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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FF Top Holding LLC (with its affiliates, "we" or "FF Top"), a significant stockholder of Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. ("Faraday Future" or the "Company"), announced today that it has filed a preliminary proxy statement (the "Preliminary Proxy Statement") in connection with a special meeting of stockholders (the "Special Meeting") called by the Company. The Special Meeting has been called in order to hold a stockholder vote on the removal of director and former chairman Brian Krolicki from the Company's board of directors (the "Board"). The Company announced the Special Meeting in its preliminary proxy statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on August 8, 2022. The date of the Special Meeting has not yet been announced.
In the Preliminary Proxy Statement, FF Top stated its belief that, despite Faraday Future's current financial and operational challenges, the Company is at an inflection point in the process of turning a promising concept into the mass production of a revolutionary electric vehicle, and that urgent changes are needed to deliver on this promise. FF Top further stated that it believes that these changes must begin with a Board that recognizes the magnitude and urgency of these challenges and is focused on developing a realistic and financially responsible plan to put the Company on a better path.
In the Preliminary Proxy Statement, FF Top stated its belief that, over the past year, Faraday Future's operational results have consistently fallen short of the goals the Company has set forth in its public filings, and that this situation is not improving. FF Top also stated its belief that this poor performance is due in significant part to the failings of Mr. Krolicki (who served as Board chairman until certain remedial measures were implemented in early 2022 as a result of an investigation carried out by a special committee of the Board), and the members of the Board with whom he has been aligned – Sue Swenson, Scott Vogel and Jordan Vogel. FF Top expressed its view that Mr. Krolicki has driven, supported or enabled Board decisions that evince poor leadership, disregard for the best interests of stockholders, failures of corporate governance, and a lack of financial prudence.
Additionally, FF Top expressed its view that Mr. Krolicki's prior experience in public finance and governmental relations is "out of step" with the Board's current need for directors that have the experience in private sector finance and complex legal and regulatory issues necessary to guide the Company forward.
FF Top requested that the Company call the Special Meeting to remove Mr. Krolicki pursuant to its rights under the Shareholder Agreement, entered into on July 21, 2021 between FF Top and the Company. The Shareholder Agreement provides FF Top with the right to nominate a specified number of directors to the Board (the "FF Top Designees"), the right to remove any FF Top Designee, and the exclusive right to nominate a replacement nominee to fill any vacancy arising from the removal or resignation of such FF Top Designee. The Shareholder Agreement further states that the Company must use its reasonable best efforts, to the fullest extent permitted by law, at any time and from time to time, to take all "Necessary Action" to facilitate the removal of such an FF Top Designee. Though Mr. Krolicki was appointed to the Board by FF Top as one of the initial "FF Top Designees" pursuant to the Shareholder Agreement, FF Top has since lost confidence in his ability to lead and grown increasingly concerned with his alignment with that subset of the Board it believes have driven the Company down its current failing path.
Faraday Future needs, and its stockholders deserve, a Board that is accountable, financially responsible, focused on the best interests of the Company and its stockholders, and that operates in accordance with corporate governance best practices.
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Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, regarding, among other things, our plans to distribute a definitive proxy statement.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities described herein in any state to any person. In addition, the discussions and opinions in this press release and the material contained herein are for general information only and are not intended to provide investment advice. All statements contained in this press release that are not clearly historical in nature or that necessarily depend on future events are "forward-looking statements," which are not guarantees of future performance or results, and the words "anticipate," "believe," "expect," "potential," "could," "opportunity," "estimate," and similar expressions are generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events except as otherwise required by law.
Additional Information and Where to Find It
This communication may be deemed to be solicitation material in respect of the proposed removal of Mr. Brian Krolicki from the Company's board of directors (the "Removal Proposal"). In connection with the Removal Proposal, we intend to file relevant materials with the SEC, including a definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A. STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING THE COMPANY'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND FF TOP'S DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT (IN EACH CASE WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE), BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE REMOVAL PROPOSAL.
Investors and security holders will be able to obtain the documents free of charge at the SEC's web site, http://www.sec.gov.
Participants in the Solicitation
FF Global Partners LLC ("FF Global"), Pacific Technology Holding LLC ("Pacific Technology") and FF Top Holding LLC may be deemed to be participants (the "Participants") in the solicitation of proxies from the holders of the Company's common stock in respect of the Removal Proposal.
FF Global is owned by its 19 members, including current and former employees and executives of the Company and is governed by a board of six managers who we refer to as the FF Global Managers. The vote of a majority of the FF Global Managers presents at a meeting of the FF Global Executive Committee (assuming a quorum exists) is required to approve certain actions of FF Global, including the voting and disposition of shares of the Company's common stock owned directly or indirectly by FF Global, and the voting of shares owned by other stockholders with respect to which FF Top Holding LLC holds irrevocable proxies and voting control. FF Global is the managing member of Pacific Technology, and Pacific Technology is the manager and indirect sole owner of FF Top Holding LLC.
As of the date of this press release, the Participants beneficially own (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) an aggregate of 117,705,569 shares of the Company's common stock, comprised of 64,000,588 shares of Class B Common Stock held directly by FF Top Holding LLC, 1,180,689 shares of Class A Common Stock held directly by Pacific Technology, and 53,704,981 shares of Class A Common Stock held by certain other stockholders of the Company with respect to which FF Global exercises voting control. As of the date hereof, based on 327,913,934 shares of Common Stock outstanding (as disclosed by the Company in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022), the Participants collectively beneficially own approximately 35.9% of the Company's outstanding common stock.
Investors may obtain additional information regarding the interests of the Participants by reading FF Top's filings with the SEC, including the Preliminary Proxy Statement and, when filed, our definitive proxy statement, and amendments thereto. The definitive proxy statement will be furnished to some or all of the Company's stockholders and will be, along with other relevant documents, available at no charge on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov/.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Megha Majumdar, whose novel “A Burning” was among the most talked about debuts of recent years, is among 10 recipients of a Whiting Award for emerging authors. Fiction writers Claire Boyles and Nana Nkweti, poets Ina Cariño and Anthony Cody and nonfiction writers Anaïs Duplan and Alexis Pauline Gumbs also will receive $50,000 each in prize money.
Others honored Wednesday at a Manhattan ceremony include fiction writer Rita Bullwinkel, poet Claire Schwartz and nonfiction writer Jesse McCarthy.
“As the world opens up, these brilliant writers open up our world,” said Courtney Hodell, director of Literary Programs for the Whiting Foundation. “From fresh cultural criticism, to poems of place and personhood and appetite, to fiction that brings surreal wit to compassionate portraits, their work is the spring thaw of the mind.”
The awards were established in 1985 and have previously gone to future literary stars such as Jonathan Franzen, Colson Whitehead and Tracy K. Smith. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/novelist-megha-majumdar-among-winners-of-whiting-award/ | 2022-04-07T06:21:49Z |
Primary results from the first frontline Phase 3 study of a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor in MCL to be presented as late-breaking data at the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting and also published in The New England Journal of Medicine
CHICAGO, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced primary results from the Phase 3 SHINE study (Abstract #7502), which demonstrated that the combination of once-daily oral IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) plus bendamustine-rituximab (BR) and rituximab maintenance significantly reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 25 percent compared to patients who received placebo plus BR and rituximab maintenance in patients aged 65 years or older with newly diagnosed mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).1 This study is one of the largest clinical trials ever conducted in first-line MCL and the first for a Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor (BTKi).1 The data are being presented in an oral session and featured in a press briefing during the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, and were published in The New England Journal of Medicine today. The data will also be presented as an oral presentation at the 2022 European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Congress.
MCL is a type of aggressive, rare non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that is incurable and difficult to treat.2 It commonly affects people over the age of 65, who typically cannot tolerate intensive chemoimmunotherapy and stem cell transplantation, resulting in poor clinical outcomes and contributing to the need to develop additional treatment options for these patients.2
"There is an urgent need to improve outcomes for older patients with MCL," said Michael L. Wang, M.D., Professor, Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and principal study investigator.‡ "Given the median progression-free survival of 6.7 years, the ibrutinib combination demonstrated the potential to be a first-line treatment in this population."
The Phase 3 SHINE (MCL3002) study (NCT01776840) – sponsored by Janssen Biotech, Inc., in collaboration with Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie Company – enrolled 523 patients aged 65 years or older with newly diagnosed MCL.1 All participants were randomly assigned to receive IMBRUVICA® (560 mg orally daily until progression or unacceptable toxicities) or placebo plus BR for a maximum of six 28-day cycles; participants with a complete response (CR) or partial response (PR) continued to receive maintenance therapy with rituximab every second cycle for a maximum of 12 additional doses.1 IMBRUVICA® or placebo was administered daily until progressive disease or unacceptable toxicity.1
The SHINE study met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS). Key findings from the Phase 3 SHINE study include:
- With a median follow-up of 84.7 months, the IMBRUVICA® plus BR and rituximab maintenance combination showed a statistically significant and clinically meaningful 2.3-year improvement in median PFS (6.7 years) vs. BR (4.4 years).1 This is a 50 percent improvement as compared to patients treated with BR and rituximab maintenance (stratified hazard ratio [HR]: 0.75, 95 percent confidence interval [CI], 0.59-0.96; p = 0.011).1
- Key secondary endpoints included: CR, time-to-next treatment (TTNT), overall survival (OS), and overall response rate (ORR).1
"More than eight years since its first FDA approval, IMBRUVICA has treated over 250,000 patients globally, fundamentally changing the treatment paradigm for complex B-cell malignancies," said Craig Tendler, M.D., Vice President, Late Development and Global Medical Affairs, Janssen Research & Development, LLC. "The Phase 3 SHINE study reinforces our continued commitment to the development of IMBRUVICA to provide meaningful differences and change outcomes for patients with B-cell malignancies where high unmet medical needs still remain."
The safety profile of the IMBRUVICA® plus BR regimen was consistent with known safety profiles of IMBRUVICA® as well as BR.1 Across all treated patients, the most common Grade 3/4 Adverse Events (AEs) ≥5 percent were neutropenia (IMBRUVICA® plus BR: 47.1 percent; BR: 48.1 percent), pneumonia (IMBRUVICA® plus BR: 20.1 percent; BR:14.2 percent), anemia (IMBRUVICA® plus BR: 15.4 percent; BR: 8.8 percent), thrombocytopenia (IMBRUVICA® plus BR: 12.7 percent; BR: 13.1 percent), rash (IMBRUVICA® plus BR: 12 percent; BR: 1.9 percent), and diarrhea (IMBRUVICA® plus BR: 6.9 percent; BR: 3.8 percent).1 Treatment-emergent AEs of clinical interest with BTKis included atrial fibrillation (AF) which was reported in 13.9 percent of patients in the IMBRUVICA® plus BR arm and 6.5 percent in the placebo arm; hypertension in 13.5 percent and 11.2 percent; major bleeding in 5.8 percent and 4.2 percent; any bleeding 42.9 percent and 21.5 percent; and arthralgia in 17.4 percent and 16.9 percent, respectively.1
IMBRUVICA® is currently approved globally for the treatment of adult patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) who have received at least one prior therapy.4 Within the U.S., this indication is approved under accelerated approval based on overall response rate (ORR). Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s).
About IMBRUVICA®
IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) is a once-daily oral medication that is jointly developed and commercialized by Janssen Biotech, Inc. and Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie company. IMBRUVICA® blocks the Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) protein, which is needed by normal and abnormal B cells, including specific cancer cells, to multiply and spread. By blocking BTK, IMBRUVICA® may help move abnormal B cells out of their nourishing environments and inhibits their proliferation.5,6,7
IMBRUVICA® is approved in more than 100 countries for at least one indication and has been used to treat more than 250,000 patients worldwide. There are more than 50 company-sponsored clinical trials, including 18 Phase 3 studies, with over 11 years evaluating the efficacy and safety of IMBRUVICA®.
IMBRUVICA® was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in November 2013, and today is indicated for adult patients in six disease areas, including five hematologic cancers. These include indications to treat adults with CLL/SLL with or without 17p deletion (del17p), and adults with Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (WM), and adult patients with previously treated mantle cell lymphoma (MCL)*, as well as to treat adult patients with previously treated marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) who require systemic therapy and have received at least one prior anti-CD20-based therapy†, and adult patients with previously treated chronic graft-versus-host disease (cGVHD) after failure of one or more lines of systemic therapy.4
†Accelerated approval was granted for MCL and MZL based on overall response rate. Continued approval for MCL and MZL may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in confirmatory trials.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®), recommends ibrutinib (IMBRUVICA®) as a preferred regimen for the initial treatment of CLL/SLL and has Category 1 treatment status for treatment-naïve patients without deletion 17p/TP53 mutation and as a preferred treatment for treatment-naïve patients with deletion 17p/TP53 mutation. The NCCN Guidelines also recommend IMBRUVICA®, with or without rituximab, as a preferred regimen for the treatment of relapsed/refractory MCL, as a Category 1 preferred regimen for both untreated and previously treated WM patients, and as a preferred regimen for relapsed/refractory MZL.7
For more information, visit www.IMBRUVICA.com.
IMBRUVICA® IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS
Hemorrhage: Fatal bleeding events have occurred in patients who received IMBRUVICA®. Major hemorrhage (≥ Grade 3, serious, or any central nervous system events; e.g., intracranial hemorrhage [including subdural hematoma], gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria, and post procedural hemorrhage) occurred in 4.2% of patients, with fatalities occurring in 0.4% of 2,838 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in 27 clinical trials. Bleeding events of any grade including bruising and petechiae occurred in 39%, and excluding bruising and petechiae occurred in 23% of patients who received IMBRUVICA®, respectively.
The mechanism for the bleeding events is not well understood.
Use of either anticoagulant or antiplatelet agents concomitantly with IMBRUVICA® increases the risk of major hemorrhage. Across clinical trials, 3.1% of 2,838 patients who received IMBRUVICA® without antiplatelet or anticoagulant therapy experienced major hemorrhage. The addition of antiplatelet therapy with or without anticoagulant therapy increased this percentage to 4.4%, and the addition of anticoagulant therapy with or without antiplatelet therapy increased this percentage to 6.1%. Consider the risks and benefits of anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy when co-administered with IMBRUVICA®. Monitor for signs and symptoms of bleeding.
Consider the benefit-risk of withholding IMBRUVICA® for at least 3 to 7 days pre- and post-surgery depending upon the type of surgery and the risk of bleeding.
Infections: Fatal and non-fatal infections (including bacterial, viral, or fungal) have occurred with IMBRUVICA® therapy. Grade 3 or greater infections occurred in 21% of 1,476 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials. Cases of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP) have occurred in patients treated with IMBRUVICA®. Consider prophylaxis according to standard of care in patients who are at increased risk for opportunistic infections. Monitor and evaluate patients for fever and infections and treat appropriately.
Cardiac Arrhythmias, Cardiac Failure and Sudden Death: Fatal and serious cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac failure have occurred with IMBRUVICA®. Deaths due to cardiac causes or sudden deaths occurred in 1% of 4,896 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials, including in patients who received IMBRUVICA® in unapproved monotherapy or combination regimens. These adverse reactions occurred in patients with and without preexisting hypertension or cardiac comorbidities. Patients with cardiac comorbidities may be at greater risk of these events.
Grade 3 or greater ventricular tachyarrhythmias were reported in 0.2%, Grade 3 or greater atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter were reported in 3.7%, and Grade 3 or greater cardiac failure was reported in 1.3% of 4,896 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials, including in patients who received IMBRUVICA® in unapproved monotherapy or combination regimens. These events have occurred particularly in patients with cardiac risk factors including hypertension and diabetes mellitus, a previous history of cardiac arrhythmias, and in patients with acute infections.
Evaluate cardiac history and function at baseline, and monitor patients for cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac function. Obtain further evaluation (e.g., ECG, echocardiogram) as indicated for patients who develop symptoms of arrhythmia (e.g., palpitations, lightheadedness, syncope, chest pain), new onset dyspnea, or other cardiovascular concerns. Manage cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac failure appropriately, follow dose modification guidelines, and consider the risks and benefits of continued IMBRUVICA® treatment.
Hypertension: Hypertension occurred in 19% of 1,476 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials. Grade 3 or greater hypertension occurred in 8% of patients. Based on data from 1,124 of these patients, the median time to onset was 5.9 months (range, 0.03 to 24 months). Monitor blood pressure in patients treated with IMBRUVICA®, initiate or adjust anti-hypertensive medication throughout treatment with IMBRUVICA® as appropriate, and follow dosage modification guidelines for Grade 3 or higher hypertension.
Cytopenias: In 645 patients with B-cell malignancies who received IMBRUVICA® as a single agent, grade 3 or 4 neutropenia occurred in 23% of patients, grade 3 or 4 thrombocytopenia in 8% and grade 3 or 4 anemia in 2.8%, based on laboratory measurements. Monitor complete blood counts monthly.
Second Primary Malignancies: Other malignancies (10%), including non-skin carcinomas (3.9%), occurred among the 1,476 patients who received IMBRUVICA® in clinical trials. The most frequent second primary malignancy was non-melanoma skin cancer (6%).
Tumor Lysis Syndrome: Tumor lysis syndrome has been infrequently reported with IMBRUVICA®. Assess the baseline risk (e.g., high tumor burden) and take appropriate precautions. Monitor patients closely and treat as appropriate.
Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: Based on findings in animals, IMBRUVICA® can cause fetal harm when administered to a pregnant woman. Advise pregnant women of the potential risk to a fetus. Advise females of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during treatment with IMBRUVICA® and for 1 month after the last dose. Advise males with female partners of reproductive potential to use effective contraception during the same time period.
ADVERSE REACTIONS
B-cell malignancies: The most common adverse reactions (≥30%) in patients with B-cell malignancies (MCL, CLL/SLL, WM and MZL) were thrombocytopenia (54.5%)*, diarrhea (43.8%), fatigue (39.1%), musculoskeletal pain (38.8%), neutropenia (38.6%)*, rash (35.8%), anemia (35.0%)*, and bruising (32.0%).
The most common Grade ≥ 3 adverse reactions (≥5%) in patients with B-cell malignancies (MCL, CLL/SLL, WM and MZL) were neutropenia (20.7%)*, thrombocytopenia (13.6%)*, pneumonia (8.2%), and hypertension (8.0%).
Approximately 9% (CLL/SLL), 14% (MCL), 14% (WM) and 10% (MZL) of patients had a dose reduction due to adverse reactions. Approximately 4-10% (CLL/SLL), 9% (MCL), and 7% (WM [5%] and MZL [13%]) of patients discontinued due to adverse reactions.
cGVHD: The most common adverse reactions (≥20%) in patients with cGVHD were fatigue (57%), bruising (40%), diarrhea (36%), thrombocytopenia (33%)*, muscle spasms (29%), stomatitis (29%), nausea (26%), hemorrhage (26%), anemia (24%)*, and pneumonia (21%).
The most common Grade 3 or higher adverse reactions (≥5%) reported in patients with cGVHD were pneumonia (14%), fatigue (12%), diarrhea (10%), neutropenia (10%)*, sepsis (10%), hypokalemia (7%), headache (5%), musculoskeletal pain (5%), and pyrexia (5%).
Twenty-four percent of patients receiving IMBRUVICA® in the cGVHD trial discontinued treatment due to adverse reactions. Adverse reactions leading to dose reduction occurred in 26% of patients.
*Treatment-emergent decreases (all grades) were based on laboratory measurements.
DRUG INTERACTIONS
CYP3A Inhibitors: Co-administration of IMBRUVICA® with strong or moderate CYP3A inhibitors may increase ibrutinib plasma concentrations. Increased ibrutinib concentrations may increase the risk of drug-related toxicity. Dose modifications of IMBRUVICA® are recommended when used concomitantly with posaconazole, voriconazole, and moderate CYP3A inhibitors. Avoid concomitant use of other strong CYP3A inhibitors. Interrupt IMBRUVICA® if strong inhibitors are used short-term (e.g., for ≤ 7 days). Avoid grapefruit and Seville oranges during IMBRUVICA® treatment, as these contain strong or moderate inhibitors of CYP3A. See dose modification guidelines in USPI sections 2.3 and 7.1.
CYP3A Inducers: Avoid coadministration with strong CYP3A inducers.
SPECIFIC POPULATIONS
Hepatic Impairment (based on Child-Pugh criteria): Avoid use of IMBRUVICA® in patients with severe hepatic impairment. In patients with mild or moderate impairment, reduce recommended IMBRUVICA® dose and monitor more frequently for adverse reactions of IMBRUVICA®.
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About the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
At Janssen, we're creating a future where disease is a thing of the past. We're the Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, working tirelessly to make that future a reality for patients everywhere by fighting sickness with science, improving access with ingenuity, and healing hopelessness with heart. We focus on areas of medicine where we can make the biggest difference: Cardiovascular, Metabolism, & Retina; Immunology; Infectious Diseases & Vaccines; Neuroscience; Oncology; and Pulmonary Hypertension.
Learn more at www.janssen.com. Follow us at @JanssenGlobal and @JanssenUS. Janssen Research & Development, LLC and Janssen Biotech, Inc. are part of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson.
‡Dr. Wang, M.D. has served as a consultant to Janssen; he has not been paid for any media work.
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding product development and the potential benefits and treatment impact of IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib). The reader is cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections of Janssen Research & Development, LLC or any of the other Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies and/or Johnson & Johnson. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: challenges and uncertainties inherent in product research and development, including the uncertainty of clinical success and of obtaining regulatory approvals; uncertainty of commercial success; manufacturing difficulties and delays; competition, including technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges to patents; product efficacy or safety concerns resulting in product recalls or regulatory action; changes in behavior and spending patterns of purchasers of health care products and services; changes to applicable laws and regulations, including global health care reforms; and trends toward health care cost containment. A further list and descriptions of these risks, uncertainties and other factors can be found in Johnson & Johnson's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022, including in the sections captioned "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Item 1A. Risk Factors," and in Johnson & Johnson's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of these filings are available online at www.sec.gov, www.jnj.com or on request from Johnson & Johnson. None of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies nor Johnson & Johnson undertakes to update any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events or developments.
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BEIJING, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cheetah Mobile Inc. (NYSE: CMCM) ("Cheetah Mobile" or the "Company"), a leading internet company, today announced that it filed its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 2022.
The annual report can be accessed on the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.cmcm.com or the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
About Cheetah Mobile Inc.
Cheetah Mobile is a leading internet company. It has attracted hundreds of millions of monthly active users through an array of internet products such as Clean Master, Security Master and several casual games. The Company provides advertising services to advertisers worldwide as well as value-added services including the sale of premium membership and in-app virtual items to its users. Cheetah Mobile is also committed to leveraging its cutting-edge artificial intelligence technologies to power its products and make the world smarter. It has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since May 2014.
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Wisconsin deputy not charged after new look at 2016 shooting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two court-appointed prosecutors declined Wednesday to charge a Wisconsin sheriff’s deputy in the 2016 fatal shooting of a man sleeping in a park, saying they didn’t believe they could defeat a self-defense argument.
The decision echoes a district attorney’s finding years ago that Joseph Mensah had acted in self-defense when he shot Jay Anderson Jr., one of three people he fatally shot over a five-year span.
Mensah was a Wauwatosa police officer at the time but has since become a Waukesha County deputy.
The special prosecutors, Milwaukee attorney Scott Hansen and La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke, spent months reviewing the case, consulting judges and attorneys and even conducting a mock trial with a jury and repeatedly found they couldn’t overcome the self-defense argument. Ethical considerations prevent prosecutors from charging cases they know they can’t prove beyond a reasonable doubt, Hansen said.
“We’re sorry there’s nothing we can do to help heal those wounds, but there isn’t and that’s our conclusion,” Hansen told Judge Glenn Yamahiro as Anderson’s family looked on from the courtroom’s gallery.
Mensah came upon Anderson, who was 25, sleeping in a car after hours in a Wauwatosa park in June 2016. Mensah said he fired after Anderson reached for a gun on the passenger seat, and Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm declined to charge Mensah later that year. Chisholm also chose not to charge Mensah in the deaths of either of the other two people he killed.
Anderson’s family disputed that Anderson had reached for the gun. Their attorney, Kimberly Motley, used a obscure legal maneuver similar to a grand jury inquiry to persuade Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Glenn Yamahiro that there was enough probable cause to support charging Mensah. I n December, he appointed Hansen and Gruenke as special prosecutors to review the case and file charges if they saw fit.
Motley argued Wednesday that Gruenke and Hansen were required by law to file charges since Yamahiro ruled enough probable cause existed to support a complaint.
“This law was put on the books... so that the courts could maintain this power to charge people... and protect people who are victims if the executive branch refuses and doesn’t do its basic job to protect victims,” Motley said.
Yamahiro said he believes the statutes required him only to find probable cause and launch a review. He said that self-defense is difficult to overcome and Hansen was right when he said prosecutors can’t ethically charge cases they know they can’t prove.
He sympathized with Anderson’s family but said he never thought a case against Mensah was a “a slam dunk.”
“I understand people are disappointed,” the judge said. “I am sorry from that perspective this is not a more satisfying outcome for them.”
Mensah joined the Wauwatosa Police Department in 2015. That year, he fatally shot Antonio Gonzales, who prosecutors said had refused to drop a sword. Mensah killed Anderson the following year. In 2020, he shot and killed 17-year-old Alvin Cole as Cole fled from police following a disturbance at a mall. Mensah said he fired because Cole pointed a gun at him. That shooting sparked months of protests.
In explaining his rationale for not charging Mensah in Cole’s death, Chisholm said evidence showed, among other things, that Cole fled from police carrying a stolen handgun, fired a shot while fleeing and refused police commands to drop the weapon.
Mensah is Black, as were Anderson and Cole. Gonzales identified as Native American.
Mensah resigned under pressure from the Wauwatosa Police Department in 2020 and joined the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras ("Petrobras") (NYSE: PBR) today announced the expiration and expiration date results of the previously announced cash tender offers (each, an "Offer" and collectively, the "Offers") by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Petrobras Global Finance B.V. ("PGF"), with respect to any and all of (i) its notes of the series set forth in the table below under the heading "Tender Group 1" and (ii) its notes of the series set forth in the table below under the heading "Tender Group 2." Tender Group 1 and Tender Group 2 are referred to herein individually as a "Tender Group" and collectively as the "Tender Groups." The notes for each Tender Group are referred to herein collectively as the "Notes."
The following tables set forth certain information about the Offers for each Tender Group, including the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted in such Offers, and the aggregate principal amount of Notes reflected in notices of guaranteed delivery delivered at or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below):
The Offers were made pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the offer to purchase dated April 5, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase" and, together with the accompanying notice of guaranteed delivery, the "Offer Documents").
The Offers expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 11, 2022 (the "Expiration Date"). The settlement date with respect to the Offers is expected to occur on April 14, 2022 (the "Settlement Date").
In order to be eligible to participate in the Offers, holders of Notes reflected in notices of guaranteed delivery received by PGF prior to the Expiration Date must deliver such Notes to PGF by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 13, 2022 (the "Guaranteed Delivery Date").
The purchase of all Notes validly tendered in the Offers with respect to Tender Group 1 would cause PGF to purchase an aggregate principal amount of Notes of Tender Group 1 that would result in an aggregate amount to be paid by PGF in excess of the maximum consideration for Tender Group 1 described in the Offer to Purchase. In order to accept for purchase all of the Notes in Tender Group 1 validly tendered, and all of the Notes reflected in notices of guaranteed delivery received by PGF, in each case on or prior to the Expiration Date, PGF is increasing the maximum consideration amount for Tender Group 1 set forth in the Offer to Purchase from U.S.$1.0 billion to U.S.$1,634,162,597.01. As a result, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, PGF has accepted for purchase all of the Notes in Tender Group 1 validly tendered, and expects to accept all of the Notes in Tender Group 1 for which PGF has received notices of guaranteed delivery and that are delivered on or prior to the Guaranteed Delivery Date.
On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, PGF has accepted for purchase all of the Notes in Tender Group 2 validly tendered, and expects to accept all of the Notes in Tender Group 2 for which PGF has received notices of guaranteed delivery and that are delivered on or prior to the Guaranteed Delivery Date.
The principal amount of Notes that will be purchased by PGF on the Settlement Date is subject to change based on deliveries of Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Offer to Purchase. A press release announcing the final results of the Offers is expected to be issued on or promptly after the Settlement Date.
The total cash payment to purchase Notes accepted and expected to be accepted in the Offers , excluding accrued and unpaid interest, will be approximately US$2.0 billion.
The exchange rates used to calculate the maximum consideration payable for each Tender Group were £1.3040 per US$1.00 and €1.0896 per US$1.00, the applicable exchange rates as of 11:00 a.m., New York City time on the Expiration Date, as reported on Bloomberg screen page "FXIP" under the heading "FX Rate vs. USD."
All conditions described in the Offer to Purchase that were to be satisfied or waived on or prior to the Expiration Date have been satisfied.
PGF engaged BNP Paribas Securities Corp. ("BNP PARIBAS"), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ("Citigroup"), HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. ("HSBC"), Mizuho Securities USA LLC ("Mizuho Securities"), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ("Morgan Stanley"), and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. ("Scotiabank" and together with BNP, Citi, HSBC, Mizuho and Morgan Stanley, the "Dealer Managers") to act as dealer managers with respect to the Offers. Global Bondholder Services Corporation acted as the depositary and information agent (the "Depositary") for the Offers.
This announcement is for informational purposes only, and does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities.
Any questions or requests for assistance regarding the Offers may be directed to BNP PARIBAS confirmation No. at +1 (212) 841-3059 or toll-free at +1 (888) 210-4358, Citigroup collect at +1 (212) 723-6106 or toll free at +1 (800) 558-3745, HSBC collect at +1 (212) 525-5552 or toll free at +1 (888) HSBC-4LM, Mizuho Securities collect at +1 (212) 205-7736 or toll free at +1 (866) 271-7403, Morgan Stanley collect at +1 (212) 761-1057 or toll free at +1 (800) 624-1808 and Scotiabank collect at +1 (212) 225-5501 or toll free at +1 (833) 498-1660. Requests for additional copies of the Offer Documents may be directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation at +1 (855) 654-2015 (toll-free) or +1 (212) 430-3774 (banks and brokers call). The Offer Documents can be accessed at the following link: https://www.gbsc-usa.com/Petrobras/.
The Offers were made solely pursuant to the Offer Documents. The Offer Documents have not been filed with, and have not been approved or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country. No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Offer Documents or any other documents related to the Offers, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary.
The communication of this announcement and any other documents or materials relating to the Offers is not being made and such documents and/or materials have not been approved by an authorized person for the purposes of Section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. This announcement and any such related documents and/or materials are for distribution only to persons who (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order"), (ii) are persons falling within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.") of the Order, (iii) are outside the United Kingdom, (iv) are members or creditors of certain bodies corporate as defined by or within Article 43(2) of the Order, or (v) are persons to whom an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000) in connection with the offer to purchase any securities may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons"). This announcement and any such related documents and/or materials are directed only at relevant persons and must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this press release and any such related documents and/or materials are available only to and will be engaged in only with relevant persons.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are information of a non-historical nature or which relate to future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. No assurance can be given that the transactions described herein will be consummated or as to the ultimate terms of any such transactions. Petrobras undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events or for any other reason.
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(The Hill) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in adolescents, paving the way to expand eligibility for the fourth shot available in the United States.
The two-dose regimen utilizes protein-based technology previously leveraged in vaccines to combat other viruses, offering an alternative for Americans skeptical of Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA technology.
Providers can begin administering the vaccine to people aged 12 through 17 after a sign off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has already authorized the vaccine’s use for adults. The two doses are given three weeks apart.
“Having more vaccine options for use in both adults and adolescents, like the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted will hopefully help increase vaccination rates, particularly as we prepare for ongoing surges of COVID-19 with the start of fall and the back-to-school season,” Novavax President Stanley Erck said in a statement.
“We hope that our vaccine, developed using an innovative approach to recombinant protein vaccine technology, may have a special role in adolescent vaccination based on parents’ and caregivers’ familiarity with protein-based vaccines used in other disease areas,” he added.
The FDA granted emergency use for adolescents after the company said its trial of 2,247 adolescents showed a primary efficacy of 78 percent.
But Novavax conducted the trial last year, when the Delta variant was predominantly circulating in the United States. The White House has continued urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted amid the spread of the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of omicron, but questions remain as to how the mutations could impact the vaccine’s efficacy.
The FDA authorized Novavax’s vaccine for adults last month, which was followed by the CDC’s blessing nearly a week later.
White House coronavirus response coordinator Ashish Jha said on Wednesday that regulators are expected to approve updated COVID-19 vaccine doses in “a few short weeks” for everyone over the age of 12. The shots are designed to target the two omicron subvariants currently circulating.
Novavax’s COVID-19 shot helps prevent severe illness by injecting the human body with doses that contain the coronavirus spike protein.
The company inputs genetic code that creates the spike protein into an insect virus, which replicates after infecting moth cells. The manufacturer then purifies and extracts the replicated spike proteins and injects them into humans.
The process only requires regular refrigeration, compared to Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines which require storage in colder temperatures. Those vaccines contain genetic instructions for human cells to create the spike protein and defend against future infections. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/fda-authorizes-novavax-covid-vaccine-for-adolescents/ | 2022-08-22T00:50:54Z |
Officer gives lost child piggyback ride as they search for family
SAVANNAH, Ga. (Gray News) – A police officer in Georgia is being praised for the compassion and care he showed a lost child.
Around 9 a.m. Friday, officers with the Savannah Police Department responded to a call about a lost child. The boy was able to describe to officers where he came from and the name of his caregiver.
While searching for his caregiver, officer Miles Lewis hoisted the boy on his back for a piggyback ride around the neighborhood.
The Savannah Police Department shared a photo of the two on Facebook, writing, “Thank you to Officer Lewis for keeping this child happy and smiling while they located his caregiver!”
Police found the boy’s caregiver, and he was safely returned.
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NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Oscar Health, Inc. ("Oscar" or the "Company") (NYSE: OSCR) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Oscar investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired Oscar Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
OSCR 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: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant SEP membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Oscar during the relevant time frame, you have until July 11, 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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SAN DIEGO, May 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Poseida Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSTX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure, today announced updates and financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
"2022 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the Company, as we work to demonstrate the differentiation of our CAR-T programs in the clinic and advance our wholly owned and partnered gene therapy programs towards IND-enabling studies," said Mark Gergen, Chief Executive Officer of Poseida. "We now have three clinical CAR-T programs recruiting and enrolling, including two allogeneic product candidates, P-MUC1C-ALLO1 and P-BCMA-ALLO1 for solid tumors and multiple myeloma, respectively, as well as our P-PSMA-101 autologous CAR-T program for metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer. As we and the industry navigate current market dynamics, we are focused on efficient resource utilization and prioritization, including our decision in the first quarter to reduce autologous manufacturing capacity as we focus on the emergence of our allogeneic CAR-T programs. Additionally, we are fortunate to be advancing our platform technologies with partners such as Takeda, and we continue to evaluate other partnership opportunities that may allow us to pursue more opportunities and get access to resources and non-dilutive capital."
CAR-T Programs
The Company currently has three ongoing CAR-T programs in the clinic. These include two allogeneic CAR-T programs progressing in Phase 1 clinical trials: P-BCMA-ALLO1, which is being evaluated in patients with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM), and P-MUC1C-ALLO1, which is being evaluated in a wide range of solid tumors derived from epithelial cells, including breast and ovarian cancers. These programs are moving forward with planned clinical data updates in each allogeneic program in the second half of 2022. The Company is also advancing its autologous P-PSMA-101 product candidate being developed to treat patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) in an ongoing Phase 1 dose escalation trial.
Gene Therapy Programs
The Company is advancing multiple gene therapy programs in liver-directed diseases, including its wholly owned P-OTC-101 program for the in vivo treatment of the urea cycle disease caused by congenital mutations in the ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) gene. The Company is currently determining the best path forward for this program and will update expected timing on program advancement once that evaluation is complete.
The Company is also advancing its P-FVIII-101 program partnered with Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Takeda), which is in development for the in vivo treatment of Hemophilia A. P-FVIII-101 utilizes piggyBac gene modification delivered via lipid nanoparticle and has demonstrated stable and sustained Factor VIII expression in animal models.
Revenues
Revenues were $1.4 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, consisting of revenue earned from the collaboration and license agreement with Takeda that the Company entered into in the fourth quarter of 2021, compared to no revenue for the same period in 2021.
Research and Development Expenses
Research and development expenses were $48.9 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, compared to $29.1 million for the same period in 2021. The increase was primarily related to a $8.1 million expense related to the Company's decision to discontinue future manufacturing at one of the Company's autologous contract manufacturers, as well as an increase in personnel expenses due to an increase in headcount, which included a $0.7 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, an increase in external costs related to the Company's clinical stage programs due to an increased number of clinical trials ongoing, including enrollment, manufacturing and license fees for the P-PSMA-101 Phase 1 clinical trial, the P-BCMA-ALLO1 Phase 1 clinical trial and P-MUC1C-ALLO1 Phase 1 clinical trial, and an increase in external costs related to the Company's preclinical stage programs.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses were $9.5 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022, compared to $8.4 million for the same period in 2021. The increase was primarily related to an increase in personnel expenses due to an increase in headcount, which included a $0.7 million increase in stock-based compensation expense.
Net Loss
Net loss was $58.1 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 compared to net loss of $38.3 million for the same period in 2021.
Cash Position
As of March 31, 2022, the Company's cash and cash equivalents balance was $183.5 million.
Poseida Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to utilizing our proprietary genetic engineering platform technologies to create next generation cell and gene therapeutics with the capacity to cure. We have discovered and are developing a broad portfolio of product candidates in a variety of indications based on our core proprietary platforms, including our non-viral piggyBac® DNA Delivery System, Cas-CLOVER™ Site-specific Gene Editing System and nanoparticle- and AAV-based gene delivery technologies. Our core platform technologies have utility, either alone or in combination, across many cell and gene therapeutic modalities and enable us to engineer our portfolio of product candidates that are designed to overcome the primary limitations of current generation cell and gene therapeutics. To learn more, visit www.poseida.com and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Statements contained in this press release regarding matters that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include statements regarding, among other things, the potential benefits of Poseida's technology platforms and product candidates, Poseida's plans and strategy with respect to developing its technologies and product candidates, Poseida's ability to prioritize and utilize its resources efficiently and expected benefits from any such prioritization, and anticipated timelines and milestones with respect to Poseida's development programs and manufacturing activities. Because such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based upon Poseida's current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, which include, without limitation, risks and uncertainties associated with development and regulatory approval of novel product candidates in the biopharmaceutical industry and the other risks described in Poseida's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Poseida undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by law.
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Hospitality brands now have even greater control over their Tripadvisor listings with added support for review monitoring and hotel-specific attributes.
NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc. (NYSE: YEXT), the Answers company, today announced the availability of new features for hospitality brands leveraging its Tripadvisor integration. The upgraded integration now supports more than 40 fields and allows hoteliers to add available options for recreation, dining, parking, and more.
The ability to manage such complete listings on Tripadvisor is currently unique to Yext, and of particular importance since, according to Yext customer data, location listings with more complete and optimized profiles receive 52% more clicks when compared against those that have fewer fields populated.
"Consumer preferences have changed. Travelers now rely on star ratings, customer reviews, business descriptions, property photos, amenities, and dozens of other data points before making any sort of informed decision," said Marc Ferrentino, President and Chief Operating Officer at Yext. "Hospitality brands that provide this level of detail will outperform their competitors every time. With Yext, it's never been easier for hoteliers to capture high-intent traffic from listings on Tripadvisor and hundreds of other places."
Yext syncs critical business information to more than 100 million location listings and pushes over a billion updates annually across the industry's largest network of direct integration partners, which includes platforms like Google, Amazon Alexa, Apple Maps, Facebook, and many others. Added support for hotel-specific attributes on Tripadvisor is the latest example of continued innovation that has propelled Yext to the top of G2's Local Listings Management category for eight consecutive quarters.
"We're excited to partner with Yext to give hospitality brands more control over their listings," said Andy Roebuck, Group Head, Content Solutions at Tripadvisor. "With an increased level of detail on profiles, hotels are more likely to be discovered and travelers can more confidently evaluate their options when planning any sort of trip. Ultimately, content is key to success and Yext represents a great way for businesses to achieve that success on Tripadvisor."
Read more about the integration updates and explore Yext's best-in-class Location Listings solution here.
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is the Answers company and is on a mission to empower every company in the world to provide authoritative answers to every question about their organization. Yext leverages AI to collect and organize a company's information and deliver it — in the form of answers — to customers, employees, and partners. Yext's Answers Platform works by pulling in information, organizing it into a Knowledge Graph and then delivering it via a set of platform services, including Listings, Search, Pages & Reviews. Brands like Verizon, Subway, and Marriott — as well as organizations like the U.S. State Department — trust Yext to radically improve their business and deliver perfect answers everywhere.
CONTACT: Gordon Knapp, pr@yext.com
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Questions raised on how unsupervised mental patient escapes from local hospital
By Ariel Mallory
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MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — The search for a mental health patient who escaped from a local hospital has ended.
John Harris Jr. was a patient at Altapointe under a court order, after being found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing a family member.
Sources tell FOX 10 News Harris was taken to USA Health on Hillcrest by ambulance for a medical emergency Monday.
After being there for several hours unsupervised they say he just walked out.
Harris was later found on Wednesday a short distance down the road at Ascension Providence.
Katrina Frazier with Mobile Police say Harris is the responsibility of Altapointe.
“They took him, Altapointe took him to USA,” Frazier said. “So they didn’t have a guard or anyone standing by and he just decided to walk out of the place.”
In a statement from Altapointe it reads,
“Monday morning we contacted EMS for the patient to be transported to University Hospital. Instead, EMS transported the patient to USA’s free-standing ED on Hillcrest. Our foremost concern is the safety and well-being of our patients. Our policies vary depending on the level of a patient’s care.”
According to court documents Harris has been under Altapointe’s care since 2008.
It says he was placed under their care after being found not guilty by reason of insanity for killing his father John Harris back in 2002.
Mobile Police officials say Harris will be transported back to Altapointe.
As of now, sources don’t know where he spent the nearly 48 hours he was missing.
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BEIJING, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: FFHL) ("Fuwei Films" or the "Company"), a manufacturer and distributor of high-quality BOPET plastic films in China, today announced that the Company will report its unaudited financial results for the first quarter of 2022 on Friday, June 24, 2022 after the close of the market.
About Fuwei Films
Fuwei Films conducts its business through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd. ("Shandong Fuwei"). Shandong Fuwei develops, manufactures and distributes high-quality plastic films using the biaxial oriented stretch technique, otherwise known as BOPET film (biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate). Fuwei's BOPET film is widely used for packaging food, medicine, cosmetics, tobacco, and alcohol, as well as in the imaging, electronics, and magnetic products industries.
Safe Harbor
This press release contains information that constitutes forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and are subject to risks. Risk factors that could contribute to such differences include those matters more fully disclosed in the Company's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission which, among other things, include the significant oversupply of BOPET films resulting from the rapid growth of the Chinese BOPET industry capacity, changes in the international market and trade barriers, especially the uncertainty of the antidumping investigation and imposition of an anti-dumping duty on imports of the BOPET films originating from the People's Republic of China ("China") conducted by certain countries; uncertainty around coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, potential delisting of our ordinary shares under the Holding Foreign Company Affordable Act if the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board is unable to inspect our auditors located in China, uncertainty around U.S.-China trade war and its effect on the Company's operation, fluctuations of the RMB exchange rate, and our ability to obtain adequate financing for our planned capital expenditure requirements; uncertainty as to our ability to continuously develop new BOPET film products and keep up with changes in BOPET film technology; risks associated with possible defects and errors in our products; uncertainty as to our ability to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights; uncertainty as to our ability to attract and retain qualified executives and personnel; and uncertainty in acquiring raw materials on time and on acceptable terms, particularly in view of the volatility in the prices of petroleum products in recent years. The forward-looking information provided herein represents the Company's estimates as of the date of the press release, and subsequent events and developments may cause the Company's estimates to change. The Company specifically disclaims any obligation to update the forward-looking information in the future. Therefore, this forward-looking information should not be relied upon as representing the Company's estimates of its future financial performance as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release. Actual results of our operations may differ materially from information contained in the forward-looking statements as a result of the risk factors.
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Rainn Wilson relishes in the macabre and paranormal
By Marianne Garvey
We all know Rainn Wilson is a gifted comedic actor. He’s also obsessed with the macabre, and loves his role as the host of “Radio Rental,” a fictional podcast that tells true stories from people about bizarre crimes or paranormal activity they’ve encountered.
These tales, often found by producers who are deep diving Reddit, are set inside the fictional world of Radio Rental, an 80’s video rental store run by an eccentric shopkeeper, Terry Carnation, played by Wilson. He says he approaches Carnation from a comedic standpoint, but that the stories are in fact very real and extremely bone chilling.
“Terry Carnation is the kind of character that introduces these kind of specific, mysterious, supernatural stories,” Wilson says. “And I had been wanting to do this character and work on this character for a while.”
The third season of the podcast is currently being released, with Wilson calling each episode “good old fashioned storytelling.”
“It’s just like radio theater. It’s just human voices, some sound effects and creating a whole world,” he says.
Wilson says people love that the stories are true.
“These stories really happen,” he says, adding, “There are ghost stories, there’s supernatural stories. There are alien encounters. There are coincidences that are so spooky. You can’t even believe them. There’s people that have been stalked. There’s the supernatural and otherworldly stories and they’re all the much scarier because they really actually happen to people.”
Wilson recalls one story from season one that has stuck with him since he heard it. “This family, they moved into a new house and there was like a mysterious little girl that would come out of the woods, play with the person, but then it turns out that the little girl didn’t exist,” he says.
He believes it too.
“I believe every last person telling these stories and when you hear their voices and how they recount it,” he says, “It isn’t like some drunken bar at 2 a.m., people trying to outdo each other and make up circumstances. This actually happened to these folks.”
He’s still playing a comedic character, though, in spite of the dark subject matter.
“He is a character like you would see in sketch comedy, he’s a late night re radio DJ. He’s very self important. He’s very, kind of caught up in the sound of his own voice,” he says. “So this is comedy. This is just using comedy to introduce the supernatural, which I think has a nice effect. I mean, it works for the Crypt Keeper (from ‘Tales From the Crypt’), it worked for Vincent Price. It worked for Elvira, and now it works for Terry Carnation.”
“Radio Rental” streams on Apple Podcasts and wherever podcasts are available.
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Warren introduced Ohio State’s Ryan Day at Big Ten media day, the final coach to take the stage at the two-day event, and the two men exchanged a hearty hug and smiles before posing for a photo.
“I want to congratulate Commissioner Warren on a great couple of months leading this conference into the future,” Day said Wednesday as he began his 15 minutes at the podium to talk about the Buckeyes.
A little less than two years since Warren was pilloried inside and out of the Big Ten for the conference’s decision to postpone the fall football season because of the pandemic, the 58-year-old is now sitting atop an expanding empire that has never been more powerful.
Earlier this month the Big Ten announced Southern California and UCLA will join the conference in 2024. In the coming weeks, Warren and the Big Ten are expected to unveil the conference’s new media rights deal that could be worth $1 billion annually.
To put it in sports terms, Warren’s comeback has been more impressive than Ohio State erasing a 14-point deficit to beat Utah in the Rose Bowl.
Given the opportunity to spike the ball at Lucas Oil Stadium this week and revel in the redemption of his reputation, Warren took a pass.
“The moment that you use any energy to distract from the energy that you need to accomplish your goal, it can have negative ramifications on it,” Warren told the AP. “So I have to stay in the moment.”
Warren’s hiring in 2019 to replace Jim Delany was a surprise inside the industry. The lawyer and former longtime executive with the Minnesota Vikings with no experience working in college sports was an unorthodox choice at a time when there was so much change on the horizon.
Then the pandemic hit and any chance Warren had to grow into the job went away. He immediately needed to shift into managing an unprecedented crisis while still getting to know the university leaders he works for and the athletic directors he works with.
On Aug. 10, 2020, the Big Ten announced it would not play football in the fall. The decision was made on majority vote by the league’s presidents and chancellors, but Warren became the target for critics. None louder than in Columbus, Ohio, home of the Buckeyes.
Infuriated fans, disgruntled parents of players and frustrated coaches and athletic directors who disagreed with the decision questioned Warren’s fitness for the job.
And some people did much worse.
Warren said he received death threats that forced him to hire security and change the way he traveled to ensure his family would be safe.
Warren said he looks back on that decision without regrets, but also concedes some of the criticism of his leadership was valid.
“I think he’s really learned that working across the board with the presidents and the chancellors and the athletic directors and faculty athletic reps, how vitally important that is in this business,” Maryland athletic director Damon Evans said.
Eventually, the conference reversed its decision in the fall of 2020 and played an abbreviated season that put Ohio State in the national championship game.
“This a tough job to start with,” said former Wisconsin coach and athletic director Barry Alvarez, who now works in an advisory role to Warren on Big Ten football. “To get through that, I don’t care who would have been there, it would have been a difficult situation. I just think Kevin’s a grinder.”
As pandemic problems receded, Warren was able to turn his attention to the business of putting his stamp on the Big Ten.
No business for a college sports conference is bigger than its media rights contract.
While the television deal was always set up to be a win for Warren, the addition of USC and UCLA from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten was a lighting strike few saw coming. One that will reshape the landscape of college sports — Warren’s legacy.
But just as Warren was not solely responsible for the 2020 postponement, adding a West Coast wing of the Big Ten was not one man’s vision and execution.
The realignment will also be a boon to Fox, already the Big Ten’s main television partner and expected to gain a greater stake in the conference in the upcoming deal.
Warren said the people he respects as leaders, from Rev. Martin Luther King to CEOs such as Richard Davis and Shelly Ibach, hold a common belief that he tries to live by.
“One, not only do they do they never take credit, but truly in their heart, they never believe that they deserve the credit. And that’s how I believe,” Warren said. “And I think the true leaders, the great leaders, actually want to take the blame. They don’t want others around them to take the blame.”
Warren said Day’s complimentary words were appreciated, but also significant.
“It shows that we’re a unified front,” Warren said. “And I’ll admit, I didn’t have that.”
“I think that the thing that I’m probably most pleased about is that I think people are starting to really understand that when the Big Ten is unified, we are a dominant, powerful force in college athletics. And we’re a powerful and dominant force in all of athletics.”
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Women say the college ignored harassment, failed to pay overtime and retaliated against them for telling the truth
TALLADEGA, Ala., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Three employees filed a federal lawsuit against Talladega College this week charging, among other things, that the college routinely failed to pay them overtime and subjected them to a hostile work environment rife with sexual harassment, degradation, and fear. The women are represented by Artur Davis (HKM Employment Attorneys) and Arnold Lizana (Law Offices of Arnold J Lizana III).
Filed Thursday in the Northern District of Alabama, the lawsuit reveals a disturbing account complete with alcohol-fueled parties, unwanted sexual advances, and a culture of silence where the three women, employed as housekeepers, lived in fear for their jobs and their safety while supervisors turned a blind eye or retaliated against anyone who complained.
"These women worked in an atmosphere of exploitation and intimidation when they were simply trying to earn money to survive," said Davis who confirms they are also filing charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). "Our grandmothers told these kinds of stories and they have no place in today's workforce."
Among the examples outlined in the lawsuit is harassment by a state inmate working at the college as part of a work release program. Though the women notified their superiors of the behavior, which included everything from profanity, propositions, and threats to unwanted groping and fondling, they were either ignored or told to "stop griping." The lawsuit alleges that supervisors and senior executives were made aware of the harassment complaints, but never informed Talladega's Title IX Coordinator, the official responsible for investigating sexual harassment on campus.
When one of the women complained to the Alabama Department of Corrections and Attorney General's Office out of fear for her safety, she was disciplined by the college and banned from campus.
"By its actions, Talladega College is essentially telling women on that campus that it doesn't matter how many times you're groped, propositioned, or threatened, they're not going to do anything about it," said Lizana. "They're saying that you're not even allowed to call law enforcement and, if you do, they'll punish you."
"That's not just immoral. It's illegal."
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DALLAS, May 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CECO Environmental Corp. (Nasdaq: CECE) ("CECO"), a leading environmentally-focused, diversified industrial company whose solutions protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, announced today it has published its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance ("ESG") report.
The ESG report is a deeper look into how CECO helps customers meet or exceed environmental regulations and CECO's own sustainability impact. The report goes in-depth into CECO's sustainability efforts from 2018-2020 and includes key milestones from 2021.
Highlights include:
- Reduced energy consumption in manufacturing facilities over the last three years, down 51 percent, and invested in recycling programs across office and manufacturing operations.
- Took measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by replacing diesel trucks with compressed natural gas vehicles and shifting employees to a flexible or virtual work environment.
- Set goals to strengthen diversity, equity, and inclusion ("DEI") commitments and expanded job postings to appeal and attract a more diverse pool of candidates.
"CECO recognizes that as a company, we have a responsibility to reduce our own impact on the environment as well as lead in developing solutions to address global environmental challenges for our customers," said Todd Gleason, CECO Chief Executive Officer. "We are proud to publish our inaugural ESG report that details our efforts not only to help businesses across the globe provide cleaner water and reduce air and noise pollution, but also to show how we are doing our part as a company to be better stewards of the environment. A few weeks ago we celebrated Earth Day but I would suggest that for CECO, every day is Earth Day as we strive to make a positive impact on the world around us."
Added Gleason: "CECO's mission and values have long empowered employees and partners to embrace the central tenets of ESG and what it represents. While we are early in our formal ESG journey, it has already strengthened our resolve to make a positive impact."
For more information about CECO's efforts around ESG, please visit https://www.cecoenviro.com/esg/.
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CECO Environmental is a global leader in industrial air quality and water treatment solutions serving a broad landscape of industrial and other niche markets. Providing innovative technology and application expertise, CECO helps companies grow their business with safe, clean, and more efficient solutions that help protect our shared environment. In regions around the world, CECO works to improve air quality, optimize the energy value chain, and provide custom Engineered Systems for applications including power generation, petrochemical processing, general industrial, refining, midstream oil and gas, electric vehicle production, poly silicon fabrication, battery recycling, beverage can, and water/wastewater treatment along with a wide range of other applications. CECO is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CECE." For more information, please visit www.cecoenviro.com.
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James Caan, Oscar nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82
(AP) - James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as both the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died. He was 82.
His manager Matt DelPiano said he died on Wednesday. No cause was given.
“Jimmy was one of the greatest. Not only was he one of the best actors our business has ever seen, he was funny, loyal, caring and beloved,” DelPiano said. “Our relationship was always friendship before business. I will miss him dearly and am proud to have worked with him all these years.”
A football player at Michigan State University and a practical joker on production sets, Caan was a grinning, handsome performer with an athlete’s swagger and muscular build. He managed a long career despite drug problems, outbursts of temper and minor brushes with the law.
Caan had been a favorite of Francis Ford Coppola since the 1960s, when Coppola cast him for the lead in “Rain People.” He was primed for a featured role in “The Godfather” as Sonny, the No. 1 enforcer and eldest son of Mafia boss Vito Corleone.
Sonny Corleone, a violent and reckless man who conducted many killings, met his own end in one of the most jarring movie scenes in history. For decades after, he once said, strangers would approach him on the street and jokingly warn him to stay clear of toll roads.
Despite Coppola’s fears he had made a flop, the 1972 release was an enormous critical and commercial success and brought supporting actor Oscar nominations for Caan, Duvall and Al Pacino.
Caan was already a star on television, breaking through in the 1971 TV movie “Brian’s Song,” an emotional drama about Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, who had died of cancer the year before at age 26.
After “Brian’s Song” and “The Godfather,” he was one of Hollywood’s busiest actors, appearing in “Hide in Plain Sight” (which he also directed), “Funny Lady” (opposite Barbra Streisand), “The Killer Elite” and Neil Simon’s “Chapter Two,” among others. He also made a brief appearance in a flashback sequence in “The Godfather, Part II.”
But by the early 1980s he began to sour on films. He had begun to struggle with drug use and was devastated by the 1981 leukemia death of his sister, Barbara, who until then had been a guiding force in his career.
He returned to full-fledged stardom opposite Kathy Bates in “Misery” in 1990.
Once again in demand, Caan starred in “For the Boys” with Bette Midler in 1991 as part of a song-and-dance team entertaining U.S. soldiers during World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars. The following year he played a tongue-in-cheek version of Sonny Corleone in the comedy “Honeymoon in Vegas.”
Other later films included “Flesh and Bone,” “Bottle Rocket” and “Mickey Blue Eyes.” He introduced himself to a new generation playing Walter, the workaholic, stone-faced father of Buddy’s Will Ferrell in “Elf.”
Married and divorced four times, Caan had a daughter, Tara, and sons Scott, Alexander, James and Jacob.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MongoDB, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDB) today announced it will report its second quarter fiscal year 2023 financial results for the three months ended July 31, 2022, after the U.S. financial markets close on Wednesday, August 31, 2022.
In conjunction with this announcement, MongoDB will host a conference call on Wednesday, August 31, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss the Company's financial results and business outlook. A live webcast of the call will be available on the "Investor Relations" page of the Company's website at http://investors.mongodb.com. To access the call by phone, please go to this link (registration link), and you will be provided with dial in details. To avoid delays, we encourage participants to dial into the conference call fifteen minutes ahead of the scheduled start time. A replay of the webcast will also be available for a limited time at http://investors.mongodb.com.
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MongoDB is the leading modern, general purpose database platform empowering innovators to create, transform, and disrupt industries by unleashing the power of software and data. Headquartered in New York, MongoDB has more than 33,000 customers in over 100 countries. The MongoDB database platform has been downloaded over 240 million times and there have been more than 1.5 million registrations for MongoDB University courses.
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LONDON (AP) — WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reappointed to a second five-year term on Tuesday by the U.N. health agency’s member countries.
No other candidate challenged Tedros for the post amid the ongoing difficulties of responding to the devastating coronavirus pandemic.
“This is overwhelming,” Tedros said, after another World Health Organization official asked everyone in the room to stand and applaud him. Fighting back tears, Tedros described himself as “a child of war” after signing the contract for his extension. He said that after witnessing his younger brother’s death at an early age, it was “luck (that) brought me all the way here.”
Tedros, a former government minister from Ethiopia, has directed WHO throughout its management of the global response to COVID-19 and withstood occasionally withering criticism over its multiple missteps. He is the first African to lead the agency and the only director-general not qualified as a medical doctor.
He is also the first WHO leader not to be supported by their home country; Ethiopia has previously accused Tedros of “ misconduct ” after his sharp criticism of the war and humanitarian crisis there and raised concerns about his leadership on Tuesday.
Under Tedros, the U.N. health agency failed to call out countries including China for blunders that WHO officials grumbled about privately, advised against mask-wearing for months, and said initially that the coronavirus wasn’t likely to mutate rapidly. Scientists drafted by WHO to investigate the coronavirus’ origins in China said the critical probe was “ stalled ” last year, after issuing a report that even Tedros acknowledged had prematurely ruled out the possibility of a laboratory leak.
“There have been some mishaps, but Tedros has also been a steady voice throughout the pandemic, advocating for an equitable response,” said Javier Guzman, director of global health policy at the Center for Global Development in Washington.
He said despite reservations about Tedros’ leadership, some countries weren’t willing to push for change.
“We are in the middle of the pandemic and there is some pressure for consistent leadership to take us through this difficult moment,” Guzman said.
Tedros has frequently railed against rich countries for hoarding the world’s limited supply of vaccines and insisted that pharmaceuticals aren’t doing enough to make their medicines available to the poor. Amid the near-universal focus on Ukraine after the Russian invasion, Tedros slammed the global community for not doing enough to solve crises elsewhere, including Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, arguing that it was possibly because those suffering weren’t white.
Still, critics say Tedros has failed on some fundamental issues, like holding staff accountable after allegations that dozens of outbreak workers managed by WHO sexually abused young women in Congo during an Ebola outbreak that began in 2018, in one of the biggest sex scandals in U.N. history. None of the senior WHO managers alerted to the abuse allegations and who did little to stop the exploitation, have been fired.
In January, The Associated Press reported that staffers in WHO’s Western Pacific office filed an internal complaint accusing regional director Dr. Takeshi Kasai of abusive, racist and other misconduct, undermining efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19. In response, Tedros said an investigation into the allegations had been launched and promised to act “with urgency.”
But last week, several WHO staffers wrote to the agency’s Executive Board complaining that Kasai “has been able to continue his unethical, abusive and racist conduct without any form of restriction.” In an email to staff, Kasai disputed the charges.
Public health expert Guzman said the apparent culture of impunity at WHO was problematic.
“We do need to see a stronger (WHO) director-general going forward, where misconduct is not tolerated,” he said, calling for extensive reforms to make the agency accountable.
As Tedros begins his second term, some experts have also raised concerns that WHO isn’t fulfilling its primary role as a technical agency providing science-based guidance to countries.
Dr. David Tomlinson, a cardiologist who has campaigned for better protective equipment for health workers in Britain’s health system, says he has been appalled by WHO advice, most notably their reluctance to acknowledge that COVID-19 is widely spread in the air. In July 2020, more than 230 scientists published a paper appealing to WHO to recognize the coronavirus was airborne; that later prompted the organization to alter some of its recommendations.
Tomlinson and others say Tedros should ensure WHO’s top priority during future health emergencies is evaluating the science.
“They have perpetuated untruths that have ultimately led to the deaths of millions of people,” he said, citing the estimated 15 million people who have died during the pandemic. “We need an agency that’s unafraid to tell the truth, but that’s unfortunately not what we have.”
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FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) — Elevator manufacturer Otis Worldwide Corp. announced Monday it is reevaluating its future in Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
In an earnings conference call with industry analysts, Otis Chief Executive Judith Marks said the company was disheartened by the conflict’s escalation and is exploring “alternatives for our Russia business that are in the best interests of all of our stakeholders.”
“We have growing concerns about the long-term sustainability of Otis’ operations in Russia, especially with mounting regulations and supply chain disruptions,” as well assanctions against Moscow, she said.
The West has moved to cut off Russia’s access to its foreign reserves, limit imports of key technologies and take other restrictive actions. More than 300 companies have pulled out, and international supply chains have largely shut down after container company Maersk, UPS, DHL and other transportation firms exited Russia.
Marks said Otis would exclude Russia from its financial results and forecasts for the time being.
She said Otis is now “evaluating the best ownership structure for the business, whether that’s with us or somewhere else.”
The Farmington, Connecticut-based company said its operations in Russia represented approximately 2% of its 2021 revenue, based mostly on new equipment sales.
“We remain hopeful for return to peace and stability in the region and we will continue to contribute to the ongoing relief and humanitarian efforts necessary for those most impacted by this crisis,” Marks added.
In March, Otis announced it would not take new elevator and escalator orders in Russia and not make new investments in the country “for the time being.” | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/otis-elevators-rethinks-business-in-russia-over-ukraine-war/ | 2022-04-25T23:04:45Z |
New software powerhouse solves big, complex problems across subscription management, revenue automation, finance digitalization, and compliance
LONDON, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aptitude Software, a specialist provider of subscription management, revenue automation, finance digitalization, and compliance software solutions has unveiled a bold new corporate rebrand that brings to life the company's ability to see possibility in businesses' growing complexity. The rebrand comes in response to the 2021 acquisition of MPP Global, accelerated company growth, and expansion into new product areas and industries.
The new brand identity captures the fresh sense of purpose, energy, and enthusiasm across the enlarged organization and reflects the Group's product strategy of expanding on its capabilities to automate complex finance functions and support continued global growth across a broad range of sectors.
As well as expanding its product portfolio, Aptitude has significantly increased its client base and rapidly grown market share. Jeremy Suddards, Chief Executive Officer of Aptitude Software, states, "The acquisition of the subscription management specialists, MPP Global, gave us the perfect opportunity to rethink our brand." He continues, "At Aptitude, we're problem solvers and innovators and unravelling the intricate webs of finance, revenue, subscriptions, and compliance is our lifeblood. Our teams excel in finding solutions that give customers the clarity, confidence, and control to help them succeed. Where other businesses see complexity, we at Aptitude see possibility."
After a detailed research project that included interviewing a cross section of clients, partners, and key stakeholders, Aptitude revealed their new proposition, 'We make the complex beautiful,' in reference to the complex problems clients bring to the organization and Aptitude's ability to deliver innovative, best-of-breed solutions.
"One of the key things to come out of the research was how passionate our people are - we literally love what we do. Our organization is now made up of over 500 unique, diverse, global team members and each one of them is key to our success. They truly go above and beyond for every client and it's this human element that we wanted to see come through in our new brand."
The new branding will be rolled out over the coming weeks, with an updated website and several exciting exhibitions across the globe over the next few months.
At Aptitude, we love complexity and for enterprise organizations, finding the joy in this complexity can be the difference between the mundane and the magnificent. Our software solutions help companies address the complexities of finance digitalization, subscription management, compliance, and revenue automation, providing the clarity, confidence, and control needed to drive growth. At Aptitude, we make the complex beautiful.
Our global client base includes some of the world's largest companies including Aviva, sky, T-Mobile, and NBCUniversal. Aptitude Software is an operating company of Aptitude Software Group plc. For more information, please visit https://www.aptitudesoftware.com
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NEW YORK, April 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Cerence Inc. (NASDAQ: CRNC) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: February 8, 2021 to February 4, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: April 26, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Cerence Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the global semiconductor shortage had a materially negative impact on demand for Cerence's software licenses; (2) defendants masked the impact of the semiconductor shortage on demand for the Company's software licenses by pulling forward sales; and (3) as a result of the above, defendants' statements about Cerence's business, operations, and prospects were false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Cerence Inc. you have until April 26, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Cerence Inc. 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 CRNC lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/cerence-inc-loss-submission-form?id=26288&from=4.
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NASA will launch a mission that will both fly by Venus and descend through its harsh atmosphere in 2029. Called DAVINCI, the Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry and Imaging mission will be the first to study Venus through both flybys and descent.
The spacecraft is expected to explore the layered Venusian atmosphere and reach its surface by June 2031. The DAVINCI mission will be able to capture data about Venus that scientists have been eager to measure since the early 1980s.
Only two NASA missions have previously visited the second planet from our sun -- Pioneer in 1978 and Magellan in the early '90s.
The DAVINCI spacecraft will essentially serve as a flying chemistry lab that can measure different aspects of Venus' atmosphere and climate and take the first descent images of the planet's highlands. The mission's instruments will also be able to map the Venusian surface and detect the composition of Venus' mountainlike highlands.
These features, called "tesserae," may be similar to continents on Earth, which means Venus may have plate tectonics, according to NASA scientists.
"This ensemble of chemistry, environmental, and descent imaging data will paint a picture of the layered Venus atmosphere and how it interacts with the surface in the mountains of Alpha Regio, which is twice the size of Texas," said Jim Garvin, DAVINCI principal investigator from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, in a statement.
"These measurements will allow us to evaluate historical aspects of the atmosphere as well as detect special rock types at the surface such as granites while also looking for tell-tale landscape features that could tell us about erosion or other formational processes."
The initiative would also investigate the possibility of an ocean in Venus' past by measuring gases and components of water in the deepest part of the atmosphere. Venus may have been the first habitable world in our solar system, including an ocean and climate similar to Earth -- but something happened to turn it into a planet with temperatures hot enough to melt lead.
Venus likely maintained stable temperatures and hosted liquid water for billions of years before an event triggered drastic changes in the planet, according to a 2019 study. The study author, physical scientist Michael Way at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Science in New York City, also coauthored a 2016 study about climate and oceans on Venus in its past.
Now, Venus is a mostly dead planet with a toxic atmosphere 90 times thicker than that of our home planet and surface temperatures that reach 864 degrees Fahrenheit (462 degrees Celsius).
As DAVINCI flies by Venus several times, it will use two instruments to study the clouds and map the highlands from orbit. Then, it will drop a descent probe carrying five instruments all the way to the surface.
The descent will take about an hour and a heat shield will be used to protect the probe until it's about 42 miles (67 kilometers) above the surface. Then, it will jettison the shield to sample and analyze atmospheric gases. The descent probe will also capture hundreds of images once it clears Venus' clouds 100,000 feet (30,500 meters) above the surface.
"The probe will touch-down in the Alpha Regio mountains but is not required to operate once it lands, as all of the required science data will be taken before reaching the surface," said Stephanie Getty, deputy principal investigator from Goddard, in a statement. "If we survive the touchdown at about 25 miles per hour (11 meters/second), we could have up to 17-18 minutes of operations on the surface under ideal conditions."
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of One Medical ("One Medical" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ONEM) in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company by Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). Under the terms of the merger agreement, the Company's shareholders will receive $18.00 in cash for each share of One Medical common stock owned. The transaction is valued at approximately $3.9 billion.
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Set to open in 2026, the 250-room hotel will be an exceptional resort-style retreat located in one of China's most dynamic and historically rich destinations.
TORONTO, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading luxury hospitality company, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts and esteemed Chinese development firm, Spring Garden Company Limited, a subsidiary of Vanzhong Group, announce plans for the upcoming Four Seasons Hotel Xi'an.
"Xi'an is a dynamic destination known for its history, culture and incredible growth grounded in the city's flourishing tourism and technology sectors," says Bart Carnahan, President, Global Business Development and Portfolio Management, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts. "We are thrilled to continue expanding Four Seasons footprint in China alongside our partners at Vanzhong Group. This exceptional new hotel will offer guests a luxury respite in the bustling city of Xi'an that effortlessly meets the needs of today's business and leisure travellers."
Once a former imperial capital of China and start of the ancient Silk Road, the rich history and culture of Xi'an can now be seen through its UNESCO World Heritage-protected temples, pagodas and relics. As one of China's most industrialized cities and now dubbed the "Digital Silk Road" as a result, Xi'an's impressive plans for growth can be attributed to the concentrated focus on specialized technology by the extensive list of domestic and Fortune 500 companies that have established operations in the city.
"A resort-style hotel set within a thriving city-centre will be the first of its kind for Xi'an and its visitors," says Wuliang Li, Chairman, Vanzhong Group. "In a city with such a rich history and leading commerce ecosystem, welcoming Four Seasons and their curated luxury hospitality offering to Xi'an will serve to further ignite the bright future that lies ahead."
Four Seasons Hotel Xi'an has an anticipated opening date in 2026. Distinguished by an expansive landscape within an otherwise high-rise and bustling metropolitan setting, the new-build Hotel will feature 250 luxurious guestrooms and suites as part of a mixed-use development project.
Local guests and international travellers alike will enjoy a collection of fine dining options that include two restaurants, a lobby bar and a rooftop bar overlooking Muta Temple Relics Park. Several private dining rooms, two ballrooms as well as flexible meeting and event spaces will be available to suit the needs of gatherings big and small.
For those looking to refresh and relax, the Hotel will feature a well-appointed spa, salon, indoor and outdoor pools, as well as open-air space dedicated to exercise and Tai chi. Younger guests can explore and play in the complimentary Kids For All Seasons program.
An abundance of historic exploration awaits the millions of travellers visiting Xi'an each year. Future Four Seasons guests will be able to immerse themselves in the city's well-preserved imperial museums, the majestic ancient city wall and renowned Terracotta Warriors Museum. Four Seasons Hotel Xi'an will be adjacent to Muta Temple Relics Park which is celebrated for the famous Muta Temple that once occupied the land (603 A.D.) during the prosperous Sui and Tang Dynasties. Tang Dynasty Wall Relics Park is also a short walk from the Hotel where preserved relics proudly celebrate Tang culture, poems, music and calligraphy throughout.
Four Seasons Hotel Xi'an will be located approximately 45 minutes by car from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport where there are flights from countless international and domestic destinations. The Hotel will also be accessible via high-speed rail and train for those travelling from destinations within China.
Four Seasons Hotel Xi'an will join a growing collection of Four Seasons properties in China which currently include Four Seasons Hotel Beijing, Four Seasons Hotel Guangzhou, Four Seasons Hotel Hangzhou At West Lake, Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong, Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip, Four Seasons Hotel Shenzhen, Four Seasons Hotel Tianjin and the upcoming Four Seasons Hotel Dalian.
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Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts opened its first hotel in 1961, and since that time has been dedicated to perfecting the travel experience through continual innovation and the highest standards of hospitality. Currently operating 124 hotels and resorts, and 50 residential properties in major city centres and resort destinations in 47 countries, and with more than 50 projects under planning or development, Four Seasons consistently ranks among the world's best hotels and most prestigious brands in reader polls, traveller reviews and industry awards. For more information and reservations, visit fourseasons.com. For the latest news, visit press.fourseasons.com and follow @FourSeasonsPR on Twitter.
Founded in 2008, Vanzhong Group is dedicated to the pursuit of product excellence and leading trends in design. Today, Vanzhong Group has established a collection of businesses that include Vanzhong education, luxury hotels, commercial business that comprehensively integrates diversified formats such as the arts and ecological parks to created elevated environments.
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Ratepayer advocates seek protections in offshore wind case
By SARAH RANKIN
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — State regulators considering whether to approve Dominion Energy Virginia’s plans for a nearly $10 billion offshore wind farm are being asked to consider extra protections to shield customers from possible cost overruns and other project risks. No party to the regulatory proceeding is asking that the State Corporation Commission reject outright the planned 176-turbine project off the coast of Virginia Beach. But attorneys representing the interests of the utility’s customers and environmental groups have sought to make the case that because of the project’s enormous cost and complexity, commissioners should consider various protections, such as a cost cap or independent monitor. An evidentiary hearing in the case opened Tuesday. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/05/17/ratepayer-advocates-seek-protections-in-offshore-wind-case/ | 2022-05-18T01:43:03Z |
TOKYO, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WealthPark Co., Ltd. (hereinafter "WealthPark") is pleased to announce that its research arm WealthPark Lab has released the white paper -- WealthPark Global Residential PropTech Study 2022 Vol.1. This white paper, available in English and Japanese, covers global residential real estate technology trends.
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- Introduction of "WealthPark Global Residential PropTech Study"
This white paper describes trends in technology companies in the area of residential real estate (PropTech companies) as part of WealthPark's ongoing research on global technology trends and technology companies.
"The biggest wealth in the world" and "The latest information technology." WealthPark believes that where these two intersect, there will be affluence and happiness for people and society. At the intersection of these two, residential PropTech companies are there around the world, although their names are still unknown to the general public. WealthPark is committed to keeping a close eye on the residential PropTech industry as a whole, as well as on small startups, to capture the seeds of change that will take place in the world in the years to come.
WealthPark hopes that the report will be of help to various people who are working for the enrichment and happiness of people and society.
For "WealthPark Global Residential PropTech Study 2022 Vol.1," click here to download: https://wealth-park.com/en/business/download/wpl-wp001-en/
Table of Contents
- Introduction ("Welcome to Our Study")
- Residential PropTech Trends
- SPAC Spotlight
- Five Key Business Segments
- Venture Funding of the Industry
- Snapshots of 10 Highlighted Companies
- Residential PropTech Market Map
About WealthPark Lab:
https://kyodonewsprwire.jp/prwfile/release/M107023/202204150019/_prw_PA4fl_m7hu1RH3.pdf
About Kay (Kosuke) Kato, President and Investment Evangelist, WealthPark Lab:
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Passing of Colors marks departure of USAG-Fort Riley CSM Speichert
FORT RILEY, Kan. (WIBW) - The US Army Garrison Fort Riley marked the departure of a senior advisor Wednesday morning.
The post held a relinquishment of responsibility ceremony, for CSM Timothy Speichert.
Speichert is headed to Indiana to serve as Brigade Command Sergeant Major at Camp Atterbury, he says he will always value his time at Fort Riley.
“We like to say that Fort Riley is the best place to live, train, deploy from, come home to, and retire. I heard this the day I arrived here back in 2020 and it’s absolutely true today. This place is a gem, it’s a place that unless you live and work here, you really never understand how much this is one of the Army’s best kept secrets.” US Army Garrison Fort Riley CSM Timothy Speichert says.
CSM Speichert arrived at Fort Riley in 2020.
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TORONTO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuula, a fintech company focused on providing small businesses the tools and the capital they need to succeed, today announced an initiative to help small business owners improve their overall mental and physical well-being. In partnership with Walnut, Nuula's new wellness feature gives small business owners access to life insurance, plus meditation programs and online fitness classes, all for as little as $9/month.
Nuula's focus on the entrepreneur's well-being, in addition to business performance, was driven by insights into how personal stress is affecting small business owners, especially with the pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A recent Capital One survey found that 45% of small business owners report that running a business during the pandemic has had a negative impact on their mental well-being, and 42% say they are currently experiencing burnout or have experienced it within the past month.
"For a small business owner and entrepreneur, work and life are inextricably linked, which is why it is so important to provide support for both," said Mark Ruddock, CEO at Nuula. "Nuula is taking a new approach to small business financial services by focusing not only on the needs of the business but also on the needs of the small business owner."
Nuula's new health and wellness feature offers access to guided meditation, sleep guides, and mental focus programs through Headspace Plus and online fitness programs through ClassPass Digital. The programs are paired with $10k-$50k of Life Insurance to give small business owners peace of mind. The new feature sits atop of Nuula's existing portfolio of small business tools, including financial health tracking, cash-flow forecasting, 24/7 credit monitoring, as well as updates on rating and reviews, all available in the Nuula app.
"Nuula is taking a forward-looking approach to the needs of small businesses, by embedding tools that match the holistic needs of its customers," said Derek Szeto, Co-founder and CEO of Walnut. "Mental and physical health are paramount to entrepreneurial success. Walnut is proud to help Nuula empower business owners by allowing them to easily access health and wellness offerings within Nuula's existing ecosystem of critical financial tools."
Starting today, Nuula users can sign up for a health and wellness membership that includes group life insurance and subscriptions from ClassPass and Headspace.
About Nuula
Nuula is building the future of small business performance. Launched in 2021, Nuula is a financial services and technology company focused on serving the small to medium-sized business community. Nuula provides real-time data and analytics, allowing businesses to manage their finances, monitor their credit ratings and user reviews, and more. Nuula is an advocate of financial inclusivity and a proud partner to Kiva to create economic and social good. To learn more about Nuula, visit www.nuula.com
About Walnut
Founded in 2020, Walnut is a Canadian and US insurtech that has built infrastructure to enable multiple lines of embedded insurance for brokers, employers, and financial services coupled with value added benefits from international brands. Walnut's platform makes insurance simple and convenient – creating greater accessibility for underserved audiences. Learn more about Walnut at www.gowalnut.com/businesses.
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For every pack of Huggies® Diapers purchased at a Walgreens store or online at Walgreens.com this August, Huggies® will donate a day's worth of diapers to the National Diaper Bank Network, up to 1 million diapers.
NEENAH, Wis., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This August, for the sixth consecutive year, Kimberly-Clark's North American Huggies® Brand and Walgreens are coming together to raise awareness of diaper need in the United States, supporting those struggling with providing diapers for their children. One in three1 families in the U.S. experience diaper need and are unable to provide enough diapers to help keep their child's skin clean, dry and healthy.
For the entire month of August, Huggies® and Walgreens are encouraging people across the country to help support this important cause. For every pack of Huggies® Diapers purchased at a Walgreens store or online at Walgreens.com this August, Huggies® will donate a day's worth2 of diapers to the National Diaper Bank Network – up to one million diapers. Since 2011, Huggies® and the National Diaper Bank Network have helped provide more than 300 million diapers to those in need.
"When a baby doesn't have access to clean diapers, they're exposed to potential health risks, which is the driving force behind this important collaboration with Walgreens and The National Diaper Bank Network," said Robert Raines, Vice President of Marketing for Huggies® North America. "Many people don't realize how prevalent diaper need is in our country, and through this partnership, we will educate and encourage people to join us in supporting families to help babies and children thrive."
"In our pursuit of more joyful lives through better health, Walgreens is proud to team up with Huggies for the sixth consecutive year," said John Gremer, director of community affairs at Walgreens. "Driving awareness to diaper need in support of helping families across the local communities we serve is important."
Arin Wright – professional Chicago soccer player and mother of a two-year-old son – is partnering with Huggies® to help spread the word about the donation program with Walgreens and encourage her fans to participate in the giving. Wright isn't just a defender on the field – she has been a strong advocate for new parents facing challenges, such as maternity leave, balancing a career with parenthood, fertility services and daycare.
"There are so many things to think about when raising a child, and it pains me to know that so many families have to worry about not knowing if they'll have enough clean diapers today," said Wright. "I'll be buying my Huggies® at Walgreens this month to help generate donations to families in need, and I'll be asking my friends, teammates and family to do the same. I hope people across the country will join us on this important mission to help make sure more parents have access to clean diapers."
To support a family in need today, visit your local Walgreens or Walgreens.com to purchase your next pack of Huggies® diapers, now through the end of August. To learn more about Huggies® products and all that they do to support babies and families, please visit Huggies.com, and follow us @Huggies on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
About Huggies® Brand
For more than 40 years, Huggies® has been helping parents provide their babies with love, care, and reassurance. From developing innovative, everyday products for babies to partnering with NICU nurses to create special diapers and wipes for the most fragile babies, Huggies® is dedicated to helping ensure that all babies get the care they need to thrive. Huggies® is proud to be the founding sponsor of the National Diaper Bank Network, a nationwide nonprofit dedicated to eliminating diaper need in America since 2011. Huggies® is also the national sponsor of nonprofit Hand to Hold, which provides personalized support before, during, and after NICU stays and infant loss. For more information on product offerings or our community efforts, please visit Huggies.com.
About Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) and its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and an understanding of people's most essential needs, we create products that help individuals experience more of what's important to them. Our portfolio of brands, including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Sweety, Softex, Viva and WypAll, hold the No. 1 or No. 2 share position in 80 countries. We use sustainable practices that support a healthy planet, build stronger communities, and ensure our business thrives for decades to come. To keep up with the latest news and to learn more about the company's 150-year history of innovation, visit kimberly-clark.com.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) is included in the United States segment of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), a global leader in retail pharmacy. As America's most loved pharmacy, health and beauty company, Walgreens purpose is to champion the health and wellbeing of every community in America. Operating more than 9,000 retail locations across America, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Walgreens is proud to be a neighborhood health destination serving approximately 8 million customers each day. Walgreens pharmacists play a critical role in the U.S. healthcare system by providing a wide range of pharmacy and healthcare services. To best meet the needs of customers and patients, Walgreens offers a true omnichannel experience, with platforms bringing together physical and digital, supported by the latest technology to deliver high-quality products and services in local communities nationwide.
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CLEVELAND and BOSTON, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MPE Partners ("MPE" or "Morgenthaler Private Equity"), along with portfolio company DecoArt, LLC ("DecoArt") of Stanford, KY, announced the acquisition of Jack Richeson & Co., Inc. ("Jack Richeson" or the "Company") of Kimberly, WI. Jack Richeson is a leading manufacturer and distributor of artist materials, including easels, stretcher bars, artist colors, and paper products serving the fine art and education markets.
MPE and DecoArt partnered in the transaction with the Richeson family, who will remain in their roles as leaders of Jack Richeson. Nick Stender, Vice President at MPE, said, "Jack Richeson has developed a reputation for delivering high quality products that exceed customer expectations. We saw a great fit between DecoArt and Jack Richeson and believe their shared capabilities will accelerate the growth of the combined companies."
Joe Machado, Partner at MPE, added, "The acquisition is an excellent example of the value MPE's partnership with DecoArt has created, providing the capital required to make growth investments and the transaction expertise required to complete acquisitions. We are looking forward to partnering with the Jack Richeson team to execute on attractive growth opportunities."
Jonathan Kane, CEO of DecoArt, said, "Jack Richeson is a leader in the fine art and education markets. The Company has a strong brand name with a complementary product offering and will be a very welcome addition to the DecoArt family. We are looking forward to working together to support growth with the current customer base, target new customers, and enhance our product offerings with Jack Richeson's diverse product offering." Darren Richeson, President of Jack Richeson, added, "Jack Richeson has built a reputation of being a market leading supplier to its customers over the last four decades and Jack Richeson customers will see no changes in how we serve them. We look forward to partnering with DecoArt and MPE and leveraging their financial and operational resources to accelerate our growth."
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff served as legal counsel for DecoArt. Cornerstone Business Services acted as the investment banking advisor and DeWitt served as legal counsel to Jack Richeson. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
About Jack Richeson
Headquartered in Kimberly, WI, Jack Richeson is a leading manufacturer and distributor of artist materials, including easels, stretcher bars, artist colors, and paper products serving the fine art and education markets. For more information, please visit www.richesonart.com.
About DecoArt
Headquartered in Stanford, KY with an additional location in Lexington, KY, DecoArt is a leading manufacturer of paints and finishes for arts, crafts, and home decorating applications. For more information, please visit www.decoart.com.
About MPE Partners
MPE Partners ("MPE" or "Morgenthaler Private Equity") seeks to be the preferred partner for entrepreneur- and family-owned companies. Based in Cleveland, OH, and Boston, MA, MPE invests in profitable, lower middle market companies with transaction values up to $250 million. MPE has two primary target investment areas: high-value manufacturing and commercial & industrial services. For more information, please visit www.mpepartners.com.
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WASHINGTON, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Martin, Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will be the featured guest on the June 6 broadcast of "The Search for Accountability," which airs at 2:00 p.m. ET on Federal News Network 1500 AM, hosted by Michael Binder, Director of Graduate School USA's Government Audit Training Institute and Federal Financial Management programs.
"I'm excited to have a robust discussion with Mr. Martin to continue to help raise awareness of the good work that federal inspectors general do, and the key oversight they provide in pursuing integrity and public trust in government operations," said Binder.
Martin leads the NASA OIG's independent and objective audits, inspections and investigations of efficiency and effectiveness; and efforts to detect and prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. He previously served as Deputy Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice. From 2001 to 2003 he served as Counselor to the IG and Special Counsel to the IG. Before joining the DOJ OIG, Martin served 13 years at the U.S. Sentencing Commission, including 6 years as the Commission's Deputy Staff Director, upon its creation in 1985, helping develop the first set of federal sentencing guidelines.
Martin began his professional career as a reporter with the Greenville (S.C.) News. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from The Pennsylvania State University and a Juris Doctor for The Georgetown University Law Center.
"The Search for Accountability" features insightful conversations with a myriad of inspectors general, and each month, a different guest is on the program. This series, which airs most Mondays at 2:00 p.m. ET., is produced in a partnership between Graduate School USA and Federal News Network.
To listen to the broadcast live at 2 p.m. on June 6, visit: https://live.federalnewsnetwork.com/listen/ or tune in to 1500 AM radio. All recorded programs are available as podcasts at https://www.graduateschool.edu/OIGshow. For information about Graduate School USA's Auditing and Federal Financial Management courses, visit www.graduateschool.edu.
ABOUT GRADUATE SCHOOL USA (GSUSA)
Graduate School USA is a leading training provider to the federal workforce with an extensive portfolio of government agency customers. It serves the federal workforce through customized contract training (B2G) to federal agencies and through open enrollment (B2C) to government professionals. GSUSA is a wholly owned subsidiary of American Public Education, Inc. (Nasdaq: APEI) which educates the service minded student by providing career-focused higher education and career learning.
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New Platform Feature Allows Specialty Brands to Offer the On-Demand Premium Delivery Method
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quivers, the leading commerce platform for specialty brands and retailers, today announced the addition of White Glove Delivery (WGD) — the premium delivery method for products that require in-home delivery and setup, or special attention during shipping due to their size, weight or fragility.
Premium Delivery That Protects Against Consumer Doubts
Substantiated worries about damage during delivery, "porch piracy" and an inability to install specialty items often mean potential consumers don't pull the trigger on expensive online purchases. Quivers White Glove Delivery seeks to remedy this by providing specialty brands a premium delivery service they can offer through partnering fulfillers.
Brands offer WGD using their dealer network, meaning delivery is handled by specialist fulfillers whose staff are trained in how to handle the products and provide any necessary set-up or installation. Consumers can be given a variety of WGD delivery options, including in-home delivery, room-of-choice setup, on-site assembly and old item removal.
Flexibility is key: Brands can decide exactly what is and isn't offered as part of WGD delivery and have the power to only assign WGD as an option for selected, qualified fulfillers. They can set a distance limit for which retailers can be assigned an order and can edit the delivery policy on the Quivers platform to set the products, regions and price ranges where WGD is available.
"This latest addition to our platform brings us another step closer to being the central nervous system that allows specialty brands to provide the online and in-store shopping and fulfillment experiences required to be competitive in a rapidly changing commerce environment," said Ben Barenholtz, VP of Marketing for Quivers. "We sought feedback from our customers to see how we could make their lives easier, and we believe with White Glove Delivery we've really hit the ball out of the park," he added.
Effortless Set-Up & Integration
Simple to configure via the Quivers administrative portal, White Glove Delivery allows brands to select which partnering retailers (within adjustable parameters) are able to fulfill. By dictating which retailers can fulfill, brands guarantee fulfillment is handled by the specialists they trust.
The process is made easy for the consumer too: WGD will show up as a delivery option at checkout, the consumer can select that option, and an auto-assigned retailer will fulfill the order.
The new feature is the latest addition to the Quivers stack of distributed fulfillment solutions, which includes click-and-collect tools that let brands offer consumers the ability to purchase online and pickup in-store and curbside. The platform also includes advanced Ship-to-Store capabilities that allow brands to sell products online and offer in-store fulfillment of those products, beyond a retailer's current stocking position.
White Glove Delivery allows brands to:
- Offer an in-demand, premium delivery and setup service for specialty products.
- Put their trust in carefully selected fulfillers and their staff who are trained in the setup and assembly of their products.
- Minimize the risk of returns, damage, or theft by providing an expert service.
- Take control of how exactly they want to offer WGD to their consumers.
White Glove Delivery is now available to all Quivers' clients as part of the platform's growing suite of ecommerce and fulfillment solutions.
To learn more about Quivers' collaborative commerce platform for specialty brands and retailers, please visit https://www.quivers.com or request a demo.
About Quivers
Quivers is the leading commerce platform for specialty brands. Quivers provides specialty brands complete control of their commerce ecosystem—including retail partners, distributors, ambassadors, pro consumers, employees, marketplaces, and more. Quivers bridges the gap between online and offline shopping by offering specialty brands unique ecommerce features to drive performance while also powering the very best in local fulfillment for their consumers. Ultimately, Quivers helps brands create a better consumer experience, increase ecommerce sales, improve sell-in, reduce stock-outs, and ship faster and more efficiently, all while fostering a healthy B2B channel. For more information, please visit www.quivers.com.
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(iSeeCars) – One of the key factors to consider when purchasing an electric car is its long range capabilities. This is the maximum driving range an electric vehicle can go on a single charge. Although most of us don’t drive hundreds of miles every day and deplete a full charge, no one wants to worry about running out of juice and not being able to find a place to plug-in. This concern around this issues is such that the EPA includes estimated range figures in its fuel economy evaluations for electric cars, although what you achieve in real-world driving may vary. The constant expansion of the charging network makes it easier than ever to find a convenient charger, and the time it takes to fully charge an electric car is also improving. Electric vehicles also include infotainment systems with features that help make it easy to track your range and locate a charging station.
Gone are the days when there were only a few electric cars for sale. Today there are dozens of electric vehicles to choose from with a wide range of options from minimalist to luxurious. Electric car powertrains include single-motor options with front-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive and dual-motor options with all-wheel drive for slippery/snowy roads. Some electric cars have three electric motors for more advanced AWD capability, which delivers improved handling over FWD or RWD models. Whether you want a luxury sedan, hatchback, crossover, entry-level compact car, or even a pickup truck, there’s an electric vehicle with an incrreasingly long driving range out there for you. Here we break down the longest range electric cars you can buy both new and used along with pricing. We even take a peek at future electric cars due over the coming months and years.
New EVs with the Longest Range
There are some electric cars with very low ranges. These include the Mazda MX-30, which has only 100 miles of range and the MINI Hardtop 2-Door, which gets 114 miles on a full charge. These cars have smaller battery packs, which makes them a challenge if you’re planning a road trip. Most new electric vehicles, however, get over 200 miles of range per charge, with a wide spread of price points and maximum range figures so you don’t have to worry as much about finding a place to plug-in. Note that some electric cars have both standard range and long range batteries so you can get a range version that best suits your needs
Sitting at the top of the range list for new electric vehicles is the luxurious Lucid Air sedan. It starts at $139,000 with a range of up to 520 miles on a single charge. If you want something with a long range and the performance specs of a sports car, you can’t beat the Lucid Air. There’s also the luxurious Mercedes EQS sedan, which delivers a range of 350 miles. If you’re in the market for a truck, then the fullsize 320-mile Ford F-150 Lightning, or mid-size Rivian R1T with its 314 miles per charge, should be on your list. If a premiumg-branded full-size truck is more to your liking there’s the GMC Hummer, which gets 329 miles per charge. The Tesla Model X gets the top spot for an electric SUV with 348 miles of range while the more affordable Kia EV6 is the crossover with the longest range at 310 miles per charge. If you want more of a sports car with an electric motor and a long range, there’s the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric SUV with 300 miles of range per charge. Here’s the full breakdown of new electric cars and their ranges so you can avoid range anxiety.
Used EVs with the Longest Range
EVs are still newcomers to the automotive landscape, so the selection of used vehicles isn’t as strong. The smaller number of models in existence means there simply aren’t as many used electric cars on the market. Some of the models on our list of new electric vehicles just came out this year, meaning they haven’t had time to make their way to the used car marketplace. There’s also a notable lack of trucks since those are currently new models only. If you want an electric truck you’ll have to go with a new one or wait a bit for used models to make an appearance.
The Tesla Model 3 sedan has the longest range of used electric cars at 310 miles per charge. Tesla also comes out on top for SUVs with its Model X getting a maximum of 295 miles per charge. If it’s a crossover you’re after the Chevrolet Bolt EV with its 238 miles of range will get you further than the competition. While the selection of used electric vehicles is limited, you will save money by buying used as long as you don’t mind the limited number of choices. This can help you get a premium electric car at an entry-level price.
Future Electric Vehicles With Even Longer Ranges?
What about the future? Despite the small number of electric vehicles available compared to the wide range of gas-powered vehicles you can buy, options are increasing. Just one year ago there were no trucks, but today there are three. That number is set to increase with the introduction of the Chevrolet Silverado EV this spring with an impressive predicted range of up to 400 miles per charge. Cadillac is about to introduce its first EV, the Lyriq SUV, which is coming sometime later this year with a range of up to 300 miles.
If you want to go off-road you’ll want to look for the Jeep Wrangler EV, which is expected later this year with range figures under wraps. There will also be the Subaru Solterra crossover, which has all-wheel drive capability and an estimated range of over 220 miles. There are new electric vehicles coming from practically every automaker in every category over the coming years. If you don’t see what you want today, it won’t be long before the perfect electric vehicle for you makes its debut.
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PALO ALTO, Calif, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: EIGR), a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapies to treat and cure hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and other serious diseases, today announced that David Cory, President and CEO, will present a company overview at the H.C. Wainwright Global Investment Conference on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 10:30 AM ET in Miami, Florida. Eiger will also host one-on-one meetings with investors at the conference.
A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investors section of the Eiger BioPharmaceuticals website at www.eigerbio.com. A replay of the presentation will be available on the website for at least 90 days.
About Eiger
Eiger is a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of innovative therapies to treat and cure hepatitis delta virus (HDV) and other serious diseases. The Eiger HDV platform includes two first-in-class therapies in Phase 3 that target critical host processes involved in viral replication. Eiger is also developing peginterferon lambda as a therapeutic for COVID-19 and reported positive results from the investigator sponsored Phase 3 TOGETHER study.
All five Eiger rare disease programs have been granted FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation: lonafarnib and peginterferon lambda for HDV, Zokinvy for progeria, and avexitide for both congenital hyperinsulinism and post-bariatric hypoglycemia.
For additional information about Eiger and its clinical programs, please visit www.eigerbio.com.
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BAODING, China, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 9, HAVAL H6 HEV, equipped with GWM L.E.M.O.N. DHT, showed up at the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022, which is the first new energy model that GWM debuted in the South African market.
Outside the Cape Town Stadium, HAVAL H6 HEV attracted a lot of audiences attention. Some of them said that they like the exterior of the model and inquired about the configuration and the launch date.
"We hope to tap in the new energy market of South Africa with it, bringing our consumers a brand-new driving experience of new energy vehicles. Soon, HAVAL H6 HEV will be available in South Africa," said Conrad Groenewald, HAVAL South Africa Chief Operations Officer.
The model is equipped with GWM L.E.M.O.N. DHT, matched with a powertrain of a 1.5T engine and dual motors.
With intelligent switching of the control system, the model can reach a balance between power performance and fuel consumption in various scenarios. When driving on urban roads at a low speed, the vehicle can be driven in the EV or series mode to achieve a quick start and reduce fuel consumption.
This new energy model currently has been launched in Australia, Thailand, and other regions.
CarExpert, a famous Australian automobile media, commented after the test drive, "The HAVAL H6 HEV is a good hybrid SUV. It shuffles smartly between petrol and electric power to deliver a blend of performance and economy, and a surprising turn of speed when you need it."
As shown in the sales data released by the company, HAVAL H6 HEV has ranked top in Thailand's Class C SUV market for a total of 10 months since it had been launched as of the end of July this year.
The L.E.M.O.N. DHT is independently designed and developed by GWM, which has the advantages of being highly integrated, high-intelligent and high adaptability. Through an intelligent control system, it can automatically switch the driving modes, such as EV, parallel-series connection, series connection and energy recovery, based on the current driving scenarios.
This allows the vehicle to provide users with fuel-efficient driving experiences in urban conditions and powerful driving experiences at a high speed. The system can be equipped in both HEV and PHEV power architectures.
In August this year, GWM HAVAL officially announced that it has started an all-around transformation to the new energy track. The company plans to raise its sales proportion of new energy models to 80% by 2025.
HAVAL, backed by the GWM L.E.M.O.N. DHT, will produce more new energy SUVs for worldwide users, which not only can adapt to their using habits about fuel vehicles, but also relieve the anxiety of driving range and safety of the new energy vehicles.
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- More than $2.5 million in Foundation scholarships awarded since 2019
- Students eligible for $20,000 in grants each year for up to three years
CHICAGO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group Foundation today announced that 18 rising Black and Latinx students majoring in finance, technology and related fields at 11 partner colleges and universities in Illinois have been awarded $20,000 in scholarships each to further their education.
While many scholarship programs are aimed at helping freshmen start college, the CME Group Foundation Scholarship Program works to ensure that sophomores, juniors, and seniors can finish their four-year degrees. Winners can reapply for up to three years of support, for a total of $60,000 in financial assistance. Since its 2019 launch, this program has awarded more than $2.5 million in scholarships to 69 talented college students.
"CME Group Foundation is pleased to play a role in driving equitable growth opportunities for under-represented students in our state by providing financial assistance for high-quality education and career development opportunities," said Terry Duffy, CME Group Chairman & Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of CME Group Foundation. "This scholarship program can help our students earn college degrees debt-free, while simultaneously opening new possibilities to explore careers at CME Group and other world-class organizations."
"We are extremely proud to learn that 15 of the 35 CME Group Foundation Scholars for 2022 are UIC students," said University of Illinois Chicago Interim Chancellor Javier Reyes. "As one of the nation's most diverse public research universities, we are devoted to creating higher education opportunities for Black and Latino students. The CME Group Foundation scholarships and internship opportunities will open doors for underrepresented students and provide exposure to careers in finance, technology and related fields."
"Loyola is grateful for the CME Group Foundation's long-running support of the University and our students, including its partnership in the CME Group Foundation Business Analytics Lab in the Quinlan School of Business," said Margaret Callahan, Provost of Loyola University Chicago. "The Scholars program furthers Loyola's core mission by providing critical opportunities for Black and Latinx students in finance and analytics, and we are especially pleased to note that three Loyola Scholars who graduated in May are now working full time at CME Group."
On August 11, CME Group executives will host an annual Market Education Day on the financial services industry during which students can learn more about internship and career opportunities available at CME Group,
Scholarship partner colleges and universities include:
- DePaul University
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Loyola University Chicago
- National Louis University
- Northern Illinois University
- Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- Stevens Institute of Technology
- St. Xavier University
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Wilbur Wright College
New recipients of the CME Group Foundation Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year include:
- Azizat Balogun, University of Illinois Chicago
- Johnny Barrios, University of Illinois Chicago
- Nicole Beulah, DePaul University
- Emmanuel Buabeng, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Aiko Castrejon, University of Illinois Chicago
- Isaac Deleon, DePaul University
- Robert Denman, Loyola University Chicago
- Monica Guzman, University of Illinois Chicago
- Feisal Hassan, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Niya Hitch, DePaul University
- Klever Inga, University of Illinois Chicago
- Na'im Muhammad, Illinois Institute of Technology
- Noah Munoz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Emmanuella Nwokenkwo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Anthony Olavarria, University of Illinois Chicago
- Juan Rodriguez, University of Illinois Chicago
- Jacqueline Santiago, University of Illinois Chicago
- Gretel Trejo, University of Illinois Chicago
For more information on CME Group Foundation, visit www.cmegroupfoundation.org.
About CME Group Foundation
CME Group Foundation helps today's students keep pace with dramatically evolving technology, creating a workforce for the future that is equipped with the skills to meet tomorrow's global challenges. By bringing together the brightest minds in education to generate fresh approaches to early math, computer science, personalized learning, and college and career success, we are sparking system-wide change that benefits all students, from cradle to career, with a focus on those who are typically underrepresented in the STEM fields. They will shape the future of the world's most important industries, including our own, so we give them the tools they need to achieve their full potential.
About CME Group
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals. The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform. In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing.
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. (NASDAQ: MNMD), (NEO: MMED), (the "Company" or "MindMed"), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel products to treat brain health disorders, today announced that Robert Barrow, Chief Executive Officer and Director, will participate in the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference, to be held in New York, NY from June 8-10, 2022.
Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference
Format: In-person presentation and scheduled one-on-one investor meetings
Presentation Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
Time: 12:45 p.m. ET
Webcast Link: https://wsw.com/webcast/jeff240/mnmd/1841100
A replay of the webcast will be available in the "News & Media" section of MindMed's website for 90 days following each of the presentations.
MindMed is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel products to treat brain health disorders, with a particular focus on psychiatry, addiction, pain and neurology. Our mission is to be the global leader in the development and delivery of treatments that unlock new opportunities to improve patient outcomes. We are developing a pipeline of innovative drug candidates, with and without acute perceptual effects, targeting the serotonin, dopamine and acetylcholine systems.
MindMed trades on NASDAQ under the symbol MNMD and on the Canadian NEO Exchange under the symbol MMED.
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New Ad Campaign Highlights Individuality of the Kia Soul and Features DASK NFTs; 30-Second Spot Features Special QR Code Viewers Scan to Claim Unique Kia Soul NFTs
IRVINE, Calif., July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kia America is launching a new creative broadcast campaign highlighting the individuality of the all-new, 2023 Kia Soul, one of the brand's most iconic models. Debuting today, the 30-second spot features NFTs as talent and incorporates a unique QR code embedded into the creative. Powered by the Sweet NFT platform, when viewers scan the code with a smartphone, they can easily obtain one of 10,100 Kia-themed NFTs and it will be seamlessly deposited and stored in their own Sweet blockchain wallet.
Created by David&Goliath, Kia's creative agency of record, the campaign titled "Built for Whoever You Are" includes a 30-second spot which follows three of the most popular DASK NFT characters as they hop in a new 2023 Kia Soul and drive through city streets. Stopping at a burger stand for a midnight snack, the NFTs receive more than a few doubletakes as they make their way through the drive-through and pick up their order. The NFTs continue up a winding canyon road, where they improvise an elegant outdoor table and enjoy both their food and the view, making their experience uniquely their own. The NFTs are part of the DASK collection of NFTs, high-quality, 3D computer-generated collectibles with more than 150 handcrafted features.
"With its iconic style, endless adaptability, capability and advanced technology, Soul redefined the boxy small-car segment when it was first launched in 2009 and has steadily evolved to appeal to customers across generations with its edgy good looks, practicality, and efficiency," said Russell Wager, Vice President, marketing, Kia America. "The Soul is as individualistic as the NFTs are, and as a brand, Kia is always innovating to stay on the cutting edge."
The 10,100 Kia NFTs include special edition generative DASK + Kia themed NFTs. Each of these limited supply digital collectibles draws inspiration from both the details of the new 2023 Kia Soul and the DASK NFTs featured in the spot.
"With Kia, we want the work to be as innovative as the vehicles. So we thought, what if we could be the first to take a few NFTs for a ride? Living, breathing and of course driving, like never before," said Ben Purcell, chief creative officer, David&Goliath. "And who better to capture the multi-hyphenate Soul driver than the DASK skeletons who embrace individuality. Because after all, whoever you are, or where you come from, all that matters is that you have a soul."
This isn't Kia's first foray into Web3. In February, Sweet carried out an NFT launch with Kia America where the 'Robo-Dog' from Kia's Super Bowl ad spot was turned into a digital collectible with proceeds going to The Petfinder Foundation which helps shelter animals find their forever homes.
"We are truly proud to join forces again with such a recognizable brand to launch this unique collection for the general public," said Tom Mizzone, founder and CEO, Sweet. "Above all, it's a significant milestone for mass adoption since it marks the first NFT drop embedded into a national TV commercial. As such, it will be seen by millions of people, many of whom are experiencing the world of Web3 for the first time."
In Kia stores now, the 2023 Soul features refreshed design elements inside and out, including a simplified lineup, new smile-inducing colors, and two option packages brimming with technology and convenience.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia America continues to top automotive quality surveys and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands. Kia serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and offers a range of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and electrified vehicles sold through a network of over 750 dealers in the U.S., including several cars and SUVs proudly assembled in America.
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New York-based Sweet is a highly flexible, Non-Fungible Token (NFT) platform and marketplace used by top creators, sports, entertainment, and consumer brands worldwide. Sweet delivers immersive NFT programs driving revenue, consumer engagement, and gamified experiences reaching both sophisticated and novice NFT collectors in ways never before possible. For more information, please visit sweet.io.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital currency, known as the digital dollar, saying it would help reinforce the U.S. role as a leader in the world financial system.
The White House said on Friday that after President Joe Biden issued an executive order in March calling on a variety of agencies to look at ways to regulate digital assets, the agencies came up with nine reports, covering cryptocurrency impacts on financial markets, the environment, innovation and other elements of the economic system.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said one Treasury recommendation is that the U.S. “advance policy and technical work on a potential central bank digital currency, or CBDC, so that the United States is prepared if CBDC is determined to be in the national interest.”
“Right now, some aspects of our current payment system are too slow or too expensive,” Yellen said on a Thursday call with reporters laying out some of the findings of the reports.
Central bank digital currencies differ from existing digital money available to the general public, such as the balance in a bank account, because they would be a direct liability of the Federal Reserve, not a commercial bank.
According to the Atlantic Council nonpartisan think tank, 105 countries representing more than 95% of global gross domestic product already are exploring or have created a central bank digital currency.
The council found that the U.S. and the U.K. are far behind in creating a digital dollar or its equivalent.
Treasury, the Justice Department, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other agencies were tasked with contributing to reports that would address various concerns about the risks, development and usage of digital assets. Several reports will come out in the next weeks and months.
Eswar Prasad, a trade professor at Cornell who studies the digitization of currencies, said Treasury’s report “takes a positive view about how a digital dollar might play a useful role in increasing payment options for individuals and businesses” while acknowledging the risks of its development.
He said the report sets the stage for the creation of agency regulations and legislation “that can improve the benefit-risk tradeoff associated with cryptocurrencies and related technologies.”
The Blockchain Association, which lobbies lawmakers on Capitol Hill, said in a statement that the White House reports are “a missed opportunity to cement U.S. crypto leadership.”
“These reports focus on risks — not opportunities,” the statement reads, “and omit substantive recommendations on how the United States can promote its burgeoning crypto industry, including job creation, improvements to the financial system, and expanded access for all Americans.”
On Capitol Hill, lawmakers have submitted various pieces of legislation to regulate cryptocurrency and other digital assets.
Sheila Warren, CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, said in an emailed statement that the report “seem to kick the can down the road” she said, “we don’t see clear recommendations.”
The director of the National Economic Council, Brian Deese, told reporters that “we’ve seen in recent months substantial turmoil in cryptocurrency markets and these events really highlight how, without proper oversight, cryptocurrencies risk harming everyday Americans’ financial stability and our national security.”
“It is why this administration believes that now more than ever,” he said, “prudent regulation of cryptocurrencies is needed.”
He said on Friday that the Administration plans to “execute a comprehensive action plan with priority steps to mitigate key risks of cryptocurrencies — among others, money laundering and financing for terrorism.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man charged in an attack on comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl pleaded not guilty Friday to four misdemeanors.
Isaiah Lee, 23, entered the not guilty pleas in a Los Angeles courtroom to charges of battery, possessing a deadly weapon with intent to assault unlawfully crossing from a spectator area onto a stage at a theatrical event and interfering with or delaying such an event with unlawful conduct.
Lee, who remains jailed, was ordered to stay at least 100 yards (91 meters) from Chappelle, whose lawyer called in to the hearing to request the protective order.
Authorities say Lee was arrested Tuesday night after rushing the stage during Chappelle’s set in the last of a four-night stint at the Hollywood Bowl that was part of the “Netflix Is a Joke” comedy festival.
He was carrying a replica handgun with a large blade that folded out of it similar to a pocket knife, according to police, who released a photo of the weapon.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office determined that he had not committed any felonies and referred the case to the LA city attorney’s office, which charged him with the four misdemeanors. | https://cw33.com/news/alleged-dave-chappelle-attacker-isaiah-lee-pleads-not-guilty/ | 2022-05-07T01:24:31Z |
Holt Arena renovation is well underway
POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - After 50 years of being one of the state's most iconic buildings, an even better Holt Arena is taking shape on the Idaho State University Campus. Holt Arena is undergoing a large-scale renovation to upgrade the facility and improve the fan experience.
The two year, $10 million dollar project is fully funded by a generous investment from Idaho Central Credit Union. Upgrades include new seating, elevators, improvements to the entryways, enhanced accessibility and more.
Idaho State University athletic director Pauline Thiros says the upgrades were very necessary and will make a huge difference for ISU students and fans.
"The updates are absolutely necessary just for aesthetics to make it a really attractive arena that screams Idaho State University Bengals, we want our arena to roar and it's going to do that again. So we really really need the update for the fan And the student-athlete experience," Thiros said.
For anyone walking into Holt arena right now, you’ll get a look at some pretty big changes. For more than 50 years, the original Minidome has been the home of all kinds of athletic events, concerts and so much more. In fact, it's the oldest covered football field in the US, but now it's time for an upgrade. The project will be done in two phases starting on the north side. Thiros says the demolition is well underway.
"Of course, all of the old seats have been removed. We're replacing all of the seats blowing out all of the tunnels and the ramps to make them ADA accessible, putting in a president's box and the President's deck where there'll be loge seating suites, in essence, available for season ticket holders who want to purchase those," Thiros said. "And we'll put in a new roof, a new turf, it'll be a whole new really exciting, fan-friendly, comfortable environment and it'll look great."
The first phase will be ready in time for home football games in the fall of 2022. Renovation on seating for the south side gets started as soon as football season is done this fall.
Thiros says the ISU students, staff, and fans can't wait for the changes.
"It's been a long time coming and everyone is very very excited about maintaining the feel of a very special building and Holt Arena is something innovative, a place where you know it's always sunny and 75 even when we're watching football in November and we love Holt but it is needed some attention. It is needed to become a better venue for a Division One football program. And we're really happy that ICCU is making it possible for us to do that for our community and for our student-athletes," Thiros said. | https://localnews8.com/news/pocatello/2022/04/27/holt-arena-renovation-is-well-underway/ | 2022-04-27T19:00:17Z |
5-year-old boy dies after being left in hot car in Texas
HOUSTON (KTRK) - It’s a heartbreaking story out of Texas. A five-year-old boy is dead after being left in a hot car for hours.
An unbelievable tragedy unfolded in one of the driveways Monday afternoon in northeast Harris County.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez confirmed a mother getting ready for her 8-year-old daughter’s birthday party accidentally left her 5-year-old son in the car.
Distracted by party preparations, his mother wasn’t aware her son was missing from inside the house for hours, the sheriff said.
“She’s excited, trying to get things together. Um, and unfortunately this time the child didn’t make it out. And and again, with the busyness of the activities that they were preparing for, uh, just, it took a while for them to notice that that the child wasn’t in the house,” Gonzalez said.
By the time the mom began searching for her son, it was already too late.
Crime-scene tape and investigators’ cars filled the cul-de-sac where birthday balloons and well-wishers were going to be Monday night.
The sheriff said the family’s regular car was being worked on, and the current theory is that the little boy was unfamiliar with the loaner Porsche.
“We believe this is a rental vehicle. So perhaps the child wasn’t as familiar with it,” Gonzalez said. “The door did not have any kind of child safety lock, uh, enacted or anything like that. So obviously immediately they called for EMS to come out here and obviously to no avail. The child was pronounced deceased.”
According to the sheriff, the child may have been in the car for up to three hours.
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STOCKHOLM, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- During the period June 20 - June 23, 2022 AB Electrolux (LEI code 549300Y3HHZB1ZGFPJ93) has repurchased in total 345,280 own series B shares (ISIN: SE0016589188) as part of the buyback program initiated by the Board of Directors in order to optimize the company's capital structure.
The share buybacks form part of the buyback program of a maximum of 8,000,000 series B shares for a total maximum amount of SEK 1,250 million, which AB Electrolux announced on April 29, 2022. The buyback program, which runs between May 2, 2022 - October 21, 2022, is being carried out in accordance with the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 ("MAR") and the Commission Delegated Regulation 2016/1052 (the "Safe Harbour Regulation"). The objective of the share buybacks is to optimize the company's capital structure and the intention is to reduce Electrolux share capital through subsequent share cancellations.
Series B shares in AB Electrolux have been repurchased (in SEK) as follows:
All acquisitions have been carried out on Nasdaq Stockholm by Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG on behalf of AB Electrolux. Following the above acquisitions, AB Electrolux holding of own shares as of June 23, 2022 amounts to 8,534,407 series B shares. The total number of shares in AB Electrolux amounts to 283,077,393.
A full breakdown of the transactions pursuant to article 5.3 of MAR and article 2.3 of the Safe Harbour Regulation is attached to this announcement.
For further information, please contact:
Sophie Arnius, Investor Relations, +46 70 590 80 72
Electrolux Press Hotline, +46 8 657 65 07
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Generator exhaust sparks 5-acre grass fire in Grayson County
Published: Jul. 19, 2022 at 11:50 AM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
TOM BEAN, Texas (KXII) - Firefighters said a fire that started accidentally in Tom Bean charred 5 acres of land.
With dry conditions, it did not take much for the exhaust from a generator to spark a fire causing the damage.
Tom Bean Firefighters were able to put out the flames before they could spread to any nearby structures.
Firefighters said the fire was accidently stated by a generator being used to run an RV.
Firefighters said the only thing lost was grass and a under brush.
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Roff wins Class B state baseball title for 4th consecutive time
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla (KXII) - Winning state never gets old, as the Roff Tigers win the state baseball championship for the fourth straight time.
Roff beat Fort Cobb-Broxton, 9-3 in the Class B championship game on Monday. They have won the spring title four times in the past five years, with the tournament being cancelled in 2020. Roff also won the fall baseball championship this season, along with fall titles in 2020 and 2018.
The Tigers are quickly building a dynasty at state, now with 13 total championships in baseball and fall baseball.
“That was the first time we’ve been behind in the playoffs,” head coach Danny Baldridge said. “I was anxious to see how they would regroup and comeback. I never doubted them They are winners.”
“We had good confidence,” outfielder Kagan Huneycutt said. “We have faced these guys before. We knew what they were going to throw. We got up there and battled. The pitcher settled down and got comfortable.”
“Everybody knows us and knows how good we are,” pitcher Tallen Bagwell said. " We compete so it feels good.”
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PRINCETON, N.J., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Radiate Holdco, LLC ("Radiate") announced today that it released its second quarter 2022 financial results on its secure investor website. The financial results were provided in accordance with the terms of the Indentures governing Radiate's 4.5% Senior Notes due 2026 and 6.5% Senior Notes due 2028 (together, the "Notes").
Access to the financial results and conference call will be limited to holders and beneficial owners of the Notes, qualified prospective investors in the Notes, holders of Radiate's term loan, and certain security analysts and market makers. Radiate will post all of its reports required to be furnished pursuant to the Indenture governing the Notes on its secure investor website maintained by Intralinks. Reports will also be posted to Syndtrak for term loan holders. If you meet one or more of the criteria set forth above and would like to access, but have not yet been granted access to, the secure investor website, please contact Radiate's contact below.
Radiate Contact: Jamie Hill, SVP Finance & Treasury
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TORONTO, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SoftwareReviews, a leading source for insights on the software provider landscape, has published its 2022 Low-Code Business Process Management Data Quadrant, naming three providers as Gold Medalist.
A low-code business process management (BPM) platform enables API-level process automation with minimal coding or technical knowledge, allowing both business users and IT to leverage the system. Low-code BPM platforms serve many of the functions of traditional BPM tools, including process mapping, design, and analysis.
Low-code BPM empowers employees to rapidly create and deliver business applications and automate processes with little to no coding experience. However, organizations may face some barriers to change and adoption, so choosing a platform with excellent product training or resources is essential.
To support organizations searching for the right low-code BPM software solution for their unique needs, SoftwareReviews has identified the top providers for the year based on verified survey data collected from 861 end-user reviews. These providers have received high scores on SoftwareReviews' Emotional Footprint.
Providers are ranked by a composite satisfaction score, called a Composite Score (CS), that averages four different areas of evaluation: Net Emotional Footprint, Vendor Capabilities, Product Features, and Likeliness to Recommend.
The 2022 Low-Code BPM Software Gold Medalists are as follows:
- OutSystems, 8.6 CS, ranked high for business value creation.
- Nintex, 8..5 CS, ranked high for its process workflow designer.
- Appian Low-Code Automation, 8.4 CS, ranked high for ease of data integration.
SoftwareReviews' comprehensive software reviews provide the most accurate and detailed view of a complicated and ever-changing market. The data comes from real users who use the software day in and day out and IT professionals who have worked with it intimately through procurement, implementation, and maintenance.
To compare and evaluate software providers using the most in-depth and unbiased analyst reports available, visit SoftwareReviews' dedicated Low-Code BPM category page,
For more information about SoftwareReviews, the Data Quadrant, or Emotional Footprint, or to access resources to support the software selection process, visit softwarereviews.com and connect via LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
SoftwareReviews is the most in-depth source of buyer data and insights for the enterprise software market. By collecting customer experience data from business and IT professionals, the SoftwareReviews methodology produces detailed and authentic insights into the experience of evaluating and purchasing enterprise software.
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TOCA Becomes the Largest Indoor Soccer Center Operator in the USA and Eyes Global Expansion
COSTA MESA, Calif., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TOCA Football, Inc. (TOCA), a leading soccer training and entertainment company, today announced a landmark investment from Premier League player and England national team captain Harry Kane. As one of the world's most high-profile and talented soccer players, Kane will bring extensive expertise to support TOCA's global expansion.
TOCA recently became the largest operator of indoor soccer centers in the USA after adding locations in Dallas, Cleveland, Nashville, Chicago and Denver. In addition, the company launched TOCA Social, the world's first soccer entertainment and dining venue, in London's iconic The O2 to huge success and announced plans to expand to additional UK locations (Edinburgh, Birmingham) and the USA (Dallas) in 2023 with more locations to be announced.
TOCA and Kane share a vision to increase participation in soccer, with Kane endorsing TOCA's proprietary technology and programs which enable all players to reach their full potential.
Harry Kane said: "I invested in TOCA because I wholeheartedly believe in the company. TOCA offers unmatched technologies which help players improve and immersive entertainment experiences which are fun for everyone. I am delighted to support TOCA's global expansion and share its vision for the future of soccer, the sport I love."
"Harry is a true soccer legend and an incredible global ambassador for soccer," said Yoshi Maruyama, TOCA's CEO. "His love and passion for the game matched with his forward-thinking vision about the sport and developing the players of the future, is a great representation of what TOCA is all about."
TOCA was founded in 2016 by two-time U.S. World Cup and former MLS and English Premier League midfielder Eddie Lewis. TOCA is led by a world-class management team and its Board of Directors is comprised of transformative leaders from the sports industry including Erik Anderson, former Executive Chairman and CEO of Topgolf, Abby Wambach, US Women's National Champion, Celeste Burgoyne, lululemon President Americas, and Julie Haddon, former NFL head of consumer marketing.
"TOCA is revolutionizing the way players and fans around the world experience soccer, the world's most popular sport," said Erik Anderson, TOCA Co-Chairman, and Founder and CEO of WestRiver Group. "Harry's contribution to TOCA will be significant to our mission to make TOCA an integral and indispensable part of soccer."
TOCA Football, Inc. is a leading technology-enabled soccer training and entertainment company. TOCA has two divisions that comprise its global portfolio: TOCA Soccer, the largest operator of indoor soccer centers across North America, and TOCA Social, the world's first entertainment and dining experience built around immersive soccer-based game play, with a first venue at the iconic The O2 in London, and multiple venues opening globally in 2023. TOCA provides authentic soccer experiences that inspire everybody to play the world's most popular sport.
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Garrison joins the DC-based federal financial management consulting firm's board to leverage his decades of leadership experience in the national security space and further accelerate Iberia's growth.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Iberia announces today that Bishop Garrison has joined the company's Board of Advisors.
Bishop is a senior national security executive, veteran, and writer who has served in the military, presidential administrations and campaigns, the nonprofit community, and the private sector throughout his 20-year career.
Most recently, Bishop served as the Chief of Staff, Selective Service System, leading the organization's human capital and management operations. Before this role, Bishop served for over a year as the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for Human Capital and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). In this role, Bishop was a leading counselor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on workforce-related issues, including extremist activity, DEI issues, and other priority areas.
Bishop graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served two tours in Iraq with the U.S. Army. He received two Bronze Stars, a Meritorious Service Medal, and a Combat Action Badge. Following his service, Bishop graduated from the William and Mary School of Law in Williamsburg, VA, and served in the Obama administration in various national security roles. He also served as the Deputy Foreign Policy Adviser on the presidential campaign of Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton.
"I have had the pleasure of knowing Bishop for many years. We are fortunate to have someone of his caliber on our board at Iberia. He brings a vast network of contacts and experience which will be invaluable as we continue our growth trajectory," said Ryan Waguespack, President of Iberia Advisory.
Iberia Advisory, LLC, is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business that is committed to helping federal agencies address financial management challenges. Our goal is to help customers elevate their organization into one that is greater than the sum of its parts - one that uses available resources efficiently and manages its programs effectively. We are dedicated to bringing top-tier talent to every project, determined to get the best solution for our customers, and passionate about delivering breakthrough impact on every engagement.
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Roki Sasaki throws 16th perfect game in Japanese big leagues
TOKYO (AP) — Roki Sasaki pitched a perfect game with 19 strikeouts, leading the Chiba Lotte Marines over the Orix Buffaloes 6-0 in Japan’s Pacific League. The 20-year-old right-hander struck out 13 consecutive batters and needed 105 pitches to complete the nine-inning game. Sasaki pitched the 16th complete game perfect game in the Japanese major leagues, the first since Hiromi Makihara of the Central League’s Yomiuri Giants in a 6-0 win against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp on May 18, 1994. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/10/roki-sasaki-throws-16th-perfect-game-in-japanese-big-leagues/ | 2022-04-11T03:43:54Z |
- The nine-valent HPV vaccine and other blockbuster varieties have been advanced efficiently.
- Cash reserve was nearly RMB 1.5 billion, which provided support to sustainable innovation and commercialization.
- The novel adjuvants vaccine will create a strong growth engine.
TAIZHOU, China, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recbio (HKEK:02179), an innovative vaccine company, released its interim result for the fiscal year 2022 in the evening of August 25. During the reporting period, the company efficiently advanced its core products, including nine-valent HPV vaccine and multiple vaccine candidates, and made significant progress. Therefore, the R&D expenses increased by 73.05% to RMB 354 million on a year-on-year basis.
Phase III clinical trials of nine-valent HPV vaccine have been advancing rapidly. The demand for import substitution was strong.
HPV vaccines currently comprise the largest component of Recbio pipeline portfolio, including five bivalent, newly adjuvant-based quadrivalent and nine-valent HPV vaccines. The Phase III clinical trial of recombinant 9-valent HPV vaccine REC603 in China was composed of three parts: main efficacy test, immune bridging test in young age groups, and immunogenicity comparison test with Gardasil 9. The trial was multicenter, randomized, blind and parallel controlled, with a total sample size of 16,050 subjects. This was the largest sample size of nine-valent HPV vaccine in Phase III clinical practice in China. At present, REC603 main efficacy trial is in the follow-up stage according to the protocol, and all subjects have been enrolled and inoculated in the bridging trials in the younger age group and head-to-head immunogenicity bridging trials with Gardasil 9.
Phase I clinical data of REC603 showed that REC603 was safe and well tolerated with good immunogenicity. The high yield and stable expression of HPV virus-like particles can be satisfied by using the Humphrey's yeast expression system, which makes this vaccine candidate more suitable for commercial production.
The demand for HPV vaccines, especially high-end HPV vaccine products, remains strong in China. The total volume of HPV products Gardasil and Gardasil 9 by MSD issued in China in 2021 reached 8.8 million and 10.2 million, respectively. Global sales of Gardasil/Gardasil 9 increased 40% to $5.673 billion, driven by the Chinese market.
At present, no domestic nine-valent HPV vaccine has been approved for sale in China. China continues to face a manufacturing capacity bottleneck for HPV vaccines. It is estimated that 234 million women aged 9 to 45 years will remain unvaccinated by the year of 2025, leaving a gap of 702 million doses assuming a three-dose regimen. Based on the leading Phase III clinical progress, the largest sample size of nine-valent vaccine subjects in China, and the clinical trial site with higher incidence, REC603 is expected to become the first domestic nine-valent HPV vaccine approved for sale, realizing the domestic substitution of imported HPV vaccines and alleviating the situation of " supply falls short of demand ".
In addition to the nine-valent products, REC601, a bivalent HPV vaccine (type 16/18) from Regbio, has completed Phase I clinical trials with data showing good safety and immunogenicity. The bivalent HPV vaccine (type 6/11) REC602 has been in Phase I clinical data analysis. REC602 is the most effective medical intervention for HPV-induced genital warts (male market), which cause high disease burden and have no effective treatment. In addition, Recbio new adjuvant quadrivalent HPV vaccine REC604a has completed preclinical studies and will file an IND in the second half of this year.
With efficient and sustainable business development, the new adjuvant platform has huge potential.
As a whole, the pipeline also covers COVID-19 vaccines, shingles vaccines and other major disease areas which bring great global public health burden. During the reporting period, the recombinant COVID-19 vaccine ReCOV made steady progress. Equipped with BFA03, a new adjuvant independently developed by the company, ReCOV can induce high-titer broad-spectrum neutralizing antibodies and Th1-biased T-cell immune response, which has good cross-neutralizing effect and immune persistence against Omicron, Delta and other variant viruses. At present, the company has carried out international Phase II/III clinical studies in the Philippines and the United Arab Emirates, and obtained clinical approval from China Food and Drug Administration. The Phase II study of the basic immunization of ReCOV in the Philippines is in the data analysis phase. Preliminary data showed that the overall safety and tolerability were pleasing , and no serious vaccine-related adverse reactions occurred. In the Phase II booster immunization study in the Philippines, the immunogenicity study of ReCOV versus Pfizer mRNA vaccine as a positive control took only 2 weeks from the receipt of approval to the completion of vaccination in all subjects. The company plans to submit the EUA simultaneously in China and overseas markets in the second half of 2022 to contribute to the global containment of COVID-19.
During the reporting period, the company's vaccine quality management system also achieved rapid development. The ReCOV production base located in Taizhou has obtained the conformance statement issued by the EU Quality Authorizer (QP), which indicates that the company's Taizhou production base and quality management system comply with the EU GMP standard, and lays a solid foundation for the high-quality development and future international commercialization of ReCOV.
The subsidiary company Recogen took the lead in breaking through the lyophilization process of mRNA vaccines. The world's first lyophilized dosage form mRNA vaccine R520A was designed against Omicron variant and has been approved clinical trails by the Philippines and New Zealand. Preclinical research papers have been published on the preprint platform bioRxiv, and the data show that R520A can be stored and transported at 2-8 degrees Celsius, and has extensive cross-neutralization effect.
New adjuvants have increasingly become an important bottlenecking technology in China's vaccine industry. Through its novel adjuvant development platform, Recbio is able to develop and iterate on FDA-approved adjuvants (AS01, AS03, AS04, MF59, and CpG1018). With this capability, Recbio is not dependent on any specific adjuvant supplier and is able to develop the next generation of novel vaccines with more clinical value. Its recombinant shingles vaccine candidate REC610 uses a novel adjuvant with AS01, which greatly improves cellular immunity. Head-to-head studies have shown that its immunogenicity is not inferior to GSK's Shingrix.
During the reporting period, the company has continuously recruited high-quality talents in an orderly manner, and the staff has rapidly expanded to 478 people. Ms. Wang Jing, Chief Quality Officer, Ms. Feng Yanfei, Chief Business Officer, and other industry experts with rich experience in quality management and global business cooperation have joined Recbio, laying a solid foundation for efficiently promoting the market access and commercialization of candidate vaccines, including nine-valent HPV vaccine REC603 and COVID-19 vaccine ReCOV.
At present, the company's cash reserve is nearly RMB 1.5 billion, which provide support to the company's research and development innovation and sustainable development.
In terms of the execution of the R&D pipeline, cash reserves and the layout of high-end talents, Recbio has made full preparations to realize the commercialization and localization of high-end HPV vaccines and the technical landing of other major diseases.
"In the context of the huge global demand for innovative vaccines, we will accelerate the commercialization process of products in the global market through continuous innovation and international cooperation, and promote the innovation of the whole value chain of product pipeline from R&D to commercialization, so as to create more value for shareholders and investors," said Dr. Yong Liu, founder, Chairman of the Board and general manager of Recbio.
About Recbio
Founded in 2012, Recbio is an innovative vaccine company. With the vision of "Become the Leader of Innovative Vaccine in the Future," Recbio takes "Protect Human Health with Best-in-Class Vaccines" as its mission. It has established three major cutting-edge technology platforms including novel adjuvants platform, protein engineering platform, immunological evaluation platform and mRNA vaccine platform. Recbio has a high-value vaccine portfolio consisted of HPV vaccine candidates, COVID-19 vaccine candidates, shingles vaccine candidates, influenza vaccine candidates, adults TB vaccine candidates etc. The core management team has more than 20 years of experience in the development and commercialization of innovative vaccines. For more information, please visit https://www.recbio.cn/.
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Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur dies at age 70
MONTREAL (AP) — When Guy Lafleur was selected by Montreal with the No. 1 pick in the 1971 NHL draft, he was billed as the Canadiens’ next great Quebec-born player.
A dynamic forward with blonde locks that rippled in the wind as he glided up the ice before unleashing one of his bullet shots, Lafleur was expected to become hockey’s new French Canadian icon.
It just took him a while to get there.
“There was a lot of pressure,” former Montreal coach Scotty Bowman said Friday. “But he worked through the pressure and he became a player of his own.”
Inspiring a generation along the way.
Lafleur, a Hall of Fame forward who helped Montreal win five Stanley Cup titles in the 1970s, has died at age 70 following a battle with lung cancer.
“A special person,” Canadiens alternate captain Brendan Gallagher told reporters in Brossard. “We’re really proud to wear this Montreal Canadiens logo in large part because of individuals like Guy Lafleur.”
Lafleur registered 518 goals and 728 assists in 14 seasons with Montreal. With the flashy forward leading the way, the Canadiens won it all in 1973, and then four more times from 1976 to 1979.
Canadiens President Geoff Molson said the organization was devastated.
“Guy Lafleur had an exceptional career and always remained simple, accessible, and close to the Habs and hockey fans in Quebec, Canada and around the world,” Molson said in a statement. “Throughout his career, he allowed us to experience great moments of collective pride. He was one of the greatest players in our organization while becoming an extraordinary ambassador for our sport.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a noted Canadiens fan, also glowingly remembered Lafleur.
“A hero to so many of us,” Trudeau said in Winnipeg. “I remember meeting him as a kid and being overwhelmed in a way that meeting presidents and queens didn’t necessarily overwhelm me.”
Lafleur’s death came as the hockey world continues to mourn Mike Bossy after the former New York Islanders forward and fellow Quebecer died last week at age 65 following his own battle with cancer.
“An honor to play with both,” Wayne Gretzky posted on his social media channels. “My thoughts and prayers are with their families.”
Nicknamed “The Flower,” LaFleur was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2019 when tumors were discovered by doctors performing emergency quadruple bypass heart surgery.
Lafleur went under the knife again to remove both the upper lobe of his lung and lymph nodes a few months later, but learned in October 2020 the cancer was back.
“It’s the chemotherapy that really hurts you badly,” Lafleur said in an interview with The Canadian Press in November.
Yvan Cournoyer, who played alongside Lafleur, had difficulty containing his emotions.
“Guy, he was a fighter,” Cournoyer said with a tremble in his voice. “He wouldn’t let go.
“He never gave up in his fight.”
Lafleur, who retired from the NHL in 1985 after Montreal denied his request for a trade, was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988. But he made a comeback later that year with the New York Rangers and then played two more seasons with the Quebec Nordiques before hanging up his skates for good in 1991.
“You didn’t need to see Guy Lafleur’s name and number on his sweater when ‘The Flower’ had the puck on his stick,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in a statement. “As distinctively stylish as he was remarkably talented, Lafleur cut a dashing and unmistakable figure whenever he blazed down the ice of the Montreal Forum.”
Named one of the NHL’s 100 greatest players of all-time in 2017, Lafleur finished with 560 goals and 793 assists in 1,126 games in his 17 seasons.
He holds the Canadiens’ all-time record for assists and points. He scored at least 50 times in six straight campaigns from 1974-75 to 1979-80.
Lafleur won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s leading scorer three straight years from 1976 to 1978, the Hart Trophy as league MVP in 1977 and 1978, and the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP in 1977.
“As a boy in Montreal, Guy was larger than life to me,” fellow Hall of Fame forward Mario Lemieux said in a statement. “I idolized him as a player, I respected him as a person, and always cherished him as a friend. He will be missed.”
Lafleur underwent his quadruple bypass surgery in September 2019 after it was discovered four of his coronary arteries were fully blocked, and a fifth was clogged close to 90 percent, during a routine medical exam to have his helicopter pilot’s license renewed.
Once the cancer was discovered, he had one-third of his right lung removed by doctors two months later.
A chain smoker up until those health scares, Lafleur had been partnering with Merck Canada as part of its “Be The MVP” campaign to raise awareness about early lung cancer detection.
“There’s miracles,” Lafleur said in his November interview with CP. “There’s people that are surviving.”
Lafleur, who had his No. 10 sweater retired by the Canadiens in 1985, hadn’t been out in public much in recent years following his cancer diagnosis and the COVID-19 pandemic, but did get a thunderous ovation at the Bell Centre during Montreal’s improbable run to last season’s Cup final.
He also had his number retired by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in October.
“I’ve been mostly stuck in the house since 2019,” Lafleur said in November. “Mentally, it’s tough. Hopefully I get through this and get out of it with a victory.
“It’s the hope for everybody that has cancer.”
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OTTAWA, ON, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Today, the Royal Canadian Mint launches the Opulence Collection, exclusive numismatic masterpieces of exceptional craftsmanship featuring some of the world's rarest precious stones: pink diamonds from the famed Argyle mine. These jewels are the crowning element of pure gold and platinum coins that truly redefine rare. This new collection, headlined by the one-of-a-kind Ultimate, a one-kilo pure platinum pink diamond coin, was unveiled today at the Ottawa Art Gallery.
"The Royal Canadian Mint's reputation for crafting coins of exceptional sophistication and artistry is known to collectors around the world," Marie Lemay, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. "Celebrating the talent and imagination of our people through precious metal and fine art is our passion, as well as our trademark. We are proud that our new Opulence Collection takes our tradition of excellence to a whole new level."
To premiere this new exclusive collection, the Mint has partnered with Heffel Fine Art Auction House to sell The Ultimate, the collection's most prestigious showpiece. It will be offered at a live auction on May 31, 2022.
"Heffel is honoured to offer collectors the opportunity to acquire this rare, one-of-a-kind treasure, in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mint and Argyle mine" said David Heffel, President, Heffel Fine Art Auction House. "The Ultimate is truly a work of art, and its intricate design and mesmerizing beauty will undoubtedly capture the attention of passionate collectors and enthusiasts across the world."
Collectors interested in bidding on The Ultimate can register for the auction with Heffel.
The Opulence Collection, featuring pink diamond coins in its inaugural year, is the result of an exciting collaboration with the Royal Canadian Mint and Crossworks Manufacturing, a Canadian company and Authorized Partner of Argyle Pink Diamonds. With Rio Tinto's Argyle mine closing in 2020, the pink diamonds adorning the pure gold and platinum coins are among the rarest in the world, making the pieces truly unique.
"This limited edition collaboration is really exceptional in terms of its artistry, rarity and value, and we are very proud to be a part of this story," said Patrick Coppens, General Manager, Sales and Marketing, Rio Tinto Diamonds.
"There's a story of pride to tell here - an artisanal story of Canadian craftsmanship producing creations of extreme scarcity that will be sought after around the world," said Itay Ariel, Executive Director, Sales and Operation, Crossworks Manufacturing Ltd.
Released in very low mintages, the Pink Diamond coins consist of:
The Ultimate: One-kilo $2,500 99.95% Pure Platinum Coin - Worldwide mintage of one
Splendour: 10 oz. $1,250 99.95% Pure Platinum Coin - Worldwide mintage of five
Grandeur: 2 oz. $350 99.95% Pure Platinum Coin - Worldwide mintage of 30
Treasure: 1 oz. $200 Pure Gold Coin – Worldwide mintage of 400
The exclusive numismatic works of art from the Opulence Collection, can be directly ordered from the Mint at 1-800-267–1871 in Canada, 1-800-268–6468 in the US, or at www.mint.ca. Kunming Diamonds is the Premier Global Distributor of Opulence Collection products.
For an in-depth look at the Opulence Collection, visit www.mint.ca/opulence. Images and video of these spectacular pink diamond coins are available here.
The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada's circulation coins. The Mint is one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, offering a wide range of specialized, high quality coinage products and related services on an international scale. For more information on the Mint, its products and services, visit www.mint.ca. Follow the Mint on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Since 1978, Heffel has connected passionate collectors across the world with outstanding works of art, with sales totaling three quarters of a billion dollars. With offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa and Calgary, Heffel has the most experienced team of fine art specialists in Canada and provides superior client service to both sellers and buyers internationally.
Rio Tinto is a mining and metals company operating in 35 countries around the world. Our purpose is to produce the materials essential to human progress. Our four product groups bring this purpose to life: Aluminium, Copper, Minerals and Iron Ore. These are complemented by our Safety, Technical and Projects, Strategy & Development, and Commercial groups, as well as our service and support functions.
Each Treasure coin is crafted of 1 oz. of 99.99% pure gold. Inspired by architectural elements, its reverse design by Canadian artist Simon Ng features a ring of Art Deco motifs that surround a central cherry blossom, whose petals are decorated with swirls. The engraved art is adorned with five Fancy Vivid Pink diamonds with a 0.06 total carat weight (tcw). Each one has been hand set into a rose gold-plated, platinum cast jewellery piece fashioned by Beverly Hills Jewellers. The obverse features a field pattern inspired by the cherry blossom petals on the reverse, and the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. Limited to a mintage of 400 coins worldwide, Treasure retails for $12,999.95.
Grandeur is crafted from 2 oz. of 99.95% pure platinum, a precious metal even more rare than gold. Designed by Simon Ng, the reverse features an exquisite cherry blossom surrounded by a ring of lush flowers and filigree vines. The engraved artwork of this 42 mm coin is enhanced with 30 Fancy Vivid Pink diamonds (0.34 tcw) that have been hand set into rose gold-plated, platinum cast jewellery enhancements fashioned by Beverly Hills Jewellers. The rare diamonds radiate from the centre of the flower toward the rose gold-plated rim. The obverse features a cherry blossom field pattern and the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. Limited to a mintage of only 30 coins worldwide, Grandeur retails for $54,999.95.
This creation designed by Simon Ng is the Mint's first-ever 10 oz. 99.95% pure platinum coin. Its reverse features a finely engraved cherry blossom surrounded by a delicate lacework of vines and framed by intricate latticework. Set into jewellery enhancements fashioned by Beverly Hills Jewellers, 64 Fancy Vivid Pink diamonds (1.2 tcw) add sparkle to the latticework decorating this 76.25 mm coin. The obverse features a vine field pattern and the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt. With only five of these luxury collectibles available worldwide, Splendour retails for $253,999.95.
This one-of-a-kind masterpiece is the flagship coin of the Opulence collection. It is also the Mint's first-ever one-kilo 99.95% pure platinum coin. Polished to proof perfection, The Ultimate features a reverse design by Canadian artist Derek Wicks that brings the beauty of the cherry blossom to life on a 101.6 mm canvas. A total of 462 Fancy Vivid Pink diamonds (6.5 tcw) from the Argyle mine have been hand set into rose gold-plated, platinum cast jewellery pieces fashioned by Beverly Hills Jewellers.
These precious enhancements on the coin's reverse add sparkle to the rose gold-plated rim and the petals of more than two dozen flowers, including the central bloom, where the gem-set blossoms form an exquisite clustered bouquet. The obverse features a cherry blossom field pattern and the effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Susanna Blunt.
This singular showpiece will be exclusively available through a Heffel Fine Art Auction House auction on May 31, 2022.
The exclusive numismatic works of art from the Opulence collection can be directly ordered from the Mint at 1-800-267‑1871 in Canada, 1-800-268‑6468 in the US, or at www.mint.ca. Kunming Diamonds is the Premier Global Distributor of Opulence Collection products.
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Solar farm, assisted living units among items approved by county commission
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Shawnee Co. Commissioners approved two new construction projects on Monday, June 13 for upcoming solar farms and additional units for an assisted living village.
20 new units will soon be added to Aldersgate Village in order to keep up with the marketing demand, especially among the assisted living, according to Aldersgate Village CEO, Jerry Ney.
”This will very often and almost in every case free up other housing,” said Ney. ”As you know, the city, the county and the region has a housing crisis. This is our way of meeting that demand.”
Commissioners also approved construction on an Evergy solar farm at 7300 NW 35th street in Menoken township but decided to send plans back for further review for another farm on Auburn Rd.
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- Strengthens the group's global franchise
- Expands client offering in clearing, metals, fixed income and equities
- Creates leading US franchise and extends global footprint to Dubai and APAC
LONDON, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marex Group ('Marex'), the diversified global financial services platform, today announces that it has agreed to acquire ED&F Man Capital Markets, the financial services division of ED&F Man Group. ED&F Man Capital Markets has approximately 450 employees across the globe and generated over $235 million of revenues in 2021. The deal is expected to complete by the end of the year, subject to regulatory approvals.
Marex's longstanding strategy has been to grow the firm and increase diversity of earnings, both by product and geography, and this transaction accomplishes that. This will materially expand Marex's client offering in Clearing, add to its market-leading Metal franchise and to the nascent businesses in Fixed Income and Equities. It will also extend the firm's global footprint in Dubai and APAC and create a leading US franchise.
Marex has a strong track record acquiring high quality businesses and, across its portfolio of acquisitions over the past three years, has increased revenues by 25% and profit by 190% versus the respective prior year's performance, delivering an average portfolio ROE of 20%.
Marex is excited about the growth prospects for the ED&F Man Capital Markets businesses and how in combination it can better serve existing customers and attract new clients.
Ian Lowitt, CEO of Marex Group, commented: "We are delighted to welcome the ED&F Man Capital Markets team to Marex. The business is an excellent fit with our existing capabilities, and I am excited by the opportunity of working across the significantly strengthened and expanded global footprint. Marex is gaining a high-quality global team. Underscoring our commitment to grow and better serve our clients, this acquisition creates a more competitive, diversified and resilient firm which will provide an enhanced client offering as well as more opportunities for our staff. This is an exciting time for the firm, and we anticipate a bright future for the combined businesses."
Commenting, Jade Moore, Group Executive Director of ED&F Man, said: "Over the decade since its creation, ED&F Man Capital Markets has grown to become a financial brokerage operating at the heart of the global financial services ecosystem. On completion, a new chapter will start as part of Marex and with the benefit of their market leading platform. The sale of ED&F Man Capital Markets is very much in line with our group's strategic plan to focus on our core soft commodities trading businesses. Marex will be able to provide the appropriate resources and investment to enable the firm to achieve its full potential and we are therefore confident that this change in ownership will be to the benefit of all our stakeholders."
Barclays served as financial advisor to Marex on this deal.
Enquiries please contact:
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Helena Rowe
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About the Marex Group
Marex is a diversified global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the commodities, energy and financial markets.
The Marex Group provides comprehensive coverage across five core services: Market Making, Execution & Clearing, Hedging & Investment Solutions, Price Discovery and Data & Advisory. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, executing around 38 million trades and clearing over 193 million contracts in 2021. The Marex Group provides access to the world's major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders. Marex maintains a strong balance sheet with prudent capital and liquidity positions and has an investment grade credit rating.
Marex was established in 2005 but through its subsidiaries can trace its roots in the commodity markets back almost 100 years. Headquartered in London with 22 offices worldwide, the Marex Group has over 1,100 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas.
For more information visit www.marex.com
About ED&F Man
ED&F Man is a global agricultural commodities merchant with 5,500 people in 50 countries. ED&F Man Commodities is the Group's core commodity trading division, trading sugar, coffee and molasses products. For more information visit www.edfman.com
About ED&F Man Capital Markets
ED&F Man Capital Markets is a global financial brokerage business and the financial services division of ED&F Man. It provides access to multiple exchanges and clearing houses across multiple jurisdictions, offering an unrivalled breadth of products and services: future and options, metals, fixed income, equities, energy and foreign exchange. For more information, please visit www.edfmancapital.com
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Four-Day Event in Las Vegas Will Feature Guest Speakers Walsh, Tai
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 3,000 members and allies of the United Steelworkers (USW) union from across the United States, Canada and the Caribbean will meet next week in Las Vegas to chart the future of the largest industrial union in North America during the union's International Constitutional Convention in Las Vegas.
It will be the USW's first in-person constitutional convention since 2017. More than 2,300 elected delegates, 600 observers, international officers and staff, and more than 100 international guests from unions in 22 countries, will gather under the banner "Everybody's Union."
The USW delegation represents 850,000 workers and retirees in a diverse array of industries including metals, mining, rubber, paper and forestry, oil refining, chemicals, natural gas, health care, renewable energy, communications, transportation, higher education and the public sector.
The proceedings will open at 10 a.m. on Aug. 8 in the MGM Grand Marquee Ballroom, and are expected to conclude by 5 p.m. on Aug. 11. USW International President Tom Conway will deliver a keynote address on the state of the union and the opportunities and challenges facing USW members and working families across North America.
Guest speakers are expected to include U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, and Mexican Senator and labor leader Napoleón Gómez Urrutia.
Updates from the proceedings will be made available daily on the union's convention site: convention.usw.org. A daily photo collection will be available at www.usw.org/flickr.
To sign up for text messages, text USWCVN to 47486 (U.S.) or to 32323 (Canada). Social media updates will be available at the following sites:
- Facebook.com/Steelworkers, Facebook.com/USWMetallos (Canada)
- Twitter.com/Steelworkers, @steelworkers, @steelworkersCA (Canada), #EverybodysUnion
- Instagram.com/Steelworkers, Instagram.com/uswmetallos
- YouTube.com/steelworkers
MEDIA: USW-issued credentials are necessary for reporters to gain access to the convention floor. E-mail Jess Kamm Broomell or R.J. Hufnagel of the USW using the information above for instructions on how to obtain credentials.
The USW is the largest industrial union in North America, representing workers in a range of industries including metals, mining, rubber, paper and forestry, oil refining, health care, security, hotels, and municipal governments and agencies.
Contact: Jess Kamm Broomell, jkamm@usw.org or R.J. Hufnagel, rhufnagel@usw.org
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Quality score outranks all other seating suppliers
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lear Corporation (NYSE: LEA), a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, received two first-place J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Seat Quality and Satisfaction StudySM awards. In addition, Lear placed among the top three in four award-eligible categories.
Lear's overall quality score reinforced its position as a quality leader in seat satisfaction.
First Place
- Mass Market Compact Car - Hyundai Elantra
- Luxury Car - BMW 2 Series
Third Place
- Mass Market Compact SUV - Ford Bronco Sport and Jeep Compass (tie)
- Mass Market Truck - Chevrolet Silverado HD
- Luxury Car - BMW 4 Series
- Luxury SUV - BMW X3
"Once again, Lear's ability to deliver the quality, design and features which consumers demand, is recognized by the J.D. Power awards," said Frank Orsini, Executive Vice President and President, Seating. "We are very proud of the teams in our just-in-time manufacturing plants, quality assurance and engineering centers. Their dedication to delivering the highest standards of design and operational excellence is Making every drive better™ for customers around the world."
Conducted from February through May 2022, the 2022 U.S. Seat Quality and Satisfaction Study is based on responses from 84,165 purchasers and lessees of new 2022 model-year vehicles. Seat quality is measured by the number of problems experienced per 100 vehicles (PP 100) during the first 90 days of ownership, with a lower score reflecting higher quality. Learn more about the study here.
About Lear Corporation
Lear, a global automotive technology leader in Seating and E-Systems, enables superior in-vehicle experiences for consumers around the world. Lear's diverse team of talented employees in 38 countries is driven by a commitment to innovation, operational excellence, and sustainability. Lear is Making every drive better™ by providing the technology for safer, smarter, and more comfortable journeys. Lear, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, serves every major automaker in the world and ranks 186 on the Fortune 500. Further information about Lear is available at lear.com or on Twitter @LearCorporation.
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The Brand's New Axion Chair Enhances Proven Design to Be Better for You and the Planet
UNION CITY, Tenn., July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- all33, a modern chair company that promotes overall health and wellness through its revolutionary Sit in Motion® technology, is set to launch their newest model today. The Axion is a task chair that is better for you, better for our planet, and better for our local communities, as this 4th of July holiday marks the inauguration of all33's manufacturing right here at home in the United States.
The Axion (the name is a nod to physics), is designed to generate energy by allowing users to move while they sit. Its patented Sit in Motion® technology frees the pelvis and all 33 vertebrae to move naturally, combatting serious health risks and increasing productivity as a result. For those striving for a healthier way to sit for hours and hours - an unavoidable task for the average American worker - the Axion chair works to boost energy for peak performance and improve posture for overall health. This chair is the ideal home upgrade for those looking to invest in themselves, their health, and the planet.
"We incorporated feedback from over 37,ooo customers of our flagship BackStrong chairs when designing the Axion. The updated design allows you to feel your best in and out of the chair," says Co-Founder and Chiropractor, Dr. Dennis Colonello. "The new curve in the cushion allows for increased comfort by taking pressure off your sit bones and is ingeniously angled to stack your spine into perfect posture. It's an antidote to our culture's increasingly sedentary lifestyle."
The shift to manufacturing in the United States has allowed the team to keep a close eye on every step of the manufacturing process. The Axion is produced in a completely vertically-integrated factory streamlined to reduce environmental impact. With everything from part production to shipping under one roof, all33 is able to reduce lead times for customers and offer custom colors and fabrics. The factory invested in electric plastic injection machines that use 40% less energy, hi-tech processes that allow for the use of recycled plastic in the seat base, and sophisticated fabric-cutting robotics technology to minimize excess upholstery waste. A state-of-the-art ventilation system, cross-training, and high wages are big draws for employees in the area. From thoughtful sourcing of raw materials to in-house, environmentally-safe processes, every step of manufacturing was designed with the planet and American workers in mind.
"As a startup, and like most industries, we began our manufacturing overseas but it was always our goal and a priority to move this process to the United States," said CEO Bing Howenstein. "Moving fully to the U.S. has also allowed us to reduce our carbon footprint and deliver a higher quality product to our existing and new customers. We are thrilled to set our manufacturing roots in Union City, TN, bringing new job opportunities to the region while delivering the healthiest chair to Americans across the country."
The Axion retails for $999 and is now available for purchase at all33.com.
all33 is a modern chair company driven by a commitment to innovation. By using technology to build products that encourage movement, they help people lead healthier lives. They created the first and only chair that can induce ideal posture and keep all 33 vertebrae of the spine moving. Founded by Dr. Dennis Collonello, chiropractor to the LA Clippers, and Jim Grove, an internationally-acclaimed industrial designer, the company has a mission to help people who sit find freedom through movement. Notable investors include Bruce Willis, Cindy Crawford, Tony Robbins, and more, as well as business trailblazers such as Evan Spiegel of Snap and former Disney COO Tom Staggs. Learn more at all33.com.
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One more day with Afternoon Storms!
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Scattered thunderstorms will pop up again Monday in the heat of the afternoon. Heat and humidity are still high today. But a change is coming! Tuesday dew points drop into the upper 60s, which is a much more comfortable feel outside. Tuesday is also the start of Summer. The Summer Solstice, the time when the sun is farthest north in our sky, occurs at 5:14 a.m. EDT. You could also see a fun display in the sky before dawn, which Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon on display in the east to southeast sky!
Drier air overhead will give us three dry days. Then a small disturbance in the upper atmosphere moves over Florida starting Friday and right through next weekend, so our rain chances go back up then. Tropics are still quiet, no storms developing for at least the next 5 days. By today’s date last year we were on our third tropical storm. This year so far, just Alex at the beginning of June. The peak of Hurricane Season is early September, still plenty of time for an active season to develop.
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A shooting that wounded a male early Sunday morning is under investigation, Temple police said.
Officers were called at 1:22 a.m. to the 700 block of East Downs Avenue, where they found a male who had shot. He was transported to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Temple. His condition was not immediately known.
No suspects have been identified, Temple spokeswoman Kiara Nowlin said in a news release.
Anyone with information can contact the Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500 or the Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526-8477, where callers can report anonymously. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_3103855a-b327-11ec-80a7-17879ad172c1.html | 2022-04-03T13:13:42Z |
GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN , Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A significant milestone has been reached in SKF's journey towards a net-zero value chain. Together with Swedish steel producer Ovako, SKF has produced a Spherical Roller Bearing (SRB) with 90% less emissions than its standard SRB bearing.
The bearing is manufactured in SKF's net zero factory in Gothenburg and uses recycled steel from Ovako's Hofors mill.
As an illustration of the companies' collaboration, the bearing has already been installed in a crane at the Hofors mill, where it is one of hundreds of connected bearings that enable smoother operations and less unplanned downtime.
The Gothenburg factory is the third SKF factory to achieve net zero status, part of the Group's ambitions to achieve net zero emissions across all its operations by 2030. Thanks to a series of process improvements and investments, Ovako has achieved carbon-neutrality for all its global operations, based on a 97% recycled content and fossil-free electricity.
As well as working with suppliers to reduce the carbon footprint of scrap-based steel production, SKF is also working with a range of partners to help realize dramatic reductions and, eventually, net zero emissions from iron ore-based steel production.
Rickard Gustafson, President and CEO of SKF, says: "The industry's journey towards net zero bearing production is accelerating and this milestone illustrates both our leading position and the importance of collaboration. Ovako and SKF have a long history together and this is yet another tangible example of how we are working towards more circular industrial development."
Marcus Hedblom, President and CEO of Ovako, says: "Throughout SKF's and Ovako's long history of collaboration, we have successfully developed sustainable steel products for many decades. Now, with this significant milestone, the journey continues towards net zero bearing production using steel from 100% carbon-neutral production."
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Two injured in Central Topeka shooting
Published: Jun. 23, 2022 at 7:46 PM CDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - An argument ended in gunfire Thursday night in central Topeka, according to authorities.
Topeka Police Lt. Mike Hren said officers responded just after 6:30 p.m. to the area of SW Munson and SW Washburn. He said two men were found in the street with gunshot wounds. They were taken to the hospital with injuries initially considered life-threatening, but Lt. Hren said their conditions had since improved.
Lt. Hren said police had a man in custody who they consider a suspect.
Law enforcement remained on the scene investigating as of 7:45 p.m.
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STOCKHOLM and NEW YORK and Usa, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems, is supporting the United Nations Road Safety Fund (UNRSF) to strengthen insights into road safety challenges, contribute to safer mobility and help deliver Autoliv's goal of saving 100,000 lives a year.
By exchanging valuable insights, knowledge, and data, Autoliv and UNRSF will actively support the Global Plan for the Second Decade of Action 2021-2030, which seeks to prevent at least 50% of road traffic deaths and injuries by 2030.
Road traffic crashes claim 1.35 million lives every year and are the leading cause of death among children and young adults. More than 90 per cent of road traffic fatalities take place in developing countries. Autoliv's support of UNRSF is an important step to further democratize road safety and increase awareness and availability of life-saving products where it is most needed.
Shaping the future of mobility in a safer and more sustainable way
Autoliv's vision of Saving More Lives directly supports UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number three, which aspires to ensure good health and well-being for all, with one of its targets focused on halving global deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes.
"Cross-sector collaboration is key if the world is to advance its positions on the Sustainable Development Goals. Supporting the UNRSF is a way for Autoliv to share our expertise while gaining additional insights into the main road safety challenges facing the world today. Through our core business of life-saving products, we have an important role to play. Saving More Lives is an integral part of our sustainability agenda, and our aim is to save 100,000 lives a year", says Mikael Bratt, CEO and President, Autoliv.
Cross-sector collaborations required to reach global sustainability goals
"As a member of the multi-stakeholder UNRSF Platforms of Engagement, Autoliv directly supports UNRSF thinking on high-impact road safety projects. With its financial contribution, Autoliv is also directly supporting UNRSF project operations in low- and middle-income countries. It is this type of multi-pronged engagement from the private sector which will leapfrog the global community towards achieving the SDGs on safe, sustainable and inclusive mobility for all" says Nneka Henry, Head of the UNRSF Secretariat.
Autoliv's commitment to support the UNRSF will directly result in road safety interventions in low- and middle-income countries ranging from better vehicle standards and road infrastructure design to effective systems to improve road user behavior and emergency post-crash response.
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BEIJING, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanchang county in east China's Jiangxi province recently kicked off its "lotus festival", an annual economic, trade and cultural event to promote business environment and attract investment.
With opening ceremony held on August 18, this year's festival covers rural revitalization, digital economy and fine business environment with activities such as cultural and tourism product trade and expo, art exhibition as well as night market expected to last for four months.
In its sixth this year, the lotus economic and trade festival has become the hallmark event for Nanchang county to better promote its charm, to attracts more talents and also for local people to have fun in all sorts of cultural activities. What's more, it has become the platform for project matching, negotiation and a booster for local development, a business participant noted.
It is introduced during the opening ceremony that digital economy and optimizing business environment are the priorities of Nanchang county this year, which has actively promoted digital industrialization and industrial digitization. The county has launched a number of digital projects such as Xiaolan · Taihao VR Industrial Park, China Mobile Jiangxi Xiaolan data center, and China Unicom's only VR / AR research base in China.
Nanchang county has been constantly improving business environment as well. The county has been building and upgrading its online corporate services and e-government services to provide convenient, round-the-clock services for individuals and enterprises while providing favorable policies for cutting cost for businesses.
Nanchang county is the first in Jiangxi province that ranks among China's top 100 counties. Statistics shows that its GDP reached 102.78 billion yuan in 2019, also a first among counties in Jiangxi to exceed 100 billion yuan. The county has formed a "3 + 3 + N" industrial structure of automobiles and new energy vehicles, green food, biomedicine, intelligent equipment manufacturing, semiconductors, new energy and new materials.
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Freedom is not free.
That saying has resonated with Temple veteran Robert “Bob” Noble every Memorial Day since he served as a sergeant in the 1st Infantry Division during the Vietnam War.
Noble, now 73, said he doesn’t normally like to talk about his military combat or the battles he lived through because of how difficult that time was.
Noble entered the war at age 17, a fresh-faced graduate of Temple High School.
Against the wishes of his parents, Noble voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966 despite the battles and civil turbulence he saw on television news.
At that time, he said, he was headed down a dark path that would have probably landed him in jail.
“At that time in my life, I was 16-feet tall and bulletproof,” Noble said. “I didn’t want to hear anything my parents wanted to say, it would go in this ear and right out the other. I know now that I am older, that I was headed for real trouble because I wouldn’t listen to anybody.”
When he enlisted, Noble said he fully believed in the U.S. government and the idea of fighting against communism.
Noble said he hoped to stop the fight against communism from coming to the United States. He said he didn’t think the country could deal with the war at home.
After going through basic training and arriving in Vietnam, Noble said he was quickly disillusioned with the reasoning for the war.
“To be honest, after about two months in the country, I was disillusioned about why we were there,” Noble said. “A lot of the South Vietnamese people hated us even though we were there to help them. It was a mind twister for sure.”
Noble said he was in the Army from 1966 to 1968, most of it spent fighting in the Mekong Valley.
The sticky heat in Vietnam, Noble said, was a little bit easier for him than other soldiers since he was used to the Texas heat in Temple. Still, Vietnam temperatures reached 130 degrees at times with humidity, he said.
Jungle combat
Noble and his squad of about 13 soldiers spent most of their time in the jungle. He said that, out of any two-month period, the group spent between 48 and 49 days in the brush.
He always kept a spare pair of socks and foot powder to help keep his feet dry during his jungle patrols. It was a practice that some soldiers laughed at him about.
“I kept socks and the guys used to laugh at me and say, ‘There goes Dr. Foot,’” Noble said. “You walk through rice paddies, your feet get all wet, and it is bad.”
The worst of his service, he said, was the Tet Offensive of 1968, a major, coordinated escalation of the war by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces that included surprise attacks on military and other targets in more than 100 towns and villages across Vietnam.
Interaction with villagers was nerve-wracking during the war, Noble said. He and fellow soldiers did not know who was the enemy and who wasn’t.
Even if there were no visible enemies, Noble said, villagers would sometimes be forced to store weapons for the Viet Cong.
“We went into many a village and our purpose to go was to search and destroy,” Noble said. “There may not have been any Viet Cong in there but you never knew.”
Getting into firefights with the enemy was an everyday occurrence in the jungle, Noble said.
Despite his gung-ho attitude going into the Army, Noble said he was quickly numbed by the daily fighting.
“Sometimes I would be under fire two or three times a day and get into a firefight,” he said. “In order to maintain your sanity, you become really numb.
“At first it bothered me. But, after about a month in the bush, I thought ‘I don’t know why I am feeling sorry for these guys, they are the ones wanting to take over the south and make it communist. And they are trying to kill me.’”
Leadership role
When the sergeant of his squad was killed, Noble was forced to take over his duties even though others weren’t welcome to the combat promotion.
Noble said it was hard to take up that position of leadership, making decisions on who would take point and likely get shot at first during patrols.
It was tougher when someone got hurt.
“Knowing that I was the one that put them in that position — that was what was hard,” Noble said. “You take it out on yourself.”
When Noble came back to the United States in 1968, he said he was approached by a recruiter for reenlistment.
The recruiter offered Nobel $25,000 and 45 days of leave if he would reenlist for three years. While he was tempted, he said, he knew the Army would send him back to Vietnam.
Returning to the war in Vietnam wasn’t something he wanted, Noble said.
Coming home
When he left the Army, Noble said there were many things he had to deal with, such as the public’s view of the war.
Returning to the U.S. at age 19, he and his fellow soldiers were called baby killers and not viewed as positively as they are now, Noble said.
“I was 19 years old and it was heartbreaking,” Noble said. “I thought, ‘Hey man I went over there to help them people be free and now I am the bad guy because we went over there.’ But you don’t have any choice, you go where the military tells you to go.”
Noble said he now thinks many Americans better understand what soldiers went through and are less hostile compared to when the war ended.
Remembering the fallen
While in Vietnam, Noble lost many friends, including Temple High School classmates who were a few years older than him.
For his service, Noble said he received two Purple Hearts and the Silver Star, which he said he was honored to receive.
Noble said his parents were supportive of him upon his return. His parents told him that he had changed greatly when he came home.
“(My dad) was in Korea and he kind of understood where I was coming from,” Noble said. “I couldn’t talk to my mother about it, no way. No way in God’s green Earth could I say anything to my mother about it.”
After the military, Noble said he worked briefly at Wilsonart before leaving to work as a truck driver around the country.
“So I bought a truck, and back then, you could make a living, and I hit the road,” he said. “I’ve been to every state in the United States and every province in Canada.”
“I was free and I didn’t have to answer to anybody.”
Back to Central Texas
After years driving across North America, Noble said he eventually came back to Temple and worked for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Noble, a member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4008 in Belton, said his friends at the organization are working to get him on an honor flight to Washington, D.C. He said the honor flight would take him to the various war memorials, including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which lists the names of the 58,318 Americans who gave their lives in service to the nation.
“If I go, this will be my first trip,” Noble said. “I would spend a lot of time (at the veterans memorial) because I have a list of names where I want to take a piece of paper and make a rubbing.” | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_71c47b88-dfcf-11ec-91e7-4f8a3cc469c3.html | 2022-05-30T07:22:50Z |
Strategic communications executive with experience in tech, energy industries to grow UL Research Institutes communications teams
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, UL Research Institutes announced the appointment of Kristen Delphos as vice president of corporate communications and public relations.
As UL Research Institutes expands the scale and scope of its research into emerging safety risks through the newly announced $1.8 billion commitment introduced in February, Delphos will lead communications strategies that support the organization's growth and influence. This will include setting strategy that tells the story of the UL enterprise's mission of working for a safer world.
"Our organization has a rich history and an even brighter future, and to do that justice, we need an established, innovative communications leader for UL Research Institutes. Kristen Delphos is that leader," said Terrence R. Brady, president and CEO of UL Research Institutes. "Kristen has served as a communications executive in industries that have been greatly improved by safety science, so she's seen firsthand the impact safety science research can have in changing how we live and work. We are pleased she has joined us to help articulate how our organization furthers scientific discovery and advances the shared mission of the UL enterprise."
Delphos' work will also include expanding the UL Research Institutes global communications strategy. She will further establish relationships with key external stakeholders — from policymakers and regulators around the world to academic partners and nongovernmental organizations — in connection with other UL enterprise leaders.
"The pace of technological change continues to accelerate, which makes our mission of working for a safer world more important than ever before," Delphos said. "As I join to lead communications and public relations for UL Research Institutes, I'm inspired by the magnitude of our opportunity to impact the safety of our communities."
Delphos has experience in all facets of marketing and communications, with expertise concentrated in the technology and energy industries. She most recently served as vice president and head of global marketing and communications at Dematic, a $5 billion intelligent automation solutions company with more than 12,000 employees in over 27 countries. There, she developed and implemented the company's global integrated marketing, branding, and corporate communications strategy. In her three years at Dematic, the company doubled its employee headcount and revenue.
Prior to Dematic, Delphos served as head of communications for Electrical Products Industrial Solutions at ABB, previously GE Industrial Solutions, where she created and executed a comprehensive communications strategy for the $2.7 billion business unit.
Earlier in her career, Delphos spent time at ADT, GE Distributed Power Services, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, communications consultancy Brand X Communications and UPS. Delphos earned a B.A. in economics from the University of Massachusetts.
Outside of work, Delphos is a member of the Forbes Communications Council. She was part of the Atlanta Women's Foundation's Inspire Atlanta class of 2020, where she earned the top fundraising achievement. She is also the author of the children's book "Hashtag Gets Healthy … and Hits the High Jump," published in 2016. Delphos has an interest in health and well-being and is certified as an integrative nutrition coach and in mindfulness-based stress reduction, including facilitating workplace mindfulness.
About UL Research Institutes
UL Research Institutes is a leading independent safety science organization with global reach. Dedicated to exploring vital questions related to public safety, we sense and act on risks to humanity and our planet.
Since 1894, our trusted research has engaged the ingenuity of top minds across scientific disciplines to engineer a safer and more sustainable world. Science builds the knowledge required to mitigate increasingly urgent safety problems like environmental and chemical pollution or artificial intelligence inequities — and our rigorous, objective investigations uncover that knowledge.
In collaboration with a global network of scientists and safety professionals, we define the safe and sustainable use of things ranging from legacy materials to new and emerging technologies. Our discoveries support the development of practical standards and policies by UL Standards & Engagement. Together, we are advancing safety science for the greater good.
Discover more at UL.org
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Dr. Nitin Goyal to offer specialized care for hand, wrist and elbow injuries, and Dr. Arash Sayari to offer specialized care for spine and neck conditions
NAPERVILLE, Ill., Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush (MOR) today announces an expansion of its presence in Joliet and Naperville with the hiring of two specialist physicians. Nitin Goyal, M.D. and Arash Sayari, M.D. will practice at both locations starting today, which will further elevate MOR's clinical expertise and enhance accessibility to world-class orthopedic care in DuPage, Kendall and Will counties.
Drs. Goyal and Sayari each completed their residency with MOR and Rush University Medical Center before pursing fellowships at other world-renowned institutions. The doctors' return to practice at MOR illustrates the strength and influence of the orthopaedic program that was recently ranked the 5th best in the country by U.S. News and World Report.
"The additions of Dr. Goyal and Dr. Sayari demonstrate MOR's commitment to delivering top-quality care to our patients in Joliet, Naperville, and the surrounding communities," said Dr. Brian Cole, managing partner of Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush. "Patients often travel from across the country or around the world to receive care at MOR, so enhancing our presence in Chicagoland communities with such talented physicians is very exciting."
Dr. Nitin Goyal, M.D., is a fellowship-trained orthopedic surgeon specializing in care of the hand, wrist, and elbow. Dr. Goyal seeks to educate and empower patients to select the least invasive treatment option that yields the most reliable and impactful outcomes. Dr. Goyal graduated with honors (Summa Cum Laude) in Economics from Northwestern University and earned his medical degree with honors (Cum Laude) from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. He completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Rush University Medical Center and his hand and upper extremity fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Having grown up in Naperville, Dr. Goyal's clinical presence in the Chicagoland area holds a significant level of personal meaning. Returning as a physician, he hopes to help residents of the community overcome physical discomfort and support their pursuit of healthy, active lifestyles.
"I am honored to be serving the Naperville community in which I was raised and the residents of Joliet," said Dr. Goyal. "I look forward to developing meaningful relationships with my patients and amplifying MOR's positive impact in these communities."
Dr. Arash Sayari, M.D., is a fellowship-trained orthopedic spine surgeon who specializes in the latest minimally-invasive techniques and advanced technologies. Treating ailments ranging from simple neck and back pain to herniated disks and arthritis, Dr. Sayari leverages robotics and other emerging technologies to ensure accuracy and enhance patient outcomes. Dr. Sayari graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA before completing his medical training with the highest honors at the University of Miami. As a believer in motion preservation, Dr. Sayari has also established himself as a leading expert in spinal disc arthroplasty to avoid fusion procedures.
"I look forward to utilizing my clinical expertise in neck and spine conditions to improve the health and well-being of MOR's patients in Joliet and Naperville," said Dr. Sayari. "The opportunity to serve Illinois' third- and fourth-largest cities is incredibly exciting and brings with it the potential to improve the lives of countless patients in the years to come."
To schedule an appointment with Dr. Goyal or Dr. Sayari at MOR locations in Joliet or Naperville, please visit www.rushortho.com or call 877.MD.BONES.
About Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush
MOR is among the international leaders in musculoskeletal health and is currently ranked No. 5 in Orthopedics by U.S. News & World Report. MOR is comprised of international renowned Orthopedic and Spine surgeons who pioneer the latest advances in technology and surgical techniques to improve the lives and activity levels of patients around the world. MOR has seven full-service locations in Chicago, Joliet, Naperville, Oak Brook, Oak Park, Westchester, and Munster, IN. MOR also has eight, stand-alone physical therapy clinics in Bensenville, Geneva, Lincoln Park, Lockport, Orland Park, River Grove, Park Ridge, and Munster (Centennial Village), IN.
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TIFTON — The Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Georgia Museum of Agriculture will begin its annual summer operating schedule on July 5.
Museum Director Garrett Boone said the Historic Village, Art Gallery, and Spinks Exhibit Hall will be open Tuesday-Friday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. in July. Admission will be $9 for adults, $7 for senior adults, $5 for children ages 5-16, and free to children 4 and under.
The museum, Art Gallery, Historic Village and Vulcan Steam Train will be open each Saturday in July from 9 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday admission is $12 for adults, $10 for senior adults, $6 for children ages 5-16, and free to children 4 and under. ABAC students receive free admission with a student ID.
The administrative offices will remain open Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.–5 p.m. during July. The Country Store will be open Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
On July 2, visitors can take part in unique activities showcasing south Georgia history during the Wiregrass Freedom Festival. Activities will take place from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and are included in the regular admission price.
Visitors will have the opportunity to fish with a cane pole, play a game of Wiregrass baseball, view an antique tractor show and parade, and much more. Visitors also can bring their favorite homemade pie to enter a contest for a chance at the blue ribbon.
The museum, Art Gallery, Historic Village, Country Store, and administrative offices will be closed on July 4 in observance of Independence Day. The Spinks Exhibit Hall, Art Gallery, Historic Village, and Country Store will re-open July 5.
For more information on ABAC’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture, interested persons can call (229) 391-5205 or visit the web site at www.gma.abac.edu.
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A’s put Piscotty on COVID-19 IL, 3 others on restricted list
TORONTO (AP) — The Oakland Athletics placed outfielder Stephen Piscotty on the COVID-19 injured list and put catcher Austin Allen and left-handers A.J. Puk and Kirby Snead on the restricted list before Friday’s game in Toronto. To enter Canada, the Canadian government requires a person must have received a second vaccine dose — or one dose of Johnson & Johnson — at least 14 days prior to entry. Players are not paid and do not accrue major league service time while on the restricted list. | https://localnews8.com/news/2022/04/15/as-put-piscotty-on-covid-19-il-3-others-on-restricted-list/ | 2022-04-16T02:51:39Z |
Products are intended to meet consumer needs in the bear market, with the 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP launched as the first offering in the Crypto Winter Suite
ZURICH, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 21Shares AG ("21Shares"), the world's largest issuer of cryptocurrency exchange traded products (ETPs), today announced its Crypto Winter Suite – a set of products designed to help investors weather the bear market. The first product introduced in the suite is the 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP (CBTC), which launched today on SIX Swiss Exchange.
The 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP is designed to offer low-cost exposure to Bitcoin, as the lowest cost Bitcoin ETP on the European market. CBTC has a total expense ratio of 21 basis points (0.21%) – selected to reflect the 21 million cap on Bitcoin – which is 44 basis points (0.44%) below the next lowest product on the market. The product will lend a portion of the underlying crypto on a fully collateralized basis to offset operating cost. Lending on CBTC will begin once the product achieves sufficient scale.
Beyond the 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP, 21Shares will focus on building additional bear-market oriented products. The Crypto Winter Suite aims to provide investors with a variety of ways to enter the crypto ecosystem – whether that is at some of the lowest costs on the market for long-term strategic allocation, for shorter-term tactical allocation or in a more risk-controlled manner.
"Given the current market environment, many investors are looking to 'buy-the-dip' and generate the maximum potential long-term return," said Arthur Krause, Director of ETP Product at 21Shares. "Our Crypto Winter Suite will provide ways for investors to dip their toes in the water at some of the lowest costs on the market."
"While we're experiencing a tougher market today, interest in the long-game of cryptocurrency has not wavered," said Hany Rashwan, CEO and co-founder, 21Shares. "We've seen investor demand for low-cost exposure to this asset class – and the 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP – the first product in our new suite – does just that, at the most competitive pricing in Europe. Our bear-market products provide investors with a robust toolkit for navigating the challenging market environment."
Today's announcement follows 21Shares' launch of the world's first USD Yield ETP last month, preceded by the company's entry into the United States with the launch of two new index funds, the release of a Layer1 Index ETP and DeFi ETP, and the world's first Bitcoin and Gold ETP. Additionally, 21Shares recently published its sixth issue of its State of Crypto Report, which explores current trends in the crypto industry and what investors are doing to successfully optimize their crypto portfolios.
To learn more about the 21Shares Bitcoin Core ETP or the Crypto Winter Suite, please visit www.21shares.com.
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21Shares takes innovation to the next level with the largest suite of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETPs) in the world. In 2018 it pioneered the world's first cryptocurrency index listing on the SIX Swiss Exchange, and it continues powering its cryptocurrency franchise with cutting-edge research and groundbreaking approaches to product strategy. 21Shares aims to provide all investors with an easy, secure, and regulated way to buy, sell, and short cryptocurrency through existing bank and brokerage accounts. 21Shares is a Swiss company registered in Zug, Switzerland with offices in Zurich and New York City. For more information, please visit www.21shares.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. ("West Fraser" or the "Company") (TSX and NYSE: WFG) has declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.30 per share on the Common shares and Class B Common shares in the capital of the Company, payable on October 7, 2022 to shareholders of record on September 22, 2022.
Dividends are designated to be eligible dividends pursuant to subsection 89(14) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) and any applicable provincial legislation pertaining to eligible dividends.
Dividends are declared and payable in U.S. dollars. Shareholders may elect to receive their dividends in Canadian dollars. Details regarding the election procedure are available on our website at www.westfraser.com in the "Investors/Stock Information/Dividends" section.
About West Fraser
West Fraser is a diversified wood products company with more than 60 facilities in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. From responsibly sourced and sustainably managed forest resources, the Company produces lumber, engineered wood products (OSB, LVL, MDF, plywood, and particleboard), pulp, newsprint, wood chips, other residuals, and renewable energy. West Fraser's products are used in home construction, repair and remodelling, industrial applications, papers, tissue, and box materials.
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Jace McDown’s journey from Emporia State player to coach
EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) - Jace McDown never thought about being a coach, until the pandemic changed everything for him.
“I started just falling in love with football more than I ever had,” said McDown. “You realize how you took it for granted a little bit, football, when it got taken away from you. So at that point I started to realize, maybe.”
Now after playing for Emporia State for six seasons, the three year captain is moving to the sideline as the Hornet’s new linebackers coach.
“Coach Higgins kinda gave me a call, and kinda everything happened really fast after that,” said McDown. “I think a week later I was getting ready to come down here.”
But what was it about McDown that made his hire such an easy decision? His leadership.
“Jace is a great player, I mean everybody knows that,” said ESU head coach Garin Higgins. “I think the biggest thing with Jace is he’s a great leader. He did it on the field and off the field. But I think that’s what he’s gonna bring for us in coaching, is that leadership.”
McDown comes into the position with quite the resume. He was a three-time Academic All-American, the MIAA’s leading tackler over the last three seasons, and has received first-team All-MIAA honors.
“Obviously I’m a young coach, so I still have a lot to learn from that side, recruiting, all those things,” said McDown. “But when it comes to the football side of things, it’s been super easy.”
McDown says the guys in his room have made the transition a lot easier on him.
“I think I have one of the best rooms in the country. Not just because I think they’re really good at football but because I think they’re awesome to be around every day,” he said. “They’ve shown me nothing but respect, and I can’t thank them enough for that.”
Coach McDown and company will open up their 2022 season on September 1st against Northeastern State at Welch Stadium.
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Company deepens healthcare expertise to accelerate digital transformation with award-winning API gateway platform—new machine learning products in development
BOSTON, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Forum Systems, Inc. announces its intelligent healthcare workflow practice. The company—known for its award-winning API Gateway platform, Forum Sentry—sees an opportunity to apply its technological expertise to healthcare. Encouraged by success in partnership with the largest health plan in Michigan, it continues to support deployments already in use as well as re-tool existing products and deploy new, purpose-built solutions.
New care models and regulations are compelling the healthcare industry to adopt technologies that optimize workflows and prioritize interoperability. Forum aims to lower costs for its partners and allow them to maintain a patient-centric approach with its API solutions. The company can enable capabilities for virtually any organization within the healthcare ecosystem—HIEs, MSOs, CAPS, payers, and providers among others—providing powerful pre-packaged tools that deploy in minutes or custom solutions for unique situations. Forum Systems specializes in enabling interoperability across legacy mainframe and modern cloud-based systems via its secure integration API gateway platform.
It enables partners to transmit real-time data in compliance with security and interoperability regulations (such as HL7 FHIR now required by CMS) and provides the necessary analytics-driven architecture to go beyond legal mandates and turn data into actionables. Standardized data collection, storage, and transmission protocols combined with state-of-the-art machine learning tools will lower operational costs, improve health outcomes, and transform patient experiences. Forum believes this is the future of healthcare.
"With our deep integration, workflow, and machine learning expertise, Forum Systems has delivered significant value by building intelligent workflows that move data within the healthcare ecosystems. Interoperability and transparency are no longer government-driven mandates. In fact, they are the DNA of disruptive healthcare companies," says Mamoon Yunus, CEO of Forum Systems. Yunus continued: "With Kevin joining the Forum Systems family, we are excited to launch our healthcare practice. His domain knowledge will help us deliver purpose-built solutions in a market where significant disruption in care delivery is already underway."
To accelerate the pivot into healthcare, Forum Systems is hiring at a rapid pace. Kevin Narine, Forum's healthcare strategy lead, had this to say: "Having worked in the healthcare industry for five years, I've seen firsthand the struggles of collecting relevant data and equipping medical staff with the tools and knowledge to take full advantage of it. New technologies promise exciting new capabilities to get better data and use it to improve patient experience and outcomes. I expect APIs and ML-backed tools, like the ones developed by Forum Systems, will be central to that endeavor. I am thrilled to be part of a company working to bring about the true digital transformation of healthcare which will impact the lives of millions of patients."
Forum is excited to apply its expertise to the specific challenges of the healthcare industry. It believes healthcare will be improved when organizations can efficiently share data internally and externally and when they can analyze that data with the smartest tools available. And it knows that robust and reliable APIs will be central to the coming revolution in healthcare. Forum Systems partners with healthcare organizations to:
- Identify and categorize current workflows—especially focused on pain points and high-impact workflows that could be optimized with technology
- Develop Migration Assessments to integrate existing technology or build custom solutions that replace mainframe applications and legacy architecture
- Map out a timeline for integration of new technology and a plan to quantify the impact of new workflows for iterative improvement
To learn about Forum's healthcare capabilities, click here.
Forum Systems is a leader in intelligent API gateway technology, deep data analytics, and cloud technologies. Forum technology, used by some of the largest global companies for building intelligent business workflows, is certified and secure. Along with industry-leading performance, interoperability, and security, Forum Systems takes pride in its customer-driven innovation and simplified user experience.
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InfeXtious Therapeutic, a subsidiary of AJK Biopharmaceutical, is headquartered at University Lab Partners, the premier life science incubator located in UCI Research Park.
IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InfeXtious Therapeutic announces a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant award from the National Institute of Health (NIH). In collaboration with Dr. Rakesh Tiwari of Chapman University, the grant will support the development of broad-spectrum cyclic amphiphilic peptides to combat antimicrobial resistance.
The overuse of antibiotic drugs in agriculture, aquaculture, animal feed, and medicine has led to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic resistance happens when bacteria develop a defense mechanism against one or multiple antibiotic drugs. Antibiotic resistance has become one of the significant public health challenges of our time. There are only a few treatment options available for people infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) considers Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and fungi cause more than 2.8 million infections and 35,000 deaths in the United States and 750,000 worldwide annually.
"Our mission is to evaluate, develop, and invest in new and improved treatments that are urgently needed to tackle antibiotic resistance and generate drugs that are active against the antibiotic-resistant infections," stated Dr. Assad Kazeminy, Chairman and CEO of AJK Biopharmaceutical.
InfeXtious Therapeutic is a small biotechnology company with a novel cyclic peptides platform to combat antimicrobial resistance. We have developed several active lead candidates against multi-drug resistant gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and pathogenic fungi. Our developed cyclic peptide-based discovery platform offers a multitude of anti-infectious drug lead candidates with superior properties of selectivity, synergistic activity with current antibiotics, stability, and activity against bacterial biofilm as compared to classically designed small molecules.
University Lab Partners (ULP) is a premier, nonprofit, wet lab incubator located in UCI Research Park in Irvine, CA. ULP is a professionally managed and equipped wet lab facility along with the benefits of peer-to-peer interactions among a life science-focused entrepreneurial community.
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SAN DIEGO, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Borrego, a leading developer, EPC and O&M provider for large-scale solar and energy storage projects throughout the United States, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to spin off and sell its development business, including its project pipeline of over 8.4 GW of solar and 6.4 GW/25 GWh of energy storage, to ECP, a leading energy transition-focused investor with an almost two decades-long reputation in the electricity, renewable and sustainable solutions sector.
Upon the completion of the transaction, ECP will operate the development business as an independent company. The business will be headquartered in Lowell, Mass., and will be led by the current development team as they continue to execute on the long-term business strategy in partnership with ECP. Dan Berwick, currently President of the development business, will become CEO.
"Borrego's development business owns a best-in-class track record and project pipeline. We are thrilled to be partnering with Dan and team to help continue the company's tremendous growth and success," said Andrew Gilbert, partner at ECP. "At ECP, we believe the opportunity set in sustainable infrastructure is expanding rapidly as the world continues to advance electrification as a means to decarbonize. We're excited to join forces with Borrego's development business to create ECP's eleventh renewable platform and fourth standalone solar platform."
Borrego will continue to invest in its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) business units. Borrego EPC is a national builder of utility-scale and community-scale solar and energy storage projects with more than 450 MW of solar projects and 200 MW of energy storage projects currently in design or construction. Borrego is also a leader in third-party O&M services for distributed generation and utility-scale solar plants. The team currently manages the performance of 1.4 GW and over 1,000 solar operating assets, the majority of which were built by other EPCs.
"We are seeing tremendous opportunities in Borrego's EPC and O&M services. This sale ensures we can invest in our people and build the technology that will position them to capitalize on what will be a record-breaking decade for solar and storage deployment in the United States," said Mike Hall, chief executive officer of Borrego. "I am thankful for the incredible development team that I've had the pleasure of working with for the last 12 years. We are thrilled that we were able to find a partner with ECP's industry experience, financial resources and reputation. I am confident that together they will accomplish great things and continue Borrego's mission to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy."
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC acted as exclusive financial advisor to Borrego in connection with the transaction.
About Borrego
Borrego, a leading developer, EPC and O&M provider, accelerates the development and delivery of large commercial, community solar, and utility-scale solar and energy storage projects in the United States. Borrego offers a broad range of renewable energy services and has a track record of superior performance in the hundreds of large solar and energy storage projects it has designed, built and maintains throughout the United States. Established in 1980, it has regional offices in California, Massachusetts, and New York with a nationwide footprint. Borrego creates value by helping partners make better decisions at critical points in every project's life. Its team brings deep technical expertise to its mission of solving the world's energy problems. For more information, visit www.borregoenergy.com.
About ECP
ECP, founded in 2005, is a leading investor across energy transition, electrification and decarbonization infrastructure assets, including power generation, renewables and storage solutions, environmental infrastructure and efficiency & reliability assets facilitating the energy transition. The ECP team, comprised of 61 people with 500 years of collective industry experience, deep expertise and extensive relationships, has consummated more than 60 transactions over the last 10 years, representing more than $45 billion of enterprise value. For more information, visit www.ecpgp.com.
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New role will enhance digital equity in the broadband industry
PITTSBURGH, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today the promotion of Kirsten Compitello, AICP, to National Broadband Digital Equity Director. In her new role, Ms. Compitello will leverage more than 15 years of experience in the urban planning industry, as well as building community-oriented systems through public engagement, visual storytelling and smart policy, to enhance digital equity and inclusion in the Broadband industry.
"Kirsten has been with Michael Baker for more than four years, working to advance healthy, safe, equitable and people-oriented urban design," said Jeremy Jurick, GISP, Vice President and National Broadband Services Director at Michael Baker International. "Michael Baker's Broadband services are designed to facilitate digital inclusion and enable access to underserved communities. As Digital Equity Director, Kirsten will further this mission by drawing on her experience in urban planning, creativity and passion for delivering equitable solutions to communities. Her work will be critical to closing the digital divide in the communities that we serve."
As the National Broadband Digital Equity Director, Ms. Compitello will act as a vital link to ensure Michael Baker's Broadband Technology Solutions align with the equity goals of local, state, and regional clients and their constituents. Ms. Compitello and her team will act as client advocates and trusted advisors to evaluate resident needs, tailor outcomes to best suit the communities impacted, and build local stewardship and capacity to support both short-term improvement and long-term sustainability of their broadband programs.
Prior to being promoted to National Broadband Digital Equity Director, Ms. Compitello served as a Senior Urban Designer and Planning Associate at Michael Baker. As lead Broadband Planner for the Connectivity Roadmap for Southwestern Pennsylvania, she helped to innovate Michael Baker's unique approach toward digital connectivity solutions through a multidisciplinary collaboration of infrastructure planning, smart data tracking and management, engineering applications and community advocacy. She also served as an Urban Design Fellow and Senior Urban Designer for Urban Design Associates.
She holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Notre Dame and a Master of Arts degree in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from Columbia University.
Michael Baker's nationwide Broadband planning and implementation work is completed under the firm's Consulting and Technology Solutions (CTS) Vertical, which combines the firm's technology offerings, including National Broadband Development, Unmanned Aerial Systems, Geographic Information Systems, Next Generation 9-1-1, and Light Detection and Ranging. The CTS team is comprised of nearly 200 technology experts focusing on technology differentiation and innovation to support Michael Baker's growth initiatives, identifying and incubating technologies and maximizing opportunities with consulting and technology-based solutions.
About Michael Baker International
Michael Baker International is a leading provider of engineering and consulting services with Practices that encompass all facets of infrastructure, including design, civil engineering, planning, architecture, environmental, construction and program management and design-build project delivery. For more than 80 years, the company has been a trusted partner to commercial clients, all branches of the military and federal, state and municipal governments, providing comprehensive services and solutions. Embracing emerging technologies and the latest innovations – like intelligent transportation and engineered models, Michael Baker is an industry leader that delivers expertise and quality. The firm's more than 3,000 employees across nearly 100 locations are committed to Making a Difference for clients and communities through a culture of innovation, collaboration and technological advancement while Reimagining Michael Baker to become a full-service engineering and consulting firm over the next five years. To learn more, visit https://mbakerintl.com/.
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PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Movano Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE), a purpose-driven healthcare solutions company at the intersection of medtech and consumer devices, today announced the development of a beta testing program with Stanford Health Applied Sports Science Department. The beta test, which is expected to commence in the fourth quarter of 2022, will utilize the Movano Ring, Movano's first commercial product designed to track and analyze medical grade data and deliver insights to consumers across a wide spectrum of healthcare needs, and prepare the Company for its commercial launch in the first half of 2023.
"Stanford University and our Applied Sports Science department are continually looking to apply the latest technology, like the Movano Ring, to drive innovation that facilitates the ethical enhancement of athletic performance and improve the quality of life of the Stanford athlete," said Tyler Friedrich, Director of Olympic Sports Performance and Applied Sport Science at Stanford University.
"People today are increasingly seeking connected solutions that give a more holistic picture of their overall health. The Movano Ring is being designed to sit at the intersection of the medical and consumer device market, providing medical-grade diagnostics in addition to lifestyle fitness stats to help people gain greater control over their health," said John Mastrototaro, CEO of Movano Inc. "The opportunity to test our technology with a group of Stanford's most elite athletes, who rely on health data to optimize their performance and feel their best, will be crucial in testing and improving the effectiveness of our solution."
About Movano
Founded in 2018, Movano Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) is developing a suite of purpose-driven healthcare solutions to bring medical-grade, high-quality data to the forefront of consumer health devices. Featuring modern form factors, Movano's wearables capture a comprehensive picture of a person's vital health information and uniquely translate the data into personalized and intelligent insights that empower consumers to live healthier and more balanced lives. Movano's end-to-end solutions will soon enable a world where consumers, caretakers and healthcare professionals can utilize daily health data as a tool to proactively monitor and manage their health. For more information, visit www.movano.com.
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ATLANTA -- Gov. Brian Kemp is seeking to quash a subpoena to testify before the Fulton County special grand jury investigating attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
A motion state Attorney General Chris Carr filed on Kemp’s behalf questioned the timing of the subpoena – in the midst of the governor’s re-election campaign – and maintained Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis has no legal right to force Kemp to testify.
“Georgia courts have no authority to compel a sitting governor to provide testimony about matters involving his official duties due to sovereign immunity,” Carr wrote. “Even if that were not the centuries-old law of this state, the subpoena at issue is improper … because its timing is neither driven by a genuine investigative need for information nor compliant with the established ethical rules governing prosecutors and election cycle investigations.”
Unlike other Republican politicians the special grand jury has subpoenaed, Kemp did not try to cast doubt on Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia over then-GOP President Trump. The governor refused to interfere with the election’s outcome, declaring he did not have the authority to do so.
Kemp had volunteered to testify to the panel late last month, Carr wrote in Wednesday’s motion. However, Willis canceled that session and subpoenaed Kemp instead after the governor asked “reasonable” questions concerning the scope of the testimony, the attorney general wrote.
“For more than a year, the governor’s team has continually expressed his desire to provide a full accounting of his very limited role in the issues being looked at by the special grand jury,” a Kemp spokesperson said Wednesday. “We are now just weeks away from the 2022 general election making it increasingly difficult to dedicate the time necessary to prepare and then appear. With the special grand jury empaneled until May 2023, we are simply asking the judge to allow the governor to come in after the November election.”
Others who have fought subpoenas to appear before the special grand jury include former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who as Trump’s personal lawyer raised questions about the legitimacy of the 2020 election in Georgia at several legislative hearings at the state Capitol. Giuliani lost his bid to avoid the panel and testified on Wednesday.
Lawyers for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also are fighting a subpoena from Willis. A federal judge ruled earlier this week that Graham must testify.
A spokesman for Willis said the district attorney would defer comment on Kemp’s motion until her office files its response.
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The tech firms' collaboration augments brain-mimicking Spiking Neural Networks.
SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edge Impulse, the leading platform for enabling ML at the edge, and BrainChip, the leading provider of neuromorphic AI IP technology, announced support for deploying Edge Impulse projects on the BrainChip MetaTF platform.
Edge Impulse enables developers to rapidly build enterprise-grade ML algorithms, trained on real sensor data, in a low to no code environment. These trained algorithms can now be quantized, optimized and converted to Spiking Neural Networks (SNN), which are compatible and can be deployed with BrainChip Akida™ devices. This capability is available for new and existing Edge Impulse projects by using the BrainChip MetaTF model deployment block integrated on the platform. This deployment block enables free-tier developers and enterprise developer users to create and validate neuromorphic models for real-world use-cases and deploy on BrainChip Akida development kits.
A reference project targeting image classification is publicly available as an Edge Impulse public project, giving experts a head start with developing algorithms for the next generation of neuromorphic computing. Machine Learning experts will be able to create Akida-compatible models using the Edge Impulse expert mode within the learning block and using the BrainChip MetaTF model deployment block to use Tensorflow based models, and quantize them to complete or mixed low-precision bits, from 1 to 4 bits. It also allows the implementation of quantization-aware training to help retain the performance. Finally, the optimized model can be converted to Akida-based SNN networks and experts will be able to download them to deploy on BrainChip Akida development kits. Experts also see performance metrics, Akida model summary, and configuration data.
"We're extremely delighted to support BrainChip's proliferation of their Akida technology," said Jan Jongboom, CTO at Edge Impulse. "The combination of BrainChip's advanced technology and Edge Impulse's industry-leading developer experience gives users an easy and seamless way for deploying ML at the edge using efficient and essential SNNs algorithms that helps the advancement of solving real-world problems of all types."
Edge Impulse is widely used to rapidly develop, deploy, and maintain ML algorithms across the industry where security, low-power, and remote deployment needs require intelligence at the edge. BrainChip's Akida IP promises to massively increase the processing capability and efficiency of such applications. Edge Impulse continues to improve access to the BrainChip Akida technology and has started to integrate BrainChip's MetaTF Software Development Environment so that those new to ML and Akida can more easily incorporate the benefits of the technology in their projects.
"Being the commercial leader in edge AI on-chip learning and neuromorphic AI IP availability, it is critical for BrainChip to establish our ecosystem with key partnerships and technology leaders such as Edge Impulse," says Anil Mankar, Chief Development Officer at BrainChip. "Working together, both companies are creating an advantage for the ML community. This is only the beginning of how we see our Akida technology expanding into the ecosystem."
Edge Impulse is the leading machine learning platform, enabling all enterprises to build smarter edge products. Its technology empowers developers to bring more ML products to market faster and helps enterprise teams rapidly develop industry-specific solutions in weeks instead of years. The Edge Impulse platform provides powerful automation and low-code capabilities to make it easier to build valuable datasets and develop advanced ML with streaming data. With over 40,000 developers, and partnerships with the top silicon vendors, Edge Impulse offers a seamless integration experience to validate and deploy with confidence across the largest hardware ecosystem. To learn more, visit edgeimpulse.com.
BrainChip is the worldwide leader in edge AI on-chip processing and learning. The company's first-to-market neuromorphic processor, AkidaTM, mimics the human brain to analyze only essential sensor inputs at the point of acquisition, processing data with unparalleled efficiency, precision, and economy of energy. Keeping machine learning local to the chip, independent of the cloud, also dramatically reduces latency while improving privacy and data security. In enabling effective edge compute to be universally deployable across real world applications such as connected cars, consumer electronics, and industrial IoT, BrainChip is proving that on-chip AI, close to the sensor, is the future, for its customers' products, as well as the planet. Explore the benefits of Essential AI at brainchip.com.
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BENGALURU, India (AP) — Life for many in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru was disrupted on Tuesday after two days of torrential rains set off long traffic snarls, widespread power cuts and heavy floods that swept into homes and submerged roads.
With several parts of the city still heavily waterlogged, videos on social media showed people hopping onto tractors to get to work. Many schools were shut on Monday over the heavy downpours and authorities have warned of interruptions to the water supply. Boats were deployed to rescue people submerged in floodwaters.
The city, dubbed India’s tech capital, is home to several technology companies and many of their offices have been lashed by the rains, prompting employees to work from home.
Even though September is usually the wettest month in Bengaluru, this year has seen more rains than normal.
The two zones that make up the city, Bengaluru Urban and Bengaluru Rural, have seen 141% and 114% excess rainfall respectively. On Monday night, 131.6 millimeters (5.2 inches) of rain was recorded, making it the wettest September day in the last eight years.
According to the India Meteorological Department, Karnataka, the southern state that’s home to Bengaluru, is among the regions that have received maximum rainfall this year. It has seen 34% more rainfall in the past three months than what it usually receives this time of the year.
While there is no direct connection between the excessive rains in Bengaluru and climate change, there is growing evidence that the monsoons, the most important weather system for the Indian subcontinent, are being altered due to climate change. Scientists say this is making extreme events such as excess rainfall the new normal. | https://cw33.com/news/science-technology/ap-science/ap-indias-bengaluru-flooded-after-days-of-torrential-rains/ | 2022-09-07T01:30:09Z |
HONOLULU (AP) — A large wildfire in a rural area of Hawaii’s Big Island is not threatening any homes, but high winds and extremely dry conditions are making it difficult for crews to contain the blaze.
The fire started in the western reaches of the U.S. Army’s Pohakuloa Training Area, which is above the town of Waikoloa and in between the Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea volcanoes.
The fire had burned more than 15 square miles (39 square kilometers) as of Thursday.
Huge wildfires like the one in Hawaii highlight the dangers of climate change-related heat and drought for many communities throughout the U.S. West and other hotspots around the world. But experts say relatively small fires on typically wet, tropical islands in the Pacific are also on the rise, creating a cycle of ecological damage that affects vital and limited resources for millions of residents.
State land officials said the fire actually began several weeks ago and smoldered until strong winds fanned the flames this week.
The area is dominated by shrubs and grasslands that have been dried by persistent drought.
“This fire is very significant and it is taking this entire team of first responders to collectively contain its advances,” said Lt. Col. Kevin Cronin, commander of the U.S. Army Garrison Pohakuloa Training Area, in a statement.
Strong winds have been recorded across the area, some in excess of 30 mph (48 kph).
“The weather conditions are making this fight difficult to slow the advance of the fire, and our combined efforts are working to prevent it from reaching or crossing Highway 190,” Cronin said.
The fire is now burning on state land and is about a mile away from Highway 190, according to Big Island county officials.
Waikoloa Village, a town of about 7,000 people on the other side of Highway 190, was evacuated last year when the state’s largest-ever wildfire burned more than 70 square miles (181 square kilometers).
Linda Hunt, who works at a horse stable in Waikoloa Village, said she can see the flames from her farm but that winds are currently pushing the fire away from her community.
“We’re about 10, 15 miles down the hill,” she said. “The way the wind is blowing, it’s going to keep blowing towards Kona. Unless we get a change of wind, that’s the only way we’d be affected.”
Federal, state and local firefighters are trying to contain the blaze. Crews are using bulldozers to create a fire break and several helicopters from various agencies are dropping water on the fire.
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources released video of the blaze Thursday.
A spokesperson for the Army told The Associated Press that while there is active military training in the area, the cause of the fire remains under investigation.
“There are units up there training, I can’t confirm or deny if live fire was taking place,” said Michael O. Donnelly, chief of external communications for the U.S. Army Garrison Hawaii. “It’s business as usual, but the exact cause we don’t know.”
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (Nasdaq: NKTR) will announce its financial results for the second quarter 2022 on Thursday, August 4, 2022, after the close of U.S.-based financial markets. Howard Robin, President and Chief Executive Officer, will host a conference call to review the results beginning at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time/2:00 p.m. Pacific Time.
The press release and live audio-only webcast of the conference call can be accessed through a link that is posted on the Home Page and Investors section of the Nektar website: http://ir.nektar.com/. The web broadcast of the conference call will be available for replay through September 4, 2022.
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Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company with a robust, wholly owned R&D pipeline of investigational medicines in oncology, immunology, and inflammatory diseases as well as a portfolio of approved partnered medicines. Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional operations in Huntsville, Alabama. Further information about the company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at http://www.nektar.com.
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WASHINGTON, Mo. (KTVI) – A man from Washington, Missouri, who once weighed 540 pounds is now down to 270.
Jeff Brinker, 57, sells industrial automation equipment and has traveled on a company expense account for 30 years.
“So I could always eat whatever I wanted to eat. So now it’s become about eating to survive as opposed to eating what sounded good,” Brinker said.
Brinker had gastric sleeve surgery in 2016. Initially, he lost some weight, but gained it back.
His initial weight-gain was partly due to his professional and personal habits. In additional to traveling for work, Brinker and his now-ex-wife ran a barbecue and catering company from 2005 to 2015. During that time, Brinker said he gained an unhealthy amount of weight.
About a year ago, Brinker’s daughter Samantha, who is a first lieutenant Air Force pilot, approached him to talk about his size.
“After more than a few conversations, it dawned on me that, you know what? I need to fix this,” Brinker said.
So one year ago, he made major lifestyle changes.
“Just cold turkey. I tried several times to ease into it, or follow some sort of a program, and it never stuck,” Brinker said. “I just had to get my mind around … eat less.”
Brinker weighed 450 pounds at the time Samantha inspired him to make lifestyle changes.
“I cut my calories from a tremendous amount to about 1,200 a day,” said Brinker, who also cut out all added sugar from his diet.
“I had a sweet tooth. So I just quit eating added sugar, gave up sugar in the coffee, and reduced the calories, and cut out the simple carbs like white bread,” Brinker said.
While eating five small meals per day, Brinker also joined a gym. His new workout routine consisted of spending about an hour in the gym every morning using the exercise bike and doing some light weight-training.
Now, he’s in the gym every morning at 4:30 a.m. His total workout lasts 90 minutes, and includes 30 minutes of cardio and an hour of weights. He also now eats about 1,600 calories per day.
Brinker eventually dropped from 540 pounds in 2017 to his current weight of 270 pounds. His 60-inch waist also shrunk down to 42 inches.
Brinker said his new wife Martha, his son, and his daughter keep him motivated.
“My son and daughter check in with me on a regular basis,” Brinker said.
When Brinker started his journey one year ago, Martha had some weight she wanted to get rid of, too.
“My wife today has been incredibly encouraging,” Brinker said. “She has never been heavy, but she said, ‘You know what? I’ll eat like you eat.'” She ended up losing 60 pounds.
Brinker himself would like to lose another 25 to 35 pounds, but he’s happy just to be in better shape.
“Now it’s more about strength training and just being physically active and healthy,” Brinker said. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/man-loses-half-his-weight-after-quitting-bad-habits-cold-turkey/ | 2022-06-30T13:32:37Z |
BOSTON (AP) — Researchers have diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a Major League Soccer player for the first time, saying Tuesday that defender Scott Vermillion suffered from the degenerative brain disease.
The Boston University CTE Center said Vermillion, who died of an accidental drug overdose in December 2020 at the age of 44, had the disease. Although it is not possible to connect any individual case to a cause, CTE has been linked to repeated blows to the head.
CTE has been found in more than 100 former NFL players as well as semi-pro and high school soccer players. Vermillion, who played for the Kansas City Wizards, Colorado Rapids and D.C. United, is the first from MLS.
“Mr. Vermillion has shown us that soccer players are at risk for CTE,” said Dr. Ann McKee, director of the BU CTE Center. “We need to make every effort to identify players who are suffering and provide them compassionate care and appropriate medical support.”
Vermillion began playing soccer at the age of 5 and continued for 22 years, culminating in four MLS seasons. He also played for the United States at the 1993 Under-17 World Championship and made some appearances for the Under-20 team in 1996.
After retiring in 2001 with an ankle injury, his family said, he became depressed and had problems with impulse control and aggression. Eventually, he suffered from memory loss and developed a substance abuse problem.
All have been associated with CTE, which has been linked to concussions or subconcussive blows in athletes, combat veterans and others who sustain repeated head trauma.
“This disease destroys families, and not just football families,” said Vermillion’s father, Dave Vermillion. “We hope this will be a wake-up call to the soccer community to support former players and get them the help they need, so some good can come from this tragedy.”
The MLS Players Association called upon the league to break with the sport’s international governing bodies and adopt a rule expanding substitutions to allow for players with concussions.
“We must not sit by and wait for them to do the right thing. MLS should unilaterally adopt a full concussion substitution rule immediately,” the union said in a statement. “Current substitution rules do not give medical professionals sufficient time to properly diagnose potential concussions without putting a team at a substantial competitive disadvantage.”
MLS Chief Medical Officer Margot Putukian said the league has “comprehensive policies to educate players, coaches, officials and medical staffs about the importance of head injury identification, early reporting and treatment.”
“MLS is a leader in the sport, advocating for and piloting the FIFA concussion substitute program, implementing a medical spotter program to identify potential head injuries and removing from play any player with a suspected head injury for assessment and, as necessary, treatment,” Putukian said. “There is always more progress to be made, and MLS is staunchly committed to this important work.”
The Concussion Legacy Foundation has called for rules that would limit tackle football and heading in soccer to children over 14. CLF co-founder Chris Nowinski said dementia has already been linked to repetitive heading by pro soccer players in Britain.
“It is time for the global soccer community to have a real conversation about heading, especially in the youth game,” Nowinski said. “We urgently need to investigate how far this crisis extends into amateur soccer and immediately put in place reforms to prevent CTE in the next generation.”
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The number of customers making childcare payments in August was approximately 94% of pre-pandemic levels, as parents are returning to the labor market
NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bank of America Institute released a new publication today which shows consumer spending continues to increase in August, but some consumers are feeling the effects of rising utility and childcare costs. Bank of America internal data suggests that the average utility payment increased by 16% year-over-year in August, largely offsetting the relief consumers may feel from falling gas prices. However, given demand for energy increases with heat waves, we may not have seen all of these utility increases reflected in bills yet, so average spending could continue to rise in September.
According to Bank of America internal data, the dollar value of childcare payments per customer across payment channels (ACH, credit card, debit card, and online bill pay) was up 9.7% year over year in August. This increase is partially due to higher prices of about 3%, as indicated by the daycare and preschool component of the most recent CPI report, suggesting roughly a 7% increase in inflation-adjusted spend in this category. Economic data suggests that parents – especially women between 25-54 – are returning to the labor market, and the number of Bank of America customers making childcare payments was almost at pre-pandemic levels in August, at around 94% of the level seen in January 2020.
Other highlights of the publication include:
- Bank of America total payments increased 13% year over year in August, a solid increase from the 7% seen in July; this figure offers a holistic view of money flow and includes credit card, debit card, Automated Clearing House (ACH), wires, bill pay, person-to-person, cash and checks.
- Card spending per household increased by 5% year over year, down from 5.3% in July. With US Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation at 8.5% in July and Personal Consumer Expenditure (PCE) inflation at 6.3%, it appears "real (inflation-adjusted) spending" continues to be under pressure.
- Bank of America data also indicates that customer savings and checking accounts continue to remain elevated relative to before the pandemic.
- Back to School spending was down approximately 4% in the peak shopping period of July 15-August 30 compared to the same timeframe last year, according to Bank of America internal data.
"Consumers are heading into the fall with solid spending and savings buffers," said David Tinsley, senior economist for the Bank of America Institute. "While the drop in gasoline prices has boosted sentiment, consumers have been feeling some pressure from rising utility bills."
Consumer Checkpoint is a regular publication from the Bank of America Institute. It aims to provide a holistic and real-time estimate of US consumers' spending and their financial well-being, leveraging the depth and breadth of Bank of America proprietary data. Such data is not intended to be reflective or indicative of, and should not be relied upon as, the results of operations, financial conditions, or performance of Bank of America.
See the Consumer Checkpoint for methodology and definitions.
The Bank of America Institute is dedicated to uncovering powerful insights that move business and society forward. Established in 2022, the Institute is a think tank that draws on data and analyses from across the bank and the world to provide timely and original perspectives on the economy, Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG), and global transformation. The Institute leverages the depth and breadth of the bank's proprietary data, from 67 million consumer and small business clients, 54 million verified digital users, $3.8T in total payments in 2021 and $1.4T in consumer and wealth management deposits. From this robust data set, the Institute provides a unique perspective on the health of the economy. It also elevates thought leadership from throughout the bank that addresses long-term trends and shares these findings with the general public.
Bank of America is one of the world's leading financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services. The company provides unmatched convenience in the United States, serving approximately 67 million consumer and small business clients with approximately 4,000 retail financial centers, approximately 16,000 ATMs, and award-winning digital banking with approximately 55 million verified digital users. Bank of America is a global leader in wealth management, corporate and investment banking and trading across a broad range of asset classes, serving corporations, governments, institutions and individuals around the world. Bank of America offers industry-leading support to approximately 3 million small business households through a suite of innovative, easy-to-use online products and services. The company serves clients through operations across the United States, its territories and approximately 35 countries. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Veterans' Access to Public and Private Sector Benefits Are Streamlined with ID.me While Safeguarding Private, Sensitive Information
MCLEAN, Va., July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ID.me, the secure digital identity network, today announced a new milestone of around 12.5 million users from the military community. These users have used ID.me's login, which makes digital identities reusable, 253 million times to access benefits from government, non-profits, and private organizations.
"As a Veteran, I found it shocking that Veterans were often showing their DD-214, and with it their SSN, to a stranger to get military benefits like a free appetizer on Veterans Day," said Blake Hall, an Army Veteran and ID.me's Co-Founder and CEO. "Before ID.me, identity verification for veterans was a fragmented, time-consuming process that increased the risk of identity theft. Today, ID.me improves the customer experience for millions of military family members who wish to access services and benefits while enhancing their privacy, too."
ID.me puts military family members in full control of their information with the ability to seamlessly login to hundreds of organizations, including:
- Veterans Affairs: Since 2016, ID.me has provided a secure and portable login that enables Veterans to access services and benefits from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
- AccessVA: ID.me enables veterans, family members, service members, business partners, and VA employees and contractors to access a variety of VA services.
- VFW: ID.me allows veterans to access Veteran Service Organizations like Veterans of Foreign Wars.
- Vet Tix: ID.me allows members of the military and their families to prove their military service to Vet Tix, a non-profit organization that allows veterans to access free tickets from organizations and members of the public who donate those tickets.
- Institute for Veterans & Military Families: ID.me allows veteran and military family business owners to register their business with Syracuse University's Institute for Veterans & Military Families (IVMF), which offers a Boots to Business program.
- Shift.org: ID.me empowers military users to verify at Shift, a veteran-founded organization that helps current and former members find professional career paths.
- Fanatics: ID.me allows veterans and military to access offers from Fanatics, an ecommerce platform used by most of the professional sports leagues in America.
- Waves of Honor: ID.me empowers veterans and active duty military to claim free and/or heavily discounted tickets to theme parks across the country.
- ID.me Shop: ID.me allows members of the military and their families to find and access offers from hundreds of organizations that utilize ID.me to honor service in a secure manner.
- Arts in Armed Forces: ID.me grants users access to exclusive AITAF event discounts for military members and their families.
- National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVOBA): ID.me powers military verification required to create an account and gain access to benefits only made available through NaVOBA.
- VetsinTech: ID.me grants veterans access to various programs to assist with education, employment, and entrepreneurship.
ID.me earned funding from the government to improve privacy and the customer experience for military families in 2013 when the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of Commerce, awarded ID.me a cooperative agreement to enable "members of the military community and their families, First Responders, and students to access exclusive benefits and services online both securely and efficiently without having to share sensitive information with the brands directly."
Nine years after winning the grant from NIST, ID.me continues to enhance customer experience for members of the military, veterans, and their families.
To learn more, visit https://insights.id.me/article/government/one-login-to-serve-veterans-throughout-their-digital-life-government-non-profits-and-the-private-sector/.
The ID.me secure digital identity network includes partnerships in 30 states, 10 federal agencies, and over 500 name-brand retailers. The company provides identity proofing, authentication and group affiliation verification for organizations across sectors. The company's technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 conformant credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me's Identity Gateway also maintains a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authority to Operate (ATO). ID.me strives towards its mission of "No Identity Left Behind" to enable all people to have secure access to services. To learn more, visit https://www.ID.me
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Yosemite wildfire grows, but giant sequoias remain protected
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A wildfire on the edge of a grove of California’s giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park grew overnight but remained partially contained Tuesday.
The 6-day-old fire was not expected to make a significant advance into the famed Mariposa Grove, an official told a community meeting Monday evening.
“Overall it’s in a very good place,” said Matt Ahearn, the incident management team’s tactical operations commander.
Yosemite forest ecologist and firefighter Garrett Dickman also expressed optimism in an interview with SFGATE.com after surveying the western part of the grove on Sunday.
“I walked through all the parts that burned and did not see any mortality. … Some of the trees had some burn on them, but the level of burn was well within their ability to handle it,” Dickman said.
The Washburn Fire at the south end of the park covered about 5 square miles (13 square kilometers) but was still 22% contained Tuesday morning, according to an incident update.
The fire has been burning since Thursday, when visitors reported smoke near Washburn Trail in the area of Mariposa Grove, a stand of hundreds of iconic trees that includes the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
The next day, hundreds of visitors and residents were evacuated from the nearby community of Wawona, but the rest of Yosemite has remained open.
Sprinklers were set up in the grove to protect the ancient trees, and a structure protection group of firefighters prepared defenses for Wawona.
The fire generally has burned to the north and east, away from the grove. Conditions have been hot and dry but winds have been light.
Ahearn, the tactical operations commander, described extensive work by firefighters to cut off the fire’s movements in difficult terrain.
“We’re feeling very confident with the plan, but we are being challenged with the plan,” he said. “All crews are fully engaged, fully supportive, fighting fire very aggressive.”
Ahearn expressed optimism about keeping the famous grove safe from the fire.
“It’s out on the outer skirts of the Mariposa Gove,” Ahearn said. “It has backed a little ways into that, but it hasn’t backed intensely into the grove.”
Ahearn said firefighters have been clearing around the bases of the trees.
“We fully do not see fire advancing (in) from this point where we’re currently at,” he said.
Firefighters had cut by hand a containment line across the entire northern edge of Mariposa Grove, he said.
Firefighters were mindful of the possibility the flames could move farther east and south, which could bracket one end of the grove.
The fire’s cause remained under investigation, but authorities consider it human-caused because there was no obvious natural spark
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of the Sierra Nevada, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires, fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and the impact of drought exacerbated by climate change, have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume and a major draw for tourists.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove more than a year ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, in addition to massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames.
In Utah, smoke and ash emanating from a growing wildfire in rural Tooele County blew into Salt Lake City on Saturday. By Monday night, the Jacob City Fire had grown to 6.4 square miles, with 19% containment, officials said.
Elsewhere in Utah, firefighters contending with heavy winds battled the 15.9 square-mile Halfway Hill Fire in Filmore. Law enforcement on Saturday arrested four men who investigators said abandoned a campfire that ignited the blaze.
So far in 2022, over 35,000 wildfires have burned nearly 4.7 million acres in the U.S., according to the National Interagency Fire Center, well above average for both wildfires and acres burned.
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WASHINGTON, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adam Klauber, World Energy vice president of sustainability and environmental society and governance (ESG), to participate on a panel titled "Delivering on Sustainability and Transparency via Innovative Mechanisms" during the CAAFI® Biennial General Meeting (CBGM).
Klauber joined World Energy after more than 18 years of experience developing sustainability solutions. At RMI (formerly Rocky Mountain Institute) he co-founded the Sustainable Aviation Buyer's Alliance (SABA) with the Environmental Defense Fund. He was the chief architect of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel certificate (SAFc) concept, a first-of-its-kind market instrument to address Scope 3 (indirect) emissions in the supply chain. The SAFc project is a collaboration between RMI, the World Economic Forum, and PwC under the Clean Skies for Tomorrow Program with contributions from stakeholders across the air transport value chain. Before ICF, Klauber led the FAA's high-performance sustainable building team for 80 NextGEN navigation facilities. He began his federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow for the U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center. Klauber has also consulted for IDEO Inc., designing electric vehicle prototypes. He holds a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Hobart College.
Neat SAF is a 100 percent sustainable fuel made entirely of renewable resources and contains no fossil-based feedstock. It is not co-processed with fossil fuel in traditional oil refineries, and its carbon attributes comply with all state and U.S. federal regulations for advanced biofuels. Its lifecycle carbon emissions are currently up to 85 percent lower than conventional jet fuel. It is currently approved at a 50/50 blend level with conventional jet fuel for commercial use. World Energy is collaborating with other industry leaders to gain approval for pure 100 percent renewable SAF use in regular commercial aviation to enable a future of carbon net-zero fossil-free flight. SAF allows aviation to be powered by the sun's energy, captured by organic materials, and converted into high-energy-density liquid fuels.
World Energy is a low-carbon solutions provider focused on helping the world's leading companies make their carbon net-zero commitments real. The company is delivering ever better solutions at an ever-greater scale to efficiently cut, accurately account, and transparently report carbon emissions reductions in operations based in air and on water, rail, and road. Founded on Earth Day in Boston in 1998, the company has been commercializing, producing, and distributing low-carbon fuels for over two decades. www.worldenergy.net.
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Albany City Commissioner Demetrius Young, right, speaking with City Attorney Nathan Davis, suggested capping spending on recreational facilities at $5 million to ensure an equal share of funding during the commission’s Tuesday meeting.
Tuesday’s Albany City Commission meeting was sparsely attended, with nearly all of the audience consisting of city employees, including Assistant City Manager Yvette Fields, left.
Albany City Commissioner Demetrius Young, right, speaking with City Attorney Nathan Davis, suggested capping spending on recreational facilities at $5 million to ensure an equal share of funding during the commission’s Tuesday meeting.
Tuesday’s Albany City Commission meeting was sparsely attended, with nearly all of the audience consisting of city employees, including Assistant City Manager Yvette Fields, left.
ALBANY — Funding provided for two recreation facilities’ renovation projects means planning work can proceed as the city looks to make extensive improvements in parks and gyms across the city.
The Albany City Commission on Tuesday approved allocation of $3.2 million of special-purpose local-option sales tax funds for Driskell Park, which will get new additions to the interior and exterior. Another $6.35 million approved for a new Bill Henderson Gym facility as well as exterior additions also will come from SPLOST funds.
The vote on approval was unanimous, but Commissioner Demetrius Young expressed concern about the sharp increase in the price tag.
Earlier the commission decided to build a new building at Henderson due to the aging condition of the current building and because it is located in a flood zone. Renovating it would require extensive protective measures.
Young advocated for a cap for park projects of $5 million to ensure that there is sufficient money for additional projects in the future.
Both of the projects on Tuesday’s agenda are located in his Ward VI, and his proposal would have reduced money available at the Henderson facility.
In an email sent prior to the meeting on Tuesday to fellow commissioners and The Albany Herald, Young outlined his reasoning.
The first items he listed were fairness and focus.
“As I have mentioned in previous meetings, I am proposing a more equitable spending plan for the (four) major recreational properties in the city’s inventory,” he said in the email. “As we all know, citizens have always expressed displeasure at how money appears to be spent inequitably in different neighborhoods. This would show that the commission has made a commitment to equitable spending across the city.
“Setting equitable spending levels will greatly focus and narrow the endless choices and options based on the money we allocate rather than having the price keep inflating because someone wants to add/change something.”
Young also listed urgency, adding that all of the major facilities should get upgrades as soon as possible rather than three or four years down the road.
Before the vote, Mayor Bo Dorough said that his hope is to address all of the facilities.
“These are two facilities in our entire inventory,” he said. “When these two are finished, we’re going to move forward (with others).”
On Wednesday, Young said he is concerned with the prospect of changes that could delay the beginning of the work and the possible delay to future projects.
“We could very well be looking at another three or four years on these recreational centers that didn’t get funded (Tuesday),” he said. “I guess we’ll just have to take the mayor at his word on these other recreational facilities.”
Using SPLOST money, federal COVID-relief money and an allocation provided through U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany, the city could fund all four projects, the commissioner said.
The work at Henderson and Driskell is definitely needed as those facilities date back to the 1970s and 1980s, Commissioner Chad Warbington said during a Wednesday telephone interview.
The end results will be exciting, and he encouraged churches, the YMCA and other community groups to help provide additional programs at the facilities.
“It’s not just about the gym,” Warbington said. “It’s about the outside as well. It’ll have all the modern considerations, Wi-Fi, everything that you expect in the year 2022. Both of these buildings will have that.”
Outdoor improvements will include walking tracks, a feature the city is looking to install at as many parks as possible, he said.
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Subcutaneous formulation with ENHANZE® reduced treatment time to 3-8 minutes compared to 30-60 minutes for standard intravenous infusion
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) ("Halozyme") today announced that Roche's Phase III IMscin001 study evaluating a subcutaneous (SC) formulation of Tecentriq® (atezolizumab) with Halozyme's ENHANZE® technology met its co-primary endpoints.
The study showed non-inferior levels of Tecentriq® in the blood (pharmacokinetics), when injected subcutaneously, compared with intravenous (IV) infusion in cancer immunotherapy-naïve patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) for whom prior platinum therapy has failed. The safety profile of the SC formulation was consistent with IV Tecentriq®.
"These positive results further demonstrate the opportunity for a coformulation of ENHANZE to potentially benefit patients by reducing the treatment time of Tecentriq to 3-8 minutes as a SC delivery from 30-60 minutes for IV treatment," commented Dr. Helen Torley, president and chief executive officer of Halozyme. "We are delighted to announce these positive results, which represent our second positive Phase III trial announcement this year for our Wave Three products."
Roche will share detailed findings of the IMscin001 study at an upcoming medical meeting and submit the data for regulatory approval to health authorities globally, including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency.
Halozyme's proprietary ENHANZE® drug delivery technology is based on its patented recombinant human hyaluronidase enzyme (rHuPH20). rHuPH20 has been shown to remove traditional limitations on the volume of biologics that can be delivered subcutaneously (just under the skin). By using rHuPH20, some biologics and compounds that are administered intravenously may instead be delivered subcutaneously. ENHANZE® may also benefit subcutaneous biologics by reducing the need for multiple injections.
Halozyme is a biopharmaceutical company bringing disruptive solutions to significantly improve patient experiences and outcomes for emerging and established therapies. As the innovators of the ENHANZE® technology with the proprietary enzyme rHuPH20, Halozyme's commercially-validated solution is used to facilitate the delivery of injected drugs and fluids in order to reduce the treatment burden to patients. Having touched more than 600,000 patient lives in post-marketing use in five commercialized products across more than 100 global markets, Halozyme has licensed its ENHANZE® technology to leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Roche, Baxalta, Pfizer, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Alexion, argenx, Horizon Therapeutics, ViiV Healthcare and Chugai Pharmaceutical.
Halozyme also develops, manufactures and commercializes, for itself or with partners, drug-device combination products using its advanced auto-injector technology that are designed to provide commercial or functional advantages such as improved convenience and tolerability, and enhanced patient comfort and adherence. The Company has a commercial portfolio of proprietary products including XYOSTED®, TLANDO™ and NOCDURNA® and partnered commercial products and ongoing product development programs with industry leading pharmaceutical companies including Teva Pharmaceutical, Covis Pharma, Pfizer and Idorsia Pharmaceuticals.
Halozyme is headquartered in San Diego, CA and has offices in Ewing, NJ and Minnetonka, MN. Minnetonka is also the site of its operations facility.
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In addition to historical information, the statements set forth in this press release include forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements concerning the Company's ENHANZE® drug delivery technology and the possible benefits and attributes of ENHANZE®, its potential application to aid in the dispersion and absorption of other injected therapeutic drugs and facilitating more rapid delivery and administration of larger volumes of injectable medications through subcutaneous delivery. Forward looking statements also include statements concerning the future development and commercialization efforts of the Company's collaboration partner including plans to submit the clinical trial data referred to in this press release for regulatory approval to health authorities. These forward-looking statements are typically, but not always, identified through use of the words "believe," "enable," "may," "will," "could," "intends," "estimate," "anticipate," "plan," "predict," "probable," "potential," "possible," "should," "continue," and other words of similar meaning and involve risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from the expectations contained in these forward-looking statements as a result of several factors, including unexpected results or delays in the growth of the Company's ENHANZE® business, or in the development, regulatory review and approval or commercialization of ENHANZE® products, including any potential delays caused by the current COVID-19 global pandemic, regulatory approval requirements, unexpected adverse events or patient outcomes and competitive conditions. These and other factors that may result in differences are discussed in greater detail in the Company's most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's other periodic reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. All forward-looking statements are based on information currently available to the Company on the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release, except as required by law.
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PRESTONBURG, Ky. (AP) — Some residents of Appalachia returned to flood-ravaged homes and communities on Saturday to shovel mud and debris and to salvage what they could, while Kentucky’s governor said search and rescue operations were ongoing in the region swamped by torrential rains days earlier that led to deadly flash flooding.
Rescue crews were continuing the struggle to get into hard-hit areas, some of them among the poorest places in America. Dozens of deaths have been confirmed and the number is expected to grow.
In the tiny community of Wayland, Phillip Michael Caudill was working Saturday to clean up debris and recover what he could from the home he shares with his wife and three children. The waters had receded from the house but left a mess behind along with questions about what he and his family will do next.
“We’re just hoping we can get some help,” said Caudill, who is staying with his family at Jenny Wiley State Park in a free room, for now.
Caudill, a firefighter in the nearby Garrett community, went out on rescues around 1 a.m. Thursday but had to ask to leave around 3 a.m. so he could go home, where waters were rapidly rising.
“That’s what made it so tough for me,” he said. “Here I am, sitting there, watching my house become immersed in water and you got people begging for help. And I couldn’t help,” because he was tending to his own family.
The water was up to his knees when he arrived home and he had to wade across the yard and carry two of his kids out to the car. He could barely shut the door of his SUV as they were leaving.
In Garrett on Saturday, couches, tables and pillows soaked by flooding were stacked in yards along the foothills of the mountainous region as people worked to clear out debris and shovel mud from driveways and roads under now-blue skies.
Hubert Thomas, 60, and his nephew Harvey, 37, fled to Jenny Wiley State Resort Park in Prestonburg after floodwaters destroyed their home in Pine Top late Wednesday night. The two were able to rescue their dog, CJ, but fear the damages to the home are beyond repair. Hubert Thomas, a retired coal miner, said his entire life savings was invested in his home.
“I’ve got nothing now,” he said.
Harvey Thomas, an EMT, said he fell asleep to the sound of light rain, and it wasn’t long until his uncle woke him up warning him that water was getting dangerously close to the house.
“It was coming inside and it just kept getting worse,” he said, “like there was, at one point, we looked at the front door and mine and his cars was playing bumper cars, like bumper boats in the middle of our front yard.”
As for what’s next, Harvey Thomas said he doesn’t know, but he’s thankful to be alive.
“Mountain people are strong,” he said. “And like I said it’s not going to be tomorrow, probably not next month, but I think everybody’s going to be okay. It’s just going to be a long process.”
At least 25 have people died — including four children — in the flooding, Kentucky’s governor said Saturday.
“We continue to pray for the families that have suffered an unfathomable loss,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. ”Some having lost almost everyone in their household.”
Beshear said the number would likely rise significantly and it could take weeks to find all the victims of the record flash flooding. Crews have made more than 1,200 rescues from helicopters and boats, the governor said.
“I’m worried that we’re going to be finding bodies for weeks to come,” Beshear said during a midday briefing.
The rain let up early Friday after parts of eastern Kentucky received between 8 and 10 1/2 inches (20-27 centimeters) over 48 hours. But some waterways were not expected to crest until Saturday. About 18,000 utility customers in Kentucky remained without power Saturday, poweroutage.us reported.
It’s the latest in a string of catastrophic deluges that have pounded parts of the U.S. this summer, including St. Louis earlier this week and again on Friday. Scientists warn climate change is making weather disasters more common.
As rainfall hammered Appalachia this week, water tumbled down hillsides and into valleys and hollows where it swelled creeks and streams coursing through small towns. The torrent engulfed homes and businesses and trashed vehicles. Mudslides marooned some people on steep slopes.
President Joe Biden declared a federal disaster to direct relief money to more than a dozen Kentucky counties.
The flooding extended into western Virginia and southern West Virginia.
Gov. Jim Justice declared a state of emergency for six counties in West Virginia where the flooding downed trees, power outages and blocked roads. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin also made an emergency declaration, enabling officials to mobilize resources across the flooded southwest of the state.
The deluge came two days after record rains around St. Louis dropped more than 12 inches (31 centimeters) and killed at least two people. Last month, heavy rain on mountain snow in Yellowstone National Park triggered historic flooding and the evacuation of more than 10,000 people. In both instances, the rain flooding far exceeded what forecasters predicted.
Extreme rain events have become more common as climate change bakes the planet and alters weather patterns, according to scientists. That’s a growing challenge for officials during disasters, because models used to predict storm impacts are in part based on past events and can’t keep up with increasingly devastating flash floods and heat waves like those that have recently hit the Pacific Northwest and southern Plains.
“It’s a battle of extremes going on right now in the United States,” said University of Oklahoma meteorologist Jason Furtado. “These are things we expect to happen because of climate change. … A warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor and that means you can produce increased heavy rainfall.”
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Police in New Zealand have identified two children whose remains were found earlier this month in suitcases bought by a family in an online auction.
In a statement Friday, police confirmed that both children have been identified and their family has requested their names be withheld.
Police launched a homicide investigation after the remains were discovered in South Auckland on August 11.
Earlier this month, Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Vaaelua said the children were likely to have been between 5 and 10 years old when they died. He said investigators believed they'd been dead for three or four years and the cause of death was unknown.
According to Seoul police, a woman believed to be the mother of the two children was in South Korea as of August 22. South Korean police are cooperating with New Zealand authorities through Interpol.
The storage company that sold the luggage is also helping police with their inquiries into other items that may be linked to the suitcases, police said earlier this month.
Police have stressed that the family who bought the suitcases are not connected to the children's deaths.
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This Unique Immersive NFT Experience Will Feature Cutting-Edge Art, Dynamic Guest Speaker Panels, and Thrilling Live Performances from deadmau5, Don Diablo, Scott Page of Pink Floyd, and More.
DENVER , June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Metanoise, a Web3.0 organization focused on creating a collective of builders, futurists, creatives, and tech leaders, announced today their immersive, NFT-driven music and mastermind summit, FutureShape360 (FS360). FS360 is a fully NFT-gated, all-inclusive 4-day event, taking place July 29 - August 1, and converging 360 of the most influential people in WEB3 that are hand picked by community members with the mission of creating a Y combinator / accelerator ecosystem to build and collaborate.
Held in multiple venues around Denver, FS360 attendees will have the opportunity to experience unique curated events, historical landmarks, and incredible live performances including from deadmau5, Don Diablo, and Scott Page of Pink Floyd, as well as an exclusive introduction to (de)Central City.
One of the most unique experiences of FS360, (de)Central City will feature an incredible guest speaker panel introducing the mechanism by which we revitalize the city through blockchain initiatives. Initiated by Mayor Jeremy Fey, we will make history with a strategic financial raise to set the foundation for turning Central City, CO into a decentralized destination.
"Activations in Los Angeles and NFT NYC have proven the value in an alpha group born IRL. Metanoise knew we needed to act in the wake of growing adoption of decentralized infrastructure to establish the core 360 people to shape the future of web3," said Noam Silkoff, Founder at Metanoise. "We are elated to host speakers Brittney Kaiser, Tal Navarro, Scott Page, Bassy Bob, DJ Skee, Teegs and so many more thought leaders in the space. Building towards the larger vision for (de)Central City, we look forward to announcing partnerships, collaborations and more utility for our FutureShape360 holders."
The multi-day festivities kick off on Friday, July 29, with a welcome reception and a live performance from Leftover Salmon. Following that, an exclusive, immersive experience at Meow Wolf Denver with a private performance by deadmau5 takes place on Friday evening.
Saturday, July 30, features a guest speaker panel of progressive musicians who will give attendees an inside look into how Web3.0 will shape the future of music, followed by live performances from Don Diablo, Cherub, and Gigamesh at the Fillmore Auditorium.
Sunday, July 31, closes the weekend with several panels featuring some of the most influential and well-known artists in the NFT space, showcasing their cutting-edge artwork while providing access to an exclusive digital and physical art auction. Live music performances continue at ReelWorks, with performances from Scott Page of Pink Floyd, Bassy Bob, The Wanderers, and R3LL.
Scott Page, formerly with Pink Floyd, says, "We are in historic times where the development of Web3.0 and NFT's have the power to put the currency back in the hands of the people. I'm very excited to be part of this extraordinary community as we work together to help shape our digital future."
Charity art auctions in support of Teen Cancer America will be ongoing throughout the weekend as well. These art auctions will utilize blockchain technology, where you can bid on NFTs. Some of these NFTs will have "unlockable content" that can be redeemed by the winners for the physical items. Items that will be up for bid include memorabilia provided by Teen Cancer America founders, who are also members of the band The Who, and other items from FutureShape360 featured artists and partners. A formal announcement regarding the charity art auctions, which will be open for the public to participate in, will be shared at a later date.
FS360 concludes Monday, August 1, with a special introduction to (de) Central City. Featuring a guest speaker panel sponsored by The Crypto Realty Group, topics will include how their foundation revitalized historic Central City, CO, into a crypto destination using blockchain initiatives creating state-of-the-art hotels, a crypto casino, and immersive concert venues. Additional activities at (de) Central City on Monday include a comedy show, an NFT scavenger hunt, and more.
Full access to the entirety of FS360 is only available to owners of the FS360 NFT token. The FS360 token includes VIP access to the whole of FS360 and each event, a 4-night stay at luxurious hotels, shuttles to and from Denver International Airport and FS360 sponsored events, as well as each event, all-inclusive food and drinks, merchandise, and 1/1 air airdrops from featured NFT artists. Community members interested in purchasing the token must go to https://www.metanoise.io/futureshape360 and apply for consideration. Only 2,000 applicants will be accepted, and only 360 tokens will be distributed. A select amount of a la carte tickets for the festivities on Saturday, July 30, and Sunday, July 31, will be available to the public for purchase.
To learn more, contact the Metanoise team on their Discord or at hello@metanoise.io prior to purchase for details and eligibility. Metanoise Team: Greg Bean @Beanstamatic, Noam Silkoff @volecule, Jordan Rothstein @metamanjro, Tanner Broerman @NachoSupreme0, Conrad Riley @conquant, Jacque Bransky @JBransky1, Nick Porter @builtsimilarly, James Porter @boredape2083.
For full event information and to apply for the FS360 token, please visit https://www.metanoise.io/futureshape360.
Metanoise is a Web3.0 organization focused on helping Web2.0 companies enter and navigate this rapidly evolving space. From smart contract deployment to website and app design, we are with you every step of the way to ensure that your project is a success. Our backgrounds in sales, marketing, design, and music and concert promotion give us a unique ability to help you launch your next NFT project or curate incredible, immersive concerts.
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CHICAGO, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wilson Dow Group has been named to Inc. magazine's annual Best Workplaces list. Featured in the May/June 2022 issue, hitting newsstands on May 17, 2022, and prominently featured on Inc.com, the list is the result of a comprehensive measurement of American companies that have excelled in creating exceptional workplaces and company culture, whether operating in a physical or virtual facility.
After collecting data from thousands of submissions, Inc. selected 475 honorees this year. Each company that was nominated took part in an employee survey, conducted by Quantum Workplace, which included topics such as management effectiveness, perks, fostering employee growth, and overall company culture. The organization's benefits were also audited to determine overall score and ranking.
"The past two years have put the spotlight once again on the importance of culture and putting people first", says Partner/Owner Steve Wilson. "We are incredibly honored and proud of our team and the client partners that have created such a creative, collaborative and fun environment that even a pandemic could not subdue."
"Not long ago, the term 'best workplace' would have conjured up images of open-office designs with stocked snack fridges," says Inc. editor-in-chief Scott Omelianuk. "Yet given the widespread adoption of remote work, the concept of the workplace has shifted. This year, Inc. has recognized the organizations dedicated to redefining and enriching the workplace in the face of the pandemic."
About Wilson Dow Group
Wilson Dow Group is a creative production agency in relentless pursuit of uniting and activating audiences through the power of shared experiences. For 25 years, Wilson Dow has cultivated teams of world-renowned creative strategists, specialized production teams, and instructional designers to partner with global clients. The company designs and delivers in-person, virtual and hybrid experiences that engage audiences around a shared purpose. From the Chicago headquarters, and across San Francisco and New York satellites, the power of Wilson Dow Group's integrated approach comes from a commitment to collaboration, ensuring deep audience connection and the long-term success of brand initiatives. For more information, visit wilsondow.com.
About Inc. Media
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
About Quantum Workplace
Quantum Workplace, based in Omaha, Nebraska, is an HR technology company that serves organizations through employee-engagement surveys, action-planning tools, exit surveys, peer-to-peer recognition, performance evaluations, goal tracking, and leadership assessment. For more information, visit QuantumWorkplace.com.
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A message from Verna Williams, incoming CEO of Equal Justice Works
WASHINGTON, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Equal Justice Works, the nation's largest facilitator of opportunities in public interest law, today announced that Verna Williams will be the organization's new CEO.
Verna comes to Equal Justice Works from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where she currently serves as the dean, and brings decades of experience both practicing and teaching law, specializing in constitutional law, critical race theory, race and the law, family law, and feminist legal theory. In her role as CEO, Verna will build on the 36-year history of Equal Justice Works, an organization founded by law students, which currently has more than 200 Fellows and 2,300 alumni, 85% of whom remain in public service positions following their Fellowship.
"The mission of Equal Justice Works to create opportunities for leaders to transform their passion for equal justice into a lifelong commitment to public service is an admirable one that means so much to me personally. Throughout my career, while I was at the Department of Justice, the National Women's Law Center, and the University of Cincinnati College of Law, public interest law has truly been at the heart of my work, especially with a focus on civil rights and women's rights. At this time, when economic security remains out of reach for too many and long-standing legal protections are in jeopardy, the mission of Equal Justice Works and the work of the Fellows is more important than ever. It's an honor to join this organization," said Verna Williams, incoming CEO of Equal Justice Works.
"Verna has an impressive background and experience practicing law, driving educational opportunities in public interest law, and leading a law school — all of which relates to the work and community of Equal Justice Works. She has a clear vision for the future of the organization; a strong record of championing diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; and she has a demonstrated ability to lead and build connections across groups within the community. Given her experience, vision, and personal qualities, I am thrilled and enthusiastic about welcoming Verna to the leadership of Equal Justice Works," said Ivan Fong, Chair of the Equal Justice Works Board of Directors.
"Verna is an outstanding choice to be the next leader of Equal Justice Works," said David Stern, Executive Director of Equal Justice Works. "For 30 years, I have been inspired by the students, Fellows, and alumni who are on the front lines challenging systemic injustice and making a lasting impact in the communities where they serve. At a time when injustices proliferate, there is an unprecedented appetite among law students and lawyers to devote themselves to public service. Equal Justice Works is poised to respond, and Verna is the right choice to be the next leader of this organization."
Verna most recently served as the Dean of the College of Law at the University of Cincinnati, where she began working as a member of the faculty in 2001 teaching areas of family law, gender discrimination, and constitutional law. She also founded and co-directed the College's Judge Nathaniel Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice. Prior to her roles at the University of Cincinnati College of Law, Verna was the Vice President and Director of Educational Opportunities at the National Women's Law Center, focusing on gender equity in education. Additionally, Verna clerked for the Honorable David S. Nelson, U.S. District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, and, following her clerkship, she practiced law at Sidley Austin LLP in Washington, DC, and at the U.S. Department of Justice. Verna graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School and Georgetown University.
Verna Williams will join Equal Justice Works as CEO on September 19. Here is a message from Verna Williams, incoming CEO of Equal Justice Works: https://youtu.be/Tl9OYzYwgzQ
Learn more about Verna here.
Equal Justice Works is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that creates opportunities for lawyers to transform their passion for equal justice into a lifelong commitment to public service. As the nation's largest facilitator of opportunities in public interest law, Equal Justice Works brings together an extensive network of law students, lawyers, advocates, legal services organizations, and supporters to build a community committed to fulfilling our nation's promise of equal justice for all.
Visit www.equaljusticeworks.org for more information.
Media Contact: communications@equaljusticeworks.org
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- Geek+ AMRs have allowed Bergler to fully automate picking operations in their highly anticipated logistics center
ERLENSEE, Germany, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Geek+, the global leader in AMR technology, is pleased to announce that German third-party logistics provider Bergler Industrieservices has put their faith in Geek+'s Picking and Put-away solution, now fully operational in Bergler's new logistics center in Erlensee, not far from Germany's transportation hub, Frankfurt.
Bergler's success is derived from providing top-quality logistics services, including order fulfillment and returns management, for German and international e-commerce actors. To modernize their picking and put-away processes, Bergler opted for Geek+'s P-800 picking AMRs and sophisticated warehouse management system. With the picking process automated, Bergler can leverage their considerable advantages and know-how to offer top-of-the-line service to their clients.
This know-how is based, among other things, on experience from the production sector, allowing Bergler Industrieservices to offer its customers value-added services such as component assembly, quality control, packaging, and much more in addition to handling typical fulfilment tasks.
The automated order picking system is therefore a great help for the around 40 employees who have been assembling, packing, and shipping a large number of orders for customers of various e-commerce operators every day since moving to the 11 000m2 Erlensee site in 2019. Bergler's warehouse employees are now front and central in both the inbound and outbound operations and enjoy much more comfortable conditions. The P-800s bring the racks to the operator at the workstation, then return the racks to an optimized position based. This saves countless hours that would otherwise be spent walking through the vast site.
Saverio Carella, Sales Director DACH at Geek+, said: "We have greatly enjoyed working with Bergler to make this project a reality. Together, we have achieved a modern logistics center that represents the best of what AMR technology and expertise have to offer. Bergler, their employees, and their customers all stand to benefit from this modernization."
Thanks to the integration of advanced robotics technology, not only is picking faster, more comfortable, and more accurate, but storage density is also much higher, thanks to the AMRs' low profile and modest space requirements. This allows Bergler more freedom to scale up their operations and expand their business horizons.
Bergler CEO Raimund Bergler said: "The Geek+ robotics solution is something we have been looking forward to for some time now, and we're thrilled with the results. The picking robots allow us to embark on a new phase in our development and ensure that we continue to guarantee our customers an extremely high level of service."
Geek+ is once again very proud to have enabled an independent third-party logistics provider to scale up their operations and deliver new levels of quality. The AMR leader stands ready to assist Bergler in making the most of their newly expanded capacities.
About Geek+
Geek+ is a global technology company leading the intelligent logistics revolution. We apply advanced robotics and AI technologies to realize flexible, reliable, and highly efficient solutions for warehouses and supply chain management. Geek+ is trusted by over 500 global industry leaders and has been recognized as the world leader in autonomous mobile robots. Founded in 2015, Geek+ has over 1500 employees, with offices in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore.
For more information, please visit: https://www.geekplus.com/
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IBC 2022 previews: Personalized FAST channels with Google Ad Manager integration; data dashboards with churn prevention module; linear streaming on Google Cloud Media CDN
TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Firstlight Media today announced that it has achieved key milestones in its collaboration with Google Cloud to create the next generation of cloud-native OTT capabilities.
Advancing development activities announced at NAB 2022, Firstlight Media will be showcasing at IBC:
- Personalized FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channels running on Google Cloud and ready for scalable CTV monetization via pre-integration with Google Ad Manager across client, and server side environments.
- Analytics dashboards built on a proprietary, unified data model, bringing together user engagement, content performance, and quality of experience metrics to help drive the business. Leveraging the Firstlight Media analytics platform, built on top of Google BigQuery and Looker, media companies can identify and target users at risk of churn to improve retention and identify new revenue opportunities.
- Linear streaming through HLS and DASH on Google Cloud Media CDN, with an early version of low latency streaming using the LL-DASH protocol.
"As we've plunged more deeply into our R&D collaboration with Google Cloud, two things have stood out," said Juan Martin, CTO and Co-Founder of Firstlight Media. "First, our innovation velocity has dramatically increased with Google Cloud, which will be transformational for the media industry. Second, a tight integration with leading CTV focused services like Google Ad Manager and Google Cloud Media CDN will have a direct impact on the bottom lines of OTT providers."
As the Google Cloud Industry Solution Media & Entertainment Partner of the Year for 2021, Firstlight Media is working across its partner ecosystem to preview at IBC 2022 tools that can help accelerate OTT's shift to cloud-native platforms.
"At Google Cloud, we continue to explore new ways for our customers to build better businesses with cloud technologies," said Anil Jain, Managing Director, Media & Entertainment Industry Solutions for Google Cloud. "By working closely with partners such as Firstlight Media, we can accelerate the streaming industry's transition to a new generation of solutions by advancing capabilities and products that can drive business success and consumer satisfaction."
Firstlight Media's OTT platform is designed to build and run scalable applications in the cloud using cloud-native technologies, including containers, microservices, a service mesh, APIs, and immutable infrastructure. The OTT technology stack provides significantly better performance, a modular approach for feature expansion, continuous delivery for rapid iteration, and built-in scalability, observability and security. Forward-looking OTT providers such as aha 2.0 in India, PLDT's Smart in the Philippines and others are using the Firstlight Media platform to deliver services with the flexibility and the agility of the cloud, while equaling or exceeding the reliability and high performance of broadcast.
Please contact Firstlight Media at hello@firstlight.ai to set up a meeting before, after, or during IBC.
Firstlight Media is leading cloud transformations of OTT and in-home experiences for pay-TV, telcos, and MVPDs. The company's cloud-native platform leverages a transformative Gen5 architecture for unparalleled performance in delivering premium video, handling complex use cases, and scaling to millions of viewers. Founded by a team that has built and operated dozens of Tier 1 OTT services worldwide, Firstlight Media is powering immersive sports, live experiences and personalized entertainment on any screen. The company is headquartered in Toronto and has additional locations in Los Angeles, San Diego and Chennai, India. For more information, visit firstlight.ai.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) posted its second quarter financial results and a letter to shareholders on the investor relations section of its website at https://ir.iac.com/quarterly-results. As announced previously, IAC and Angi Inc. will live stream a joint video conference to discuss both companies' respective second quarter results and to answer questions. The live stream will be held on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Joey Levin, CEO of IAC and Chairman of Angi Inc.; Christopher Halpin, Executive Vice President and CFO of IAC; Oisin Hanrahan, CEO of Angi Inc. and Neil Vogel, CEO of Dotdash Meredith will participate.
The live stream and replay of the video will be open to the public at
https://interactivecorp.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gqDXEfh0RHyEFHWuURo0xw
IAC (NASDAQ: IAC) builds companies. We are guided by curiosity, a questioning of the status quo, and a desire to invent or acquire new products and brands. From the single seed that started as IAC over two decades ago have emerged 11 public companies and generations of exceptional leaders. We will always evolve, but our basic principles of financially disciplined opportunism will never change. IAC is today comprised of category leading businesses including Angi Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI), Dotdash Meredith and Care.com among many others ranging from early stage to established businesses. IAC is headquartered in New York City with business locations worldwide.
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