.
Harris stopped by the car early that afternoon, purportedly to put away some light bulbs he had purchased. But it wasn't until that afternoon, while he was driving to a nearby movie theater, that Harris claimed to notice his son was still in the car. He pulled into a shopping center parking lot, pulling the child's body from the SUV.
Records show that the mercury topped 92 degrees that day, and police say the temperature was 88 degrees when the boy was pronounced dead in a parking lot not far from his father's workplace.
Harris never called 911 and said "f**k you" to a police officer on the scene who asked him to get off his phone, according to Detective Phillip Stoddard, the prosecution's lead investigator.
After being arrested, Harris pleaded not guilty to charges of murder and second-degree child cruelty. His charges initially triggered a wave of sympathy and a vigorous debate over whether the heartbroken father should be punished. That is, until information on Harris' electronic devices revealed a different side of the father.
Investigators seized computers from his office, finding that he searched for information about "child deaths inside vehicles and what temperature it needs to be for that to occur," according to a sworn statement in the search warrant from a police officer.
"Justin stated that he was fearful that this could happen," the warrant read.
Investigators also found Harris went by a different name on social media sites and was messaging multiple women -- some underage -- while his son was dying in the car. Some of the messages were explicit, Stoddard said, and included nude images.
By September 2014, Harris was indicted by a grand jury on eight counts, including malice murder and two counts of felony murder.
The other five charges against Harris included: first-degree cruelty to children, second-degree cruelty to children, criminal attempt to commit a felony (sexual exploitation of a minor) and two counts of dissemination of harmful material to minors.
Prosecutors decided in 2015 not to seek the death penalty.
Toddler's mother asks for privacy in aftermath
At the time, Harris had been married to Leanna Harris. The two wed in May 2006.
She was never charged in connection with her son's death.
Leanna Harris said during the toddler's funeral in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, that summer that she was not angry with her then-husband.
"Am I angry with Ross?" she said at the time. "Absolutely not. It has never crossed my mind. Ross is and was and will be, if we have more children, a wonderful father. Ross is a wonderful daddy and leader for our household. Cooper meant the world to him."
For the most part, Harris stood by her husband's side throughout the entire eight years, which caught the attention of police in 2014.
Police said Harris behaved strangely in the days before and moments after the death of her son.
For example, one detective testified that she asked her husband, "Did you say too much?" in a police interview room after he was arrested, and that she also insisted to employees at her son's day care that "Ross must have left him in the car," when they told her Cooper had not been dropped off that morning. Police also said both parents conducted Internet searches about how hot a car needed to be to kill a child.
Harris, through her attorney, would ultimately ask for privacy.
"She asks that she be allowed to grieve in private without reporters calling, following or watching her home. Since his death, she has been unable to have that time of mourning that every bereaved parent needs. Please allow her the dignity to mourn her son in private," Harris' attorney, Lawrence Zimmerman, wrote in a 2014 statement.
Adding to Harris' odd behavior was the fact that she took and passed a polygraph test in January 2015. Zimmerman did not provide the full test questions and answers but gave reporters a select few.
The only questions Zimmerman provided were:
- Prior to June 18, did you know that your husband would leave your son in that vehicle?
- Did you plan or arrange with your husband to leave your son in that vehicle?
- Did your husband tell you that he was going to leave your son in that vehicle?
She answered no to those three questions and the results showed there was no deception in her answers, Zimmerman said.
Zimmerman said at the time his client was "concerned the district attorney's office may try to level a charge against her."
Harris ultimately filed for divorce from her husband in February 2016. She did not cite a specific reason for her desire to divorce her husband, saying only that the "marriage is irretrievably broken."
Lead up to trial includes more charges and change of venue
It was October 2015 when the arguments around Justin Ross Harris' sexting minors began.
The prosecution said the sexting-related charges help establish motive -- Harris was not happy at home and wanted to be free of his responsibilities of marriage and fatherhood. Harris' defense attorney, H. Maddox Kilgore, rebutted by saying he didn't believe the charges that Harris sent minors sexually explicit material had anything to do with the allegations that he intentionally killed his son.
A judge ruled not to separate the trials of the murder and sexting charges.
In March 2016, Harris was again indicted, this time on eight charges total in relation to his messaging with minors. He was charged with two counts of sexual exploitation of children and six counts of dissemination of harmful materials to minors.
The revelations about Harris' activities with minors combined with the death of his son created a media circus -- so much so that Judge Mary Staley granted a change in venue for the trial.
"(Harris) has carried the burden to make a substantive showing of a likelihood that prejudice exists because of extensive publicity, so it would not be just to try the case in Cobb County," Staley said.
A month later, the coastal town of Brunswick, Georgia, was chosen as the new location of the trial.
Fall 2016: Trial begins, with toddler's mother as key witness
Harris' trial began in October 2016 and spanned almost five weeks.
Defense attorneys argued Harris was responsible for his son's death, but to allege he intentionally let the boy die in a sweltering SUV wasn't true.
"Responsible is not the same thing as criminal," defense attorney H. Maddox Kilgore said. "The evidence will show that Ross loved that little boy more than anything. Cooper's death was an accident. It was always an accident, and that is what he told the police over and over again."
Prosecutors argued evidence showed Harris had motive to kill his son. He and his wife were having intimacy issues, and his wife even recounted on stand that he struggled with pornography.
On top of that, the family also had financial issues. An investigator said Harris' wife "was complaining about (her husband's) sporadic purchasing or overcharging credit cards." The couple also had $2,000 and $25,000 life insurance policies on their son, according to the investigator.
Despite all of their issues, Leanna Harris -- now Leanna Taylor -- served as the key witness for the defense. Taylor described Harris as a "very involved" parent who loved their son. In her mind, she said, the only possible explanation behind her son's death was that Harris "forgot" Cooper and accidentally left him in the car.
The Glynn County jury of six men and six women deliberated for 21 hours over four days. Jurors considered the testimony of 70 witnesses and 1,150 pieces of evidence. Harris was ultimately found guilty in November 2016 of three counts of murder and two counts of cruelty to children for Cooper's death as well as three counts relating to his electronic exchanges of lewd material with two underage girls.
The next month, he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Judge Mary Staley Clark also gave Harris a 20-year sentence on a conviction for first-degree cruelty to children and another 10 years for sexual exploitation of children. Harris also received a year each on two misdemeanor counts of dissemination of harmful material to minors, also related to his texts.
Summer 2022: Georgia Supreme Court overturns murder conviction
The Georgia Supreme Court's June 2022 opinion ruled that evidence submitted by prosecutors of Harris' extramarital sexual relationships had unfair prejudicial impact on the jury.
That evidence "did little if anything" to demonstrate Harris' intent when he left Cooper in the car, the opinion stated, "but it was likely to lead the jurors to conclude that Appellant was the kind of man who would engage in other morally repulsive conduct (like leaving his child to die painfully in a hot car) and who deserved punishment."
As the evidence shown to prove Harris' intent "was far from overwhelming, we cannot say that it is highly probable that the erroneously admitted sexual evidence did not contribute to the jury's guilty verdicts," the court's opinion said.
The Cobb County District Attorney's Office plans to file a motion for the court to reconsider its ruling, the office said in a statement following the opinion.
Harris' other convictions related to the texts remain in place. He was sentenced to 12 years in all on those charges.
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Mail carrier helps girl, 6, after mom overdoses in car
WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. (KMGH) - A Colorado mail carrier is being hailed a hero for helping a 6-year-old in danger. The girl was stuck in a car after her mother experienced a drug overdose.
Andrew Russell, a mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service, had been on the job for less than two months when he spotted a car idling on the side of the road on July 16, as he completed his route in Wheat Ridge.
What he saw and heard from inside that car made him call 911.
“What really caught my attention was hearing a child’s voice. There was a child in the back seat that was yelling,” Russell said. “The closer I got, I heard, ‘My mommy’s dead?’”
Russell ran over to the car, dropping his mail on the way, to make sure the 6-year-old girl got safely out of the back seat. He then checked on her mother.
“She was slumped over,” he said.
Wheat Ridge Police say the girl’s mother had overdosed. By the time officers arrived, she’d woken up. She then admitted to them she’d taken a fentanyl pill, as captured on body camera video.
The woman’s daughter told officers about what she saw and about Russell helping her.
“It hit a chord a lot of different ways but mainly in the sense that any time, I hear a child’s voice that sounds anything like that, it’s pretty immediate,” Russell said.
Everyone involved, including officers, is calling the mail carrier a hero.
“I’m very grateful that he was there to help the child in the situation, so that she had someone there that she can trust,” Officer Kylee Fischer said.
Russell, however, has been humble about his actions.
“Just right place at the right time. Just doing my job,” he said.
The girl’s mother now faces several criminal charges, including child abuse and possession of a controlled substance.
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Dear Heloise: My grandson is only 8, but he loves it when I take him fishing. I now pack a camera in my tackle box so I can take a picture of him when he catches a fish. If I didn’t keep it there, I think I’d probably forget to pack it. That little boy means the world to me, and I want to keep those memories alive and someday pass those photos on to him. We have a lot of fun on the lake, and he can remember those days in the photos.
— Grandpa Mike, River Falls, Wis.
Grandpa Mike, packing a camera in your tackle box is a great idea! When you get those pictures developed, don’t forget to write the date and place where you went fishing and any other information that you think is important on the backs of the photographs.
— Heloise | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/advice_columns/article_1f59a9b6-dd01-11ec-ba8f-4bcbd1b12b1b.html | 2022-05-27T10:02:24Z |
Some 401(k)s will soon let you invest in crypto
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business
Curious about cryptocurrencies? Some employers may soon offer you the option to invest in bitcoin and other digital currencies through your 401(k).
There is increasing discussion at financial service firms about how they could best provide a relatively safe crypto option in 401(k)s and other employer-sponsored retirement plans.
For instance, Fidelity Investments, one of the largest plan providers, is seeing growing interest in the idea from plan sponsors. “We believe retirement investors increasingly view digital assets, and bitcoin in particular, as an investment worthy of consideration for long-term investing,” said Dave Gray, Fidelity’s head of workplace products and platforms.
But many plans are not there yet. The Plan Sponsor Council of America recently asked its members — employers that sponsor a qualified savings plan — if they were or are considering adding crypto to their menu of investment choices. Only about 2% said yes. “Plan sponsors are overwhelmingly not considering, and will not consider, cryptocurrency a prudent investment option in a retirement plan,” the organization said.
That question was asked soon after a March 10 blog post from an official at the US Department of Labor was published, warning fiduciaries “to exercise extreme caution” before adding a cryptocurrency option to their plans. The Labor Department oversees employer retirement plans to ensure they meet minimum standards of protection for plan participants set by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, or ERISA.
“At this early stage in the history of cryptocurrencies … [the DOL] has serious concerns about plans’ decisions to expose participants to direct investments in cryptocurrencies or related products, such as NFTs, coins, and crypto assets,” wrote Ali Khawar, acting head of the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security Administration.
While the DOL did not explicitly ban plans from doing so, it said it will investigate any plans offering crypto or related products. “The plan fiduciaries … should expect to be questioned about how they can square their actions with their duties of prudence and loyalty in light of the risks described above.”
If your plan ever does offer crypto, which is an extremely volatile asset class, you might want to proceed with caution. Taking risk, of course, is necessary to generate growth in your retirement savings over time. But you also need to make sure your nest egg is not so exposed to a high-risk asset that your hard-earned savings are at risk of getting wiped out. The risk you take has to be balanced with your time horizon, your risk tolerance and a risk-return analysis of the assets you choose.
One option will soon come to market
A small player in the 401(k) provider universe — ForUsAll — said it will be launching a cryptocurrency investment option for clients in the second quarter of this year.
ForUsAll, which primarily services small- to mid-size employers, said over 120 of its 400 clients to date have signed up for the new option, which will be available to participants through a self-directed account on Coinbase.
While there is extreme volatility in cryptocurrencies and a risk of theft and loss in that space, ForUsAll believes the guardrails it is placing around its crypto option will comply with ERISA standards and allay the Labor Department’s concerns.
For instance, participants may only invest 5% of their current 401(k) balance and 5% of their contributions going forward (as well as 5% of their employer matches) to their crypto account. Participants will get automatic notices whenever the value of their crypto investments exceed 5% of their total 401(k) portfolio. But it will be up to them to decide whether to reallocate.
However, before opening an account, participants must go through ForUsAll’s educational materials about crypto investing and take an interactive quiz to demonstrate that they understand its risks and the importance of not taking excessive bets on crypto with their retirement savings, ForUsAll Chief Investment Officer David Ramirez said.
What’s more, they will only be able to select from a curated list of cryptocurrencies vetted by ForUsAll to ensure they are of institutional investing quality. “There will be nothing overly speculative, such as meme coins like Doge or Shiba Inu,” said Ramirez.
He admits a crypto option may not be right for every employer plan.
“For employers that don’t have employees who are sufficiently sophisticated investors, this may not be appropriate,” he said.
But for those that do, ForUsAll believes its crypto option will provide individuals a safer way to invest in a space where institutions and finance professionals are already investing for both diversification and growth potential.
“It’s designed to be a lot easier to invest in crypto currencies prudently,” Ramirez said.
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Baseball Superstars Pete Alonso and Two-time Champion Johnny Damon also available on FameDays.com
VANCOUVER, BC, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - ImagineAR (CSE: IP) (OTCQB: IPNFF) an Augmented Reality Metaverse Company that enables sports teams, brands and businesses to instantly create their own mobile phone immersive AR campaigns, is honored to have newly-elected Baseball Hall of Fame Member David "Big Papi" Ortiz as a hologram e-greeting on FameDays.com. Using the FameDays mobile app, fans can enjoy life-size official hologram video messages right in their home. Fans can record their own videos and pictures with Big Papi as if they are standing right next to them in real life and then share the content via social media. FameDays.com also has official holograms of celebrities and sports stars include World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Tyson Fury, Football Champion Superstar Von Miller, Professional Wrestling Champion Ric Flair, TV Star Blake Hortsmann, Professional Wrestler and Strongman Adam Scherr, Denver Football Stars Brandon McManus & Courtland Sutton.
FameDays.com is the next generation metaverse proprietary application developed by ImagineAR that delivers hologram e-greetings directly to fan locations. Metaverse e-greetings focuses on virtual interactions with celebrities, sports stars, entertainers and influencers. Retail prices range from $5 - $20 per each e-greeting message. FameDays.com is based upon the patented ImagineAR platform for global sports teams and brand clients delivering instant immersive AR consumer and fan engagements.
Alen Paul Silverrstieen, CEO of ImagineAR, stated "Fans can celebrate the newest member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, David Ortiz, as a hologram in their home to take pictures and videos for a full day. Part of the proceeds of each David Ortiz purchased hologram will be donated to the David Ortiz Children's Fund which provides essential support for children in the Dominican Republic and New England who cannot afford critical cardiac services."
"Pete Alonso, New York Baseball Fan Favorite, and 2X Baseball Champion Johnny Damon will also be available," according to Silverrstieen.
ImagineAR Inc. (CSE: IP) (OTC: IPNFF) is an augmented reality (AR) platform, ImagineAR.com, that enables businesses of any size to create and implement their own AR campaigns with no programming or technology experience. Every organization, from professional sports franchises to small retailers, can develop interactive AR campaigns that blend the real and digital worlds. Customers simply point their mobile device at logos, signs, buildings, (products, landmarks and more to instantly engage videos, information, advertisements, coupons,3D holograms and any interactive content all hosted in the cloud and managed using a menu-driven portal. Integrated real-time analytics means that all customer interaction is tracked and measured in real-time. The AR Enterprise platform supports both IOS and Android mobile devices and upcoming wearable technologies. The AR Platform is available as an SDK Plug-in for existing mobile apps.
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ImagineAR has executed agreements directly with all talent appearing on FameDays.com and they would directly receive financial compensation for their hologram e-greeting sales.
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Independent research by AAFP's Innovation Lab shows using the Elation platform "dramatically improves" family medicine experiences, increases physicians' time with patients, and decreases the experience of burnout
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elation Health, the clinical-first EHR platform powering the future of sustainable primary care, today announced that the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) has issued results from phase one of its independent Innovation Lab studying the effects of Elation Health's electronic health record (EHR) platform on primary care innovation and family physician burnout.
The retrospective study assessed 11 primary care physicians on several areas of their experience related to administrative burden, burnout, ability to deliver high-value care, and experience with the EHR, comparing their experiences with Elation to that of prior EHRs used. Most (10 out of 11) lab participants adopted Elation's EHR in combination with partial or full implementation of an alternative payment model — either membership-based, employer-sponsored, or partial penetration of insurance value-based payment arrangements. All participants experienced improved levels of satisfaction across every area surveyed.
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"AAFP's series of Innovation Labs identify key innovations that optimize the family medicine experience," said Dr. Steven Waldren, MD, MS, vice president and chief medical informatics officer at AAFP. "We know that traditional EHRs, built around coding and billing, have placed additional administrative burden on the family physician and eroded the physician-patient relationship. Our independent lab results reinforced that technology like the Elation EHR platform can and should reduce documentation burden and stress as well as improve clinical care and the family medicine experience."
Key findings:
- Phase one lab participants recommended Elation's EHR platform to colleagues with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 91 – high marks even in the context of popular retail brands such as Costco (NPS 73) and Apple (NPS 68) — and exceptional compared to other EHRs, which are consistently in the negative double digits.
- All lab participants reported a significant decrease in burnout, more time with patients (>30-minute visit lengths), smaller panel sizes, and higher practice satisfaction.
- Nine out of the 11 physician participants who reported burnout at the start of the study found all burnout was eliminated after using Elation's EHR platform.
- Lab participants reported time with patients went from "constrained" to "ample."
- Overall practice satisfaction as measured on a scale from 1 to 10 improved from a median of 4.9 to 9.4.
- Participants were asked to assess their level of satisfaction in attaining a set of desired outcomes with the EHR. Across a set of eight outcomes, average satisfaction improved from 4.7 to 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10.
- Participants were asked to assess their level of satisfaction with their experience adopting and using the EHR as an innovation platform to provide better care. Satisfaction improved in every category, with an overall average improvement from 4.5 to 8.4 on a scale of 1 to 10. Satisfaction with tool integration and data access improved the most.
"We are thrilled with the results of the AAFP's Innovation Lab. Technology absolutely can and should work for — not against — primary care physicians. We know that family physicians across America are experiencing crisis-level burnout, and both PCPs and patients have been unhappy with the experience of care. This is not entirely driven by the EHR, but the EHR can certainly contribute to the stress, frustration, and documentation burden eroding the family medicine experience. Elation's open architecture and intuitive clinical-first approach means that we put patient care at the center of our product development, constantly seeking to make right easy, by design," shared Sara Pastoor, MD, MHA, FAAFP, and director of primary care advancement for Elation Health. "These results are just the beginning and suggest that EHR innovation platforms like Elation's are an essential foundation for family physicians who want to reclaim their joy in practice."
Unlike traditional EHRs, Elation's platform was designed to prioritize the physician-patient relationship. The technology's clinical-first approach comes from its history of being launched inside the founder's father's family medicine practice. Following the discoveries in phase one, AAFP is exploring research in collaboration with Elation Health, which will assess key drivers of success in the adoption of prospective value-based care models
To learn more about Elation Health and AAFP Innovation Labs, visit here. To attend AAFP's annual FMX event and gain greater insight into Innovation Lab progress, register before September 20.
Phase one results from the AAFP Innovation Lab retrospective survey were fielded via standard one-hour video interviews with 11 U.S. independent practicing primary care physicians. To qualify, participants must have been a physician in a primary care specialty (preferably family medicine) in the U.S. and an EHR decision-maker with previous experience with another EHR. Participants represented a variety of payment and practice models, ranging from solo practitioners in private practice to small group practices to employed physicians in corporate practices.
Founded in 1947, the AAFP represents 127,600 physicians and medical students nationwide. It is the largest medical society devoted solely to primary care. Family physicians conduct approximately one in five office visits — that's 192 million visits annually or 48% more than the next most visited medical specialty. Today, family physicians provide more care for America's underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty. Family medicine's cornerstone is an ongoing, personal patient-physician relationship focused on integrated care. To learn more about the specialty of family medicine, AAFP's positions on issues, and clinical care, visit www.aafp.org. For information about healthcare, health conditions, and wellness, please visit AAFP's consumer website, www.familydoctor.org.
Elation Health is the most trusted technology platform for independent primary care. Since 2010, the company has delivered clinical-first solutions — built on a collaborative EHR platform — that helps practices start, grow, communicate, and succeed in delivering the highest-quality personalized care to patients. Elation Health supports primary care clinicians in upholding the craft of medicine, while thriving in an evolving healthcare landscape. Today, Elation Health serves 24,000 clinicians caring for millions of Americans. Learn more at elationhealth.com, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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