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LEESBURG, Ga., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crave Hot Dogs and BBQ is one of the fastest growing BBQ and hot dog chains in America. With 65 units across the United States and food trucks on the road they are poised to be the leader in the hot dog and BBQ market. Crave features Hot Dogs topped how you like them with numerous toppings to choose from, pulled chicken, pulled pork, and smoked brisket. From sandwiches, sliders and plates to your classic BBQ sides, desserts and appetizers, Crave has it all. The self-pour beer wall Each location chooses anywhere from 32-48 local craft beers, wines and ciders on tap. Some stores even have mixed drinks, YUM! Customers are able to choose as much or little as they like and pay by the oz, not by the glass. Crave features patios with fun and games, trivia nights, karaoke, live music, kids eat free Wednesdays and more. Ax lanes were also introduced this year. The axes are real and so is the fun. A fun family-oriented atmosphere where everyone leaves happy not hungry!
This past week Crave welcomed a new franchisee, Omar Quesada to the Crave Family. This will be the 7th location to enter the Georgia market. Omar plans to have his store in the Leesburg Georgia market.
Crave has received numerous awards for its food and service and offers multiple avenues for its guest to enjoy the Crave experience. Drive Thru's, delivery, catering, dine in as well as curbside pickup are available. Craves app also allows ordering ahead and offers free food, rewards and much more!
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International development organization partners with ecological foundation of El Salvador to increase incomes and create jobs through adoption of environmentally friendly farming technologies to reduce carbon footprints and strengthen climate resilience
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heifer International, today announced a strategic alliance with SalvaNATURA, the Ecological Foundation of El Salvador, to develop and implement projects that improve agricultural productivity, facilitate the economic advancement of farmers and contribute to the protection and restoration of nature in the Northern Triangle subregion. Since 1944, Heifer International has worked with smallholder farmers to build productive food and farming businesses. SalvaNATURA has 33 years of experience and is an internationally recognized organization with expertise in conservation, restoration and regeneration of nature.
Since 2020, SalvaNATURA has promoted a 10-year strategy for El Salvador and Central America focused on regenerative development. The strategy focuses on the environmental, social, cultural and economic viability of countries, relying on the integrated management of hydrographic basins and natural, human and social capitals. Regenerative development also focuses on the need to resume the functioning of ecosystems to avoid waste generation in production processes, applying nature-based solutions and ancestral knowledge to restore and regenerate ecosystems.
The two organizations will work together to address current drivers of migration in El Salvador and the Northern Triangle region. As such, both organizations will seek opportunities to improve agricultural productivity and rural development through the adoption of best production and processing practices thus aggregating value within the market system to close the living income gap of poor smallholder farmers, create more jobs and increase sales.
Oscar Castañeda, Senior Vice President for the Americas at Heifer International, said: "At Heifer International, we believe ending poverty begins with agriculture. This alliance with SalvaNATURA comes at a time when we must be more ambitious in our efforts to combat climate change. We are in the last chance saloon for real action to avoid catastrophic climate change. In this context focusing on agricultural production and climate change is essential for feeding the world while cooling the planet."
SalvaNATURA has more than 20 years' experience in sustainable certification and working with smallholder farmer cooperatives in coffee and other agricultural products. The organization's mission aligns with Heifer International's goal of supporting 10 million farmers to reach sustainable living income by 2030, ending hunger and poverty in their communities.
Miguel Araujo, President of SalvaNATURA, celebrated this alliance, which strengthens international efforts to tackle climate change, due to Heifer International's presence in 21 countries around the world. "We owe it to our children and grandchildren to take real and urgent action to address the climate crisis. This type of alliance must be multiplied in the Americas, as well as the adoption of regenerative development, contributing to the social, environmental, cultural and well-being improvement of the communities. It is important to consider support for foreign debt swaps for regenerative development, and the Summit of the Americas, which starts next week, is an appropriate forum to discuss it."
Since 1944, Heifer International has worked with more than 39 million people around the world to end hunger and poverty in a sustainable way. Working with rural communities in 21 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Americas, including the United States, Heifer International supports farmers and local food producers to strengthen local economies and build secure livelihoods that provide a living income. For information, visit https://www.heifer.org
Since 1988, SalvaNATURA, Ecological Foundation of El Salvador, has worked to bring science-based management of protected areas, applied research of ecosystems and biodiversity, supporting biological corridors among protected areas using shade-grown coffee, introducing certification programs of socially and environmentally sustainable coffee, supporting environmental education, and managing watersheds in El Salvador. For additional information, contact info@salvanatura.org.sv
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Market barriers include limited value proposition, a fragmented value chain, and alternative options for upgrading lighting
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights analyzes the global lighting as a service (LaaS) market for commercial buildings.
LaaS, broadly defined as the third-party management of lighting systems, could fundamentally change the way that owners and operators of commercial buildings procure new and upgraded lighting. Despite this potential, adoption of LaaS has been slow and the early, optimistic expectations for market transformation have not materialized. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, global LaaS revenue is expected to increase from $1.1 billion in 2022 to $2.5 billion in 2031, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.7% through 2031.
"Using LaaS, clients can benefit from upgraded lighting without upfront capital investment, avoid committing to the current state of lighting technology, and outsource maintenance of increasingly complex lighting hardware," says Wendy Davis, senior research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "Even so, of the many ways to procure new or upgraded lighting, relatively few building owners and operators are doing so with LaaS. While many LaaS providers are successful and clients find the model's benefits compelling, earlier expectations that LaaS would quickly become mainstream have not come to fruition."
While LaaS shares several characteristics with other as a service offerings, some important differences make market penetration challenging. For instance, as a hardware-intensive undertaking, upgrades are not easy or inexpensive throughout the life of a service agreement. Furthermore, LaaS is not available to customers that seek new or upgraded lighting through many common industry channels, according to the report.
The report, Market Data: Lighting as a Service, examines the LaaS market for commercial buildings. It provides an outlook for LaaS revenue, segmented by construction type (new construction and retrofits), building type (office, retail, education, healthcare, hotels & restaurants, institutional/assembly, warehouse, and transport), and global region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and the Middle East & Africa) from 2022 through 2031. The report explores market trends, drivers, and barriers, and includes recommended strategies for increasing the adoption of LaaS. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
* The information contained in this press release concerning the report, Market Data: Lighting as a Service, is a summary and reflects the current expectations of Guidehouse Insights based on market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the report's conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report. Neither Guidehouse Insights nor Guidehouse undertakes any obligation to update any of the information contained in this press release or the report.
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+1.646.941.9139
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Most impactful efforts in the coming decade involve changes in construction materials such as cement, steel, aluminum, glass, and wood
BOULDER, Colo., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report from Guidehouse Insights explores the growth of green, low-embodied carbon construction materials and catalogs the numerous techniques the construction industry is using to decarbonize.
Efforts to decarbonize construction and reduce embodied carbon involve many individual initiatives implemented throughout the construction value chain, which is still in the early stages of substantially reducing carbon emissions. Reductions of embodied carbon—the emissions associated with constructing the building—are starting to have a meaningful impact now and are expected to increase in the later part of the decade. According to a new report from Guidehouse Insights, the global revenue for green construction materials is $5.8 billion in 2022 and will likely grow more than five-fold to $29.2 billion in 2031 at a CAGR of 19.6%.
"Unlike efforts to reduce operational carbon emissions that show reduced fuel and energy bills in a matter of months, reducing embodied carbon emissions involves applying accounting and engineering principles to estimate the impacts of past, present, and future activities," says William Hughes, principal research analyst with Guidehouse Insights. "A growing number of participants in the construction value chain are embracing these efforts."
The most impactful foreseen efforts involve changes in construction materials, such as cement, steel, aluminum, glass, and wood. The carbon emissions associated with the life cycles of these materials—mining, refining, processing, and demolition—collectively produce about the same carbon emissions as all operational emissions from buildings, according to the report.
The report, Building Construction Decarbonization, examines the growth of green, low-embodied carbon construction materials. It leverages Guidehouse Insights reports based on the Global Building Stock Database for 4Q21, applies information on standard construction practices in different regions, and includes information from vendors, trade associations, and construction companies. An executive summary of the report is available for free download on the Guidehouse Insights website.
About Guidehouse Insights
Guidehouse Insights, the dedicated market intelligence arm of Guidehouse, provides research, data, and benchmarking services for today's rapidly changing and highly regulated industries. Our insights are built on in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research, and demand assessment, paired with a deep examination of technology trends, to provide a comprehensive view of emerging resilient infrastructure systems. Additional information about Guidehouse Insights can be found at www.guidehouseinsights.com.
About Guidehouse
Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. The company has more than 13,000 professionals in over 50 locations globally. Guidehouse is a Veritas Capital portfolio company, led by seasoned professionals with proven and diverse expertise in traditional and emerging technologies, markets, and agenda-setting issues driving national and global economies. For more information, please visit www.guidehouse.com.
* The information contained in this press release concerning the report, Building Construction Decarbonization, is a summary and reflects the current expectations of Guidehouse Insights based on market data and trend analysis. Market predictions and expectations are inherently uncertain and actual results may differ materially from those contained in this press release or the report. Please refer to the full report for a complete understanding of the assumptions underlying the report's conclusions and the methodologies used to create the report. Neither Guidehouse Insights nor Guidehouse undertakes any obligation to update any of the information contained in this press release or the report.
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Jennifer Peacock
+1.404.575.3859
jpeacock@guidehouse.com
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An openly transgender cleric from San Francisco, who made history last year with an appointment as a bishop by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, has resigned amid allegations of racism after firing the pastor of a predominantly Latino congregation.
The Rev. Megan Rohrer, who uses the pronoun “they,” led one of the church’s 65 synods, overseeing nearly 200 congregations in Northern California and northern Nevada. They were elected in May 2021 to serve a six-year term as bishop of the Sierra Pacific Synod.
In a letter to the synod Saturday, Rohrer said they were resigning because of “the constant misinformation, bullying and harassment” they experienced after the synod voted to remove the pastor of Mision Latina Luterana on Dec. 12, the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a significant holiday for congregants of the Stockton, California, church.
Rohrer fired the Rev. Nelson Rabell-Gonzalez after an investigation by the church into verbal harassment and retaliation allegations against the pastor, all of which he has denied. The synod council voted on Dec. 11 to vacate Rabell-Gonzalez’s call as a mission developer and to terminate his employment after they said he refused to fulfill certain mandatory requirements.
Rohrer was not available to speak with The Associated Press on Tuesday, saying they were “trying to rest and be with my family.”
A spokeswoman for the ELCA declined further comment Tuesday.
After Rabell-Gonzalez’s removal upset members of the Mision Latina Luterana, the Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, the denomination’s presiding bishop, appointed a three-person “listening panel” in March to review Rohrer’s actions.
That report released June 1 made several recommendations to the ELCA, including publicly apologizing to the Latino church community for the hurt caused, planning anti-racism training for churchwide staff and leaders, paying a “healing visit” to the community and creating a task force to review the church’s policies and procedures.
Church leaders initiated the process to discipline Rohrer on Sunday following their resignation on Saturday. Eaton posted on Twitter that the Conference of Bishops met Sunday, a meeting she said Rohrer “chose not to attend.”
“I shared that I am initiating the discipline process immediately including suspension of Bishop Rohrer, based on additional information that has come to light.”
She added that the process will take time and that she will continue “to provide updates as appropriate.”
On Twitter, Rohrer questioned the church’s move to continue with the disciplinary process following their resignation “without providing any specifics about what I allegedly did.”
“That appears to be in conflict with their own procedures,” Roher said.
Members of the listening panel reported that the Mision Latina Luterana congregation had no idea their pastor was fired on Dec. 12. The congregation comprising mostly Mexican immigrants had planned an elaborate program that day with mariachi singers, traditional dancers and performances by children, all led by their pastor.
A video, which one of the congregants recorded live, shows distraught congregants voicing their concerns. One woman said in Spanish: “Pastor Nelson has worked a lot for this day to happen. He has done a lot for our community. He has fought for our rights.”
Others said the move to fire him was “unfair” and “racist.” The report mentions other congregants asked if the complaints against Rabell-Gonzalez were sexual in nature and were further upset when they did not get a response from Rohrer or other leaders.
The report also said Rohrer threatened a child and her father with calling the police if they did not leave the sacristy – a threat that is viewed as racist by the immigrant community. Rohrer wore a bulletproof vest during the service, the report said, because they had “concerns about their safety and well-being.”
Eaton announced in a May 27 report to the church that she had requested Rohrer’s resignation from the synod.
“There are issues of broken trust at all levels, from individual members and communities to the broader church, which will need work to repair,” she said in that report.
She said she intends to act on and explore several of the listening team’s recommendations particularly the need for anti-racism and cultural sensitivity training.
The church’s Latino Ministries Association had strong words for Eaton in a May 28 statement criticizing her for not bringing disciplinary charges against the bishop for “racist actions” against the congregation.
The association’s leaders called Eaton’s statement “weak and compassionless” and framed racist actions as “unwise decisions” and “unfortunate events.” They also said her message ignored the suffering of an entire community and gave “a white aggressor the opportunity to decide their own fate – a decision deeply rooted in white supremacy and systemic racism.”
In a previous statement, the synod council said it decided to terminate Rabell-Gonzalez’s employment after “continual communications of verbal harassment and retaliatory actions from more than a dozen victims from 2019 to the present.” But church officials have not specifically stated what the pastor’s transgressions were.
Rabell-Gonzalez was one of the candidates in the election for bishop. After Rohrer’s appointment, church officials identified mandatory steps for Rabell-Gonzalez to take, which officials said he refused to comply with, on Dec. 9. The council’s action to vacate his call came two days later.
The decision to vacate the pastor’s call also cut off funding for the congregation, the report said, leaving the community without a pastor or a church building.
Rabell-Gonzalez, who spoke to the AP from his native Puerto Rico on Tuesday, said he is continuing to lead the congregation under a new name, Iglesia Luterana Santa Maria Peregrina, at the First Congregational Church in Stockton.
Rabell-Gonzalez said he never declined to follow the synod’s recommendations, and simply wants the opportunity to make his case.
“I have been taken off the roster without due process, without any disciplinary hearing and without being accused of anything,” he said.
Rohrer will now have the opportunity to mount a defense as part of a disciplinary process – an opportunity Rabell-Gonzalez says he has been denied. He also said he did not refuse the synod’s mandate to see a therapist. When Rohrer became bishop, Rabell-Gonzalez said he expected to get an ally.
“I got an oppressor instead,” he said.
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63-year-old dies after roommate pours hot cooking oil on her at assisted living center, police say
Published: Apr. 5, 2022 at 4:13 PM CDT|Updated: 3 hours ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV/Gray News) - A 65-year-old woman was taken into custody after pouring hot cooking oil over her roommate at an assisted living center, police said.
According to police, officers found 63-year-old Doren Davis severely burned inside the Smiley House in St. Louis on March 7.
Davis’ roommate poured hot cooking oil on her after a dispute over a personal matter, investigators said.
The 65-year-old was arrested and is being held at the Missouri Department of Corrections. Davis was hospitalized for her burns but later died.
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Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural, chaparral-lined hills of San Diego County. He’s lived there for 21 years and evacuated twice.
That’s why he fiercely opposed a plan to build more than 1,100 homes in a fire-prone area he said would be difficult to evacuate safely. Brown sits on the local planning commission, and he said the additional people would clog the road out.
“It’s a very rough area,” Brown said. “We have fires all the time now.”
Opponents like Brown, a member of the Sierra Club and California Native Plant Society, scored a win last year. A California court sided with a coalition of environmental groups and blocked a developer’s plan called Otay Village 14 that included single-family homes and commercial space. The groups argued the county didn’t adequately consider fire escape routes, and the judge agreed.
That’s not the only time California’s escalating cycle of fire has been used as a basis to refuse development.
Environmental groups are seeing increased success in California courts arguing that wildfire risk wasn’t fully considered in proposals to build homes in fire-prone areas that sit at the edge of forests and brush, called the wildland-urban interface. Experts say such litigation could become more common.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has backed a handful of the lawsuits, putting developers on notice.
“You can’t keep doing things the way we’ve been doing when the world is changing around us,” Bonta said in an interview, adding that he supports more housing. His office has, for example, questioned the increased fire risk of a 16,000-acre (6,475-hectare) project that includes a luxury resort and 385 residential lots in Lake County, roughly 130 miles (209 kilometers) north of San Francisco in an area that has already seen significant fire.
Bonta said his office is working on a policy that will help developers and local officials avoid future opposition from his office. It will provide guidance on evacuation routes, planning for population growth and minimizing fire risk, he said.
Developers say they already consider wildfire risks in their plans, comply with strict fire codes and adhere to state environmental policies, all while trying to ease another one of the state’s most pressing problems: the need for more housing.
Builders also say communities sometimes unfairly wield wildfire risk as a tool to stop development. The AG’s office has weighed in on this side, too. Last year, the city of Encinitas denied permits to an apartment complex citing the possibility of choked outgoing traffic if there were a fire.
Encinitas — a city with a median home price of $1.67 million — was thwarting the state’s affordable housing goals, Bonta’s office wrote. Months later, the commission approved the developer’s plan with some changes.
FIRE AND LAWSUITS
California is withering under a megadrought that is increasing the risk of fire, with 12 of the 20 largest wildfires in its history taking place in the past five years. UC Berkeley researchers estimate 1.4 million homes in California are located in high or very high-risk areas. Activists say the public is increasingly aware of fires.
The result is more lawsuits.
Opponents of the developments are employing the often-hated California Environmental Quality Act against local governments in these lawsuits. That law ensures there’s enough information about projects like Otay Village 14 for officials to make informed decisions and address problems. In 2018, the state strengthened requirements for disclosing wildfire risk, leaving developers more vulnerable to this kind of litigation.
Peter Broderick, an attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, said environmental groups are challenging “the worst of the worst,” large projects in undeveloped, high fire-prone areas that cater to wealthy buyers.
“We’re talking about sprawl,” Broderick said.
Pro-housing advocates have said the state’s policies encourage sprawl.
MAJOR HOUSING NEED
But by fighting big developments, environmental groups are holding up thousands of homes, said Mark Dillon, an attorney who represented the Otay Village 14 builders. New developments take fire risk seriously, employing techniques for fire-resistance and complying with building codes, he said. Otay Village 14 would build its own fire station.
California shouldn’t just focus on building in city centers, Dillon countered.
“We shouldn’t be outlawing the single family home,” he said.
Jennifer Hernandez heads the West Coast Land Use and Environmental Group at Holland & Knight LLP. She said developers are adjusting to changes in the environmental review law but that the attorney general’s office should issue a public policy.
“The ad hoc nature of unexpected interventions by the AG’s office does a policy disservice to California housing needs,” she said.
Hernandez represents an industry group that sued Calabasas, an affluent community of over 20,000 northwest of Los Angeles, arguing that it improperly cited wildfire risk to deny a 180-unit development.
“It’s on the main street of an existing community,” she said. “And why is this a problem?”
Calabasas City Manager Kindon Meik said the project would violate open space rules and was in a high-risk area that had recently burned, adding the city has plans to meet its new housing needs.
California’s housing shortage has made homes unaffordable for many moderate and low-income residents. Researchers, housing policy experts, and others say development at the edge of the forest has been driven in part by these punishing home costs in cities like Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and their suburbs.
In recent years, the state passed measures aimed at ensuring cities build enough new homes, but a recent statewide housing plan said 2.5 million new homes are still needed over the next eight years.
Greg Pierce, a professor of urban environmental policy at the University of California, Los Angeles, said there’s very little land left in California that is undeveloped, cheap and at low risk of fire.
Meanwhile, activists have more projects in their crosshairs.
NeySa Ely of Escondido has a list of items like medicine and dog supplies to grab the next time she has to flee a fire. She had to evacuate in 2003 and 2007. The first time, she remembers driving away and seeing flames in the rearview mirror.
“At that point, I just started sobbing,” Ely said.
Her house survived that blaze, but the memory stuck. So when she heard about plans for Harvest Hills, a roughly 550-home development proposed about a mile from her house, she worked to block it, concerned that more residents and buildings in the area would clog the roads out and increase the chance of fire.
The project hasn’t been approved yet, but if it is, Ely said, “I think it will be heavily litigated.”
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Nyobolt is the Only Known Tungsten Intensive Battery Business Nearing Commercialization
GOSLAR, Germany, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders ("HCS"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Masan High-Tech Materials ("MHT"), today announced the signing of definitive agreements to invest £45m (approx. €52m) into Nyobolt Limited ("Nyobolt"), a fast-charging Li-ion battery solutions company that leverages HCS's advanced tungsten materials in its anode, for a 15% equity interest on a fully diluted basis. The investment, representing the majority of Nyobolt's Series B financing round, is expected to accelerate HCS's vision of becoming a high-tech, value-added business by developing new tungsten applications critical for the technologies of the future.
Nyobolt is commercializing lithium-ion batteries with record power density and ultra-fast charge capabilities. The company's technology builds on a decade of fast charge lithium-ion battery research led by University of Cambridge battery scientist Professor Dame Clare Grey. Nyobolt's unique niobium and tungsten-based anode systems show superior performance over other Li-ion anode technologies. Advantages include:
- Charging time: >90% charged in <5 minutes
- Higher input power density: 10x power addresses range anxiety and allows for more smaller and lighter batteries
- Longer durability: 10x durability resulting in lower total cost of ownership for battery lifetime
- Improved safety: wider temperature performance and reduced fire risk
Such capabilities enable new applications and enhanced customer experience with target end uses being high performance and industrial vehicles, automation (robotics), consumer appliances, cordless tools, stationary storage and mobile rapid charging.
While proceeds from HCS' investment will help fund Nyobolt's construction of its anode manufacturing facilities and R&D centers, both parties anticipate significant synergies through future collaborations, including:
- Recycling: creating a circular economy for EV batteries leveraging HCS' recycling capabilities, including its innovative and environmentally superior technology for black mass recycling
- Tungsten supply: a reliable source of critical tungsten materials from HCS, the global western leader in the tungsten recycling industry
- Cathode technology: HCS R&D specialists have a strong history in the development of cathode coatings
- Manufacturing know-how and infrastructure: besides being one of the global leaders in tungsten powder production and tungsten scrap recycling, HCS has an in-house, industrial scale laboratory that provides elemental analysis for battery materials, and any kind of chemical and physical properties of inorganic powders.
"This investment marks a milestone in our strategy to move further downstream, and get closer to consumers by developing new, innovative applications including our recently trademarked "starck2charge" battery materials product range. Nyobolt's technology is a real breakthrough that we can help commercialize based on our vast experience in transferring innovative solutions into large-scale manufacturing. This partnership is also going to accelerate the development towards a circular economy for batteries via enhanced recycling and new models of use." says Hady Seyeda, CEO of H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders.
"I am really proud that just over two years after acquiring and integrating the global Tungsten business of H.C. Starck into MHT we have been able to expand our breadth of business capabilities through the acquisition of a significant equity stake in Nyobolt. We look forward to working together with the Nyobolt team to advance their product offering and opportunities to partner in the manufacturing and commercialisation of their products as well as offering a full life cycle for the advanced strategic materials required in the Nyobolt batteries." said Craig Bradshaw, Chief Executive Officer of MHT.
Nyobolt Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Professor Dame Clare Grey added "we are excited to move our technologies from development to deployment in the market. We founded Nyobolt following the discovery of new anode technologies containing tungsten with remarkable fast charging capability to bring these properties to the market in applications touching all aspects of daily life. The funding from H.C. Starck will help Nyobolt to scale up our operations in the UK and United States and bring a more sustainable solution into the energy storage industry. Nyobolt technology will not only enable net zero both in the electrification of transport, but also the storing of clean and renewable energy on and off the grid. With the investment from H.C. Starck, Nyobolt's ultra-fast charging, high power batteries will help lead the way towards achieving the clean energy goals set by governments around the world."
Sai Shivareddy, CEO and Co-founder of Nyobolt said: "Fast charging remains a critical unmet need as the world electrifies with more sustainable forms of energy – a need our technology addresses. We are excited about the partnership with H.C. Starck and see it as a steppingstone to increase scale and speed to market revealing the true potential of Nyobolt technologies. The Series B funding will put Nyobolt in the driving seat of a fast-moving battery industry and allow us to showcase the uniqueness of our battery technology, developed by our team of experts, which set to transform the energy storage industry. With H.C. Starck investment and technologies, Nyobolt will expand its manufacturing capabilities while minimizing its carbon footprint with an effective recycle and reuse program."
About Nyobolt
Nyobolt are pioneering battery technologies that achieve record-breaking ultra-fast charging and high-power density. This solves a critical need that other battery innovations cannot meet. Nyobolt's solutions enable sustainable electrification strategies with smaller, lighter and longer life battery powered devices aiming towards carbon neutral goals.
About H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders
H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders, a wholly owned subsidiary of Masan High Tech Materials, is the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality tungsten powder tailored to individual customer needs. The company combines a century of experience in tungsten processing with high innovative power and technological expertise. Decades of experience in recycling and access to the world's largest tungsten reserves outside of China, owned by the company's parent group Masan High-Tech Materials, ensure stable supply with conflict-free raw materials. H.C. Starck Tungsten Powders employs around 540 people at three production sites in Germany, Canada and China plus sales offices in the U.S. and Japan. The company's headquarter is at its largest production site, in Goslar, Germany.
www.hcstarck.com
About Masan High-Tech Materials Corporation
Masan High-Tech Materials is the global leader in providing advanced tungsten materials used in key industries such as electronics, chemical, automotive, aviation and aerospace, energy and pharmaceuticals with production facilities in Vietnam, Germany, Canada and China, servicing the world. As the largest manufacturer of mid-stream tungsten products outside of China, the company has two research and development centers in Germany and Vietnam, and it is currently operating the Nui Phao polymetallic mine and a state-of-the art processing plant in Thai Nguyen province. Masan High-Tech Materials is also a globally significant producer of fluorspar and bismuth.
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NEW YORK, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Amazon.com, Inc. ("Amazon") (NASDAQ: AMZN) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased or otherwise acquired shares of Amazon common stock between July 30, 2021, and April 28, 2022, inclusive.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Amazon, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Amazon includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: 1) defendants knew or recklessly disregarded that the Company's infrastructure and fulfillment network investments substantially outpaced demand; 2) those investments were a massive, self-imposed, undue drain on Amazon's financial condition; 3) contrary to defendants' public statements and undisclosed to investors, defendants had already implemented cutbacks to Amazon's fulfillment capacity by July 2021; and 4) as a result of defendants' misrepresentations and omissions, Amazon's common stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the class period.
Aggrieved Amazon investors only have until September 6, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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The leading GOTS-certified organic, nontoxic mattress company announces its mattress sale today, online and in-store.
CHAGRIN FALLS, Ohio, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Naturepedic beats the heat with 15% off all crib, kids and adult mattresses online and in-store, no code needed. There's also no need to delay purchasing a big-ticket item with no interest financing available via PayPal and Affirm!
The full range of adult mattresses, including the award-winning EOS Customizable Organic Mattress Series, available in three different styles – Classic, Pillowtop, and Trilux – is the mattress of choice for those concerned about customizing their sleep experience while saving unwanted mattresses from landfills.
Naturepedic's superior quality craftsmanship and innovative design features have built its reputation as a leader in organic sleep. From their cutting-edge Breathe Safe™ breathable baby crib mattresses to their 2-in-1 Organic Kids Mattress design, which allows parents to choose what works best for their child depending on their stage of development. There's a perfect mattress for everyone in the family.
Then there's the ultimate luxury sleep experience. The Halcyon Luxury Organic Mattresses (available in-store only), is made with the finest organic, luxury, and nontoxic materials that combine quality craftsmanship with elegant, customizable design. Like the EOS Series, the Halcyon line allows you and your sleep partner to choose how your bed feels independently, so neither will have to compromise.
And while you are saving money, Naturepedic is giving back through a partnership with 1% For the Planet by donating one percent (or more) of annual gross income from mattress sales to approved nonprofits dedicated to environmental causes. "Being committed to the environment begins with eliminating all toxic chemicals from sleep products by only using natural and organic materials while continually advocating for ways to keep mattresses from landfills," comments Arin Schultz, Senior Director of Sales & Marketing.
For more information and media inquiries, please contact Giselle Chollett at giselle@adinnyc.com or 917.386.7116.
About Naturepedic:
Since 2003, Naturepedic has been on a mission to protect the lives of families through safer, healthier organic-based products that have a positive impact on the environment. A brand with purpose, transparency and ethical practices, Naturepedic is the recipient of many certifications and is highly respected by numerous health and environmental organizations (https://www.naturepedic.com/certifications) and is an EPA Green Power Partner. Since its inception Naturepedic has been a consistent and generous advocate and supporter of NGO's and nonprofits advocating for "Right to Know" about what is in the products that people bring into their homes.
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Smiles, unicorns, softball: Young shooting victims remembered
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — One girl made other people smile. Another was a creative child who loved mermaids, unicorns and the color purple. A third loved playing softball and worked on her batting swing in her front yard.
The families of Nevaeh Bravo, Maranda Mathis and Eliahna Torres were holding funerals for them Thursday, part of more than two weeks of mourning for the 19 children and two teachers who were the victims of a May 24 mass shooting inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.
Nevaeh Bravo
A cousin told The Washington Post that the 10-year-old “put a smile on everyone’s faces” and described her death as “a nightmare that we cannot wake up from.”
She and another 10-year-old who was killed, Jailah Silguero, were friends, and an aunt described them in a Facebook posting as “Our Angels.” A cousin told USA Today that the two girls were caring, loving and supportive of their siblings. Both families had their funerals at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Jailah’s set for Friday.
The aunt noted that Nevaeh’s first name is heaven spelled backward.
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Maranda Mathis
Her family said in an obituary on the funeral home’s website that the 11-year-old “had a huge loving heart” and described her as sweet, smart and “a shy tom boy” who enjoyed spending time outdoors. She had a great imagination and often expressed love for unicorns and mermaids, especially if they were her favorite color, purple, the family said.
Her mother told The New York Times that while Maranda was shy when she started school, she opened up and made friends as the year continued. She was a creative girl who loved music, running on school field days, swimming in the river and showing her mother rocks she found.
A friend of Maranda’s mother told The Washington Post she was “fun,” “spunky” and “very smart.”
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Eliahna Torres
The 10-year-old had “the most beautiful smile that could light up your soul,” her family said in her obituary on the funeral home’s website.
“She was a loving and compassionate person who loved to be silly,” the obituary said. “Eliahna was a master of jests and loved making people laugh.”
Her family said she would spend hours watching TikTok videos, but she’d found a new passion — softball. She was hoping to make an all-star roster.
She worked to improve her hitting, practicing her swing with a ball hung in her front yard by her grandfather outside the home she shared with her mother, aunt and grandparents, The New York Times reported. She responded to calls for her to come in for bed with, “One more.”
Her family jokingly called her “enfermerita,” or the little nurse. Her grandfather told The Times that after he had heart surgery a few years ago, Eliahna accompanied him on his doctor-prescribed walks, helping him to scoop up pecans that fell from the trees shading their neighborhood. She made sure her grandparents took their medications.
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More on the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas: https://apnews.com/hub/uvalde-school-shooting
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This version corrects the spelling of Nevaeh in all instances.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers faces voters Tuesday and the anger of supporters of former President Donald Trump after he rejected pleas to help overturn the 2020 election results and testified before Congress about the efforts.
Bowers is trying to move to the state Senate because of term limits and faces an opponent who criticizes him for refusing to help Trump or go along with a contentious 2021 “audit” that Republican leaders in the Senate commissioned.
Bowers faces an uphill battle in the eastern Phoenix suburb of Mesa, especially after the state Republican Party censured him following his June testimony before the panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress and Trump endorsed his opponent, former state Sen. David Farnsworth.
“I’m well aware that I’m highly distrusted,” Bowers told The Associated Press. “My district is a very Trump district, and who knows how this is all going to work out.
“And if it doesn’t work out, great, I’d do it all again the same way,” Bowers said.
Trump pressured Bowers to help with a plan to replace electors committed to now-President Joe Biden during a phone call weeks after Trump lost the 2020 election. Bowers refused.
Bowers insisted on seeing Trump’s evidence of voter fraud, which he said Trump’s team never produced beyond vague allegations. He recalled Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani later told him, “We’ve got lots of theories, we just don’t have the evidence.”
Bowers is a conservative Republican, but Farnsworth said he’s not conservative enough and has become less so since becoming speaker following the 2018 elections.
“Of course, the big issue, I think, for everybody is the fact that I strongly believe that there was fraud in the 2020 election,” Farnworth said in an interview last week. “And I feel like Rusty failed …. to take responsibility as speaker of the House and look into that election.”
The Farnsworth-Bowers battle is one of several brewing that involve current or former Arizona lawmakers.
Redistricting put two Trump-supporting state senators, Kelly Townsend and Wendy Rogers, into the same district. That race has featured bitter recriminations as Rogers has faced repeated ethics charges for her inflammatory rhetoric, support for white supremacists and conspiracy-theory laden tweets.
Townsend said she felt compelled to run against Rogers when she refused to refute white nationalism after speaking at a conference in Florida in February.
“If I don’t run against her and make that statement, win, lose or drawn then her actions become our own,” Townsend said Monday. “It sort of spoils the whole (Republican) party.”
Rogers has earned a national following, raising a whopping $3 million from donors across the country since taking office in early 2021. Townsend had raised about $15,000, much more typical for a state legislative race.
In the west Phoenix suburbs, former Rep. Anthony Kern, who attended Trump’s Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol rally that led to the attack on Congress and unsuccessfully sued Democrats who asked the Department of Justice to investigate him, is seeking to return to the Legislature. He was defeated in his 2020 House primary and is now aiming for a Senate seat.
Also trying for a political comeback is former Rep. Steve Montenegro, whose 2018 run for Congress was upended by a sexting scandal. He’s among four Republicans running in a west Phoenix House district for two open House seats.
Democratic Reps. Diego Espinoza and Richard Andrade are facing off after being drawn into the same district in the western Phoenix suburbs. And Sen. Lela Alston, considered the most experienced lawmaker in the Legislature, is facing two challengers in her central Phoenix district. One of them, political unknown Al Jones, has sought attention by buying billboards across the city. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/arizona-house-speaker-who-rejected-trump-pleas-faces-voters/ | 2022-08-02T23:16:17Z |
NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 5WPR, one of the largest independently owned PR firms in the U.S., announces today the expansion of its Parent, Child and Baby practice offering dedicated expertise focusing on the evolving role of dads – just in time to celebrate Father's Day.
"Dads and father figures tackle parenting with a different perspective, they see holes in the parenting space and create products to make their parenting, and their partner's parenting, process easier," said 5WPR CEO, Dara A. Busch. "Our Parent, Child, and Baby practice area has always been all-inclusive, working with brands that target all types of parental figures. However, we look forward to this dedicated team getting to elevate the unique stories and products that have grown from the special bond dads share with their children."
5W Public Relations helps brands in this space link to culturally relevant trends and present them in ways that resonate with consumers and the media alike. Services offered to Parent, Child, & Baby clients include media relations, thought leadership, executive profiling, product placement, digital marketing, events, and influencer and celebrity partnerships. Through key industry relationships with influencers, bloggers, and celebrities and of course, media, the team executes full-service campaigns and ensures maximum coverage for their clients.
5W Public Relations is a full-service PR agency in NYC known for cutting-edge programs that engage with businesses, issues and ideas. With more than 275 professionals serving clients in B2C (Beauty & Fashion, Consumer Brands, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, Travel & Hospitality, Technology, Nonprofit), B2B (Corporate Communications and Reputation Management), Public Affairs, Crisis Communications and Digital Marketing (Social Media, Influencer, Paid Media, SEO). 5W was named to Inc. Magazine's Best Workplaces 2022 list, awarded 2020 PR Agency of The Year, and brings leading businesses a resourceful, bold and results-driven approach to communication.
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Iran enriches to 20% with new centrifuges at fortified site
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran announced Sunday that it has begun enriching uranium up to 20% using sophisticated centrifuges at its underground Fordo nuclear plant, state TV reported, an escalation that comes amid a standoff with the West over its tattered atomic deal.
That Tehran is enriching uranium up to 20% purity — a technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90% — with a new set of its most advanced centrifuges at a facility deep inside a mountain deals yet another blow to the already slim chances of reviving the accord.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesman for Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, said uranium enriched to 20% was collected for the first time from advanced IR-6 centrifuges on Saturday. He said Iran had informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog about the development two weeks ago.
Centrifuges are used to spin enriched uranium into higher levels of purity. Tehran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers had called for Fordo to become a research-and-development facility and restricted centrifuges there to non-nuclear uses.
Iran had previously told the IAEA that it was preparing to enrich uranium through a new cascade of 166 advanced IR-6 centrifuges at its underground Fordo facility. But it hadn’t revealed the level at which the cascade would be enriching.
The International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog, told The Associated Press that it had verified on Saturday that Iran was using a set-up that allowed it to more swiftly and easily switch between enrichment levels.
In a report to member states, Director General Rafael Grossi described a system of “modified sub-headers,” which he said allowed Iran to inject gas enriched up to 5% purity into a cascade of 166 IR-6 centrifuges for the purpose of producing uranium enriched up to 20% purity.
Iran did not comment on the latest IAEA finding.
Nuclear talks have been at a standstill for months. The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Robert Malley, described the latest round of negotiations in Qatar as “more than a little bit of a wasted occasion.”
The IAEA reported last month that Iran has 43 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity — a short step to 90%. Nonproliferation experts warn that’s enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon if Iran chose to pursue it.
However, Iran still would need to design a bomb and a delivery system for it, likely a monthslong project.
Iran insists its program is for peaceful purposes, though U.N. experts and Western intelligence agencies say Iran had an organized military nuclear program through 2003.
Tehran’s escalating nuclear work has raised alarm with transparency rapidly diminishing. Last month Iran shut off more than two dozen IAEA monitoring cameras from various nuclear-related sites across the country.
Former President Donald Trump abandoned the nuclear deal in 2018 and re-imposed crushing sanctions on Tehran, setting off a series of tense incidents across the wider Mideast. Iran responded by massively increasing its nuclear work, growing its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and spinning advanced centrifuges banned by the accord.
Iran’s adversary Israel has long opposed the nuclear accord, saying it delayed rather ended Iran’s nuclear progress and arguing that sanctions relief empowered Tehran’s proxy militias across the region.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called on the U.N. to re-impose multilateral sanctions on Iran — a bid that was met with stiff opposition when pushed by the Trump administration.
“The response of the international community must be decisive: to return to the U.N. Security Council and activate the sanctions mechanism at full force,” Lapid, who is serving as caretaker leader, told his Cabinet. “Israel, for its part, maintains full freedom to act, diplomatically and operationally, in this fight against Iran’s nuclear program.”
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Associated Press writers Isabel DeBre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Tia Goldenberg in Jerusalem, contributed to this report.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Rock Tech Lithium Inc. (TSXV: RCK) (OTCQX: RCKTF) (FWB: RJIB) (WKN: A1XF0V) (the "Company" or "Rock Tech") is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a non-binding term sheet (the "Term Sheet") with Swiss-based commodity trading company Transamine SA ("Transamine"), which provides for cooperation and collaboration between the parties in sourcing and supplying lithium spodumene concentrate feedstock for Rock Tech's proposed European lithium hydroxide converters.
Pursuant to the Term Sheet, Rock Tech and Transamine have agreed to engage in substantive negotiations regarding a potential joint venture to jointly pursue the development of an integrated spodumene concentrate supply chain, which would advance the Company's diversified sourcing strategy for the supply of lithium products to the European electric vehicle market. The validity of the Term Sheet is initially limited until 31 August 2022 but may be extended upon mutual agreement by the parties.
According to Markus Brügmann, CEO of Rock Tech Lithium, "in order to support automobile customers in the coming years, during which an upsurge in electric vehicles is expected in Europe, securing the supply chain of lithium hydroxide for batteries is going to be critical. With their established expertise, Transamine would represent an ideal partner for Rock Tech in sourcing the raw material needed for our lithium hydroxide converters. In times of disruption, a partnership with Transamine would further help to secure a resilient supply chain for our operations."
Jean-Pierre Adamian, from Transamine, commented that: "Transamine is active worldwide for 70 years in non-ferrous ores and concentrates whereas spodumene required by the Rock Tech Converters' fits perfectly our existing trading activity. In view of also contributing to the low carbon footprint industry, we are happy to enter this JV with the first European compliant converter, which also aims to source recycled lithium sulphate from battery recycling (hydromet recycling of the black mass) which would replace part of the primary spodumene resource. Because the aim is also to obtain around half of the raw material required from recycling by 2030."
Founded in 1953, Transamine Trading SA is an independent and privately held commodities trading company specialising in non-ferrous raw materials. Transamine is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, and has offices throughout key markets including Australia, South Africa, India, the United States and China. Transamine is a full-service company providing worldwide raw material sourcing, marketing, finance and investment and specialises in all aspects of non-ferrous raw materials production and trade. Transamine maintains the highest standard of conduct to promote fundamental principles such as sustainability, environment and social responsibilities.
Rock Tech Lithium is a cleantech company with operations in Canada and Germany that aims to supply the automotive industry with high quality lithium hydroxide "made in Germany". As early as 2024, the Company intends to commission Europe's first lithium converter with a nameplate production capacity of 24,000 tonnes per year. This is equivalent to the volume needed to equip around 500,000 electric cars with lithium-ion batteries.
The Company has set itself the goal of creating the world's first closed loop for lithium, thus closing the raw material gap on the road to clean mobility. Rock Tech owns the Georgia Lake Project in Ontario, Canada and, as early as 2030, around 50 percent of the raw materials used are expected to come from the recycling of batteries
Rock Tech Lithium - The super fuel for the battery age
www.rocktechlithium.com
On behalf of the Board of Directors,
Dirk Harbecke
Chairman
The following cautionary statements are in addition to all other cautionary statements and disclaimers contained elsewhere in, or referenced by, this press release.
Certain information set forth in this press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking information") within the meaning of applicable securities laws, which are based on Rock Tech's current expectations, estimates, and assumptions in light of its experience and is perception of historical trends. All statements other than statements of historical facts may constitute forward-looking information. Often, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words or phrases such as "estimate", "project", "anticipate", "expect", "intend", "believe", "hope", "may" and similar expressions, as well as "will", "shall" and all other indications of future tense. All forward-looking information set forth in this press release is expressly qualified in its entirety by the cautionary statements referred to in this section.
In particular, this new release contains forward-looking information pertaining to: expectations regarding the relationship between, and future actions taken by, Rock Tech and Transamine, including with respect to the cooperation and collaboration between the parties, the occurrence or outcome of negotiations between the parties regarding a potential joint venture or the purposes or benefits thereof; statements regarding Rock Tech's proposed lithium hydroxide converters, including the features and locations thereof; statements regarding Rock Tech's future plans and expectations, including with respect to the Company's feedstock sourcing strategy and the impact of a joint venture with Transamine thereon; anticipated production of lithium hydroxide and related processing methods; statements and expectations regarding the electric vehicle industry; Rock Tech's opinions, beliefs and expectations regarding the Company's business strategy, development and exploration opportunities and projects; and plans and objectives of management for the Company's operations and properties.
Forward-looking information contained in this press release is based on certain assumptions, estimates, expectations, analysis and opinions of the Company and in certain cases, third party experts, that are believed by management of Rock Tech to be reasonable at the time they were made. Such assumptions, estimates and other factors include, among other things: the supply and demand for, deliveries of, and the level and volatility of prices of, feedstock and intermediate and final lithium products, expected growth, performance and business operations, future commodity prices and exchange rates, prospects, growth opportunities and financing available to the Company, general business and economic conditions, results of development and exploration, Rock Tech's ability to procure supplies and other equipment necessary for its business. The foregoing list is not exhaustive of all assumptions which may have been used in developing the forward-looking information. While Rock Tech considers these assumptions, estimates and factors to be reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking information should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results.
In addition, forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond Rock Tech's control, that may cause Rock Tech's actual events, results, performance and/or achievements to be materially different from that which is expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Risks and uncertainties that may cause actual events, results, performance and/or achievements to vary materially include the Company's ability to access funding required to invest in available opportunities and projects (including the Company's proposed lithium hydroxide converters) and on satisfactory terms, the current and potential adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and recent geopolitical hostilities; the risk that Rock Tech will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due, changes in commodity and other prices, Rock Tech's ability to attract and retain skilled staff and to secure feedstock from third party suppliers, unanticipated events and other difficulties related to construction, development and operation of the Company's proposed lithium hydroxide converters, the cost of compliance with current and future environmental and other laws and regulations, title defects, competition from existing and new competitors, changes in currency, exchange rates and market prices of Rock Tech's securities, Rock Tech's history of losses, impacts of climate change and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in Rock Tech's public disclosure documents available on the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, including those discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in Rock Tech's most recently filed Management Discussion and Analysis and Annual Information Form, respectively. Such risks and uncertainties do not represent an exhaustive list of all risk factors that could cause actual events, results, performance and/or achievements to vary materially from the forward-looking information.
We cannot assure you that actual events, results, performance and/or achievements will be consistent with the forward-looking information and management's assumptions may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking information reflects Rock Tech management's views as at the date the information is created. Except as may be required by law, Rock Tech undertakes no obligation and expressly disclaims any responsibility, obligation or undertaking to update or to revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, to reflect any change in Rock Tech's expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such information is based.
Given these uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to rely on the forward-looking information set forth in this press release.
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OSLO, Norway, April 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aker Horizons ASA (OSE: "AKH"), a developer of green industrial projects and technologies that accelerate the net zero transition, today announced its financial results for the three months ended 31 March 2022. The company's Net Asset Value ("NAV") rose to NOK 17.0 billion in the first quarter of 2022 from NOK 16.9 billion at the end of the previous quarter.
Highlights:
- Aker Horizons announced mergers with Aker Offshore Wind and Aker Clean Hydrogen, and the intention to subsequently merge Mainstream Renewable Power and Aker Offshore Wind
- Mitsui & Co. invested EUR 575 million for a 27.5 percent ownership interest in Mainstream Renewable Power
- Aker Horizons agreed to sell its remaining position in REC Silicon for NOK 1.4 billion to Hanwha Solutions
- Mainstream Renewable Power divested Aela Energía to Innergex Renewable Energy for net proceeds of USD 114 million
- Several strategic partnerships were announced, including an MoU signed between Aker Carbon Capture and Microsoft, and a joint venture between Nordkraft and Aker Horizons
- Industrial progress was made across the portfolio, with Mainstream Renewable Power's total portfolio of wind and solar projects increasing to 17.1 GW
"We are pleased to have strengthened Aker Horizons' financial position by raising NOK 10.4 billion over the past two quarters. We see increased investment opportunities amid the need to accelerate the energy transition and strengthen energy security. Aker Horizons' mission is to accelerate net zero. The transactions and partnerships announced this quarter will enhance our ability to originate and deliver mega-scale decarbonization projects and develop a global renewable energy major this decade," said Kristian Røkke, CEO of Aker Horizons.
The increase in Aker Horizons NAV was driven by a NOK 2.4 billion value increase in Mainstream reflecting the Mitsui transaction valuation, partly offset by value decreases in listed assets. Gross asset value stood at NOK 22.9 billion at 31 March 2022, up from NOK 22.8 billion in the prior quarter.
Aker Horizons' liquidity reserve, including undrawn credit facilities, stood at NOK 5.5 billion as per 31 March 2022.
Portfolio Highlights
Mainstream Renewable Power welcomed Mitsui & Co. as a long-term strategic investor, as the leading Japanese general trading and investment firm invested EUR 575 million in the form of new common shares, corresponding to a 27.5 percent equity stake, in the company. This transaction values Mainstream at approximately EUR 2.1 billion on a 100 percent basis. Also in the first quarter, Mainstream reached commercial operations date (COD) for its 591 MW combined Condor wind and solar projects in Chile. Aker Horizons announced its intention to combine Aker Offshore Wind and Mainstream, thereby creating an industrially and financially stronger renewable energy developer.
Aker Offshore Wind continued to develop its portfolio, securing Electric Business Licenses in South Korea for a total of 1.32 GW, a key step to realizing one of the world's first large-scale commercial floating wind projects. Together with Mainstream, Aker Offshore Wind also closed the transaction for an initial 50 percent stake in Progression Energy's 800 MW floating offshore wind project in Japan, an attractive early-stage development opportunity ideal for floating wind.
Aker Carbon Capture commenced work on the FEED for BP's Net Zero Teesside gas-to-power facility, with a project capacity to capture and store up to 2 million tonnes CO2 per year. The company's other portfolio projects are progressing according to plan, including the modular Just Catch CCU project at Twence's waste-to-energy plant in the Netherlands and the world's first carbon capture plant at a cement facility at Brevik, Norway. Aker Carbon Capture signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Microsoft in March 2022 to pursue joint innovation and explore opportunities to offer services in the CCUS market.
Aker Clean Hydrogen advanced the maturing of its hydrogen projects in Norway and internationally, notably completing the feasibility phase of the Rjukan hydrogen hub and proceeding with concept selection. The company entered a series of partnerships with global industrial players such as Kuehne+Nagel, Grieg Edge and Aker BP to enable green fuel offtake in the maritime sector, and recently announced a collaboration agreement with PEAK group, a Norwegian logistics company with approximately 30 ships in operation. While the company exited from the Hegra project, it will continue to pursue opportunities to develop green hydrogen and ammonia projects jointly with Statkraft.
Subsequent events
Subsequent to the first quarter of 2022, Mainstream Renewable Power announced that it has commercialized its first development in Colombia by signing a deal to supply 180 GW hours of clean energy each year in a private power purchase agreement (PPA). Mainstream will build the 100 MW Andromeda solar PV plant, located in Toluviejo, Colombia, to supply the electricity to Air-e, a Colombian energy distribution company. The PPA has a tenure of 15 years and will come into effect from 2024.
On 25 April, Aker Horizons announced the agreement to establish a joint venture (JV) with Nordkraft to develop sites for power intensive-industries in Northern Norway. The venture is part of Aker Horizons' project to establish a green industrial hub in the Narvik region. The JV aims to develop attractive sites for power-intensive industries, with roads and other common infrastructure such as water supply, fiber access, and grid infrastructure for shared use, starting with acquiring Nordkraft's rights to the sites at Kvandal, Fjellbu, Balsfjord, Korgen and Straumsmo. Aker Narvik will hold an 80 percent stake in the JV and Nordkraft the remaining 20 percent.
On 26 April, Aker Horizons, through its portfolio company Aker Clean Hydrogen, and Statkraft announced collaboration agreements to jointly explore opportunities for green hydrogen and ammonia production in India and Brazil, targeting local steel and fertilizer industries.
For more information, please see the full presentation for the first quarter of 2022 attached.
Aker Horizons' CEO Kristian Røkke, CFO Nanna Tollefsen and Mainstream's CEO Mary Quaney will present the main developments in the first quarter 2022 today at 10:00 CEST followed by a Q&A session. The presentation, which is open to all, will be held in English and will be webcast on the following link:
For further information, please contact:
Ivar Simensen, Communications
Tel: +47 46 40 23 17
ivar.simensen@akerhorizons.com
Christian Yggeseth
Investor Relations
Tel: +47 91 51 00 00
christian.yggeseth@akerhorizons.com
About Aker Horizons
Aker Horizons develops green industrial projects and technologies that accelerate the net zero transition. The company holds assets across renewable energy and carbon capture, and develops green industrial hubs that combine low-cost renewable energy with hydrogen production and downstream applications. As part of the Aker group and its 180-year industrial heritage, Aker Horizons applies industrial, technological and capital markets expertise to solve fundamental challenges to sustainable existence. Aker Horizons is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and headquartered in Fornebu, Norway. Through its portfolio companies, Aker Horizons employs over 1,200 people across 18 countries and five continents. www.akerhorizons.com
This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to the disclosure requirements in Regulation EU 596/2014 and the Norwegian Securities Trading Act § 5-12. This stock exchange announcement was published by Ivar Simensen, Communications, at Aker Horizons on 29 April 2022 at CEST 07:00.
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Holly Waldenmyer: Reasons why your child should consider a career in construction
If you’re a parent, your children’s future is always one of your top priorities. Two major factors that influence their future are education and their eventual career, which are usually closely tied together. Acquiring knowledge and skills, and then putting them to use, is part of the process where they transition to being independent and successful adults.
As you encourage and support your child’s journey on their education and career path, it’s important to consider the full range of opportunities. One industry worthy of career exploration is residential construction. The industry is filled with talented and creative individuals who build homes that strengthen communities. Not only does a career in the industry provide a sense of personal achievement, it also provides many practical benefits, such as strong earning potential, job security and opportunities for advancement.
Taking advantage of a Career and Technical Education (CTE) will help your child gain the knowledge and skills they need to be prepared for college and careers. CTE gives purpose to learning by emphasizing real-world skills and practical knowledge within a selected career focus. According to a national survey, an overwhelming majority (94%) of parents strongly (60%) or somewhat approve (34%) of expanding access to career and vocational programs. And a majority (86%) of parents and students say they wish they could get more real world knowledge and skills during high school.
CTE leads to a variety of jobs for every skill level. Occupations such as carpenters, plumbers and HVACR technicians are in high demand. These types of jobs require individuals who have skills such as being detail-oriented and active problem solvers troubleshooting a range of challenges.
The skilled trades also offer individuals high earning potential. Individuals entering the residential construction industry have the potential to earn a great salary. The top 25% in most construction trades professions earn at least $60,000 annually. And you don’t need to follow the traditional college path to get there.
The Building Industry Association of Stark & East Central Ohio has formed a committee specifically designed to interact with students and encourage them to pursue CTE. This committee, known as “Build My Future” is dedicated to education, training and helping students obtain great careers in construction trades.
For more information on CTE or construction careers in our area, contact the BIA at 330-494-5700. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/04/01/holly-waldenmyer-reasons-why-your-child-should-consider-career-construction/7191737001/ | 2022-04-01T09:41:50Z |
Biden headed to Milwaukee, Pittsburgh on Labor Day
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to travel to the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Labor Day, about two months before the election.
Biden will speak at Milwaukee’s Laborfest celebration and will go to Pittsburgh where other national labor leaders are appearing at that city’s Labor Day Parade, both the White House and labor unions said Monday. Biden plans to “celebrate Labor Day and the dignity of American workers,” according to the White House.
Biden is expected to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, as well as the Inflation Reduction Act, which the president signed in August.
Both states have races for governor and U.S. Senate.
In Wisconsin, Democrats are trying to reelect Gov. Tony Evers and oust Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. His Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, has highlighted his middle-class background and parents’ union membership. Evers faces Republican Tim Michels, who co-owns the state’s largest construction firm.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats are trying to hold on to the state’s open governor’s office and to flip the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.
The AFL-CIO has endorsed the Democrats in both races: state Attorney General Josh Shapiro running for governor against state Sen. Doug Mastriano and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman running for Senate against heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz.
The AFL-CIO also has endorsed Evers and Barnes in the Wisconsin races.
Biden last came to Wisconsin in March and his stop in Milwaukee would be his fourth since his term began. Evers last week said he would welcome a visit from the president to the state and his campaign said he planned to attend the event with the president. Barnes also planned to participate in Labor Day events in Milwaukee, but his campaign spokeswoman did not say whether Barnes would join with Biden.
Fetterman planned to join Biden next week in Pittsburgh. Biden was also going to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday to discuss an initiative designed to reduce gun crimes.
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Recognize moms, dads and graduates this spring season with new cocktails and celebration offerings at P.F. Chang's
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spring is the season of recognition for moms, dads and graduates and P.F. Chang's is here for every special occasion with offerings including a celebration prix fixe menu for guests dining in and custom family meals for those looking to enjoy P.F. Chang's favorites at home. To further commemorate the spring season and provide guests with an exciting and memorable dining experience, P.F. Chang's is launching three refreshing new saké cocktails today available for a limited time through November 9.
"P.F. Chang's is an ideal destination to celebrate special occasions big and small to create lasting memories with loved ones," said Tana Davila, chief marketing officer for P.F. Chang's. "We're excited to welcome our guests in honoring moms, dads and graduates this season with our menu of signature Asian favorites with some special touches for guests to enjoy during their celebrations."
P.F. Chang's will observe Mother's Day from April 20 through May 8. Graduation will be observed beginning on May 9 through June 30, with Father's Day celebrations joining in on June 1 through June 19. For guests dining in, a prix fixe menu is available starting at $50 per person including an appetizer, soup, one entrée, dessert and a celebratory glass of wine perfect for toasting the occasion.
On trend with the growing popularity of cocktails made from saké, guests can raise a glass with innovative limited time only beverages including:
Kyoto Bloom: Kyoto, Japan, is known for having one of the world's largest varieties of strawberries. P.F. Chang's Kyoto Bloom cocktail uses fresh strawberries, yuzu saké and elderflower liqueur to give the cocktail a refreshing and sweet flavor that is backed by aromatic botanicals from Suntory's Roku Japanese Gin. The drink is topped with club soda to provide a touch of effervescence.
Lucky Lotus: The Lucky Lotus features Hakutsuru Sayuri Nigori Saké and RumHaven Coconut Rum. When combined with pure cane sugar, fresh lemon and a touch of half and half, these ingredients create a silky tropical flavor.
Saké Warrior: The refreshing Saké Warrior features Moonstone Asian Pear Saké and white peach. The Saké Warrior paves the way for fresh lemon and lime juice to give this cocktail a bright flavor that is fortified by Tito's Handmade Vodka.
And for those who are ordering online, to celebrate at their own table, P.F. Chang's is offering custom family meals for groups of two, four and six. To add to the gifting occasion, limited-edition gift cards designed for Mother's Day, Father's Day and graduation celebrations are available for purchase in-restaurant and online at pfchangs.com/gift-cards.
For more details on the new cocktails, celebration menu offerings, and observances for Mother's Day, Father's Day and graduation, visit https://www.pfchangs.com/.
About P.F. Chang's
Founded in 1993 by Philip Chiang and Paul Fleming, P.F. Chang's is the first internationally recognized multi-unit Asian culinary brand to honor and celebrate the 2,000-year-old tradition of wok cooking as the center of the guest experience. With roots in Chinese cuisine, today's menu at P.F. Chang's spans across all of Asia, honoring cultures and recipes from Japan, Korea, Thailand, and beyond. Each item offers a unique exploration of flavor, whether it's a handcrafted cocktail, wok-fired lunch bowl, or celebratory multi-course dinner. Worldwide, P.F. Chang's has more than 300 restaurants in 22 countries and U.S. airport locations, including a growing number of convenient P.F. Chang's To Go locations offering takeout and delivery. For more P.F. Chang's news, visit pfchangs.com and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @pfchangs.
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Prominent Doctor and Lawyer Who Challenged Covid Narrative to be Released From Prison Tomorrow: Will Discuss Sentencing, Legal Action, and Future of Health Care in USA
MIAMI, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Simone Gold, founder of America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS), will be holding a press conference tomorrow, Friday, September 9, 2022 at the Miami Federal Detention Center at 11:00AM ET, located at 33 NE 4th St, Miami, FL 33132.
Gold was sentenced to 60 days in prison for reading prepared remarks in the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Dr. Gold, a prominent doctor and lawyer, was charged and served a federal prison term for a non-violent misdemeanor trespassing charge with no prior record.
During her prison stay, Gold was quarantined with eight days of solitary confinement for refusing to take the Covid-vaccine, the only so-called "vaccine" in the world that has proven not to be able to stop transmission or infection, suggesting the "vaccine" is a complete fraud perpetuated on the American people as well as medical and global communities.
As the Covid-19 pandemic was beginning, Dr. Gold and a team of Frontline Doctors stood on the steps of the United States Supreme Court to tell the American people that there was early treatment medication was available, and a vaccine was unnecessary. During that historic press conference, viewed by over 24 million Americans, they discussed hydroxychloroquine, which has a 200% weighted average against hospitalization and death.
Dr. Golds' additional prescription, calling for the early use of Ivermectin to treat Covid patients, was vindicated this week, as was AFLDS' concern that masks will do more harm than good. In the Ivermectin study, examining over 80,000 patients, a 92% reduction in mortality and 100% reduction in hospitalizations was shown.
Dr. Gold intends to take questions and share new objectives regarding the AFLDS mission over the next several months.
America's Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) stands up for every American looking for the best quality healthcare by empowering doctors working on the front lines of our nation's most pressing healthcare challenges. AFLDS can be found on the web at www.AFLDS.org.
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The U.S. government failed to take basic steps at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic to prevent fraud in a federal aid program intended to help small businesses, depleting the funds and making Americans more vulnerable to identity theft, the head of a congressional panel examining the payouts said Tuesday.
Democratic Rep. James Clyburn blamed the Trump administration for the problems in the COVID-19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan program, overseen by the U.S. Small Business Administration, amid revelations that as much as 20% of the money — tens of billions of dollars — may have been awarded to fraudsters. Clyburn said the Biden administration has implemented measures to identify potential fraud and directed loan officers to address indications of fraud before approving loans, while Congress has invested in fraud prevention and accountability.
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise said the Trump administration and Congress worked together at the beginning of the pandemic, when uncertainty was rampant and much of the economy was locked down, to deliver "much needed relief as fast as we could to help save as many jobs as we could" and prevent the economy from crashing.
Scalise, R-La., said Democrats are undermining the successes, and he asked why the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis wasn't looking into the enhanced unemployment insurance program that was plagued by "egregious and unprecedented fraud" and is a "leading contributor" to the high inflation rates.
"I hope that in our oversight of pandemic programs, my Democratic colleagues will be able to recognize the difference between what was needed to save the economy during an unprecedented pandemic versus pushing a partisan, inflation-inducing agenda," he said.
Clyburn, of South Carolina, said the subcommittee will determine what more must be done to bring perpetrators of fraud to justice and how to protect future emergency programs.
Clyburn said he supports extending the statute of limitations for this kind of fraud case to give investigators more time to untangle complex potential crimes. Witnesses at the hearing suggested standardizing the data collected by states to make it easier for federal authorities to spot possibly fraudulent patterns.
The SBA's Office of the Inspector General has estimated that at least $80 billion distributed from the $400 billion EIDL program could have been fraudulent, much of it in scams using stolen identities. Separately, staff for the select subcommittee on Tuesday issued a report that found that some 1.6 million applications for the loans may have been approved without being evaluated.
The subcommittee's staff found that those loans were approved in batches of up to 500 applications at a time. Applications were allowed to move through even if they had certain red flags for fraud — such as international client locations or phone numbers not associated with the business or the owner — so long as they weren't too many of them. The process meant that while software analyzed the applications, they were not even opened by officials before being greenlighted for funding.
The SBA's inspector general, Hannibal "Mike" Ware, said initially there was a huge struggle at the agency about the "need for speed versus the need for controls." He said he was "screaming" about the need for fraud controls. He said the most concerning thing was self-certification, which meant applicants could say they had a business or a certain number of employees and get money.
The subcommittee hearing also tackled broader fraud concerns with the flood of pandemic aid from multiple federal government programs for states, local governments, businesses and the unemployed. The $5 trillion in total aid, delivered in a series of bills signed by Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden, have come with numerous complications.
Fraud overwhelmed enhanced unemployment insurance programs funded by the federal government and administered by the states. There was so much aid to governments that many struggled to find a way to spend it all under the original regulations. And there have been questions about whether the Paycheck Protection Program to keep employees working was worth it.
The Secret Service said in December that nearly $100 billion has been stolen from COVID-19 relief programs, basing that estimate on its cases and data from the Labor Department and the Small Business Administration. The White House downplayed the estimate, saying it was based on old reports.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency may have been double-billed for the funerals of hundreds of people who died of COVID-19, the Government Accountability Office said in April. States and cities continue to be slow to spend their pandemic relief money.
The select subcommittee said Tuesday that more than $10 billion allocated under two massive business loan programs has been returned because of investigations and bank actions. Federal prosecutors have charged nearly 1,500 people with crimes related to fraud against the government over the business loans and enhanced unemployment insurance programs.
The government's Pandemic Response Accountability Committee says inspectors general for various federal agencies have at least 1,150 ongoing investigations into fraud from the different aid funds. Officials say it could take years to untangle all the problems. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/coronavirus/article_ba2a68f2-ec0d-11ec-8076-e32cf00454ab.html | 2022-06-14T23:26:58Z |
I’m trying to imagine Jesus demanding the right to pray on the 50-yard line, but I can’t produce this image. Jesus did pray in public and did so memorably. But he told his disciples to pray in the privacy of their own rooms, unlike the hypocrites who like to be seen by others when they pray. Jesus offering a holy prayer on the middle of a football field to prove a point? I think not.
That’s what we’ve come to, thanks to high school football coach Joe Kennedy’s successful Hail Mary to the United States Supreme Court. The coach, determined to run over, under, around or through existing law and precedent and aided by the Christian Defense Legal Fund, won a victory of sorts for himself and all who can’t wait to pray in a government-sponsored venue.
A certain segment of the Christian population is huzzahing the decision. These persons consider themselves the aggrieved minority, beaten down by liberals, atheists and maybe even SpongeBob. Having constructed a scenario where they have no freedom to “witness,” these Christians cry that they are persecuted and martyred.
In this context, prayer is no longer real prayer. It is prayer as theater. It is prayer as “witness” or “testimony.” It is prayer as the assertion of one’s individual freedom.
Would Jesus pray on the 50-yard line? No way. (Whether he’d condone football is a column better left to another day and under an assumed name.)
Many Christians who are persons of deep prayer want nothing to do with this kind of assertive, “it’s-my-right-to do-so” kind of prayer. For these persons, public prayer has a place, but not at the expense of turning the Jesus movement into something it was never intended to be.
These faithful Jesus followers bend over backwards to be understanding of and respectful of their brothers and sisters of other faiths or no faith. Prayer, if done in a group setting, would be done if such a prayer could both be inclusive in nature and appropriate and acceptable to the context.
The Apostle Paul, never one to stand down, was clear that though he was free in Christ, he would set his “rights” aside for others. In so doing, he mirrored Jesus, who set aside equality with God, humbling himself and taking human form.
It is the humbling, this meekness, the setting aside of one’s self, that is the hallmark of the Christian in our pluralistic society. The coach’s school district offered many reasonable alternatives to his 50-yard line demand, but it was going to be all or nothing for this coach. That makes for good smashmouth football but not for being salt and light to the world.
Supreme Court Justice Gorsuch, in his written ruling, got it wrong when he wrote, “… (L)earning how to tolerate speech or prayer of all kinds is part of learning how to live in a pluralistic society, a trait of character essential to a tolerant citizenry.” In other words: minority folk, get over it.
Justice Gorsuch might speak from a position of jurisprudence, but he misses the mark as a Christian. Learning as a Christian to live in this tolerant society is refusing to force myself or demand my beliefs on others in the public square. Christian faith has nothing to do with aggressive assertiveness.
The coach won, but the church and vibrant Christian faith lost. What this decision communicated to the increasing group of unchurched people is that the church — like the world — is populated by those who demand their own rights. | https://www.albanyherald.com/features/faith/creede-hinshaw-christian-faith-has-nothing-to-do-with-aggressive-assertiveness/article_5f8ba222-fe22-11ec-b3ce-5798f32633ea.html | 2022-07-07T23:33:44Z |
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- California's gas prices at the pump are rising yet again just as gas prices are falling everywhere else, and the time has come to find out why, Consumer Watchdog said today.
According to the most recent report from the federal Energy Information Agency, California is now paying $1.49 more per gallon for gasoline than US drivers.
Legislation on Newsom's desk, SB 1322 (Allen), will require the state's oil refiners to report monthly on the cost of the crude oil they buy, the wholesale price of the gasoline they sell, and their profits made per gallon.
"Californians deserves answers to why California oil refiners are extracting so much from us in every gallon of gasoline and how it compares to profits in other parts of America, said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog. "Governor Newsom's signature on SB 1322 will pull the curtain back on just how much the five biggest refiners, which make 97% of our gasoline, are profiting from every gallon of gas they sell, and that is the first step to getting a handle on what to do about it. It is extremely important that the Governor sign this refiner transparency bill on behalf of all California consumers."
The current price spike in California is the result of limited refinery capacity issues in California and problems at the refineries. Since five refiners control the market, they profit from every hiccup in production. California refiners are not currently required to report their profits monthly, but many do report their regional profits to investors on a quarterly basis.
In just the second quarter of 2022, California's five big oil refiners reported unprecedented windfall profits that topped $26 billion — making from three to ten times more in profits per gallon off their West Coast operations from April through June than they did in the same period last year.
A review of profit reports conducted by Consumer Watchdog found that profits per gallon from West Coast operations registered highest among each refiner's reported regions across the United States and world – proving that it is profits, not California's environmental rules and taxes the oil industry always blames, that drive up California pump prices. "Added costs are only about 60 cents of the $1.50 difference between US and California pump prices," said Court.
View the report here: https://www.consumerwatchdog.org/energy/cas-big-5-oil-refiner-profits-top-26-billion-1-gallon-watchdog-make-case-profits-disclosure
Read more about SB 1322 here: https://consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/2022-09/LtrGovSB1322Signature9-6-22.pdf
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In a recent U.S. Army operational assessment at White Sands Missile Range, the 50kW-class high energy laser weapon demonstrated repeatable counter-mortar capability
LAS CRUCES, N.M., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In four weeks of continuous live-fire exercises, an industry team led by Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business, and Kord, a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR, defeated multiple 60mm mortar rounds with a 50kW-class high energy laser integrated on a Stryker combat vehicle.
The directed energy weapon system — part of the U.S. Army's Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense, or DE M-SHORAD — acquired, tracked, targeted and defeated multiple mortars and successfully accomplished multiple tests simulating real-world scenarios.
Continuing to put the DE M-SHORAD system to the test, the recent operational assessment at White Sands Missile Range also included defeating several small, medium and large drones.
"Soldiers in the field face increasingly complex threats, and our combat-proven sensors, software, and lasers are ready to give them a new level of protection," said Annabel Flores, president of Electronic Warfare Systems for Raytheon Intelligence & Space. "The Army gave us our toughest challenge yet — countering rockets, artillery and mortars — and we took an essential step on the path to providing the maneuverable, short range air defense Soldiers need."
The DE M-SHORAD effort is aimed at protecting soldiers against various aerial threats, including unmanned aircraft systems, rotary-wing aircraft, rockets, artillery and mortars. Kord serves as the primary integrator of the system on the Stryker combat vehicle, while Raytheon Intelligence & Space provides the 50kW-class high energy laser weapon module, a specialized radar acquisition system, a beam control system and targeting sensor.
"This team once again showed that the HEL system is fully-integrated and ready to provide protection against complex threats," said Byron Bright, President of KBR Government Solutions. "With an effectively infinite magazine and near-zero cost per shot, HEL is now the proven answer to asymmetric threats like drones and mortars."
The joint industry team, which includes Rocky Research for power and thermal management, General Dynamics Land Systems for the Stryker platform, and Applied Technology Associates for additional sensors, is preparing to deliver four DE M-SHORAD units to Army Brigade Combat Teams in 2022.
RI&S' high energy laser weapon systems, built in McKinney, Texas, works on land, in the air and at sea, providing 360-degree coverage that can protect bases, airports, stadiums and other high-value military or civilian assets. Open architecture, scalable power, and ruggedized design adapts to the demands of the mission. HEL weapons can be used as standalone systems or rapidly installed on a variety of platforms. Major suppliers for the system are based in Huntsville, Alabama; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; East Granby, Connecticut; and Los Angeles, California.
Additional information and photos can be found here.
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About Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, delivers the disruptive technologies our customers need to succeed in any domain, against any challenge. A developer of advanced sensors, cyber services and software solutions, Raytheon Intelligence & Space provides a decisive advantage to civil, military and commercial customers around the world.
About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading businesses ― Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ― the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, and quantum physics. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Will Spearhead Company's Transition Following Change in Control
MIDDLETOWN, Del., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International Star, Inc. (OTC:ILST) (the "Company") today announced the recent appointment of Mr. Nochum Greenberg as the Company's interim Chief Executive Officer and its Chairman of the Board. Together with the incoming management team, Mr. Greenberg will spearhead the Company's transition, oversee its repositioning, and execute its strategic plan. Management's vision for the Company is to merge with or acquire revenue producing and cash flow positive target companies. Announcements on that front are forthcoming, and the Company expects to announce our initial transaction within the next two weeks.
Mr. Greenberg commented, "We are very excited about our plans for International Star's future. We intend to shape an organization that will effectively achieve its vision and purpose and, ultimately, expand the Company's business and maximize its value. We will provide further disclosure of our plans to our shareholders and the general public as soon as possible. We are aware that there are many eager and devoted shareholders out there and we thank you all for your support. We want to thank Caren Currier for aiding in transaction, and her guidance while administrative tasks were dealt with."
New forms of communication are being made available:
- A new company twitter handle: @ilstinc
- A new company website: www.ilstinc.com
- New email addresses: info@ilstinc.com; legal@ilstinc.com;
Information about ILST can be found at:
ABOUT INTERNATIONAL STAR
International Star Inc. has historically been focused on mineral property interests. In June 2022, a controlling stake in International Star was acquired by ILST Holdco LLC. Under its new management, the Company's strategic objective is to acquire, merge with and build revenue and cash flow producing companies in order to create successful and financially robust enterprise which will consistently create and build stakeholders' value.
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Runner Angela Tortorice preparing for 1000th marathon
By Robbie Owens
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DALLAS (KTVT) — Angela Tortorice makes the grueling 26.2-mile marathon look like a stroll in the park. When the Dallas accountant isn’t crunching numbers, she’s collecting medals. She’s preparing to run in her 1000th marathon Saturday in Irving.
“It’s going to be a huge relief!” she shares with a laugh. “And I’m just super excited because a lot of friends and family are going to be there and I really would not have gotten this far without the support of all my friends, family and my company.”
Tortorice says she wasn’t a runner. Until she was… and like most seemingly impossible tasks, her journey to ultra-marathon runner began with a single step. And then another…
“Just walking like a quarter of a mile, jogging a quarter, walking a quarter, jogging a quarter until I worked up to running a full mile,” recalls Tortorice.
She ran her first marathon in San Antonio 25 years ago. She says it was an emotional moment but one that she did not think she’d ever experience again.
“Definitely not. That day. I thought ‘oh, there is no way I will go through this again!’ ”
But Tortorice was soon hooked on the peace and the community found while pounding the pavement… unable to stay away from that starting line.
“An ultra, soon after that, and then started running multiple marathons in a year and slowly worked up from about 10 to 20 to 30 to 50 and then 129 in one year, and that’s when I got my Guinness World Record for most marathons in a calendar year, for a female.”
Tortorice has logged marathon runs all around the world, and in all 50 states FIVE times. But there’s more than medals at the finish line: after her husband, John, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, Tortorice has been chasing a cure.
“As team captain through my company TXU Energy and our bike team, they’ve raised 1.2 million. I’ve personally raised over $165,000 for the cause. So, we’re just working to find a cure.”
She says researchers are making progress and that brings hope for the long road ahead.
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Patients and Taxpayers Forced to Absorb Preventable Costs
Patient Voice Patient Choice™ Campaign Engages Private Insurers and CMS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the nation's largest independent and patient-led kidney organization, unveiled an aggressive consumer engagement and mobilization campaign to help patients engage their commercial insurers and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) on coverage decisions that undermine patient access to new and safe care innovations approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The AAKP Patient Voice Patient Choice™ campaign provides a sophisticated, interactive platform for patients, care partners, and others of goodwill to quickly identify and understand barriers impacting care choice and timely access to new treatments (www.patientvoicepatientchoice.org). The campaign includes tactics such as social media, letters to insurers and shareholders, online petitions, Congressional contact software, and voter registration tools.
In the United States, AAKP and allied kidney medical professionals, along with bipartisan leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, have pushed to increase kidney research funding and to accelerate policies that remove barriers to treatment innovation. In the past several years, the FDA has increased substantive patient engagement, listened closely to patient concerns, and has approved several long-awaited and safe advancements in kidney care. The FDA's approvals have sparked massive, renewed interest in kidney medicine among existing and start-up pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The FDA's approvals have also created tremendous hope among patients and families suffering from the devastatingly high personal and financial costs of kidney diseases and related conditions such as diabetes, pruritus, and other debilitating ailments. Newly approved innovations include improved dialysis technologies, including those used in home dialysis, which help patients gain greater independence, including the ability to pursue aspirations for full-time and part-time work.
However, access to new kidney innovations has been severely curtailed by intentionally cumbersome insurance policies and cost controls that interfere with the ability of kidney doctors to prescribe the right treatment at the right time. These same payer policies often force highly vulnerable patients and their caregivers to navigate lengthy and complicated appeals processes. Unfortunately, many of these appeals offer little hope of a reversal, despite growing medical evidence that new therapies improve health outcomes beyond status quo kidney treatments. Nationally, intensifying patient frustrations toward insurers and barriers to timely treatment access have fueled bipartisan Congressional support for H.R. 3173 Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act, sponsored by Congressional Kidney Caucus Co-Chair Representative Suzan DelBene (D-WA) and supported by Caucus Co-Chair Larry Bucshon (R-IN). AAKP also supports H.R. 3173. AAKP supports the efforts of Representatives DelBene and Bucshon to increase care choice and access for patients.
AAKP President Richard Knight, a national kidney advocate, stated, "Kidney patient consumers and their allies have worked for many years to bring new treatments to market and to end disparate care. They are not about to sit idly as payer policies and red tape block timely access to care options that prevent further suffering or more serious illness. AAKP has organized patient consumers and they will raise their voices and exercise their votes to hold insurers, elected leaders, and other decision makers publicly accountable for their indifference toward highly vulnerable kidney patients." At a June 14, 2022, virtual event, The Hill Live: Chronic Kidney Disease – Forging Patient-Centered Solutions, Knight and AAKP thanked companies that have already been responsive to kidney patient concerns. Knight and AAKP also called out Humana for their ongoing lack of responsiveness to kidney patient concerns and for Humana's byzantine policies that block diabetic kidney disease (DKD) patients from gaining full access to a new treatment that slows DKD progression (WATCH HERE). Knight is a former dialysis patient, current 16-year transplant recipient, and a former U.S. Congressional staff member and liaison to the Congressional Black Caucus.
AAKP Vice President and Chair of the AAKP Veterans Health Initiative Edward V. Hickey, III, USMC, stated, "AAKP is increasingly concerned that access-related issues are interfering with gains in kidney medicine during The Decade of the Kidney™. We strongly encourage responsible leaders in the insurance industry and at CMS to elevate these issues internally and weigh the ongoing defense of restrictive policies against the long-term costs borne by patients, taxpayers, and the nation when new treatments are walled off from patients in serious need. Defending status quo healthcare in an era of innovation is never a sustainable position." Hickey is a former Administrative Assistant on Capitol Hill and was involved in the first comprehensive Congressional initiative on brain diseases. He has served in two presidential administrations, including roles as a liaison to national Veteran Service Organizations, such as the Vietnam Veterans of America, AMVETS, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion.
AAKP Chair of Policy and Global Affairs Paul T. Conway, a 42-year kidney patient who has lived with a kidney transplant for the past 25 years, stated, "The alignment of insurer and federal payment decisions to new, federally-approved and safe kidney therapies and devices is pivotal to sustained private sector involvement in kidney innovations and improved health outcomes. If current payer policies fail to evolve, advances in kidney care are in jeopardy, and both patients and American taxpayers will continue to bear the long-term costs of avoidable and unnecessary kidney disease complications and kidney failure. AAKP patient members and our allies find this situation totally unacceptable and are already taking action." Conway is a former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, which administers the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), the world's largest employer-sponsored group health insurance program.
The Patient Voice Patient Choice ™ campaign is another element of AAKP's Decade of the Kidney™ initiative (www.decadeofthekidney.org), launched in 2019. The initiative aims to widen national and global kidney patient involvement in decisions that impact disease research and the development of innovations, including safe new drugs, devices, and transformative technologies including artificial wearable and implantable kidneys and xenotransplants. For the past four years, AAKP, in partnership with the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, has also led the Global Summit on Kidney Disease Innovations, one of the largest patient-led innovation conferences in the world with engagement in over 80 countries. In June of 2022, the European Kidney Health Alliance (EKHA) formally expanded its ongoing involvement in The Decade of the Kidney™ initiative by including it in the theme of their annual European Kidney Forum in the European Parliament in Brussels. AAKP also conducts the largest voter registration drive in the kidney community, the KidneyVoter™ program.
Kidney disease has an incredibly alarming and growing impact on Americans and their families and a disproportionate impact across minority, underserved, and rural communities. The human burdens and costs to patients, their families, and the American taxpayer are immense. Up to 37 million Americans are estimated to have kidney disease, and according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 90 percent of patients are unaware that they suffer from the disease. Kidney disease and kidney failure exact a heavy toll on patients, families, and the American taxpayer, with Medicare costs alone estimated at $120 billion dollars. Status quo kidney care is characterized by late disease diagnosis, outdated dialysis technologies, disparate treatment access, long waiting times for organ transplants, and extremely high mortality rates.
About the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP): In the past decade, AAKP patients have helped gain lifetime transplant drug coverage for kidney transplant recipients (2020); new patient-centered policies via the White House Executive Order on Advancing American Kidney Health (2019); new job protections for living organ donors from the U.S. Department of Labor (2018); and Congressional legislation allowing HIV positive organ transplants for HIV positive patients (2013). AAKP virtual platforms and social networks are internationally known for their impact. Follow AAKP on social media at @kidneypatient on Facebook and @kidneypatients on Twitter, and visit www.aakp.org for more information.
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Tarasenko scores twice, Blues beat Coyotes 5-1
JOE HARRIS
Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and two assists, and the St. Louis Blues beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-1. Ivan Barbashev and Brayden Schenn also scored for the Blues, who snapped a four-game losing streak at home to Arizona. Ville Husso made 21 saves as St. Louis won for the fourth time in its last five games (4-0-1). Nick Schmaltz scored in the third period and Ivan Prosvetov made 24 saves for the Coyotes, who lost for the eight time in 10 games. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/04/tarasenko-scores-twice-blues-beat-coyotes-5-1/ | 2022-04-05T05:16:17Z |
TSXV: CYP | OTCQX: CYDVF
VANCOUVER, BC, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Cypress Development Corp. (TSXV: CYP) (OTCQX: CYDVF) (Frankfurt: C1Z1) ("Cypress" or "the Company") is pleased to report the Company has been informed that the petition for judicial review of the Nevada State Engineer's extension of Water Right Permit 44411 and Certificate 13631 (the "Permit") was dismissed with prejudice by the Fifth Judicial Court of Esmeralda County, Nevada.
The Company acquired the Permit from Intor Resources Corporation ("Intor"), a subsidiary of Nevada Sunrise Gold Corp., for use at the Company's Clayton Valley Lithium Project, in Nevada (see news release dated December 8, 2021). The Permit allows for the appropriation of the public waters of the State of Nevada in the amount of 1,770 acre-feet of groundwater per year for mining, milling and domestic use. This amount represents the largest single volume of permitted water available in the Clayton Valley, which is a fully appropriated hydrogeographic basin.
Intor submitted an Application for Extension of Time to Prevent Forfeiture of the Permit on July 29, 2021. The extension was approved by the State Engineer on November 2, 2021. With the court order, the State Engineer's approval is final and binding, and the extension is valid until August 28, 2022.
Cypress Development Corp. is a Canadian based advanced stage lithium company, focused on developing its 100%-owned Clayton Valley Lithium Project in Nevada, USA. Cypress is in the pilot stage of testing on material from its lithium-bearing claystone deposit and progressing towards completing a Feasibility Study and permitting, with the goal of becoming a domestic producer of lithium for the growing electric vehicle and battery storage market.
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Police: Man wanted for child porn-related charges tackled and arrested
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV/Gray News) - A man in Tennessee who was on the run from police since April was arrested Monday.
The Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed the arrest of 37-year-old Ashley Shannon Wright, who was wanted for two felony warrants for sexual exploitation of minors.
Thanks to a Crime Stoppers tip, Wright was spotted by detectives leaving a storage unit, police said.
After he was spotted, Wright was followed from the air and drove to the nearby Sam’s Club, WSMV reported. An undercover team then moved in and tackled Wright in the parking lot as he left his vehicle. Officers added that he was carrying a gun at the time of the arrest.
Detectives began investigating Wright after the department’s Internet Crimes Against Children Unit said it received information that sexual images depicting children were on an internet account linked to him. Investigators said they uncovered hundreds of additional photos later on his home computer after obtaining a search warrant.
In early May, officers reported that they had spotted Wright in a Honda Odyssey van and tried to stop it. Wright evaded arrest at that time.
Upon being apprehended, Wright was booked on the sexual exploitation of a minor counts and charges of felony evading arrest, reckless driving, and misdemeanor possession of meth. A judicial commissioner set his bond at $55,000.
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HOHHOT, China, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From June 14-16, the 15th Global Dairy Congress was hosted in Laval, France. Dr. Zhanyou Yun, Assistant President of Yili Group, attended the "Innovation for the Future" session, delivering a keynote speech with the theme "Create Value through Innovation". Dr. Gerrit Smit, Managing Director of Yili Innovation Center Europe, attended the roundtable discussion.
The World Dairy Innovation Awards was held simultaneously with the Congress. Leveraging strategic synergies and resource integration, Yili Group and its subsidiary Ausnutria topped the tally with six awards, covering segments of packaging design, infant nutrition, intolerance-friendly dairy products, ice cream, cheese and dairy snacks.
One of the judges commented, "Yili have their finger on the pulse when it comes to identifying gaps in the market and creating brilliant innovative products that both taste and look great while simultaneously serving a purpose."
Dr. Yun explained how Yili has focused on building a globally integrated innovation network, which helped the company win worldwide recognition. "Integrating talent and intelligence resources, we have currently set up a total of 15 innovation centers scattered around the world, and a 'global intelligence chain' has now been established."
Developing health products through consumer-centric innovation
"Guided by our New Vision for Value Creation, Yili pursues development as an innovation-driven company. We are dedicated to launching health products to meet the full life-cycle, all-scenario needs among all types of consumers," said Dr. Yun.
For consumers to freely enjoy cheese without storage limitations, Yili developed the "Best Cheese" winner -- the ambient cheese lollipop, which is rich in nutrition and can be safely stored at room temperature. Revisiting traditional Chinese aesthetics, the Xujinhuan 3D Fresh Milk Ice Cream has been designed into the elegant shape of a Chinese fan, featuring traditional painting carved on the surface. Developed with global high-quality milk and ingredients, the beautiful look is also accompanied by good flavor and nutrition. For middle-aged and the elderly men, a group more focused on bone health and physical fitness, the Shuhua Lactose -- Free Milk for Dad includes 50% more natural calcium, vitamin D and taurine. Applying Yili's patented technology of LHT lactose hydrolysis, the product also addresses the problem of lactose intolerance that is common among Asian consumers.
At the Congress, Dr. Yun also shared the company's progress in building a "Dairy Silicon Valley". In June, four key projects of Yili's Future Intelligence and Healthy Valley will be put into operation in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, including a liquid milk production base, a milk powder production base, the Chilechuan Ecological Smart Farm, and the Yili Intelligent Manufacturing Experience Center.
Commitment to building a net-zero carbon future
Talking about dairy's role in addressing climate change, Dr. Yun said, "Embracing the tide of sustainable development across the globe, Yili has rolled out net-zero carbon products and factories, issued the Roadmap to a Net-Zero Carbon Future, and joined hands with our partners throughout the industrial chain to build a net-zero carbon future."
In April, Yili took the lead in China's food industry to launch time-bound targets on carbon reduction, aiming to realize industrial chain-wide carbon neutrality before 2050.
On June 5, Yili also introduced the packaging featuring "no printing, less ink". Applying the technology of ink reduction printing, the packaging is able to save ink consumption by 60%. The outer carton is 80% made up of recycled paper. By upgrading into paper handles, every 100,000 outer cartons will reduce plastic usage equating to 260 kg.
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NEW YORK, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 18, 2022, each of Ben Friedman and David Zolty resigned his position as a director of Cell Source, Inc. (the "Company"). Neither Mr. Friedman's nor Mr. Zolty's resignation was the result of any disagreement with the Company.
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646.612.7554
ishimrat@cell-source.com
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Twitter-Musk takeover dispute heading for an October trial
(AP) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk lost his fight to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him as a Delaware judge on Tuesday set an October trial, citing the “cloud of uncertainty” over the social media company after the billionaire backed out of a deal to buy it.
“Delay threatens irreparable harm,” said Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, the head judge of Delaware’s Court of Chancery, which handles many high-profile business disputes. “The longer the delay, the greater the risk.”
Twitter had asked for an expedited trial in September, while Musk’s team called for waiting until early next year because of the complexity of the case. McCormick said Musk’s team underestimated the Delaware court’s ability to “quickly process complex litigation.”
Twitter is trying to force the billionaire to make good on his April promise to buy the social media giant for $44 billion — and the company wants it to happen quickly because it says the ongoing dispute is harming its business.
Musk, the world’s richest man, pledged to pay $54.20 a share for Twitter, but informed the company in July that he wants to back out of the agreement.
“It’s attempted sabotage. He’s doing his best to run Twitter down,” said attorney William Savitt, representing Twitter before McCormick on Tuesday. The hearing was held virtually after McCormick said she tested positive for COVID-19.
Musk has claimed the company has failed to provide adequate information about the number of fake, or “spam bot,” Twitter accounts, and that it has breached its obligations under the deal by firing top managers and laying off a significant number of employees. Musk’s team expects more information about the bot numbers to be revealed in the trial court discovery process, when both sides must hand over evidence.
Twitter argues that Musk’s reasons for backing out are just a cover for buyer’s remorse after agreeing to pay 38% above Twitter’s stock price shortly before the stock market stumbled and shares of the electric-car maker Tesla, where most of Musk’s personal wealth resides, lost more than $100 billion of their value.
Savitt said the contested merger agreement and Musk’s tweets disparaging the company were inflicting harm on the business and questioned Musk’s request for a delayed trial, asking “whether the real plan is to run out the clock.”
“He’s banking on wriggling out of the deal he signed,” Savitt said.
But the idea the Tesla CEO is trying to damage Twitter is “preposterous. He has no interest in damaging the company,” said Musk attorney Andrew Rossman, noting he is Twitter’s second largest shareholder with a “far larger stake” than the company’s entire board of directors.
Savitt emphasized the importance of an expedited trial starting in September for Twitter to be able to make important business decisions affecting everything from employee retention to relationships with suppliers and customers.
Rossman said more time is needed because it is “one of the largest take-private deals in history” involving a “company that has a massive amount of data that has to be analyzed. Billions of actions on their platform have to be analyzed.”
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Attorneys rank among the best in the nation for family and matrimonial law
NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP, a leading New York-based family and matrimonial law firm, has recently been recognized with multiple prestigious law honors. Chambers High Net Worth named founding partners, Eleanor B. Alter and Jenifer J. Foley, as top Family/Matrimonial Lawyers in its High-Net-Worth Guide 2022. Both Alter and Foley, along with founding partner, Adam John Wolff, were also included in the 29th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® 2023. Alter, Wolff, and Foley are renowned litigators who have represented high-profile and celebrity clients, business owners, professionals, and their spouses. Their firm, Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP (AWF), provides the full spectrum of family and matrimonial law services, including divorce, custody, child and spousal support, valuation and division of assets, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and mediation.
Chambers High Net Worth is the definitive and most comprehensive global high-net-worth resource guide, identifying leading attorneys in their respective fields. Eleanor B. Alter was awarded Chambers recognition for the sixth consecutive year, while Jenifer J. Foley, earned her first appearance in the guide this year.
The Best Lawyers in America© is the oldest and most respected peer-reviewed recognition, with all three partners appearing on the list for multiple consecutive years. This is Alter's 41st consecutive recognition, who has been recognized every year since the first edition in 1983. This year's edition represents Foley's seventh and Wolff's sixth consecutive award. For the first time, AWF Associate Attorney, Leah Cobean, was recognized by Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ for her work in family and matrimonial law.
With over 50 years of experience, Eleanor B. Alter is recognized as one of the nation's top family law attorneys, who continues to navigate and shape the law's changing practices to best suit today's clientele. An industry veteran, she has been a trailblazer for women, entering the field at a time when most law firms did not hire women. Alter's prominent reputation and highly-regarded expertise have also been recognized this year with additional accolades in Super Lawyers 2022 edition.
Jenifer J. Foley has over 20 years of experience as a litigator and trial attorney. Foley is highly regarded in the industry for her holistic and ethical approach to family law that keeps children's best interests top-of-mind throughout the legal process. Foley is also a certified mediator, with a unique specialization in divorce mediation for high-net-worth individuals and complex cases. Foley was also recognized this year by Super Lawyers 2022 edition.
With more than 25 years of experience, Adam John Wolff, is an experienced litigator and trial attorney, known for handling the complex financial aspects of complicated divorce cases, often for high-net-worth individuals. This can include business valuations, trusts, unique investments, and a wide variety of assets in different jurisdictions, etc. Wolff's unique ability to understand the complex financial aspects of cases, while remaining sensitive to the deeply personal issues of family law matters, distinguishes him in the industry.
Leah Cobean is an associate at the firm who focuses on all aspects of family and matrimonial law. Cobean has practiced matrimonial law exclusively since her graduation from Emory University School of Law. Prior to joining AWF, she completed a three-year clerkship with the Honorable Matthew F. Cooper in a dedicated matrimonial part in the New York County Supreme Court.
Alter, Wolff & Foley LLP (AWF) is a New York City-based law firm comprised of experienced and recognized family and matrimonial lawyers. Founded in 2016 by partners Eleanor B. Alter, Adam John Wolff, and Jenifer J. Foley, AWF brings over a century of combined experience, representing globally-known names from a wide range of backgrounds, including notable celebrity clients, as well as high-profile business owners, professionals, and their spouses. The team at AWF discreetly and seamlessly addresses complex legal and financial issues for clients, including divorce, custody, child and spousal support, valuation and division of assets, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and mediation. Focused on discretion and dignified outcomes, the firm prides itself on its family-first approach and commitment to the overall well-being of its clients and their families. To learn more, visit www.awf.nyc.
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GRAPHIC: Wife sues historic tourist attraction after tree falls on family car, killing husband
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS/CNN) - A woman is suing the Biltmore Estate after a tree fell on her family’s car last month and killed her husband.
It’s been just over a month since the tragic incident happened to the Skudin family during their trip up to the mountains to explore the 8,000-acre estate.
“With the history aspect of Asheville and combined with the Blue Ridge Mountains, it was the perfect place for us to spend his [Casey Skudin] birthday and Father’s Day,” Angela Skudin, Casey Skudin’s wife, said.
But Casey Skudin never got to celebrate either occasion.
Angela Skudin said her husband and their two kids were entering the Biltmore Estate on June 17 when the tree fell on their car.
“Casey was definitely the best human I knew. He was the best husband, the best friend, the best firefighter. Like literally, the best everything,” Angela Skudin said.
The tragic moment was captured on video from the car.
In her lawsuit, Angela Skudin accuses the Biltmore Estate of negligence, saying the estate knew the tree was unstable and installed cables to keep it upright instead of taking the appropriate measure to cut it down.
“How do you have people pay that kind of money to go to your home and you’re suspending a tree branch, a 400,000-pound section of a tree over them on the road, playing Russian roulette with every single person’s life,” Angela Skudin said.
A spokesperson for the Biltmore Estate released the following in a statement:
“A portion of a tree fell during a period of high winds and struck a guest’s vehicle as they entered the estate. There have been multiple eyewitness accounts of a short-duration high wind event around that time.
We adamantly deny all allegations of willful or intentional conduct on the part of Biltmore, as well as the allegations of negligence. We will present all of the facts about this heartbreaking accident through the legal process.”
Angela Skudin said her husband dedicated his life to saving others and, in his memory, she’s making it her mission to do the same.
“I mean, at this point, there’s nothing they could offer me that’s going to give me my husband back. The only thing I can offer everyone is to ensure this doesn’t happen again,” Angela Skudin said.
According to the lawsuit, the family is seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
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HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund (NYSE: EDI), today announced the following monthly distributions:
The amounts of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions for tax purposes will depend on the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund or your broker will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell you what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
Virtus Stone Harbor Emerging Markets Total Income Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that is managed by Stone Harbor Investment Partners. The Fund's primary investment objective is to maximize total return, which consists of income and capital appreciation on its investments in emerging markets securities. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
For more information on the Fund, contact shareholder services at (866) 270-7788, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the Closed-End Funds section of virtus.com.
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Stone Harbor Investment Partners is a global institutional fixed-income investment manager specializing in credit and asset allocation strategies. The firm manages institutional clients' assets in a range of investment strategies including emerging markets debt, global high yield, bank loans, as well as multi-sector credit products including unconstrained and total return approaches. The firm's investment strategies are based on fundamental insights, derived from a combination of proprietary research and the in-depth knowledge and specialized experience of the firm's team. Founded in 2006, it is based in New York City with additional offices in London and Singapore. Stone Harbor Investment Partners is a division of Virtus Fixed Income Advisers, LLC, a registered investment adviser affiliated with Virtus Investment Partners. For more information, visit shipemd.com.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. The company provides investment management products and services through its affiliated managers and select subadvisers, each with a distinct investment style, autonomous investment process, and individual brand. For more information, visit virtus.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create an improved umbrella shade that can be used with any mobility chair to provide added protection against the elements," said an inventor, from Brooklyn, N.Y., "so I invented the E Z SHADE. My design helps to keep the user dry and comfortable."
The patent-pending invention provides an improved shade accessory for wheelchairs. In doing so, it offers an alterative to using a traditional umbrella. As a result, it protects against the rain and sun and it enhances comfort and convenience. The invention features a durable and adjustable design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for individuals who utilize wheelchairs. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Manhattan sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-MBQ-111, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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OM Optel is an ISO9000 and ISO14000 certified Optical Fiber Cable Manufacturer as well as Multilayer Polyfilms, Patch Cords, Injection Molding Products and HDPE Pipes.
HOUSTON, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dark Pulse, Inc. (OTC Markets: DPLS) ("DarkPulse" and the "Company"), a technology company focused on the manufacture, sale, installation, and monitoring of laser sensing systems based on its patented BOTDA dark-pulse sensor technology (the "DarkPulse Technology") for assessing the health and security of infrastructure, today announced it has signed an LOI for the acquisition of Om Optel Industries Pvt. Ltd., a Fiber Optic Cable and HDPE Pipe Manufacturer based in India ("Om Optel").
Established in 2015, Om Optel is a leading ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 company which maintains a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for high quality Optical Fiber Cable (OFC), Optical Patch Cords, Multilayer Polyfilms, HDPE pipes, and Injection Molding products.
Om Optel is a professionally managed organization that has developed its core competence in the manufacturing of valuable products using state-of-the-art technologies and excellence in services. It has achieved its growth and has expanded its capabilities by following best practices, keeping market demands in perspective and achieving highest customer satisfaction.
"Nearly 65% of costs associated with the installation of fiber sensors is a direct result of the optical cables required for these installations. This acquisition will allow the Company to offer highly competitive installation pricing while affording DarkPulse the capability to design and manufacture highly specialized optical sensing cable products," said DarkPulse Chairman and CEO, Dennis O'Leary. "In addition, Om Optel's HDPE pipe manufacturing business allows DarkPulse to offer gas pipeline products both with and without integrated leak detection capabilities," Mr. O'Leary continued. DarkPulse and OM Kothari Group plan on working together across a multitude of industries included Smart Infrastructure.
The acquisition will close after entering into a definitive acquisiton agreement and customary due diligence.
OM Optel is currently part of The Om Kothari Group, , a highly reputed business house with diversified business interests across Infrastructure, Engineering Construction, Automotive dealerships, Real Estate and Packaging which was established in 1971. The group's flagship company, Om Metals Infraprojects Ltd. is a public limited, engineering construction company specializing in executing turnkey contracts for large infrastructure projects covering power, roads, water, irrigation, real estate and oil & gas.
The Om Kothari Group is run by a synergetic team of high achievers who hold the highest ethical standards for all stakeholders. Each one of Om's businesses is focused on creating a strong foundation of growth that has a positive impact on our world.
For more information visit: www.omoptel.com
DarkPulse, Inc. uses advanced laser-based monitoring systems to provide rapid and accurate monitoring of temperatures, strains and stresses. The Company's technology excels when applied to live, dynamic critical infrastructure and structural monitoring, including pipeline monitoring, perimeter and structural surveillance, aircraft structural components and mining safety. The Company's fiber-based monitoring systems can assist markets that are not currently served, and its unique technology covers extended areas and any event that is translated into the detection of a change in strain or temperature. In addition to the Company's ongoing efforts with respect to the marketing and sales of its technology products and services to its customers, the Company also continues to explore potential strategic alliances through joint venture and licensing opportunities to further expand its global market position.
For more information, visit www.DarkPulse.com
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Purissima is the First Biotechnology Company to Achieve Commercial Scale Production Of Minor Cannabinoids Using Algae Fermentation
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Purissima, a leading, next-generation, biotechnology health and wellness company, announced today an exclusive, multi-year processing and distribution partnership with Open Book Extracts (OBX), a total solution provider for high quality cannabinoid ingredients, concept-to-market formulation services, and finished goods manufacturing for the industry's leading brands. This collaboration also marks Purissima as the first company to achieve commercial scale production of minor cannabinoids using Purissima's proprietary algae-based fermentation platform. Kicking off production in July 2022, the compounds are proposed to be available to manufacturers and sold to consumer brands before fall 2022.
"This exclusive partnership validates Purissima's capability to lead the industry forward in unprecedented research, fermentation scalability, and heightened minor cannabinoid access by consumers," said Robert Evans, Purissima Co-Founder and Chief Business and Strategy Officer. "The partnership with Open Book Extracts will allow our sustainably produced, safe and therapeutic compounds to create a new landscape of cannabinoid-infused products for companies and consumers alike."
Purissima and OBX are both leading players in their respective fields, and this partnership is mutually beneficial for the two industry frontrunners to forge a new path in sustainability and cannabinoid production. Rooted in groundbreaking science and high-quality, safe products, Purissima's technology platform offers OBX the opportunity to manufacture and deliver first of their kind natural ingredients and products to their customers.
George Rudenko, Purissima Co-Founder, Chief Executive and Chief Technology Officer added, "Purissima's multi-patented technology has proven that bioengineering plant-based ingredients and medicinal compounds, such as in the case of minor cannabinoids, is indeed a reality and will provide unparalleled development and amplification of rare and hard to find compounds. Through the commercialization of our first compounds, Open Book Extracts and Purissima can jointly redefine how cannabinoids are sustainably sourced and their diverse health and wellness applications are realized at commercial scale."
"Open Book Extracts thrives on aligning with companies that propel the cannabinoid industry through technological innovation and science-backed efficacy," said Dave Neundorfer, Chief Executive Officer of OBX. "We look forward to working with Purissima to introduce this technology to the market."
This partnership is the first step to bring Purissima's library of 70+ compounds to commercial scale and market. Minor cannabinoids are highly sought after compounds that have garnered significant consumer interest based on their strong antibacterial, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory properties. Some studies even indicate that minor cannabinoids have stronger anti-inflammatory properties than CBD. For more information on this partnership and to stay up to date on Purissima corporate news, please visit www.purissima.bio.
Purissima, Inc. is revolutionizing the way companies source and use plant-based ingredients, through the development and production of commercially viable, microalgae biotechnology. Purissima's mission is to provide the world access to high-quality, pure, safe, and sustainable ingredients for products that improve the quality of life for millions. Purissima has sustainably and effectively biosynthesized 70+ natural ingredients, including those rare or hard to access, at a fraction of the cost and without adverse environmental, varietal or supply chain impact. The brand's patented and proprietary biotechnology advances critical plant-derived health + wellness solutions while preserving Earth's biodiversity and natural resources.
Headquartered in Roxboro, N.C., Open Book Extracts is an NSF cGMP-certified manufacturer of premium cannabinoid products, aiming to be the industry's true north by delivering premium products, exceptional service, and industry-leading transparency. With control of the entire supply chain, a state-of-the-art extraction and manufacturing campus near North Carolina's Research Triangle, proprietary refinement and conversion methods backed by a growing IP portfolio, and a team of PhD chemists and seasoned business leaders, OBX is the trusted partner for global brands seeking to enter the marketplace. OBX offers concept-to-market formulation and manufacturing services, leveraging a broad portfolio of cannabinoid ingredients, leading water soluble technology and unique delivery mechanisms to help its clients bring to market a wide range of finished goods, from core softgels, capsules, and gummies, to orally dissolving tablets, tongue strips, and aerosol sprays.
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ALBANY -- If you get to know Glenn and Tandra Singfield as more than just successful businesspeople -- he, the gruff-voiced, no-nonsense "enforcer" of their ventures, she the charming straw that stirs the drink -- part of their appeal is their shared sense of humor.
Asked Friday what it meant to find out their business with sons Glenn II and Gerard -- downtown Albany's The Flint restaurant -- had been selected as Albany's first-ever recipient of the statewide Georgia Cities Foundation Renaissance Award, Tandra Singfield said, deadpan, "It meant I had to buy a new outfit to wear to the awards ceremony."
Glenn Singfield pauses for a beat ... then adds, equally deadpan, "It meant I had to buy her a new outfit."
A conversation about The Flint's honor, which the Singfields accepted at a recent Georgia Municipal Association conference in Savannah, proves, though, that -- their witticisms aside -- the recognition is the result of a shared family vision that was brought to life when The Flint, called by many doubters "Singfield's folly" as they pronounced -- a few even to the family's faces -- that "building down there will never work" -- opened in an inner-city that at the time was mostly abandoned buildings.
"I can't tell you all the affluent people around here who told me, 'Don't waste your money down there,'" Glenn Singfield said as he, Tandra and Glenn II -- known to his many friends and admirers as "Chef G" -- talked about the recent honor they received. "What they didn't understand was that this is something we wanted to do for a community that has been very good to us."
The 112 Pine Ave. Flint is something of a miracle, an elegant establishment built in an old cotton warehouse. Not only is the building a throwback to another time, it's been renovated with a nod to that earlier time as well as modern touches that appeal to tastes of the more refined diner.
"The wood in here is re-used; the skylights that were in the ceilings are now on the doors leading into the kitchen," Glenn Singfield said. "The art we have on the walls is all from local artists, and we even ground the cement in here down to the river rocks that were used at the time.
"The challenge we set for ourselves was to show people what Albany looks like ... all walks of life, all cultures, all the ethnic groups. We wanted to set a standard for our patrons."
Of course, the Singfields had a secret weapon in Chef G, whose award-winning recipes are a mix of the tried and true and the dynamic.
"Yeah, my desire was for 'Deuce' to be a pro offensive lineman and get us out of the ghetto," Glenn Singfield says of his son, who is master chef at both The Flint and the Singfields' other eatery, The Albany Fish Company. "Turns out I could have saved all that money I spent on shoulder pads and helmets and just bought him an Easy Bake Oven and some light bulbs."
For Chef G, coming up with a menu that met his parents' call for "simple" food and his desire for culinary creation was no easy task.
"Mom and dad said they wanted to keep the menu simple, but in my mind I'm thinking, 'I don't want simple,'" Glenn II said. "So, to appease them, I decided to give them what they wanted, but put a tuxedo on it.
"One of my things is, food has got to taste good, but it has to look good, too. So I worked up a menu that's indigenous to the South, but on the weekend I throw in a different taste with a lot of stuff that's never been served anywhere else."
Indeed, one of Chef G's recipes -- shrimp and 'gator po' boy -- was named among Georgia Trend magazine's top Georgia dishes.
It was Downtown Albany Manager Lequerica Gaskins who nominated The Singfields and the Flint for the Renaissance Award, and Glenn Singfield said the public-private partnership his family and other businesses have utilized to open their establishments is a key to downtown development.
"One of the things I like about the growth downtown is that you see so many young businesspeople and entrepreneurs opening businesses," Tandra Singfield said. "And a lot of them have told us that we inspired them to do so. That really makes you feel good."
Adds Glenn: "We've made a serious investment in training people, and we learned from some of the state's great restaurants. We've been able to do that because the city believed and invested in us, just like they did The Flats (at 229, an apartment complex) and Pretoria Fields (a downtown microbrewery). It's our hope that this recognition will fuel more investment in our downtown."
And, Glenn II notes as his father mentions "standing on the shoulders of those who came before us," the Singfields have followed in the footsteps of other bold African American business owners who paved the way for establishments like The Flint.
"Look at the Carters -- Eddie, Sylvia and Martin -- who made Carters Restaurant such a success for so many years downtown," he said. "They were the epitome of good food and Southern hospitality. They, and others like them, inspired us.
"Being a chef was always my No. 1 desire. Now, it's No. 2. Right now the greatest thing to me is seeing people's lives changing because of what they've learned being a part of our team. We've helped them develop and work a plan, and it's changed people's lives. That's what you learn when you've got great teachers, Mr. and Mrs. Miagi over there."
In handing out the Renaissance Award to the Singfields, Georgia Cities Foundation President Pam Sessions said the honor marked "more than just downtown renovation and more than significant financial investment.
"What this award is all about is a city's vision. And Glenn, Tandra, Glenn II and Gerard Singfield embody all that is Albany, Georgia," she said. | https://www.albanyherald.com/features/singfields-the-flint-wins-state-renaissance-award/article_36dba448-fa13-11ec-8e5c-b3b94698911e.html | 2022-07-02T20:32:56Z |
SHIJIAZHUANG, China, April 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yiling Pharmaceutical released its 2021 Annual Report Friday and disclosed the main development statistics. According to the report, its annual revenue reached USD 1.53 billion, an increase of 15.19% from last year, besides, net profit attributable to equity holders reached USD 203.75 million, achieving a 10.27% growth YoY.
The annual revenue of Tongxinluo Capsules, Shensong Yangxin Capsules, and Qili Qiangxin Capsules, Yiling's 3 main products for cardio-cerebrovascular diseases, reached USD 687.4 million, accounting for 44.82% of the overall revenue, achieving a 31.56% YoY growth despite the Covid-19 hit. Notably, in 2021, the annual revenue of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules reached USD 622.8 billion. It also ranked No.1 in the sales of patented traditional Chinese medicine for cold in China's public medical market in 2021H1, according to statistics.
Public information indicates that Lianhua Qingwen Capsules was developed in the SARS period, it is the only herbal medicine for cold and flu that has won the Second Prize of China's National Progress Award in Science and Technology.
In 2020, a clinical study Efficacy and safety of Lianhuaqingwen capsules, a repurposed Chinese herb, in patients with coronavirus disease 2019: A multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial published in Phytomedicine, shows that along with routine treatment, oral administration of Lianhua Qingwen Capsules for 14 days, COVID-19's clinical symptoms such as fever, fatigue, and cough can be alleviated significantly, and the pulmonary imaging lesions can be improved dramatically, the duration of symptoms was obviously shortened and the clinical cure rate was obviously elevated.
Lianhua Qingwen has been granted for sale in nearly 30 countries and regions. Furthermore, it has been approved for COVID-19 indications in Kuwait and Mongolia, and selected to be listed on the whitelist of anti-epidemic drugs issued by the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan. In July 2021, it has been adopted as a treatment in the COVID-19 patients' self-care protocol at home by the Cambodian Ministry of Health.
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GLEN ALLEN, Va., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northstar announces the opening of its new campus and unveils a refreshed logo.
After extensive planning and design, supported by EDC for project management, UrbanCore as a general contractor, and Baskervill for architectural services, Northstar is thrilled to announce the grand opening of its new campus, located at 11501 Nuckols Road, Glen Allen, Virginia 23059.
The new location sits on more than 10 acres and includes a newly renovated 21,000 square foot facility that will house both Northstar Academy and Northstar Career Center (formerly named Career Academy). Future plans include the addition of a multipurpose gym and Community Center and an athletic field.
In addition to the opening of the new campus, Northstar is pleased to announce a refreshed logo. The refreshed look signifies a new chapter in Northstar's history and helps showcase a sense of unity and inclusiveness for the entire Northstar community.
This exciting moment for Northstar is funded by a Capital Campaign supported by generous donors from the community. To date, the campaign has raised $8 million.
Crystal Trent, Head of School, stated, "This is a thrilling step toward the future of Northstar. After 22 years in our enchanting train car building, we are excited about the possibilities this new campus affords our students and staff. This new home they so richly deserve. Without incredible support from our donors, who recognize the dedication and commitment of our faculty and staff, this milestone would not have been achieved."
Come visit Northstar on August 25th from 9:30-11:00 am as the doors officially open to the public with a formal ribbon cutting ceremony. All are welcome to attend.
About Northstar: Northstar promotes educational excellence and career opportunities for students with disabilities who have academic, physical, or social challenges. Northstar is licensed by the Virginia Department of Education and is a fully accredited member of the Virginia Association of Independent Schools. Northstar consists of two signature programs: Northstar Academy which serves students ages 5-22 (grades K-12); and Northstar Career Center which serves juniors, seniors and young adults. Learn more at www.NorthstarVA.org.
Northstar does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, or national and ethnic origin in the administration of its education policies, admission policies, programs or athletic and other school administered programs.
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The world’s ocean freight shipping companies recently called on international maritime authorities to exclude pollution that their vessels spew in bad weather from new regulations, a condition that would apply almost a third of the time in the Atlantic. But the effort failed Friday.
Under international laws due to come into force in 2023, all big vessels will be rated from A to E by how much carbon dioxide flows from their stacks for every mile traveled and ton carried. The idea is to incentivize owners to install cleaner technologies. Although the proposed rules are currently toothless, nation states might bring in penalties for high-polluting ships in the future.
In April, four trade groups, including the World Shipping Council, complained that the new rules would penalize ships that have to sail in rough conditions. This burns more fuel and produces more carbon dioxide, meaning ships in windy seas would get a worse carbon efficiency rating.
So the trade groups proposed to the International Maritime Organization in written submissions that periods of eight hours or more undertaken in bad weather be struck from the scoring entirely. They defined bad weather as wind speeds of 28 knots or waves four meters (13.1 feet) high.
“It would pretend that ships hardly ever sail in stormy weather and only calculate the carbon intensity of the ship under the most favorable conditions,” said Bryan Comer, who heads up the marine program at the International Council of Clean Transportation.
The International Maritime Organization, made up of member countries, has now rejected that idea.
Going slow is one of the best ways to reduce emissions. If they had won the exemption, ships could have gone as fast as they wanted in bad weather, Comer said, burning more fuel than usual without it showing up in their ratings. This might enable them to hit tougher deadlines and win contracts.
“There is actually an incentive if this had gone forward to sail in adverse weather,” said Comer.
According to the World Shipping Council, waves exceed four meters in the North Atlantic more than 30% of the time.
The World Shipping Council argued that factors like extreme weather “distort the picture and make the numbers less effective at driving the change we want.”
The trade group conceded it was “logical at first glance” that the proposal might incentive ships to sail into heavy weather, but said the high cost of fuel made this very unlikely. It pointed out sailing in rough seas can use 30% more fuel than in calmer weather, thus saddling ships with a worse rating. Ships that routinely traverse calm waters such as those off Nigeria would more easily win top grades while those that have to cross the Atlantic would automatically look worse.
“Failing to address these inequities… unfairly labels certain ships as ‘inferior’ because of the routes they serve,” the World Shipping Council said.
James Gamble, a program director at Pacific Environment, which works to protect the Pacific Ocean and coastal communities, has also been following the negotiations.
The proposed regulations should be left as they are to achieve 2030 emissions targets, he said. While trade groups can give good advice on cutting emissions, their primary focus is on making members money, he said.
What was really at issue, Gamble said, is that “ships that are low-rated will be at a market disadvantage with customers who want to transport their goods with as little emissions as possible.”
The World Shipping Council represents more than a dozen companies, including the two largest ship owners, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk.
Both have made stringent promises to cut greenhouse gases. MSC has pledged to hit net zero by 2050, while Maersk says it will do so ten years earlier.
The World Shipping Council said having a carbon intensity score that correctly reflects vessels’ energy efficiency is “crucial”.
Responding to a request for comment, the trade group took a somewhat different position than in its filings. An average rate of fuel use should be applied during rough seas, rather than subtracting these portions of the journey completely, the company said by email.
When The Associated Press pointed out the effect would be the same, because carbon efficiency ratings are a ratio and not a measure of total emissions, the company said “recent internal discussions” had led it to reconsider this suggestion.
It concluded, “I doubt that we will advance the idea” which “may offer little mathematical difference in the calculation.”
For the climate, it’s actual emissions that matter.
“The regulation would be working if ships that consume more fuel are graded more harshly,” said marine emissions expert Bryan Comer.
Neither Maersk or MSC returned requests for comment.
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LONDON (AP) — Thousands of train workers in Britain staged a new round of strikes Thursday, paralyzing rail service across the country in an escalating dispute over pay and working conditions exacerbated by a deepening cost-of-living crisis.
Only around one in five trains ran across the U.K. as a result of the walkout by union members, who have already staged multiple strikes in recent months. A strike planned for Friday is expected to affect most of the London Underground subway network as well as bus service in the capital, while another walkout on Saturday is set to disrupt national train travel again.
Mick Lynch, leader of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union, said rail workers, like other public sector employees in the U.K., are struggling to cope with soaring food and fuel prices.
He warned of “a wave of solidarity” actions affecting multiple sectors after official figures showed Wednesday that the country’s inflation rate jumped to a new 40-year high of 10.1% in July, higher than analysts’ forecast of 9.8%.
Unions representing postal, port and aviation workers have also announced strikes as the cost-of-living crisis bites into wages.
“People in this country are fed up with low pay. Many millions of people have not had a proper pay deal for decades,” Lynch said Thursday at the picket line in London’s Euston train station. “So public sector workers in health care, education, transport, all sort of services, have been subjected to pay cuts and rampant inflation.”
He blamed the Conservative government’s alleged “anti-union agenda” for prolonging the labor dispute and said railway workers would continue strike actions until a settlement is reached with train companies, which are privately owned but heavily regulated.
Lynch alleged that U.K. officials have used taxpayer funds to bail out the companies so they don’t lose income from strikes, thereby removing incentives for executives to negotiate.
The government has argued it spent huge amounts in public funding to protect rail workers’ jobs during the coronavirus pandemic, and officials want to cut costs and staffing to make the train system financially sustainable for the future. They say a fair pay offer was presented to rail workers.
A Department for Transport spokesperson said union leaders were “opting to inflict misery and disrupt the day-to-day lives of millions” for the sixth time since June instead of working to reach a deal.
“We urge union bosses to do the right thing by their members and let them have their say on Network Rail’s very fair deal, which will deliver the reforms our rail system urgently needs,” the spokesperson said. “It’s time to get off the picket lines and back around the negotiating table.”
Some 40,000 rail workers including cleaners and maintenance staff walked off their jobs for three days in June to demand better pay, job security and working conditions, leading to the U.K.’s biggest transit strike in three decades.
Several other rail strikes have followed since, and no resolution has been reached between the government and workers. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/trains-paralyzed-again-in-uk-as-unions-stage-more-strikes/ | 2022-08-18T15:02:23Z |
Idaho lieutenant governor debate set for Monday is canceled
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A planned debate among Republican candidates aiming to be Idaho's next lieutenant governor has been canceled.
Idaho Debates officials on Friday say the debate between House Speaker Scott Bedke and state Rep. Priscilla Giddings set for Monday was cancelled after Giddings backed out.
Idaho Debates officials say Giddings required preapproval of reporter panelists who would be asking questions.
But Idaho Debates officials say they don't reveal reporters on a panel to any candidate in advance.
Idaho Debates are a collaboration between the Idaho Press Club, Idaho Public Television, the League of Women Voters of Idaho and Idaho's public universities. | https://localnews8.com/politics/idaho-politics/2022/04/15/idaho-lieutenant-governor-debate-set-for-monday-is-canceled/ | 2022-04-15T20:40:50Z |
(KTLA) – The San Bernardino Police Department is asking the public to “withhold their judgment” after security footage circulating online appeared to show officers shooting a man who was running away.
The shooting happened at a San Bernardino, California, parking lot around 8:05 p.m. Saturday. The parking lot, police say, is located next to an illegal gambling business.
Police responded after receiving reports of an armed man in the parking lot.
Video shared on social media Monday showed the officers arrive in an unmarked vehicle as it slowly comes to a stop in the parking lot. Robert Marquise Adams, 23, of San Bernardino, who police say was armed with a handgun, approached the unmarked vehicle with the gun in his hand.
When officers got out of the vehicle, Adams immediately turns away and begins to run, the video shows.
A news release from the San Bernardino Police Department alleges that the officers — who were wearing police uniforms, according to the department — tried to give Adams undisclosed verbal commands.
But Adams ran from the officers towards two cars, with his firearm still in his hand. That’s when one of the officers apparently opened fire, striking Adams.
Police did not specify where Adams was hit, but the video appears to show him being struck in the back. They also did not specify how many shots were fired, although online activists allege as many as nine shots were fired.
Adams was taken to the hospital but later died from his injuries. Police said a loaded “Taurus G3C 9mm with a bullet in the chamber” was recovered at the scene.
Activist Shaun King shared the video on his Instagram page, calling the shooting “a brutal execution.”
“Police rolled up in an unmarked car. With dark tinted windows,” King said in his Instagram post. “Robert had NO IDEA who they were and in an instant police jumped out and murdered him.”
In the news release, Chief Darren Goodman asked the public to withhold judgment until the investigation is complete. Police officials also lambasted the video of police shooting Adams, who is Black, saying it was posted without context or specific details.
Adams’ father told KTLA that his son was armed and “protecting himself” due to violent robberies in the area. He also said police have provided him with little information about his son’s death.
The police department said it is still investigating the shooting and “still gathering facts and evidence” and it plans to release a video with additional footage and details in the near future.
It’s unclear if an outside law enforcement agency will take over the investigation. Anyone with information regarding the investigation is asked to contact Detective Flesher at 909-384-5655. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/video-appears-to-show-california-officers-shoot-armed-man-in-the-back/ | 2022-07-19T16:25:07Z |
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Agency Remains Committed to Protecting Youth by Enforcing Against Illegal Products
SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter for marketing illegal flavored nicotine gummies – the first warning letter for this type of product. These types of gummies are of particular public concern because of their resemblance to kid-friendly food or candy products and the potential to cause severe nicotine toxicity or even death among young children.
The manufacturer, VPR Brands LP (doing business as, "Krave Nic"), markets gummies that have 1 milligram (mg) of nicotine each and are available in three flavors – Blueraz, Cherry Bomb and Pineapple. The packaging claims that the products contain tobacco-free nicotine. This firm has not submitted a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) to the FDA, and does not have a marketing authorization order to manufacture, sell or distribute these products in the U.S.
"Nicotine gummies are a public health crisis just waiting to happen among our nation's youth, particularly as we head into a new school year," said FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. "We want parents to be aware of these products and the potential for health consequences for children of all ages – including toxicity to young children and appeal of these addictive products to our youth. The FDA will not stand by as illegal products infiltrate the marketplace."
The manufacturer states that each gummy contains 1 milligram of nicotine with 12 gummies (12 mg) per tin. Research indicates that ingesting 1 to 4 milligrams of nicotine could be severely toxic to a child under 6 years of age depending on the child's body weight. However, nicotine toxicity among youth of any age may lead to nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, increased blood pressure and heart rate, seizures, respiratory failure, coma and even death. Nicotine is also highly addictive and exposure during adolescence can harm the developing brain.
In a recent study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers found that flavored non-tobacco oral nicotine products, including gummies and lozenges, were among the most commonly used tobacco product among youth in southern California – second only to e-cigarettes. Use was particularly high among certain racial or ethnic, sexual or gender minority groups, and those with a history of nicotine use. These flavored non-tobacco oral nicotine products present an increased risk to youth due to their resemblance to kid-friendly food or candy products, such as gummies or gum, the availability in youth-appealing flavors, and the ability for teenagers to conceal use from adults.
The warning letter issued today requests a written response from the manufacturer describing how the firm intends to address any violations and bring their products into compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). Failure to promptly correct violations can result in further action such as civil money penalties, seizure, and/or injunction. Additionally, the firm must not sell or distribute violative products. The firm must submit a PMTA and receive marketing authorization from FDA before selling or distributing the product in the U.S.
In response to the increase of non-tobacco nicotine in tobacco products, including in some of the e-cigarette brands that are most popular with youth, Congress passed a federal law that went into effect on April 14, 2022, clarifying the FDA's authority to regulate tobacco products containing nicotine from any source. This law gives the FDA authority over products made with non-tobacco nicotine, including synthetic nicotine, and imposes requirements under the FD&C Act for manufacturers, importers, retailers and distributors of non-tobacco nicotine products. To date, no non-tobacco nicotine product has received a marketing granted order.
"We remain unwavering in our use of compliance and enforcement resources to curb all unlawful marketing of tobacco products, especially those that youth could easily confuse with something that they consume regularly – like candy," said Brian King, Ph.D., M.P.H., director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products. "Today's action should be a wake-up call for manufacturers of these illegal products that the FDA is actively working to identify violations and to swiftly seek corrective actions."
Efforts such as these support the FDA's commitment to using a science-based approach to protect youth from initiating tobacco use. In addition to the FDA's regulatory oversight, the agency recognizes the critical need for targeted youth tobacco prevention efforts designed to protect America's kids, including mass media campaigns such as "The Real Cost." The FDA also collaborates with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the National Youth Tobacco Survey, the only nationally representative survey of middle and high school students that focuses exclusively on tobacco product use.
Additional Resources:
- Perspective: Update on FDA Review and Enforcement of Non-Tobacco Nicotine Products
- FDA Continues to Implement Law, Regulate Non-Tobacco Nicotine Products, Warns Retailers and Manufacturers Against Illegal Sales
- Requirements for Products Made with Non-Tobacco Nicotine Take Effect April 14
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Wednesday forecast: Another day with rain
An additional 0.50″-1.50″ of rain for much of northeast KS
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - An upper level low will continue to progress eastward through tomorrow and will continue to bring chances for rain. The highest chance for widespread rain will be mid-morning to mid-afternoon today otherwise there will be at least portions of northeast KS that will be dry while other areas will remain rainy. Minimal impacts are expected however there remains a low threat for flooding especially near rivers and creeks as well as the isolated t-storm that may develop however lightning isn’t going to be a major concern.
Highest chance for rain will remain out toward central KS where the higher probability of receiving 1″ or greater will be. Areas mainly east of a line from Marysville down to Emporia may not get as high of rainfall totals due to drier conditions moving into the area late this afternoon into tonight.
This storm system is creating doubt about tomorrow’s forecast specifically with respect to how quickly clouds clear out form west to east and this could have a big impact on high temperatures. Highs for most areas will be in the 60s however 70s are possible especially out toward central Kansas.
Today: Scattered showers increase in coverage through the morning then begin to wind down for areas along and east of HWY 75 after 5pm. Temperatures remain steady in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Winds N 5-15 mph.
Tonight: The showers gradually diminish with the greatest chance of rain out toward central Kansas. Lows in the upper 40s-mid 50s. Winds N 5-10 mph.
Tomorrow: Hit and miss showers in the morning (likely less than 0.10″) with decreasing clouds from west to east. Highs in the low 60s east of HWY 75 with mid 60s to low 70s along and west of HWY 75. Wind N 5-15, gusts up to 25 mph.
More seasonal highs are expected Friday for the pick day of the week with winds 10 mph or less. Enjoy the weather to end the work week because temperatures warm up in the mid 80s to mid 90s for the holiday weekend with winds increasing and gusts 25-35 mph are likely through the entire weekend. Humidity will gradually increase Saturday and it’ll be muggy Sunday and Monday. Not middle of the summer type humidity but noticeable with heat indices up to 5° warmer than the actual temperature.
A storm system looks to impact the area by mid-week however uncertainty exists on whether or not rain develops early Wednesday morning or if storms hold off until late afternoon into Wednesday night.
Taking Action:
- While rain won’t be continuous all day everywhere like yesterday, the rain chance will be high again today especially from mid-morning to mid-afternoon (see video with Supercast models for a better visual). Use caution on the roads and make sure your headlights are on.
- While the rain chance is low tomorrow, it still exists in the morning for some areas as temperatures still remain cool.
- One model does indicate a very low chance of rain Saturday but right now will keep the holiday weekend dry, hot and windy.
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329 years later, last Salem ‘witch’ who wasn’t is pardoned
BOSTON (AP) — It took more than three centuries, but the last Salem “witch” who wasn’t has been officially pardoned.
Massachusetts lawmakers on Thursday formally exonerated Elizabeth Johnson Jr., clearing her name 329 years after she was convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch Trials.
Johnson was never executed, but neither was she officially pardoned like others wrongly accused of witchcraft.
Lawmakers agreed to reconsider her case last year after a curious eighth-grade civics class at North Andover Middle School took up her cause and researched the legislative steps needed to clear her name.
Subsequent legislation introduced by state Sen. Diana DiZoglio, a Democrat from Methuen, was tacked onto a budget bill and approved.
“We will never be able to change what happened to victims like Elizabeth but at the very least can set the record straight,” DiZoglio said.
In a statement, North Andover teacher Carrie LaPierre — whose students championed the legislation — praised the youngsters for taking on “the long-overlooked issue of justice for this wrongly convicted woman.”
“Passing this legislation will be incredibly impactful on their understanding of how important it is to stand up for people who cannot advocate for themselves and how strong of a voice they actually have,” she said.
Johnson is the last accused witch to be cleared, according to Witches of Massachusetts Bay, a group devoted to the history and lore of the 17th-century witch hunts.
“For 300 years, Elizabeth Johnson Jr. was without a voice, her story lost to the passages of time,” said state Sen. Joan Lovely, of Salem,
Twenty people from Salem and neighboring towns were killed and hundreds of others accused during a frenzy of Puritan injustice that began in 1692, stoked by superstition, fear of disease and strangers, scapegoating and petty jealousies. Nineteen were hanged, and one man was crushed to death by rocks.
Johnson was 22 when she was caught up in the hysteria of the witch trials and sentenced to hang. That never happened: Then-Gov. William Phips threw out her punishment as the magnitude of the gross miscarriages of justice in Salem sank in.
In the more than three centuries that have ensued, dozens of suspects officially were cleared, including Johnson’s own mother, the daughter of a minister whose conviction eventually was reversed.
But for some reason, Johnson’s name wasn’t included in various legislative attempts to set the record straight. Because she wasn’t among those whose convictions were formally set aside, hers still technically stood. Unlike others wrongfully accused, Johnson never had children and thus had no descendants to act on her behalf.
“Elizabeth’s story and struggle continue to greatly resonate today,” DiZoglio said. “While we’ve come a long way since the horrors of the witch trials, women today still all too often find their rights challenged and concerns dismissed.”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/05/26/329-years-later-last-salem-witch-who-wasnt-is-pardoned/ | 2022-05-26T22:29:50Z |
BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth continued to rise in July, sending trade surplus to a record high, according to government data.
China’s exports grew 18% to $333 billion compared to the same period last year, and were up from 17.9% in June, according to data from China’s customs.
Imports, however, remained soft, growing 2.3% in July compared to a year ago. That was lower that economists’ estimates of 4%, and suggests weak domestic demand amid lockdowns across the country as China attempts to stem the outbreak of COVID-19.
China’s total trade surplus reached an all-time high of $101.3 billion in July, breaking the record set in June.
The country’s economy has rebounded from earlier in the year, when tough COVID-19 restrictions including a two-month lockdown in Shanghai and other measures across China disrupted manufacturing and logistics.
While manufacturing and supply chain issues have eased, recovery may be affected by fresh COVID-19 outbreaks, weak domestic demand and external uncertainties such as rising inflation in developed countries including Britain and the U.S.
The International Monetary Fund in July predicted that China’s economy would grow 3.3% this year, below the ruling Communist Party’s target of 5.5% set in April. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/china-july-exports-rise-with-trade-surplus-at-record-high/ | 2022-08-07T19:01:44Z |
Capitol rioter with Confederate flag gets 5 months in prison
(AP) – A Maryland man who used a lacrosse stick attached to a Confederate battle flag to shove a police officer during the U.S. Capitol riot was sentenced on Wednesday to five months in prison, according to a Justice Department spokesman.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper also sentenced David Alan Blair to 18 months of supervised release after his prison term and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution, said William Miller, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office for the District of Columbia.
Federal prosecutors recommended sentencing Blair to eight months in prison followed by three years of supervised release.
Blair’s attorney, Terrell Roberts III, asked for a sentence of probation.
Blair, 27, left his home in Clarksburg, Maryland, and started driving to Washington, D.C., after the riot erupted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Shortly before 6 p.m., Blair encountered a line of Metropolitan Police Department officers on the Capitol’s West Lawn and refused to heed their commands to leave the area, prosecutors said.
A police officer’s body camera captured Blair walking in front of the police line and yelling, “Hell naw. Quit backing up. Don’t be scared. We’re Americans.”
Blair was arrested after he pushed his lacrosse stick against an officer’s chest.
The officer responded to the push by striking Blair three times in the head with a baton, drawing blood and giving him a concussion, according to Blair’s attorney.
Approximately 840 people have been charged with federal crimes related to the Capitol riot. Over 330 of them have pleaded guilty, mostly to misdemeanor charges punishable by no more than one year imprisonment. More than 200 have been sentenced, including approximately 100 who received prison terms ranging from nine days to over five years.
Blair is one of several Capitol riot defendants who carried a Confederate battle flag that day. The others include Kevin Seefried, a Delaware man who was convicted in June of storming the Capitol with his adult son. Another flag-toting rioter, Matthew Ryan Miller, was sentenced in May to 33 months in prison for assaulting police officers and obstructing an official proceeding.
Blair pleaded guilty in March to a felony charge of interfering with law enforcement during a civil disorder, which carries a maximum sentence of five years imprisonment.
In a court filing, Roberts said Blair thought he had the right to be where he was and to “exercise his First Amendment right of free assembly” before one of the advancing officers shoved him.
“The brute force which led to provoking the defendant was not called for,” Roberts wrote.
Blair didn’t enter the Capitol. He told investigators that he went there to “fight Antifa,” not to disrupt Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory, according to prosecutors.
Blair also said he had been trading social media messages with somebody who often made anti-Semitic remarks and “blamed Israel for the world’s problems,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Liebman wrote in a court filing.
“Blair further explained that as a result of these discussions he came to believe the United States was ‘falling apart’ and that he had to ‘stand up’ to communism,” Liebman added.
On Jan. 6, Blair was wearing a skull-themed neck gaiter and a backpack containing a knife with a serrated blade and a roll of duct tape. He told police that he used the duct tape to attach the Confederate battle flag to his lacrosse stick.
Liebman said Blair likely knew that displaying the flag, widely viewed as a symbol of racist hate, would “antagonize any ideological opponent he might encounter.”
Blair, whose mother is from South Carolina, “cared deeply about his family’s heritage,” his lawyer wrote.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/07/13/capitol-rioter-with-confederate-flag-gets-5-months-prison/ | 2022-07-13T17:34:59Z |
Russians focus firepower to seize 2 villages in east Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military expanded its grab of territory in eastern Ukraine on Thursday, capturing two villages and vying for control of a key highway in an offensive that could cut supply lines and encircle some frontline Ukrainian forces, British and Ukrainian military chiefs said.
Britain’s defense ministry said that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from some areas near the city of Lysychansk, the latest major battlefield in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, to avoid the possibility of being encircled as Russians sent in reinforcements and concentrated their firepower in the area.
Ukraine’s General Staff said Russian forces took control of the villages of Loskutivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka, and were trying to capture Syrotyne outside Sievierodonetsk.
“The enemy is burning everything out in a bid to encircle the Ukrainian group of forces,” Luhansk Gov. Serhiy Haidai told The Associated Press.
“The Russians are advancing without trying to spare the ammunition or troops, and they aren’t running out of either,” Haidai said. “They have an edge in heavy artillery and the number of troops.”
“Part of the Luhansk region still remains under Ukrainian control, defying the Russians and causing their fury and desire to burn it to the ground,” he added
For weeks, Russian forces have pummeled Sievierodonetsk, the administrative center of the Luhansk region, with artillery and air raids, and fought the Ukrainian army house-to-house. Ukrainian forces remain holed up at the Azot chemical plant on the city’s edge, where about 500 civilians were also sheltering.
Haidai said the Ukrainian soldiers were using the plant’s sprawling underground structures, but noted that “the shelling has intensified and even concrete shelters can’t withstand the bombardment.” The Russians are using their entire arsenal — heavy artillery, tanks, aircraft,” he added.
The Russians were also pressing their offensive on Lysychansk, which is located on a steep river bank facing Sievierodonetsk.
Haidai said that Lysychansk was also facing a relentless Russian artillery barrage, which killed at least one civilian and wounded three others in the last 24 hours. The governor noted that the Russians concentrated over 100 multiple rocket launchers to “pummel entire blocks.”
“The Russian army is ‘liberating’ Sievierodonetsk from life and workplaces,” he said in a sarcastic reference to Russia’s stated goal of the “liberation” of Donbas.
The U.K. Ministry of Defense noted in its intelligence assessment Thursday that Russian forces have likely advanced more than five kilometers (three miles) towards the southern approaches of Lysychansk since Sunday.
“Some Ukrainian units have withdrawn, probably to avoid being encircled,” the statement said. “Russia’s improved performance in this sector is likely a result of recent unit reinforcement and heavy concentration of fire.”
Ukraine’s military said the Russians were also moving to overtake the hills overlooking a highway linking Lysychansk with Bakhmut, to the southwest, in an attempt to cut the supply lines of Ukrainian forces.
Haidai said the Bakhmut-Lysychansk highway wasn’t being used because of heavy Russian shelling and the Ukrainian forces are getting supplies via an alternative route.
Following a botched attempt to capture the Ukrainian capital in the early stage of the invasion on Feb. 24, Russian forces have shifted focus to Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland of Donbas, where the Ukrainian forces have fought Moscow-backed separatists since 2014.
The Russian military currently controls about 95% of the Luhansk region, and about half of the neighboring Donetsk region of Donbas.
Asked about prospects for a political settlement, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday that “it’s possible after Ukraine meets all the Russian demands,” adding that “Ukraine knows perfectly well what they are.”
The Kremlin has previously demanded that Ukraine accept Russia’s sovereignty over the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed in 2014, and acknowledge the independence of the separatist regions in the east. Moscow also has noted that Ukraine should recognize the situation on the ground, an apparent reference to other land gains that Russia has made in Ukraine’s south where it captured the Kherson region and part of the Zaporizhzhia region.
OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
— A Ukrainian politician and TV personality says an online fundraising pitch aimed to help Ukraine buy three offensive drones has already drummed up $10.4 million dollars — in just 24 hours.
Serhiy Prytula credited “amazing” support among Ukrainians after his charitable foundation launched the appeal for $15 million a day earlier for the purchase of the Bayraktar drones like those that Ukrainian forces have already used to defend against Russian invaders.
He tweeted: “4,6m $ to go. The People’s Bayraktar project is already a nationwide crowdfunding. Let’s turn it into international!”
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/06/23/russians-focus-firepower-seize-2-villages-east-ukraine/ | 2022-06-23T11:23:07Z |
Rates of certain STDs increased in 2020, CDC data shows
(CNN) - Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that rates of sexually-transmitted diseases in the United States dropped early in the pandemic, but increased by the end of 2020.
The data was published Tuesday in the 2020 STD Surveillance Report.
By the end of the year, gonorrhea rates had risen 10%. Rates of syphilis were up 7%.
Those numbers included increased rates of disease among newborns, called congenital syphilis. It went up 15% from 2019, representing a 235% increase from 2016.
Congenital syphilis occurs when a woman with syphilis passes it to her baby during pregnancy and it can lead to serious health problems and death.
Commenting on the data Tuesday, a CDC official highlighted the pandemic’s dramatic disruption to life as we knew it.
Chlamydia rates were down 1.2% from 2016.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/04/13/rates-certain-stds-increased-2020-cdc-data-shows/ | 2022-04-13T13:53:47Z |
Partnership will further strengthen Olympus leadership in the diagnosis and staging of liver disease
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus, a global technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, announced today a strategic co-marketing agreement with Monroe Township, N.J.-based Bracco Diagnostics Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Bracco Imaging S.p.A., a leading global company in the diagnostic imaging business. Through this agreement, Olympus and Bracco will work together to raise awareness of the role of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) with contrast in the characterization of focal liver lesions. The contrast-enhanced harmonic endoscopic ultrasound (CH-EUS) technology will open pathways for more innovative and timely diagnosis and treatment of liver disease.
Endo-Hepatology is an up-and-coming field in the world of GI, due to the rise of liver diseasei and many emerging applications for EUS such as EUS-guided liver biopsy, EUS-guided shear wave measurement and now contrast-enhanced harmonic EUS.
CH-EUS is comprised of a contrast agent containing microbubbles and an endoscopic ultrasound system designed to allow the detection of microbubbles within the vasculature, with the intent to provide a more detailed view of potential pathology. More detailed visualization during minimally invasive procedures can provide more information to physicians for use in diagnosis. Bracco Diagnostic Inc.'s Lumason ultrasound enhancing agent (sulfur hexafluoride lipid-type A microspheres), for injectable suspension and/or intravenous use or intravesical use, is the first and currently only contrast agent available for characterization of focal liver lesions in adults and pediatric patients.
Per the terms of the agreement, Olympus will co-market the Lumason® ultrasound enhancing agent with Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. Risks associated with the use of Lumason include headache and nausea. Serious cardiopulmonary reactions are possible in patients with hypersensitivity to sulfur hexafluoride lipid microsphere or its components, but they are uncommon. See full prescriptive information here. Risks associated with EUS include or are associated with perforation, hemorrhage, fiducial placement infection, and pancreatitis.i The benefits of CH-EUS are real-time imaging, avoidance of ionizing radiation and helping medical practices provide a full liver evaluation.
"Improving the characterization of lesions in the liver with CH-EUS may mean that patients receive a more accurate diagnosis and faster treatment," said Dr. Douglas Graham Adler, Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy (CATE), Centura Health, Porter Adventist Hospital, Denver, Co. "In addition, the patient may potentially avoid radiation and/or percutaneous or transjugular procedures to obtain tissue."
"We gain from this agreement an additional pathway to discuss with physicians the importance of better specificity in diagnosing liver malignancies. These discussions have the potential to build on the safety and clinical efficacy advantages that Olympus' current EUS-guided technologies already bring to physicians and their patients," said Richard Reynolds, President, Medical Systems Group, Olympus Corporation of the Americas. "We are looking forward to good synergies that will provide more options for the diagnosis of focal liver lesions."ii
Those interested can visit the Endo-Hepatology station at the Olympus booth #4323 during the upcoming Digestive Disease Week (DDW) held in San Diego, May 21-24, 2022.
About Olympus
Olympus is passionate about creating customer-driven solutions for the medical industry. For more than 100 years, Olympus has focused on making people's lives healthier, safer and more fulfilling by helping to detect, prevent, and treat disease.
As a leading medical technology company, Olympus uses innovative capabilities in medical technology, therapeutic intervention, and precision manufacturing to help healthcare professionals deliver diagnostic, therapeutic, and minimally invasive procedures to improve clinical outcomes, reduce overall costs, and enhance the quality of life for patients and their safety. Olympus' Medical portfolio includes endoscopes, laparoscopes, and video imaging systems, as well as surgical energy devices, system integration solutions, medical services, and a wide range of endotherapy instruments for endoscopic and therapeutic applications. For more information, visit medical.olympusamerica.com.
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New technology enhances precision farming, boosts sustainability, and delivers insights to help mitigate food shortages as a result of natural disasters and global events
SAN FRANCISCO and ZURICH, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OneSoil today launched OneSoil Map, a powerful new data visualization and mapping solution that combines proprietary AI with satellite imagery, providing live data and rich insights to understand the state of crops in fields around the world. Built with Mapbox Globe, the OneSoil Map enables agricultural businesses to visualize massive worldwide datasets, understand how crop yields are trending over time, and delivers insights at an unprecedented global scale. The technology that enables OneSoil Map also powers OneSoil application, a digital tool that helps farmers remotely monitor the state of crops, quickly detect field issues, work with productivity zones, apply variable-rate fertilizers and seeds, thus increasing yields and boosting sustainable farming practices.
As the world becomes drier and hotter, the need for more sustainable and profitable farming practices has become more important than ever. OneSoil technology helps drive precision farming that addresses this need by helping farmers to invest resources intelligently to increase yields and boost sustainability. Farmers can use data driven insights from OneSoil to work intelligently with field productivity zones, reduce the impact to the environment and help mitigate food security concerns, especially in regions heavily impacted by drought, flooding, or other disasters.
Jiri Neuzil, a farmer from the Czech Republic, increased yield by 20% for barley and 40% for mustard. "We used variable-rate maps from the OneSoil web app to prevent lodging, which is the displacement of crops from their vertical stance due to stem buckling. In hilly areas, we didn't apply too much nitrogen. Nitrogen goes downhill with rain, leading to over-fertilization of lower area and laying down of crops. New tactics worked well, and we saw an increase in yield." According to OneSoil, last year, their technology enabled the saving of 2,800 tons of fertilizers and 4,500 tons of CO2 emissions.
"OneSoil solves agricultural problems with satellite imagery and proprietary machine learning algorithms," explains Morten Schmidt, CEO at OneSoil. "OneSoil Map provides insights on 13 crops and fields in 59 countries at both the field and regional level. Our technology and expertise enable farmers to innovate farming practices and take meaningful, data-driven action to safeguard food supply. It also allows us to estimate the scope of food security based on global events."
"Mapbox 3D globe enables OneSoil to process and visualize an enormous amount of worldwide geographic data and deliver powerful insights to the farming industry in a way that boosts sustainability and helps farmers to accurately forecast and optimize crop yields." said Will White, Principal Evangelist at Mapbox. "With flooding and droughts currently impacting places like Kentucky, California, and Nigeria, and more regions in the near future, the need for this innovative technology has never been greater."
About Mapbox®
Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 3.5 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform's flexibility, security, and privacy compliance. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs, and APIs to create customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers. For more information, visit www.mapbox.com
About OneSoil
OneSoil is a Swiss company with headquarters in Zurich and research and development across Europe that develops precision farming apps based on satellite images and machine learning technologies. The OneSoil free app is used by more than 300K farmers worldwide, with around 5% of the world's arable land (56M+ hectares/ 135M+ acres) added to the app by its users. The company's data processing algorithms enable access to field insights in real-time, making it an important data source for farmers, various companies, non-profits, researchers, and international organizations. Website: https://onesoil.ai/en
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CEDARHURST, N.Y., Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The securities litigation law firm of Kuznicki Law PLLC issues this alert to shareholders of Stitch Fix, Inc. (NasdaqGS: SFIX), if they purchased the Company's shares between December 8, 2020, and March 8, 2022, inclusive (the "Class Period"). Shareholders have until October 25, 2022 to file lead plaintiff applications in the securities class action lawsuit.
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- Siemens, a global technology and electrification leader, makes a significant investment in Electrify America, the largest open ultra-fast electric vehicle charging network in North America
- Volkswagen Group is increasing its investment in Electrify America to further boost its eMobility strategy and accelerate the growth of its coast-to-coast charging network
- Investment supports Electrify America's expansion plans announced in 2021
RESTON, Va., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electrify America LLC, the largest open ultra-fast electric vehicle charging network in North America, announced today it has raised $450 million of equity investments into the company at a post-money valuation of $2.45 billion.
Siemens, through its financing arm Siemens Financial Services (SFS), will invest a low triple-digit million USD amount in Electrify America and now hold a seat on the board. Siemens is the first external investor in Electrify America.
The commitment aligns with Siemens' continued efforts to advance open and accessible U.S. electric vehicle charging infrastructure and its broader goals of decarbonization. The investment also lays the groundwork for future collaboration between Siemens Smart Infrastructure and Electrify America on the technologies and services that will continue the build-out of high-quality, reliable charging solutions.
In addition, Volkswagen Group is increasing its capital investment in Electrify America beyond its original commitment of $2 billion through 2026. In making this incremental commitment, Volkswagen noted Electrify America's significant momentum, accelerated growth, and long-term value of its ultra-fast charging network.
Thomas Schmall, Volkswagen Group Board of Management member for Technology and CEO of Volkswagen Group Components emphasizes: "With our recent investment, we confirm our commitment to keep growing in the Charging and Energy business. We are supporting eMobility in North America to more than double Electrify America's charging infrastructure to 1,800 sites and 10,000 ultra-fast chargers by 2026. Siemens' investment validates our electrification strategy to provide charging and energy solutions nationwide, and the company is a significant strategic technology and electrification partner for us on this route."
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The investments will support Electrify America's accelerated growth plans through technological advancements in charging and energy solutions across public, home and commercial offerings. Specifically, in making the announcement, Electrify America said the investment highlights the long-term growth and viability of Electrify America's plans to expand to 1,800 charging stations and more than 10,000 ultra-fast chargers in the U.S. and Canada by 2026.
"Siemens' expertise in electric vehicle charging infrastructure and technology is a natural complement to Electrify America as we lead the transition to an eMobility transportation system in North America," said Giovanni Palazzo, president and CEO of Electrify America. "We remain committed to our mission to rapidly expand ultra-fast and seamless charging to deliver a positive customer experience for electric vehicle owners both now and in the future."
"Representing one of Siemens' largest investments in electrified transportation, this strategic partnership with Electrify America aims to grow a collaborative ecosystem that propels EV adoption across the United States and Canada," said Veronika Bienert, CEO, Siemens Financial Services. "Our unique ability to combine financial and technology know-how helps to fulfill Siemens' commitment to decarbonize key industries, accelerate the shift to sustainable mobility, and do so in a way that's accessible for all."
Electrify America LLC, the largest open DC fast charging network in the U.S., is investing $2 billion over 10 years in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure, education and access. The investment will enable millions of Americans to discover the benefits of electric driving and support the build-out of a nationwide network of ultra-fast community and highway corridor chargers that are convenient and reliable. Electrify America expects to have more than 1,800 total charging stations with over 10,000 chargers in the United States and Canada by 2026. During this period, the company will be expanding to 49 states and the District of Columbia, delivering on its commitment to support increased ZEV adoption with a network that is comprehensive, technologically advanced and customer friendly.
Electrify America earned the 2020 and "2021 EV Charging Infrastructure Best-in-Test" award from umlaut, an infrastructure and benchmarking specialist, now part of Accenture, as published in Charged Electric Vehicles Magazine. Electrify America's Electrify Home® offers home charging solutions for consumers with flexible installation options. Electrify Commercial® provides expert solutions for businesses looking to develop electric vehicle charging programs. For more information, visit www.electrifyamerica.com and media.electrifyamerica.com.
Siemens Corporation is a subsidiary of Siemens AG, a technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to cleaner and more comfortable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, the company creates technology with purpose adding real value for customers. By combining the real and the digital worlds, Siemens empowers its customers to transform their industries and markets, helping them to transform the everyday for billions of people. Siemens also owns a majority stake in the publicly listed company Siemens Healthineers, a globally leading medical technology provider shaping the future of healthcare. In addition, Siemens holds a minority stake in Siemens Energy, a global leader in the transmission and generation of electrical power. Siemens has been supporting the industries and creating the infrastructure forming the backbone of America's economy for more than 160 years, with more than 40,000 employees, 17,000 suppliers, and customers in all 50 states and Puerto Rico. In fiscal 2021, Siemens Group USA generated revenue of nearly $20 billion.
Siemens Financial Services (SFS) – the B2B financing arm of Siemens – provides financing that makes a difference. At SFS, we empower customers around the globe to access technology with purpose and increase their competitiveness. Based on our unique combination of financial expertise, risk management and industry know-how we provide tailored financing solutions – including flexible leasing and working capital products, project-related and structured financing, corporate lending, equity investments, finance advisory, as well as trade and receivables financing. With highly experienced and passionate teams in 20+ countries, SFS paves the way for industrial productivity, smart infrastructure and sustainable mobility, facilitating the energy transition and enabling high-quality healthcare. Supporting the Siemens DEGREE framework, SFS is one of the leading providers in financing greenfield renewable projects. www.siemens.com/finance.
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RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hilb Group announced today that it has grown its market presence in New England through the acquisition of a specialized book of business. The transaction became effective July 1, 2022.
About Hilb Group: The Hilb Group is a leading property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Hilb Group is a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm. Hilb Group seeks to grow through strategic acquisitions and by leveraging its resources and expertise to drive organic growth in its acquired agencies. The company has completed more than 135 acquisitions with over 100 offices in 22 states. Hilb Group is rated as one of the Fastest Growing Brokers by Business Insurance, a Top P/C Agency by Insurance Journal, and one of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Inc. 5000. For more information on Hilb Group's growth as well as career opportunities, please visit our website at http://hilbgroup.com.
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Opinion: The thin line entrepreneurs must be careful not to cross
Opinion by Scott Galloway for CNN Business Perspectives
Remember when Adam Neumann, the CEO of WeWork, pronounced that his startup was going to “elevate the world’s consciousness” versus what the company really did, which was renting desks? There’s a term for that: “Yogababble.”
Yogababble is an attempt to smear Vaseline over the lens of truth, and often used by entrepreneurs to make their company, brand or products appear more compelling than they actually are. It enables founders to fog over the difference between truth and illusion and has become a viable formula for cheap capital — using visionary language to tickle our tribal senses and distract the public from the cold truth of numbers.
Case in point? Elon Musk. In April of 2019, Musk said Tesla would have more than 1 million robotaxis capable of driving themselves in 2020. The number of these cars on the road in early 2022? You guessed it: zero. (Tesla has rolled out a suite of driver-assist features, but the cars aren’t fully autonomous yet. It hopes the features will eventually enable the cars to drive themselves.)
Yogababble statements aren’t just the errant missives of CEOs with God syndrome — it’s often codified into a company’s culture. At best, a company’s mission statement describes the purpose and value of its product in a clear, concise manner. However increasingly, these statements massively exaggerate the cosmic relevance of a firm, obscuring its actual product and means of generating revenue.
Here’s another example: Peloton says it sells happiness — no, it sells exercise equipment. However, selling happiness is sexier, attracting cheap capital and a cult-like fascination with the brand that led to a valuation of $50 billion.
Today, the market capitalization is roughly $9 billion and likely would fall further if not for recent speculation the firm may be acquired, looking for the attention of influential wealthy people, whether they’re happy or not.
Let’s be clear, “entrepreneur” is a synonym for “salesperson,” and “salesperson” is the pedestrian term for “storyteller.” We entrepreneurs are all impostors who must deploy a fiction or story that captures imaginations and capital to pull the future forward and turn rhyme into reason.
No business I have started, at the moment of inception, made any sense — until it did. (Or didn’t.) This is not the same as lying. There’s a real distinction between an entrepreneur and a liar: Entrepreneurs believe their story will come true, while fraudsters know they are lying and plan to hit the exit before the reality is revealed.
Said differently, Elizabeth Holmes might have been one funding round away from being at Davos versus in a jail cell. The line is thin. Holmes lied and raised $945 million from investors and is headed to prison. Neumann exaggerated, raised billions from investors and was forced out of the company, but he walked away with millions of dollars.
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11-month-old child found dead in car parked at Florida hospice
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray News) - An 11-month-old child was found dead inside of a parked vehicle in Tallahassee Tuesday afternoon, according to the Tallahassee Police Department.
Police were conducting a death investigation after officers responded to a call from Big Bend Hospice at 2:17 p.m. Tuesday. The call was placed by a worker at Big Bend Hospice, police confirmed to WCTV.
“The child was left in a parked vehicle for an extended period of time and sadly succumbed to his injuries,” police said Tuesday.
Police said Wednesday the child’s mother arrived for work at Big Bend Hospice Tuesday morning and inadvertently left her son in the vehicle when she parked in the lot. At the end of her shift, the mother found her child still in the vehicle and unresponsive.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No arrests have been made at this point, and police said the investigation is continuing. The department says an autopsy and toxicology report will be performed on the boy to find the exact cause of death.
“At the conclusion of the investigation, detectives will present their findings to the State Attorney’s Office for a decision on potential charges,” Tallahassee Police Department’s press release said.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho gubernatorial candidate and antigovernment activist Ammon Bundy on Thursday received a $3,000 fine and 10 days in jail for contempt of court.
Bundy was immediately handcuffed in Fourth District Court in Boise and taken to the Ada County Jail.
Judge Annie McDevitt ruled Bundy failed to perform 40 hours of community service following a 2020 trespassing conviction at the Idaho Statehouse.
Bundy argued his work for his own campaign as governor counted toward the 40 hours of community service.
McDevitt disagreed, telling Bundy that he “took the time and effort to blatantly disrespect the court’s order, making a mockery of the sentence you received.”
Bundy was arrested Aug. 25, 2020, after refusing to leave a Statehouse auditorium after officials ordered the room to be cleared. He was there with others protesting coronavirus pandemic legislation during a special session of the Idaho Legislature called because of the pandemic.
Bundy, who is running as an Independent candidate to be Idaho’s next governor in a crowded race, is well-known for participating in armed standoffs with law enforcement, notably at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon in 2016, which left one man dead, and on federal land near his family’s ranch in Nevada in 2014. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/antigovernment-activist-bundy-sentenced-to-10-days-in-jail/ | 2022-04-07T23:54:29Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for TSLA, NTLA, PYPL, XOM, and MRNA.
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Teen’s arm severed while reportedly attempting to ‘subway surf’
NEW YORK (WABC) - A 15-year-old had to have his arm amputated after he and some friends reportedly tried to ride on top of a New York subway car.
“I saw the police putting up the tape and the actual body on the floor,” an eyewitness, Christian Mojica, said.
It was a tragic and horrific sight for morning commuters at the subway station as the teen lay unconscious, in his own blood, his arm severed.
“I don’t want to see like, I didn’t want to see it,” Mojica said. “Like, it’s not pretty. I saw face, blood and slumped over like a person slumped over ... then I just left, but it wasn’t pretty.”
Investigators said the incident happened Monday at about 10:30 a.m.
They reported the victim was with three other friends who were trying to “subway surf” or ride on top of the subway car. But the teen fell as he climbed on top and was struck by the train.
“Kind of like laying half off the, you know the yellow divider, the area where you’re not supposed to step. Half of his legs were there, then his other half was like, laying on the floor,” Mojica said.
Another eyewitness said he saw the ambulances, firefighters and police arrive but didn’t know what happened.
The teen was taken to the hospital, where his arm had to be amputated. He is reported to be in stable condition. His name has not yet been released.
“It’s very traumatizing, and I hope everybody there is able to come back from it because it’s not nice,” Mojica said. “I wish the best for anyone who is related to him or anything like that.”
Subway officials said they’re seeing an alarming increase in passengers riding outside of the train.
So far this year, it has happened 627 times, compared to only 96 last year.
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Tulip Time comes to close with end of annual tulip sale
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Bulbs from 2022′s tulip time in Shawnee co. went on sale for a limited time only on Friday, May 13, officially bringing Tulip Time to a close.
Starting at 9 a.m. crowds picked up the bulbs for $5 per grocery bag or $10 per five-gallon bucket. The sale was on the west side of Lake Shawnee and wrapped up by noon.
Shawnee Co. Parks and Rec. foundation development specialist, Kimberly Wolff, says the event provides the community with something to look forward to.
“I think it is really important for our community,” said Wolff. “It gives them an outlet, it gives them a place to go, and the beauty that we can provide, and it is just a way to be happy during the spring.”
All proceeds go toward the Parks for All Foundation to help purchase new bulbs for 2023’s Jerold Binkley tulip time.
“I think it is important to remember that the support from our community is what helps keep these kinds of events moving forward each year, and being able to impact our community, and then supporting the Parks for All foundation,” said Wolff.
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These top-selling sunscreens will protect your skin without creating a white cast
The sun’s UVA and UVB rays are damaging to the skin and can even lead to skin cancer. That’s why it’s vital to protect your skin with sunscreen when spending time in the sun. However, some products that provide excellent protection can also make skin look pale and unnatural. That’s where a facial sunscreen that doesn’t leave behind residue comes in.
The best ones for your skin offer excellent SPF without a white cast. They aren’t heavy, greasy or sticky, allowing your natural skin tone to shine through.
What causes sunscreen residue?
There are two types of sunscreens: chemical and physical. According to the Mayo Clinic, chemical sunscreens work by absorbing the sun’s ultraviolet rays so they won’t damage the skin. Physical sunscreens, or mineral-based sunscreens, form a barrier that prevents the sun from reaching the skin. Chemical formulas don’t leave a white residue. It’s minerals in physical sunscreens such as zinc oxide and titanium dioxide that create the protective barrier that can also be seen on the skin. The result is often a visible white residue.
While some people are concerned about the chemicals used in chemical-based sunscreens, these products are effective at protecting skin from ultraviolet rays. However, mineral-based sunscreens are best for babies, young children, people with sensitive skin, eco-conscious consumers and those who prefer chemical-free products.
What to look for in residue-free sunscreens
If you’ve ever applied a thick, mineral-based sunscreen and realized your face looked pale, you’re not alone. Fortunately, many modern mineral sunscreens have been formulated to prevent a white cast. In addition, there are several chemical-based sunscreens that don’t leave behind this type of residue.
Here are some other features to look for to ensure that the sunscreen you purchase will protect your skin without producing a white cast:
- Opt for a sunscreen that doesn’t contain zinc oxide or titanium dioxide. While effective and free of artificial chemicals, these minerals are known for leaving behind a white residue if the product isn’t made with a special formula.
- Look for products that indicate on their labels that they are sheer or clear. These sunscreens are made to be virtually invisible once absorbed into the skin.
- Choose a tinted mineral sunscreen. In addition to enhancing skin’s natural tone, the light color in these sunscreens prevent a white cast.
- Try a powdered formula. This type of sunscreen is lightweight and easy to blend. Colorless formulas as well as those with light tints are available.
- Assess the wording in product descriptions. Sunscreens that are described as lightweight, easy to blend, matte and absorbing easily are typically unlikely to produce a white cast.
- Think about the reefs. If you spend a lot of time in the ocean near coral reefs, it’s a good idea to avoid sunscreens with chemicals such as oxybenzone and octinoxate. These can harm some coral and various other marine dwellers.
A word about SPF and facial sunscreens
When you are in the sun, your face is prone to excessive exposure. Additionally, delicate facial skin is likely to burn. That’s why it’s best to choose a facial sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher for optimal protection. Additionally, look for broad-spectrum formulas that protect against both UVA and UVB rays from the sun.
Best facial sunscreens that won’t leave a residue
Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen SPF 40
Unseen Sunscreen by Supergoop! has become a fan favorite for its matte finish. You can also use it as a makeup primer. Fans love that it absorbs quickly and doesn’t feel greasy on the face. Sold by Ulta, Kohl’s, Sephora and Amazon
Colorscience Sunforgettable Brush-On Sunscreen SPF 50
Because it’s in powder form, this mineral sunscreen is easy to apply and doesn’t feel heavy or oily. The reef-safe formula comes in several colors to match different skin tones. It’s suitable for wearers with sensitive skin and isn’t likely to cause breakouts. Sold by Amazon
Shiseido Clear Sunscreen Stick SPF 50
This lightweight, clear sunscreen features a proprietary formula that delivers enhanced performance when exposed to heat and moisture. The handy stick form makes it easy to stash in a bag and go. Sold by Kohl’s, Macy’s, Sephora and Ulta
La Roche-Posay Anthelios Tinted Sunscreen SPF 50
This creamy sunscreen is rich in antioxidants that are good for the skin. It absorbs quickly and has a light tint that enhances skin tones and prevents a white cast. Sold by Amazon and Ulta
Coola Organic Classic Face Sunscreen SPF 50
A fragrance-free reef-safe formula makes this facial sunscreen a great choice. It absorbs quickly and feels lightweight on the skin. What’s more, it’s made with quality organic ingredients that are ideal for most consumers with sensitive skin. Sold by Ulta, Macy’s and Amazon
Black Girl Sunscreen Moisturizing Sunscreen Lotion SPF 30
With avocado and jojoba extracts, this sunscreen features a highly moisturizing formula that pampers your skin. The sheer formula absorbs fast and is also fragrance free. Sold by Ulta and Macy’s
EltaMD Skincare UV Clear Broad-Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 46
Those with skin that’s prone to breakouts will love this dermatologist-tested sunscreen’s oil-free formula. Although mineral-based, it’s sheer and has a lightweight feel on the skin. Sold by Amazon
Dermalogica Prisma Protect SPF 30
Formulated with moisturizing ingredients and antioxidants, this sunscreen is ideal for anyone prone to dry skin. The smooth, creamy consistency doesn’t feel greasy and absorbs quickly for all-day protection and hydration. Sold by Sephora, Ulta and Amazon
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF 70
There’s no greasy feel to this sunscreen that produces an attractive matte finish once it has absorbed into the skin. It offers an impressive SPF 70 that’s ideal for hours of fun in the sun. Additionally, it’s made by a trusted drugstore brand and is available at a reasonable price point.
Clinique Sunscreen Fluid for the Face SPF 50
If you are looking for an extremely lightweight sunscreen, this is the one to get. The mineral-based formula is made with the brand’s Invisible Shield Technology, which makes it undetectable on the skin. The lightweight consistency feels nice on the face. Sold by Macy’s, Ulta, Sephora and Amazon
Sun Bum Sunscreen Face Stick SPF 30
When it comes to ease of use, a stick sunscreen is a good choice. This formula feels lightweight and absorbs in minutes. It’s made with vitamin E that protects and nourishes your skin. Sold by Ulta and Amazon
Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Weightless Sunscreen Face Lotion SPF 30
It’s the lightweight feel of this facial sunscreen lotion that has earned it many happy customers. It’s also an affordable option that boasts a delightful coconut scent that’s perfect to wear in the summertime. Sold by Amazon
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SAN JOSE, Calif., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that it will release its second quarter 2022 financial results after the market close on Monday, August 1, 2022. Harmonic will host a live webcast to discuss the company's results at 2:00 p.m. PT on the same day.
To participate via telephone, please register in advance using this link, https://register.vevent.com/register/BIa55199c150564ee4b8118917be1e93c9.
Upon registration, telephone participants will receive a confirmation email detailing how to join the audio version of the webcast, including the dial-in number and a unique registrant ID. The live webcast will be available via Harmonic's Investor Relations website at investor.harmonicinc.com. The company suggests participants for both the conference call and those listening via the web dial in or sign on at least 15 minutes in advance of the call.
For those unable to participate in the live event, a replay will be available on the same website after 5:00 p.m. PT.
Further information about Harmonic and the company's solutions is available at www.harmonicinc.com.
About Harmonic
Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT), the worldwide leader in virtualized cable access and video delivery solutions, enables media companies and service providers to deliver ultra-high-quality video streaming and broadcast services to consumers globally. The company revolutionized cable access networking via the industry's first virtualized cable access solution, enabling cable operators to more flexibly deploy gigabit internet service to consumers' homes and mobile devices. Whether simplifying OTT video delivery via innovative cloud and software platforms, or powering the delivery of gigabit internet cable services, Harmonic is changing the way media companies and service providers monetize live and on-demand content on every screen. More information is available at www.harmonicinc.com.
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Growth equity fund announces new capital to continue investing in transformational healthcare companies
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HealthQuest Capital, a sector specialist capital firm focused on companies optimizing value in health care, today announced the close of HealthQuest Partners IV, L.P., at its hard cap of $675 million.The oversubscribed fund will enable HealthQuest to continue to invest in growth-stage companies that are revolutionizing the healthcare industry.
HealthQuest invests across healthcare subsectors, and believes healthcare innovation occurs at the convergent points between medical technologies, diagnostics/tools, digital health and innovative services. Target markets for fund IV include commercial-stage companies that improve patient outcomes, or reduce cost and inefficiency in the healthcare system. HealthQuest will also seek growth companies with an emphasis on current trends in the healthcare sector that are hitting an adoption inflection point with long-term impact. Fund IV will look for companies innovating on the clinical/technology side, such as AI-enabled diagnostics and precision oncology, as well as companies innovating on the care model side, including evolving primary care and mobile caregiver solutions.
"The pandemic, the evolution of value-based care and increasingly informed patients have produced an environment that has created an unprecedented openness towards the adoption of new technologies," said Garheng Kong, MD, PhD, MBA, HealthQuest's founder and managing partner. "With our investment partners and ecosystem of advisors, we are uniquely positioned to ensure these innovations are adopted at scale and at price points that will meaningfully improve patients' lives."
Since the firm's founding in 2013, HealthQuest has raised more than $1.6 billion across four funds and has made investments in a variety of healthcare startups including Everly Health, Lunit, Thirty Madison and TigerConnect. The team has also seen 18 exits across IPOs and M&A transactions, including the sale of BardyDx to Hillrom (now Baxter), BioIQ to LetsGetChecked, Biotheranostics to Hologic, and the IPO of Castle Biosciences.
The HealthQuest team is led by founder Garheng Kong, a physician, scientist, and engineer by training. With over two decades of experience investing, Garheng has led nearly 30 companies to successful exits. The HealthQuest team is strengthened by a board of advisors comprised of current or former CEOs in the most influential healthcare companies in the country, including Aon Hewitt, Becton Dickinson, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Cardinal Health, Humana, LabCorp, Medtronic, OptumHealth and a former U.S. Surgeon General. Together, the HealthQuest ecosystem provides portfolio companies unique strategic insights, access, and opportunities.
"When it comes to the adoption of new healthcare innovations, there is a natural tension between patients, providers and payers. Our team helps our portfolio companies understand how each player sees the problem in order to increase the likelihood of commercial success," Kong said. "With the new fund, HealthQuest Capital is able to work alongside these companies to give them the support they need to make a widespread impact in the healthcare sector."
About HealthQuest Capital
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, HealthQuest Capital is a growth capital firm investing in commercial-stage companies that are optimizing value in healthcare by improving outcomes and reducing costs. With more than $1.6 billion in capital under management, the firm focuses on fostering innovation across the health care spectrum, including medical technologies, diagnostics, digital health and innovative services. The HealthQuest team combines decades of successful investing experience with deep domain expertise in all aspects of the healthcare industry. For more information, visit www.healthquestcapital.com.
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Which toy buses are best?
What child hasn’t dreamed of driving a bus? Children are often fascinated by vehicles, and the bigger, the better! From school buses to city buses, children love the ride that takes them to the places they like.
Naturally, children also love to play with toy buses. There are many types, from remote-controlled and ride-on toy buses to ordinary handheld ones. For a truly interactive and unique experience, the Fisca Remote Control Bus is a top choice.
What to know before you buy a toy bus
Safety
As with all children’s toys, check the manufacturer’s age recommendation before purchase. Small parts can be choking hazards, so toys like Lego kits are rarely recommended for children under four years old. Additionally, little fingers can get trapped in small places and cut on sharp edges, so be sure to watch for potential hazards when deciding if a toy bus is suitable for your child.
Batteries
We all know that look of disappointment on a child’s face when they unwrap a gift with glee, only to find their new toy doesn’t include the batteries. Memories like these linger in young minds. However, this can be easily avoided by checking whether the batteries are included. Check which batteries are required and purchase them along with the toy if necessary.
Educational content
Motor skills involving movement of the arms, legs and body can be developed with ride-on toys. Other motor skills, such as hand-eye coordination, can be grown using remote-controlled vehicles, also known as RC vehicles. Other educational buses can teach children the alphabet, songs and other important things.
What to look for in a quality toy bus
Detail
Older kids that are obsessed with vehicles may notice the differences between buses from different cities and countries. If this describes your child, consider buying authentically detailed toy buses.
Accessories and add-ons
Passengers are a great accessory that will steer any child’s imagination. Make sure any add-ons are compatible with your toy bus or will fit inside. For example, Lego is always compatible with other Lego kits. However, Lego figures could be small enough to be used as passengers with other toy buses. Also, keep in mind that RC buses and other RC vehicles should run on separate frequencies so they can be driven together.
Material
Toy buses made of high-quality, durable, toxin-free plastic is best for toddlers. Cheap plastic should be avoided because it can easily snap and cause harm. Finely detailed buses should be made from sturdy metal, but be aware that giving metal toy buses to small children could mean damage to your baseboards and table legs.
How much you can expect to spend on a toy bus
Standard handheld or friction-powered toy buses can cost as little as $5, while RC buses and building kits can go as high as a few hundred dollars. Ride-on buses are likely to set you back somewhere between $40-$60.
Toy bus FAQ
What accessories can be bought with a toy bus?
A. A bus-driver uniform may be a fun accessory for a child playing with a toy bus, especially a ride-on bus. Passenger figures are another accessory, but be sure they are small enough to fit inside the bus. Other types of vehicles can be incorporated into play, and children can act out their own stories. For example, kids can create their own cities by adding a police car, ambulance or other similar vehicle. City-themed play mats are also great for children who love playing with handheld cars or negotiating roads with small RC vehicles.
Will a toy bus featuring noises be tolerable?
A. This varies from person to person. A toy bus may not be as loud or repetitive as an emergency toy car, but some may feature repetitive songs and other noises. As with any toy featuring sound, consider your tolerance threshold to noise before purchase. However, keep in mind that batteries can be removed when peace in the household is sorely needed.
What’s the best toy bus to buy?
Top toy bus
What you need to know: This well-detailed RC bus is designed for children, but can be used by anyone with a passion for RC vehicles.
What you’ll love: This bus can be used simultaneously with other RC vehicles without signal interference. It features an easy-to-use controller that gives control over movement, acceleration, the door and the horn. The realistic sounds and lighting complete the experience.
What you should consider: The rechargeable battery for the bus is included. However, two AAs required for the controller are not.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top toy bus for the money
Corper Toys Friction-powered Die-Cast Metal Bus Set
What you need to know: This set of four different buses offers lights, sounds and is perfect for a group of kids at play.
What you’ll love: The die-cast metal buses are sturdy, durable and free of sharp edges. Each bus measures almost 6 inches long and runs on friction-power. Just set the bus on the ground, draw it back, then release it and watch it go. The set comes complete with AG13 button batteries that run vehicle lights and sound.
What you should consider: This set is recommended for kids ages 3 and up.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Little Tikes: Little Baby Bum: Wheels On The Bus Scoot
What you need to know: This is an excellent ride-on toy from Little Tikes aimed at toddlers from 12 months to 3 years old.
What you’ll love: This ride-on will help develop gross motor skills, as well as balance and coordination. Interactive features include a horn for honking and turn signals that light up. Kids will love the educational songs it plays, and parents will love the volume control on the underside!
What you should consider: The seat has a storage compartment underneath.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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7-Eleven brings back Bring Your Own Cup Day
Published: Aug. 15, 2022 at 3:29 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(Gray News) - 7-Eleven’s famous Bring Your Own Cup Day is making a return this summer.
On Aug. 27, loyalty members of 7-Eleven, Stripes and Speedway are encouraged to grab any creative container and fill it up with their favorite Slurpee flavor for just $1.99 at participating locations.
According to a news release, 7-Eleven says, “If it fits in the cup, fill’er up!”
Cups and containers must be clean, watertight (aka leak proof), and must sit upright within the 10-inch diameter hole in the in-store display. If it doesn’t fit in the display, it won’t fit under the Slurpee dispenser.
The promotion is limited to one container per customer.
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CLEVELAND, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new Freedonia Group analysis projects demand for residential indoor air filtration equipment to increase 2.1% per year through 2025, remaining by far the largest market for these products:
- The residential market accounts for the vast majority of indoor air filtration system sales, because consumers are more willing to invest in products that will allay their concerns over poor air quality.
- Consumers who suffer from asthma or other health ailments or are concerned about inhaling bad air caused by wildfires, which are increasingly common, particularly in the western half of the US.
- Additionally, the pandemic has forced more consumers to spend more time at home and prioritize their air quality, a trend that will likely continue as many employees continue to work from home, either permanently or as part of a hybrid model.
Air Filtration System Demand to Hit $1.8 Billion in 2025
The Freedonia Group forecasts demand for indoor air filtration equipment – including central systems, local units, and replacement filters – to grow 2.0% per year through 2025 to $1.8 billion from a high 2020 base. Concerns about airborne viral loads that came to light during the COVID-19 pandemic produced a large spike in demand in 2020 and 2021. This increased level of awareness about indoor air quality – along with ongoing concerns about respiratory ailments and increased building construction – is expected to maintain demand levels well above those seen before the pandemic.
However, growth will be relatively slow during the latter half of the forecast period as demand moderates to a more sustainable level.
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Indoor Air Filtration Systems: Residential, Commercial, & Institutional provides historical data for 2010, 2015, and 2020 and forecasts to 2025 and 2030 for indoor air filtration demand both in units and in current dollars (which are not adjusted to account for inflation) by product, market, and technology.
Products:
- central systems
- local units (room-specific or location-specific, including those that are portable)
- replacement filters
Markets:
- residential buildings
- commercial buildings
- institutional buildings
Technologies:
- air filtration, such as filtration with filters made from nonwovens (HEPA and ULPA)
- activated carbon
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NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: APYX) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: May 12, 2021 to March 11, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 5, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in APYX:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/apyx-medical-corporation-loss-submission-form-2?id=29925&from=4
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Apyx Medical Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) a significant number of Apyx's Advanced Energy products were used for off-label indications; (2) such off-label uses led to an increase in the number of medical device reports filed by Apyx reporting serious adverse events; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur regulatory scrutiny; (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Apyx you have until August 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Apyx securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the APYX lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/apyx-medical-corporation-loss-submission-form-2?id=29925&from=4.
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Overwhelmed by all the shows and movies being released? Entertainment Weekly is launching "What to Watch on Google TV," a fun, lively three to five-minute monthly guide to help viewers choose from the vast number of entertainment programs streaming on the platform. The series is hosted by four EW entertainment experts curating their picks, which represent a wide range of tastes, genres, and viewing habits.
In the first episode, available here, the hosts – EW general manager and editor in chief Patrick Gomez, executive editor Gerrad Hall, deputy editor Chanelle Johnson, and TikTok producer Jorie McDonald – lay out their recommendations including the discovery+ reality series Trixie Motel, the Disney+ series Ms. Marvel, season 3 of Amazon Prime Video's The Boys!, and more. In addition to Google TV, "What to Watch" can be viewed on EW.com and EW's YouTube channel.
The series is an extension of EW's "What to Watch" podcast and video series, which premiered in 2020 offering the top three entertainment picks of the week.
"With more content than ever at our fingertips, EW's 'What to Watch' remains a vital resource for those who rely on us to curate what's worth their time," says Gomez. "We are so excited to further expand the footprint of this beloved franchise through this collaboration with Google TV, providing our pop culture expertise where and when you need it most."
Google TV is a smart TV experience that is built into televisions and streaming devices from top brands. It brings together movies, shows, live TV, and more in one place so viewers can find what to watch without jumping from app to app.
Google TV is the name of this device's software experience and a trademark of Google LLC. Google and YouTube are trademarks of Google LLC.
Dotdash Meredith's Entertainment Weekly (EW) is an all-access pass to Hollywood's most creative minds and most fascinating stars. Launched in 1990, EW is one of America's leading consumer brands in the entertainment category, with a combined audience of almost 28 million loyal, engaged fans. Each day, EW.com publishes a variety of features, news articles, TV episode recaps, original videos, film reviews, and photo galleries. With sharp insight, unparalleled access, and a trusted voice, EW keeps readers plugged into pop culture and the best in entertainment.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nationwide announced today that the Board of Trustees of ETF Series Solutions (the "Trust") has determined to close and liquidate the Nationwide Risk-Based U.S. Equity ETF (NYSE: RBUS), Nationwide Risk-Based International Equity ETF (NYSE: RBIN), and Nationwide Maximum Diversification U.S. Core Equity ETF (NYSE: MXDU) (collectively, the "Funds") after the close of business on May 26, 2022.
Nationwide recommended the liquidation and closure of the Funds following consideration of the Funds' long-term performance and future growth prospects, among other factors.
The Funds' last day of trading will be May 25, 2022, which will coincide with the final day for creation unit orders by authorized participants. The Funds will begin liquidating their portfolio assets on or about May 17, 2022, which may cause the Funds to increase their cash holdings and deviate from the investment objectives and strategies referenced in the Funds' prospectus. The Funds will conclude operations and promptly distribute the remaining proceeds to shareholders after May 26, 2022.
Shareholders who do not sell their Fund shares by this date will have their shares automatically redeemed for cash based on the applicable Fund's net asset value (NAV). Customary brokerage charges may apply to transactions to sell Fund shares. Shareholders should contact their tax advisor to discuss the income tax consequences of the liquidation.
Nationwide, a Fortune 100 company based in Columbus, Ohio, is one of the largest and strongest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the United States. Nationwide is rated A+ by both A.M. Best and Standard & Poor's. An industry leader in driving customer-focused innovation, Nationwide provides a full range of insurance and financial services products including auto, business, homeowners, farm and life insurance; public and private sector retirement plans, annuities, mutual funds and ETFs; excess & surplus, specialty and surety; and pet, motorcycle and boat insurance. For more information, visit www.nationwide.com. Follow the firm on Facebook and Twitter.
Call 800-617-0004 to request a summary prospectus and/or a prospectus or download prospectuses at etf.nationwide.com. These prospectuses outline investment objectives, risks, fees, charges and expenses, and other information that you should read and consider carefully before investing.
Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal.
Nationwide Fund Advisors (NFA) is the registered investment advisor to Nationwide ETFs, which are distributed by Quasar Distributors, LLC. NFA is not affiliated with any distributor, subadviser, or index provider contracted by NFA for the Nationwide ETFs. Representatives of the Nationwide ETF Sales Desk are registered with Nationwide Investment Services Corporation, member FINRA, Columbus, Ohio.
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Students petition for Plan B vending machine on campus
BOSTON (WBZ) - Months after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, students at Northeastern University are calling for action.
Members of the Northeastern Sexual Health Advocacy Resources and Education group are petitioning for a new vending machine on campus. In it, they want Plan B emergency contraception, or the morning after pill.
“By not offering emergency contraception to students or making it easily accessible, it’s still saying that this is something that is stigmatized and that sex is stigmatized,” Ren Birnholz with the group said.
Right now, students who need Plan B have to make an appointment at the university’s health center.
“Or another option is to go to a drug store and pay $50, which can be really difficult for a lot of our students who might be food insecure or low income,” Maya Bravo with the group said.
Last week, Massachusetts passed a new abortion rights bill increasing access to abortion and allowing for emergency contraception to be made available in vending machines.
Some colleges took the steps months ago. Boston University installed a Plan B vending machine in March.
Claire Teylouni of Reproductive Equity Now says it is all about access and cost.
“At $7 or $8 compared to, say, the $50 you might spend on Plan B at CVS or Walgreens, that’s breaking down a really huge barrier,” she said.
A spokesperson for Northeastern University says the school is making an existing vending machine available to dispense emergency contraception for the fall, and students seem to support the move.
“I think it’s just less scary than going into the health center,” a student said.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order Wednesday at the first meeting of the newly-established Reproductive Rights Task Force.
The order will allow Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to consider all relevant actions to make sure women get “medically necessary care without delay.”
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SAN FRANCISCO , July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Schubert Jonckheer & Kolbe LLP is investigating possible federal securities claims in connection with the March 25, 2021 public offering conducted by Piedmont Lithium Inc. (NASDAQ: PLL).
On March 25, 2021, Piedmont Lithium conducted a public securities offering in which it generated proceeds of $122.5 million. As alleged in a class action lawsuit currently pending against the company in the Eastern District of New York, Piedmont Lithium represented to purchasers before the offering that the company had strong local government support for its North Carolina mining project and was in active discussions with authorities concerning required zoning changes, among other things. However, on July 20, 2021, reporting by Reuters revealed for the first time that the company lacked strong local government support and had not yet spoken with relevant authorities nor sought necessary permits and zoning variances for the project. Piedmont Lithium's shares fell nearly 20% on these stunning revelations.
If you purchased shares in Piedmont Lithium's March 25, 2021 public offering and wish to obtain additional information about your legal rights, please contact us today or visit our website at https://www.classactionlawyers.com/piedmontlithium.
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A panel of 15 experts with representatives from seven medical professional societies reached consensus on 69 statements related to using diet as a primary intervention to achieve diabetes remission.
ST. LOUIS, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American College of Lifestyle Medicine has released an expert consensus statement to assist clinicians in achieving remission of type 2 diabetes in adults using diet as a primary intervention. The expert consensus statement is endorsed by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE), supported by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and co-sponsored by the Endocrine Society.
This unique publication in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine is the first to focus on diet as primary means of achieving lasting remission of diabetes – without medications or procedures – in contrast with the usual role of diet as an adjunctive therapy. Knowing that diet alone can achieve remission is an empowering message for many adults with type 2 diabetes, especially when supported by consensus among internists, cardiologists, family physicians, endocrinologists, nutritionists, dieticians and lifestyle medicine specialists.
Titled "Dietary Interventions to Treat Type 2 Diabetes in Adults with a Goal of Remission," the expert consensus statement was written by a multidisciplinary panel of 15 experts using a trustworthy, modified Delphi process. The panel agreed that diet as a primary intervention can achieve remission in many adults with type 2 diabetes, defined as normal glycemic measures (normal HbA1c less than 6.5% and normal fasting glucose) for at least three months without surgery, devices, or active pharmacologic therapy to lower glucose. Diet as a primary intervention was considered most effective when emphasizing whole, plant-based foods including whole grains, vegetable, legumes, fruits, nuts and seeds.
"Remission is the optimal outcome for individuals with type 2 diabetes," said Richard Rosenfeld, MD, MPH, MBA, DipABLM, lead author of the expert consensus statement and Senior Liaison for Medical Society Relations at ACLM. "The consensus statements will not only empower clinicians and patients to use a plant-predominant diet as 'food as medicine' for achieving remission of type 2 diabetes, but will facilitate shared management decisions based on current best evidence and structured expert consensus."
It is essential to reduce the prevalence of type 2 diabetes, which is estimated to affect 10.5% of U.S. adults and cost $327 billion annually in direct costs and decreased productivity, according to the publication. Without adequate treatment and management, the condition can result in blindness, kidney disease, cardiovascular diseases, amputation and other co-morbidities that diminish quality of life and contribute to mortality rates.
"A healthy diet is a foundational component of current lifestyle guidelines for treatment of type 2 diabetes, but it is often overlooked because of the lack of physician training and patient awareness," AACE President Dr. Felice Caldarella said. "The consensus statements produced by this panel of experts are invaluable in bringing awareness to the value of diet for diabetes remission in addition to management."
In all, the expert panel achieved consensus on 69 statements, relating to diet and remission of type 2 diabetes, dietary specifics and types of diets, adjuvant and alternative interventions, support, monitoring, adherence to therapy, weight loss, payment and policy.
The expert panel called for more research into areas that include evaluating the impact of reducing animal foods in promoting remission and assessing whether remission can be obtained with ad libitum food intake consuming whole food, plant-based dietary patterns. Also needed are more randomized controlled trials to assess sustainable plant-based dietary interventions with whole or minimally processed foods, as a primary means of treating type 2 diabetes with the goal of remission.
About ACLM
The American College of Lifestyle Medicine is the nation's medical professional society advancing lifestyle medicine as the foundation for a redesigned, value-based and equitable healthcare delivery system, leading to whole person health. ACLM educates, equips, empowers and supports its members through quality, evidence-based education, certification and research to identify and eradicate the root cause of chronic disease, with a clinical outcome goal of health restoration as opposed to disease management.
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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Bar Association (ABA) announced that Stroock will receive the 2022 ABA Pro Bono Publico Award, which recognizes the firm's outstanding commitment to volunteer legal services for the underserved and disadvantaged. This is the highest honor given by the ABA Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, which will present Stroock, one of five recipients, with the annual award on Aug. 5 during the ABA's Annual Meeting in Chicago.
"We are honored and grateful to receive this recognition," said Alan Klinger, Stroock's Co-Managing Partner. "Public service is a pillar of our firm that we constantly work towards expanding and refining for maximum impact. It is a privilege to do this work, and we are proud to see our attorneys' dedication and enthusiasm towards it recognized."
"This humbling award is a testament to our attorneys and professional staff who make high-impact pro bono work a priority, and to Stroock's enduring commitment to equality and justice. We view the ABA's recognition not as a culmination of our work, but rather as a catalyst that will spark new efforts and magnify our existing efforts to help those most in need, both through our own initiatives and in partnership with our many public interest allies," said Kerry Cooperman, Director of Stroock's pro bono program, the Public Service Project.
The award honors Stroock's 2021 pro bono efforts across a range of areas, highlights of which include:
- Mobilizing in times of crisis. Drawing on the firm's two decades of experience leading disaster relief efforts, Stroock created the Afghanistan Refugee Assistance Task Force in the summer of 2021, as the Taliban began seizing control across Afghanistan. The Task Force has since provided emergency humanitarian, immigration, resettlement, and other supports to vulnerable Afghans and their families. Stroock also extended the work of the Small Business Legal Relief Alliance (SBLRA), which Stroock launched at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic and which has since provided pro bono legal and financial support to over 750 New York small business owners and nonprofits. Kevin Curnin, former partner and founding director of Stroock's Public Service Project, provided key vision and leadership in creating the SBLRA and building Stroock's disaster-relief expertise.
- Criminal justice reform and advocacy on behalf of the incarcerated. Stroock has partnered with the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition to help restore voting rights for previously incarcerated individuals across Florida. It also works with legal services organizations on matters to reduce excessive criminal sentences, prepare clemency applications, and help improve conditions in prisons.
- Serving the underserved. Stroock helped secure a precedent-setting determination in a lawsuit alleging that a New York City charter school engaged in practices aimed at forcing students with disabilities to withdraw. The firm also assisted The Legal Aid Society's efforts to advocate on behalf of noncitizens impacted by prior marijuana convictions.
- Serving those who serve others. Stroock also provided valuable legal support to charitable nonprofit organizations across New York, and nationally, including Community Access, Highland Park Community Development Corporation, and Goddard Riverside Community Center.
Stroock's longtime commitment to serving the public interest began with the civic reform efforts led by the firm's founders more than a century ago. In 2001, Stroock launched its Public Service Project — one of the first such practices to be led by a full-time pro bono partner — to offer a multidisciplinary approach to delivering comprehensive legal services focused on disaster recovery, innovative collaborations, and underserved and under-resourced communities.
About the ABA Pro Bono Committee
The ABA's Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service works to ensure access to justice through the expansion and enhancement of the delivery of legal and other law-related services to the underserved through volunteer efforts of legal professionals nationwide. The Committee fosters the development of pro bono programs and activities by law firms, bar associations, corporate legal departments, law schools, government attorney offices and others; analyzes the scope and function of pro bono programs; and proposes and reviews policy that affects lawyers' ability to provide pro bono legal services.
About the ABA
The ABA is the largest voluntary association of lawyers in the world. As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law. View our privacy statement online. Follow the latest ABA news at www.americanbar.org/news and on Twitter @ABANews.
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UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — More calls to fire the Uvalde school district’s police chief came during Monday night’s school board meeting.
A handful of people made their appeals to school board members, including family members of those murdered during the mass shooting.
“We were failed by Pete Arredondo. He killed our kids, teachers, parents and city, and by keeping him on your staff, y’all are continuing to fail us,” said Brett Cross, identifying himself as a father of a murdered student.
Cross added he still has kids in the school district, and all of them are scared. So is he.
“Having Pete still employed, knowing he is incapable of decision-making that saves lives, is terrifying,” he said. “Do what is right. Remove Pete from employment.”
A few days after the attack, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw said Arredondo made the wrong call when, acting as commander on the scene, he told officers to wait to breach the shooter’s classroom.
“I find it shameful that we had almost 100 officers on the scene, and I had to leave work and save my own,” said another parent, Angeli Gomez.
Another man said he was there on behalf of friends and family.
“How is Mr. Arredondo still with the program? How is he still employed?” he said. “It’s an insult to injury, because people are in pain, and you allow this to happen.”
It’s the second meeting since the May 24 tragedy, when an 18 year old killed 19 students and two teachers.
At the last meeting, the superintendent announced no one would return to Robb Elementary, the site of the massacre, and UCISD was working on another location to send students.
Alfred Garza holds up a photo of his daughter, Amerie Jo. In this image from video, Javier Cazares shows a picture of his daughter, Jackie Cazares, Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. Jackie, 9, was among the 19 children and two teachers killed during a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted)
Javier Cazares, the father of murdered student Jacklyn Cazares, pointed out security protocols on Monday he said he had gotten from UCISD in the past and pointed to what he thought were flaws in them.
“Every campus has a team to identify and address potential threats,” Cazares read. “Who was that team and when was the last time they came?”
Another man, who identified himself as victim Amerie Jo Garza’s father, cried as he recounted trying to convince officers to let him inside Robb Elementary.
“I had officers from the department look me in the eye, because I was trying so hard to get in there and ask me to trust them,” he said. “How are we supposed to continue our lives here, knowing that those people that are supposed to protect us let down our family?”
He said he and other families want accountability.
“There are so many questions that everybody obviously has, you know, if he was in charge, why didn’t he have a master key? Why didn’t they go in?” said Garza’s father.
“Most of these parents don’t want to be here. But we’re here because we have to speak for our children, because they can’t speak for themselves, anymore,” Garza’s father told school board members.
“Most of these parents don’t want to be here. But we’re here because we have to speak for our children, because they can’t speak for themselves, anymore. So please, just do us a favor, and do what you know is right, and make these people accountable for what happened,” he said.
UCISD school board members went into a closed session around 8:15 p.m. Items listed for discussion on the agenda included security personnel, security devices and a possible security audit.
KXAN will update this story if any decisions are announced when board members reconvene in open session. | https://cw33.com/news/he-killed-our-kids-families-call-for-uvalde-cisd-police-chiefs-termination-during-school-board-meeting/ | 2022-06-21T17:22:04Z |
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Published: Jun. 1, 2022 at 3:09 PM CDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO and DETROIT, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mapbox and General Motors (NYSE:GM) today announced that it will speak, sponsor, and host a virtual booth at Informa AutoTech Detroit, hosted by Wards Intelligence. GM and Mapbox will present how their collaboration is accelerating the pace of innovation for navigation and infotainment, and how the Mapbox platform supports GM's commitment to delivering best-in-class customer experiences throughout a vehicle's lifetime.
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The above press release was provided courtesy of PRNewswire. The views, opinions and statements in the press release are not endorsed by Gray Media Group nor do they necessarily state or reflect those of Gray Media Group, Inc. | https://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2022/06/01/mapbox-general-motors-speak-informa-autotech-detroit/ | 2022-06-01T20:26:39Z |
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WATCH: Rising sea levels eroding land, devouring homes on coast
(CNN) – On the beaches of North Carolina, houses are crashing into the ocean as the sand they stand on slowly slips into the ocean with rising sea levels.
But experts say it’s something that’s going to happen more and more often as the climate crisis continues.
Dave Hallac, superintendent of the national parks in eastern North Carolina, said the houses near the Cape Hatteras National Seashore had hundreds of feet of beach between them and the ocean when they were built in the 1980s.
“This home, we have been notified by the Dare County building inspector, is in a state of potential imminent collapse,” Hallac said, referring to one of the houses. “I don’t believe it’s even high tide yet.”
Now, the water is at the doorstep in this part of North Carolina’s Outer Banks and the beach is eroding by a dozen feet a year.
“You expect next year it’s going to be 12 to 15 feet [back],” Hallac said. “And then the next year and the next year and the next year.”
While most locals understand barrier islands move over time, few have imagined the collapse of these homes would happen so fast.
The new owner of a $275,000 getaway never even had a chance to sleep in the house before a mediocre storm took it away. A $500,000 place collapsed a few days earlier and spread nail-filled debris along 15 miles of public beaches.
At least nine more houses on the stretch are condemned and the sea is taking more than just houses.
As a proud daughter of the Outer Banks, Dawn Taylor spends her days trying to save the graves.
“This is our heritage that we want to save,” she said. “We’re missing the remains of our loved ones, due to the tide. Up and down the coast, we have multiple cemeteries here that have met their demise due to the rising sea level.”
Down the Carolina coast in Charleston, Bernard Mansheim and his family decided to raise their 450-ton mansion with a system of hydraulic jacks after they watched the water bubble up through the vents in the home.
They said the process cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars.
“It’s something, hopefully, that’ll last another hundred years,” Mansheim said.
Whether it does may depend on whether Charleston can afford plans for a $1 billion sea wall which would only protect the most valuable 20% of the city.
In the Outer Banks, Hallac said some are moving their houses away from the ocean as far as they can afford.
Meanwhile, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) projects at least a foot of sea level to rise here mid-century with ten times as many flooding events.
Reade Corbett is the director of the coastal studies institute and dean of integrated coastal programs at East Carolina University. He said what is happening at the Outer Banks is happening around the world.
“These processes are happening everywhere,” he said.
The processes are not as evident on the mainland because states, counties and towns dredge, pump and truck millions of dollars worth of sand so tourists and real estate buyers will keep coming.
“If you start a nourishment program, when’s the next nourishment? Five years? Seven years down the road? Will you get to that point? And you have to think about the economics,” Corbett said. “Yeah. It’s 25 million, 30 million dollars.”
A recent report from NOAA says sea levels will rise as much in the next 30 years as they did in the past 100.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/06/02/watch-rising-sea-levels-eroding-land-devouring-homes-coast/ | 2022-06-02T19:36:07Z |
As Hard Rock Cafe concludes its 50th anniversary year, locations from London to Daytona are celebrating this key milestone
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hard Rock International is commemorating its historic 50th anniversary year celebrating five decades of music, fun, good food and one-of-a-kind experiences at its 253 locations of Hotels, Casinos, Rock Shops®, Live Performance Venues and Cafes. The iconic brand was founded on the mottos – Love All-Serve All, Take Time To Be Kind, Save The Planet, and All Is One, and continues to embrace these mottos every day.
Since opening the doors of the first Hard Rock Cafe in London in 1971, Hard Rock International has established itself as one of the most globally recognized companies in the world and has expanded across 68 countries. Then in 2007, the perfect marriage occurred of two kindred spirits when the Seminole Tribe of Florida acquired the Hard Rock brand and is now poised to expand its horizon even further to all corners of the globe.
Before museums were opening showcases of music history, Hard Rock had been displaying artifacts for guests as a part of a collection that is now the largest in the world with over 86,000 pieces worldwide, and continuing to grow. The collection features authentic and unique artifacts celebrating all genres of music, from John Lennon's original hand-written song lyrics to "Imagine" to Madonna's "Like a Virgin" wedding dress and most recently added pieces from contemporary artists such as Billie Eilish and Maluma. With state-of-the-art venues bringing to life the best in live entertainment, Hard Rock International has been the backdrop to thousands of award-winning performances all over the globe from concerts to comedy shows. Hard Rock's expansive offerings from gaming, innovative dining and VIP experiences have embraced guests to live and sleep with a true rock star treatment.
"We're so excited to celebrate another year of Hard Rock history with all of our guests, employees and partners around the globe," said Jim Allen, Hard Rock International's Chairman and CEO of Seminole Gaming. "As we take the time to reflect on the last five decades of Hard Rock and our rich heritage with the Seminole Tribe of Florida, we're also celebrating the bright future Hard Rock has in store. We appreciate all of those who have supported us in the last 50 years, and to all who will in the years to come."
Within this 50-year milestone, Hard Rock has kept the celebrations going and was spotlighted as a feature cover story in Venues Now. They also received impressive awards including Forbes Best Employers, U.S. Best Managed Companies, World's Best Awards Survey, Employer of Choice by Casino Gaming Executive Satisfaction Survey and Gold and Silver Badges from U.S. News & World Report 2022. Some of the year's celebratory highlights already include:
Hard Rock Cafe announced a global partnership with soccer superstar Lionel Messi who created a signature "Messi burger" limited menu item along with a commemorative Rock Shop collection release, which will extend throughout the summer.
From May 12 to July 1st select Hard Rock Cafe locations kicked off its UNDISCOVERED sessions where 50 local bands will play 50 days of music in partnership with Playing for Change and the Playing For Change Foundation to inspire and connect the world through music.
London's Hard Rock Cafe turned back the clock by setting the décor, menu and prices back to 1971 styles. The special menu boasted a burger for 50p, roadhouse ribs for 80p and a hot fudge sundae for 40p. Hard Rock Casino Cincinnati hosted their Founders Day celebrations earlier this month with complimentary t-shirts, drink specials, social contests to win Hard Rock gift cards and swag, memorabilia tours as well a champagne toast.
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Hard Rock is partnering with British Summertime Hyde Park to bring music lovers special activations and surprises including a Hard Rock Cafe pop up at BST where festival goers can enjoy menu offerings. In addition, to support the next generation of artists that may someday be headlining festivals, Hard Rock is sponsoring one of the two stages at the BST Hyde Park, Hard Rock Rising presents the Rainbow Stage, which will feature up-and-coming artists from around the world. On June 29th Hard Rock will "take over" and host local bands on the stage.
On June 14 to celebrate the conclusion of Hard Rock's 50th anniversary year, participating Hard Rock Cafes across the globe are treating guests with classic Coca-Cola floats as it reminisces on its journey since it opened its doors in 1971. As a thank you to all of its loyal patrons throughout the years, guests can visit any Hard Rock Cafe to receive a complimentary Coke float with no minimum purchase required.
Hard Rock Hotels launched exclusive travel experiences as part of the ongoing 50th Anniversary celebration where guests can enjoy personalized activities on and off site to unwind, learn and explore our remarkable hotel destinations. The unique global offerings range from cultural culinary experiences to VIP photoshoot sessions, local educational tours, spa treatments and more.
Hard Rock Hotel Orlando Universal will debut a golden luxe burger and bubbles duo at Universal Orlando's Velvet Bar, which features an 8-ounce Wagyu double beef patty with butter-basted Maine lobster, topped with a luxurious triple crème cheese, truffle aioli and paired with a glass of cuvee brut Champagne, served with 24-karat edible gold leaf flakes. Additionally, guests can "Live like a Rock Star" for a day at Hard Rock Hotel at Universal Orlando with a VIP memorabilia tour experience and poolside cabana for a day, with private cocktail experience in Velvet Bar and Hard Rock merchandise.
Hard Rock Hotel New York will celebrate Founder's Day on June 14 by taking music and entertainment to new heights at RT60 Rooftop Bar and Lounge. All guests checking in on this special day will receive a celebratory glass of champagne and be invited to a live music series coined "Back To Music," incorporating classic instruments through the decades and charting NY sounds from our founding era with the New York City skyline as the ultimate backdrop. Expect a night of classic and modern NY anthems in honor of our 50th Anniversary and founders day.
Old Park Lane Hard Rock Cafe will celebrate the anniversary by rolling back the prices to 1971 with 71 cent Legendary and Moving Mountain Burgers from 11 AM – 1 PM for in-cafe dining. The first 71 customers in the London Rock Shops with be granted a complimentary British Summer Time general admission ticket with any purchase. DJ spinning 70's tunes, birthday cake cutting and birthday sing-along with Kat and Delia, two staff members who started back in the 70's. Additionally London's Harley Davidson Club Members celebrate with a Drive-by, motorcycles being parked outside the front door and Acoustic Live Music in the evening to honor the day.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood will host a 50th anniversary pool party event for invited guests and a Red Bull Air Force stunt over the Guitar Hotel. The property will then be unveiling of the new 50th anniversary Guitar Light Show on June 10 at 10 p.m. showcasing music throughout the decades. Additionally, they'll host an invite-only casino gala.
Those looking to dine at Hard Rock Cafe and receive their complimentary coke float can find their local Cafe by visiting www.hardrockcafe.com/locations.aspx. To learn more about Hard Rock's history visit https://www.hardrock.com/about-hard-rock.aspx.
About Hard Rock®
Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies with venues in 68 countries spanning 253 locations that include owned/licensed or managed Hotels, Casinos, Rock Shops®, Live Performance Venues and Cafes. HRI also launched a joint venture named Hard Rock Digital in 2020, an online sportsbook, retail sportsbook and internet gaming platform. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's largest and most valuable collection of authentic music memorabilia at more than 86,000 pieces, which are displayed at its locations around the globe. In 2021, Hard Rock was honored as one of Forbes Magazine's Best Employers for Diversity, a Top Employer for Women and the Top Employer in the Travel & Leisure, Gaming, and Entertainment Industry. Hard Rock was also designated as a U.S. Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal and named the top performing hotel brand in J.D. Power's North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study for the third consecutive year in 2021. The brand is owned by HRI parent entity The Seminole Tribe of Florida. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com or shop.hardrock.com.
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ORLANDO, Fla., June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alabama Power was announced as a recipient of two Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Emergency Response Awards. Presented to EEI member companies, the awards recognize recovery and assistance efforts following disruptions caused by extreme weather or other natural events. The winners were chosen by a panel of judges following an international nomination process. The awards were presented during EEI 2022, the organization's annual thought leadership forum.
"Over the past year, electric companies confronted severe storms and extreme weather events, including hurricanes, tornadoes and winter storms, that impacted customers and communities across the nation," said EEI President Tom Kuhn. "Despite challenging conditions, Alabama Power and its employees worked around the clock to restore power safely and as quickly as possible. I congratulate and applaud Alabama Power and their employees for their continued dedication to the customers and communities that they serve, and I am honored to present them with this well-deserved award."
Alabama Power responded to two severe weather events this year that caused major damage and service disruptions.
In early February, Winter Storm Landon brought heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain across a 2,000-mile stretch between Texas, the Midwest and the Northeast. Alabama Power sent 173 company lineworkers, 245 contractors and 178 trucks to Plano, Texas, providing Oncor Electric Delivery assistance with downed lines in freezing temperatures with heavily iced roads and bridges.
"Our employees demonstrate excellent commitment to our customers by utilizing their world-class training and skillset, demonstrating excellent customer service in all that they do, from recovery and restoration to providing assistance to our industry peers," said Scott Moore, Alabama Power senior vice president of Power Delivery.
Between March 30-31, a line of severe thunderstorms, strong winds of up to 80 mph and several tornadoes passed through Alabama Power's service territory. Prior to these storms and well after their passing, sustained rain and winds soaked the ground and toppled trees, causing extensive damage and more than 115,000 outages. Working more than 35,000 hours, Alabama Power crews and contractors helped replace 203 poles, 105 transformers and two transmission towers.
"It is an honor to be recognized by EEI for our restoration efforts following severe weather," said Alabama Power CEO Mark Crosswhite. "These awards reflect our team's preparation, hard work and dedication to customers."
Alabama Power has earned the Emergency Response Award 31 times since its inception in 1998.
EEI is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. Our members provide electricity for more than 235 million Americans, and operate in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. As a whole, the electric power industry supports more than 7 million jobs in communities across the United States. In addition to our U.S. members, EEI has more than 65 international electric companies, with operations in more than 90 countries, as International Members, and hundreds of industry suppliers and related organizations as Associate Members.
Alabama Power, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Company (NYSE:SO), provides reliable, affordable electricity to 1.5 million customers across the state. Learn more at www.alabamapower.com.
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Which Panasonic Blu-ray players are best?
Netflix and Hulu are great, but if you want to get the highest possible quality out of your movies, Blu-ray is the way to go. Still, finding the perfect Blu-ray player can be tricky. Luckily, Panasonic has a wide range of quality Blu-ray players from which to choose. For example, the Panasonic UB820 4K Blu Ray Player is an excellent option that combines the best of both worlds with both Blu-ray and streaming capabilities.
What to consider before you buy a Panasonic Blu-ray player
Blu-ray vs. streaming services
Many streaming services now support 4K streaming, although you’ll need a powerful internet connection for it to work correctly. If you have an internet connection of at least 25 megabytes per second or higher and an unlimited internet plan, you likely won’t run into any issues. On the other hand, if you have a limited data plan, 4K streaming will quickly eat into your available data.
Blu-ray discs give you the ability to stream high-definition movies and television shows without worrying about your internet.
Ownership
One significant benefit to Blu-ray discs is that you’ll have your favorite movies and series on hand whenever you want them. Streaming services usually rotate their selection of titles, meaning it can be hard to rewatch your favorite content at a later date. Many Blu-ray discs also have special features, collectible cases and other things that make them worth owning.
Panasonic
Panasonic is an established brand that has produced Blu-ray players, cameras, appliances and other electronics for over 100 years. Panasonic’s Blu-ray players usually have numerous features that make them stand out. Many Panasonic Blu-ray players feature Wi-Fi connectivity, voice assistance and more.
Design
When buying a Blu-ray player, it’s essential to consider how the device will blend with your entertainment setup. Many Panasonic Blu-ray players feature sleek, black designs that will look great on nearly any entertainment center.
What to look for in a quality Blu-ray player
Streaming services
Although Blu-ray discs are superior in many ways, buying a Blu-ray player with streaming capabilities is an excellent way to ensure you have options. Many Panasonic Blu-ray players allow you to install Prime Video, Netflix and YouTube, giving you numerous ways to watch content with a single device.
3D Blu-ray capabilities
3D movies may not be as popular as they were a few years ago, but countless movies still make use of this technology. Not every Blu-ray player supports 3D, so you’ll have to ensure your device has this feature if you plan on watching 3D movies. 3D TVs are a rarity nowadays, but many projectors still support 3D movies.
Voice controls
Voice controls give you the ability to control your Blu-ray player hands-free. Many Panasonic Blu-ray players are compatible with both Alexa and Google Assistant.
Superior audio
Blu-ray players are known for superior video quality, but many Blu-ray players also support high-quality audio. Several Panasonic Blu-ray players have multiple HDMI cables, allowing them to transmit audio and video separately. If you use a multi-speaker setup, you’ll need a device that supports all high-resolution audio formats to ensure it’s compatible with your setup.
How much you can expect to spend on a Panasonic Blu-ray player
Depending on their features, Panasonic Blu-ray players can range anywhere from $200-$500.
Panasonic Blu-ray player FAQ
Can you use HD Blu-ray discs with a 4K Blu-ray player?
A. In most cases, 4K Blu-ray players can support older HD Blu-ray discs, although the quality will not be the same as 4K.
Can you use standard DVDs with a Blu-ray player?
A. Yes, most Blu-ray players can play DVDs as well. Blu-ray players typically upscale the DVD’s resolution, appearing more detailed than a standard DVD player would.
Do voice-controlled Blu-ray players come with a remote?
A. Yes, although you can choose to use voice controls, they are an added feature and not a requirement.
What’s the best Panasonic Blu-ray player to buy?
Top Panasonic Blu-ray player
Panasonic UB820 4K Blu Ray Player
What you need to know: This advanced Blu-ray player supports 4K and numerous other HD formats.
What you’ll love: The UB820 is compatible with both Alexa and Google Voice Assistant. This Blu-ray player allows you to stream 4K content on Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video. Most buyers were amazed by this device’s HDR Optimizer that enables you to adjust any movie’s contrast so scenes aren’t overly bright or dark. This Blu-ray player is durable and features a sleek matte black design.
What you should consider: Some users were disappointed that this device doesn’t have a Spotify app, and the web browser can’t play from Spotify’s site.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Panasonic Blu-ray player for the money
Panasonic UB420 4K Blu Ray Player
What you need to know: This affordable Blu-ray player has voice controls, streaming capabilities and more.
What you’ll love: This device supports HDR10+, HDR10 and hybrid log-gamma formats. The UB420 allows you to use YouTube, Prime Video and Netflix. This Panasonic Blu-ray player is Alexa-compatible. Setting this device up is surprisingly straightforward. This device’s twin-HDMI output ensures top-notch audio quality.
What you should consider: This device doesn’t support MP4 playback via USB or disk.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This device is an excellent budget Panasonic DVD player for those who don’t necessarily need Blu-ray capabilities.
What you’ll love: This device costs less than $100. The S700EP can play DVDs from any country. This DVD player can upscale standard-definition DVDs to 720p. Many users felt that this device’s picture and audio quality was superior to most other DVD players.
What you should consider: Some buyers received region-locked DVD players. This device doesn’t play Blu-ray discs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Meeting signifies major move towards implementation of its Racial and Social Equity Action Plan
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. , June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The City of South San Francisco set a bold path in addressing the impact of racism and inequity systemically embedded into policies, practices, and programs by seating its Commission on Equity and Public Safety.
The first meeting of the Commission occurred Monday, June 20.
"Advancing equity is not a one-year project, it's a long-term commitment. The Racial and Social Equity Action Plan is an important step forward in putting into place a system to amplify the voices of those who have been underrepresented and underserved," said South San Francisco Mayor Mark Nagales.
During the first meeting, Commissioners discussed their mission, vision, and interests in driving the Commission forward. The purpose of the Commission is to achieve transparency and accountability, engage the community, and enhance safety and fair treatment for those historically disenfranchised.
The Commission on Equity and Public Safety is part of an extensive action plan developed by the South San Francisco Commission on Racial and Social Equity and accepted by the City Council last summer. The Commission, which served from 2020-2021, was created in response to calls for nationwide police accountability and for addressing social inequities.
"We have quickly implemented parts of the City's new Equity Action Plan, including placing a mental health clinician in the Police Department, launching a promotores and community navigator program, and constructing the Economic Advancement Center," said South San Francisco City Manager Mike Futrell. "Creation of a permanent Commission on Equity and Public Safety is also a crucial part of the Action Plan, ensuring the work to promote social equity will continue in the future."
The City Council appointed the following South San Francisco residents to serve on the Commission: Krystle Cansino, Dr. Jasmin Flores, Nancy Garcia, Paula Claudine Hobson-Coard, Arnel Junio, Alan Perez, and Carol Sanders.
During the first meeting, the Commission identified affordable housing and community mental health and priorities and selected Krystle Cansino as Commission Chair. "I am passionate about ensuring equity in our community," stated Chair Cansino, "and am honored to serve on this Commission along with six other equally passionate Commissioners as we work to promote social justice."
The City Manager's Office will provide organizational oversight for the Commission on Equity and Public Safety. The Commission on Equity and Public Safety meetings are open to the public. They meet every third Monday of the month. Updates and information about the Commission are located here.
The City of South San Francisco proudly remains The Industrial City, a reflection of its steel mill and ship building past, redefined to reflect the innovative, entrepreneurial, and industrious spirit which has made South San Francisco the Biotech Capital of the World, with 225 active biotech companies and growing. A vibrant community of 67,585 residents, South San Francisco enjoys a high quality of life with an extensive public parks system, active library and learning programming and a dynamic, engaged community making South San Francisco a great place to live, learn, work and play.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Waste Management, Inc. ("Waste Management" or the "Company") (NYSE: WM) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Waste Management investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of all purchasers of certain Waste Management redeemable senior notes between February 13, 2020 and June 23, 2020. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
WM investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) the U.S. Department of Justice had indicated to Waste Management that it would require Waste Management to divest significantly more assets than the $200 million indicated in the merger agreement between the Company and Advanced Disposal Services; (ii) as a result, the merger would not be completed by July 14, 2020, the end date under the merger agreement; and (iii) the Waste Management redeemable senior notes would be subject to mandatory redemption at 101% of par.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Waste Management during the relevant time frame, you have until August 8, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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BELTON — Services for Leone Dipboye, 77, of Belton will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen with the Rev. Jeff Miller officiating.
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BELTON — Services for Leone Dipboye, 77, of Belton will be 2 p.m. Wednesday in Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen with the Rev. Jeff Miller officiating.
Mrs. Dipboye died Tuesday, Aug. 16, at a Temple nursing home.
She was born March 31, 1945, in Redding, Calif., to Riley and Sidney Lane. She graduated from Shasta High School and went to nursing school at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco. After graduating, she joined the U.S. Air Force. She married Richard Dipboye on Nov. 23, 1973, in Reno, Nev. She also served as a nurse in the U.S. Army Reserves. She lived at Fort Ord, Calif., Germany and Fort Hood. She received a bachelor’s of science in nursing from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton. She retired from her civil service job in nursing at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in 2004 and she retired from the U.S. Army Reserves as a lieutenant colonel in 2005. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Belton, where she served as a volunteer. She also volunteered for medical mission trips to Vietnam and Cambodia with Vets with a Mission. She also worked as a volunteer at the Belton Senior Center and served on the board of directors for Meals on Wheels.
Survivors include her husband of Belton; a daughter, Jennifer Westbrook of Salado; a son, Richard Dipboye Jr. of Little Elm; two brothers, Ron Lane of Sacramento, Calif., and Jerry Lane of Granite Bay, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday at Dossman Funeral Home in Belton. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_0bd28af4-1f3f-11ed-aeb7-db8a74ab05c5.html | 2022-08-19T09:49:38Z |
Bed Bath & Beyond announces layoffs, store closures
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond plunged in premarket trading after the struggling home goods retailer announced a restructuring that includes store closures, layoffs and a stock offering.
The company said it has obtained more than $500 million of new financing and was reducing 20% of its workforce. It also plans to close about 150 namesake stores but will keep its buybuy Baby chain.
The retailer said Wednesday in the Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it may offer, issue and sell shares of its common stock from time to time. It plans to use the proceeds to pay down its debt, among other uses.
Bed Bath & Beyond, based in Union, New Jersey, has been facing lots of turbulence recently. In mid-August, shareholder activist Ryan Cohen, the billionaire co-founder of online pet-products retailer Chewy Inc., sold his entire stake in Bed Bath & Beyond after buying a big stake just months before and pledging to make big changes.
In June, Bed Bath & Beyond’s CEO was ousted amid slumping sales and supply chain issues.
Board member Sue Gove took over as interim CEO, replacing Mark Tritton. Bed Bath & Beyond hired Tritton in late 2019. He’d previously been the chief merchandising officer at Target where the more than 30 new brands he introduced were key in that company’s revitalization.
The company said that it is still searching for a permanent CEO. Chief Operating Office John Hartmann is leaving the company, and it’s eliminating that position.
Shares fell more than 19%, or $2.37 to $9.74 in premarket trading on Wednesday, after closing down more than 9%, or $1.24 to $12.11 in regular markets Tuesday.
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Officers describe horror they saw after Parkland shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Law enforcement officers who charged into Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School minutes after Nikolas Cruz fatally shot 17 in one of its buildings described for jurors Friday the horrific scene they encountered.
Two Coral Springs police officers and a Broward County sheriff’s deputy told of finding dead, dying and wounded students and staff members at the three-story classroom building where Cruz massacred 14 students and three staff members and wounded 17 more with an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle on Feb. 14, 2018.
“I observed a child dead on the ground on the left and there was smoke and dust in the air,” said Broward Sgt. Richard Van Der Eems in the flat, professional tone the officers all used. Worried that the shooter might still be in the building, he said he pointed his gun to provide cover as other officers led students and teachers out of the building and carried out the wounded. They didn’t know that Cruz had fled the building about three minutes earlier.
Van Der Eems and other officers entered the building immediately after arriving, about 10 minutes after the shooting began. Then-Broward Deputy Scot Peterson, the school’s security officer, is charged with child neglect for staying outside while Cruz continued shooting. He has pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial early next year. Other deputies were disciplined for failing to go into the building when they arrived.
The police in Uvalde, Texas, are being criticized for waiting more than an hour before confronting a gunman who killed 19 students and two teachers at an elementary school in May.
Coral Springs Capt. Nicholas Mazzei said that as he ran to the building, he found the body of assistant football coach Aaron Feis, who was shot trying to stop Cruz.
“I checked him for vitals, realized he was deceased,” Mazzei said. He said he then went inside and found athletic director Christopher Hixon, who later died of wounds he received while confronting Cruz. He said they talked, but prosecutors did not ask what was said.
Coral Springs Detective David Alfin said he climbed the stairs to the third-floor landing, where he found Cruz’s rifle and vest next to the body of 14-year-old Jaime Guttenberg.
“I checked her vital signs for breath and pulse and I found none,” he said, adding that he checked two or three times. “We held there for a moment and ... heard a voice from the hallway.”
He, Van Der Eems and others went to the third floor, where they found other bodies and a severely wounded Anthony Borges, who was lying in the middle of the hallway, raising his hand and trying to yell to get their attention.
The officers were shown photos of the victims they saw, but those weren’t immediately shared with the jury.
Friday’s session concludes a week of often emotional testimony covering the attack and Cruz’s attempted escape.
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder. The jury must only decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole for the nation’s deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury.
Nine other gunmen who killed at least 17 people died during or immediately after their shootings, either by suicide or police gunfire. The suspect in the 2019 slaying of 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, is awaiting trial.
When jurors eventually get the case, probably in October or November, they will vote 17 times, once for each of the victims, on whether to recommend capital punishment.
For each death sentence, the jury must be unanimous or the sentence for that victim is life. The jurors are told that to vote for death, the prosecution’s aggravating circumstances for that victim must, in their judgment, “outweigh” the defense’s mitigators. A juror can also vote for life out of mercy for Cruz. During jury selection, the panelists said under oath that they are capable of voting for either sentence.
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Associated Press reporter Freida Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, contributed to this report.
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Meets strong demand for chicken products amidst supply chain challenges
CHICAGO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nation's foremost American pioneer in premium, Halal hand-cut meat and poultry products, Crescent Foods, announced a strategic partnership with Midwest-based retailer, Meijer. Offering a robust line of chicken products in more than 258 stores throughout Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Wisconsin, products are now available in-store. Crescent Foods is well-poised to meet demand for all conscientious consumers—in addition to those seeking premium Halal hand-cut products, for which demand continues to grow. Premium attributes of Crescent Foods' fresh chicken products include no antibiotics ever, vegetable- and grain-based diet (no animal byproducts), adherence to strict animal welfare standards, all natural, and no artificial ingredients or preservatives.
"Today, the lingering effects of the pandemic are still felt as labor and other challenges impact availability for specific chicken items. This has created a perfect storm as high demand grilling season gets underway for America's favorite protein," said Huthyfah Abed, executive national sales director for Crescent Foods. "We are pleased to offer popular products for the grill, and for all Americans who seek chicken raised and processed with care, including those seeking Halal hand-cut standards," added Abed.
Crescent Foods' popular chicken selections found at Meijer include boneless skinless chicken breasts, thin-sliced chicken breasts, tenders, boneless skinless thighs, and drumsticks. All items feature a more sustainable, recyclable plastic tray, which emphasizes Crescent Foods' continued commitment to environmental stewardship.
Along with a store locator tool, the company supports retail sales with robust consumer resources such as a vast recipe library for chicken and other animal proteins such as turkey, beef, and lamb, frequent promotions and engagement through numerous social platforms, and the ability to opt-in to receive Crescent Foods' exclusive newsletter.
About Crescent Foods: American Pioneers in Halal Meat for the Last 25 Years. And for the next.
Crescent Foods was founded in 1995 to bring healthy, humanely processed Halal chicken to America's dinner tables. Today, Crescent Foods is the largest provider of premium quality Certified Hand-Cut Halal poultry and meat products across the United States. It prides itself on its ability to offer choice through a variety of meat and poultry cuts, products, and packaging options to retail stores, restaurants, and institutions. Crescent Foods' commitment to the highest Hand-Cut Halal standards, state-of-the-art production processes, use of technology, distribution, product development and service helps the company remain at the industry's forefront in North America and globally.
About Meijer:
Meijer is a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer that operates more than 258 supercenters and grocery stores throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, and Wisconsin. A privately-owned and family-operated company since 1934, Meijer pioneered the "one-stop shopping" concept and has evolved through the years to include expanded fresh produce and meat departments, as well as pharmacies, comprehensive apparel departments, pet departments, garden centers, toys and electronics. For additional information on Meijer, please visit www.meijer.com. Follow Meijer on Twitter @twitter.com/Meijer and @twitter.com/MeijerPR or become a fan at www.facebook.com/meijer.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge issued a warrant Thursday for an eyewitness to the shooting death of rapper Nipsey Hussle for failing to appear to testify at the trial of the man charged in the slaying, and in his absence a police detective testified on the reluctance of witnesses that has marked the case.
Evan “Rimpau” MacKenzie, a close friend of Hussle’s who was a pallbearer at his funeral and was standing next to him when he was shot, has repeatedly ignored subpoenas ordering him to appear and testify for the prosecution, resulting in Judge H. Clay Jacke II issuing the bench warrant with $500,000 bail.
“Mr. Mackenzie, did he express a reluctance to testify?” Aaron Jansen, attorney for defendant Eric Holder, asked Los Angeles police Detective Cedric Washington, who answered that MacKenzie had said as much in phone conversations.
The taboo against “snitching” has pervaded every part of the trial of Holder, who is charged with first-degree murder in the 2019 death of Hussle and with attempted murder because two bystanders were struck with gunfire.
It was a conversation between Holder and Hussle on the subject — in which Hussle told Holder there were rumors of “paperwork” suggesting he’d been talking to authorities — that prosecutors peg as Holder’s motive for returning minutes later to gun Hussle down.
The shooting took place in a predominately Black South Los Angeles neighborhood where both men and most of the witnesses grew up, and where mistrust of police and courts runs deep. Even Hussle’s friends and fans, and people hit by Holder’s gunfire, have been reluctant to talk in the public venue.
“I don’t know nothing, don’t see nothing,” Kerry Lathan, who was wounded in the shooting, said on the stand last week, refusing to identify himself in surveillance video that was played for jurors. He then declined to identify Holder as the shooter.
“You don’t want to testify about what happened?” Deputy District Attorney John McKinney asked him.
“That’s right,” Lathan replied.
On Thursday, Jansen sought to pin the hesitancy on Holder and Hussle’s ties to the Rollin’ 60s street gang.
“Typically in gang cases is there a reluctance to testify?” Jansen asked.
“I wouldn’t limit it to gang cases,” Washington replied.
“I’m asking about gang cases,” Jansen said.
“I do believe it is common, yes,” Washington said.
Jansen continued, “Several witnesses in this case have said they did not want to come to court, and they felt that their families would be in danger, right?”
Washington conceded that there were.
In follow-up questions from prosecutors, Washington downplayed the gang aspect.
“I’ve investigated many cases that are outside of the scope of gang cases. I’ve found that a majority of people are reluctant to come to court or talk to law enforcement,” Washington said. “Everybody seems to think that from coming to court, they are going to be subject to retaliation.”
“Has there been any threat to any witness in this case that accused them of snitching?” McKinney asked. “Do you know of any harm that came to anyone in this case for being a witness or talking to police?”
Washington said no to both questions, acknowledging there was a threat made last week by an anonymous caller to Bryannita Nicholson, who testified for the prosecution that she had acted as Holder’s unwitting getaway driver.
Nicholson, who was given immunity in exchange for her testimony, had her identity kept secret when she testified before a grand jury in 2019.
Last week, after her identity was revealed but before she took the stand, she received the phone call.
“A male voice was heard saying something to the effect that ‘You had Nipsey Hussle killed,’” Washington said. “Bryannita hung up.”
McKinney emphasized that the threat was not about her testifying, but about her role in Hussle’s death.
Nicholson was given extra security, and was escorted through a special entrance for her two days of testimony this week, in which she appeared to speak freely and confidently, showing no reluctance.
Others have been far more hesitant and tight-lipped on the stand, though several eyewitnesses have identified Holder as the shooter, making it unlikely the absence and silence of other witnesses will do much damage to a powerful prosecution case.
The defense has acknowledged that Holder shot Hussle, but says there was no premeditation and he is not guilty of first-degree murder.
Prosecutors have just one more witness before they rest their case, and the jury could have it soon.
“Unless Rimpau gets picked up,” McKinney said after court.
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New survey results published Tuesday by the Kaiser Family Foundation indicate that 43% of parents of children under 5 in the US say they will not get their child vaccinated against Covid-19, the highest percentage in the year that KFF's Vaccine Monitor survey has been asking the question.
According to the KFF data, only 17% of parents of children between 6 months and 5 years old say their child has been vaccinated or will be as soon as possible. Another 27% say they will wait and see how well the shots work in other kids, and 13% said they will vaccinate their child only if required to do so for school or child care.
Although the percentage of parents unwilling to vaccinate children in this age group is high, it is not much lower in other age groups. According to the survey, 37% of parents of a child 5 to 11 and 28% of parents of a child 12 to 17 say they will not get them vaccinated against Covid-19.
Parents' responses varied significantly when broken down by partisanship and vaccination status. Just 21% of Democrat-leaning parents said they would not vaccinate their young child, compared with 64% of Republican-leaning parents. The survey found 27% of vaccinated parents said they would not vaccinate their child, compared with 64% of unvaccinated parents.
Concerns over side effects
"Concerns over the safety of the vaccines and potential side effects are widespread among parents of unvaccinated children ages 6 months through 4 years old," the report's authors wrote.
More than 8 in 10 parents of unvaccinated young children said they were concerned about serious side effects and about unknown long-term effects. Majorities of vaccinated parents of unvaccinated children also had these concerns.
While concerns about long-term effects and side effects were common across demographic lines, white parents reported fewer logistical concerns around vaccinating their young children. More than 4 in 10 Black parents expressed concern over taking time off work for vaccination, and 45% of Hispanic parents said they were concerned about getting their child vaccinated from a trusted provider.
Interest in vaccine education
The survey data also shows room for improvement on vaccine education and a possible opportunity to get unvaccinated children vaccinated. More than half of parents of young children said they felt that government information around vaccinating their child was confusing. Nearly 40% of parents of unvaccinated children said they did not have enough information on where to find a vaccine.
"Across income groups, a majority of parents with household incomes of at least $90,000 say they think the information from federal health agencies about vaccinating children under 5 is clear, while majorities of those with lower incomes say it is confusing," the authors said.
One-time vaccination clinics were popular for adult vaccinations, but many parents of unvaccinated children are considering vaccination alongside regular medical appointments.
"Most parents of children under five newly eligible for the vaccine say they have not spoken to their pediatricians or other health care provider about the vaccine for their child," the authors wrote, and most of those parents say they will have that discussion at their child's next visit.
The US Department of Health and Human Services recommends that infants and young children see a physician at 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 24 months, 30 months, 3 years and 4 years old.
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Truck drives straight through family’s home in Illinois
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. (WLS) – A couple was in another room when a truck drove straight through their home outside Chicago and then through the other side.
By the look and sound of it, a neighbor thinks the driver might not have even tapped the brakes when it happened Friday.
“It was strange because there wasn’t any screeching, no squealing, no honking,” said neighbor Mickey Bravo.
In the seconds the pickup tore through their living room, the couple who lives there were in the basement.
“Had they seen what happened, they probably wouldn’t be here,” Bravo said.
Rescuers said the male driver suffered a medical incident, and a passenger also was treated. The truck showed every sign of an impact they did not expect.
The front and back wall of the home were no longer standing.
Bravo said the couple who lives there were surprisingly calm – potentially in shock when he offered help.
“This I imagine shook them to their core probably,” he said.
The structure of the house is too shaken and damaged for anyone to live inside and will need serious repairs.
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LOS ANGELES, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Other Side of Things is an inclusive film created by talents from the U.S., Latin America, and Armenia. Premiering this Sunday, June 12th at renowned film festival Dances With Films in Hollywood at 4:45pm, the new short touches on immigrant struggles and the power of love and family, leaving audiences feeling hopeful for a better world.
Inspired by the dogged determination of its characters, The Other Side of Things is directed by, and stars esteemed Latino actor Guillermo Ivan (Vantage Point, Rumba Love). It is written, produced and co-stars famed multicultural actress, Zair Montes.
"My hope is that other Latinas will be inspired to find their own empowerment by watching the main character," says Zair Montes. "But more importantly, I want kids, the future generations, to know they can overcome any obstacle if they believe it in their hearts."
The film follows a single Latina mom, who, after being evicted and forced to live in her car with her 7-year-old son, Andrew (played by Jake Krihkori), will do whatever it takes to fulfill her child's dream of getting on a jet and becoming a pilot — even if that means turning her own car into a "jet."
At its core, The Other Side of Things is an immigrant story portraying racial differences and the ways immigrants can be seen as outsiders. Beyond that, it conveys the important message that the American dream is still alive, no matter what your current circumstances are.
The arc of Andrew gives children a sense of hope, inviting them to believe in their dreams wholeheartedly. In today's social media-driven world, rife with bullying, The Other Side of Things provides aspirations of resilience and encouragement that it's possible for new generations to break free from class restrictions. Furthermore, it portrays a message that your current socioeconomic status doesn't determine your future.
Produced in cooperation with Golden Ceiba Productions, Jet 1 Cup, and the Krihkoris, the project is an official 2022 Dances With Films selection.
"We are honored that our beloved short was selected for Dances With Films' 25th anniversary," says Associate Producer, Ani Krihkori. "My son, Jake, plays the young lead and my other two children also have roles, so I am a very proud mama!"
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3-year-old girl dies after being run over by mom in driveway, police say
Published: Aug. 1, 2022 at 11:38 AM CDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
FOUNTAIN, Colo. (KKTV/Gray News) – A 3-year-old girl died Sunday after she was hit by a car in the driveway of a home near Colorado Springs, police said.
According to Colorado State Patrol, the child’s mother was behind the wheel.
Troopers responded to the home Sunday morning for reports of a child being run over by a car. When they arrived, they found the child critically injured.
The girl was rushed to the hospital but died from her injuries.
The driver was identified as a 27-year-old woman, but her name was not released. Troopers are still investigating what happened but said they do not believe drugs or alcohol were involved.
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Baconton Charter's Landan Jones slides headfirst into home plate for the Blazers' first run in Game 2. Jones reached on an error, stole second and third, then scored on a wild pitch.
BACONTON — The Emanuel County Institute Bulldogs rode into Baconton Friday as the No. 4 seed out of Region 3-A and left headed to the Sweet 16 after knocking off Region 1-A champion Baconton Charter on their home field by taking the doubleheader 3-1 and 6-2.
The Bulldogs (15-10) took the win with strong pitching that allowed only one hit in Game 1 and three hits in Game 2. The Blazers had a chance in the sixth with bases loaded and no outs in the nightcap, but a new relief pitcher entered the game and shut down the Blazer (19-6) rally.
Will Worsham doubled in a run in the bottom of the third inning of Game 1 to put the Baconton Charter Blazers ahead 1-0, The Bulldogs tied the game 1-1 in the top of the fifth without getting a hit. A walk and then an error put the ECI runner on third base and then he scored on a ground out. The Bulldog bats did get hot in the top of the sixth against Worsham. ECI put together three straight singles, then two walks and another single to push three runs across against the Baconton ace.
Worsham's third-inning double was Baconton's only hit of Game 1. Worsham took the loss on the mound, pitching 5 2/3 innings. He allowed four hits and three runs while striking out five and walking three.
After the tough loss in the opener, the Blazers went to bat first, and very early it looked like Baconton might be rolling early. The ECI pitcher Pearson walked the first two batters on eight straight pitches. He fixed things, however, and kept the Blazers scoreless until the third inning when Landan Jones got on base with an error by the pitcher, then stole second and third, then went home sliding headfirst into home plate on a wild pitch. The other Blazer run in Game 2 came on a walk. The Bulldogs had changed pitchers at the top of the inning and the first four Blazers walked. Lee Worsham, Landan Jones, Will Worsham and Bernardo Marquez-Cruz walked. The Blazers still had the bases loaded with no outs and ECI changed pitchers again and got out of the inning with no more runs scoring.
Baconton Charter knuckleballer Seth Gay took the loss on the mound for the Blazers. He gave up eight hits and six runs. He struck out two and walked two. Lee Worsham pitched 2 1/3 innings with no hits, runs or walks.
The losses end the season for the Blazers who finish with a 19-6 record. They won the region championship with a perfect 16-0 region record.
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Company to Service Maryland's Most Vulnerable Populations Providing Suicide Prevention and Crisis Aid
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DMI, a global digital transformation services company, today announced that the company has received a task order to manage the Maryland Department of Health's 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. This comes as the U.S. transitions the original 10-digit National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to 988 – an easy to remember, three-digit number providing around the clock crisis support.
DMI will be providing full support of 988, including:
- Standardization of call center operations
- Complaint resolution
- Quality improvement
- Data collection and analysis
- Program integration with other crisis services
- Technical implementation coordination
- Regional call center coordination
- 24x7x365 call, text, and chat coverage
- Public outreach and marketing
- Stakeholder and professional group outreach
- Coordination/diversion of 911 to 988
- Management of grant funding
- Compliance oversight
As part of President Joe Biden's strategy to address the nation's growing mental health crisis, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been working jointly to make crisis care more accessible to those in need. The Maryland 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is just one part of a more than $400 million investment from this administration to begin treating mental health as a priority.
Tracy Hobiena, general manager, state, local and education, DMI, said: "We live and breathe by our people-first, 'human at the core' approach. It is an honor to be entrusted with the critical 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, which will serve some of the state's most vulnerable residents in their time of need."
DMI is a global leader in digital strategy, design, transformation, and support services. We bring together an integrated set of industry and technology solutions that combine both public and private sector expertise to deliver human-centric innovation at scale. Born digital, DMI has been delivering secure, mission-critical technology solutions since 2002 for more than a hundred Fortune 1,000 enterprises, various state and local government agencies and all fifteen U.S. federal departments. DMI has grown to 2,100+ employees globally and has been continually recognized by top industry analysts as a market leader as well as named a Top Workplace in both regional and national categories. www.DMInc.com
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