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HFD rescues paddlers from swamped canoes off Black Point
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HONOLULU, Hawaii (KITV) — Honolulu Ocean Safety personnel (OSD) responded at 10:02 a.m. on Saturday to a call reporting two swamped six-person canoes at Black Point in Kahala.
HFD reports, that units arrived on the scene at 10:10 a.m. and initiated a visual for the canoes. OSD was able to successfully make contact with the distressed paddlers and reported they would assist the paddlers to shore.
HFD’s Rescue 1 then launched their boat to assist with towing one canoe to shore. All canoes and paddlers were transported safely to shore by 12:28 p.m.
EMS personnel were also on the scene for medical support, however, no injuries were reported.
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GROUNDBREAKING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR MOLLY SMITH WILL RETIRE IN 2023
AFTER 25 YEARS OF REDEFINING AND CELEBRATING AMERICAN THEATER IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL
WASHINGTON , June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater today announced that Artistic Director Molly Smith has decided to retire in July of 2023. The Arena Stage Board of Trustees will conduct a nationwide search to appoint a new Artistic Director to build on the pioneering legacy of Smith and Arena's Founder Zelda Fichandler.
Smith took the helm of this historic, internationally recognized theater—the first integrated theater in Washington, D.C.—at a time when women artistic directors of leading theaters were few and far between. For 25 years and under her leadership, Arena Stage has produced more than 200 productions, championing the work of countless emerging and established playwrights.
Smith regularly infused new life into classic American musicals such as South Pacific, Anything Goes, and Oklahoma!, while also developing and/or producing multiple Broadway successes, including Tony Award winners Dear Evan Hansen and Next to Normal. In addition, more than 150 new works that originated at Arena, including The Originalist and Destiny of Desire, have been produced around the United States.
"I came to Washington 25 years ago with an important mandate: we needed to focus Arena on American plays, American voices, and American artists," says Smith. "In that process, we mined a rich vein of talent for our stages. It was a bold move that led to our audiences and programming becoming as diverse as America. And I was fortunate to be able to do it with a remarkably talented, fully committed staff who excel at bringing dreams to life."
Smith also drove the design and development of The Mead Center for American Theater—one of the most distinctive buildings in Washington, D.C.—as a home for all American voices, past, present, and future. "With its glass walls around all three theaters and soaring 65' roof, the Mead Center is built for American artists, who I always tell to 'hit the roof' with their performances," said Smith. "In fact, Zelda Fichandler called it the 8th Wonder of the Theater World. Today, our groundbreaking Mead Center contributes to our community long after the stage lights have dimmed, as it continues to drive development on D.C.'s Southwest Waterfront."
Smith's theatrical innovations included showcasing American history through the ambitious Power Plays Initiative which, by 2024, will have commissioned 25 plays over 10 years. Arena's Power Plays include works by Lawrence Wright (Camp David); Eduardo Machado (Celia and Fidel); Aaron Posner (JQA); John Strand (The Originalist); Craig Lucas (Change Agent); Kenneth Lin (Exclusion in the upcoming 2022/23 Season); and Nathan Alan Davis (The High Ground, also in the upcoming 2022/23 Season).
Edgar Dobie, Arena's Executive Producer, has worked with Smith for 13 seasons, and calls their day-to-day balance of ambition and capacity "an amazing run for any partnership, especially when spent with an artist and executive like Molly who knows her heart and mind, and remains a pioneer." He continues, "With her talent and innate instinct for building a legacy worth protecting but also sharing, Molly is nothing short of spectacular."
Decker Anstrom, Chair of Arena's Board of Trustees, proffered a touching salute to Smith: "Molly Smith has built an indelible legacy of excellence, creativity, inclusion, and bold leadership during her remarkable 25 years as Arena Stage's Artistic Director. Arena Stage, our Greater D.C. community and, indeed, all of American theater will be forever the better for what she has accomplished."
Born into a family of actors, Smith's early years in the theater have long since become industry lore. After earning her undergraduate degree at Catholic University and her graduate degree at American University in Washington, D.C., she launched Perseverance Theatre in her hometown of Juneau, Alaska. "At the age of 19, I was crazy enough to think I could start theater in Alaska. At 26, we dragged 50 used theater seats across the country and, by sheer force of will, Perseverance Theatre was born."
"When I think about Molly Smith, these words come to mind: visionary, community builder, artist, provocative, influential, feminist, activist, and leader," said Tony Award-winning playwright, performer, activist, and artist, Eve Ensler. "Arena Stage is a model for American theater in the way it supports writers, actors, and artists and sustained working relationships with them over time. She has built a magnificent community in Washington, D.C. by her bold ideas, diverse programming, and awe-inspiring risks. She imagined a grand new building and the Mead Center for American Theater was born. She will be sorely missed!"
"Molly Smith literally changed my life and the lives of so many others with her brilliant guidance, impeccable wisdom, infectious laughter, and true joy," said theater, television and film artist Charles Randolph-Wright, recipient of Arena's 2022 "American Artist" Award, and co-creator of Arena's upcoming world-premiere musical American Prophet, which will kick off its 2022/23 Season. "Her influence is global, her loyalty is unwavering, and her heart belongs in the Smithsonian for the love she truly has given the world with her exemplary artistry."
Randolph-Wright continued, "The past two years have seen a much-needed reckoning and hopefully a seismic shift culturally, but Molly has been at the forefront of inclusion her entire time at Arena and before. She has always demanded diverse, intriguing, difficult, and important work, specifically American work and voices and, in doing so, she helmed a revolution. She forced us all to become braver and stronger artists. Thank you for seeing, hearing, and loving us, Molly!"
A long-time citizen activist, Smith's deep commitment to the community has touched over a quarter of a million lives through creative programming, including the Voices of Now Festival for young artists, and Camp Arena Stage. "Even during COVID-19, we continued to innovate, making five films. These included May 22, 2020, a time capsule of D.C. during a day in life of 10 people during COVID [sic], and The 51st State, a film about the Black Lives Matter uprising in D.C. and a conversation about D.C. statehood."
Smith's many accolades and honors include being a Creative Advisor to the Sundance Institute Theatre Lab multiple times between 1999 and 2004; named to American University's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2003; named "Washingtonian of the Year" in 2011; and awarded Director of Distinction by The Academy of Arts, Cairo, Egypt, in November 2019. She made her Broadway debut in 2014 with The Velocity of Autumn, where Estelle Parsons was nominated for a Tony Award.
Smith received the Governor's Award for the Arts from the Alaska State Legislature in 1998 and was inducted into the Washington, D.C., Hall of Fame Society in 2018. She holds honorary doctorates from both American and Towson Universities. In addition to her many artistic accomplishments, Smith and her partner Suzanne Blue Star Boy, along with a group of Facebook friends, organized the March on Washington for Gun Control after the Sandy Hook Massacre.
Watch a video statement from Molly Smith on her decision to retire after her 25th Arena Stage season here.
Read Molly Smith's directing credits at Arena Stage here.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie, is a national center dedicated to American voices and artists. Arena Stage produces plays of all that is passionate, profound, deep and dangerous in the American spirit, and presents diverse and ground-breaking work from some of the best artists around the country. Arena Stage is committed to commissioning and developing new plays and impacting the lives of over 10,000 students annually through its work in community engagement. Now in its eighth decade, Arena Stage serves a diverse annual audience of more than 300,000. arenastage.org
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Iced green tea recipe
Iced tea is a staple drink for many in the warmer months, but if you want to change your usual recipe, you might want to try iced green tea. It’s easy to make at home, and once you know the basics, you can tailor it with extra ingredients.
You don’t need much to make green tea, although the exact equipment and ingredients vary depending on the method you use. There’s a quick iced green tea recipe for when you’re in a hurry or a slower cold brew alternative.
How to make quick iced green tea
Steeping your green tea in near-boiling water is the quickest way of making iced tea. The resulting tea may be slightly more bitter than cold brew tea, but it still tastes great. This recipe makes around 4 cups, but you can easily increase or decrease the quantities as desired.
Heat water
Green tea should be steeped in water of around 175 degrees. The easiest way to heat water to this temperature is with a temperature controlled electric kettle, but there are other methods. If you’re boiling water in a pan, when steam starts to rise from the water but it isn’t yet bubbling, this is around 175 degrees. Alternatively, you can use a thermometer or mix 1 1/2 cups of boiling water with 1/2 a cup of room temperature water.
Steep tea
In a heat-proof pitcher, add six green tea bags and 2 cups of your heated water to make a concentrated tea base. Leave it to steep for 5 to 10 minutes, depending on how strong you like your green tea. We’d recommend starting with 5 minutes and increasing the duration next time if you want stronger tea.
Add sweeteners if desired
Remove the tea bags and add your sweetener of choice if you want sweet tea. You can use any sweetener you like, including standard white sugar, coconut sugar and agave nectar. It’s best to do this while the tea is still warm since the sweetener will dissolve more easily.
The exact quantity to add will depend on the sweetener you use and how sweet you like your tea. In most cases, you should add anywhere from 4 teaspoons for a slightly sweet tea to 1/4 cup for a very sweet tea.
Dilute
Add another 2 cups of cold water to dilute your tea base. This quick method involves making a strong tea base and diluting it to help chill the tea. Otherwise, you need to wait a while until it’s cool enough to serve.
Pour over ice
Now fill glasses with ice and pour in the tea. At this point, you can add any extras you might like, such as lemon slices or fresh mint.
How to make cold brew iced green tea
If you have time, it’s worth making cold brew iced green tea for a naturally smoother and sweeter flavor. As with the quick recipe, it makes 4 cups, but quantities can be adjusted as desired.
Combine ingredients
Find a pitcher that’s the right size to fit in your fridge, whether in the door or on the shelf. Combine six bags of green tea and 4 cups of cold or room temperature water.
Steep tea in the fridge
Cover the pitcher and put it in the fridge to steep for six to eight hours. At this point, remove the tea bags even if you don’t intend to drink them right away. If you steep the tea for much longer, it will become bitter.
Add sweeteners
If you want to sweeten your iced tea, add your choice of sweetener to taste. You’ll need to mix it well to dissolve it in cold tea.
Serve over ice
Serve your tea over a glass of ice with any garnishes you choose. Fresh fruit and fresh mint are popular choices but aren’t essential.
What you need to make iced green tea
It’s worth buying quality green tea for the best flavor. This certified organic and non-GMO tea has a smooth, subtle flavor that’s great for iced tea.
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Two new B2B contracts reinforce Dario's position as an emerging leader in multi-chronic digital health
NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO), a leader in the global digital therapeutics (DTx) market, announced today two new contracts to provide digital therapeutics solutions to a national employer and a provider, both of which are expected to begin enrolling members in the third quarter of 2022.
The Texas-based, national employer selected Dario to provide digital behavioral health support for employees in 17 states across the south and southeast United States; the east-coast provider group chose Dario to provide its integrated metabolic solution for patients living with diabetes, high blood pressure and weight management support. Dario's full suite of chronic condition management solutions share a single intelligent digital therapeutics platform, allowing each user experience to be highly personalized using shared insights across billions of data points to help improve overall health.
"Dario continues to build a strong client base across its suite of solutions as the market develops an appreciation for integrated and highly personalized digital health. We are excited to launch these new clients and help our partners and their people realize the power of a more continuous and connected health experience," said Rick Anderson, President and General Manager of North America at DarioHealth. "These new contracts are expected to add to our continuing revenue growth in 2022 and move us closer to our goal of contract additions in the current year."
About DarioHealth Corp.
DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) is a leading digital therapeutics (DTx) company revolutionizing how people with chronic conditions manage their health through a user-centric multi-chronic condition platform. Our platform and suite of solutions deliver personalized and dynamic interventions driven by data analytics and one-on-one coaching for diabetes, hypertension, weight management, musculoskeletal pain, and behavioral health.
Our user-centric platform offers people continuous and customized care for health, disrupting the traditional episodic approach to healthcare. This approach empowers people to holistically adapt their lifestyles for sustainable behavior change, driving exceptional user satisfaction, retention, and results. Making the right thing to do the easy thing to do.
Dario provides its highly user rated solutions globally to health plans and other payors, self-insured employers, providers of care and directly to consumers. To learn more about DarioHealth and its digital health solutions, or for more information, visit http://dariohealth.com.
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This news release and the statements of representatives and partners of DarioHealth Corp. related thereto contain or may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. For example, the Company is using forward-looking statements in this press release when it discusses the expected timing of the contract launches, that the contracts are expected to contribute to its revenue growth in 2022, and the potential benefits that may be realized by users utilizing the Dario platform. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as "plan," "project," "potential," "seek," "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "intend," "could," "estimate" or "continue" are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned that certain important factors may affect the Company's actual results and could cause such results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements that may be made in this news release. Factors that may affect the Company's results include, but are not limited to, regulatory approvals, product demand, market acceptance, impact of competitive products and prices, product development, commercialization or technological difficulties, the success or failure of negotiations and trade, legal, social and economic risks, and the risks associated with the adequacy of existing cash resources. Additional factors that could cause or contribute to differences between the Company's actual results and forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those risks discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned that actual results (including, without limitation, the timing for and results of the Company's commercial and regulatory plans for Dario™ as described herein) may differ significantly from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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Appointment comes on the heels of a strategic investment in growth from Vista Equity Partners
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TigerConnect, healthcare's most powerful clinical collaboration platform, today announced the appointment of Melissa Bell as president. Bell is the first president in the company's history and is responsible for sales, marketing, revenue operations, solution design, clinical consulting, and customer success. She has over 25 years of experience as a revenue and customer leader in high-growth companies.
"Melissa is a respected leader in the industry, and her insights and experience will be invaluable as we enter our next phase of growth," said Brad Brooks, co-founder, and chief executive officer at TigerConnect. "Her appointment is a testament to our commitment to building a world-class executive team that will help us achieve our mission of transforming healthcare communication and collaboration."
Prior to TigerConnect, Bell served as chief growth officer for Intelligent Medical Objects, accountable for go-to-market activity, sales, professional services, and customer success. Previously she held leadership roles at Inovalon, nThrive (previously MedAssets), GE Healthcare and Allscripts. Bell holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, IN, and completed the Executive Leadership Development program at the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler Business School.
"I'm excited to join TigerConnect and help deliver on our vision of transforming healthcare communication," said Bell. "TigerConnect has an impressive track record of developing innovative solutions that improve patient care and I'm looking forward to building on that success and working with the team to help drive the next phase of growth for the company."
TigerConnect also announced plans for aggressive growth in the second half of the year. The company has hired several new executives to support this expansion, including a new chief revenue officer and a vice president of strategic programs. In addition, TigerConnect has set ambitious goals, including increasing its market share and expanding its product offerings.
Earlier this year TigerConnect received a significant strategic investment from Vista Equity Partners, a leading global investment firm focused exclusively on software, data, and technology-based businesses. TigerConnect is leveraging the partnership with Vista to continue its mission to improve patient care through real-time contextual communication and collaboration.
TigerConnect's clinical collaboration solutions combine real-time communication with patient outreach, nurse alarm management and event notification, and physician and resident scheduling in one unified communication platform. At more than 7,000 healthcare organizations, these solutions are in use to improve workforce efficiency, patient throughput and experience, and enable providers to deliver better, safer care.
To learn more about TigerConnect, visit www.TigerConnect.com
About TigerConnect
TigerConnect transforms healthcare with the industry's most widely adopted clinical collaboration platform – uniquely modernizing how doctors, nurses, care teams, patients, and data connect. With solutions spanning care communication, patient engagement, scheduling, alarm notifications, nurse call, and more, TigerConnect accelerates productivity, reduces costs, and improves patient outcomes, safely and securely. Trusted by more than 7,000 healthcare organizations for user-friendly yet enterprise-ready solutions, TigerConnect delivers 99.99% verifiable uptime for more than 10 million messages each day. To learn more about TigerConnect, visit www.tigerconnect.com.
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Diaper banker inspired by father's efforts to fight disease
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) is getting information about COVID vaccines into hard-to-reach neighborhoods as a community partner with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' We Can Do This campaign. The effort comes as NDBN members have already increased by 86% the volume of diapers, period supplies, and other material basic necessities they provide, in response to the pandemic.
For Northern Virginia Diaper Bank Program Director Susan Mullen, freeing communities from disease runs in the family. Mullen was born in Bolivia, where her father, C. Burton Keppler, in the 1950s went by car, by donkey, and by foot into the Andes to get smallpox vaccines to remote villages.
Today Mullen is helping to organize a free vaccination clinic and leading an effort to get accurate information about COVID-19 vaccinations for young children into the community she serves.
NDBN got involved with We Can Do This in part because COVID vaccines are now recommended for children starting at six months of age, and getting information to families with young children is critical.
"Susan's family story points out that good health happens on the ground, where people live," said NDBN Board Chair Amy Daly Donovan. "That's why the We Can Do This campaign partnered with organizations that are already providing vital services, like NDBN. Whether it's putting vaccination information on packages of diapers or hosting events where people can get vaccines and testing kits, basic needs banks are doing work that simply could not be done by people who lack roots in the community."
"NDBN provides diapers and period supplies because these things are essential for good health and to participate fully in life," said NDBN CEO Joanne Samuel Goldblum. "It's outrageous that one in three families cannot afford the diapers their children need. It's also outrageous that things like internet access, insurance, or immigration status could keep a family from getting the health information they need. When we heard about the We Can Do This campaign, we knew we had to join."
In addition to NDBN and its Alliance for Period Supplies, the We Can Do This campaign relied upon community groups like AARP, the American Red Cross, Feeding America, Meals on Wheels, and the National Parent–Teacher Association to spread accurate information about COVID vaccines. The American Academy of Pediatrics and other prominent health care groups have supplied experts to speak at events around the country.
"More than 100 member basic needs banks have signed on to deliver COVID-19 vaccination information in their communities," said Goldblum. "NDBN's mission is to ensure that no one is deprived life's essentials–and accurate health information is certainly essential."
Susan Mullen was 18 months old when her parents, Burt and Dorothy Keppler, who were nurses, arrived in Bolivia on a medical mission with the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Burt would later go on to get a medical degree. During his three and a half years in Bolivia, he gave physicals to school children, pulled teeth, and treated various ailments. He also gave immunizations, including the smallpox vaccine, as part of the worldwide effort to eradicate the disease.
"You do what you can, when you can, where you can," Mullen said her dad, who passed away in 2008, would often say. The effort to wipe out smallpox was huge, but the service of people like the Kepplers around the globe was vital to it. Whether he was navigating rivers on a raft laden with vaccines or driving narrow cliffside roads, Keppler was doing what he could.
Mullen said that her own life was shaped by her parents' example of service. The family left Bolivia when she was just six, after her father fell ill with hepatitis A. But their travels continued, with her parents serving communities in Mexico, Ukraine, and many other destinations. Mullen has often thought of her father during the We Can Do This campaign. "My dad would just be rolling up his sleeves and want to come up here and help."
The National Diaper Bank Network (NDBN) provides material basic necessities required to build the strong foundations all children, families, and individuals require to thrive and reach their full potential. We work in partnership with our Network of diaper banks, allied programs, donors, sponsors, and elected officials to end diaper need and period poverty in the United States.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' COVID-19 public education campaign, We Can Do This, is a national initiative to increase public confidence in and uptake of COVID vaccines while reinforcing basic prevention measures such as mask wearing and social distancing.
- Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank, Birmingham
- Family Network/The Diaper Collective, Springdale
- Diaper Bank of Southern Arizona, Tucson
- Community Action Partnership of Orange County, Garden Grove
- Good+Foundation LA, Los Angeles
- Open Arms Food Pantry and Resource Center, Los Angeles
- Help A Mother Out, Oakland
- Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, Sacramento
- WeeCycle, Aurora
- United Way of Weld County Covering Weld Diaper Bank, Greeley
- The Diaper Bank of Connecticut, North Haven
- Greater DC Diaper Bank, Washington
Florida
- The Diaper Bank, Covering South Florida, Boca Raton
- The Greater Fort Lauderdale Diaper Bank, Cooper City
- Safe Future Foundation, Jacksonville
- Diaper Bank for Northeast Florida, Orange Park
- Babycycle Diaper Bank, Pinellas Park
- Athens Area Diaper Bank, Bogart
- Helping Mamas, Inc., Norcross
- Over the Moon, Savannah
- Hawaii Diaper Bank, Kamuela
- Aloha Diaper Bank, Kaneohe
- Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank, Cedar Rapids
- Share Our Spare, Chicago
- Bundled Blessings, Evanston
- Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank, Galesburg
- All-Options Hoosier Diaper Program, Bloomington
- Indiana Diaper Bank, Indianapolis
- The Diaper Bank of East Central Indiana, Muncie
- Just Food of Douglas County, Lawrence
- United Way of the Franklin & Hampshire Region Diaper Bank, Greenfield
- A Baby Center, Hyannis
- Berkshire Community Diaper Project, Pittsfield
- Michael Klahr Jewish Family Services, Portland
- ShareBaby, Baltimore
- Metropolitan Detroit Diaper Bank, Detroit
- The Natural Momma Me Initiative, Detroit
- St. Luke's Diaper Bank, Kalamazoo
- The Diaper Alliance, Midland
- Diaper Bank of Minnesota, Saint Paul
- HappyBottoms, Kansas City
- New Madrid County Family Resource, New Madrid
- St. Louis Area Diaper Bank, Saint Louis
- Diaper Bank of the Delta, Batesville
- Family Promise of Yellowstone Valley Community Diaper Bank, Billings
- Babies Need Bottoms Diaper Bank, Asheville
- Diaper Bank of North Carolina, Durham
- Dakota Diaper Pantry (Project BEE), Minot
- HomeFront, Lawrenceville
- Modestly Cover Diaper Bank of Essex County, Monroe Twp
- Central Jersey Diaper Bank- AECDC, New Brunswick
- Moms Helping Moms, Warren
- The Junior League of Albuquerque Diaper Bank, Albuquerque
- The Food Depot, Santa Fe
- Baby's Bounty, Las Vegas
- The HopeLine, Bronx
- Expecting Relief, Brooklyn
- Little Essentials, Brooklyn
- Every Bottom Covered Inc, Buffalo
- CNY Diaper Bank, Liverpool
- Allied Foundation, Melville
- Good+Foundation NY, New York
- Westchester County Diaper Bank, Scarsdale
- Baby Steps Baby Pantry, Walden
- Project MKC, Boardman
- Sweet Cheeks Diaper Bank, Cincinnati
- Diaper Bank of Greater Cleveland, Cleveland
- Columbus Diaper Bank, Columbus
- Bottoms Up Diaper Drive, Lancaster
- Gem City Diaper Bank, Trotwood
- Emergency Infant Services, Tulsa
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Pennsylvania
- Healthy Steps Diaper Bank, Harrisburg
- Mitzvah Circle Foundation, Norristown
- Cradles to Crayons, Philadelphia
- Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank, Philadelphia
- Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank, Pittsburgh
- Banco de Alimentos Puerto Rico Inc, Carolina
- Project Undercover, Inc., Warwick
- Power in Changing, Columbia
- Sweet Cheeks Diaper Ministry, Cordova
- Nashville Diaper Connection, Nashville
- Austin Diaper Bank, Austin
- Hope Supply Co., Dallas
- Baby Booties Diaper Bank, McKinney
- Texas Diaper Bank, San Antonio
- Little Lambs Foundation for Kids, Logan
- Utah Diaper Bank, Murray
- NOVA Diaper Bank, Ashburn
- Urban Baby Beginnings, Richmond
- Fairfax Diapers, Vienna
- Junior League of Champlain Valley Diaper Bank, Shelburne
- Diaper Bank of Skagit County, Burlington
- Eastside Baby Corner, Issaquah
- Help Me Grow Pierce County, Tacoma
- Walworth County Food & Diaper Bank, Elkhorn
- Milwaukee Diaper Mission, Franklin
- Pregnancy Helpline Inc of Madison, Madison
- Eastern Wisconsin Diaper Bank, Neenah
- Family Promise Albany County, Laramie
- Bundles of Hope Diaper Bank, Birmingham
- Women4Women, Tempe
California,
- Sisters On The Streets, North Hills
- Project Distributing Dignity, Castle Rock
- The Diaper Bank of Connecticut, North Haven
- Safe Future Foundation, Jacksonville
- Embrace of Celebration, Kissimmee
- Helping Mamas, Inc., Norcross
- Over the Moon, Savannah
- Loving Bottoms Diaper Bank, Galesburg
- Michael Klahr Jewish Family Services, Portland
- Charitable Union, Battle Creek
- Metropolitan Detroit Diaper Bank, Detroit
- The Natural Momma Me Initiative, Detroit
- Helping Women Period, Lansing
- The Diaper Alliance - Project Dottie, Midland
- St. Louis Area Diaper Bank, St. Louis
- Diaper Bank of the Delta, Batesville
- Diaper Bank of North Carolina, Durham
- The Flow Initiative, Jersey City
- Fresh Start, New, Providence
- Moms Helping Moms, Warren
- Tidal Babe Period Bank, Cincinnati
- The Period Pantry Project, Columbus
- Mitzvah Circle Foundation, Norristown
- Greater Philadelphia Diaper Bank, Philadelphia
- Western Pennsylvania Diaper Bank, Pittsburgh
- Power In Changing - Power Cycle, Columbia
- Bright Spot, Austin
- Baby Booties, McKinney
- Texas Diaper Bank, San Antonio
- Little Lambs Foundation for Kids, Logan
- The Kwek Society, Arlington
- Sylvia's Sisters, Richmond
- Milwaukee Diaper Mission, Franklin
- On the Dot, Neenah
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Pittsburgh Mass Shooting: Airbnb Issues ‘Lifetime Ban’ Against Person Who Booked Property
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PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Airbnb is permanently banning the person who booked the Airbnb property where a mass shooting killed 2 juveniles and injured 13 more people.
Airbnb’s statement did not reveal the name of the person who booked the property.
“We share the Pittsburgh community’s outrage regarding this tragic gun violence. Our hearts go out to all who were impacted — including loved ones of those who lost their lives, injured victims and neighbors. Airbnb strictly bans parties, and we condemn the behavior that is alleged to have prompted this criminal gun violence. The booking guest has been issued a lifetime ban from Airbnb and we will be considering all legal options to hold this person accountable,” Airbnb said. “We have reached out to the Pittsburgh Police Department as well as Mayor Gainey’s team to offer our support for their investigations, and we hope the people responsible for this bloodshed will be found quickly.”
Airbnb said that the host was completely unaware of the party.
The host also allegedly had rules stating “any evidence” of partying would mean a $500 fee and had curfew hours.
Airbnb added that its CEO is supportive of gun violence reduction policies and that multiple measures are in policies to dissuade parties, including a party ban policy, a neighborhood support line and background checks on Airbnb users.
“Regarding the reports of this being an underage party — we can confirm that users must be 18 or above to create an Airbnb account,” Airbnb said.
Most people at the party were juveniles, Pittsburgh police said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday he has tested positive for COVID-19, is experiencing mild symptoms and will quarantine at home. It’s the second time Austin has gotten the coronavirus.
In a statement, Austin, 69, said he is fully vaccinated and has received two boosters. He said he’ll quarantine for the next five days in accordance with CDC guidelines and “will retain all authorities and plan to maintain my normal work schedule virtually from home.”
Austin said his last in-person contact with President Joe Biden was on July 29.
In January, Austin also contracted COVID and had received a booster in October.
“Now, as in January, my doctor told me that my fully vaccinated status, including two booster shots, is why my symptoms are less severe than would otherwise be the case,” Austin said. “I will continue to consult closely with my doctor in the coming days.”
He added, “Vaccinations continue to both slow the spread of COVID-19 and to make its health effects less severe. Vaccination remains a medical requirement for our workforce, and I continue to encourage everyone to get fully vaccinated and boosted.” | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/defense-secretary-austin-positive-for-covid-for-second-time/ | 2022-08-16T00:48:59Z |
(The Conversation) – Drinking beer and spirits is linked to elevated levels of visceral fat – the harmful type of fat that is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, and other health complications – whereas drinking wine shows no such association with levels of this harmful fat and may even be protective against it, depending on the type of wine consumed. In fact, we found that drinking red wine is linked to having lower levels of visceral fat. These are some of the key takeaways of a new study that my colleagues and I recently published in the Obesity Science & Practice journal.
Although white wine consumption did not influence levels of visceral fat, our study did show that drinking white wine in moderation might offer its own unique health benefit for older adults: denser bones. We found higher bone mineral density among older adults who drank white wine in moderation in our study. And we did not find this same link between beer or red wine consumption and bone mineral density.
Our study relied on a large-scale longitudinal database called the U.K. Biobank. We assessed 1,869 white adults ranging in age from 40 to 79 years who reported demographic, alcohol, dietary and lifestyle factors via a touchscreen questionnaire. Next, we collected height, weight and blood samples from each participant and obtained body composition information using a direct measure of body composition called dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Then, we used a statistical program to examine the relationships among the types of alcoholic beverages and body composition.
Why it matters
Aging is often accompanied by an increase in the problematic fat that can lead to heightened cardiovascular disease risk as well as by a reduction in bone mineral density. This has important health implications given that nearly 75% of adults in the U.S. are considered overweight or obese. Having higher levels of body fat has been consistently linked to an increased risk for acquiring many different diseases, including cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, and a higher risk of death. And it’s worth noting that national medical care costs associated with treating obesity-related diseases total more than US$260.6 billion annually.
Considering these trends, it is vital for researchers like us to examine all the potential contributors to weight gain so that we can determine how to combat the problem. Alcohol has long been considered one possible driving factor for the obesity epidemic. Yet the public often hears conflicting information about the potential risks and benefits of alcohol. Therefore, we hoped to help untangle some of these factors through our research.
What still isn’t known
There are many biological and environmental factors that contribute to being overweight or obese. Alcohol consumption may be one factor, although there are other studies that have not found clear links between weight gain and alcohol consumption.
One reason for the inconsistencies in the literature could stem from the fact that much of the previous research has traditionally treated alcohol as a single entity rather than separately measuring the effects of beer, cider, red wine, white wine, Champagne and spirits. Yet, even when broken down in this way, the research yields mixed messages.
For example, one study has suggested that drinking more beer contributes to a higher waist-to-hip ratio, while another study concluded that, after one month of drinking moderate levels of beer, healthy adults did not experience any significant weight gain.
As a result, we’ve aimed to further tease out the unique risks and benefits that are associated with each alcohol type. Our next steps will be to examine how diet – including alcohol consumption – could influence diseases of the brain and cognition in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. | https://cw33.com/news/beer-and-spirits-have-more-detrimental-effects-on-the-waistline-and-on-cardiovascular-disease-risk-than-red-or-white-wine/ | 2022-04-27T18:59:03Z |
‘Straight up child abuse’: Canadian gymnast quit at the age of 13 due to what she alleges was a horrific and abusive environment
By Don Riddell, CNN
Amelia Cline can still remember what she loved about gymnastics; the 32-year-old Canadian says it was the chance to explore the limits of gravity.
“I was fearless,” she told CNN from her home in Vancouver. “Every child likes to learn how to flip, all of my early memories are pretty happy and joy-filled, which they should be.”
At the age of two, Cline says that her interest was obvious to her parents by the way she’d be pulling “little baby chin-ups,” at the kitchen counter.
Soon she had developed into a serious athlete. By the time she was nine or 10, Cline had outgrown her local coaches and was now travelling an hour from home to train at an elite club.
For a while, her love of the sport continued, but Cline says everything changed when Vladimir Lashin and his wife Svetlana arrived as the new coaching team. Cline says that the mood in the gym quickly darkened.
“Immediately, it was verbally abusive,” she recalled. “If you made any mistakes, they would scream and humiliate you. ‘This is rubbish, you’re rubbish,’ screamed at you over and over again.”
According to Cline, it wasn’t long before the coaches resorted to physical abuse, too.
“I was warming-up [for a standing split] and my hamstring felt really tight, and he got really annoyed.
“He said something along the lines of, ‘You’re just faking, trying to get out of doing this stretch,’ so he turned me around, grabbed my leg and forced it behind my ear.”
Cline can still recall the primal scream and the blinding pain, describing the sensation as “excruciating.”
“It snapped my hamstring completely and took part of my pelvis with it,” she adds.
As the alarm bells in her sensory receptors began to register the searing pain, Cline says that her coach offered no apology or remorse.
“He was angry, he screamed at me,” says Cline, adding that he accused her of lying and tried to distance himself from any responsibility for her shocking injury.
“There was no offer of medical treatment, no one called my parents. I think I ended up having to limp to the change room myself and call my parents to take me to the hospital,” she says.
CNN reached out to Cline’s former coaches, who it’s believed have left Canada.
Multiple requests for comment were sent via email and to their Facebook pages, but there has been no reply.
Barely a teenager, Cline became accustomed to a grueling schedule and painful injuries — she says she broke her hand in three places and tore a muscle in her spine that left her with a clot the size of a baseball.
Cline would attend school in the morning, then train from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m. before catching up on homework in the evening, often spending 30 hours a week in the gym.
She recalls that to give the appearance that her knees weren’t buckling on landing, which would result in a points deduction by the judges, the coach worked with her to permanently hyper-extend them.
With her feet on an elevated box and her legs raised from the floor, and she says Lashin would sit on her knees for several minutes at a time. She estimates that he weighed around 200 pounds.
‘Always being yelled at’
A few years later, Cassidy Jones (nee Janzen) arrived at the same gym.
She told CNN that she clearly recalls the culture of abuse which she says had become normalized and remembers Cline’s hamstring injury and that she was, “Always being yelled at.”
She remembers Cline’s hamstring injury and that she was: “Always being yelled at.”
It wasn’t long before Jones also found herself in harm’s way. She described a back-handspring that she’d been struggling to master on the balance beam as a 10-year-old, and was told that one more failure would mean that she’d have to try it from an even greater height.
“I’m crying my eyes out and I’m scared,” she recalled. Jones reasoned that if she could position some padded mats under the beam, then she’d at least be able to minimize the risk, but her coaches overruled her.
“I tried, as a 10-year-old, to do the right thing and make myself safe.”
Shortly afterwards, her body twisted on the beam, resulting in three spiral fractures in her leg.
“I fell down and she told me to get up and do it again,” added Jones. “I couldn’t, obviously, because my bones were in half in multiple spots. They just left me there on the ground for about an hour, because they assumed I was faking. They told me to get out of the way so other people could use the beam.”
Jones says her body went into shock, “I had goosebumps, I was shivering and shaking, I was so cold.”
Eventually, her mom was called and she was driven to the hospital, her leg was put into a full-leg cast and she was in a wheelchair for months.
After about two weeks, the coaches called the family home. “Mom thought it was to check on me,” she said, “but it was to blame me, they were yelling at my mom on the phone, ‘She should have been able to do it, she hurt herself, it’s not our fault.'”
In 2011, Jones sued her coaches and received damages in a mediation settlement. She quit gymnastics shortly after the fall and considers herself fortunate to have escaped some of the torment that might have followed if she’d stuck with it much longer.
As a seven year-old, she says she was already following the unspoken code of the gym and trying to make herself vomit before the daily weighing sessions.
Fifteen years later, she says that she still has a recurring nightmare, a feeling that she’s arguing with her coach, Vladimir Lashin.
“It’s very out of character for me because I don’t raise my voice, I’m very self-controlled. I don’t know what we’re yelling about, but I’m yelling like crazy, and I can’t yell over him. I can’t yell loud enough.”
Forced stand on scales.
After her hamstring snapped, Cline told CNN that she was still expected to train for three to four hours a day.
Two months later, it was time for the national trials. On the eve of the event, Cline says Vladimir Lashin asked her to try a Yurchenko double pike — one of the most dangerous vaults in gymnastics.
Named after the Soviet gymnast Natalia Yurchenko, the move involves a blind backhand spring onto the vault — any kind of misstep can be catastrophic.
“I think I laughed,” she recalled, “I thought he was kidding because it was so absurd that he would even be expecting me to do this when I was still injured — I hadn’t been vaulting for weeks.”
Cline says she begged him to assist with the vault and he reluctantly spotted her. “Even that was almost a total disaster, I landed pretty much on my face,” she says.
Lashin then demanded she try it again, this time without assistance, according to Cline. She says she was terrified but didn’t feel as though she could refuse.
“It was disastrous, my feet didn’t hit the springboard properly, so I didn’t get enough momentum to get up onto the vault and I didn’t have enough momentum to make the rotation at the end,” adds Cline. “I landed on my neck.”
Since they were using competition mats, Cline says it was a big fall onto a relatively hard surface.
“I had to take stock of whether I could still move my limbs,” she continues. “Thankfully, I could, but then I realized that he was still screaming at me and telling me to do it again and again. There was no way I could say no to that request.”
Cline says her neck was in excruciating pain as she attempted what would be her last-ever vault in gymnastics.
“I completely missed one hand off the vault and landed on my head again. I was crying in the change room with ice on my neck when he demanded that I come back out onto the floor.
“Then he forcibly took me by the arm and dragged me into his office and forced me to stand on the scale. ‘This is why you can’t do it!’ He interrogated me about what Easter candy I had eaten.”
It was a final humiliation, but Cline says that while she was spinning through the air on her final, ill-fated vault, she had a moment of clarity and made the decision to quit the sport in the interests of her own self-preservation.
Her dreams of perhaps competing in the Olympics had been dashed and her gymnastics career was over. Replacing the sport that she had so loved would now be a lifetime of debilitating pain and psychological torment.
And she was still just 13 years old.
Over the last few years, the sport of gymnastics has lurched from one crisis to another. Hundreds of athletes accused the former USA Gymnastics national team doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse and their governing bodies of failing to protect them.
Following his guilty pleas on child pornography and a number of sexual assault charges in 2017, he will spend the rest of his life in prison. In a scandal dating back two decades, more than 368 athletes came forward to allege sexual abuse in gymnastics programs across the country.
Around the same time, other national teams were beginning to come to terms with their own abusive cultures.
In February 2021, Gymnastics New Zealand’s Chief Executive Tony Compier admitted that “emotional abuse, body shaming, physically abusive training practices, harassment and bullying,” had been uncovered by an independent review into the sport.
Two weeks later, a group-claim lawsuit alleged widespread physical and psychological abuse by British Gymnastics coaches on athletes as young as six years old.
The law firm representing them, Hausfeld, told CNN that they are working with 38 athletes, including four Olympians, and are in direct negotiation with British Gymnastics.
In May 2021, the Australian Human Rights Commission concluded that gymnastics in the country contributed to a “high-risk environment for abuse.”
The report found evidence of “bullying, harassment, abuse, neglect, racism, sexism and ableism,” enabled by a “win-at-all-costs approach, the young age of female gymnasts and inherent power imbalances; a culture of control; and an overarching tolerance of negative behavior.”
And in September last year, trainers in the Swiss national program resigned en masse after an ethics investigation upheld athletes’ complaints of psychological abuse and a series of poor performances.
Now, Canadian gymnastics is facing its own moment of reckoning.
Cline is the representative plaintiff in a class action lawsuit which has been filed against Gymnastics Canada and half a dozen provincial governing bodies, including Gymnastics BC, which would have overseen the gym in which Cline says she became so damaged.
Though not listed as defendants, both Vladimir and Svetlana Lashin are named in the lawsuit’s allegations, which details her vaulting injury incident and “almost daily … physical abuse … inextricably linked to a culture of psychological abuse” and “inappropriate physical contact.”
The lawsuit also says that “rather than face punishment for their abusive conduct, Vladimir and Svetlana were rewarded by both Gymnastics BC and Gymnastics Canada.”
Notably, according to the lawsuit, Vladimir was named as a coach for Team Canada at the 2004 Olympics in Athens and then promoted to National Coach/High Performance Director in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics in 2009.
According to the lawsuit a number of Canadian gymnasts have brought forward complaints “spanning decades,” alleging “sexual, physical and psychological abuse and institutional complicity that has enabled the culture of mistreatment … to persist.”
The suit is the first stage of a complicated legal process that could escalate exponentially in scale and take years to resolve.
“We really need these institutions to be held accountable for the systemic abuse that they’ve allowed to ensure for decades,” Cline explained to CNN.
“We’re trying to send a message that ‘you will not be able to allow these things to continue without being held liable for them.'”
The suit is also intent on providing compensation to the athletes who need intensive physical and psychological treatment and Cline has reason to believe that hundreds of former athletes could get involved.
In March, more than 400 male and female Canadian gymnasts put their names to an open letter which explained that fears of retribution had prevented them from speaking up about a ‘toxic culture and abusive practices’ within the sport.
In response, Gymnastics Canada said in a statement: “While we are saddened to learn that dozens of athletes feel that we failed to address these issues, we are committed to continuing to educate and advocate for system-wide reforms that will help ensure all participants feel respected, included and safe when training and competing in sport.”
Almost all say they have experienced physical and/or psychological abuse, but there are also survivors of sexual assault.
“We know there are many, many out there who have experienced sexual abuse,” said Cline. “Unfortunately, we know it’s a component and we know that it’s actually quite significant.”
After the lawsuit was filed on Wednesday, Gymnastics BC told CNN that “as we have yet to be served with or provided any official notification or legal documents, GymBC is not in a position to comment at this time.”
In a statement sent to CNN on Thursday, Gymnastics Canada said while the organization had also not been served the suit it took the allegations “very seriously,” adding that it was “committed to providing a safe environment for members of our sport.”
Since going public with her story about her life as a young gymnast in a 2020 blog, Cline says she has been flooded with messages from athletes all over the country, whose stories echo her own.
She has also spoken with survivors from all over the world.
“If you put our stories side by side and you removed our names,” she said, “you wouldn’t be able to tell who’s who. We’ve got a very serious problem, not just within Canada, but within gymnastics generally.”
Cline believes that because the athletes are so young when they start training that they are incredibly vulnerable.
She spent more time with her coaches than with her parents, and she says the athletes were explicitly told not to share their experiences in the gym with her family at home as a culture of silence was encouraged.
“We were counselled on how to avoid talking to our parents about it, it was made very, very clear that we would be in significant trouble if we told our parents what was going on,” says Cline.
“If these things were happening in a school or at a home, there would be serious consequences almost immediately.
“But for some reason, when we put it in the context of a sport and particularly gymnastics, we normalize it to such a degree that we completely lose sight of the fact that this is child abuse. This is straight up child abuse.”
It’s almost 20 years since she walked away from the sport she had once loved, but Cline says she is still constantly tormented by it — both emotionally and physically.
There’s the debilitating back pain since the age of 14, the arthritis in her neck, she says she has nightmares and is constantly on the brink of an eating disorder.
“I don’t weigh myself,” she reveals, “I can never get on a scale. Even if I’m at the doctor, I ask them not to tell me the number. It has required constant vigilance to make sure that I’m not slipping into really harmful eating patterns.
“I’ve talked to dozens and dozens of girls and boys and they very much struggle in adulthood, whether it’s eating disorders or PTSD or depression or self-harm addiction.
“And, of course, the debilitating physical pain. This doesn’t just stop because someone has quit the sport, it’s something that’s going to continue to plague these people for the rest of their lives.”
Cline concedes that the sport of gymnastics will always present a risk of injury, but she believes that such injuries would be mitigated with healthy training methods.
And she certainly doesn’t think that the psychological trauma should be inherent to the sport. “Elite sport is hard,” she concludes, “But it shouldn’t ever produce things like eating disorders, self-harm and PTSD.”
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DELRAY BEACH, Fla., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The August 31, 2022, deadline is fast approaching! All new on-premise servers must take approved training and complete an exam. This mandate affects 56,000 license holders in over 40 different license types and over a million servers and managers in the state of California. If you check ID, take orders, pour, and deliver drinks, you are considered a server by the state of California. Managers are defined as any person overseeing, hiring, and training employees.
With many servers still not trained, we may see an increase in suspended locations. Failure to comply could result in a 10-day suspension. Repeated offenses could result in consecutive suspensions. Repeated offenses could result in closure lasting months.
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevation Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELEV), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of precision medicines for patients with genomically defined cancers, today announced that Shawn M. Leland, PharmD, RPh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Elevation Oncology, will participate in a fireside chat at Cowen's 3rd Annual Oncology Innovation Summit, taking place on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 9:30 am ET
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin secreted themselves in a basement room at the Capitol.
The two men had been wrestling for more than a year in long, failed rounds of start-and-stop negotiations over President Joe Biden’s big rebuilding America package. But talks had jammed up — again. With the midterm elections near, control of Congress at stake, the president and his party were at the end of the line.
Just four days earlier, Manchin had issued his latest ultimatum: Either scale back the ambitious proposal by dropping the climate change provisions that were so important to Biden and his party, or wait until September to try to pass any bill at all, giving the economy’s shocking 9.1% inflation a chance to cool.
With all avenues with his colleague exhausted, Schumer signaled to Biden they needed to do whatever they could before lawmakers left town for the summer break. From the White House, Biden had announced that it was time to make a deal.
And Manchin faced his own political pressures. Outraged colleagues openly criticized his tactics as insincere — whispering, even, that the West Virginia senator should have his gavel taken away as a committee chairman. The coal state conservative was being publicly singled out, shamed even, as the sole figure stopping help for a planet in peril.
Ahead of the basement meeting, Manchin put a new offer on the table.
Details were slim that Monday afternoon 10 days ago, but the size and scope shocked Schumer’s team and, most importantly, included the commitment to vote by the August recess. This account is from several people familiar with the private conversations, and granted anonymity to discuss them.
The two men shook hands, and agreed to start talking — again.
“What a beautiful office,” Schumer wondered aloud in the Capitol basement room. “Is it mine?”
It was.
What happened next was a weeklong negotiation, largely out of sight, to produce the $739 billion surprise package now headed for quick votes in Congress.
Biden praised the deal Thursday as a “godsend” for American families.
“This bill is far from perfect,” Biden said from the White House. “It’s a compromise. But that’s often how progress is made.”
He thanked Schumer and Manchin for the “extraordinary effort that it took to reach this result.”
The 725-page “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022” would cap out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for seniors to $2,000 a year, and help some 13 million families with subsidies to purchase their own health insurance policies. It invests $369 billion over the decade on tax incentives to fight climate change, including $4,000 for used electric vehicles and $7,500 for new ones.
The package is paid for largely by imposing a 15% minimum tax on corporations earning more than $1 billion a year and by allowing the federal government to negotiate directly with pharmaceutical companies for lower costs. Leftover savings, some $300 billion, will go to pay down deficits.
With Republicans solidly opposed, Democrats will need every senator in their 50-50 majority to ensure passage, which is what gives Manchin — and every other senator, in fact — such a strong hand in negotiations.
Manchin in a conference call Thursday with reporters called the final product a “win-win.”
It almost didn’t happen.
Biden and Manchin had barely spoken since negotiations abruptly collapsed late last year, a brutal end to the president’s once expansive “Build Back Better” project, a more than $4 trillion proposal of infrastructure investments and family support.
The two had famously engaged in personal, candid conversations, including once at the president’s family home in Delaware as Biden reached for an achievement on par with Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal, while Manchin always remained cool to such a broad, far-reaching effort.
Despite months of talks, Manchin called it all off shortly before Christmas, enraging colleagues and and the White House, which publicly scolded the senator for the collapse of Biden’s signature domestic proposal. Relations between the president and the senator were beyond strained.
Instead, Schumer took over working with Manchin in the new year, as the White House outsourced the negotiations back to Capitol Hill. The Democratic leader from New York had to slow down, steadily trying to rebuild the talks around a smaller but still substantial package Manchin would support.
All along, Manchin has insisted he never walked away from any talks. He was still in touch with the White House, even talking at times with Biden, and simply did not want his Democratic Party to go overboard as he tried to rein in the president’s ambitious initiatives and keep spending down.
“My main concern was inflation,” Manchin said, citing the high price of food, gas. “I hear about it every day.”
Manchin also kept close relations with Republicans, including Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, who has publicly and privately encouraged Manchin to steer away from the Democrats’ agenda. The Republican leader has openly mused about potentially welcoming the conservative senator into the ranks of the GOP.
Just as negotiations appeared to be gaining ground ahead of the summer recess, Manchin again hit pause on July 14, as inflation fears spiked anew.
“I just couldn’t do it,” Manchin told Schumer.
It got “hot and heated,” Manchin acknowledged.
Colleagues were livid, and even Manchin complained about their reaction.
“That’s when they turned the dogs loose — that night, saying I’m against all this stuff,” he said.
Quietly, one senator after another reached out to Manchin, trying to bring him back to the table.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., a Biden ally, paid a visit to Manchin’s office, as did others, according to an aide familiar with the private talks. Lawrence Summers, the former Clinton administration economic adviser, called Manchin to discuss the senator’s inflation worries.
Coons listened, hearing the senator out as Manchin insisted he never walked away from the table, despite the way it was being portrayed.
The best way to show the naysayers he still wanted a deal, Coons counseled, was for Manchin to propose the biggest package he possibly could support.
When Manchin and Schumer passed in the halls that Monday at the Capitol, they acknowledged “our tempers get a little bit ahead of us at times,” Manchin said.
“Let’s recalibrate,” Manchin suggested.
The two met that Monday afternoon in the basement conference room, which had no windows but did have a mural of the Capitol building, one of the people familiar with the talks said.
After they emerged with the handshake agreement, they spent the next week and a half working on the package, even when Manchin had to stay in West Virginia after testing positive for COVID.
Upon reaching the final agreement Wednesday afternoon, Schumer and Manchin shook hands again — a “virtual handshake,” as they called it — across the miles on a video call.
The senators briefed the White House — Biden and Manchin were speaking again.
The president and the senator, both isolating from COVID, compared symptoms.
Schumer met one-on-one with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in his office and then briefed his fellow senators.
“It’s been a momentous 24 hours,” Schumer said as he closed out the Senate late Thursday looking ahead to next week’s votes.
“If you’re doing the right thing and persist, you’ll succeed,” Schumer said in brief remarks in his office. “We persisted. Hopefully we’re going to succeed.”
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We are nearly a month into the Atlantic hurricane season and the tropics are finally coming alive, as we suddenly have three areas to keep our eyes on. It’s something to watch as many of you are making Independence Day plans.
I’ll start with the one that has the best shot of becoming our next tropical system. It’s still very far out at sea but looks the most like a tropical storm at this point.
“Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased in association with a tropical wave located about 950 miles east-southeast of the southern Windward Islands,” said the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in this morning’s tropical outlook. “Environmental conditions appear conducive for further development, and a tropical depression is likely to form during the next couple of days.”
The system won’t even reach the Windward Islands until Tuesday night and will then head into the southern Caribbean Sea. Right now, the NHC has a 70% chance of this system developing into our next tropical system during the next 48 hours, and a 90% chance of development within the next five days.
Conditions are favorable for this storm to develop. Wind shear (winds that change direction or speed as you go up in the atmosphere that typically tear apart tropical systems) is low in this area, giving the storm an environment to thrive. It’s likely that this storm will continue to strengthen.
If this system becomes our next named system, it would take the name Bonnie. To become designated as Bonnie, the storm must have sustained winds of at least 39 mph. If the hurricane hunters find winds of less than 39 mph, it could first become a tropical depression, but tropical depressions are given numbers; it won’t get a name until it’s at least tropical-storm strength.
If you look at forecast models for this potential system, the track it takes is incredibly far south, possibly impacting Venezuela and the ABC islands (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao). Keep an eye on this one if you are planning to travel there soon.
Since 1950, a named storm has never directly hit Aruba. But 13 storms have come within 60 nautical miles of the island, according to the NHC.
Getting a system to develop this far south is quite normal for an early season storm. After all, that’s where some of the warmest water is.
“The latitude at which easterly waves come off of the coast of Africa tends to shift northward over the next couple of months, so getting systems coming off of the coast at 8-10°N is fairly common for this time of year,” said Phil Klotzbach, an atmospheric science research scientist at Colorado State University.
A NOAA Hurricane Hunter aircraft is scheduled to investigate this system later on Monday, so we will know more about the storm by tonight.
“Regardless of development, locally heavy rainfall is possible over the Windward Islands and the northeastern coast of Venezuela Tuesday night and Wednesday,” said the NHC.
Most of the models keep this storm on an extremely southern track through its lifespan, then possibly making landfall in Nicaragua by the weekend. Obviously, that can change, but in any event, this one won’t have an impact on the US.
The other two systems have a very low chance of becoming something tropical but are still worth mentioning because they have a higher potential to impact the coasts of the US.
The first is located just off the coast of south Louisiana. The cluster of storms will meander to the southwest over the next few days, staying over the warm water in the Gulf of Mexico.
“Development of this system is expected to be slow to occur while it moves west-southwestward at about 10 mph toward the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and approaches the coasts of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico during the next few days,” said the NHC.
Interestingly, the water in the Gulf of Mexico is already extremely warm. Some buoys are already reading 92 degrees in some locations. That’s about 5 degrees above normal for this time of year. But we know the Gulf of Mexico is warm enough every year to support nasty storms — it takes more than warm water for storms to thrive.
“Other factors are more important for Gulf hurricanes,” said Klotzbach. “Wind shear, mid-level moisture and having pre-existing disturbances that develop once they reach the Gulf (or track into the Gulf from elsewhere). Of course, if all those conditions are already there and the waters are warmer than normal, that could certainly exacerbate issues.”
Luckily these factors shouldn’t lead to development in the Gulf this week. The NHC has set the chance for tropical development at 10% over the next 48 hours and 20% within the next five days.
However, parts of the coasts of Texas and Mexico could see an increase in shower activity this week — with this weak system drifting around.
The last system to mention is several hundred miles southwest of the Cabo Verde Islands and is producing some showers and storms.
“Environmental conditions could become conducive for gradual development later this week while the system moves west-northwestward at around 15 mph over the central tropical Atlantic,” said the NHC.
There’s only a 20% chance of this system developing during the next five days, but it’s something worth watching as the week progresses, because some of the models are taking this on a more northward track. This means it could bring cloudiness and rain to the Leeward Islands and possibly the Bahamas by the Fourth of July weekend.
A quiet June doesn’t mean a quiet season
It feels a bit like someone turned the light switch on the hurricane season. Not that we are suddenly crazy active, but just for the fact that we finally have something to watch.
The last seven hurricane seasons brought us at least one named storm prior to the start of the season (June 1) — and this one didn’t.
Being nearly a month in with only one named Atlantic storm — Alex -- seems a little quieter, at least compared to the last several years. By this time in 2021 and 2020, we were already on or past our fourth named storm.
But according to Klotzbach, that doesn’t mean much in terms of how busy the season will end up being.
“There is very little correlation between hurricane activity prior to 1 August and what occurs the rest of the season,” said Klotzbach.
In climatological terms, the Atlantic hurricane season really begins to ramp up in August, before peaking in September.
“We have certainly had quiet starts to the season that ended up very busy,” Klotzbach said. “For example, we didn’t get our first named storm in 2004 until August.”
Interestingly, the 2004 season used the same list of names we are using this year; however, you’ll notice six of the names are different compared to the 2004 list — because some names were retired due to the destructive nature of the associated storm. In 2004, four major storms directly impacted Florida in just six weeks — Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne.
“Also, through August 15, the 2017 season was slightly below normal, but obviously ended up extremely active,” Klotzbach added.
Most notably in 2017, there was Harvey, which brought catastrophic rain to Texas in late August of that year. Irma and Maria followed just a few short weeks later.
If you haven’t prepared for the season yet, you should make sure to do that now. The season is clearly ramping up and you don’t want to be caught off guard.
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TRAVEL HOST SHARES HER TOP HIDDEN GEM ATTRACTIONS
DANDRIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
BACKGROUND:
When heading out on family vacations, many think of the big-ticket destinations such as sprawling amusement parks and the bright lights of Broadway, but what about those unique small-town sites? The United States has much to offer in the way of unexpected, adventurous places to discover! There are a vast array of destinations that offer the same exciting attractions as larger cities but with that small-town feel.
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Travel Filmmaker and Host Juliana Broste shares some of her top 'off the beaten path' domestic destinations that should not be missed. Some of her out-of-the ordinary experiences include the Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Lookout Mountain and the newly re-opened Bush's Visitor Center Museum in Tennessee.
- Chattanooga Choo-Choo – Opened in 1909 as Terminal Station, the train depot welcomed thousands of travelers during the golden age of railroads. Today, Terminal Station stands as part of the famous Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel with a complex that boasts on-site dining, retail shops, tranquil rose gardens and more.
- Lookout Mountain – Home to three top-rated attractions that each showcase the natural and historic beauty of the area with breathtaking views of the Tennessee Valley. Discover the tallest and deepest underground waterfall open to the public in the United States at Ruby Falls, trek through Rock City's wonders and "See Seven States" views. Ride the Incline Railway, one of the world's steepest passenger railways
- Bush's Visitor Center Museum - Did you know there's an entire museum dedicated to beans? The revitalized Bush's Visitor Center Museum is nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, where travelers can easily take a break from the sights to enjoy a bean-tastic experience, at the museum which features free admission, the general store for shopping and a café filled with southern comfort food, including their famous Pinto Bean Pie, which is actually delicious.
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Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body
By GERALD IMRAY
AP Sports Writer
A British newspaper has reported that double Olympic champion Caster Semenya said she offered to show her vagina to track officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. The Telegraph newspaper also quoted the South African runner as saying that the hormone-reducing medication world track authorities forced her to take to compete “tortured” her and made her fear that she was going to have a heart attack. The Telegraph published what it said were parts of an interview Semenya has done with HBO Real Sports. The full HBO interview is due to air in the United States on Tuesday. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/23/semenya-says-she-offered-to-show-track-officials-her-body/ | 2022-05-23T22:40:39Z |
Nearly $80K worth of drugs have washed ashore in Florida Keys in first 5 days of May
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MIAMI (WFOR) — Nearly $80,000 worth of drugs have been discovered along the coastline of the Florida Keys since the start of May.
That’s according to a tweet by Chief Border Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar of the Miami Sector Headquarters.
Keep in mind it’s only May 5.
Slosar’s tweet reads “Border Patrol agents have responded to multiple drug washups & seized approx. 27 lbs of marijuana & 3 lbs of cocaine.”
He also says “Good Samaritans found the drugs & notified authorities.”
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NEW ORLEANS, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Esq., a partner at the law firm of Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF"), announces that KSF has commenced an investigation into World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ("WWE") (NYSE: WWE).
On June 17, 2022, the Company disclosed that Chairman and CEO Vincent McMahon was stepping back from his responsibilities as CEO and Chairman of the Board pending an investigation into allegations reported by media sources that he paid $3 million to a departing employee with whom he allegedly had an affair, and that since the investigation began in April, the board had uncovered multiple, older nondisclosure agreements with former WWE employees that involved claims against McMahon and John Laurinaitis, head of talent relations.
KSF's investigation is focusing on whether WWE's officers and/or directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company's shareholders or otherwise violated state or federal laws.
If you have information that would assist KSF in its investigation, or have been a long-term holder of WWE shares and would like to discuss your legal rights, you may, without obligation or cost to you, call toll-free at 1-877-515-1850 or email KSF Managing Partner Lewis Kahn (lewis.kahn@ksfcounsel.com), or visit https://www.ksfcounsel.com/cases/nyse-wwe/ to learn more.
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KSF, whose partners include former Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., is one of the nation's premier boutique securities litigation law firms. KSF serves a variety of clients – including public institutional investors, hedge funds, money managers and retail investors – in seeking to recover investment losses due to corporate fraud and malfeasance by publicly traded companies. KSF has offices in New York, California, Louisiana and New Jersey.
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Watching Your Wallet: Create a budget for vacation spending
Summer trips an opportunity to teach children about saving
InvestigateTV - When planning your vacation, you likely accounted for big-ticket items like flights or housing, but according to experts, it’s the daily spending that could blow your budget. Cherry Dale a financial coach with the Virginia Credit Union, said creating a travel budget and planning for your family’s daily expenses is critical.
“Food costs, souvenir costs, travel costs per person across the board, have a conversation with the entire family before you go on vacation and lay out expectations,” Dale said. She said while booking your trip, keep an eye out for hotels that offer free breakfast.
Dale also pointed out vacations are a great time to teach your children about the value of money.
“You can make a plan for them to earn money before they go on vacation so when they go shopping for those souvenirs, they have at pocket money and they can feel good,” Dale said. “They have earned that income to be able to purchase those items.”
Including your entire family in the spending plan can make for a smoother, more relaxing, and budget-friendly holiday.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Democrats are feeling bullish about their chances for an upset in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race if scandal-tarred former Gov. Eric Greitens becomes the Republican nominee. But they’re divided on which of their two top candidates is the best bet for a victory in November.
Lucas Kunce brings a Marine swagger and a grassroots populism that appeals to some, particularly in outstate Missouri. He’s raised more money than any other candidate, Democrat or Republican, each of the last four quarters. Trudy Busch Valentine, a retired health care worker and an heir to the Anheuser-Busch fortune, entered the race late, pledging to take compassion and decency to Washington.
With the Aug. 2 primary just days away, Greitens remains among the top contenders on the Republican side, along with Attorney General Eric Schmitt and U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler. Republican leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, worry that Greitens, who was driven from office just a year and a half into his tenure amid swirling investigations, could cost them a safe seat in a reliably red state at a time when they are trying to take back control of the Senate.
On the Democratic side, both the state party and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have declined to endorse a candidate. Meanwhile, local Democratic Party leaders who support Kunce or Valentine say electability is a major factor – but they’re split on who is the stronger candidate.
In suburban St. Louis, the Jefferson County Democratic Central Committee endorsed Valentine, believing the soft-spoken retired nurse offers the best chance of winning in November.
Committee Chair Bob Butler is equal parts intrigued and worried about the prospect of Valentine facing Greitens.
“He would be the easiest to run against, yet at the same time he’s dangerous enough that, if he wins, he’s your U.S. senator, and that’s really scary,” Butler said.
Andy Leighton, chair of the Cape Girardeau County Democratic Committee and a Missouri House candidate, supports Kunce. Kunce made his pitch to Leighton and his committee well over a year ago and has often followed up. The Valentine campaign, Leighton said, has never reached out to him.
“He’s been out and about. No other candidate that I’m aware of has visited so many places. He’s put in the time and created an organization,” Leighton said.
Republican U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt announced in March 2021 that he would not seek a third term. Twenty-one Republicans and 11 Democrats are competing in next week’s primaries. Beyond Kunce and Valentine, only St. Louis County business owner Spencer Toder has topped six figures in donations.
Adding a wildcard to the November race is the presence of John Wood, a Republican running as an independent with millions of dollars in support from a political action committee headed by former Republican Sen. John Danforth. His presence could split the GOP vote in the general election.
Greitens has generated far and away the most attention in the race. The 48-year-old former Navy SEAL officer was a fast-rising Republican star after winning the 2016 gubernatorial race, but his political fortunes soon nosedived.
In early 2018, he admitted to a 2015 extramarital affair with his hairdresser and was indicted on an invasion-of-primary charge accusing him of taking a compromising photo of her to use as blackmail.
Soon after, a Missouri House committee began investigating his campaign finances, and Greitens was charged with a second felony related to that investigation. Both charges were eventually dropped. Under the risk of the charges being refiled and facing possible impeachment, Greitens resigned in June 2018.
Since then, he and his wife have divorced. In a March affidavit in a child custody dispute, Sheena Greitens accused him of abusing her and one of their children. Eric Greitens called the accusations “false” and a “political hit job.”
Kunce, like Greitens, is a veteran. The 39-year-old attorney served 13 years in the Marines, with tours in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He grew up in a working class family in Jefferson City and recalled his family struggling to make ends meet after his sister was born with a heart condition.
“We went bankrupt, and we made it because people in that neighborhood brought food by the house, they passed the plate down my mom’s prayer group,” Kunce said.
Valentine, 65, is a longtime philanthropist but has never before run for office. She is the daughter of August “Gussie” Busch Jr., the longtime chair and CEO of Anheuser-Busch who built the St. Louis-based brewery into the world’s largest beermaker. The brewery was sold to InBev in 2008, but the Busch family remains prominent in St. Louis.
Valentine said she decided to enter the race after witnessing the “division in our country and the vitriol in our politics.”
For more than a century, Missouri was a reliable presidential swing state. But since 2008, the state has backed the Republican presidential candidate, including overwhelmingly backing Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020.
Auditor Nicole Galloway is currently the lone Democrat holding statewide office, despite five of the eight statewide elected officials being Democrats a decade ago.
The divide is deep. Missouri’s two urban centers — Kansas City and St. Louis — are overwhelmingly Democratic. The suburbs are split. Most of the rest of the state is beet-red Republican.
Valentine said Democrats have lost ground in rural Missouri because they “stopped listening” to people. She stresses the need for better access to basics — broadband access, health care, jobs.
Kunce, like Senate candidate John Fetterman in Pennsylvania, is a populist hoping to win back rural voters. He wants to ban stock ownership for members of Congress, break up corporate monopolies and end foreign ownership of agricultural land. He said the government should spend money to rebuild the heartland, not to build up foreign countries.
Both leading Democrats have hit roadblocks. Some Democrats wonder if Kunce is too conservative, noting that he opposed abortion rights when he ran for a state House seat in 2006. He said he changed his mind after serving in the military in the Middle East, “seeing what it was like to live in a big-brother government where women had no rights.”
Valentine was forced to apologize in March after it was reported that at college age she participated in a debutante ball that was hosted by an organization that then banned Black and Jewish people.
Democrats know that the winner of the primary faces an uphill battle in November. But they’re hopeful, particularly if Greitens is the Republican candidate.
“He’s got a lot of baggage — a lot of baggage,” Butler said. “More than you generally see in a candidate. I think he would turn off a lot of Republicans.” | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/bullish-dems-split-on-best-choice-for-missouri-senate-upset/ | 2022-07-28T08:07:41Z |
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PlayAGS, Incorporated (NYSE: AGS) ("AGS" or the "Company") today announced it will now release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022 after the market close on Monday, August 8, 2022. The Company will host an investor conference call and live webcast the same day at 5 p.m. EDT to further discuss its second quarter 2022 financial performance and current business outlook.
The Company encourages participants to pre-register for the conference call by using the following link: AGS Q2 2022 Earnings Call. Callers who pre-register will be given a conference passcode and unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the live operator. Participants may pre-register at any time, including up to the call start time.
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Webcast
To access the live webcast of the call, please visit the Company's website at http://investors.playags.com and click on "Events". A replay of the webcast will be available approximately one hour after the webcast and will be archived on the Company's website for 30 days.
About AGS
AGS is a global company focused on creating a diverse mix of entertaining gaming experiences for every kind of player. Our roots are firmly planted in the Class II Native American gaming market, but our customer-centric culture and growth have helped us branch out to become a leading all-inclusive commercial gaming supplier. Powered by high-performing Class II and Class III slot products, an expansive table products portfolio, highly rated social casino solutions for players and operators, and best-in-class service, we offer an unmatched value proposition for our casino partners. Learn more at www.playags.com.
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Germany will support an EU oil embargo on Russia
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business
Germany is ready to support a European ban on imports of Russian oil, and won’t be “blackmailed” by Moscow into paying for natural gas in rubles.
Speaking to CNN’s Julia Chatterley on Monday, finance minister Christian Lindner said Germany would agree any new sanctions on Russia with its partners in the European Union.
“Germany stands ready for new sanctions, including an oil embargo,” he said.
The European Union has already agreed to phase out Russian coal imports as part of a fifth wave of sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
But the bloc has found it much harder to reach consensus on joining a US-led embargo on Russian oil despite weeks of talks. Hungary reiterated its opposition to an oil embargo again on Monday, Reuters reported.
Lindner said he did not want to speculate on whether some EU member states, such as Hungary, would have to be given exemptions or carve outs from an oil embargo.
“I can assure you that Germany is ready to reduce oil imports, we know others are considering this question carefully,” he added.
Last year, Russia accounted for about 27% of EU oil imports. It also supplied about 40% of Europe’s natural gas. EU leaders have already promised to slash Russian gas imports by 66% this year, and to break the bloc’s dependency completely by 2027.
“We have prepared ourselves to be less dependent on Russian energy imports,” Lindner said. “We can reduce the imports, starting with coal, then oil. It will take more time to be independent from Russian natural gas imports, but we will continue so in the end we will be completely independent from Russia.”
Moscow raised the stakes in a tense energy standoff with Europe last week by cutting off supplies of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria. State gas giant Gazprom said neither country had agreed to President Vladimir Putin’s demand that customers in “unfriendly” countries must open two accounts at Gazprombank — one in euros and the second in rubles, from which payments for the gas would be made.
The vast majority of Gazprom’s contracts with its European customers stipulate payment in euros or dollars. The Kremlin’s ultimatum regarding ruble payments is widely seen as a move to bolster its war chest and boost the Russian currency.
Is Germany next?
German gas distributor Uniper said last week it would continue to pay for its Russian supplies in euros but added that it believed a “payment conversion compliant with sanctions law” was possible. It said it was examining the matter carefully in close coordination with the German government.
Lindner said he expected Germany’s utilities to honor the terms of their contracts, which require payment in euros or dollars.
“Germany can’t be blackmailed, we know there is a dependency on natural gas from Russia, it is a reality. We need time to reduce this dependency,” he told CNN. “This is the situation of the contracts and we do not change because Putin needs rubles for his war chest.”
Germany has reduced its consumption of Russian gas to 35% of imports from 55% before the war in Ukraine, but says it needs to keep buying from Moscow at least until next year to avoid a deep recession.
Uniper said that it cannot cope without Russian gas in the short term.
“This would have dramatic consequences for our economy,” it said in its statement.
Germany’s central bank last week said an abrupt halt would push the economy into a deep recession. About 550,000 jobs and 6.5% of annual economic output could be lost across this year and next, according to an analysis by five of the country’s top economic institutes.
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Latest round of venture funding will drive product innovation and market expansion after 3x YoY revenue growth
CHICAGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chicago-based restaurant tech company 86 Repairs today announced it raised $15.2 million in Series A funding led by Silicon Valley-based Storm Ventures with participation from Savory Fund, Lightbank, TDF Ventures, Gordon Food Service (GFS), Cleveland Avenue, MATH Venture Partners, and others. The investment will allow 86 Repairs to drive product innovation and support its nearly 3x year-over-year revenue growth.
86 Repairs offers restaurants and other commercial kitchen operators 24/7/365 support for on-demand repair management, preventative maintenance programs, and access to never-before-seen, data-driven insights on repair and maintenance (R&M) spend. The company provides indispensable R&M savings at a time when the restaurant industry is struggling more than ever, with customers seeing a 7.2x annual return on their investment.
"86 Repairs is changing how restaurant operators address this long-standing pain point," says Pascale Diaine, Partner at Storm Ventures. "When we saw how the market has responded to their solution, we understood that something very special is happening at 86 Repairs, with a seismic impact on the industry."
With 1.2 million unfilled hospitality jobs, a third of skilled trades workers retiring by 2030, and supply chain issues driving longer lead times, time is an invaluable asset for restaurant operators. Restaurant teams are able to stay laser-focused on their customers while 86 Repairs takes repairs off their plates.
"As restaurant operators ourselves, we know how difficult managing R&M can be," says Andrew Smith, Managing Director at Savory Fund. "We were never able to find a good solution to help us manage and support such a large part of our business until we became an 86 Repairs customer. I've seen firsthand how this solution streamlines day-to-day operations, and it's become a must-have technology for our operational service teams."
"86 Repairs is Savory Fund's first-ever tech investment, and it was worth waiting for. We're excited to see the company rapidly expand across the industry as more and more operators see the benefits we are experiencing ourselves."
Restaurants spend $28 billion on R&M and lose $46 billion of revenue due to equipment downtime every year. 86 Repairs saves customers time and money by improving equipment uptime and managing critical aspects of the operation, like equipment warranties and service dispatch, while offering data and insights not found anywhere else in this massive industry. In addition, the company's annual State of Repairs report is a compilation of high-level R&M data, which gives commercial kitchen operators important information they need to make more informed decisions—even if they don't work with the company.
"We're living through the most challenging period in the history of the restaurant industry, and our customers constantly inspire me with their creativity and grit as they navigate this new reality," says Daniel Estrada, Co-Founder and CEO of 86 Repairs. "I'm proud of the value we're providing through the 86 Repairs platform, and I'm excited to continue expanding our reach with the support of our world-class investors and team."
Last year, 86 Repairs closed $5.3 million in seed funding from investors including TDF Ventures, Gordon Food Service (GFS), MATH Venture Partners, Cleveland Avenue, and Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund. The company's Series A brings the total investment in 86 Repairs to $24 million.
About 86 Repairs: 86 Repairs is the repair and maintenance management platform built for the restaurant industry. Our tech-enabled solution includes on-demand repair management and preventative maintenance. With 86 Repairs, restaurants have access to data-driven insights and 24/7 support to control their facilities, reduce their R&M costs, and spend less of their team's time on equipment repairs.
86 Repairs manages the repair and maintenance process for more than 2,000 restaurant operators in the U.S. and Canada, from upscale full service restaurants to quick service franchised brands. Some notable customers include Boka Restaurant Group, Castellucci Hospitality Group, and 4 Rivers Smokehouse, and quick-service brands like McDonald's, Jimmy John's, Sonic Drive-Ins, Taco Bell, and many others. Learn more at https://www.86repairs.com.
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ISTANBUL (AP) — Three more ships carrying thousands of tons of corn left Ukrainian ports Friday and traveled mined waters toward inspection of their delayed cargo, a sign that an international deal to export grain held up since Russia invaded Ukraine was slowly progressing. But major hurdles lie ahead to get food to the countries that need it most.
The ships bound for Ireland, the United Kingdom and Turkey follow the first grain shipment to pass through the Black Sea since the start of the war. The passage of that vessel heading for Lebanon earlier this week was the first under the breakthrough deal brokered by Turkey and the United Nations with Russia and Ukraine.
The first vessels to leave are among more than a dozen bulk carriers and cargo ships loaded months ago but stuck in ports since Russia invaded in late February. While the resumed shipments have raised hopes of easing a global food crisis, much of the backed-up cargo is for animal feed, not for people to eat, experts say.
The Black Sea region is dubbed the world’s breadbasket, with Ukraine and Russia key global suppliers of wheat, corn, barley and sunflower oil that millions of impoverished people in Africa, the Middle East and parts of Asia rely on for survival.
However, the initial shipments are not expected to have a significant impact on the global price of corn, wheat and soybeans. For starters, the exports under the deal are off to a slow, cautious start due to the threat of explosive mines floating off Ukraine’s Black Sea coastline.
And while Ukraine is a major exporter of wheat to developing nations, there are other countries, such as the United States and Canada, with far greater production levels that can affect global wheat prices. And they face the threat of drought.
“Ukraine is about 10% of the international trade in wheat, but in terms of production it is not even 5%,” said David Laborde, an expert on agriculture and trade at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington.
The three ships departing Friday were accompanied by Ukrainian pilot ships for safe passage because of explosive mines strewn in the Black Sea. The vessels set out with over 58,000 tons of corn, but that is still a fraction of the 20 million tons of grains that Ukraine says are trapped in the country’s silos and ports and that must be shipped out to make space for this year’s harvest.
Around 6 million tons of the trapped grain is wheat, but just half of that is for human consumption, Laborde said.
There is an expectation that Ukraine could produce 30% to 40% less grain over the next 12 months due to the war, though other estimates put that figure at 70%.
Grain prices peaked after Russia’s invasion, and while some have since come down to their pre-war levels, they are still higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic. Corn prices are 70% higher than at the end of February 2020, said Jonathan Haines, senior analyst at data and analytics firm Gro Intelligence. He said wheat prices are around 60% higher than in February 2020.
One reason prices remain high is the impact of drought on harvests in North America, China and other regions, as well as the higher price of fertilizer needed for farming.
“When fertilizer prices are high, farmers may use less fertilizer. And when they use less fertilizer, they will produce less. And if they will produce less, supply will continue to remain insufficient,” Laborde said.
The three ships that departed Ukraine on Friday give hope that exports will ramp up to developing nations, where many are facing the increased threat of food shortages and hunger.
“The movement of three additional vessels overnight is a very positive sign and will continue to build confidence that we’re moving in the right direction,” Haines said. “If the flow of grain from Ukraine continues to expand, it will help relieve global supply constraints.”
The Turkish-flagged Polarnet, carrying 12,000 tons of corn, left the Chornomorsk port destined for Karasu, Turkey. The Panama-flagged Navi Star left Odesa’s port for Ireland with 33,000 tons of corn. The Maltese-flagged Rojen left Chornomorsk for the United Kingdom carrying over 13,000 tons of corn, the U.N. said.
It added that the Joint Coordination Center — run by officials from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the U.N. overseeing the deal signed in Istanbul last month — authorized the three ships and inspected a ship headed for Ukraine. The Barbados-flagged Fulmar S was inspected in Istanbul and is headed for the Chornomorsk port.
The checks seek to ensure that outbound cargo ships carry only grain, fertilizer or food and not any other commodities and that inbound ships are not carrying weapons.
After Turkey helped broker the food deal two weeks ago, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia, on Friday.
In a statement after the talks that lasted four hours, Putin and Erdogan emphasized “the necessity of a complete fulfillment of the package deal reached in Istanbul … including unhindered export of Russian grain and fertilizers.”
In other developments Friday, Ukraine’s presidential office said at least eight civilians were killed and 16 others wounded in the latest Russian shelling.
The eastern Donetsk region has for weeks faced the most intensive Russian barrage. Donetsk Gov. Pavlo Kyrylenko repeated his call for all residents to evacuate.
“Shellings and bombings are going round the clock, and people who refuse to evacuate risk being killed on their pillows,” Kyrylenko said in televised remarks.
In Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, three districts have come under massive shelling. Several apartment buildings and a street market were damaged, and three people were wounded.
Russian shelling also targeted the city of Zaporizhzhia and several towns along the front-line in the region. For a second straight day, the Russians also shelled the city of Nikopol that faces the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant across the Dnieper River. Dozens of houses were damaged.
Energoatom, which operates Ukraine’s nuclear power plants, said three shells landed in the evening on the territory of the Zaporizhzhia plant, which is Europe’s largest. No casualties or damage to the reactors was reported.
“This is an open and audacious crime, an act of terror,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address.
The Russians also hit the southern city of Mykolaiv. The regional governor, Vitaliy Kim, said Russian forces fired on the city after lunchtime, causing extensive damage, killing an unspecified number of people and injuring at least nine. He said the fire came from the direction of Kherson, the Russian-occupied city about 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the southeast.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for F, SNDL, AMC, NIO, and HOOD.
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The Online Exhibition COMPUTEX DigitalGo Continues with More Excitements
TAIPEI, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The physical show of COMPUTEX 2022 came to a close today (May 27), while COMPUTEX DigitalGo, the online exhibition organized by TAITRA, will continue until June 6. This year's COMPUTEX provides diverse experiences for global visitors with its hybrid exhibition. The four-day event brought together 400 technology companies using 1000 booth spaces. Furthermore, the onsite guided service for online international VIP buyers has successfully arranged more than 181 procurement meetings. As of today, COMPUTEX DigitalGo has attracted visits from 69 countries and regions, with the majority of visitors coming from Japan, Germany, USA, Singapore, Mainland China, Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia and South Korea.
Tech Giants Talked about Post-COVID Strategies and Outlined the New Industry Development
Continuing the well-acclaimed CEO Keynotes in past exhibitions, TAITRA continued to invite CEOs and CSOs of AMD, NXP Semiconductors, Micron Technology, and Supermicro to share their insights into the latest digital trends, technologies, and products at COMPUTEX 2022, with a cumulative total of 1.69 million views.
Dr. Lisa Su, Chair & CEO of AMD, shared AMD's vision of improving performance, driving innovation, and working with partners to accelerate the advancement of high-performance computing. Next, Kurt Sievers, President & CEO of NXP Semiconductors, talked about the future development trends of semiconductors, pointing out that NXP will continue to integrate innovations and ecosystems and move towards a sustainable future with smarter and safer edge computing.
David Moore, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer of Micron Technology, pointed out that various technologies across devices, intelligent edge, data centers, and cloud are shaping a new world of data-driven experiences. Micron is collaborating closely with global partners to play a crucial role in providing groundbreaking user experiences and productivity gains at scale. Next, Charles Liang, President & CEO of Supermicro, gave an in-depth analysis of innovations and opportunities driving the growth of AI, cloud, and 5G infrastructure. He also announced Supermicro's latest series of products designed for accelerated computing, Omniverse and more.
Multiple Innovative Applications Made a Splash at the Show
Various Experts Shared Views about Industry Highlights
Leading technology companies gathered at COMPUTEX 2022 to showcase the new look of future technology, demonstrating how to make good use of technology to enable a safer and more convenient life. GIGABYTE showcased a comprehensive display of servers and solutions in data centers and various end-user devices on the theme of "Power of Computing". In addition, KIOXIA looked back on the technological evolution of NAND flash since its invention to date through the "History Tunnel" and debuted its consumer-grade SSD in Taiwan.
Building on smart buildings and microgrids, Delta Electronics integrated innovative services such as building automation, EV charging solutions, and smart energy solutions to envision and simulate an energy-saving and sustainable community in the future. In addition, Jorjin built an XR smart showroom with its "J7EF Gaze AR Smart Glasses", offering attendees a hybrid 3D experience. The company also worked alongside the ecosystem partners to present the application scenarios and latest technologies of the Metaverse.
The "Guided Tours" are highlight of the event. Industry KOLs personally lead the tours, gather fans around the booths, and put a brand new spin on technology discovery. Furthermore, "Live Studio," a new addition to this year's event, provided participants with the most up-to-date and complete event coverage. Financial and technology experts were invited to offer multiple perspectives and analyze the latest technology trends and the industry's future development.
Explore more on COMPUTEX DigitalGo for an excellent digital exhibition experience! Stay tuned to COMPUTEX 2023
The COMPUTEX DigitalGo online exhibition held from May 24 to June 6 is a platform created for international buyers and exhibitors to connect and interact regardless of geographical and time limitations. COMPUTEX 2023 will take place from May 30 to June 2, 2023, bringing a leading platform for the IT industry and fulfilling its commitment to building global technology ecosystems.
To learn more about COMPUTEX, please visit:
COMPUTEX: https://www.computextaipei.com.tw/
COMPUTEX Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/COMPUTEX.TAITRA/
COMPUTEX Forum:https://events.computextaipei.com.tw/
Digital GO:https://www.computexonline.com.tw/?userlang=tw
InnoVEX : https://www.innovex.com.tw/
About COMPUTEX
COMPUTEX was founded in 1981. It has grown with the global ICT industry and become stronger over the last four decades. Bearing witness to historical moments in the development of and changes in the industry, COMPUTEX attracts more than 40,000 buyers to visit Taiwan every year. It is also the preferred platform chosen by top international companies for launching epoch-making products.
Taiwan has a comprehensive global ICT industry chain. Gaining a foothold in Taiwan, COMPUTEX is jointly held by the Taiwan External Trade Development Council and Taipei Computer Association, aiming to build a global tech ecosystem. COMPUTEX uses cross-domain integration and innovation services as the most powerful driving forces for achieving the goal of becoming a new platform for global technological resources.
About TAITRA:
The Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) is Taiwan's foremost trade promotion organization. TAITRA is a public-benefit corporation founded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs by uniting industry and commerce groups from the private sector with the purpose of helping them expand their global reach. Currently, TAITRA has a team of more than 1,300 trade professionals, both domestically and abroad. Headquartered in Taipei, TAITRA operates 5 local offices in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung, as well as 63 branches worldwide. It has also signed cooperation agreements with 319 sister organizations that promote international trade. By forming a comprehensive trade services network that provides zero-time-difference and borderless real-time services, TAITRA continues to work with enterprises to jointly pursue the steady development of Taiwan's economy. It is the best partner for your success in business expansion.
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- Staffbase adds market-leading content collaboration platform to portfolio
- Investment in dirico creates complete solution for corporate communications
- Staffbase adds over 150 dirico customers and 60 employees
CHEMNITZ, Germany and KOBLENZ, Germany and NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staffbase, a leading provider of employee communications management platforms, continues to expand its product portfolio announcing today the company has acquired a majority stake in 247GRAD Labs GmbH, the software company behind dirico, a leading content collaboration platform. dirico's platform allows companies to plan, create, publish, and analyze their content in marketing, internal and external communication.
"Communication has never been more important for companies. By combining dirico's planning solution with Staffbase's employee communications management platform, we will be able to offer a complete solution for communication teams, one that will elevate internal and external corporate communication," said Dr. Martin Böhringer, CEO and co-founder of Staffbase.
Sascha Böhr, CEO and founder of dirico, said, "Staffbase and dirico share the same vision - to transform the way companies plan, create, and publish content for all their stakeholders. Together we can achieve our goal of becoming the leading content collaboration platform and operating system for marketing, external and internal comms teams all around the world! Staffbase's success story, founders and business perspective impressed me a lot. Maybe one of the most important aspects was the cultural fit of our two companies."
dirico will be gradually integrated into the Staffbase platform but can still be purchased as a standalone product. Böhr will join Staffbase's product organization as VP Planning & Collaboration and will be responsible for the new dirico-based product line "Staffbase Communications Control".
dirico brings approximately 60 employees and more than 150 customers, such as Union Investment and Birkenstock, to Staffbase. As a result, Staffbase's headcount is now more than 700 with the company offering its employee communication management services to more than 2,000 customers worldwide. Joint customers like BMW Group and Lufthansa Cargo are already use cases for successful product integration.
"With Staffbase, we have been able to establish a strong communications hub for all employees at Lufthansa Cargo. The integration of dirico into Staffbase means that we can work more efficiently because internal and external communications are now planned on the same platform. This enables us to better cope with the complexity of today's corporate communications," said Jacqueline Casini, Global Head of Communications, Marketing & Corporate Responsibility at Lufthansa Cargo AG.
dirico Co-founder and CTO Thorsten Zeutzheim concludes that after extensive consideration, they have now found a partner in Staffbase "who shares our DNA, not only providing us with capital, but above all strategically pursues the same goals. Staffbase's vision is 'communication moves people', and we can identify with that one hundred percent."
Content collaboration platform dirico is used by corporate communications, marketing teams, corporate newsrooms, and agencies. With the software-as-a-service solution (SaaS), companies can transform their communications strategy into practice. It enables cross-departmental and cross-location planning of all communication measures in a digital editorial calendar. Directly within the dirico platform, social media managers can publish this content on networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and LinkedIn as well as on channels for internal communication, e.g., via Staffbase. dirico is a product created by 247GRAD Labs GmbH, a software company based in Koblenz, Germany. It was founded in 2012 by Sascha Böhr and employs more than 60 people.
Staffbase is a high-growth, deeply experienced provider of employee communications management platforms for enterprise companies. The mobile compatibility of the company's platform allows employers to securely reach their employees everywhere with reduced complexity — whether in the office, at home, on the factory floor, or on the road. Staffbase solutions give employees greater access to the corporate information that's relevant to them, along with tools for the modern digital workplace, including existing intranets. With headquarters in Chemnitz, Germany, and offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Calgary, Cologne, Dresden, Helsinki, Kelowna, London, Melbourne, Montreal, Munich, New York City, and Vancouver, Staffbase provides branded solutions for more than 2,000 leading companies worldwide who are transforming their employee communications, including Adidas, Audi, Paulaner, Spark Power, UC Health, US LBM, and Vestas. Staffbase has received the 2021 Global Employee App Choice Award and 2022 Choice Award for Intranet and Employee Experience Platforms from ClearBox Consulting.
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SOUTHLAKE, Texas, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mixmi froyo, a premium frozen yogurt on a simple mission to support your gut health, is now available at major grocery stores across the U.S. including Kroger and H.E.B among others. Mixmi froyo is a functional frozen treat which helps support digestion and gut health with six live and active probiotic cultures that are combined with prebiotic fiber to support the good microbiome in your gut. In addition, mixmi froyo has received kosher certification.
Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of how important their gut microbiome is to their overall physical, mental, and emotional health. Science has shown you are able to change your gut health by making good choices in what you eat. "Choosing to eat foods that contain prebiotic fiber and probiotics can literally change your gut health for the better," said Kristin Harlander, cofounder of mixmi. "This can have a significant impact on how you feel and even on your overall immunity." Mixmi froyo contains both prebiotic fiber and probiotic organisms that work together making a more effective combination than either fiber or probiotics alone. Additionally, yogurt and frozen yogurt have been around for years and are gaining traction in the world of fermented foods for all kinds of natural healthful properties. "Mixmi froyo is a healthier, great tasting, fun frozen treat, that provides probiotics and fiber in a food easily eaten by the whole family."
Mixmi froyo is fermented with six live and active cultures resulting in billions of probiotics per cup. The added prebiotic fiber feeds the helpful probiotics that are naturally found in your gut. "It sounds complicated, but really, what you are doing by eating products with prebiotics and probiotics is supporting your gut and your digestive tract," said Harlander.
The star probiotic in mixmi froyo is Bifidobacterium, BB-12®, one of the world's best documented probiotic backed by over 180 clinical studies. These studies indicate that BB-12® may have beneficial effects on the immune and gastrointestinal systems. "We are excited to feature BB-12® in mixmi froyo because of these extensive studies and beneficial effects," added Harlander.
"Mainstream grocery stores have done a great job providing a variety of products containing probiotics and helping educate their customers on the benefits of these products," said Harlander. "Mixmi froyo brings these benefits and more to the ice cream aisle." Mixmi froyo is now available in grocery stores in 30 states and is packaged in a 4-pack of four fluid ounce cups, each having only 90 calories per serving. Mixmi froyo is available in the following flavors at retail: Ultimate Chocolate, Orange Dream, Más Mango, Mint Chocolate, Totally Vanilla and Vanilla Cupcake.
Mixmi froyo is available in elementary, middle and high schools across the country and is now being rolled out at retail to reach more consumers looking for healthier alternatives in the frozen treat aisle.
Visit www.mixmifrozenyogurt.com for more information or on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mixmi_frozen_yogurt/) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mixmifrozenyogurt).
Editor's Note: Food products can contain high numbers of probiotics, but if the probiotics are inactive (not alive), they will have NO benefit. Mixmi froyo contains verified live and active cultures in a prebiotic fiber dairy matrix.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: BGH) announced its monthly dividend for June 2022 of $0.1056 per share, payable on July 1, 2022. Based on the Fund's May 31, 2022 share price of $14.20 per share, the distribution represents an annualized yield of 8.92% per share. Based on current projections through the payable date, the Fund expects that this distribution will be comprised of net investment income.
In addition, the Fund announced estimated monthly distributions of $0.1056 per share for July and August 2022.
The distribution schedule appears below:
The Fund seeks to pay a distribution at a rate that reflects net investment income actually earned. A portion of each distribution may be treated as paid from sources other than net investment income, including but not limited to short-term capital gain, long-term capital gain or return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of these distributions will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during its fiscal year and will be made after the Fund's year end. The Fund will send to investors a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will define how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that is managed by Barings LLC. The Fund invests primarily in short-duration, global high yield bonds with the objective of seeking as high a level of current income as Barings determines is consistent with capital preservation, with a secondary objective of capital appreciation. The Fund expects to maintain a weighted average portfolio duration, including the effects of leverage, of 3 years or less.
Cautionary Notice: Certain statements contained in this press release may be "forward looking" statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date in which they are made and which reflect management's current estimates, projections, expectations or beliefs, and which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These statements are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market or other conditions and may not be relied upon as investment advice or an indication of the fund's trading intent. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities, and may not be representative of the fund's current or future investments. We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.
Barings is a $371+ billion* global investment manager sourcing differentiated opportunities and building long-term portfolios across public and private fixed income, real estate, and specialist equity markets. With investment professionals based in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, the firm, a subsidiary of MassMutual, aims to serve its clients, communities and employees, and is committed to sustainable practices and responsible investment. Learn more at www.barings.com.
*Assets under management as of March 31, 2022
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NEW YORK (AP) — Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Peres Jepchirchir plans to defend her title at the New York City Marathon, telling The Associated Press she hopes to break the course record this November after finishing 8 seconds off the mark last year.
Jepchirchir won the Olympic and NYC marathons four months apart in 2021, then won this spring’s Boston Marathon. She is the first athlete — male or female — to win all three events.
The Kenyan running star took the 50th NYC Marathon last November in a time of 2 hours, 22 minutes, 39 seconds, the third-fastest in event history. Her sights are fixed on Margaret Okayo’s women’s record of 2:22:31 set in 2003, and she believes she can get there with a full summer to train.
“Last year, I was coming from the Olympics,” the 28-year-old told the AP. “This time, I have enough time to prepare.”
A two-time world champion in the half marathon, Jepchirchir wasn’t even on Kenya’s original Tokyo 2020 roster. She was added after a strong showing late in 2020 and won the race in Sapporo by 16 seconds. In New York, she pulled away from countrywoman Viola Cheptoo and Ababel Yeshaneh of Ethiopia in Central Park, catapulting herself to the top of the sport.
“I was not expecting to win,” she said of Tokyo. “Come back again, I was not expecting to win the New York Marathon. I get more motivation, and I believed in myself more, that I can do more better than that.”
She held off Yeshaneh again at the finish of the 50th Boston Marathon, winning by 4 seconds. The elite field for this year’s NYC Marathon hasn’t been announced.
Jepchirchir, in New York this weekend to run the New York Mini 10K, cites countrywoman Mary Keitany as a key source of running inspiration. Keitany is a four-time NYC Marathon champion, and Jepchirchir hopes to join her as a multi-time winner. Grete Waitz has the most NYC Marathon titles with nine.
“My hope is to run like Mary Keitany, to follow the steps of Mary Keitany,” Jepchirchir said.
The NYC Marathon will run Nov. 6 at a full capacity of 50,000 runners for the first time since 2019. The 2020 event was canceled and the 2021 race went off with a shrunken field of 25,010 runners due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Suite of diversified options provides advisors with tailored solutions for a wide range of investor income objectives
NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BNY Mellon Investment Management, one of the world's largest asset managers with $2.3 trillion in assets under management1, today announced the launch of a suite of differentiated model portfolios designed specifically for clients of UBS Wealth Management USA ("UBS"). UBS' US wealth management clients will have access to BNY Mellon Investment Management's Innovative Income Solutions' suite of six model portfolios on UBS' ACCESS platform.
Designed to adapt to market swings and help deliver more consistent results over time, the BNY Mellon Innovative Income Portfolio suite can provide a foundation to help meet clients' key income-generation goals, with disciplined risk mitigation. With an open architecture, the portfolios have the ability to identify and choose the most relevant products to contribute towards achieving each model's investment objective. To help further optimize the portfolios, each portfolio invests in both active and passive investments.
The suite of portfolios capitalizes on three distinct model approaches for income-seeking clients and are also available in tax-aware versions:
- Stable Income, which allows clients to focus on income in an effort to mitigate downside risk, with a short investment horizon;
- Strategic Income, which focuses on seeking a higher level of sustainable yield and aims to optimize yield per unit of risk on a longer investment horizon; and
- Growth and Income, which is designed for multi-generational investing and focuses on providing near-term income while seeking to grow principal.
"Through BNY Mellon Innovative Income Portfolios, we're pleased to bring this suite of innovatively designed model portfolios for income-seeking investors to the UBS platform," said Andy Provencher, Head of North American Distribution, BNY Mellon Investment Management. "This is a natural evolution for the firm, as we look to leverage our extensive experience in both the institutional and intermediary worlds to continue to build solutions around outcomes for advisors and their clients."
"We're pleased to add BNY Mellon Investment Management's suite of model portfolios available to UBS's wealth management platform," said David Blank, Head of UBS Advice, SMA, UMA, and Mutual Fund Advisory platforms, UBS Global Wealth Management. "The BNY Mellon models further complement our robust existing offering and will help our advisors address the income-generation needs of their clients."
BNY Mellon Investment Management's model portfolios are built and overseen by BNY Mellon Investor Solutions, a BNY Mellon subsidiary with more than 65 investment professionals and more than 48 years of experience with multi-asset portfolios. The team manages and oversees more than $28 billion for a broad range of clients, as of March 31, 2022.
BNY Mellon Investment Management is one of the world's largest asset managers, with $2.3 trillion in assets under management as of March 31, 2022. Through an investor-first approach, BNY Mellon Investment Management brings to clients the best of both worlds: specialist expertise from eight investment firms offering solutions across every major asset class, backed by the strength, stability, and global presence of BNY Mellon. Additional information on BNY Mellon Investment Management is available on www.bnymellonim.com.
BNY Mellon Investment Management is a division of BNY Mellon, which has $45.5 trillion in assets under custody and/or administration as of March 31, 2022. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon is the corporate brand of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (NYSE: BK). Additional information is available on www.bnymellon.com. Follow us on Twitter @BNYMellon or visit our newsroom at www.bnymellon.com/newsroom for the latest company news.
The models are made available to UBS financial professionals by BNY Mellon Securities Corporation ("BNYMSC"), a registered investment adviser. BNYMSC intends to allocate a
significant percentage of the UBS model portfolios to funds for which it and/or its affiliates serve as investment manager and/or are compensated for services provided to the funds ("BNY Mellon Funds"). As such, BNYMSC has an incentive to select BNY Mellon Funds. Model portfolios may not achieve their stated objectives. The investment allocations within each model are subject to change without notice. The models described may not be appropriate for all investors. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. No investment strategy or risk management technique can guarantee returns or eliminate risk in any market environment.
BNY Mellon Securities Corporation ("BNYMSC") is the investment manager of record with respect to the models described in this presentation. BNY Mellon Investor Solutions, LLC ("BNYM Investor Solutions") provides certain investment advisory services to BNYMSC in connection with those models. BNY Mellon ETF Investment Adviser, LLC ("BNYM ETF Adviser") is the investment adviser of the BNY Mellon ETFs, and BNY Mellon Investment Adviser, Inc. ("BNYM Investment Adviser") is the investment adviser for the BNY Mellon mutual funds, for which BNYMSC, also a registered broker-dealer, acts as distributor. BNYM Investor Solutions, BNYM ETF Adviser, BNYM Investment Adviser and BNYMSC are subsidiaries of BNY Mellon.
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2 transported after stabbing incident in downtown Sarasota
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Sarasota Police Department is investigating a stabbing incident that occurred today on Central Avenue near Five Points Park.
A witness told ABC7 that the stabbing occurred as a result of an altercation between two women.
Currently, the suspect has been detained. One person was transported with a stab wound to the arm.
Another individual was transported with unspecified non-life threatening injuries.
This is an ongoing investigation.
We're investigating a stabbing incident that happened on Central Avenue near Five Points Park. Scene is contained. Suspect has been detained. Suspect & victim are going to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Unknown why stabbing happened. Incident under investigation. pic.twitter.com/sPhckiUpni
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Son of Lori Vallow arrested and charged with rape, police say
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5/Gray News) – Police arrested the son of Lori Vallow this weekend and charged him with sexual assault.
According to police, 26-year-old Colby Ryan is accused of raping a woman at her home in Mesa, Arizona.
The woman involved told police Ryan went to her house and they watched TV and started kissing.
She said as Ryan started pushing to do more, she didn’t want to continue and said, “stop, this isn’t a good idea,” and “I don’t want to do this,” according to court documents obtained by AZ Family.
Investigators said Ryan is accused of raping the victim as she pleaded for him to stop and tried to push him off.
Court documents state Ryan told her he was sorry and started crying as the woman went into her bedroom and locked the door.
The next morning, the woman recorded a conversation with Ryan where he admitted to raping her after she told him to stop, the documents report.
The woman sent the recorded conversation to police, and Ryan was arrested.
According to authorities, Ryan confessed to police he had raped her despite her pleas to stop.
He was booked on two counts of sexual assault.
His mother, Vallow, is accused of killing her two kids, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, in July 2019. JJ and Tylee’s remains were found at Charles Daybell’s, Vallow’s husband, Idaho home.
Vallow was arrested in February 2020, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Daybell could also get the death penalty.
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Pakistan’s parliament votes in opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif as Prime Minister
By Sophia Saifi and Rhea Mogul, CNN
Pakistan’s lawmakers voted in opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif as the country’s new Prime Minister on Monday, after Imran Khan was ousted in a no-confidence vote over allegations of poor governance.
Sharif, the former chief minister of Punjab province and younger brother of three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, is set to serve as prime minister until the next general election, which is expected to take place in 2023.
Shehbaz Sharif, leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N, was set to go up against former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who was nominated by Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.
But on Monday afternoon ahead of the vote, all of Khan’s lawmakers, including Qureshi, resigned en masse in protest over the proceedings.
Shehbaz Sharif’s appointment comes after widespread protests in support of Khan erupted across Pakistan late Sunday. Tens of thousands took to the streets in key cities, including Lahore and Peshawar, to support the ousted leader. They chanted slogans against the United States — which Khan had claimed was involved in a conspiracy against him — and the country’s powerful military, which had seemed to withdraw its support from him.
Against this backdrop of political turmoil and a crumbling economy, Shehbaz Sharif now faces a challenging period as the country’s leader.
Unlike Khan, Shehbaz Sharif has maintained an amicable relationship with the military and was a popular chief minister of Pakistan’s politically important and most populous province of Punjab.
He was lauded for his ambitious administrative and infrastructure projects in the province, which saw advances in the education and industrial sectors.
Shehbaz Sharif was instrumental in driving the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and maintains a positive relationship with Beijing.
A member of the wealthy Sharif dynasty, which amassed millions by producing steel, his family was mired in scandal after his brother Nawaz Sharif was sentenced to 10 years in prison and handed a $10.5 million fine over corruption charges in 2018.
Shehbaz Sharif rejected the verdict, calling it “flawed” and “politically motivated.” Shehbaz Sharif is also facing charges for alleged corruption.
In recent months, Shehbaz Sharif had led a campaign to remove Khan as Pakistan’s leader over claims of economic mismanagement and poor governance. Along with the opposition, he had urged Khan to resign ahead of a no-confidence vote that was widely expected to dismiss Khan.
Tensions smoldered for days, with Khan repeatedly rejecting the criticism and instead claiming the moves against him were an attempt at regime change backed by Washington and some members of the opposition. The allegations were denied by both the US State Department and the Pakistani opposition.
In a dramatic series of events, the deputy speaker in parliament blocked the no-confidence vote against Khan. Khan then dissolved parliament and called for early elections. The opposition challenged Khan’s moves in Pakistan’s highest court, with Shehbaz Sharif calling them “nothing short of high treason.”
The court ruled last week that the blocking of the no-confidence vote against Khan was unconstitutional, paving the way for Shehbaz Sharif’s rise to power.
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Momentum builds as Vertafore's industry-leading platform enhances connectivity and choice for independent agencies and insurers
DENVER, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vertafore®, the leader in modern insurance technology, today announced Acuity Insurance, Westfield Insurance and CNA Insurance are the latest carriers to go live on its award-winning Commercial Submissions™ platform. These additions reflect the platform's growing momentum and bring even more choice to the solution and mark a new milestone in Vertafore's vision to modernize commercial insurance for the independent agency channel.
Vertafore introduced general availability for Commercial Submissions in March 2022. Nearly 800 independent agencies have since signed up to use the platform to quickly quote BOP, workers' compensation and general liability insurance from some of the nation's top carriers.
Technology built for insurance professionals by insurance experts
Vertafore has long been the leader in market connectivity solutions that enable agencies and carriers to speed up binding and quoting. In 2021, Vertafore facilitated more than $13 billion in real-time carrier/agency premium submissions and handled 150 million real-time transactions through its rating and connectivity solutions.
The company built on this connectivity success when it set out to solve challenges of commercial insurance quoting. And since the product's launch, agencies have generated thousands of quotes across three lines of business in 40 states.
The success of Commercial Submissions is the result of a dedicated, experienced Vertafore product and development teams, led by Wendy Haney and David Acker. Haney and Acker have nearly five decades of combined experience developing tools that simplify the day-to-day work of insurance professionals, with a particular focus on solutions that improve connectivity across the insurance distribution channel.
"When Vertafore identifies a technology need in our marketplace, we first consider whether our customers are best served through a partnership, an acquisition, or with a Vertafore-built product," said Amy Zupon, Vertafore CEO. "The depth of our in-house talent, our proven success with personal lines connectivity and our relationships across the distribution channel made it clear that we were in the best position to deliver a high-quality solution to streamline business insurance quoting. And our agency and carrier partners continue to validate that decision."
Industry-leading solution for commercial lines quoting
Commercial Submissions delivers a game-changing experience for independent agents and the business clients they serve. The platform simplifies and automates commercial insurance by:
- Prefilling information from Vertafore agency management systems and third-party sources to reduce redundant, manual data entry.
- Connecting agencies and carriers in real-time, allowing the exchange of structured data and real-time quoting.
- Enabling real-time digital collaboration with clients to complete applications quickly and accurately.
The solution also reflects Vertafore's ongoing, multimillion dollar investment to deliver products with a modern user experience. By building Commercial Submissions from the ground up, Vertafore has placed integration, connectivity, and design thinking at the core of the product. As a result, the solution creates a seamless experience and incorporates inclusive design principles that eliminate barriers, improve accessibility and overcome situational challenges that impede user productivity.
Commercial Submissions has been recognized by the Golden Bridge Awards®, achieving Gold in the Business-to-Business Product category. The solution also landed on the SaaS Awards' shortlist for Best SaaS Newcomer and received a Silver award for the 2021 Best New Insurance Solution from the American Business Awards.
About Vertafore
As North America's InsurTech leader for more than 50 years, Vertafore is modernizing and simplifying the insurance life cycle so that our customers can focus on what matters most. Vertafore's solutions provide end-to-end connectivity across the distribution channel, improve the client and agent experience, unlock the power of data, and streamline essential workflows to drive efficiency, productivity, and profitability for independent agencies, MGAs and carriers. For more information about Vertafore, visit www.vertafore.com.
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Private Wireless LTE/5G Small Cells Projected to Reach $0.8 B to $1.0 B
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a newly published forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the telecommunications, networks, and data center industries, private wireless radio access network (RAN) shipments and revenues are again coming in below expectations, resulting in another markdown.
"We have not made any changes to the potential market calculations and still estimate private wireless is a massive opportunity," said Stefan Pongratz, Vice President at Dell'Oro Group. "At the same time, the message we have communicated for some time still holds – we still envision the enterprise and industrial play is a long game. This taken together with the fact that the standalone LTE/5G market is developing at a slower pace than previously expected forms the basis for the near-term downgrade," continued Pongratz.
- Private wireless projections have been revised downward to reflect weaker than expected progress with private wireless LTE and 5G small cells.
- Total private wireless RAN revenues, including macro and small cells, are projected to roughly double between 2022 and 2026.
- Standalone private LTE/5G is now expected to account for a low single-digit share of the total RAN market by 2026.
Dell'Oro Group's Private Wireless Advanced Research Report with a 5-year forecast includes projections for Private Wireless RAN by RF Output Power, technology, spectrum, and region. To purchase this report, please contact us at dgsales@delloro.com.
Dell'Oro Group is a market research firm that specializes in strategic competitive analysis in the telecommunications, enterprise networks, data center infrastructure, and network security markets. Our firm provides in-depth quantitative data and qualitative analysis to facilitate critical, fact-based business decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.delloro.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Ons Jabeur dropped her racket in disgust after one poor shot in the U.S. Open final. Minutes later, she was on the court right along with it after lunging to hit a volley that flew out of bounds.
Jabeur picked herself up and kept on fighting Saturday, and that’s exactly what she intends to do after a second straight Grand Slam tournament ended in disappointment.
“Definitely I’m not someone that’s going to give up,” Jabeur said. “I am sure I’m going to be in the final again. I will try my best to win it. I’m not sure, but I know I will do my best.”
Her best wasn’t good enough against top-ranked Iga Swiatek, who won 6-2, 7-6 (5) for her second major title this year and third overall.
Jabeur is still trying for her first, having come up short at Wimbledon in her initial attempt. The No. 5 seed had mostly rolled through the U.S. Open, dropping just one set before running into the best player in the sport.
“It was a closer match than it looks, said Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, a four-time Grand Slam singles champion, including at the 1994 U.S. Open, who has been sitting in Jabeur’s guest box and offering advice during the tournament.
“Now she needs to take the positives. If she keeps going and does the right things, the next one will come.”
Jabeur said she felt even more nervous before this final than her first, where she fell to Elena Rybakina in three sets at the All England Club in July. After becoming the first woman since Serena Williams to reach the Wimbledon and U.S. Open finals in the same year since 2019, she worked on trying to keep herself calm, so couldn’t question her preparation. She wasn’t even particularly disappointed with her execution.
“To be honest with you, I have nothing to regret because I did everything possible,” Jabeur said.
The Tunisian will move to No. 2 in the WTA rankings next week. But she really wants that Grand Slam trophy, which would be the first by an African and Arab woman in the professional era, which dates to 1968.
Doing so, she said, would “really show that it’s not impossible for someone coming from my country, from my continent, to have that title.”
She will hope to start better in her next chance, having spotted Swiatek 3-0 leads in both sets Saturday. Jabeur said during the trophy presentation that she didn’t like the native of Poland, though she showed there were no hard feelings later during her upbeat news conference.
“I was joking when I said I don’t like her,” Jabeur said. “I’ll forgive her when she gives me a Rolex or something.”
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AP Tennis Writer Howard Fendrich contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Spero Therapeutics, Inc. ("Spero" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: SPRO) and certain of its officers. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, and docketed under 22-cv-03125, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Spero securities between October 28, 2021 and May 2, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Spero securities during the Class Period, you have until July 25, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Spero, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on identifying, developing, and commercializing treatments for multi-drug resistant bacterial infections and rare diseases in the United States. The Company's product candidates include Tebipenem Pivoxil Hydrobromide (HBr), an oral carbapenem-class antibiotic to treat complicated urinary tract infections, including pyelonephritis for adults.
On October 28, 2021, Spero announced that it had submitted a New Drug Application ("NDA") to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") for Tebipenem HBr for the Treatment of Complicated Urinary Tract Infections including Pyelonephritis (the "Tebipenem HBr NDA").
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the data submitted in support of the Tebipenem HBr NDA were insufficient to obtain FDA approval; (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (iii) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On March 31, 2022, Spero issued a press release announcing the Company's fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results. In the press release, Spero disclosed that "[t]he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified Spero that, as part of its ongoing review of Spero's New Drug Application (NDA) for tebipenem HBr, it has identified deficiencies that preclude discussion of labeling and post-marketing requirements/commitments at this time."
On this news, Spero's stock price fell $1.59 per share, or 18.27%, to close at $7.11 per share on April 1, 2022.
Then on May 3, 2022, Spero issued a press release announcing "that it will immediately defer current commercialization activities for tebipenem HBr based on feedback from a recent Late Cycle Meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding Spero's New Drug Application (NDA) for tebipenem HBr[,]" and that, "[a]lthough the review is still ongoing and the FDA has not yet made any final determination regarding approvability, the discussion suggested that the data package may be insufficient to support approval during this review cycle." Specifically, the FDA advised the Company, in relevant part, that the FDA's separate analysis of the relevant study population had "reduce[d] the number of evaluable patients in the primary analysis population compared with those resulting from the trial's pre-specified micro-ITT population as outlined in the statistical analysis plan and [a]s a result, the FDA considers that the pre-specified non-inferiority margin of -12.5% was not met." Further, the press release advised that, "[i]n connection with this development, Spero announced that it is undertaking a reduction in its workforce by approximately 75% and a restructuring of its operations to reduce operating costs and reallocate resources."
On this news, Spero's stock price fell $3.24 per share, or 63.65%, to close at $1.85 per share on May 3, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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DALLAS, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (EnLink) today announced a quarterly distribution for the first quarter of 2022 and announced it will host a webcast and conference call on Wednesday, May 4, at 8 a.m. Central time to discuss its first quarter 2022 earnings.
First Quarter Distribution Declaration
EnLink's Board of Directors declared a cash distribution of $0.1125 per common unit for the first quarter of 2022, which is unchanged from the fourth quarter 2021 distribution. The first quarter 2022 cash distribution will be paid on May 13, 2022, to unitholders of record on April 29, 2022.
First Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call Details
EnLink will host a webcast and conference call on Wednesday, May 4, at 8 a.m. Central time to discuss first quarter 2022 earnings. The dial-in number for the call is1-855-656-0924. Callers outside the United States should dial1-412-542-4172. Participants can also register for the webcast and conference call by navigating to https://dpregister.com/sreg/10164645/f20209667a, where they will receive dial-in information upon completion of registration. Interested parties can access an archived replay of the webcast and conference call on the Investors page of EnLink's website at www.EnLink.com.
EnLink's quarterly report and earnings press release will be posted on the Investors page of EnLink's website at www.EnLink.com after market close on Tuesday, May 3.
All dates and times are subject to change. Any timing updates, along with participation instructions for the webcasts and conference calls, will be provided via press release prior to the event.
About EnLink Midstream
EnLink Midstream reliably operates a differentiated midstream platform that is built for long-term, sustainable value creation. EnLink's best-in-class services span the midstream value chain, providing natural gas, crude oil, condensate, NGL capabilities, and carbon capture, transportation, and sequestration. Our purposely built, integrated asset platforms are in premier production basins and core demand centers, including the Permian Basin, Oklahoma, North Texas, and the Gulf Coast. EnLink's strong financial foundation and commitment to execution excellence drive competitive returns and value for our employees, customers, and investors. Headquartered in Dallas, EnLink is publicly traded through EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC). Visit www.EnLink.com to learn how EnLink connects energy to life.
Investor Relations: Brian Brungardt, Director of Investor Relations, 214-721-9353, brian.brungardt@enlink.com
Media Relations: Jill McMillan, Vice President of Strategic Relations & Public Affairs, 214-721-9271, jill.mcmillan@enlink.com
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WATCH: Interviews with 3 Republican candidates for Kansas attorney general
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Looking ahead to the Aug. 2 primary election in Kansas, one of the most contested races is for Kansas Attorney General. Current Kansas AG Derek Schmidt is seeking the Republican nomination for governor which will leave his seat open for someone new.
Three Republicans want their party’s nomination: former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, former prosecutor Tony Mattivi and Kansas Senator Kellie Warren. Whoever wins the Republican nomination in next month’s primary will face Democrat Chris Mann in the November general election. Mann does not face a primary challenger.
Eyewitness News anchor and “Right Now” host Michael Schwanke sat down with each of the Republican candidates for attorney general so that voters can better get to know them. You can see those interviews in the players below.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Barchart announces Marketplace Apps 2.0, the latest enhancement to its AgTech platform which powers over 2,000 grain facilities across North America. This next-generation release of agribusiness mobile apps, continues Barchart's client-focused mission to help digitize the buying and selling of grain between agribusinesses and their producers.
Through Marketplace Apps, Barchart connects producers directly into merchandiser workflows, by linking producer-facing apps to the cmdtyView grain trading platform; which is already a fixture on merchandiser desktops. This simplifies and streamlines grain trading workflows for agribusinesses, providing them with increased operational efficiency.
"Since the initial release of Marketplace Apps, we've seen rapid adoption of Barchart's Ag platform from leading agribusinesses that are looking to digitize their workflows. Our upgraded apps are the next evolution of this offering," said Barchart CSO Keith Petersen. "The value proposition is clear, the Barchart platform allows agribusiness clients to originate, contract, sign, and hedge grain in a fully digital environment."
Using Barchart's best-in-class connectivity network, these digital workflows seamlessly sync to and from each agribusinesses ERP system - allowing producers to see their contracts and scale tickets in Marketplace, and new grain contracts and hedges to flow directly into the ERP system.
This paves the way for producers and merchandisers to move grain faster, establish stronger producer affinity, and grow their businesses with a more digitized workflow.
"The next generation of producers need access to key information that allows them to make informed decisions about their operation," says Michelle Howard, Head of Ag Strategy and Business Development at Barchart. "Marketplace connects producers to their merchandisers, allowing producers to monitor their crop from delivery to market and play a more active role in the success of their operation."
As the leading provider of data and workflow solutions to the agribusiness community, Barchart is committed to providing tools that make grain buying and selling more accessible than ever before. With grain bid management solutions, branded Marketplace Apps, and a best-in-class commodity trading and analytics platform - cmdtyView Pro - Barchart provides grain elevators with the most comprehensive suite of agribusiness solutions to grow their business.
Learn more about Marketplace this September at Barchart's Summer Ag Series in Chicago. To schedule a demo, please click here.
Barchart is a leading provider of market data and services to the global financial, media, and commodity industries. Our diversified client base trusts Barchart's innovative Solutions across data, software, and technology to power their operation from front to back office, while our Media brands enable financial and commodity professionals to make decisions through web content, news, and publications. For more information, please visit www.barchart.com/solutions.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) today announced the results of a recent reperforming loan sale. The sale of approximately 5,460 loans totaling $663.3 million in unpaid principal balance (UPB) was awarded to JP Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Corp. (Chase). The transaction is expected to close on August 26, 2022. The pool was marketed with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as advisor.
The loan pool awarded in this most recent transaction includes:
- 5,460 loans with an aggregate UPB of $663,261,375; average loan size of $121,476; weighted average note rate of 4.49%; and weighted average broker's price opinion loan-to-value ratio of 48%.
The approximate weighted average bid, as a percentage of UPB, was in the low 90s for this pool.
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OpenAP owners Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount and Warner Bros Discovery will convene leaders from across the marketing ecosystem at a pivotal moment for the advertising industry
Together they will demonstrate how shared innovation powered by OpenAP makes it possible for marketers to target and measure consistent ID-based audiences at scale across programmers and screens
NEW YORK, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OpenAP and its owners Fox, NBCUniversal, Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery today announced they will join forces at the 2022 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity to host a first-of-its-kind Advanced Advertising Summit. Following a year of significant innovation and acceleration of more advanced ways to reach precise audiences and measure advertising consumption across screens, the TV networks will convene brand, publisher, agency and technology executives from across the marketing ecosystem to coalesce around a shared vision for the future of TV advertising.
The Advanced Advertising Summit will be hosted on Thursday, June 23rd from 10a.m.-2p.m. CEST at Long Beach, Croisette Cannes and will include conversations with decision makers who are solving TV's most complex challenges. Topics will be focused on action and accelerating TV advertising's transition from siloed panel-based demographics to census ID-based audiences at the breadth, quality and scale that only television as a platform can provide for marketers.
"Our companies have proven that through collaboration, partnership and shared goals we can ignite a movement that transforms an entire industry. The last year alone brought seismic shifts with programmers and advertisers both acting on what we've been talking about for years and bringing real change to how we target and measure the value of TV advertising. By coming together with OpenAP, we will show the strength of premium video and how joint cross-programmer solutions like OpenID and XPm unlock audience planning, optimization and measurement at scale," said Dan Callahan, SVP, data strategy and sales innovation at FOX; Krishan Bhatia, president & chief business officer at NBCUniversal; John Halley, chief operating officer, advertising revenue at Paramount; and Jim Keller, EVP, digital ad sales and advanced advertising at Discovery, Inc. in a joint statement.
The TV Summit at Cannes Lions will be the singular destination where TV networks along with technology, measurement and data companies unite to demonstrate the power and innovation of data-driven marketing. Featured companies joining the event will include Amobee, Comscore, EDO, Innovid, iSpot, LiveRamp, Magnite, Nielsen, VideoAmp, SambaTV, TransUnion and Truthset.
"Television has for decades been the most storied platform for creativity, and the rise of data and multiscreen viewing now offers an entirely new platform for marketers to reach their audiences with brand messages at scale. The future of TV is no longer some far-off idea -- it's here. With our partners, OpenAP will place TV advertising right where it should be -- in the center of the conversation around creativity and innovation at Cannes Lions," said Brittany Slattery, chief marketing officer at OpenAP.
Thursday's Advanced Advertising Summit will kick off with a discussion on the Future of TV, featuring Callahan, Bhatia, Halley and Keller. Networks will present on progress of recent cross-screen targeting and measurement innovations, and will be joined by Catherine Sullivan, CEO of PHD US; Doug Rozen, CEO of dentsu Media, Americas; and Jay Askinasi, chief growth officer, Publicis Groupe, among others, who are all leading in bringing more advanced strategies to market. Additional content will be presented by Summit Partners.
To stay updated on speakers and programming details and register to attend, visit our webpage here.
OpenAP is the advanced advertising company bringing simplicity and scale to audience-based campaigns in television. Powered by a standards-based approach to data activation, we enable advertisers to onboard audiences centrally for use in planning, campaign execution and measurement across the largest footprint of premium video advertising. OpenAP makes it possible for unified ID-based audiences to be used for targeting and measurement across any TV publisher in both linear and digital viewing environments, unlocking transformative insights when using the same audience consistently across all screens. Our technology is open and interoperable, delivering workflow automation and efficiencies on advanced audience campaigns for agencies, brands and publishers. For more information, visit www.openap.tv and follow @OpenAPTV on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Takes Helm of Christian Media Ministry
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The D. James Kennedy Ministries (DJKM) Board of Directors has named Pastor Rob Pacienza the new President and CEO of DJKM, a Christian media ministry founded by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy.
Pastor Pacienza, 41, is Senior Pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church (CRPC) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He has served as CRPC Senior Pastor since 2016 and will continue in that role while taking on the added responsibility of leading DJKM.
"As a Board, we are delighted that Pastor Rob, who has served on the Board since 2020, is now leading D. James Kennedy Ministries as President and CEO. Rob brings a passionate commitment to gospel witness and to the application of God's Word to the moral and social questions troubling our nation," said William T. Allen, CPA, Chairman of the DJKM Board.
Pastor Pacienza, who became a believer in Jesus Christ while a teenager at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, was later mentored by the late Dr. D. James Kennedy, the founding pastor of CRPC.
"I am deeply honored and humbled at the opportunity to lead D. James Kennedy Ministries," said Pacienza, who earned his Master of Divinity at Knox Theological Seminary and is now completing his doctorate in ministry at Westminster Theological Seminary.
"It is a great privilege and awesome responsibility to be part of a ministry that touches lives across our nation with the power of the gospel and speaks to American culture with the truth of God's Word," he said.
In an interview on DJKM's weekly television program, Truths That Transform, Pacienza said his "philosophy of ministry as a pastor is best summed up in the vision statement at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church: we exist to equip gospel-centered, culture-shaping Christians."
The author of the forthcoming book, The Hope Of The World: Christian Cultural Engagement in a Secular Age, Pacienza said the gospel "moves you to shape culture according to the kingdom of God. We want people watching Truths That Transform to be motivated and informed by the gospel, to go out and shape culture for the glory of God and for the sake of his kingdom."
Pastor Pacienza and his wife, Jen, live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with their children, Preston and Lydia.
D. James Kennedy Ministries is a media ministry whose television program, "Truths That Transform," airs nationwide. It actively communicates the gospel of Jesus Christ, the supremacy of His Lordship, and a Biblically informed view of the world.
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Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards have agreed on a five-year contract that could pay him as much as $251 million — one of the largest contracts in NBA history.
Beal’s announcement was made by his agent, Mark Bartelstein of Priority Sports. The decision came almost immediately after this season’s NBA free agent negotiating window opened Thursday, and is a max-value deal.
There have been other contracts with a bit higher value: Damian Lillard’s most recent extension in Portland three years ago pushed his existing contract value to $257 million, for example, and Denver’s Nikola Jokic is expected to soon sign a supermax extension of his own that will be worth around $260 million.
Beal’s isn’t an extension, but a separate contract since he became a free agent by opting out of a $36.4 million contract for this coming season on Wednesday. He did that with the supermax deal from the Wizards clearly in mind, and the sides wasted no time making that happen.
Either way, between the new deal and the $180 million or so that Beal has earned in his first 10 NBA seasons — all with the Wizards — he’s now cemented a spot as one of the highest-paid players in the history of the league. Beal will make about $43 million this season, get raises of between $3 million and $4 million annually and make around $57 million in the 2026-27 season.
The three-time All-Star averaged 23.2 points while being limited to 40 games last season because of injury. For his career, he’s averaged 22.1 points, including back-to-back seasons exceeding 30 points per game in 2019-20 and 2020-21.
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Reactions to the death of “Goodfellas” star Ray Liotta:
“I’m absolutely shocked and devastated by the sudden, unexpected death of Ray Liotta. He was so uniquely gifted, so adventurous, so courageous as an actor. Playing Henry Hill in Good Fellas was a tall order, because the character had so many different facets, so many complicated layers, and Ray was in almost every scene of a long, tough shoot. He absolutely amazed me, and I’ll always be proud of the work we did together on that picture.” —Director Martin Scorsese in a statement.
“I am utterly shattered to hear this terrible news about my Ray. I can be anywhere in the world & people will come up & tell me their favorite movie is Goodfellas. Then they always ask what was the best part of making that movie. My response has always been the same…Ray Liotta.” — Lorraine Bracco, who played Liotta’s wife in “Goodfellas,” via Twitter.
“I was very saddened to learn of Ray’s passing. He is way too way young to have left us.” — Robert De Niro, in a statement.
“Devastated to hear the news of Ray Liotta’s passing. While he leaves an incredible legacy, he’ll always be ‘Shoeless Joe Jackson’ in my heart. What happened that moment in the film was real. God gave us that stunt. Now God has Ray.” — Kevin Costner on Twitter. He included a clip from the film of Liotta hitting a home run off him.
“I can’t believe Ray Liotta has passed away. He was such a lovely, talented and hilarious person. Working with him was one of the great joys of my career and we made some of my favorite scenes I ever got to be in. A true legend of immense skill and grace.” — Seth Rogen, who worked with Liotta on 2009’s “Observe and Report,” via Twitter.
“Ray Liotta has died. What a gentle human. His work as an actor showed his complexity as a human. A beautiful artist. We made the lovely film, Dominic and Eugene in 1986. Sad news.” — Jamie Lee Curtis on Instagram.
“I feel so lucky to have squared off against this legend in one of his final roles. The scenes we did together were among the all time highlights of my acting career. He was dangerous, unpredictable, hilarious, and generous with his praise for other actors. Too soon.” — Actor Alessandro Nivola, star of “The Many Saints of Newark,” one of Liotta’s final films.
“This is a massive, unexpected shock. I have been an admirer of Ray’s work since I saw him in ‘Something Wild,’ a movie he wrenched by the tail. I was so glad he worked on ‘The Many Saints of Newark’… Ray was also a very warm and humorous person. A really superior actor. We all felt we lucked out having him on that movie.” — “Many Saints of Newark” director and “Sopranos” creator David Chase, in a statement.
“Ray Liotta. Man. Just met dude for the first time last year. GREAT actor. Nice to have had a chance to say that to him.” —Actor Jeffrey Wright, via Twitter. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/goodfellas-co-stars-many-others-pay-tribute-to-ray-liotta/ | 2022-05-27T16:32:09Z |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and its allies are pushing ahead with sanctions aimed at forcing Vladimir Putin to spend Russia’s money propping up its economy rather than sustaining its “war machine” for the fight in Ukraine, a top Treasury Department official said Tuesday.
Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, one of the main U.S. coordinators on the Russian sanctions strategy, said in an interview with The Associated Press that the goal is to make Russia “less able to project power in the future.”
On the same day that inflation notched its steepest increase in decades, Adeyemo said reducing supply chain backlogs and managing the pandemic are key to bringing down soaring prices that he related to the ongoing land war in Ukraine, which has contributed to rising energy costs.
“Let’s be clear that the increase in energy prices was caused by President Putin’s invasion, and we’re going to continue to see volatility in those markets as long as President Putin continues his illegitimate invasion of Ukraine,” he said. He added that the Biden administration was “committed to doing everything we can to lower the cost of energy for the American people.”
As Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s No. 2, Adeyemo is tasked with developing a sanctions strategy that many economists have equated to economic warfare with Russia. He’s also leading Treasury’s efforts to rebuild the American economy from the pandemic with equity at the fore.
Adeyemo discussed the next steps the U.S. and its allies will take to inflict financial pain on Russia — and the complications the war has on rising costs to Americans back home.
The U.S. and its allies will next target the supply chains that contribute to the construction of Russia’s war machine, Adeyemo said, which includes “everything from looking at ways to go after the military devices that have been built to use not only in Ukraine, but to project power elsewhere.”
“What that means practically is that with less money, Russia will have less money to invest in their military,” he said.
Adeyemo said Putin recently admitted that the Russian economy was going to have to transform. Adeyemo interpreted that to mean that “the Russian economy is less flexible, it’s smaller, it’s less able to project power into the future.”
Adeyemo’s work includes coordinating with U.S. allies to develop thousands of unprecedented sanctions on Russia’s leadership and its Central Bank, which is intended to cripple the country’s financial system.
Germany in particular faces international pressure to curb its business ties with Russia, which provides the European superpower with natural gas.
“Our German counterparts and my European counterparts in general are working as hard as possible to make plans to get off of Russian energy as quickly as possible, including last week’s announcement that they were going to ban Russian coal in the near term,” Adeyemo said. “And our expectation is that they’re going to take these steps.”
In the U.S., the economy has proven to be a struggle for the Biden administration as the strong job gains of the past year have also yielded the worst inflation in more than four decades.
The Labor Department reported Tuesday that prices in March climbed 8.5% from a year ago, the steepest increase since December 1981. While inflation began to increase before Russia invaded the Ukraine, the war has strained supplies of oil and gasoline. Half of the past month’s increase in consumer prices came from gas.
This economic volatility is a challenge to other work that Adeyemo is tasked with for Treasury — leading an equitable pandemic-related economic recovery through Treasury’s Office of Recovery Programs, which marks its one year anniversary this week.
Adeyemo said he had recently visited Memphis to see how the city was using American Rescue Plan dollars to help people pay their rent. Overall, he said, “we’ve seen 80% applied towards low income households, 40% to African American households and 20% to Latinx households.”
He said it was imperative that remaining relief money under the program be used to help small businesses, including through the State Small Business Credit Initiative, which allows states to increase access to credit for small businesses.
“Lots of communities are thinking through ways to not only use the money to address the immediate crisis, but how they build their communities better into the future in order to make sure that people have economic opportunity,” he said.
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Associated Press writer Josh Boak contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/us-allies-aim-to-force-russia-to-shift-money-away-from-war/ | 2022-04-13T14:32:15Z |
White House: No need for tensions if Pelosi visits Taiwan
WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s no reason for China and the U.S. “to come to blows” should House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visit Taiwan during an Asia trip she is expected to make soon, the White House said Friday, underscoring the international tensions surrounding her travel plans.
The remarks by National Security Council spokesman John Kirby came as Pelosi, D-Calif., offered a rationale for a visit to Asia that she had yet to publicly acknowledge. Kirby was asked Friday if the U.S. has noticed any Chinese military preparations due to her travel plans.
“There’s no reason for it to come to that, to come to blows, to come to increased physical tension,” Kirby said at the White House. “There’s no reason for that because there’s been no change in American policy with respect to One China.”
Seeming to stop just short of saying she would travel there, Pelosi said, “I’m very excited that should we go to the countries, that you’ll be hearing about along the way about the conversations” she would have there.
She noted President Joe Biden’s focus on Asia and referenced his recent trip to South Korea and Japan, telling reporters, “He has visited there, his vice president has visited, the secretary of commerce and others. And we want the Congress of the United States to be part of that initiative.”
Pelosi and her aides have not confirmed her travel plans or named the countries she might visit, citing security concerns. China considers Taiwan its own territory and has said it might reclaim the island democracy by force.
For more than four decades, the U.S. has followed a “one China” policy in which it recognizes Beijing as the government of China yet maintains informal relations and defense ties with Taiwan.
China has objected strenuously to any Taiwan visit by Pelosi, warning of “resolute and strong measures” if she does.
Biden said earlier this month that the Pentagon thinks a Pelosi trip to Taiwan is “not a good idea right now.” Senior defense officials who briefed reporters on Friday declined to discuss any potential preparations for a trip.
Biden has designed his foreign policy in part around countering China’s growing economic and military might. Pelosi’s itinerary has also become a domestic political issue, with some Republicans urging her to visit Taiwan as a show of standing up to Beijing.
Kirby said Friday that Pelosi “does not need nor do we offer approval or disapproval” for travel. And he said, “The speaker is entitled to travel aboard a military aircraft.”
The military routinely supplies aircraft for travel by lawmakers, which presidents have rarely used authority to deny. In a highly unusual move, then-President Donald Trump blocked Pelosi and other lawmakers from using a military plane to visit Afghanistan during a 2019 battle over a government shutdown and after she told him to delay his State of the Union address.
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What are the best dog training leashes?
If your dog is in training, you want a leash that gives you the best control. When paired with praise, this style of leash lets your dog know more easily when they respond to a command correctly. Training leashes are designed to put light pressure on your dog when negative behavior is displayed to discourage it. If you are teaching uncommon, difficult or new behaviors, bring some high-value treats to encourage your dog positively.
Best slip lead
A slip lead is a single-piece combination of a leash and collar. It has a fabric place holder to secure it snuggly around your dog’s neck, directly behind their head.
Top slip lead
What you need to know: This is a single dog training leash with a slip lead and collar combo.
What you’ll love: Mendota is a well-known brand for the slip-style leash, which international dog trainers recommend. Dog owners of all ages can feel confident and comfortable leading their dogs with its soft, worn feel.
What you should consider: The leather piece used to hold the leash as a collar around the dog’s neck must be positioned properly to prevent it from sliding and creating a larger loop.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Top slip lead for the money
What you need to know: This slip leash is easy to use for any dog owner and doesn’t require a collar or harness.
What you’ll love: The leash is reflective and lets you and your dog be seen more easily at night. You can adjust it to fit your dog’s neck correctly and comfortably. When your dog pulls, it tightens, and during correct behavior, it loosens, which gives you more control.
What you should consider: The leash is 1/2-inch thick and may not be ideal for smaller dog breeds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best Martingale leash
A Martingale leash works like a slip lead but has the flexibility of a no-pull harness. It uses two loops of extra material to evenly apply pressure to your dog’s neck when it performs a negative behavior.
Top Martingale leash
Mendota Pet Martingale Dog Walker
What you need to know: This is a great alternative to the slip leash for small- to medium-sized dogs.
What you’ll love: This leash is waterproof, made from durable materials and machine-washable. It can be used in any weather, is firm but comfortable to hold, and flexible enough to fold into your pocket.
What you should consider: This leash is not ideal for strong pullers or dogs over 50 pounds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Martingale leash for the money
Haapaw Martingale Dog Collar With Leash
What you need to know: This leash and collar attachment work together similarly to one-piece slip leads.
What you’ll love: The collar and leash combo is reflective to provide safety for you and your dog when out at night. It comes in vibrant colors, has a quick-release buckle and the leash handle is padded for extra comfort.
What you should consider: A few customers reported that the buckle broke after several uses, and the padding on the leash can get worn over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best recall training leash
Recall training leashes are used for teaching your dog to come back when you call it. These are long, light leashes that let you have control while letting your dog have more freedom.
Top recall training leash
What you need to know: This long rope leash is lightweight and can be used in multiple environments for recall training.
What you’ll love: It is designed to be tangle-free and is made with material that doesn’t hold water. The leash stays visible, floating instead of getting heavy and sinking to the bottom. Its length and durability make it ideal for training while camping, running, hiking or during other outside activities.
What you should consider: A few customers reported that the clasp was too bulky for smaller dogs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top recall training leash for the money
Hi Kiss Dog Puppy Training Leash
What you need to know: This is a great recall leash for training in areas without fences.
What you’ll love: This leash comes in two styles, flat and rope, and both come in multiple colors. Made of durable nylon material, it’s available in five different lengths, from 15- to 100-feet long. The clip swivels to avoid any tangling or twisting in the leash.
What you should consider: A few reviewers suggest taking caution if your dog likes to run, as the flat leash can cause rope burns on your body or legs if it’s dragged too quickly across the skin.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best multifunctional leash
Multifunctional leashes can transform into multiple leash and collar combinations. This lets your leash adapt to you and your dog’s needs over time.
Top multifunctional leash
Activedogs Adjustable K9 Training Lead
What you need to know: This is a high-quality, multifunctional training leash that’s great for hands-free training.
What you’ll love: It is durable and can be adjusted to the length of a standard leash or made into a shorter leash for better control. The leash can also be positioned over the shoulder to leave your hands free to train your dog on the move.
What you should consider: This leash may not be ideal for taller people or those with back pain.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top multifunctional leash for the money
Aaufilux Multifunctional Strong Dog Training Lead
What you need to know: This is a durable leash that can transform into multiple useful training tools.
What you’ll love: This one lead can be used as a short, medium or long leash, control leash, shoulder leash or quick leash. It can also withstand the strength of two dogs as a double leash. It is 7 feet long, and the clasp fully rotates to prevent tangling or twisting.
What you should consider: According to a few customers, the threading can come loose after some use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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LOS ANGELES, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In a new research paper, DoubleLine's Macro-Asset Allocation Team – Fei He, Ryan Kimmel and Sam Garza – takes a look at the current inflation dynamic, how we got to where we are now, the firm's near-term outlook for price pressures and investment implications.
"We expect U.S. inflation to peak in the coming months but remain highly elevated for a longer period," the team writes, "as U.S. monetary and fiscal policies will likely be ineffective in controlling the inflation problems in the near term."
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Zoo euthanizes one of world’s oldest bison days before birthday, officials say
MADISON, Wis. (WMTV/Gray News) - One of the world’s oldest bison was euthanized earlier this week at a Wisconsin zoo after its health sharply declined.
WMTV reports the Henry Vilas Zoo decided to put the bison, named Beefcake, down on Tuesday after he had trouble standing. The animal also had been suffering from a variety of age-related issues.
Beefcake’s death came just two days before he would have celebrated his 25th birthday.
Zoo officials said its staff was prepping for a party, complete with a cake filled with his favorite treats. He was even going to get more goodies for a video to showcase how the zoo cares for its bison.
“We still wanted to share how our keepers care for these iconic animals. Beefcake was an amazing ambassador for his wild counterparts and will be truly missed,” the zoo wrote in a Facebook post.
Officials at the zoo shared that staff members had closely monitored Beefcake’s health for months. They noted how, in addition to the ailments that come with age, older animals face more risks of getting injured. Zookeepers were keeping a close eye on his diet and for any behavioral changes.
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With enactment of Captive Insurance Companies Act in Alberta, NFP is well-positioned to support clients with alternative risk solutions that lower insurance costs and enhance coverage
TORONTO, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NFP, a leading property and casualty broker, benefits consultant, wealth manager and retirement advisor, announced today it has established the NFP Captive Management (Alberta) Corp. and augmented its Complex Risk Solutions Group (CRSG) with the addition of two industry veterans in the captives and alternative risk space. These moves, in conjunction with the recently enacted Captive Insurance Companies Act in Alberta (the Act), will enable NFP to form and administer Alberta-domiciled captive insurance companies for their clients.
The Act has established a regime of captive insurance in Alberta where an organization can insure itself against risk instead of buying insurance from a third party. The Act came into force on July 1, 2022.
"NFP is very excited about this new legislation and the opportunity it creates for Canadian employers to form captive insurance companies domiciled in Alberta," said Joseph Seeger, managing director, co-lead, CRSG, NFP in Canada. "In the face of rising costs and challenging coverage access, we have been preparing for months to be ready to deliver the specialized expertise clients need to evaluate and execute a captive structure. NFP has built an extraordinary team of experienced captive professionals to mobilize our first-mover advantage."
Seeing the tremendous upside of the legislation and newfound ability to help clients structure captives in Alberta, NFP recently recruited two captive industry veterans – Sam Jackson and Paul Young – to join its CRSG. "Sam and Paul possess a deep understanding of the captive market and the structures and processes required to operate a successful captive. They add great value to our organization and clients pursuing alternative risk mitigation opportunities in Alberta," said Seeger.
Jackson arrived at NFP in April with over two decades of service in the insurance industry. He joined from Rogers Insurance, where he served as a senior broking advisor evaluating alternative risk financing opportunities. Jackson spent over a dozen years at the Energy Insurance Group, where he oversaw all operations for their energy clients' insurance programs.
Young also joined NFP in April. His insurance experience spans more than a decade and includes positions with Accommodate Insurance Management, Canadian Energy and Energy Insurance Group.
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IRVINE, Calif., May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (the "Company" or "Sunstone") (NYSE: SHO), the owner of Long-Term Relevant Real Estate® in the lodging industry, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
First Quarter 2022 Operational Results (as compared to First Quarter 2021):
- Net Income (Loss): Net income was $15.1 million as compared to a net loss of $55.3 million.
- 12 Hotel Portfolio RevPAR: RevPAR at the comparable 12 hotels the Company owned during both 2022 and 2021 (the "12 Hotel Portfolio"), increased 207.7% to $148.65. The average daily rate was $279.95 and occupancy was 53.1%.
- 14 Hotel Portfolio RevPAR: RevPAR at the 14 hotels, which includes the 12 Hotel Portfolio, the Montage Healdsburg and the Four Seasons Resort Napa Valley (the "14 Hotel Portfolio"), was $159.76. The average daily rate was $301.44 and occupancy was 53.0%.
- Adjusted EBITDAre: Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest increased 285.3% to $27.2 million.
- Adjusted FFO: Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders per diluted share increased 166.7% to $0.08. Beginning with the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company's calculation of Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders excludes the noncash amortization expense associated with deferred stock compensation. Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders for the prior period presented in this release has also been adjusted to exclude this expense. The per share impact of this change as compared to the Company's prior presentation is $0.02 and $0.01 for the first quarters of 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Information regarding the non-GAAP financial measures disclosed in this release is provided below in "Non-GAAP Financial Measures." Reconciliations of non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measure for each of the periods presented are included later in this release.
Bryan A. Giglia, Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Despite getting off to a slow start due to the lingering impact of the Omicron variant, we saw significant demand acceleration as the first quarter progressed. The positive trends continued into April, and we anticipate that the second quarter will be another quarter of meaningful growth for our portfolio. While we expect continued strong demand at our resorts, we will now also benefit from increasing business volumes at our group-oriented and urban hotels which will combine to generate outsized year-over-year growth for our portfolio in 2022. March and April results at our group-oriented and urban hotels are encouraging, with the return of larger-scale group and corporate events driving higher occupancy and greater ancillary spend. This trend, which will not be uniform across all markets, is expected to continue as the recovery of these hotels progresses throughout 2022 and into 2023."
Mr. Giglia continued, "During the quarter, we sold three hotels that had limited future growth potential and recycled a portion of the proceeds into accretive share repurchases at a substantial discount to NAV. We expect to continue to recycle capital and utilize a portion of our significant balance sheet capacity to grow our portfolio through the addition of Long-Term Relevant Real Estate in the coming quarters. The combination of increasing corporate business and group demand, the continued ramp-up of our two recent acquisitions and the ability to utilize our investment capacity to grow the portfolio, positions Sunstone to drive meaningful per share earnings and NAV growth as the year progresses."
First Quarter 2022 Highlights
- Actively recycled capital through the accretive disposition of three Chicago hotels for a combined gross sale price of $197.0 million. The combined sale price represents a 10.8x multiple on 2019 Hotel Adjusted EBITDAre and a 7.7% cap rate on 2019 Hotel Net Operating Income.
- Deployed a portion of the proceeds received from the disposition of the three Chicago hotels to repurchase $48.4 million of common stock (including $5.0 million purchased subsequent to the end of the quarter) at an average price of $11.16 per share. The average purchase price per share represents a substantial discount to consensus estimates of NAV and implies a highly attractive valuation multiple on the Company's 2019 pro forma EBITDAre.
- Elected to early terminate the covenant relief period related to the Company's unsecured debt upon generating sufficient earnings for the quarter ended December 31, 2021 to satisfy the financial covenants stipulated in the 2020 and 2021 amendments to its unsecured debt agreements. By exiting the covenant relief period, the Company is no longer subject to additional restrictions on debt issuance and repayment, capital investment, share repurchases and dividend distributions.
- Invested $30.3 million of capital into our portfolio which consisted primarily of additional progress on the renovation of the Renaissance Washington DC in preparation for its conversion to the Westin brand in 2023, and a rooms renovation at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco which will be completed later this year. These projects are expected to drive incremental growth upon completion and will further enhance the earnings potential and value of these well-located hotels.
Recent Developments
Stock Repurchase Program: During the first quarter of 2022, the Company repurchased 3,879,025 shares of its common stock at an average purchase price of $11.19 per share. In April 2022, the Company repurchased an additional 457,634 shares of its common stock at an average purchase price of $10.95 per share. Year to date, the Company has repurchased a total of 4,336,659 shares of its common stock at an average price per share of $11.16 for a total repurchase amount before expenses of $48.4 million, leaving $451.6 million of authorized capacity remaining under the Company's stock repurchase program.
Hurricane Ida Damage Restoration: As previously announced, the Company's JW Marriott New Orleans and Hilton New Orleans St. Charles were both impacted by Hurricane Ida in August 2021, which caused wind-driven damage, rain infiltration and water damage at the hotels. The storm impacted the two hotels to varying degrees with the bulk of the damage incurred at the Hilton New Orleans St. Charles. During the first quarter of 2022, the Company incurred Hurricane Ida-related restoration expenses of $1.4 million at the Hilton New Orleans St. Charles and $0.1 million at the JW Marriott New Orleans. Through March 31, 2022, the Company has incurred total Hurricane Ida-related restoration expenses of $4.4 million at the Hilton New Orleans St. Charles and $1.4 million at the JW Marriott New Orleans. Though the property damage claim has not been finalized, the Company recognized an advance payment of $4.4 million from its insurers in the first quarter of 2022 for Hurricane Ida-related property expenses previously incurred. In addition, during the first quarter of 2022, the Company recognized an advance payment of $1.0 million from its insurers related to its ongoing business interruption claim at the Hilton New Orleans St. Charles. The Company expects that restoration work on the hotels will be completed by the third quarter of 2022 and that both hotels will remain in operation while the work is performed.
Capital Investments: The Company invested $30.3 million into its portfolio during the first quarter ended March 31, 2022. In 2022, the Company expects to invest approximately $130 million to $150 million.
Balance Sheet and Liquidity Update
In February 2022, the Company used a portion of the proceeds received from the disposition of the Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile to repay $25.0 million of its unsecured Series A Senior Notes and $10.0 million of its unsecured Series B Senior Notes, resulting in remaining balances of $65.0 million and $105.0 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2022. As of March 31, 2022, the Company had $254.4 million of cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash of $39.5 million, total assets of $3.0 billion, including $2.6 billion of net investments in hotel properties, total consolidated debt of $575.9 million and stockholders' equity of $2.2 billion.
Operations Update
Due to continued uncertainty regarding the duration and extent of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company cannot provide further assurances regarding the pandemic's effect on the Company's results.
Dividend Update
On May 3, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors declared cash dividends of $0.442950 payable to its Series G cumulative redeemable preferred stockholder, $0.382813 per share payable to its Series H cumulative redeemable preferred stockholders and $0.356250 per share payable to its Series I preferred stockholders. The dividends will be paid on July 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of June 30, 2022.
The Company has suspended its quarterly common stock cash dividends. The resumption in quarterly common dividends will be determined by the Company's Board of Directors after considering the Company's obligations under its various financing agreements, projected taxable income, compliance with its debt covenants, long-term operating projections, expected capital requirements and risks affecting the Company's business.
Supplemental Disclosures
Contemporaneous with this release, the Company has furnished a Form 8-K with unaudited financial information. This additional information is being provided as a supplement to the information in this release and other filings with the SEC. The Company has no obligation to update any of the information provided to conform to actual results or changes in the Company's portfolio, capital structure or future expectations.
Earnings Call
The Company will host a conference call to discuss first quarter 2022 financial results on May 5, 2022, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. Pacific Time). A live webcast of the call will be available via the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.sunstonehotels.com. Alternatively, interested parties may dial 1-888-330-3573 and reference conference ID 4831656 to listen to the live call. A replay of the webcast will also be archived on the website.
About Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. is a lodging real estate investment trust ("REIT") that as of the date of this release has interests in 14 hotels comprised of 7,396 rooms, the majority of which are operated under nationally recognized brands. Sunstone's strategy is to create long-term stakeholder value through the acquisition, active ownership and disposition of hotels considered to be Long-Term Relevant Real Estate®. For further information, please visit Sunstone's website at www.sunstonehotels.com. The Company's website is provided as a reference only and any information on the website is not incorporated by reference in this release.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws and regulations. These forward-looking statements are identified by their use of terms and phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "should," "will" and other similar terms and phrases, including opinions, references to assumptions and forecasts of future results. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results to differ materially from those anticipated at the time the forward-looking statements are made. These risks include, but are not limited to: the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on the Company's business and the economy, as well as the response of governments and the Company to the pandemic, and how quickly and successfully effective vaccines and therapies are distributed and administered; increased risks related to employee matters, including increased employment litigation and claims for severance or other benefits tied to termination or furloughs as a result of temporary hotel suspensions or reduced hotel operations due to COVID-19; general economic and business conditions, including a U.S. recession or increased inflation, trade conflicts and tariffs, regional or global economic slowdowns and any type of flu or disease-related pandemic that impacts travel or the ability to travel, including COVID-19; the need for business-related travel, including the increased use of business-related technology; rising hotel operating costs due to labor costs, workers' compensation and health-care related costs, utility costs, property and liability insurance costs, unanticipated costs such as acts of nature and their consequences and other costs that may not be offset by increased room rates; the ground or airspace leases for two of the hotels the Company has interests in as of the date of this release; the need for renovations, repositionings and other capital expenditures for the Company's hotels; the impact, including any delays, of renovations and repositionings on hotel operations; new hotel supply, or alternative lodging options such as timeshare, vacation rentals or sharing services such as Airbnb, in the Company's markets, which could harm its occupancy levels and revenue at its hotels; competition from hotels not owned by the Company; relationships with, and the requirements, performance and reputation of, the managers of the Company's hotels; relationships with, and the requirements and reputation of, the Company's franchisors and hotel brands; the Company's hotels may become impaired, or its hotels which have previously become impaired may become further impaired in the future, which may adversely affect its financial condition and results of operations; competition for the acquisition of hotels, and the Company's ability to complete acquisitions and dispositions; performance of hotels after they are acquired; changes in the Company's business strategy or acquisition or disposition plans; the Company's level of debt, including secured, unsecured, fixed and variable rate debt; financial and other covenants in the Company's debt and preferred stock; the impact on the Company's business of potential defaults by the Company on its debt agreements or leases; volatility in the capital markets and the effect on lodging demand or the Company's ability to obtain capital on favorable terms or at all; the Company's need to operate as a REIT and comply with other applicable laws and regulations, including new laws, interpretations or court decisions that may change the federal or state tax laws or the federal or state income tax consequences of the Company's qualification as a REIT; potential adverse tax consequences in the event that the Company's operating leases with its taxable REIT subsidiaries are not held to have been made on an arm's-length basis; system security risks, data protection breaches, cyber-attacks and systems integration issues, including those impacting the Company's suppliers, hotel managers or franchisors; other events beyond the Company's control, including climate change, natural disasters, terrorist attacks or civil unrest; and other risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business described in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that the expectations will be attained or that any deviation will not be material. All forward-looking information provided herein is as of the date of this release, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the Company's expectations.
This release should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Copies of these reports are available on our website at www.sunstonehotels.com and through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System ("EDGAR") at www.sec.gov.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We present the following non-GAAP financial measures that we believe are useful to investors as key supplemental measures of our operating performance: earnings before interest expense, taxes, depreciation and amortization for real estate, or EBITDAre; Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest (as defined below); funds from operations attributable to common stockholders, or FFO attributable to common stockholders; Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders (as defined below); hotel Adjusted EBITDAre; and hotel Adjusted EBITDAre margins. These measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance in accordance with GAAP. In addition, our calculation of these measures may not be comparable to other companies that do not define such terms exactly the same as the Company. These non-GAAP measures are used in addition to and in conjunction with results presented in accordance with GAAP. They should not be considered as alternatives to net income (loss), cash flow from operations, or any other operating performance measure prescribed by GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures reflect additional ways of viewing our operations that we believe, when viewed with our GAAP results and the reconciliations to the corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting our business than could be obtained absent this disclosure. We strongly encourage investors to review our financial information in its entirety and not to rely on a single financial measure.
We present EBITDAre in accordance with guidelines established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), as defined in its September 2017 white paper "Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization for Real Estate." We believe EBITDAre is a useful performance measure to help investors evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period in comparison to our peers. NAREIT defines EBITDAre as net income (calculated in accordance with GAAP) plus interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on the disposition of depreciated property (including gains or losses on change in control), impairment write-downs of depreciated property and of investments in unconsolidated affiliates caused by a decrease in the value of depreciated property in the affiliate, and adjustments to reflect the entity's share of EBITDAre of unconsolidated affiliates.
We make additional adjustments to EBITDAre when evaluating our performance because we believe that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful information to investors regarding our operating performance, and that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest, when combined with the primary GAAP presentation of net income, is beneficial to an investor's complete understanding of our operating performance. In addition, we use both EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest as measures in determining the value of hotel acquisitions and dispositions.
We believe that the presentation of FFO attributable to common stockholders provides useful information to investors regarding our operating performance because it is a measure of our operations without regard to specified noncash items such as real estate depreciation and amortization, any real estate impairment loss and any gain or loss on sale of real estate assets, all of which are based on historical cost accounting and may be of lesser significance in evaluating our current performance. Our presentation of FFO attributable to common stockholders conforms to NAREIT's definition of "FFO applicable to common shares." Our presentation may not be comparable to FFO reported by other REITs that do not define the terms in accordance with the current NAREIT definition, or that interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do.
We also present Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders when evaluating our operating performance because we believe that the exclusion of certain additional items described below provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our ongoing operating performance, and may facilitate comparisons of operating performance between periods and our peer companies.
We adjust EBITDAre and FFO attributable to common stockholders for the following items, which may occur in any period, and refer to these measures as either Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest or Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders:
- Amortization of deferred stock compensation: we exclude the noncash expense incurred with the amortization of deferred stock compensation as this expense is based on historical stock prices at the date of grant to our corporate employees and does not reflect the underlying performance of our hotels.
- Amortization of contract intangibles: we exclude the noncash amortization of any favorable or unfavorable contract intangibles recorded in conjunction with our hotel acquisitions. We exclude the noncash amortization of contract intangibles because it is based on historical cost accounting and is of lesser significance in evaluating our actual performance for the current period.
- Gains or losses from debt transactions: we exclude the effect of finance charges and premiums associated with the extinguishment of debt, including the acceleration of deferred financing costs from the original issuance of the debt being redeemed or retired because, like interest expense, their removal helps investors evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the impact of our capital structure.
- Acquisition costs: under GAAP, costs associated with acquisitions that meet the definition of a business are expensed in the year incurred. We exclude the effect of these costs because we believe they are not reflective of the ongoing performance of the Company or our hotels.
- Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle: from time to time, the FASB promulgates new accounting standards that require the consolidated statement of operations to reflect the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. We exclude these one-time adjustments, which include the accounting impact from prior periods, because they do not reflect our actual performance for that period.
- Other adjustments: we exclude other adjustments that we believe are outside the ordinary course of business because we do not believe these costs reflect our actual performance for the period and/or the ongoing operations of our hotels. Such items may include: lawsuit settlement costs; prior year property tax assessments or credits; the write-off of development costs associated with abandoned projects; property-level restructuring, severance and management transition costs; debt resolution costs; lease terminations; property insurance proceeds or uninsured losses; and other nonrecurring identified adjustments.
In addition, to derive Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest we exclude the noncontrolling partner's pro rata share of the net (income) loss allocated to the Hilton San Diego Bayfront partnership, as well as the noncontrolling partner's pro rata share of any EBITDAre and Adjusted EBITDAre components. We also exclude the amortization of our right-of-use assets and related lease obligations as these expenses are based on historical cost accounting and do not reflect the actual rent amounts due to the respective lessors or the underlying performance of our hotels. Additionally, we include an adjustment for the cash finance lease expense recorded on the building lease at the Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile (prior to the hotel's sale in February 2022). We determined that the building lease is a finance lease, and, therefore, we include a portion of the lease payment each month in interest expense. We adjust EBITDAre for the finance lease in order to more accurately reflect the actual rent due to the hotel's lessor in the current period, as well as the operating performance of the hotel. We also exclude the effect of gains and losses on the disposition of undepreciated assets because we believe that including them in Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest is not consistent with reflecting the ongoing performance of our assets.
To derive Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders, we also exclude the noncash interest on our derivatives and finance lease obligation as we believe that these items are not reflective of our ongoing finance costs. Additionally, we exclude the noncontrolling partner's pro rata share of any FFO adjustments related to our consolidated Hilton San Diego Bayfront partnership. We also exclude the real estate amortization of our right-of-use assets and related lease obligations, which includes the amortization of both our finance and operating lease intangibles (with the exception of our corporate operating lease), as these expenses are based on historical cost accounting and do not reflect the actual rent amounts due to the respective lessors or the underlying performance of our hotels. In addition, we exclude preferred stock redemption charges, changes to deferred tax assets, liabilities or valuation allowances, and income tax benefits or provisions associated with the application of net operating loss carryforwards, uncertain tax positions or with the sale of assets other than real estate investments.
In presenting hotel Adjusted EBITDAre and hotel Adjusted EBITDAre margins, miscellaneous non-hotel items have been excluded. We believe the calculation of hotel Adjusted EBITDAre results in a more accurate presentation of the hotel Adjusted EBITDAre margins for our hotels, and that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors in evaluating our property-level operating performance.
Reconciliations of net income (loss) to EBITDAre, Adjusted EBITDAre, excluding noncontrolling interest, FFO attributable to common stockholders, Adjusted FFO attributable to common stockholders, hotel Adjusted EBITDAre and hotel Adjusted EBITDAre margins are set forth in the following pages of this release.
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Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
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Let the talking begin. The trading, too, and eventually the signing.
Free agency officially opens Thursday in the NBA, with teams able to begin negotiating at 6 p.m. Eastern with players who are not under contract — although, in reality, free agency and the slew of offseason movement is already off and running.
James Harden declined his $47 million option for next season with Philadelphia on Wednesday and became a free agent — but told the team he intends to stay on a new deal that will allow the 76ers the flexibility they need to sign other players this summer, according to a person with direct knowledge of that situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because neither Harden nor the 76ers confirmed those plans publicly.
And Harden’s decision came almost simultaneously Wednesday with another massive move — the San Antonio Spurs are trading All-Star guard Dejounte Murray to the Atlanta Hawks for Danilo Gallinari and three first-round picks, according to another person with direct knowledge of the terms of that deal who spoke to AP with anonymity because the trade had not been announced by either side. ESPN first reported the completion of that deal, which pairs Murray with another All-Star in Trae Young in the Hawks’ backcourt.
Kyrie Irving and Russell Westbrook have already made their decisions; both could have been free agents this summer and found a combined 84 million reasons not to hit the open market — $47 million for Westbrook to opt-in for the last year of his deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, and nearly $37 million for Irving to do the same with the Brooklyn Nets.
Jalen Brunson will be in demand early, with the expectation that he’ll quickly agree to leave Dallas and become the new point guard in New York. And there will be players who might decide to look elsewhere, or accept huge $200-million-plus deals with their current teams — opportunities that are presenting themselves to Zach LaVine with Chicago and Bradley Beal with Washington.
The largest deal, in terms of actual dollars, coming in the next few days almost certainly won’t have anything to do with a free agent: All signs point to two-time reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic being offered a supermax extension in the $260 million range by the Denver Nuggets. The only question there will be how quickly he finds a pen to put to that paper.
Minnesota can give Karl-Anthony Towns a supermax of about $210 million this summer, as can Phoenix with Devin Booker.
Other players are restricted free agents, meaning their current teams will have the right to match offers from other clubs. The most notable name on that list is Deandre Ayton, the Phoenix center who was the No. 1 pick in the 2018 draft but watched others in his draft class get their first extensions last summer.
Some players will be free agents in name only. John Wall, for example, will get $41 million in a buyout from the Houston Rockets, and has already decided that he wants to play for the Los Angeles Clippers next season. The Clippers are expected to use a $6.4 million exception to sign Wall, and that figure matches the money that Wall gave back to make the buyout of what would have been the final year of his contract happen.
“We’ll see what happens as free agency opens up and everything else,” Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said. “I think the sky’s the limit for our team. The sky is the limit. … And of course, you’ve got to have a little bit of luck to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy, which is what we’d really like.”
That will be everyone’s goal come 6 p.m. Thursday, to find ways to get closer to the Larry O’Brien, whether that’s in 2023 or beyond.
Such thinking even applies to the champion Golden State Warriors, who have a slew of rotation players — Kevon Looney, Otto Porter, Gary Payton II among them — who just last week were enjoying a parade through San Francisco and are now free to go elsewhere if the opportunities and dollars are right.
“We still do need to surround the team with vets and that’s the plan in free agency,” Warriors general manager Bob Myers said. “It’s easier to get some of the older players, we think, in free agency than young players. Young players are probably the most in-demand in free agency.”
True, and that’s another element of this time of year: Young players, and not grabbing them in free agency this year, but keeping them out of free agency in future years.
Ja Morant will surely be offered a max rookie extension by Memphis, one that will kick in with the 2023-24 season. The Zion Williamson situation in New Orleans will be interesting, as the Pelicans decide how much to offer to — or safely structure a deal for — a No. 1 pick who has missed the majority of his first three NBA seasons because of injury issues. Miami is planning to offer sixth man of the year Tyler Herro an extension, though the Heat will have to determine what number makes the most sense for them going forward.
And, of course, there is a LeBron James angle: The Los Angeles Lakers were a disaster last season and will aim to revamp their roster, plus can give James a two-year extension in August worth nearly $100 million. But before he signs, they have far more pressing concerns.
Officially, it all starts Thursday. A new season is already here.
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Detention officer charged with selling narcotics to inmates, sheriff says
ATLANTA (WGCL/Gray News) – A detention officer in Georgia is facing charges for bringing narcotics into a jail and selling them to inmates, officials said.
According to the Troup County Sheriff’s Office, if convicted, detention officer Steven Michael Crowder could face up to 25 years in prison.
The sheriff’s office said the investigation began last month after allegations surfaced that Crowder was selling narcotics to inmates at the Troup County Jail through a middleman.
Crowder has been a detention officer with the Troup County Sheriff’s Office since January.
“Every person who joins our staff is held to a higher standard, and I personally tell each of them the consequences they will face should they make the choice to bring contraband in the jail or participate in criminal behavior,” Troup County Sheriff James Woodruff said.
Crowder was charged with four counts of violation of oath by a public officer, four counts of items prohibited for possession by inmates, and one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
The sheriff said the inmates involved will also face charges once the investigation is complete.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MIND Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIND) ("MIND" or "the Company") today announced that in recent weeks it has received orders totaling approximately $7.3 million, and these orders are expected to be delivered later in this fiscal year. These orders stem from its Seamap and Klein Marine Systems units which have piqued interest in recent months as both the energy industry's pricing environment has improved and the geopolitical and security situation around the world continues to evolve.
The Company's Seamap unit received an order totaling approximately $4.8 million from HJ Shipbuilding & Construction to provide its GunLink 4000 source controller system, BuoyLink 4DX GNSS positioning system, air gun arrays and tail buoys for a new build seismic research vessel. The multi-streamer, multi-purpose vessel is being built for the Korean Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources.
MIND's Klein Marine Systems unit has also recently seen increased interest in multi-beam sonar systems, specifically the Klein 5000 and Klein 5900 systems, which has resulted in orders totaling approximately $2.5 million. These systems provide high-resolution images and allow for acquisition of data at high survey speeds. Thus, these are well suited for mine counter measure missions and fill critical needs for the United States and its allies. Furthermore, the Company has responded to requests for quotes for additional systems, totaling approximately $3.5 million. In some cases, the orders include integrated launch and recovery systems.
Rob Capps, MIND President and CEO, commented, "We are encouraged by the recent activity across our Seamap and Klein Marine Systems units. As the macroeconomic environment that surrounds our businesses continues to improve, we are seeing more robust interest and customer optimism which has resulted in the orders and quote requests that we've received to date. As we look ahead to the remainder of our fiscal year, we believe there are opportunities to further drive demand growth for our Marine Technology Products, and we remain optimistic about the future."
About MIND Technology
MIND Technology, Inc. provides technology to the oceanographic, hydrographic, defense, seismic and security industries. Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, MIND has a global presence with key operating locations in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. Its Seamap and Klein units, design, manufacture and sell specialized, high performance, marine sonar and seismic equipment.
Forward-looking Statements
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Benefit is Payable up to $70,000 for Cancer, Heart Attack, and Stroke
DALLAS, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Bankers Insurance Group (LBIG), a nationally recognized provider of life, health, and financial products, today announced its critical illness product has increased the maximum lump sum benefit from $30,000 to $70,000. This increased benefit is available through the company's independent agent distribution channel in twenty states.
The critical illness product includes cancer, heart attack, and stroke plans and is offered through Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Company, a member of Liberty Bankers Insurance Group.
"If a policyholder is diagnosed with cancer, or had a heart attack or stroke, the critical illness benefit is payable to them in a single lump sum," said Dave Peters, senior vice president, supplemental health division at Liberty Bankers Insurance Group. "With our product, the lump sum benefit provided only depends on the plan selected, not on the treatment received."
The critical illness product offers an automatic recurrence benefit on every policy. One year after a heart attack or stroke, or one year after cancer goes into remission, the policyholder's lump sum benefit starts to rebuild. After five years, it is back to 100% of the original benefit. This recurrence benefit is payable an unlimited number of times.
"Battling cancer or recovering from a stroke is expensive," said Brian Clark, chief marketing officer at Liberty Bankers Insurance Group. "From medication to childcare and living expenses, policyholders can feel financially prepared should the unexpected happen."
The lump sum benefit increase for the critical illness product is now available in Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. In other states where the critical illness product is available, the lump sum benefit will increase to $70,000 in the near future.
About Liberty Bankers Insurance Group
Based in Dallas, Texas, Liberty Bankers Insurance Group (LBIG) is a nationally recognized and respected insurance group that offers a variety of life, health, and financial products. Rated A- Excellent by AM Best, LBIG is comprised of American Monumental Life Insurance Company, American Benefit Life Insurance Company, Capitol Life Insurance Company, and Liberty Bankers Life Insurance Company.
More information is available at www.lbig.com.
Liberty Bankers Insurance Group
Kim Neeley
(800) 731-4300
marketing@lbig.com
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Park Police make 15-minute water rescue at Lake Shawnee
Boater released from hospital
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Park Police rescued a man from the waters of Lake Shawnee within 15 minutes of receiving the call that his boat had capsized.
Shawnee County Parks + Recreation says just after 11:45 a.m., Park Police were called to Lake Shawnee with reports of someone in the water in distress.
Park Police Chief Mike Cope said a 71-year-old man had been in a hobby craft with outriggers and a sail when the boat tipped over. Witnesses on shore contacted Park Police immediately.
SCP+R noted that the call came in at 11:47 a.m., Cope responded by boat at 11:55 a.m. and the man was helped onto a Park Police boat by noon.
Cope indicated that AMR rushed the man to the hospital while Shawnee Heights Fire Department helped upright and secure the man’s boat.
SCP+R said the Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office also responded to the call.
According to the Department, the boater was released from the hospital around 2:20 p.m.
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Leading Beverage Logistics and Supply Company Announces Future Source of Hundreds of Millions of Cans from New Plant in Northeast U.S.
MODESTO, Calif., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aluminum can shortages have impacted a variety of grocery items since the pandemic began more than two years ago, and unfortunately, many product categories are still taking a hit.
The arrival of summer is a favorite time for consumers to enjoy a cold can of beer or innovative refreshment at the beach, the park or in their backyard. The recent aluminum can shortage has put this pastime in doubt while hitting small beer companies especially hard as they have been forced to pay more for aluminum cans if they could find a supply. However, for craft brewers and beverage companies throughout New England and the East Coast, their scramble for aluminum cans is over thanks to G3 Enterprises, a family-owned business and one of the beverage industry's leading logistics and supply companies.
G3 Enterprises recently secured a dependable supply of high-quality, line qualified cans and lids. In addition, a new can plant in Nashua, New Hampshire is under construction and set to be completed within several months. The plant is being built for KJ Can USA, and when complete, it will supply hundreds of millions of both printed and brite cans each year to G3 Enterprises, with additional expansion to the new can plant coming in the near future.
"We have secured a stable supply of aluminum cans that we are making available to impacted brewers and beverage companies with lower order minimum quantities, competitive prices, and shorter lead times," said Richard Armstrong, Senior Director of G3 Enterprises Can Division. He added, "After participating in the Brewers Association Craft Brewers conference in early May, it was clear to us that beverage companies needed a dedicated regional can supply. Our engagement with breweries and cideries has been very encouraging as we are quickly building relationships and providing secured, guaranteed, stable supply from a dedicated location that benefits customers now and in the future. We are looking to build on this momentum and provide additional capacity as the manufacturing location expands capacity in mid-2023."
The Brewers Association, a national trade association representing small and independent American craft brewers, estimates that more than 1,000 beverage companies have experienced aluminum can shortages in the past year and a half.
Beginning last year and continuing into this year, many of the larger manufacturers of aluminum cans notified small and mid-size breweries that they were raising minimum can orders to very high levels or would no longer supply cans to smaller accounts. This left modest size craft producers with no aluminum cans. According to KJ Can USA, with the new can plant and the support of the G3 Can Division, the aluminum needs of regional craft brewers will be met for years to come.
"Our new modern plant is well-positioned, both with its location and timing, to satisfy the aluminum needs of brewers throughout New England and the Northeast region," said Alvin Widitora, General Manager, KJ Can USA. He added, "We have seen first-hand the expertise G3 brings in this space, and we are excited to work with G3 as our commercial representative in the U.S. and Canadian market."
G3's Can Division has been selling cans to beverage makers for the past few years. In addition to its supply of both cans and can ends in multiple sizes, the company can also print pressure-sensitive labels on various film and paper stocks using its innovative Reflection and Thermochromatic ink technologies which help seasonal and innovation brands stand out on the shelf. G3 Enterprises also has closure options (corks, caps and crowns) as well as robust logistics and 3PL warehouse capabilities to meet the needs of its customers and their operations.
"The continued challenge of maintaining a consistent aluminum can supply in the market has made business very difficult for many mid-size and small customers. G3 Enterprises has a well-earned reputation for delivering on behalf of our beverage customers," said G3's Armstrong. He added, "We have the expertise and experience to deliver a stable supply of high-quality aluminum cans, and we are thrilled to have this new domestic supply source that we can offer to our customers."
To learn more about G3 Enterprises Can Division, visit G3Cans.com.
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- Intended for potential treatment of ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer patients
- Priority Review requested; if accepted, anticipate an 8-month FDA review
- Positive EMERALD study data previously announced on October 20, 2021
- First, and currently only, investigational oral SERD with positive topline results
- Additional data presented at SABCS (December 2021) and ASCO (June 2022)
- Plan to file marketing authorization application for elacestrant in the EU in 2H 2022
FLORENCE, Italy and BOSTON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Menarini Group ("Menarini") and Radius Health, Inc. ("Radius") (NASDAQ: RDUS) (collectively, the "Companies") announced that Menarini, with support from Radius, has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for elacestrant in patients with ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer.
As part of the submission, the Companies have requested Priority Review with the FDA. If Priority Review is granted, the Companies anticipate that the FDA would conduct an 8-month review, incorporating a 6-month priority designation review.
The NDA submission is based on positive phase 3 data from the EMERALD study that was previously announced on October 20, 2021. EMERALD met both of its primary endpoints, which were progression-free survival (PFS) in the overall population and PFS in the estrogen receptor 1 (ESR1) mutation subgroup as compared to standard of care (SoC) with the options of fulvestrant or an aromatase inhibitor.
Elacestrant is the first and currently only investigational oral SERD to show positive topline results in a pivotal trial for the treatment of ER+/HER2- advanced or metastatic breast cancer in postmenopausal women, and men. Notably, these results showed elacestrant is also active in patients whose tumors harbor an ESR1 mutation, one of the key resistance mechanisms that develops in later treatment lines of metastatic breast cancer.
Following the completion of EMERALD, data from the study was presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) on December 8, 2021, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) on May 18, 2022, and further subset analyses were presented at the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual Meeting on June 6, 2022.
Elcin Barker Ergun, the Chief Executive Officer of Menarini, commented, "We are excited about the potential for elacestrant to be approved for treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic ER+/HER2- breast cancer, which constitutes about 70% of breast cancer and remains an area of significant unmet medical need." Barker Ergun continued, "Elacestrant has shown statistically significant efficacy over current standard of care medications both for overall population and in patients whose tumors harbor an ESR1 mutation, one of the most difficult to treat mechanisms of acquired resistance that develops in the later stages of metastatic/advanced breast cancer."
Chhaya Shah, SVP of Clinical and Regulatory at Radius, commented, "We enrolled and completed the EMERALD trial in a high-quality manner, delivered positive topline results, and prepared the submission of the NDA to the FDA. The submission is a significant milestone for both companies, and we appreciate the strong, collaborative effort of many hard-working employees at Radius and Menarini, investigators, patients, and their families. Together we look forward to advancing elacestrant and providing the opportunity to benefit patients."
Nassir Habboubi, Global Head of Pharma R&D of Menarini Group, added, "The Menarini and Radius teams have done an excellent job working together since our partnership began in July of 2020." Habboubi continued, "We plan to test elacestrant in earlier treatment lines, combination trials, and metastatic breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain. These details are to be communicated by us throughout 2H 2022 and 1H 2023."
With the submission of the NDA, based on the original agreement of the Companies, Menarini takes over activities and will be responsible for registration and commercialization. Menarini plans to use its fully owned subsidiary in the U.S., Stemline Therapeutics, to commercialize elacestrant if approved by the FDA.
About Elacestrant (RAD1901) and EMERALD Phase 3 Study
Elacestrant is an investigational selective estrogen receptor degrader (SERD), out-licensed to Menarini Group, which is being evaluated for potential use as a once daily oral treatment in patients with ER+/ HER2- advanced breast cancer. In 2018, elacestrant received fast track designation from the FDA. Preclinical studies completed prior to EMERALD indicate that the compound has the potential for use as a single agent or in combination with other therapies for the treatment of breast cancer. The EMERALD Phase 3 trial is a randomized, open label, active-controlled study evaluating elacestrant as second- or third-line monotherapy in ER+/HER2- advanced/metastatic breast cancer patients. The study enrolled 477 patients who have received prior treatment with one or two lines of endocrine therapy, including a CDK 4/6 inhibitor. Patients in the study were randomized to receive either elacestrant or the investigator's choice of an approved hormonal agent. The primary endpoint of the study was progression-free survival (PFS) in the overall patient population and in patients with estrogen receptor 1 gene (ESR1) mutations. Secondary endpoints included evaluation of overall survival (OS), objective response rate (ORR), and duration of response (DOR).
About Menarini
The Menarini Group is a leading international pharmaceutical and diagnostics company, with a turnover of over $4 billion and over 17,000 employees. Menarini is focused on therapeutic areas with high unmet needs with products for cardiology, oncology, pneumology, gastroenterology, infectious diseases, diabetology, inflammation, and analgesia. With 18 production sites and 9 Research and Development centers, Menarini's products are available in 140 countries worldwide. For further information, please visit www.menarini.com.
About Radius
Radius is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on addressing unmet medical needs in the areas of bone health, orphan diseases, and oncology. Radius' lead product, TYMLOS® (abaloparatide) injection, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis at high risk for fracture. The Radius clinical pipeline includes investigational abaloparatide injection for potential use in the treatment of men with osteoporosis; the investigational drug, elacestrant (RAD1901), for potential use in the treatment of hormone-receptor positive breast cancer out-licensed to Menarini Group; and the investigational drug RAD011, a synthetic cannabidiol oral solution with potential utilization in multiple neuro-endocrine, neurodevelopmental, or neuropsychiatric disease areas, initially targeting Prader-Willi syndrome, Angelman syndrome, and infantile spasms.
Forward-Looking Statements of Radius
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements contained in this press release that do not relate to matters of historical fact should be considered forward-looking statements, including without limitation statements regarding the potential for elacestrant for the treatment of patients with advanced ER+/HER2- breast cancer, including the potential to be a new standard of care, the length of priority review, if granted, of the elacestrant NDA by the FDA, the expected regulatory submission in the European Union; and ongoing clinical development activities with respect to elacestrant.
These forward-looking statements are based on Radius management's current expectations. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the following: the adverse impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, including the delay of reviews and approvals by the FDA and other regulatory authorities, delays in the supply of drug product, risks related to Radius' collaboration with Menarini, including its ability to scale its sales and marketing operations if elacestrant is approved for marketing; Menarini's ability to obtain favorable pricing and reimbursement for elacestrant, if approved; the risk that the potential market for elacestrant is not as anticipated; the risk of adverse side effects related to elacestrant are identified; risks related to manufacturing, supply and distribution of elacestrant; and the risk of litigation or other challenges regarding Radius' intellectual property rights. These and other important risks and uncertainties discussed in Radius' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including under the caption "Risk Factors" in Radius' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2021 and subsequent filings with the SEC, could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements made in this press release. Any such forward-looking statements represent Radius' management's estimates as of the date of this press release. While Radius may elect to update such forward-looking statements at some point in the future, Radius disclaims any obligation to do so, even if subsequent events cause our views to change. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Radius' views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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CLEVELAND, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Freedonia Group forecasts global demand for hybrid and electric vehicles (HEVs) to increase 22% per year through 2026, almost tripling to 30.5 million units. Sales rose dramatically in 2021 in spite of an overall weak environment for the global automotive industry, and rapid advances are expected to continue as governments worldwide provide expanded regulatory support for the adoption of EVs.
BEVs overtook full hybrids to become the most common type of HEV in 2021, finds the Freedonia Group:
- Government regulations supporting HEVs are increasingly attempting to boost sales of BEVs specifically, as these products are preferred due to their status as zero-emissions vehicles.
- However, supply of batteries will be a critical factor in the growth of the BEV market, and automakers will need to continuously collaborate with battery firms in order to take full advantage of these subsidies.
The market for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) is expected to contract quickly after peaking as early as 2022. These products were always intended as a transitional technology, and aggressive targets for BEV adoption will lead to a short window for PHEV sales.
In contrast, while full hybrid vehicle sales could peak by the 2030s in high-income markets, the usability of these products in nations lacking EV charging infrastructure is expected to lead to ongoing sales growth globally for the next decade.
Global Hybrid & Electric Vehicles provides historical data (2011, 2016, and 2021) and forecasts for 2026 and 2031 for global hybrid and electric vehicle demand in units by type, region, and country.
HEVs are classified into the following types:
- full hybrids, including mild hybrids
- plug-in hybrids
- battery electric
- fuel cell electric
The Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com, is the premier international industrial research company, providing our clients with product analyses, market forecasts, industry trends, and market share information. From one-person consulting firms to global conglomerates, our analysts provide companies with unbiased, reliable industry market research and analysis to help them make important business decisions. With over 100 studies published annually, we support over 90% of the industrial Fortune 500 companies. Find off-the-shelf studies at https://www.freedoniagroup.com/ or contact us for custom research: +1 440.842.2400.
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The Eco-Friendly model is Martin's Largest Production Run of 100% FSC Certified Guitars and Mendes' First Official Artist Signature Guitar
,
/PRNewswire/ -- C.F. Martin & Co. (
) has partnered with GRAMMY nominated, multi-platinum
singer-songwriter
to bring you the 000JR-10E Shawn Mendes Custom Signature Edition.
Inspired by Shawn's go-to vintage Martin and featuring classic Shawn imagery, every detail of this guitar was designed and created in collaboration with Mendes for his official signature model. The new guitar not only sounds amazing, but is incredibly comfortable, and best of all, it's environmentally friendly. This edition is crafted with 100% Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®) certified tonewoods in a 000 Junior-sized, 14-fret instrument and comes with a gig bag made from recycled ocean plastic that meets the Global Recycled Standard. The Shawn Mendes Signature Edition marks the largest production run of 100% FSC certified guitars Martin has ever completed, and it is the first time a Martin guitar has been paired with a gig bag made from recycled ocean plastic. And the retail price of $799 is approachable for avid collectors and first timers alike.
"Creating this guitar alongside Martin has been a dream of mine. The signature we created together is not only something I'm proud of musically, but also because it aligns with my passion for sustainability, and supports the Shawn Foundation's initiatives. I can't wait to share a guitar I love with fans across the world." - Shawn Mendes
A Shawn Mendes signature guitar wouldn't be complete without some personal design details that all of Shawn's fans will appreciate. Laser etched on each wing of the bridge is a swallow inspired by the tattoo on Shawn's right hand. Additionally, each instrument comes with a special label featuring the Shawn Mendes Foundation sunburst logo. And to finish it off, Shawn's signature is inlaid at the top of the fretboard.
The Jr. size and 000-body depth make this guitar extremely comfortable for any player. It's great for strumming on the couch, on the beach, or around a campfire. And with Fishman® Sonitone electronics included, it also sounds great on stage. This is a guitar you will never outgrow.
To add a little more fun to the project, a sample of Shawn's lyrics is hidden somewhere inside the guitar. You might find one laser-etched on a brace, or under the bridge, or even under the rosette. Some of the phrases include: "We lay under the same stars," or "You'll never be alone."
As part of the partnership, Martin Guitars will be supporting Mendes' goal of making music accessible to everyone. Martin will be making a contribution to the Wonder of Music Program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) presented by The Shawn Mendes Foundation. SickKids, affiliated with the University of Toronto, is Canada's most research-intensive hospital and the largest center dedicated to improving children's health in Mendes' home-state. The Wonder of Music Program Presented by Mendes aims to fund music therapy activities that are accessible to young patients at the Toronto hospital, with activities including songwriting, first exposure to music, heartbeat songs for families of patients, and lullabies.
Shawn Mendes is a GRAMMY nominated, Toronto born, multi-platinum singer/songwriter who has released four straight #1 studio albums. The international superstar has won 18 Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) awards, twelve Juno Awards, eleven MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA), eight iHeartRadio Much Music Video Awards (MMVA), five BMI Awards, three American Music Awards, two MTV Video Music Awards, and the Allan Slaight Honour from Canada's Walk of Fame. He has been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards and one Brit Award.
Shawn has over 62 billion global streams and 10 billion video views. He topped Billboard's "21 Under 21" in 2017 and 2018 and has been featured on Forbes "30 Under 30," Spotify's "25 Under 25," and Time Magazine's "Time 100 Most Influential". In 2018, ROI Influencer Media recognized Shawn as the #1 Most Influential Artist and #1 Most Influential Teen across all social media platforms.
In 2019 Shawn launched The Shawn Mendes Foundation, which seeks to inspire Shawn's audience, the youth generation of today—to learn more about the causes they're passionate about, and empower them to use their voice, take action and give back to bring change to the world. As part of its ongoing mission, the Foundation provides resources and support to amplify the voices, messages, and platforms of young leaders driving positive change.
C. F. Martin & Co.® has been Inspiring Musicians Worldwide® for nearly two centuries with their superior guitar and string products. Martin guitars and strings remain the choice for musicians around the world for their unrivaled quality, craftsmanship, and tone. Throughout the company's long history, Martin products can be seen and heard across all genres of music and in all segments of pop culture, from concert and theater stages to television and movies.
With an unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability and responsible manufacturing practices, Martin continually drives the acoustic guitar market forward, introducing innovative features that have become standards across the industry. These groundbreaking innovations include the introduction of X-bracing, the 14-fret guitar, and the "Dreadnought" size guitar.
Martin has also led innovations in strings, such as introducing the first high-tensile strength steel-string core wire; the first nickel acoustic strings (Martin Retro®); the proprietary Titanium Core strings; and now the groundbreaking, new Authentic Acoustic line, which offers unmatched stability, tone, comfort, and longevity. Learn more here: www.martinguitar.com/aa.
Connect with Martin Guitars and Martin Strings on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, and via www.martinguitar.com.
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Kim Plyler
kim@sahlcomm.com
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WALTHAM, Mass. and DUBLIN, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Q32 Bio, a clinical stage biotechnology company developing biologic therapeutics to restore immune homeostasis, and Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP), today announced that they have entered into a collaboration and option agreement to develop ADX-914 for the treatment of autoimmune diseases.
ADX-914 is a fully human anti-IL-7Rα antibody that re-regulates adaptive immune function by blocking signaling mediated by both IL-7 and TSLP. Q32 has recently completed a biomarker-enabled Phase 1 study characterizing pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and safety of ADX-914 that demonstrated pharmacological effect on T cells in healthy volunteers. Q32 expects to initiate a Phase 2 trial in atopic dermatitis later this year and is planning to initiate a Phase 2 trial in a second autoimmune disease next year.
"Horizon is a leader in the autoimmune and inflammatory disease space and brings to this collaboration both the resources and experience of a pharmaceutical company and the speed and agility of a biotech," said Michael Broxson, chief executive officer of Q32 Bio. "We're very excited to combine our strengths and expertise to continue to advance ADX-914 for autoimmune diseases, an area that is underserved by existing therapeutics and one where we hope to deliver life-changing medicines for patients in need."
Under the terms of the agreement, Horizon will fund development through completion of the two Phase 2 trials of ADX-914, with Q32 being operationally responsible for the conduct of all program-related activities. Horizon will receive an option to acquire the ADX-914 program, exercisable through a period following completion of the Phase 2 trials. During the option period, Q32 will receive $55 million in the form of initial consideration and staged development funding, of which Horizon expects to recognize as R&D expenses approximately $32.5 million in the third quarter of 2022, and the remainder in 2023. These payments will be included in Horizon's non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted EBITDA. If Horizon exercises the option, Q32 may be eligible to receive up to an additional $645 million in closing and milestone payments, as well as tiered royalties on net sales, less certain amounts payable under a pre-existing license agreement.
"We are very pleased to begin our collaboration with Q32 to advance ADX-914 through the next phase of clinical development," said Elizabeth H.Z. Thompson, Ph.D., executive vice president, research and development, Horizon. "By targeting the IL-7 and TSLP pathways, which are biologically and genetically implicated as central mediators of T cell-mediated pathologies, ADX-914 represents a novel approach to targeting a number of autoimmune diseases with the potential to restore healthy immune regulation."
Q32 Bio is a clinical stage biotechnology company developing biologic therapeutics targeting powerful regulators of the innate and adaptive immune systems to re-balance immunity in severe autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Q32 Bio's lead programs, focused on the IL-7 / TSLP receptor pathways and complement system, address immune dysregulation to help patients take back control of their lives.
The company's most advanced program, ADX-914, is a fully human anti-IL-7Rα antibody that re-regulates adaptive immune function and is being initially developed to treat an immune-mediated dermatological disease. The IL-7 and TSLP pathways have been genetically and biologically implicated in driving several T cell-mediated pathological processes in numerous autoimmune diseases.
Q32 Bio's lead program for innate immunity, ADX-097, is based on a pioneering approach enabling tissue-targeted regulation of the complement system without long-term systemic blockade – a key differentiator versus current complement therapeutics. Q32 Bio is currently conducting a first-in-human, Phase 1, ascending dose (SAD/MAD) clinical study of ADX-097 for the treatment of complement disorders. For more information, please visit www.Q32bio.com.
Horizon is a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of medicines that address critical needs for people impacted by rare, autoimmune and severe inflammatory diseases. Our pipeline is purposeful: We apply scientific expertise and courage to bring clinically meaningful therapies to patients. We believe science and compassion must work together to transform lives. For more information on how we go to incredible lengths to impact lives, visit www.horizontherapeutics.com and follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements related to expected activities and payments under the collaboration between Horizon and Q32, the potential benefits of the collaboration and ADX-914 and expected recognition of expenses and impact on Horizon's financial results. These forward-looking statements are based on Horizon's and Q32's current expectations and inherently involve significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with development, regulatory approval and commercialization of novel therapeutic candidates, whether Horizon exercises its option to acquire the ADX-914 program, the timing of development activities and payments under the collaboration; the fact that the collaboration is subject to early termination and the fact that Horizon has limited control over the development of the ADX-914 program prior to exercising the option. For a further description of these and other risks facing Horizon, please see the risk factors described in Horizon's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, including those factors discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in those filings. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release and Horizon undertakes no obligation to update or revise these statements, except as may be required by law.
Investors: Brendan Burns
Media: Sarah Sutton
Argot Partners
212.600.1902
Q32Bio@argotpartners.com
Investor Relations:
Tina Ventura
Senior Vice President, Chief Investor Relations Officer
Investor-relations@horizontherapeutics.com
U.S. Media:
Geoff Curtis
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Chief Communication Officer
media@horizontherapeutics.com
Ireland Media:
Gordon MRM
Ray Gordon
ray@gordonmrm.ie
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Louisville Drivers Choose Representation with Teamsters Local 89
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 100 drivers at Sysco Louisville have voted overwhelmingly, by a nearly 3-1 margin, to join Teamsters Local 89 in Louisville, Ky. Workers are seeking increased pay, better benefits, improved safety, and fair work rules.
"Local 89 put a lot of work into helping the drivers win this election, and we're happy as can be to represent these folks," said Avral Thompson, President of Local 89. "Now it's time to get to work and help them win the best contract possible."
Once the election is certified, Thompson said Local 89 will kick off proposal meetings and begin the bargaining process.
"This was a very long, drawn-out process, but we were determined to win union representation. It was eye-opening to see the company spend millions of dollars trying to keep the union out. Their response made it even more apparent that they [management] knew we were worth more," said Cory Browning, a driver who has worked at Sysco for over seven years. "We talked to other Sysco workers around the country through social media and started hearing how drivers were doing better at other locations around the country – and the only difference was that they were union. It became all the clearer that we needed to organize with the Teamsters."
Browning noted that the company launched a vicious anti-union campaign during the organizing drive by bringing in outside union busters who attempted to intimidate drivers from voting to join Teamsters Local 89. Workers stood together throughout the unionization effort despite months of delays at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) due to understaffing.
"Sysco held nothing back trying to stop these guys from unionizing," said David Thornsberry, Local 89 Organizer. "It was one of the most aggressive displays we've seen. Thankfully, the drivers weren't interested in hearing their lies."
"Organizing Sysco is a priority for the Teamsters. This win is a testament to the dedication of these drivers and shows what we can accomplish when everyone is working together with one goal in mind," said Fred Zuckerman, General Secretary-Treasurer. "The International will continue to stand with Sysco drivers in negotiations to ensure they have all the resources at their disposal."
Sysco [NYSE: SYY] is North America's largest broadline foodservice company, providing food and supplies to restaurants, schools, hospitals, and government accounts.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents more than 10,000 Sysco workers nationwide.
"Drivers in Louisville knew that the only way to stand up to this company was to fight back and win a union voice," said Tom Erickson, Director of the Teamsters Warehouse Division. "Louisville is just the beginning. We are starting to see an explosion of union organizing all across the country. Workers throughout the industry are standing up, standing together, and demanding their fair share. They are hungry for a union voice."
Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow us on Twitter @Teamsters and "like" us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters.
Contact:
Daniel Moskowitz, (770) 262-4971
dmoskowitz@teamster.org
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NEW YORK, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Like a cozy cashmere sweater, Connect Harmony Bubble is the perfect scent to wear this autumn when you re-connect with your loved ones after the summer holiday. This sophisticated floral/musk eau de toilette is the ideal way to welcome new friends and old back into your life.
Designed for indie fragrance brand The Bubble Collection by master perfumer Claude Dir, known for such blockbusters as Calvin Klein's Escape, Bobbi Brown's Beach and Kim Kardashian's debut fragrance, Connect Harmony Bubble understands that intimacy and emotional connection are vital to our health and sanity. Inviting someone into our space is a gesture of welcome, and generosity, but above all it's about trust. Gentle skin musk, sheer woods, rose de mai, tonka bean and cottonwood together embrace you in sensitivity and security.
Whether you're living in a bubble, breaking out of a bubble, or connecting with someone else's bubble, The Bubble Collection of fine fragrances has the scent for you. All of our fragrances are unisex, vegan, non-toxic, cruelty-free and made in the USA. The Bubble Collection is also a certified LGBT Business Enterprise by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
The Bubble Collection fragrances, 50ml EDT $120, are available at www.thebubblecollection.com as well as the online marketplace Verishop and select boutiques in the U.S. and Canada.
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SECOND QUARTER 2022 OPERATING RESULTS AND INCREASED 2022 GUIDANCE ANNOUNCED BY NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC.
Published: Aug. 3, 2022 at 7:30 AM CDT|Updated: 26 minutes ago
ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Retail Properties, Inc. (NYSE: NNN), a real estate investment trust, today announced its operating results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2022. Highlights include:
Operating Results:
Revenues and net earnings, FFO, Core FFO and AFFO available to common stockholders and diluted per share amounts:
Second Quarter 2022 Highlights:
Maintained high occupancy levels at 99.1%, with a weighted average remaining lease term of 10.6 years, at June 30, 2022 as compared to 99.2% at March 31, 2022 and 99.0% at December 31, 2021
Invested $153.8 million in property investments, including the acquisition of 43 properties with an aggregate 348,000 square feet of gross leasable area at an initial cash yield of 6.2%
Sold 8 properties for $7.9 million producing $0.8 million of gains on sales
Raised $31.8 million net proceeds from the issuance of 734,298 common shares
Maintained sector leading 14.2 year weighted average debt maturity for fixed rate debt
First Half of 2022 Highlights:
Invested $364.6 million in property investments, including the acquisition of 102 properties with an aggregate 1,227,000 square feet of gross leasable area at an initial cash yield of 6.2%
Sold 18 properties for $28.0 million producing $4.8 million gains on sales
Raised $32.5 million net proceeds from the issuance of 751,869 common shares
Core FFO guidance for 2022 was increased from a range of $3.01 to $3.08 per share to a range of $3.07 to $3.12 per share. The 2022 AFFO is estimated to be $3.14 to $3.19 per share. The Core FFO guidance equates to net earnings of $1.83 to $1.88 per share, plus $1.24 per share of expected real estate depreciation and amortization and excludes any gains from the sale of real estate, charges for impairments and executive retirement costs. The guidance is based on current plans and assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties more fully described in this press release and the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Steve Horn, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "National Retail Properties saw continued operational momentum through the second quarter of 2022, highlighted by the selective acquisition of just over $150 million in new properties. In July, we increased our common stock dividend by nearly four percent to 55 cents per share, while preserving our low dividend payout ratio, marking our 33rd consecutive year of increased annual dividends, a feat matched by only two other REITs and by fewer than 90 public companies in the United States."
National Retail Properties invests primarily in high-quality retail properties subject generally to long-term, net leases. As of June 30, 2022, the company owned 3,305 properties in 48 states with a gross leasable area of approximately 33.8 million square feet and with a weighted average remaining lease term of 10.6 years. For more information on the company, visit www.nnnreit.com.
Management will hold a conference call on August 3, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. ET to review these results. The call can be accessed on the National Retail Properties web site live at http://www.nnnreit.com. For those unable to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available on the company's web site. In addition, a summary of any earnings guidance given on the call will be posted to the company's web site.
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical are "forward-looking" statements. These statements generally are characterized by the use of terms such as "believe," "expect," "intend," "may," "estimated," or other similar words or expressions. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, which may cause the company's actual future results to differ materially from expected results. These risks include, among others, the potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company's business operations, financial results and financial position and on the world economy, general economic conditions, local real estate conditions, changes in interest rates, increases in operating costs, the preferences and financial condition of the company's tenants, the availability of capital, and, risks related to the company's status as a REIT. Additional information concerning these and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") filings, including, but not limited to, the company's (i) Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and (ii) Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2022 and June 30, 2022. Copies of each filing may be obtained from the company or the Commission. Such forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as reflections of the company's current operating plans and estimates. Actual operating results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecast in this press release. National Retail Properties, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date these statements were made.
Funds From Operations, commonly referred to as FFO, is a relative non-GAAP financial measure of operating performance of an equity REIT in order to recognize that income-producing real estate historically has not depreciated on the basis determined under GAAP. FFO is defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") and is used by the company as follows: net earnings (computed in accordance with GAAP) plus depreciation and amortization of assets unique to the real estate industry, excluding gains (or including losses), any applicable taxes and noncontrolling interests on the disposition of certain assets, the company's share of these items from the company's unconsolidated partnerships and any impairment charges on a depreciable real estate asset.
FFO is generally considered by industry analysts to be the most appropriate measure of performance of real estate companies. FFO does not necessarily represent cash provided by operating activities in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered an alternative to net earnings as an indication of the company's performance or to cash flow as a measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions. Management considers FFO an appropriate measure of performance of an equity REIT because it primarily excludes the assumption that the value of the real estate assets diminishes predictably over time, and because industry analysts have accepted it as a performance measure. The company's computation of FFO may differ from the methodology for calculating FFO used by other equity REITs, and therefore, may not be comparable to such other REITs. A reconciliation of net earnings (computed in accordance with GAAP) to FFO, as defined by NAREIT, is included in the financial information accompanying this release.
Core Funds From Operations ("Core FFO") is a non-GAAP measure of operating performance that adjusts FFO to eliminate the impact of certain GAAP income and expense amounts that the company believes are infrequent and unusual in nature and/or not related to its core real estate operations. Exclusion of these items from similar FFO-type metrics is common within the REIT industry, and management believes that presentation of Core FFO provides investors with a potential metric to assist in their evaluation of the company's operating performance across multiple periods and in comparison to the operating performance of its peers because it removes the effect of unusual items that are not expected to impact the company's operating performance on an ongoing basis. Core FFO is used by management in evaluating the performance of the company's core business operations and is a factor in determining management compensation. Items included in calculating FFO that may be excluded in calculating Core FFO may include items such as transaction related gains, income or expense, impairments on land or commercial mortgage residual interests, preferred stock redemption costs, executive retirement costs, loss on early extinguishment of debt or other non-core amounts as they occur. The company's computation of Core FFO may differ from the methodology for calculating Core FFO used by other equity REITs, and therefore, may not be comparable to such other REITs. A reconciliation of net earnings (computed in accordance with GAAP) to Core FFO is included in the financial information accompanying this release.
Adjusted Funds From Operations ("AFFO") is a non-GAAP financial measure of operating performance used by many companies in the REIT industry. AFFO adjusts FFO for certain non-cash items that reduce or increase net income in accordance with GAAP. AFFO should not be considered an alternative to net earnings, as an indication of the company's performance or to cash flow as a measure of liquidity or ability to make distributions. Management considers AFFO a useful supplemental measure of the company's performance. The company's computation of AFFO may differ from the methodology for calculating AFFO used by other equity REITs, and therefore, may not be comparable to such other REITs. A reconciliation of net earnings (computed in accordance with GAAP) to AFFO is included in the financial information accompanying this release.
National Retail Properties, Inc.
2022 Earnings Guidance
Guidance is based on current plans and assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties more fully described in this press release and the company's reports filed with the Commission.
As of June 30, 2022, Debt / EBITDA based on current quarter EBITDA annualized is 5.4x.
National Retail Properties, Inc. Debt Summary – Continued As of June 30, 2022 (unaudited)
Credit Facility and Note Covenants
The following is a summary of key financial covenants for the company's unsecured credit facility and notes, as defined and calculated per the terms of the facility's credit agreement and the notes' governing documents, respectively, which are included in the company's filings with the Commission. These calculations, which are not based on U.S. GAAP measurements, are presented to investors to show that as of June 30, 2022, the company believes it is in compliance with the covenants.
National Retail Properties, Inc. Rent Deferral Lease Amendments (in thousands)
The following table outlines the rent deferred and corresponding scheduled repayment of the COVID-19 rent deferral lease amendments executed as of June 30, 2022 (dollars in thousands):
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This bed management addition benefits practitioners, administrators, and clients.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Therapy Brands announces today it has expanded the capabilities of Procentive, its full-featured, simple EHR solution for behavioral health practices, to now include a bed management module. This added feature allows customers the ability to manage and track stays for clients.
Procentive's bed management module benefits practitioners, administrators, and clients. Nurses and clinical staff can quickly check and update bed status, take attendance, and include tags that indicate status, special needs, or medication.
This new feature benefits administrators and managers by providing a clear overview of bed capacity by room, building, or unit. Waitlists can now be created or checked based on patient's specific needs. Integration within a PMS system allows a practitioner to synch attendance to billing and scheduling and easily access client information like medication and allergies.
"We are excited to evolve the Procentive offering to better serve the inpatient provider community across the country," said Kelley Blair, Chief Operating Officer, Therapy Brands. "This module will help our customers drive efficiency, increase time with patients, and optimize reimbursement for the care they deliver."
About Therapy Brands: Therapy Brands is the leading healthcare IT partner for mental, behavioral, and rehabilitative therapy. Our purpose-built practice management, revenue and data solutions drive exceptional clinical and financial outcomes. Therapy Brands is the trusted partner of thousands of therapy practices who rely on our solutions to simplify their administration, improve revenue, and enable them to focus on patient care. (www.therapybrands.com.)
Nicole Lininger
nicole.lininger@therapybrands.com
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GATC Health, a science and technology company revolutionizing drug discovery and disease prediction using artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced multiomics, today announced Jayson A. Hymes, MD, MPH, FACPM FASAM, has joined its Board of Advisors. Dr. Hymes is an internationally known and respected clinician, researcher and speaker in the fields of addiction, pain management and anesthesiology, with over 30 years' experience. He was an advisor to the Executive Office of the President of the United States (Office of National Drug Control Policy), the Medical Board of California, the California Narcotics Officers Association, and the Los Angeles Field Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
GATC Health's AI platform is responsible for the de novo design of a suite of novel molecules that are currently in pre-clinical studies for the treatment of fentanyl addiction and cocaine addiction. Dr. Hymes' expertise will greatly support these efforts.
Dr. Hymes received his MD from the University of Louisville Medical School and his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. His postgraduate training was completed at the Harvard Medical Associated Hospitals and the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital.
"GATC Health has discovered and is testing a potentially revolutionary way of treating addiction to accelerate the biology of people with an addiction back to a non-addictive state," Dr. Hymes said. "It has been my life's work helping those who face addiction—and I am eager to contribute my extensive experience of what these patients and their physicians face on a daily basis to GATC Health's groundbreaking work and progress in the field."
Dr. Hymes is currently the Chief Medical Officer of Conservative Care Specialists Medical Group Inc., a practice that specializes in pain management and addiction medicine. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Pain Medicine, a Fellow of the American Society of Addiction Medicine and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine at the University of Southern California School of Medicine. He is the author of numerous articles, papers and book chapters.
"Dr. Hymes' decades of real-world experience and evidence from treating patients with substance-abuse issues will prove invaluable as GATC continues investigating the causes of and treatments for addiction," said Jeff Moses, President of GATC Health. "With U.S. overdose deaths reaching historic highs in 2021, our work in addiction is more important now than ever, and it is paramount we have an expert like Dr. Hymes on our team."
GATC Health Corp is a pioneering technology company using whole genome analysis and multiomics-based artificial intelligence to revolutionize disease detection and drug discovery. The company's patented AI platform reduces risk, time and costs for life science companies by digitally reproducing the human body to find non-obvious answers to biology's most complex questions. GATC Health is accelerating healthcare's transition to predictive, individualized medicine.
The information set forth herein is presented for informational purposes only and should not be deemed an offer to sell securities. This announcement contains information which the Company believes to be correct, including certain financial information and projections, but the Company does not guarantee as to the accuracy or completeness of such information. The Company reserves the right to modify or amend the information contained herein.
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New Vacation-Booking Service Built in Partnership With DH Enterprise & Associates
Klarna to Serve as Official "Travel Now, Pay Later" Sponsor
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cosmopolitan, the world's largest women's media brand, announced today the launch of CosmoTrips, a bespoke travel-booking service. The new offering delivers a unique opportunity for the brand's Gen Z and millennial audience to "travel like an editor" through instantly bookable, curated vacation experiences in top cities across the U.S.
A new business venture for Cosmopolitan, CosmoTrips—designed and built in partnership with tech-first travel industry leaders DH Enterprise & Associates (DH)—launched today with a collection of two- and three-night itineraries in four U.S. cities: New York, Austin, Charleston, and West Hollywood. Each itinerary offers best places to stay, eat, and play—plus exclusive perks and insider access—all vetted by the Cosmo editorial team and secured in collaboration with experience provider Travel Curious. Cosmo will continue to expand the destination offerings and city-specific itineraries—including New Orleans, Miami, and Las Vegas—in the coming months.
With the launch of CosmoTrips, Cosmopolitan is further solidifying its commitment to its audience of travel enthusiasts by leveraging its editorial influence and expertise to create experiences that bring the brand to life and inspire discovery. According to a recent Avail survey, 71% of both Gen Zers and millennials are planning to travel more, or the same amount, in 2022 than they did pre-pandemic, and many in those demographics are either already planning or are considering splurging on a big trip. The CosmoTrips business is designed to serve young Americans' appetite for travel while saving them time by providing one-click access to Cosmo-approved vacation itineraries.
"Our audience of Gen Zers and millennials are considered the golden generation for travel, and research shows that they prioritize experiences over things," said Nancy Berger, SVP/publishing director and chief revenue officer of Hearst Youth + Wellness Group. "CosmoTrips travel packages are specifically curated for this demographic, vetted by our editors, and include perks and surprise and delight moments, many of which are exclusive to our offering. Cosmo is such a trusted resource on so many aspects of their lives; creating a travel experience they will love, making it easy to book, and guaranteeing them a fun time was a natural brand extension for us."
Over the past year, Cosmo has invested in travel coverage, delivering more content than ever before, including travel features in every print issue and a robust digital channel anchored by The Must-Visit List. Issue 5, the Travel Issue—on newsstands nationwide on August 23—will be entirely dedicated to travel, exploring the hottest places to travel right now, the best places to stay, where to dine, what to wear, and things to check out while you're there. The issue will also include a special CosmoTrips feature spotlighting the four launch destinations.
"Our editors love to travel—and so does our audience. CosmoTrips not only takes out the stress of planning their next vacation, but travelers are guaranteed an experience that passes our editors' pickiness test, all without lifting a finger," said Jessica Giles, editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan. "With the coolest destinations, chicest restaurants, and the secret spots only locals know about, these are the extremely curated trips that our audience deserves."
As Cosmopolitan further establishes its editorial position in the travel space, it has also attracted new print and digital advertising partners in the category, including Air New Zealand, Sandals, and Texas Tourism as well as CosmoTrips launch destinations Explore Charleston and Visit West Hollywood. To celebrate the launch of the new venture, Cosmo will host an invitation-only event in West Hollywood next month.
Among the sponsors supporting the launch of CosmoTrips, Klarna serves as the official "travel now, pay later" partner, making it easy for consumers to budget their travel plans. The payment platform is fully integrated into the CosmoTrips booking website, and CosmoTrips will be featured in a variety of premium placement formats across Klarna's app and website as well as promoted through Klarna's influencer network.
"We are excited to be partnering with Cosmopolitan on their new travel proposition, CosmoTrips," said David Sandstrom, chief marketing officer of Klarna. "Together, we are looking forward to giving readers the opportunity to explore new cities whilst spreading the cost of their experience."
"We are thrilled to partner with an iconic brand like Cosmopolitan. The pairing of DH's bespoke travel technology platform and Cosmo's travel-passionate audience is an unbeatable combination," said Ben Block, CEO of DH Enterprise & Associates. "We are leveraging the best of both companies and we couldn't be more excited to grow the CosmoTrips business together."
The CosmoTrips booking site is open now. For more information or to book a CosmoTrips travel experience, visit CosmoTrips.com and follow along on Instagram and Twitter @Cosmopolitan, #CosmoTrips
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More storms forecast for flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The National Weather Service extended a flood watch through Sunday evening for areas of eastern Kentucky ravaged by high water more than a week ago and said there’s a threat of thunderstorms in the region for much of the coming week.
There’s a “persistent threat of thunderstorms” through Thursday that could produce heavy rain and cause flash flooding “especially if multiple storms pass over the same area,” the weather service in Jackson said.
The forecast includes Monday, when President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to join Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife, Britainy, at a Federal Emergency Management Agency State Disaster Recovery Center in eastern Kentucky to survey the damage and meet with those affected.
The biggest concern is the possibility of slow-moving storms on Tuesday and Wednesday, which could dump heavy rain on already saturated soil, National Weather Service meteorologist Philomon Geertson said.
“It is a wet and juicy pattern that could cause at least some more isolated to scattered instances of flash flooding and further complicate the recovery efforts that are ongoing at this time,” he said.
Some relief is expected toward the end of the week, Geertson said.
“It does look like high pressure will finally build in and we’ll get a reprieve from this really wet and muggy air mass that we’ve been dealing with for a couple of weeks now,” he said.
Meanwhile, the federal government on Saturday promised more aid for flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky. Biden authorized an increase in the level of federal funding for emergency work and FEMA added five counties to those eligible for individual assistance for a total of 12.
“This is good news and will be a big help,” Beshear said in a tweet Sunday after visiting the day before with some displaced residents who are staying at state parks since the catastrophic flooding.
“These Kentuckians have been through the unimaginable. My priority is being there for them,” he said.
At least 37 people lost their lives in the flooding after 8 to 10 1/2 inches (20 to 27 centimeters) of rain fell in just 48 hours in the Appalachian mountain region. The flooding also hit areas just across the state line in Virginia and West Virginia.
The National Weather Service said radar-based rainfall estimates suggesting that 14 to 16 inches of rain fell from July 26-29, totals that are “historically unheard of.”
More than 1,300 people were rescued in the days after the storm as teams searched in boats and combed debris-clogged creekbanks. Work crews were still trying to restore power and water connections as residents look to repair their homes and lives after the floods.
Power outages were down to 300 on Sunday, Beshear tweeted. The number of fatalities stood at 37, but Kentucky State Police reported at least two people were still missing.
“The devastation is enormous. We will be there for our Eastern Kentucky neighbors in the weeks, months and years ahead,” Beshear said.
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Mobile ID Card, Home Team™, and more!
CHICAGO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stern Pinball, Inc. expands its award-winning Insider Connected platform with new features making it easier to access the service. With Stern Insider Connected, over 43,000 users track their scores and earn achievements on our network of more than 11,000 connected machines. New features launched today include an easier to use mobile ID card and Home Team system that will automatically log in home users. Code updates are available today for all 18 Stern commercial LCD pinball machines that include Home Team and additional improvements across titles.
Insider Connected now offers our players the ability to save an ID card with their personal QR code in their mobile wallet. It saves time previously spent retrieving a QR code by logging into the Insider Connected service on a phone or by finding a previous screenshot of your QR code saved somewhere in your photo library. These mobile ID cards can be used on connected machines.
With Home Team, users' home pinball machines will remember them. Owners will be able to set standard home Insider Connected user profiles that are always available without needing a phone to scan in. Guests won't be left out either. When guests scan into a Home Team enabled machine their profile will be temporarily remembered for rapid replays, until they log out or the machine is turned off. Turning on Home Team can be done through the service menu on free play machines and accessed by pressing the flipper buttons before starting a game.
For more information on how to set up your own Mobile ID Card and Home Team, visit sternpinball.com/support/faq/ where you will find:
- Mobile ID Card Set-up Video
- Home Team Set-up Video
- PDF Mobile ID Card Set-up Guide
- PDF Home Team Set-up Guide
Stern Pinball takes the safety of our customer's data seriously. Stern works with both legal and security organizations to vet all aspects of Insider Connected for legal compliance and best practices worldwide. As part of this effort, our new machine updates will notify users if any third party code modifications are identified that may put data at risk.
Insider Connected enables users to automatically download and update code across their machines. All code updates and read me files are available at sternpinball.com/support/game-code/. Every new machine produced by Stern Pinball comes from the factory Insider Connected-enabled. Upgrade kits for earlier Stern Pinball LCD Machine are available through authorized dealers and distributors or at shop.sternpinball.com for both Pro and Premium/LE game editions.
Insider Connected is a comprehensive technology initiative to connect the universe of Stern pinball machines. The platform is designed to enhance and extend player engagement with the games across both home and commercial environments. It also presents professional operators of the pinball machines a robust set of tools to drive location play, build player loyalty, analyze performance, make adjustments remotely, and maintain the machines.
Registration for Insider Connected is available at insider.sternpinball.com/. Players can also register at a connected game by scanning a registration QR code on the machine. Once a player registers, they are issued a unique QR Code that can be used to identify that player at any connected Stern pinball machine anywhere in the world. When a player scans into the machine, they can track progress, earn new game specific achievements, engage with the player community, and participate in promotions and Challenge Quests.
"Insider Connected is transforming how players interact with pinball machines. Operators are benefiting from new tools that drive repeat play and help maintain games while players benefit from easier log-in access both on location and in their homes," said Seth Davis, President of Stern Pinball, Inc.
Stern Pinball, Inc. is a global lifestyle brand based on the iconic and outrageously fun modern American game of pinball. Headquartered minutes from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in the heart of North America, the company creates, designs, engineers, manufactures, markets, and distributes a full line of technologically advanced terrestrial and digital pinball games, parts, accessories, and merchandise. Stern Pinball serves digital, consumer, commercial, and corporate markets around the globe.
Recent Stern Pinball titles include Rush, Godzilla, The Mandalorian, Led Zeppelin, Avengers: Infinity Quest, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stranger Things, Elvira's House of Horrors, Jurassic Park, Black Knight: Sword of Rage, The Munsters, The Beatles, Deadpool, Iron Maiden, Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars, Aerosmith, Ghostbusters, KISS, Metallica, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead, Star Trek, AC/DC, Batman, and Spider-Man. A broad range of players enjoy Stern Pinball's games from professional pinball players who compete in high-stakes competitions around the globe to novice players who are discovering the allure of the silver ball for the first time. To join the fun and learn more, please visit www.sternpinball.com.
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Ralph Clifton Henderson Jr.
Ralph Clifton Henderson Jr., age 82, of Temple passed peacefully during the early morning hours of Friday, August 5th, 2022, at a local hospital. He was born on the 4th day of July 1940 in Bell County, Texas, to parents Ralph Clifton Sr. and Lorene Bell Henderson.
Ralph has been a lifelong resident of Temple. He graduated from Temple High School and attended Temple Junior College. Ralph went on to marry the love of his life, Carolyn Ann Lavendusky, in Temple in 1958. Ralph was an active member of the National Guard. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service, was a rancher, and owned and operated Lavendusky Grocery in Temple. Ralph was a member of the Temple Elks Club and Temple Serenity Group. He will be deeply missed by his family and friends.
He is preceded in death by his parents, three brothers: Dave E. Henderson, Bill L. Henderson, and Mike C. Henderson, and loving wife Carolyn Ann Henderson.
Ralph leaves behind to cherish his memory his sister Rene Henderson Green, three sons: Clifton Louis Henderson, Dennis Kevin Henderson, Jeffrey Lynn Henderson, eight grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren.
Ralph’s last wishes were to have a private burial followed by a celebration of life, which is to be determined.
Hewett-Arney Funeral Home of Temple is entrusted with these arrangements.
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TULSA, Okla. and NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP, Attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons and a team of civil rights lawyers today announced that Tulsa County Judge Caroline Wall released her 13-page order late on August 3 denying the defendants' efforts to entirely dismiss plaintiffs' claim that the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was a public nuisance under Oklahoma law and finding that plaintiffs 106-year-old Lessie Benningfield "Mother" Randle, 107-year-old Viola "Mother" Fletcher, and 101-year-old Hughes Van Ellis are entitled to proceed to discovery and prove that the Tulsa Race Massacre was a public nuisance that continues to impact Black Tulsans today.
From May 31 through June 1, 1921, a large white mob completely decimated Tulsa's thriving, all-Black community of Greenwood. The mob, which included members of the Tulsa Police Department, the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, the Tulsa County Sheriff's Department and the Oklahoma National Guard, as well as other city and county leaders, overwhelmed the approximately 40-square-block community, killing hundreds of Black residents, injuring thousands more, burning down over one thousand homes and businesses and stealing residents' personal property.
The damage caused during the Massacre is estimated to be approximately $200 million in today's dollars.
"The Court's ruling is historic," said Sara Solfanelli, special counsel for pro bono initiatives at Schulte Roth & Zabel. "This victory not only recognizes that the Massacre was a devastating attack on the Black community 100 years ago, but clears the path for our clients to prove that it was also a public nuisance that continues to harm the community today."
"The Massacre deprived Black Tulsans of our sense of security, hard-won economic power and vibrant community," says Solomon-Simmons, a Tulsa native, "and created a nuisance that continues to this day. The nuisance has led to the continued destruction of life and property in Greenwood in every quality of life metric—life expectancy, health, unemployment, education level, and financial security."
"For the first time in over 100 years, the last three living survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre will finally have an opportunity to hold accountable the institutions that instigated and facilitated one of the worst acts of domestic terrorism in this country's history. While we are excited about the Court's historic ruling, this case is by no means over," commented Michael Swartz, co-head of Schulte Roth & Zabel's litigation group. "We believe that discovery will unearth more facts of what truly happened at the Massacre; the plaintiffs and the public deserve a deeper understanding of the events and their aftermath, and a more accurate historical record."
"We look forward to proving our case around the Massacre's ongoing catastrophic effects and demonstrating the actions that defendants must take to repair and rebuild the Greenwood community during our clients' lifetimes," added Solomon-Simmons.
The Court dismissed certain plaintiffs and defendants, as well as the unjust enrichment claims, and further allowed plaintiffs to amend the petition to cure potential deficiencies that would strengthen their claims.
In addition to Solomon-Simmons, Swartz, and Solfanelli, the Plaintiffs are represented by attorneys J. Spencer Bryan and Steven Terrill of Bryan & Terrill Law, PLLC, Professor Eric Miller of Loyola Marymount College of Law, Maynard M. Henry, Sr., Lashandra Peoples-Johnson and Cordal Cephas of Johnson Cephas Law PLLC, Kymberli J. M. Heckenkemper of SolomonSimmonsLaw, and Randall T. Adams, McKenzie Haynes, Ekenedilichukwu (Keni) E. Ukabiala, Angela Garcia, Alex Wharton, Erika L. Simonson, Vincent W. Moccio, and Melanie S. Collins of SRZ.
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PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY
Event: Hosted by The Justice For Greenwood Foundation, Inc.
Why: Tulsa County Courts Judge Caroline Wall officially ruled the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was a "Public Nuisance"— allowing the three last known survivors their day in court for the first time in 101 years!
Who: Attorneys, survivors, and descendants will participate.
When: Thursday, August 4, 2022
Time: 1pm CST
Where: JusticeForGreenwood.org/Stream
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ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of Wexford, Ireland-based INNOVU Group Holding Company Limited ("INNOVU Insurance"). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded by Ronan Foley in 2018, INNOVU Insurance is a retail insurance broker offering a broad variety of commercial and personal insurance products and services, as well as financial services, to clients across a diverse range of industry sectors from seven offices throughout Ireland. Ronan Foley and his associates will continue to operate from their current locations, reporting to Michael Rea, who runs Gallagher's retail property/casualty brokerage operations in the UK and Ireland.
"INNOVU gives us our first on-the-ground presence in Ireland and a fantastic opportunity to expand in this growing economic region," said J. Patrick Gallagher, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO. "We are delighted to welcome Ronan and his colleagues, and look forward to working with them to further expand their client base and service offerings."
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (NYSE: AJG), a global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, is headquartered in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Gallagher provides these services in 130 countries around the world through its owned operations and a network of correspondent brokers and consultants.
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Oscar Cooks, your letter to the editor was informative and very thoughtful. I for one appreciated and learned from it.
Commissioner Jones’ unfortunate and misguided outrage during Monday’s County Commission meeting and the recent rejection of zoning for a new day care center by the City Commission has to force all residents to ask: Do Albany or Dougherty County honestly want new local businesses? Because they sure don’t act like it.
One thing I learned from the Faces of History event at Byne: A lot of famous people throughout history wore tennis shoes! (That’s a joke; I thought the photos were wonderful, and the kids were amazing. Great project.)
I want to thank the wonderful, kind gentleman who helped me load my gas containers in my car at Sam’s. He had a red GMC truck and was a Vietnam vet. The world would be a better place with more people like this awesome man. God bless you, sir.
Squawker, VP Harris is a textbook example of an absolute affirmative action failure. And that’s as a district attorney and vice president. Do you really trust her with the affairs of our country? Not hardly. The Patriot
I bet there were 40 times more people watching Trump’s Nebraska rally than Joe Biden’s memorial speech.
Biden has rolled out over a dozen Executive Orders attacking law-abiding gun owners in the last few weeks. All designed to ensnare law-abiding gun owners with bogus felony charges.
You can have the Beatles; I’ll take Luke Bryan any day.
I am seriously starting to feel sorry for the deranged person or group of deranged people who believe that Trump is going to be president again. How empty must your life be? You’re so delusional. The saddest part is that you need someone else to make your life better. News flash: He had four years and your life is still a mess. Signed, Yours Truly
After watching the Debate for governor on Thursday night, that Stacey Abrams is looking like a better choice to lead Georgia.
Where is Biden finding all these useful idiots?
♦ If you people who whine so much about how bad life is would get off your aes and volunteer to do some good rather than just sitting around complaining, imagine how much better our city, county, state and country would be.
Now is the time for all you collective complainers to get off your butts and get out and vote.
NBC News host Medhi Hassan says the Democrats brings us free health care and child care. First of all, nothing is free, someone pays for it (taxpayers). He also forgot to mention that Democrats also brings us high inflation, high food and gas prices, high crime and low unemployment.
Congratulations, Chris Cohilas. If ever an award was deserved, yours was. Thank you for all you’ve done for this community.
The Democrats are buying votes by canceling student loans? You’d rather see a tax cut wouldn’t you? You can get an extra $100 while Mitch, Kevin and their backers avoid taxes and get tens of thousands back. Talk about buying votes. Seems like you sold yourself cheap. Can’t save face now because you have none, just like your amoral party. | https://www.albanyherald.com/features/squawkbox/article_cf2e40a2-caf7-11ec-b1d6-7ff5e9b9e39b.html | 2022-05-03T20:54:00Z |
SEMINAL PRESENTATION OF FIRST ANALYTICAL VALIDATION DATA SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 30
TURKU, Finland, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genomill, a precision diagnostics company focused on maximizing next generation sequencing (NGS) in liquid biopsies, announces today that Mike Doherty, the former Head of Product Development at Foundation Medicine, has been appointed to the company's Board of Directors. In addition to the Board membership, Mike Doherty will also serve as a Strategic Advisor as Genomill prepares to commercialize its breakthrough technology, Geno1®.
"We are both thrilled and honored to welcome Mike to our board," said Kalle Koskinen, Chief Executive Officer. Mike Doherty is a well-rounded and highly experienced professional within the liquid biopsy space – who has in the past held leadership roles with Genentech, Roche, and Foundation Medicine, among others. "I am confident, that adding Mike to our commercialization journey, will pave the way for future success," CEO Kalle Koskinen continued.
Genomill-patented Geno1® is a novel pre-sequencing platform that enables fundamental improvements in the cost, performance, scalability of NGS. "We've already at this point reached a detection rate of 0.01% in tens of molecules, and this is just the tip of an iceberg", said company's CTO, Manu Tamminen. "Geno1® unlocks the future of distributed kits and harnesses the full potential of NGS," said CEO Koskinen.
Genomill is focused on the introduction of precise, reliable technology that can be easily and cost effectively integrated into the clinical diagnostics environment. "In order to truly revolutionize diagnostics and detection, technology must be easy to assimilate – that's how Genomill will deliver transformative value" added CTO Tamminen.
Geno1® is based on unique, patented Bridge Capture target enrichment workflow that can be adapted to any next generation sequencing platform, including Illumina and Ion Torrent. It can also be adapted for Nanopore sequencing with a simple modification. This technology has the potential to provide accessible, unprecedented, and transformative precision diagnostic capability with applications in oncology, pre-natal care, infectious disease, and control over antimicrobial resistance.
Genomill will present the first analytical validation data for Geno1® at the Precision Medicine World Conference, taking place in Santa Clara, CA from June 28 to 30.
Presentation date: June 30, 2022
Time: 9:15 AM Pacific Time
Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, Track 6
"We're excited to share an update on our work for Geno1®. We believe it will enable improvements in performance, scalability, and cost for liquid biopsies and beyond" noted Chief Technology Officer and Genomill co-founder Manu Tamminen.
Genomill's vision is to lead the transformation of precision diagnostics with an immediate goal of bringing the full potential of liquid biopsies to more people, everywhere.
About the Precision Medicine World Conference 2022
PMWC, the "Precision Medicine World Conference" is the largest and original annual conference dedicated to precision medicine. PMWC's mission is to bring together recognized leaders, top global researchers and medical professionals, and innovators across healthcare and biotechnology sectors to showcase practical content that helps close the knowledge gap between different sectors, thereby catalyzing cross-functional fertilization & collaboration to accelerate the development and spread of precision medicine.
Since 2009, recognized as a vital cornerstone for all constituents of the health care and biotechnology community, PMWC provides an exceptional forum for the exchange of information about the latest advances in technology (e.g., DNA sequencing technology), in clinical implementation (e.g., cancer and beyond), research, and in all aspects related to the regulatory and reimbursement sectors.
About Genomill
Genomill is a pioneering precision diagnostics company. The company´s mission is to democratize the use of liquid biopsies for NGS and beyond. The company is collaborating with top-tier commercial players and envisions a global impact on healthcare and diagnostics through its unique technological innovation.
Our proprietary and patented Geno1® technology is a unique combination of molecular biology, robotics, next-generation DNA sequencing and data interpretation. It truly provides means for vertical progress and enables fundamental improvements in cost, accuracy, scalability, and turn-around-time.
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Kalle Koskinen,
Co-founder and CEO,
Genomill Oy
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MOUNT OLIVE, N.J., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prose Technologies, a leader in wireless antenna and coverage solutions, announced leadership and focus for the North American market with the appointment of Jim Nevelle as president and a concentration on its manufacturing in the U.S.
In January 2022, the Rosenberger Group announced the spinoff of its base station antenna, microwave antenna, indoor and outdoor coverage solutions, Open RAN sub-systems and related services business to create a new, private company called Prose. Jim Nevelle was selected to lead the business in North America to continue offering market-leading technologies to the U.S. market.
"With Jim leading Prose in North America, we can continue to offer operators and service providers leading wireless technologies for their 5G deployments," said Aili Liu, president, Prose Technologies, Global. "We believe that Prose is uniquely positioned to serve its global customers with more than 3,500 employees, 3 manufacturing locations, including 1 in the U.S., and 4 R&D centers worldwide."
The Prose manufacturing facility located in New Jersey supports the production of Prose's 4G and 5G antennas. Expansion plans are already being considered due to the high interest of domestic manufacturing and logistical support.
"With our manufacturing in the U.S., we will be able to assist our customers as they rapidly deploy their 5G networks," said Jim Nevelle, president of Prose Technologies, North America. "I am excited to be leading this new organization that brings together the best wireless technology solutions and industry leadership from Rosenberger, and unlocks the potential for our customers in this market."
Prose discovers, designs and builds technologies that enable networks around the world to connect people to their families, their work and everything in between. From our antenna technologies, open RAN innovations, inbuilding solutions, and full cell site offerings, we help people to connect to their everyday. Find out more at www.ProseTechnologies.com.
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CHICAGO, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For June's National Safety Month, SABRE, the leading personal safety brand with police and consumers worldwide, announces the launch of three new functional and fashionable personal defense products to support safe, summer fun.
"We believe personal safety is personal and our new products empower users to go about their daily activities with confidence and peace of mind. We're proud to continue to innovate and offer powerful protection and user-friendly tools that help address escalating crime," says David Nance, CEO of SABRE.
New products include:
- SABRE Pepper Gel with Keyring Release Whistle provides maximum strength pepper gel protection along with a super loud, keyring release whistle that adds an extra layer of security. The extremely loud whistle - that can be heard up to 750-feet away - helps deter an attacker and get the attention of those nearby, while the UV marking dye in the pepper gel helps the authorities identify anyone after they've been sprayed. The combo safety tool enhances user safety by helping to both scare off a potential threat and call for help for those in the immediate vicinity.
- SABRE Jeweled Pepper Spray with Snap Clip and Keyring was designed for fashionable on-the-go safety while offering protection against multiple threats. The powerful pepper spray canister is wrapped in sparkling rhinestones with a matching top. Features include:
- Made To Match Your Style: Available in black, silver, and lavender
- Prevents Accidental Discharge: Secured with a twist-lock safety
- Instant Access: Metal snap hook attaches to any bag, backpack, or tote
- Protection At A Distance Against Multiple Threats: 10-foot range with 25 bursts (5x the competition)
- SABRE Emergency Whistle with Keyring, Lanyard, and Carabiner is an easily accessible and extremely loud safety option to call for help and draw attention to the user. The SABRE Emergency Whistle's powerful, audible noise can alert those nearby that someone needs help. As the loud sound calls for help, it can also scare off your attacker. Outdoorsmen also use this item to give notice of their location or call for help when they are lost. Features include:
Products are now available online at www.sabrered.com.
ABOUT SABRE
The leading personal safety brand with police and consumers worldwide, SABRE is a family-owned and operated business with more than 45 years of experience in the personal safety space with a long-standing reputation for providing reliable, easy-to-use personal safety solutions that help put more distance between the user and multiple threats. SABRE encourages users to Make It Safe so that they can live confidently with empowering personal safety products that they can trust. For more information, please visit www.sabrered.com
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Paramount Public Relations
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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the second anniversary of the Lebanon port explosion by insisting Wednesday that truth and justice “can never be hidden,” in an apparent reference to the stalled investigation into the disaster.
Francis made the comments at the end of his weekly general audience, the first after his monthlong summer break.
Recalling the upcoming anniversary, Francis said he was praying for the families of the victims “of that disastrous event and the dear Lebanese people.”
“I pray that each one may be consoled by faith, and comforted by justice and truth that can never be hidden,” he said.
The Aug. 4, 2020, detonation of ammonium nitrate at the port was one of the world’s biggest non-nuclear blasts. It killed at least 215 people, injured more than 6,000 and sent pressure waves across the capital. The investigation into the disaster has been blocked for months by Lebanese political powers, who have ensured that no one has to date been held accountable. Many Lebanese blame the government’s longtime corruption and mismanagement for the tragedy.
Francis prayed for Lebanon to be reborn and remain true to its “vocation as a land of peace and pluralism where different religious communities can live in fraternity.”
Francis, 85, had been planning to travel to Lebanon this past spring, but strained knee ligaments forced him to postpone the trip. No new date has been set. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/pope-on-lebanon-blast-anniversary-truth-can-never-be-hidden/ | 2022-08-03T21:55:43Z |
NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, an investor rights law firm, is investigating the following companies for potential violations of the federal securities laws and/or breaches of fiduciary duties to shareholders relating to:
PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE: PSB)'s sale to affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate for $187.50 per share in cash. If you are a PS Business Parks shareholder, click here to learn more about your rights and options.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP and Bernstein Liebhard LLP announce that the United States District Court for the Central District of California has approved the following announcement of a proposed class action settlement that would benefit purchasers of Funko, Inc. common stock (NASDAQ: FNKO):
SUMMARY NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION, PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSES, AND SETTLEMENT FAIRNESS HEARING
To: All persons and entities who or which purchased the common stock of Funko, Inc. ("Funko") on the open market during the period from August 8, 2019 to March 5, 2020, inclusive, and who were damaged thereby ("Settlement Class").
Certain persons and entities are excluded from the Settlement Class as set forth in detail in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated June 3, 2022 ("Stipulation") and the Internet Notice described below.
PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY; YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT PENDING IN THIS COURT.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT IS AVAILABLE ON THE SETTLEMENT WEBSITE, www.strategicclaims.net/Funko/.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and an Order of the United States District Court for the Central District of California (the "Court"), that the Court-appointed Lead Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and the proposed Settlement Class, and defendants Funko, Inc. ("Funko"), Brian Mariotti, Jennifer Fall Jung, Andrew Perlmutter, Ken Brotman, Gino Dellomo, Adam Kriger, ACON Investments, LLC, ACON Funko Manager, LLC, ACON Funko Investors, LLC, ACON Funko Investors Holdings 1, LLC, ACON Funko Investors Holdings 2, LLC, ACON Funko Investors Holdings 3, LLC, and ACON Equity GenPar, LLC (collectively, the "Defendants") have reached a proposed settlement of the claims in the above-captioned class action (the "Action") in the amount of $7,000,000 (the "Settlement").
A hearing will be held before the Honorable Virginia A. Phillips, on November 7, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, First Street U.S. Courthouse, 350 W. 1st Street, Courtroom 8A, 8th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (the "Settlement Hearing") to, among other things, to determine whether to: (i) approve the proposed Settlement as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (ii) dismiss the Action with prejudice as provided in the Stipulation; (iii) certify the Action as a class action on behalf of the Settlement Class, certify Lead Plaintiffs as Class Representatives for the Settlement Class, and appoint Lead Counsel as Class Counsel for the Settlement Class; (iv) approve the proposed Plan of Allocation for distribution of the settlement funds to Settlement Class Members (the "Net Settlement Fund"); (v) approve Lead Counsel's application for an award of attorneys' fees of up to 25% of the Settlement Fund and reimbursement of Litigation Expenses of up to $275,000, which includes costs and expenses to Lead Plaintiffs of up to $18,000 each; and (vi) to consider any other matters that may properly be brought before the Court in connection with the Settlement. The Court may change the date of the Settlement Hearing, or hold it telephonically, without providing another notice. You do NOT need to attend the Settlement Hearing to receive a distribution from the Net Settlement Fund.
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASS, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A MONETARY PAYMENT. You may obtain a Proof of Claim and Release Form ("Claim Form") and review the Internet Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action ("Internet Notice") on the website www.strategicclaims.net/Funko/ or by contacting the Claims Administrator at:
Funko, Inc. Securities Litigation
c/o Strategic Claims Services
600 N. Jackson St., Suite 205
P.O. Box 230
Media, PA 19063
Toll-Free: (866) 274-4004
Fax: (610) 565-7985
info@strategicclaims.net
https://www.strategicclaims.net/Funko/
Inquiries, other than requests for the Internet Notice and Claim Form or for information about the status of a claim, may also be made to Lead Counsel:
BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD LLP
Stephanie M. Beige, Esq.
10 East 40th Street, 28th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-779-1414
funkoinfo@bernlieb.com
POMERANTZ LLP
Attn: Michael J. Wernke
600 Third Avenue, 20th Floor
New York, NY 10016
212-661-1100
mjwernke@pomlaw.com
If you are a Settlement Class Member, to be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, you must submit a Claim Form postmarked (if mailed) or submitted online at www.strategicclaims.net/Funko/ ("Case Website") no later than October 17, 2022 to the Claims Administrator at the address above. Read the instructions carefully, fill out the Claim Form in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Claim Form, and sign it in the location indicated. The Case Website also includes instructions on downloading your transaction data directly from your brokerage so that you do not have to manually enter each transaction. If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not timely submit a valid Claim Form, you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, but you will nevertheless be bound by all judgments or orders entered by the Court relating to the Settlement, whether favorable or unfavorable.
If you are a Settlement Class Member and wish to exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you must submit a written request for exclusion in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Internet Notice such that it is received no later than October 17, 2022. If you properly exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you will not be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court relating to the Settlement, whether favorable or unfavorable, and you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund.
Any objections to the proposed Settlement, the proposed Plan of Allocation, or Lead Counsel's motion for attorneys' fees and reimbursement of expenses or awards to Lead Plaintiffs must be filed with the Court, either by mail or in person, and be mailed to counsel for the Parties in accordance with the instructions in the Internet Notice, such that they are received no later than October 17, 2022.
SO ORDERED this 19th day of July, 2022.
The Honorable Virginia A. Phillips
United States District Judge
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SAO PAULO, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Plintron Holdings PTE Ltd. and Plintron Mobility Solutions Private Ltd. (together, Plintron) have successfully secured a favorable award in an arbitration commenced by Surf Telecom S.A. f/k/a EUTV Consultoria e Intermediacao de Negocios S.A. (Surf Telecom), under the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association.
The sole arbitrator rejected all claims brought by Surf Telecom arising from a Master Services Agreement entered into with Plintron in 2017. The arbitrator found that Surf Telecom breached the parties' Master Service Agreement and awarded damages caused by Surf Telecom's breaches.
Background:
The arbitration arose from the Master Services Agreement entered into between Surf Telecom and Plintron in 2017. Surf Telecom claimed both in the arbitration, as well as in a number of public statements, that Plintron breached the Master Services Agreement by stopping providing Surf Telecom with certain services resulting in damage to its customers and reputation. Plintron counterclaimed for Surf Telecom's failure to pay for services rendered, as well as for improper termination of the Master Service Agreement.
The Award:
In the Award issued on May 31, 2022, the arbitrator rejected all claims brought by Surf Telecom. The arbitrator determined that Surf Telecom was in material breach of the Master Services Agreement. The arbitrator ordered Surf Telecom to pay all the outstanding invoices as well as applicable interest and damages for Surf Telecom's breach of the Master Services Agreement.
About Plintron
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BURBANK, Calif., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors for ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that its 50th Annual Annie Awards™ recognizing the year's best in the field of animation will return to a live ceremony on Saturday, February 25, 2023 at UCLA's Royce Hall, Los Angeles, CA. A list of ceremony Deadlines, Rules & Categories, and the 'Call for Entries' will be announced and available on the Annies website (www.annieawards.org) on Monday, September 12, 2022.
The Annie Awards™ covers 37 categories and include Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature-Independent, Special Productions, Sponsored Films, Short Subjects, Student Films and Outstanding Individual Achievements, as well as the honorary Juried Awards.
Thanks to the generous support from this year's sponsors and advertisers: Platinum Level – Cartoon Network Studios/Warner Bros. Animation, DreamWorks Animation, LA Times, Netflix, Variety and Walt Disney Animation Studios/Pixar Animation Studios; Gold Level – Disney TV Animation, Illumination Entertainment and Riot Games; Silver Level – The Animation Guild LATSE Local 839, Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures Animation and Walt Disney Animation Studios; Bronze Level – Epic Game, GKIDS, Nickelodeon and Skydance Animation; and Education/Nonprofit Level – Sheridan College.
ASIFA-Hollywood is the world's foremost professional organization dedicated to promoting the Art of Animation and celebrating the people who create it. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood, the largest chapter of the international organization ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d'Animation), supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Current initiatives include the Animation Archive, Animation Aid Foundation, animated film preservation, animation open source support, special events, screenings and of course, the annual Annie Awards.
Created in 1972 by veteran voice talent June Foray, the Annie Awards™ have grown in scope and stature for five decades. For more information on the Annie Awards™, please visit www.annieawards.org.
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Sesame Place to train employees on diversity and inclusion
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Sesame Street-themed park has announced the implementation of diversity and inclusion training for its employees.
The announcement Tuesday follows a $25 million class-action lawsuit alleging multiple incidents of discrimination after outcry sparked from a viral video of a costumed character snubbing two 6-year-old Black girls during a parade at Sesame Place in Pennsylvania.
The park, which is operated by SeaWorld Parks, says in the statement that all employees will be mandated to participate in training created to address bias, promote inclusion and prevent discrimination by the end of September.
An attorney says the family of one of the 6-year-olds is expected to meet with the SeaWorld CEO on Thursday.
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ATLANTA, Ga. and WILMINGTON, Mass., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. ("Liberty" or the "Company") (TSXV: SCAN) (OTCQB: LDDFF) (FRANKFURT: LD2A), a leading technology provider of detection solutions for concealed weapons and threats, is pleased to announce that today it has officially begun beta testing the HEXWAVE™ system at its first beta site, one of the largest Hindu temples in the United States.
The HEXWAVE walkthrough security detection system uses millimeter wave, video-rate 3D imaging, and artificial intelligence to detect and identify weapons and other dangerous items, including both metal and non-metal threats such as 3D-printed ghost guns. HEXWAVE does not require people to divest coats, cell phones, keys, or other benign items. The system provides security operators with an automatic go/no-go decision, and a seamless experience for venue patrons.
"Visitors and worshipers should not have to worry about their safety," said Dixit Suthar, security system administrator for the temple. "The temple receives thousands of visitors each week. The goal of increasing security screening is to stay ahead of threats today and promote peace of mind. With HEXWAVE, we were drawn to the potential of enhanced detection of metallic and non-metallic objects with a better view of new types of threats beyond guns and knives. Non-metallic explosives are a concern, be they liquid, powder, or plastic, as they are not detectable by other walkthrough screening technology on the market today. We are excited to trial the HEXWAVE and partner with Liberty."
As a global Hindu religious and social organization with 3,300 temples around the world, the organization has several temples located throughout North America and is the first house of worship to sign on with Liberty to test HEXWAVE. The beta testing will be conducted by screening visitors and worshipers inside the temple, as well as controlled testing that will be compared with Liberty's own internal data.
"After over six years of development and significant investment in the technology, we are very pleased to announce that today we have achieved a major milestone on Liberty's path to commercialization," said Bill Frain, CEO of Liberty Defense. "We are thrilled to have the HEXWAVE system in the field and operated by security staff of key industry-leading organizations representing our target verticals. Collecting data and market feedback during the beta trial period will be invaluable to our success."
As previously announced, the Company will also deploy beta units in several settings, including an MLB stadium, a large state university, and major airports for airline employee screening. Beta testing will continue over the coming 12 weeks.
For updates and news, please visit the Company website to subscribe to email alerts or follow Liberty Defense on social channels.
On Behalf of Liberty Defense
Bill Frain
CEO & Director
Liberty Defense (TSXV: SCAN, OTCQB: LDDFF, FRANKFURT: LD2A) provides multi-technology security solutions for concealed weapons detection in high volume foot traffic areas and locations requiring enhanced security such as airports, stadiums, schools, and more. Liberty's HEXWAVE product, for which the company has secured an exclusive license from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), as well as a technology transfer agreement for patents related to active 3D radar imaging technology, provides discrete, modular, and scalable protection to provide layered, stand-off detection capability of metallic and non-metallic weapons. Liberty has also recently licensed the millimeter wave-based, High-Definition Advanced Imaging Technology (HD-AIT) body scanner and shoe scanner technologies as part of its technology portfolio. Liberty is committed to protecting communities and preserving peace of mind through superior security detection solutions. Learn more: LibertyDefense.com
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By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. There are a number of important factors that could cause Liberty's actual results to differ materially from those indicated or implied by forward-looking statements and information. Such factors include, among others: currency fluctuations; limited business history of the parties; disruptions or changes in the credit or security markets; results of operation activities and development of projects; project cost overruns or unanticipated costs and expenses; and general development, market and industry conditions. The parties undertake no obligation to comment on analyses, expectations or statements made by third parties in respect of their securities or their respective financial or operating results (as applicable).
Liberty cautions that the foregoing list of material factors is not exhaustive. When relying on Liberty's forward-looking statements and information to make decisions, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential events. Liberty has assumed that the material factors referred to in the previous paragraph will not cause such forward-looking statements and information to differ materially from actual results or events. However, the list of these factors is not exhaustive and is subject to change and there can be no assurance that such assumptions will reflect the actual outcome of such items or factors. The forward-looking information contained in this press release represents the expectations of Liberty as of the date of this press release and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. Liberty does not undertake to update this information at any particular time except as required in accordance with applicable laws.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release.
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Police rescue two fawns after mother is killed on highway
Published: May. 31, 2022 at 7:40 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(Gray News) – Two fawns have been recently orphaned but they aren’t being left to survive on their own, thanks to police in Ohio.
The Belmont County Sheriff’s Office posted pictures on Facebook of the fawns that were saved after their mother was killed on a highway.
The mother was reportedly killed on Interstate 70 and the fawns were found nearby.
The doe and buck were taken to an animal rehabilitation facility near Zanesville, Ohio.
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Indiana Center for Recovery has been awarded on Newsweek's list of America's Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2022. This prestigious award is presented by Newsweek and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The awards list was announced on August 16th, 2022 and can currently be viewed on Newsweek's website.
The America's Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2022 list highlights the nation's top facilities based on quality of service, reputation and accreditation relative to in-state competition. Facilities in the 25 states with the highest number of addiction treatment centers, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), were included in the survey. The rankings feature the top 330 inpatient/residential and long-term addiction treatment centers. The evaluation process was comprised of three steps:
- Recommendations from Peers: Thousands of medical experts (therapists, counselors, medical doctors, administration & staff working in addiction treatment facilities) were invited to an online peer-to-peer survey.
- Quality Score: Participants were also asked to rank the quality dimensions which influence the quality of rehabilitation facilities.
- Accreditation Score: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) provides data for addiction treatment centers. Specifically, SAMSHA lists accreditations relevant to addiction treatment centers.
Indiana Center for Recovery is ecstatic to be recognized for the second year on Newsweek's list of America's Best Addiction Treatment Centers 2022.
"Indiana Center for Recovery is a community of excellence, diversity, and hope," said Director of Clinical Development, Jackie Daniels, "We're delighted to be honored for the healing we bring Indiana and everyone across the country who comes to us for help. This award encourages us to continue our mission to serve all those brave souls who seek wellness and relief in times of great despair or distress. The recognition means we're on the right path: we hold ourselves to the highest treatment standards for each patient, and it's inspiring to see this success alongside our patients' victories."
About Indiana Center for Recovery
Since 2016, Indiana Center For Recovery has pushed patient outcomes through expert staff, high-end facilities, and scientifically sound protocols for patient-centered recovery. Esteemed in substance use disorder and mental health treatment, they offer a dynamic combination of clinically exceptional services and compassionate care, striving to treat every client with respect while treating mental health conditions, patterns of addiction, and underlying health conditions. To learn more visit: https://treatmentindiana.com.
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Dozens of Fort Hood youths recently participated in the Youth NFL Football ProCamp10 hosted by Denver Broncos tight end Andrew Beck.
The camp, which was held July 9 and July 10 at Hood Stadium, did not just happen by accident. The Fort Hood community won the opportunity by shopping at the Commissary and Exchange and buying Procter & Gamble products.
“We won this contest by selling the most Procter & Gamble than any other base in CONUS (continental U.S.) this year,” said Vicki Walker, commissary officer.
Andrew Beck, recipient of the NFL Honor Salute to Service award, was a military brat himself and was excited to be working with military kids.
“To be able to work with military kids is such a huge honor for me, growing up a military kid working with veterans, active-duty, retirees, things like that. It’s a blast anytime (I) get to work with kids and share my story and tell them, ‘Hey guys, if I can make it to the NFL, you guys can. I’ve been in your shoes. We lived here at Fort Hood when I was growing up.’ To be able to relate to them it’s really cool.”
He was happy to be back at the place he once called home, but was not as thrilled with the over 100 degree temperature.
“It’s the Great Place. It’s awesome being back here, other than the heat. It’s 85 back in Denver.”
Andrew’s father is Brig. Gen. Christopher Beck, III Corps and Fort Hood deputy commander. He encouraged Andrew to pursue his dream of becoming an NFL player despite the challenges of growing up in a military family.
“I used to (talk to) my dad growing up, (about) moving around living on Army installations. It can be hard for me to get recruited to go to college and to be able to play in the NFL which was obviously my dream. He told me, ‘If you keep working, I promise people will come find you,’” Andrew shared. “It’s true, but it’s hard to believe when it’s coming from your parents. (It’s important) To be able to come back and tell (the children), ‘It is true. If you work hard enough, you can do anything no matter where you’re from or what your background is.’”
After a short warm up session, Beck spoke to the children in attendance, encouraging them much like he did Andrew over a decade ago.
“About 12 years ago, (Andrew) was sitting right where you all are. We were stationed right here at Fort Hood. He played football for the rec league. He played at a local middle school. One day when I picked him up from a camp he said, ‘I really want to play football.’ He set his mind to playing football; he set his mind on that goal,” Beck said.
Beck continued, “I want to tell you all a lot of times military kids or kids that are associated with the military kind of have a raw deal. You move around a lot. You don’t feel like you get a fair shake at some of the sports. I think it’s really important that you ask (Andrew) a lot of questions today, because he’s been where you guys are sitting right now. He and his brother are the young men they are today because of what they experienced in the military.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/life/article_b3d5dafa-09cb-11ed-bd1f-7b2aee82c874.html | 2022-07-24T06:40:40Z |
NEW YORK, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for AUVI, SONN, SAVE, RIGL, and SEAC.
To see how InvestorsObserver's proprietary scoring system rates these stocks, view the InvestorsObserver's PriceWatch Alert by selecting the corresponding link.
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Cramped seats. Shrinking legroom. Minimal bag space. That's the norm for most airline passengers. So, in an effort to make flying more comfortable, some interior designers are re-imagining the outdated standard of inflight seating by posing a simple question: what if single-aisle airplanes were just, well, bigger?
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1. Shootings
At least four people were killed yesterday in a shooting on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said. "It was just madness inside, with hundreds of rooms and hundreds of people trying to get out of the building," Tulsa police Capt. Richard Meulenberg said. Officials are still working to identify the motive of the shooter, who authorities believe died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This comes as the US grapples with a series of mass shootings that have left communities across the country grieving. Less than three weeks ago, 10 people were killed in a racially motivated shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Last week, an 18-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 19 children and two teachers. The embattled Uvalde school police chief who led the flawed law enforcement response spoke exclusively to CNN yesterday after remaining out of the public eye for a week but declined to answer substantive questions about the massacre.
2. Economy
President Joe Biden said yesterday there is little he can do to lower the cost of gasoline or food at the moment. "There's a lot going on right now but the idea we're going to be able to click a switch, bring down the cost of gasoline, is not likely in the near term. Nor is it with regard to food," Biden said at the White House. The President and his team are placing a heavy emphasis on the economy to try to demonstrate his commitment amid sinking approval ratings. Biden said instead of direct action to bring down gas or food prices, he is looking to ease the financial burden in other areas, like prescription drugs and child care. Meanwhile, Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is predicting an economic "hurricane" is in the near future, mainly caused by the war in Ukraine, rising inflation pressures and interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.
3. Ukraine
The decision by the US to supply advanced weapons to Ukraine has sparked concern that Russia may retaliate. Russian officials called the decision a "direct provocation" after the US and the UK agreed to provide missile systems to Kyiv capable of hitting targets 50 miles away. NATO, however, does not foresee a Russian retaliation. On the ground, Russia's monthslong blockade of Ukrainian ports is also exacerbating a food crisis and is increasing food prices across the globe. The Biden administration said it is working to get temporary storage containers to help salvage some of the 20 million tons of grain that are currently stuck inside Ukraine. Still, as these efforts are underway, the US and its international partners are no closer to finding a quick and absolute solution to lifting the Russian blockade.
4. Coronavirus
New variants are poised to keep Covid-19 circulating at high levels throughout the summer, new research suggests. The next influx of infections will probably come from the newer Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, two closely related viruses that were first characterized in South Africa and that landed in the US around late March, according to the gene sequence sharing site GISAID. The CDC said BA.4 and BA.5 together accounted for an estimated 6% to 7% of new infections in the US in late May and are more likely to lead to breakthrough infections, even in people who've had Covid-19 before. Without upgraded vaccines or boosters, some medical professionals believe a lot of Americans will get sick in the coming weeks to months.
5. Depp-Heard verdict
A jury has found both Amber Heard and Johnny Depp liable for defamation in their lawsuits against each other. The jury awarded $15 million in damages to Depp, a legal win for the actor. The jury awarded Heard $2 million. Depp sued Heard, his ex-wife, for defamation over a 2018 op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in which she described herself as a "public figure representing domestic abuse." Though Depp was not named in the article, he claims it cost him lucrative acting roles. Heard countersued Depp for defamation over statements his attorney made about her abuse claims. Depp sought $50 million in damages and Heard sought $100 million. Depp was not present in court when the verdict was read, but released a statement that said, in part, "the jury gave me my life back." Heard also released a statement saying she is "heartbroken" over the verdict.
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Queen Elizabeth II marks 70 years on the throne
At 96 years old, Queen Elizabeth is the longest-serving monarch in Britain's history -- and perhaps the most recognizable person in the world. We cordially invite you to take an interactive glimpse into her legacy here.
Today is the start of a four-day holiday weekend in the UK to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70th year on the throne. For more on the celebrations, sign up for CNN's Royal News, a weekly dispatch bringing you the inside track on Britain's royal family.
TODAY'S NUMBER
$5.8 billion
That's how much student loan debt the Biden administration is canceling for 560,000 borrowers who attended the now-defunct network of for-profit schools known as Corinthian Colleges, the Department of Education announced yesterday. The cancellation amounts to the largest one-time discharge ever made by the department. However, the move will not satisfy many Democrats who have been calling on Biden to broadly cancel up to $50,000 of student loan debt for each of the 43 million borrowers in the US.
TODAY'S QUOTE
"I don't think anybody anticipated the impact of one facility -- of the Abbott facility. Once we learned of the extent of it and how broad it was, we kicked everything into gear."
-- President Biden, conceding yesterday that he didn't understand how big of an effect the shutdown of an Abbott baby formula plant in Michigan and subsequent recalls would have on the baby formula supply until April. Biden's admission came during a White House roundtable on the crisis yesterday after multiple formula manufacturers said they immediately knew the effect the shutdown would have on formula supply. Separately, the White House yesterday announced another shipment of infant formula the equivalent of 3.7 million 8-ounce bottles is on its way to the US from the UK.
TODAY'S WEATHER
AND FINALLY
How to make the fluffiest eggs ever
Imagine tasting a cloud, but in egg form. Elevate your breakfast with this simple technique for extremely fluffy eggs. (Click here to view)
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‘Flash’ actor Ezra Miller seeks treatment for ‘mental health issues’
NEW YORK (AP) — After a string of arrests and erratic behavior that spanned Hawaii to Vermont, “Flash” actor Ezra Miller said they have begun treatment for “complex mental health issues.”
The 29-year-old Miller, who identifies as non-binary, issued a statement late Monday. On Sept. 26, Miller is due to appear for arraignment in Vermont Superior Court after being cited for felony burglary in Stamford, Vermont. Authorities last week said Miller had taken several bottles of alcohol from a residence while the homeowners weren’t present.
“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” Miller said in a statement. “I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”
Miller was arrested twice earlier this year in Hawaii, including for disorderly conduct and harassment at a karaoke bar. The second incident was for second-degree assault.
The parents of 18-year-old Tokata Iron Eyes, a Native American activist, earlier this year filed a protection order against Miller, accusing the actor of grooming their child and other inappropriate behavior with her as a minor from the age of 12. Tokata Iron Eyes has disputed that.
Representatives for Miller have not responded to requests for comment on those allegations or previous arrests.
Miller’s personal troubles have been a particularly pressing issue for Warner Bros. and DC Films. After appearing in several “Justice League” movies as the Flash, Miller stars in an upcoming standalone film about the speedy superhero due out next summer. Principal photography on “The Flash” was completed last year. David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. has said that the studio is committed to releasing the film.
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Fully diluted Shareholders' Equity up 15%
Achieves Break-even Cash Flow from Operations
Subscription-based Revenue Increased 40%
DENVER, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Intermap Technologies (TSX: IMP) (OTCQX: ITMSF) ("Intermap" or the "Company"), a global leader in geospatial content development and intelligence solutions, today announced filing of consolidated financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, along with management's discussion and analysis for the corresponding period and related management certifications for first quarter financial results. The documents are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
For the quarter ending March 31, 2022, the Company reported revenue of $2.0 million, compared with $0.9 million for the first quarter and $2.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2021. Acquisition services revenue recovered to $0.6 million after a challenging year in 2021 because of COVID-19. Recurring value-added data services were up 66% due to increased defense spending. Recurring software and solutions were up 43% as the company continues to grow its commercial elevation data-as-a-service (EDaaS) offerings. Consistent with prior periods, Intermap experienced seasonal decline in revenue for the first quarter as government customers allocate the bulk of their contract dollars in the summer months to accommodate September and November year-end budget cycles. Government revenue represented 34% of total revenue for the quarter.
In spite of government customer payment delays caused by COVID-19 quarantines during the quarter, Intermap earned positive operating cash flow. On a fully diluted basis, Intermap revenue per share increased 93% to $0.065 per share, and Shareholders' Equity increased 11% to $0.038 per share, compared with the same period in 2021.
Intermap is engaged with the U.S. Department of Defense and other allied national government agencies on critical strategic initiatives. Defense-related revenue from all countries currently represents approximately 27% of total revenue for the quarter, up from nil in 2021. Some ongoing unclassified government work that has been previously announced includes:
- · Supporting Ukraine's Ministry of Defense with high-resolution, 3D data and analytic services
- · Working with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to supply low latency foundation data for high-priority national security areas of interest
- · Working on prime contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to support its development of GPS-denied navigation solutions
Intermap's subscription-based revenue increased 40% over the first quarter of 2021. Year over year, the Company's insurance business increased 65% and key data contracts increased 28% with increases in the number and size of subscriptions. With the industry recovering from COVID-19, Intermap's aviation business began to recover. Some commercial highlights include:
- New InsitePro® subscription with a top-5 underwriter in the U.S., providing flood risk assessment and flood premium pricing
- First contract for rail solution with Class 1 North American railway company for flood and fire risk management
- New NEXTView™ contract to support automated aircraft landing in the U.S.
- New data subscription contract with leading European airline to provide elevation data as a service for flight planning operations
- Expanded European insurance subscription with Generali for its customized flood hazard maps and analytics
- Renewed flood risk web services subscription to support real estate transactions in the Czech Republic
"We are pleased to report strong year-over-year revenue growth for the first quarter and we are on track for 2022," said Patrick A. Blott, Intermap's Chairman and CEO. "Our government and commercial businesses are winning new customers under high-margin programmatic recurring contract awards and expanding existing relationships. We are confident in our pipeline and well-positioned to execute on our strategy of efficient resource allocation towards highly profitable, recurring revenue and scalable growth."
Intermap Reader Advisory
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About Intermap Technologies
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Intermap (TSX: IMP; OTCQX: ITMSF) is a global leader in geospatial intelligence solutions. The Company's proprietary 3D NEXTMap® elevation datasets and value-added geospatial collection, processing, analytics, fusion and orthorectification software and solutions are utilized across a range of industries that rely on accurate, high-resolution elevation data. Intermap helps governments build authoritative geospatial datasets and provides solutions for base mapping, transportation, environmental monitoring, topographic mapping, disaster mitigation, smart city integration, public safety and defense. The Company's commercial applications include aviation and UAV flight planning, flood and wildfire insurance, environmental and renewable energy planning, telecommunications, engineering, critical infrastructure monitoring, hydrology, land management, oil and gas and transportation. For more information, please visit www.intermap.com.
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CLEVELAND, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sharp increases in average prices for key raw materials drove a surge in the US pipe market in value terms in 2021, finds a new Freedonia Group analysis.
In 2021, average prices of PVC, steel, and copper pipe spiked 38%, 48%, and 49%, respectively. The significant increase in prices was due to a number of factors including:
- major increases in raw material prices, as inflation reaches the highest levels in the US in over 40 years
- significant supply chain issues and shortages
These price increases led to a massive spike in value demand in 2021 that was boosted by a return to growth in pipe usage. In linear feet terms, demand accelerated from a nearly flat 2020, as the oil and gas drilling, industrial processing, and structural and mechanical markets rebounded due to rising gas prices and increasing durable goods production.
Through 2026, demand for pipe products in the US is forecast to increase 2.2% per year to $57.9 billion, equivalent to 12.9 billion linear feet. Growth in value terms is projected to decelerate significantly due mostly to the expectation that average prices of plastic and metal pipe will moderate going forward. However, volume gains will be driven by:
- a rebound in oil and gas drilling activity
- increasing water and sewer construction
- healthy growth in transportation equipment manufacturing
- rising production of air conditioners and refrigerators, particularly larger and higher end models that require more tubing
Pipes Products & Markets provides historical data (2011, 2016, and 2021) and forecasts for the years 2026, and 2031 for the following competitive pipe materials:
- steel
- plastic (broken out by PVC, HDPE, PEX, CPVC, fiberglass, ABS, and other resins)
- copper
- ductile iron
- concrete
- aluminum
- other nonferrous metals (e.g., titanium, nickel)
- clay
Also included are breakouts for pipe markets:
- structural and mechanical (refrigeration and HVAC equipment, appliances, transportation equipment, other structural and mechanical products)
- potable water (water transmission, water distribution, service and rural water)
- oil and natural gas (oil and natural gas drilling and transmission, natural gas distribution)
- storm and sanitary sewer
- conduit
- industrial processing
- drain, waste, and vent
- irrigation
About the Freedonia Group - The Freedonia Group, a division of MarketResearch.com, is the premier international industrial research company, providing our clients with product analyses, market forecasts, industry trends, and market share information. From one-person consulting firms to global conglomerates, our analysts provide companies with unbiased, reliable industry market research and analysis to help them make important business decisions. With over 100 studies published annually, we support over 90% of the industrial Fortune 500 companies. Find off-the-shelf studies at https://www.freedoniagroup.com/ or contact us for custom research: +1 440.842.2400.
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Claims of fraud made by former fund personnel, SPI Investment Fund, deemed to be unfounded.
GENEVA, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss investment firm, Invescap SA, has announced the unequivocal dismissal of a petition alleged against it and CEO Marc-André Pépin, by former fund personnel.
After rigorous scrutiny from both the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) and the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, the petition logged against the company was deemed to be unfounded.
The petition, reviewed and ordered by the Hon. Justice David Doyle, was therefore withdrawn on 8 July 2022.
Commenting on the withdrawal of the petition, asset management specialist and CEO of Invescap, Mr. Pépin said: "The termination of a directorship contract is always unfortunate, but the long-term security of our client's investments has always been our top priority."
"We are happy that these past four months of thorough review are completed concluding to no wrongdoing and that the claim of fraudulent activity has been quashed". Pepin continued: "We consider this situation to be closed and look forward to moving ahead."
For more information about Invescap, visit: https://www.invescap.ch/
About Invescap
Invescap SA is a Switzerland-based investment firm founded by Dr. Marc-Andrè Pépin. Invescap works internationally focusing on high-yield options, portfolio diversification and risk analysis.
Contact
e-mail: info@invescap.ch
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was sentenced Friday to 46 months in federal prison for attacking a police officer with a Donald Trump flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The newspaper reported that Howard Richardson, 72, of King of Prussia, told the court in Washington “there’s no excuse” for his behavior and pleaded for mercy.
But U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly responded, “Your presence and actions in joining other insurrectionists was an inexcusable attack on our democracy.”
Richardson’s sentence is one of the longest yet among those who have been prosecuted for storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. In addition to the nearly four-year prison sentence, Richardson was ordered to serve three years under court supervision after his release and to pay $2,000 in restitution.
Richardson never entered the Capitol, the Inquirer reported, but prosecutors said his attack on a Washington, D.C., police officer merited a lengthy prison term.
According to the paper, police body camera footage showed Richardson bludgeoning an officer outside the Capitol with a metal flagpole. NBC News reported that Richardson also joined a mob using a giant Trump billboard as a battering ram.
Approximately 850 people have been charged with federal crimes for their conduct on Jan. 6. Over 350 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanors, and over 230 have been sentenced. Dozens of Capitol riot defendants who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor offenses have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from seven days to five months. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/ap-pa-man-who-attacked-police-on-jan-6-gets-46-month-sentence/ | 2022-08-27T11:21:07Z |
First patients dosed in study sub-part evaluating BND-22 in combination with pembrolizumab or with cetuximab
In April 2021, Biond initiated a phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and anti-tumor activity of BND-22 in advanced cancer patients with tumor types known to express the immunosuppressive protein HLA-G
BND-22 is being developed as part of an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Sanofi
MISGAV, Israel, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Biond Biologics Ltd. ("Biond" or the "Company"), a private clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, developing novel immunotherapies for cancer and a platform enabling the intracellular delivery of biologics, today announced that first patients have been dosed in the first-in-human, phase 1 clinical trial's sub-part evaluating BND-22 (SAR444881), an Ig-Like Transcript 2 (ILT2) receptor blocking antibody, in combination with pembrolizumab or with cetuximab.
The phase 1 trial is an open-label, dose escalation and expansion study exploring the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), anti-tumor activity, and exploratory biomarkers for BND-22 activity in patients with select advanced solid tumors. The trial is enrolling participants in medical centers in the USA and Israel.
"Immune checkpoint inhibitor-based therapeutic combinations have demonstrated improvement over existing standards of care in multiple tumor types," said Salomon M. Stemmer, M.D., Research Unit Head, Head of Research, Innovation and Development and Deputy Head Davidoff Center, Rabin Medical Center, and a clinical investigator in the trial. "We look forward to continuing the investigation of BND-22, an immunotherapy targeting both adaptive and innate immune cells, both as a single agent and as part of novel combinations."
"While approved immunotherapies and tumor targeting antibodies have transformed cancer care, an urgent need to develop new approaches for the treatment of advanced cancer patients remains," said Itay Friedman, M.D., VP of Clinical Development at Biond. "Concurrently targeting different immune pathways, dysregulated in tumors may result in an enhanced anti-tumor effect. We are excited to initiate the next part of BND-22' phase 1 trial exploring the inhibition of ILT2 in combination with potentially complementing therapeutics."
In January 2021, Biond announced an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Sanofi, for the development and commercialization of BND-22. Under the terms of the agreement, Biond will lead the first-in-human, phase 1 study of BND-22, evaluating its safety and tolerability as a single agent and in combination with approved cancer therapeutics as well as exploring the association between BND-22 anti-tumor activity and select tumor and blood-based biomarkers; Sanofi will assume clinical development and commercialization responsibilities thereafter.
About BND-22 (SAR444881)
BND-22 is a humanized IgG4, antagonist antibody targeting the ILT2 receptor in development for the treatment of solid tumors. ILT2, a member of the ILT family of immuno-modulating receptors, is an inhibitory receptor expressed on both innate and adaptive immune cells that binds major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I molecules including HLA-G, an immunosuppressive protein expressed by multiple tumor types. BND-22 has been shown in preclinical studies to have a broad anti-tumor effect by targeting ILT2-mediated "do not eat me" signals in macrophages and by activating NK and CD8+ lymphocytes. The program is supported by a comprehensive biomarker strategy designed to guide patient enrollment in advanced clinical trials. BND-22-001 is the first-in-human clinical trial of BND-22. It is a Phase 1/2 multicenter, open label, dose escalation and expansion study enrolling advanced cancer patients with solid tumor types known to express HLA-G. For more information about the trial, including participating medical centers, please visit https://clinicaltrials.gov/
(Trial Identifier: NCT04717375).
About Biond Biologics
Biond Biologics is a drug discovery and development company focused on developing innovative therapies for novel oncology targets by uncovering immunoregulatory pathways and by enabling the intracellular delivery of biologics. Biond aims to translate high quality science and out-of-the-box, disruptive thinking into transformational drugs for diseases with high unmet needs. The company's vision is to deliver innovative medicines to patients while fostering synergistic long-term collaborations with leading biopharmaceutical companies. Biond's leading development programs include BND-22, a multi-cell checkpoint inhibitor targeting ILT2, and BND-67, a novel agent developed for overcoming PD-1 blockade resistance by targeting soluble CD28; an immune evasion mechanism discovered by Biond scientists. The company is also developing BND-35 – an ILT3 blocking antibody, that targets suppressive myeloid cells in the tumor microenvironment. In addition to its pipeline of immunotherapy agents, Biond is developing INspire – an innovative technological platform that enables the intracellular delivery of protein therapeutics, such as antibodies or enzymes, into cells.
Biond was founded in 2016, by Tehila Ben Moshe, Ph.D., Ori Shilo, and other accomplished scientists and drug developers from the Israel biopharmaceutical industry. Israel Biotech fund, Harel Insurance, Deep Insight and Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) are among Biond shareholders. For more information, visit www.biondbio.com.
Company contact:
Tal Sines, PhD
Biond Biologics Ltd.
+972-53 952 0493
tal.sines@biondbio.com
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Canton First Friday ready to rock this summer with new look, new games, updated website
Josh Brewer has owned the Auricle for more than 10 years, relocating in 2018 to a spot in the heart of downtown Canton.
All the while he's seen First Friday help draw people downtown to activities, events, businesses and to his own rock music shows and dance parties.
Brewer, however, agreed it's time to rebrand the event, tweak it and bolster efforts to get the word out and attract more visitors.
"I'm all for it," he said. "I think it needs it — any good business model, technically, it's stated you should rebrand and change things up every three to five years anyways, because people will tend to lose interest ... if it's the same thing over and over again."
Brewer said he's pleased that First Friday is being retooled under the direction of Lynn and Dave Shimko, who own and operate Events by 720, which includes the 720 Market in downtown North Canton and 720 SidestreetMKTS at Oakwood Square in Plain Township in addition to special events, including a barbecue-themed event on Aug. 13 in North Canton.
Lynn Shimko said it's an honor to be assisting with First Friday and supporting the local arts community.
"It's like sometimes when you're too close to something, you need to look at something with fresh eyes, and we think we have fresh eyes with this event," she said.
Art, music, family-friendly activities, entertainment and special themes are still the idea. However, visitors to this Friday's celebration will notice colorful new banners designating businesses and shops as First Friday supporters and participants.
New First Friday maps also are available at the DoubleTree by Hilton and downtown tourists spots. New street barricades are more visually pleasing while directing people to First Friday festivities.
"There's stuff going on, and instead of it being hard to find, we want to help people," Lynn Shimko said of First Friday events.
New family-friendly activities have been added, including oversized games on Fourth Street NW. Parklets have been added — a standing area outdoors where people can drink, eat and socialize.
New attractions also include "Kid Disco" by Comet Wanderer Studios, featuring lights and music on Court Avenue NW between Fifth and Sixth streets.
More:Five questions with ... Lynn Shimko, co-creator of 720 Market
More:Getting to know Canton's Centennial Plaza: Five interesting features
More:Ready to rock: Auricle in Canton has full lineup of shows, including O-Town, Horton Heat
Lots of live music featured at June First Friday in downtown Canton
Themes are being emphasized even more, including live music for this week's First Friday activities. "ROCK'N" First Friday hours are 5 to 9 p.m., although businesses and restaurants are open before and after those times.
"Live music is huge," Lynn Shimko said. "None of that has changed, but it's all about communication and (getting the word out) and letting people know, 'Here's where to go for live music.'"
This Friday's entertainment includes Chris Higbee at 6:30 p.m. at Centennial Plaza along Market Avenue N and Court Avenue NW.
Live music starts at 4:30 p.m. with saxophonist Tyrel Kimbrough, followed at 5:30 p.m. with Moon Cactus and at 7 p.m. with The Modernes, all on the Kempthorn Stage at Fourth Street and McKinley Avenue NW.
Moon Cactus is a trumpeter and multi-instrumentalist from Ohio. The Modernes are an Akron band that plays indie/surf rock.
Outdoor vendors and food trucks also will be featured. Buzzbin Art & Music Shop, 331 Cleveland Ave. NW, will have live music on both indoor and outdoor stages with a $5 cover charge for six bands, including Abandoned Vehicles, Kids Born Wrong, Service and Papers. Live music also will be at Starz, Rae's on Court, Grapes in a Glass and George's Lounge. The Auricle, 201 Cleveland Ave. NW, is hosting a First Friday dance party.
Art galleries and shops, as well as the Canton Museum of Art, continue to be an integral part of First Friday, Lynn Shimko said. Families and children can make take-home crafts throughout the Arts District portion of downtown during this week's First Friday, she said.
"I think it's just showcasing the arts and the downtown businesses and giving people something to do on a Friday night," she said. "When we say family friendly, that's not all that the programming is; it's just bringing that element back, so people feel welcoming coming downtown."
Lynn Shimko said David Whitehill, president and CEO of ArtsinStark, had become aware of their work with the 720 Market events. ArtsinStark contracts with the couple to help oversee and coordinate First Friday.
First Friday sponsors are ArtsinStark, Visit Canton and the Downtown Canton Special Improvement District.
"With Canton’s Centennial Plaza and other developments in the downtown area, there's a lot of energy driving the need to elevate First Friday by rethinking our outdoor spaces and discovering new uses," Whitehill said in an email.
"We aim to create spaces that work for a range of activities," he said. "Spaces where people can mix and mingle, by strategically placing outdoor furniture groupings, lighting fixtures, and greenery."
The Shimkos began helping out with First Friday in late 2021.
"But our biggest push was for the summer season," Lynn Shimko said.
Whitehill said First Friday has evolved since it began more than 15 years ago as "an art walk with just a handful of participants."
Years later, he said, the free, all-ages event draws thousands of attendees spread over several blocks. Whitehill said First Friday continues to be downtown's signature event.
Enhancing the entertainment and family activities at First Friday "will bring fresh, urban energy to downtown," he added.
Canton First Friday has new website and Facebook page
Social media and online efforts are also being upgraded. A new First Friday website was recently launched at https://cantonfirstfriday.com. First Friday also has a new Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/firstfridaycanton/.
Although First Friday has existed for more than a decade, Lynn Shimko believes some Stark County residents, as well as those in surrounding areas, are unaware of it, or they may have a negative perception of downtown Canton that is long outdated and untrue.
"I think it's just more about getting families back downtown," she said.
Brewer, of the Auricle, hopes the efforts work.
"We want to see more people downtown and keeping them interested in wanting to come to First Friday," he said.
Reach Ed at 330-580-8315 and ebalint@gannett.com
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers.
“It’s just a devastating decline,” said Stuart Pimm, an ecologist at Duke University who was not involved in the new listing. “This is one of the most recognizable butterflies in the world.”
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migrating monarch butterfly for the first time to its “red list” of threatened species and categorized it as “endangered” — two steps from extinct.
The group estimates that the population of monarch butterflies in North America has declined between 22% and 72% over 10 years, depending on the measurement method.
“What we’re worried about is the rate of decline,” said Nick Haddad, a conservation biologist at Michigan State University. “It’s very easy to imagine how very quickly this butterfly could become even more imperiled.”
Haddad, who was not directly involved in the listing, estimates that the population of monarch butterflies he studies in the eastern United States has declined between 85% and 95% since the 1990s.
In North America, millions of monarch butterflies undertake the longest migration of any insect species known to science.
After wintering in the mountains of central Mexico, the butterflies migrate to the north, breeding multiple generations along the way for thousands of miles. The offspring that reach southern Canada then begin the trip back to Mexico at the end of summer.
“It’s a true spectacle and incites such awe,” said Anna Walker, a conservation biologist at New Mexico BioPark Society, who was involved in determining the new listing.
A smaller group spends winters in coastal California, then disperses in spring and summer across several states west of the Rocky Mountains. This population has seen an even more precipitous decline than the eastern monarchs, although there was a small bounce back last winter.
Emma Pelton of the nonprofit Xerces Society, which monitors the western butterflies, said the butterflies are imperiled by loss of habitat and increased use of herbicides and pesticides for agriculture, as well as climate change.
“There are things people can do to help,” she said, including planting milkweed, a plant that the caterpillars depend upon.
Nonmigratory monarch butterflies in Central and South America were not designated as endangered.
The United States has not listed monarch butterflies under the Endangered Species Act, but several environmental groups believe it should be listed.
The international union also announced new estimates for the global population of tigers, which are 40% higher than the most recent estimates from 2015.
The new figures, of between 3,726 and 5,578 wild tigers worldwide, reflect better methods for counting tigers and, potentially, an increase in their overall numbers, said Dale Miquelle, coordinator for the nonprofit Wildlife Conservation Society’s tiger program.
In the past decade, tiger populations have increased in Nepal, northern China and perhaps in India, while tigers have disappeared entirely from Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, said Miquelle. They remain designated as endangered. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/beloved-monarch-butterflies-now-listed-as-endangered/ | 2022-07-21T15:47:32Z |
AUSTIN, Texas, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals recently announced a major decision about the legality of plea deals. Specifically, the Court overturned a conviction that had been based on a plea deal where the defendant had not fully understood the deal to which he had plead.
The defendant, a Texas prison inmate, was represented by appeals attorney Aaron Spolin of Spolin Law P.C.
"First we lost and then we won," described Mr. Spolin. "Our client had initially appealed to the Court of Appeals, which denied the appeal. But I knew we were right, so we didn't give up." The appeal was only successful when the firm brought the case to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which is the state's highest criminal court.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is part of the Texas Supreme Court. Because it is the state's highest court on criminal law topics, the prosecutor will be unable to appeal to any other court. Therefore, the plea deal is permanently overturned.
Winning a case in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is extremely rare. One reason is because of the court's selectivity. While attorneys file thousands of petitions with the court every year, the Court only chooses to formally review a small number of them. Additionally, even if a case is selected, it is not common for a state inmate to overturn a guilty plea.
"Courts usually say: if you plead guilty then that means you did the crime," Mr. Spolin noted. "The problem with that argument is that sometimes a defendant might not even know what he is pleading to or he may have been pressured to accept a deal even if he is innocent, all in an attempt to just 'get it over with' or because his lawyer told him to accept the deal."
For this recent win, Spolin Law argued that the client's guilty plea was invalid for three reasons. First, it was not made in open court. The state rules regarding plea deals establish that the plea must be made on the record in court and cannot be solely through a written form. The second argument was that the client did not fully understand what rights he was giving up when he pled, especially his right to a jury trial. And the third argument was that the change of plea would not "prejudice" the prosecutor or unduly interfere with the court.
These arguments are primarily based on Constitutional law, which requires that any plea deal be "express, intelligent, and voluntary." Essentially this means that a defendant has to understand the plea itself and understand the rights that he or she is giving up. The "voluntary" element also requires that the defendant be acting of his own free will and not compelled to accept the plea.
The attorneys at Spolin Law had reviewed the record in detail in order to find the three arguments to raise. This proved crucial, as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ended up granting the appeal only based on one of the three arguments. As Judge Kevin Yeary noted in the Court's September 22nd published decision: "We conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in forcing Appellant to submit to a bench trial. Accordingly, we reverse the court of appeals' judgment and remand the cause to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion."
"We found all the errors, and I'm glad we did," noted Hemi Tann, the assigned Case Manager at Spolin Law. Ms. Tann had helped to coordinate the lawyers, researchers, and other staff who had worked on the case. "Sometimes an appeals firm will get excited when they find a rights violation that can form the basis for an appeal. But in my mind, you need to find literally everything because you never know what the judges will be swayed by."
Ms. Tann was also in close contact with the client's family after the firm had won the appeal. "They were beyond happy," as Ms. Tann recalled. "It had been a long road to get to this point, including first losing in the district court and then the appellate court before the Supreme Court win. I'm glad to have been a part of something so meaningful in their lives."
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