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The collaboration will enable researchers to remotely access consenting participants' electronic health data, improving the cost and quality of patient monitoring
NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProofPilot, the digital protocol automation platform for clinical trials, and Human API, the industry-leading platform enabling life sciences organizations to connect and convert consumer health data into actionable health intelligence, today announced a collaboration that will allow researchers to digitally access consenting participants' electronic medical records (EMRs) through the ProofPilot platform. This partnership will provide a much-needed solution for the highly-complex research industry to improve recruitment and remotely monitor clinical trial data in a more productive and cost-effective way.
The integration between ProofPilot and Human API allows participants to remotely opt into a process to locate, authenticate, and provide access to the EMRs from their original HCP or the study site in a secure, compliant manner through the convenience of their mobile device, enabling two novel capabilities in recruitment and monitoring. For recruitment, clinical site staff can now more thoroughly pre-screen patients in an evidence-based way, prior to the formal screening visit, to vastly improve the screen-fail ratio and reduce the wasted efforts and time of patients and staff when the study is not a good fit.
Additionally, clinical research monitors (CRAs) can remotely monitor the source documents of a clinical trial side-by-side with the study data on demand, eliminating costly travel and other non-value-added activities.
"Evaluation of prospective patients in research that don't end up qualifying is a huge pain point for sites and patients in both time and cost. Meanwhile, clinical monitoring remains by far the biggest line item in the research budget," said Joseph Kim, Chief Strategy Officer at ProofPilot. "With Human API's approach to digitally allow participants to provide access to electronic medical records, our platform can help to greatly improve two of the biggest problems in research conduct today."
Source Document Verification (SDV) remains the most costly component of a clinical trial, due to costs for site visits and downtime of CRA travel. Thus far, most Remote Source Document Verification (rSDV) solutions focus on burdensome document uploads or difficult third-party access to local EMR systems. ProofPilot's partnership with Human API will finally create a path for life science sponsors to reduce or eliminate costs for SDV by offering a comprehensive set of capabilities to perform rSDV.
Patients will also benefit as the burden normally required to collate this information on their own will disappear. Additionally, having accurate medical records on hand by the study staff decreases the likelihood of any safety issues attributable to missing or forgotten details about medical history or drugs currently being prescribed.
"Human API is committed to being the leading platform to engage patients and facilitate the connection, conversion, and sharing of consented health data for clinical trials, patient registries, and patient support programs," said Christian Wieland, Chief Product Officer from Human API. "We're thrilled to be partnering with ProofPilot for this important work, which will play a key role in advancing clinical research for life sciences organizations, ultimately enabling potentially life-saving interventions to get to market faster."
About ProofPilot
ProofPilot supports clinical trials with the industry's first fully automated digital protocol platform. The platform orchestrates stakeholder tasks and optimizes clinical workflows, improving stakeholder experiences and data quality. The elimination of guesswork and research protocol deviations creates high-performance experiences for sites and patients. Founded in 2014, ProofPilot was one of the first global digital clinical trial solutions allowing virtual, hybrid, and in-person research offerings with its patient and site Co-Pilot packages. To learn more, visit https://www.proofpilot.com/.
About Human API
Human API is on a mission to radically accelerate the pace of innovation with a Patient Engagement and Health Intelligence Platform that connects and converts health data from electronic health records (EHRs) networks, HIEs, patient portals, medical record retrieval vendors, pharmacies, labs, wearable devices, and fitness apps into actionable health intelligence. The company gives patients a simple way to authorize and share health data with companies building new digital services and products. Human API is serving 100+ customers and powers leading solutions built by fast-growing startups and Fortune 500 companies in the insurance, life sciences, health plan, health identity management, and digital health markets. For more information, visit www.humanapi.co.
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| 2022-08-31T13:48:56Z
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The Wynwood Documentary Also Takes Home Three Silver Awards for "Online-Documentary: Individual," "Online-Cultural & Lifestyle" and "People's Telly General: Online Series/Shows/Segments"
DELRAY BEACH, Fla., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dragonfly Stories, a full-service production company that focuses on telling stories for companies globally, announced today that its "LESAB TRA" documentary has been named a Gold Winner in the "Online Reality" category in the 43rd Annual Telly Awards. The documentary also took home three Silver Awards for "Online Documentary: Individual, ""Online - Cultural & Lifestyle" and "People's Telly General: Online Series/Shows/Segments." The Telly Awards honors excellence in video and television across all screens and is judged by leaders from video platforms, television, streaming networks, production companies and including Adobe,Netflix, Dow Jones, Duplass Brothers Productions, Complex Networks, Jennifer Garner, A&E Networks, Hearst Media, Nickelodeon, ESPN Films, RYOT, Partizan and Vimeo.
"LESAB TRA" dives into the neighborhood of Wynwood, just outside of Miami, home to Art Basel, one of the most avant-garde celebrations of art, street art and the most interesting emerging artists in the world. But like most celebrations, COVID-19 canceled Art Basel in 2020. Host Joe Mullings took to the streets of Wynwood with Dragonfly Stories to explore the people, places and issues that occurred in the pandemic-driven void of the usually, internationally packed streets of Wynwood that typically take place in the first week of December.
"Now, more than ever, it is necessary to celebrate video work that reflects the top tier of our industry, such as Dragonfly Stories," says Telly Awards Executive Director Sabrina Dridje. "This year's submissions reflect an industry that has returned to the important work of storytelling, one that has returned with a new perspective that values innovation, agility, equity, and tenacious creativity."
"Bringing home a Gold Telly this year is a statement that illustrates the talent and commitment to storytelling that Dragonfly has become known for. Our "TrueFuture" docu-series took home three Telly's in our first year, but being able to bring home four Tellys, including a Gold this year, for telling the story about Wynwood, Art Basel and the magnificent street artists that birthed an artform, and have it recognized by our peers, is a testament to the Dragonfly team and the individuals who shared their stories with us in Wynwood," says host-producer Joe Mullings.
Today's winners announcement caps a year-long celebration of creators producing work with a new POV and a refreshed creativity, reflecting an ever-changing landscape emerging from the difficulties and opportunities from the last few years.
In function of this, a series of new categories were introduced to reflect and celebrate ways in which video has continued to be used as a critical tool for communication, notably within and across a new culture of working. These new categories, including Workplace Culture, Recruitment and Education & Training, celebrate the companies using video at a time when the culture of a company has never been so critical to attract and retain talent.
"Whether it's new ways of remote working, placing purpose at the center of a businesses key values or providing Employee Resource Groups for communities to gather and support each internally, says Dridje, "this year's incredible group of winners perfectly exemplifies the many artful and unique ways video is being used to tackle these timely topics. By introducing our new categories, we're continuing to deliver on our mission of constantly evolving with the changing industry and the world."
Last year, The Telly Awards attracted more than 12,000 entries from top video content producers including Netflix, Jennifer Garner, HBO Latin America, Microsoft, RadicalMedia, Condé Nast, Adobe, Nickelodeon, and Partizan.
The full list of the 43rd Annual Telly Awards winners can be found at
www.tellyawards.com/winners.
About Dragonfly Stories
Dragonfly Stories is a full-service media production company based in Delray Beach, FL with in-house pre-production, production, and post-production services for all of your video needs. Our all-star team of passionate creatives is dedicated to delivering a product better than you could have ever imagined for the best value. From multi-camera studio interviews to multi-crew productions around the world, Dragonfly is ready to build your brand and your company. More: https://dragonflystories.tv.
About Joe Mullings
Joe is the Chairman & CEO of The Mullings Group Companies, including TMG Search, Dragonfly Stories and TMG360 Media. The search firm is responsible for more than 8,000 successful searches in the medtech / healthtech / life sciences industry with clients ranging from multi-billion-dollar companies to emerging tech startups worldwide. Dragonfly Stories, which produces attention and awareness campaigns for companies globally, is the media production company behind the Award-Winning video docu-series, "TrueFuture," of which Joe is the host. TMG360 Media utilizes the power of media and outreach in medtech / healthtech to move businesses and health forward. In 2020, Joe was appointed Chief Vision Officer for MRINetwork Inc. MRINetwork includes over 300 search firms around the world, where Joe guides the digital transformation of the organization bringing video storytelling strategies and techniques for talent access, which he innovated at The Mullings Group. Visit: https://joemullings.com/.
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The Telly Awards is the premier award honoring video and television across all screens. Established in 1979, The Telly Awards receives over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents. Entrants are judged by The Telly Awards Judging Council—an industry body of over 200 leading experts including advertising agencies, production companies, and major television networks, reflective of the multiscreen industry The Telly Awards celebrates. Partners of The Telly Awards include Video Consortium, Ghetto Film School, We Are Parable, Future of Film, IFP, LAPPG, NAB, Stash, NYWIFT, Production Hub, IFP, with support from The Commercial Director's Diversity Program.
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300MW solar project + 600 MWh battery to provide valuable capacity to SPPA members
INLET BEACH, Fla., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a competitive solicitation, the Southwest Public Power Agency, Inc. (SPPA) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with a BrightNight joint venture (JV) for the delivery of 300-megawatts of solar energy and 600 megawatt-hours of battery storage power. This is the largest renewable power purchase in SPPA's operational history and will supply 21 of SPPA's constituent members who are working to meet growing demand and carbon reduction goals. Power will be supplied from BrightNight's Box Canyon project located in Pinal County, Arizona, held jointly with BrightNight's JV partner, Cordelio Power. The project recently completed its final major permitting milestones and is expected to begin operation in 2025. SPPA Project Manager, Dennis Delaney shared that, "SPPA is proud to supply its members with safe, reliable, and affordable electricity from an industry-leading renewable power project. BrightNight was able to understand our long-term goals and propose a solution to meet the needs of our members and their customers, while remaining cost-effective."
BrightNight specializes in utility-scale dispatchable power and leveraged its in-house optimization technology to assess SPPA's needs and deliver a value-creating solution that goes beyond the technology configuration in the original RFP. BrightNight developed the Box Canyon project as part of their joint venture with Cordelio Power, which owns and develops renewable power facilities across North America and is wholly owned by the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board.
BrightNight CEO Martin Hermann shared, "Our partnership with SPPA is emblematic of our customer-centric approach that delivers solutions that go beyond customer expectations. We're excited to deliver reliable, dispatchable, renewable power to SPPA and applaud SPPA for their leadership in providing cost-effective, long-term, clean power to its members and their customers."
In addition to providing approximately 1/3 of SPPA's peak capacity needs and 19-21% of SPPA's energy needs, the Box Canyon project is expected to create more than 200 construction jobs, approximately 5 permanent O&M jobs, and is projected to contribute more than $65M to the K-12 educational trust through lease payments to the State of Arizona. The project garnered broad public support across Pinal County. BrightNight coordinated with local businesses and executed a vigorous community engagement campaign that contributed to the project's successful development. The Box Canyon project is a powerful example of the value renewable power infrastructure can provide. BrightNight is developing a 20-gigawatt-ac portfolio of projects across the country for customers working to meet growing demand and address challenging reliability factors. BrightNight's solutions deliver more than clean renewable power – they provide significant economic value to the communities they serve, create high-value jobs in a growing industry, and generate electricity without any added burden on local transportation and water infrastructure.
About BrightNight
BrightNight is the first renewable integrated power company designed to provide utility and commercial and industrial customers with clean, dispatchable renewable power solutions. BrightNight works with customers across the U.S. and Asia Pacific to design, develop, and operate safe, reliable, large-scale, hybrid renewable power projects optimized to better manage the intermittent nature of renewable energy. Its deep customer engagement process, team of proven power experts, and industry-leading prices empower customers to overcome challenging energy sustainability standards, rapidly changing grid dynamics, and the transition away from fossil fuel generation. To learn more, visit: www.brightnightpower.com
About SPPA
SPPA is a Joint Action Agency, authorized under Arizona state law, which manages through a formal pool all or most of its members' power resources and facilitates the supply of additional energy needed to meet their customers' loads. SPPA's Project Manager is Dennis Delaney, P.E., a Partner of K. R. Saline & Associates, PLC. To learn more, visit: SPPA.biz
About Cordelio Power
Cordelio is a renewable power producer that manages an operating portfolio of over 1,200 MW of renewable power assets in Canada and the USA. We also oversee a growth pipeline of over 10,000 MW of wind, solar and storage projects across the USA. Cordelio carries out its operations and growth activities by working with all stakeholders in an efficient, safe and environmentally responsible manner. Cordelio is wholly owned by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
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In partnership with the American Diabetes Association® and Beyond Type 1, Egglife helps answer the question: What can I eat?
CHICAGO, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Every 23 seconds, someone in the U.S. is diagnosed with diabetes1. Egglife Foods, the disruptive food company that uses eggs to transform ordinarily carb-heavy foods, announced a $100,000 commitment to champion wellness and show its support of individuals with special diets, including those living with diabetes, by partnering with the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and Beyond Type 1. With their latest campaign, egglife® wrap hacks, Egglife highlights ways people living with diabetes can use egglife egg white wraps to reimagine their favorite foods that typically feel off limits after being diagnosed.
As part of Egglife's partnership with the ADA, the brand will sponsor the ADA's summer camps and campers throughout the country. At ADA's camps, campers learn how to choose foods that work with their eating plans to improve their independence and diabetes management while enjoying a traditional summer camp experience. In addition, Egglife and Beyond Type 1 will be partnering on digital content that highlights food solutions and general education for those living with diabetes.
"Managing diabetes is often overwhelming and it can be stressful trying to figure out what you should or should not eat," said Dan Bieritz, Executive Director for the ADA Illinois and Wisconsin Markets. "This partnership with Egglife helps us highlight safe, simple and delicious ways those living with diabetes can ease some of this extra pressure and still enjoy their favorite meals."
egglife® original egg white wraps proudly participate in the ADA's Better Choices for Life program. Participants must meet specific nutrition guidelines designed for individuals managing diabetes. Made with simple ingredients, egglife egg white wraps allow you to reimagine pasta, pizza, sandwiches and more. To help others unlock limitless recipe possibilities, Egglife released a free digital cookbook of delicious wrap hacks that showcase how egglife wraps can turn any food favorite into a better-for-you meal or snack.
"Egglife Foods was born out of our founder's kitchen due to her own need of healthy, low-carb and low sugar alternatives that taste good, so helping individuals with dietary restrictions is part of our ethos," said David Kroll, CEO at Egglife Foods. "When people are diagnosed with diabetes, one of the first questions they ask is 'What can I eat?' Food can suddenly feel restricting and stressful. Egglife wants to be a solution to that problem. We're grateful to be partnering with the ADA and Beyond Type 1 to empower individuals with diabetes to navigate their dietary needs with confidence."
Egglife is encouraging consumers to get involved in the campaign by engaging with the free digital cookbook at Tasteofhome.com/sponsored/egglife. Each view of the digital cookbook during the month of June will trigger a donation of $1 to the ADA summer camp financial aid fund, up to $15,000.
To continue the brand's commitment, Egglife will also be sponsoring Beyond Type Run - the Beyond Type 1 New York City marathon team – leading up to American Diabetes Month® and the NYC marathon in November.
egglife® egg white wraps contain five grams of protein, fewer than 35 calories, less than one gram of carbohydrates and zero sugar. They are also gluten-free, dairy-free and soy-free. With five versatile sweet and savory flavors – original, southwest, everything bagel, italian and sweet cinnamon – egglife® egg white wraps make it easy to fit delicious meals into your lifestyle without the stress. For more information, visit egglifefoods.com or follow the brand on Instagram: @egglifefoods.
Egglife Foods is reimagining the future of food by harnessing the power of eggs to transform traditionally flour-based foods. The company, recently featured as one of CNBC's Best of Small Businesses, was created in 2017, motivated by a desire to modernize nutrition and champion better wellness without sacrificing taste. Two years and over 2,000 recipes later, their debut product, egglife® egg white wraps were hatched. Made with cage free egg whites and just a few simple ingredients to provide a simple, delicious and nutritious alternative to traditional tortillas, egglife egg white wraps are The Perfect Wrap® for consumers looking for a versatile, low-carb, high protein option. The wraps are available in five innovative flavors – original, southwest, everything bagel, italian and sweet cinnamon. All of Egglife's wraps are cleverly crafted at their very own manufacturing facility in Wolcott, Indiana.
Every day, more than 4,000 people are newly diagnosed with diabetes in America. More than 133 million Americans have diabetes or prediabetes and are striving to manage their lives while living with the disease. The American Diabetes Association (ADA) is the nation's leading voluntary health organization fighting to bend the curve on the diabetes epidemic and help people living with diabetes thrive. For nearly 80 years, the ADA has been driving discovery and research to treat, manage, and prevent diabetes while working relentlessly for a cure. We help people with diabetes thrive by fighting for their rights and developing programs, advocacy, and education designed to improve their quality of life. Diabetes has brought us together, what we do next will make us Connected for Life. To learn more or to get involved, visit us at diabetes.org or call 1-800-DIABETES (1-800-342-2383). Join the fight with us on Facebook (@American Diabetes Association), Spanish Facebook (@Asociación Americana de la Diabetes), Twitter (@AmDiabetesAssn), and Instagram (@AmDiabetesAssn).
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| 2022-06-08T16:11:20Z
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CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago after presenting two weeks of evidence and testimony from four Kelly accusers in their bid to prove the singer enticed underage girls for sex, produced child pornography and successfully rigged his 2008 state trial.
Among the last prosecution witnesses was a 42-year-old woman who went by the pseudonym “Nia.” Taking the stand Tuesday morning, she was the fourth and final accuser to testify against Kelly at the trial in his hometown. A fifth accuser, who prosecutors had said would testify, never did. They didn’t explain why.
The highlight of prosecutors’ case was testimony by a 37-year-old woman who used the pseudonym “Jane” and described Kelly sexually abusing her hundreds of times starting in 1998 when she was 14 and Kelly was around 30.
Jane’s testimony is vital to the charge accusing Kelly of fixing his 2008 child pornography trial, at which he was acquitted. She testified that Kelly and his associates threatened and paid off her and her parents to lie to a grand jury before the 2008 trial.
Legal teams for Kelly and two co-defendants now get their chance to attack the government’s case. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber told jurors they would have Wednesday off, then return to listen to the first defense witnesses Thursday. Closing arguments are in the middle of next week.
Defense attorneys haven’t said if Kelly might testify. He didn’t testify at his earlier federal trial in New York, where a judge sentenced him in June to 30 years in prison for convictions on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. A conviction in Chicago could add years to that sentence.
Kelly’s 2008 state trial revolved around a video prosecutors said showed him sexually abusing Jane. She did not testify at that trial, but told jurors this month that she was the child in the video and Kelly was the adult man.
Kelly sold millions of albums even after allegations about his abuse of young girls began circulating publicly in the 1990s. Widespread outrage over his sexual misconduct didn’t emerge until after the #MeToo reckoning and the 2019 docuseries “Surviving R. Kelly.”
Two Kelly associates, Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown, are co-defendants at the Chicago trial. McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, is accused of helping Kelly rig the 2008 case. Brown is charged with receiving child pornography. Like Kelly, they have denied wrongdoing.
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| 2022-08-30T20:05:01Z
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(NewsNation) — Large cities across the nation have seen yet again another violent weekend.
America is seeing spikes in violent crimes. A NewsNation/Decision Desk HQ poll released Monday revealed that 14.66% of voters believe crime is becoming one of the bigger issues in the country.
Over the weekend, a 48-year-old man was killed on board a New York City subway train in a random, unprovoked attack. An intense manhunt is ongoing for the shooter, with police considering him to be armed and very dangerous.
New York City police said it appears the gunman who shot and killed the man at the Canal Street Station on Sunday morning picked his victim randomly.
“According to witnesses, the suspect was walking back and forth in the same train car and without provocation, pulled out a gun and fired it at the victim.”
The gunman ran from the station before police arrived.
The victim, identified as Daniel Henriques, later died at the hospital and is the fourth person killed in a city subway system so far this year.
The New York City Police Department has cast a very wide net to try and stop the amount of violence happening in the city subway system.
In January, Michelle Go was pushed in front of an oncoming train as it pulled into a Times Square station.
In April, police said Frank James opened fire on a train in Brooklyn, hitting 10 people. There were no casualties.
“It’s a full-blown crisis that’s happening in our subway system right now,” a New York citizen said.
Chicago also had a very violent weekend, with 27 people shot between Friday and Sunday — one victim died.
In Memphis, three people were killed and one injured in four separate shootings across the city.
“As they say, bullet knows no name,” another citizen said.
The violence is increasing as we approach Memorial Day weekend: the unofficial start of summer.
Along with the summer temperatures, crime also heats up.
Police departments around the country will be adding extra patrols to known areas of concern to help keep the peace.
Nationwide violent crime is up. A report from the CDC says firearm killings jumped 35% between 2019 and 2020. Those numbers are still trending unusually high.
In New York City, the mayor says he’s very concerned about this uptick in crime going into the summer and for good reason. Violent crime is up overall by more than 40% in New York City.
One way the mayor is trying to get at this issue of gun violence is now using officers in plain clothes to patrol in those areas with high crime.
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| 2022-05-23T18:45:02Z
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Vehicle Tires Designed for Extreme Temperatures in One Sixth Gravity on Crater-Filled Terrain
AKRON, Ohio, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ: GT) supplied essential products for NASA's Apollo program, including the Apollo 11 mission which landed on the Moon 53 years ago today. The company will continue that tradition—focusing on lunar vehicle tires—by joining Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) in its development of a lunar mobility vehicle.
Since Apollo, Goodyear continued innovating alongside NASA to advance designs for a lunar vehicle tire. The team of companies intends to be the first to establish extended-use commercial vehicle operations on the Moon. Goodyear brings its vast expertise in a mission-critical component to traverse the lunar surface, tires.
"NASA's Artemis program to live and work on the Moon has a clear need for lunar surface transportation that we intend to meet with vehicles driven by astronauts or operated autonomously without crew," said Kirk Shireman, vice president of Lunar Exploration Campaigns at Lockheed Martin. "We're developing this new generation of lunar mobility vehicle to be available to NASA and for commercial companies and even other space agencies to support science and human exploration. This approach exemplifies NASA's desire for industry to take the lead with commercial efforts that enable the agency to be one of many customers."
Goodyear is drawing from its advanced airless tire technology used on Earth with micro-mobility, autonomous shuttles and passenger vehicles, to advance lunar mobility and withstand the challenging conditions on the Moon. The companies are already applying existing expertise to the project including testing concepts in lunar soil test beds.
"Everything we learn from making tires for the Moon's extremely difficult operating environment will help us make better airless tires on Earth," said Chris Helsel, senior vice president, Global Operations and Chief Technology Officer at Goodyear. "This will contribute to our end goal of enabling mobility no matter where it takes place. Just as important, it is an honor to write history with this prestigious company who knows how to make giant leaps in exploration and mobility."
The Apollo lunar rovers were purposely built for just a few days of use on excursions within five miles of their landing sites. Future missions will need to traverse rugged terrain over much longer distances while operating in greater temperature extremes. New tire capabilities will need to be developed for years of durability and even survive the night that sees temperatures of below -250 degrees Fahrenheit and daytime temps of over 250 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lockheed Martin leads this growing team by leveraging its more than 50-year-history of working with NASA on deep space human and robotic spacecraft, such as NASA's Orion exploration-class spaceship for Artemis and numerous Mars planetary spacecraft. The company will also manage the development of the program's commercial business operations and engagement with NASA and global space agencies. Lockheed Martin has also helped NASA explore every planet of our solar system, and continues to develop new technologies for future space missions.
Another teammate, MDA of Canada, recently announced its commercial robotic arm technology will be used on the human-rated lunar mobility vehicles. The arm will provide valuable contributions as support for astronauts as well as enabling greater functionality of the rover on fully autonomous missions.
Together, the teams are applying unique perspectives and shared expertise to new challenges and market approaches that are being considered for the first time. The companies expect to have its first vehicle on the surface of the Moon in time to support NASA's first landed mission that will have the first woman and first person of color walk on the Moon, currently planned for 2025.
About The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It employs about 72,000 people and manufactures its products in 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio, and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry. For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com/corporate.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin Corporation is a global security and aerospace company that employs approximately 114,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and services. Please follow @LMNews on Twitter for the latest announcements and news across the corporation, and follow @LMSpace to learn more about the latest technologies, missions and people driving the future of space.
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| 2022-07-20T15:34:30Z
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27-year-old Texas deputy dies after crashing into back of tractor-trailer stopped on highway
By Shelley Childers and Erica Simon
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HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County deputy’s vehicle hit the back of a stopped 18-wheeler on Highway 249, causing the law enforcement unit to basically tear apart in what the sheriff called a “pretty horrific impact.”
The critically-injured deputy was then rushed to a hospital where he died from his injuries Wednesday.
Sheriff Ed Gonzalez identified the fallen deputy as 27-year-old Robert Adam Howard.
“We’re devastated that we’re losing such a great teammate described as a workhorse, described as having a great personality, funny, and just outgoing,” Gonzalez said as a large showing from different law enforcement officials stood behind him outside Memorial Hermann in The Woodlands. “We have a lot of heavy hearts.”
The original crash wasn’t the only thing that concerned the sheriff’s office. Another deputy, who was escorting Howard on a motorcycle, fell off on I-45. The deputy is considered to be in fair condition at the hospital, Gonzalez said.
Howard, who grew up in Jersey Village and was a Cy-Woods High School grad, leaves behind a wife, a 5-year-old son, and a 2-year-old daughter.
The first of the two incidents involving Harris County deputies was reported just before 2 p.m. on northbound Highway 249 at Spring Cypress Road in northwest Harris County.
A deputy was involved in a crash with an 18-wheeler, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said.
“Deputy is being transported to a hospital in critical condition,” Gonzalez tweeted. “Please keep our deputy in your prayers.”
SkyEye was over the scene and captured the mangled wreckage of a Harris County Sheriff’s Office unit on one shoulder and a big rig stopped on the other. Part of the wreckage was also still attached to the trailer.
The sheriff later stated that Deputy Howard’s vehicle had struck the rear of the 18-wheeler that was stopped on the shoulder.
Gonzalez also had to address details of another crash that happened about 30 minutes after the Highway 249 incident.
A deputy on a motorcycle had fallen off on northbound I-45 North Freeway just before the Woodlands Parkway. Houston TranStar verified the crash at 2:30 p.m.
Fortunately, the deputy in this other incident was not as seriously injured.
“The (motorcycle) deputy has been transported to a hospital in fair condition,” Gonzalez tweeted.
Gonzalez originally stated that the incident was unrelated to the Highway 249 crash, but in a tweet just before 4 p.m., the sheriff corrected himself.
“The second crash occurred during the escort of the 1st deputy to the hospital,” Gonzalez said.
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FOSTER CITY, Calif. and SHANGHAI, June 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK) announces today that its licensing partner, Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD), reported positive results from the primary analysis of the Phase 3 TROPiCS-02 study of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan) versus physicians' choice of chemotherapy (TPC) in heavily pre-treated HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer patients who received prior endocrine therapy, CDK4/6 inhibitors and two to four lines of chemotherapy.
The study met its primary endpoint of progression-free survival (PFS) with a statistically significant and clinically meaningful 34% reduction in the risk of disease progression or death (median PFS 5.5 vs. 4 months; HR: 0.66; 95% CI: 0.53-0.83; P<0.0003). The first interim analysis of the key secondary endpoint of overall survival (OS) demonstrated a trend in improvement. These data are immature, and patients will be followed for subsequent OS analysis. These findings will be featured in an oral session (Abstract #LBA1001) during the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting.
The study demonstrated that at the one-year mark, three times as many patients were progression-free when treated with Trodelvy compared to those who received TPC (21% versus 7%). Improvements in PFS with Trodelvy were also consistent across key patient subgroups, including patients who had previously received three or more chemotherapy regimens for metastatic disease (HR: 0.70; CI: 0.52-0.95), patients with visceral metastases (HR: 0.66; CI: 0.53-0.83), and the elderly (≥65 years of age; HR: 0.59; CI: 0.38-0.93).
"For patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer, resistance to endocrine therapy is inevitable in almost all cases. The standard of care is then limited to sequential single agent chemotherapy, with declining response rates, disease control and quality of life," said Dr. Hope Rugo, Professor of Medicine and Director, Breast Oncology and Clinical Trials Education at the University of California San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center, U.S. "In TROPiCS-02, we enrolled heavily pre-treated patients with metastatic breast cancer who had disease progression following multiple lines of chemotherapy. To observe a clinically meaningful reduction in the risk of disease progression or death in these patients with limited treatment options is remarkable. Sacituzumab govitecan will be an important potential future treatment option for these patients."
The safety profile for Trodelvy was consistent with prior studies, with no new safety concerns identified in this patient population. The most frequent Grade ≥3 treatment-related adverse reactions for Trodelvy compared to TPC were neutropenia (51% versus 38%), diarrhea (9% versus 1%), leukopenia (9% versus 5%), anemia (6% versus 3%), fatigue (6% versus 2%) and febrile neutropenia (5% versus 4%).
Everest Medicines is conducting a Phase 3 registrational Asian study EVER-132-002 evaluating Trodelvy versus physicians' choice of chemotherapy in people with HR+/HER2− metastatic breast cancer, which is enrolling patients in China mainland, Taiwan and South Korea.
"Data from our partner's Phase 3 TROPiCS-02 Study further demonstrate Trodelvy's potential to benefit a larger portion of breast cancer patients," said Yang Shi, Chief Medical Officer for Oncology/Immunology at Everest Medicines. "We look forward to the results from our Asia clinical study."
The TROPiCS-02 study is a global, multicenter, open-label, Phase 3 study, randomized 1:1 to evaluate Trodelvy versus physician's choice of chemotherapy (eribulin, capecitabine, gemcitabine, or vinorelbine) in 543 patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer who were previously treated with endocrine therapy, CDK4/6 inhibitors and two to four lines of chemotherapy. The primary endpoint is progression-free survival per Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST 1.1) as assessed by blinded independent central review for participants treated with Trodelvy compared to those treated with chemotherapy. Secondary endpoints include overall survival, duration of response, clinical benefit rate and overall response rate as well as assessment of safety and tolerability and quality of life measures. In the study, HER2 negativity was defined per American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the College of American Pathologists (CAP) criteria as immunohistochemistry (IHC) score of 0, IHC 1+ or IHC 2+ with a negative in-situ hybridization (ISH) test. More information about TROPiCS-02 is available at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03901339.
Hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer is the most common type of breast cancer and accounts for approximately 70% of all new cases, or nearly 400,000 diagnoses worldwide each year. Almost one in three cases of early-stage breast cancer eventually become metastatic, and among patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic disease, the five-year relative survival rate is 30%. As patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer become resistant to endocrine-based therapy, their primary treatment option is limited to single-agent chemotherapy. For patients treated with single-agent chemotherapy, the prognosis is poor.
Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) is a first-in-class Trop-2 directed antibody-drug conjugate. Trop-2 is a cell surface antigen highly expressed in multiple tumor types, including in more than 90% of breast and bladder cancers. Trodelvy is intentionally designed with a proprietary hydrolyzable linker attached to SN-38, a topoisomerase I inhibitor payload. This unique combination delivers potent activity to both Trop-2 expressing cells and the microenvironment.
Trodelvy is approved in more than 35 countries, with multiple additional regulatory reviews underway worldwide, for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who have received two or more prior systemic therapies, at least one of them for metastatic disease. Trodelvy is also approved in the U.S. under the accelerated approval pathway for the treatment of adult patients with locally advanced or metastatic urothelial cancer (UC) who have previously received a platinum-containing chemotherapy and either programmed death receptor-1 (PD-1) or programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) inhibitor.
Trodelvy is also being developed for potential investigational use in other TNBC and metastatic UC populations, as well as a range of tumor types where Trop-2 is highly expressed, including hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) metastatic breast cancer, metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), metastatic small cell lung cancer (SCLC), head and neck cancer, and endometrial cancer.
Under a licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences, Inc., Everest Medicines has exclusive rights to develop, register, and commercialize Trodelvy for all cancer indications in Greater China, South Korea, and certain Southeast Asian countries.
The TRODELVY trademark is used under license from Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Everest Medicines is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing transformative pharmaceutical products that address critical unmet medical needs for patients in Asian markets. The management team of Everest Medicines has deep expertise and an extensive track record of high-quality clinical development, regulatory affairs, CMC, business development and operations both in China and with leading global pharmaceutical companies. Everest Medicines has built a portfolio of eleven potentially global first-in-class or best-in-class molecules, many of which are in late-stage clinical development. The Company's therapeutic areas of interest include oncology, autoimmune disorders, cardio-renal diseases and infectious diseases. For more information, please visit its website at www.everestmedicines.com.
This news release may make statements that constitute forward-looking statements, including descriptions regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company or its officers with respect to the business operations and financial condition of the Company, which can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, or other factors, some of which are beyond the control of the Company and are unforeseeable. Therefore, the actual results may differ from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors and assumptions, such as future changes and developments in our business, competitive environment, political, economic, legal and social conditions. The Company or any of its affiliates, directors, officers, advisors or representatives has no obligation and does not undertake to revise forward-looking statements to reflect new information, future events or circumstances after the date of this news release, except as required by law.
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NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Delcath Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: DCTH), an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic cancers of the liver, today announced the closing of the previously announced private placement for the issuance and sale of 690,954 shares of common stock (the "Common Stock") and 566,751 pre-funded warrants to purchase Common Stock (the "Pre-Funded Warrants") to certain investors. Each share of Common Stock was sold at a price per share of $3.98 and the Pre-Funded Warrants were sold at a price of $3.97 per Pre-Funded Warrant. The Pre-Funded Warrants have an exercise price of $0.01 per share of Common Stock and are immediately exercisable.
Delcath received gross proceeds from the Private Placement of approximately $5.0 million before deducting offering expenses payable by Delcath. Delcath intends to use the net proceeds from the Private Placement for working capital purposes and other general corporate purposes.
The securities sold in the Private Placement, including the shares of common stock underlying the Pre-Funded Warrants, have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or state securities laws as of the time of issuance and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. Delcath has agreed to file one or more registration statements with the SEC registering the resale of the Common Stock and the shares issuable upon exercise of the Pre-Funded Warrants purchased in the Private Placement.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Delcath Systems, Inc.
Delcath Systems, Inc. is an interventional oncology company focused on the treatment of primary and metastatic liver cancers. The Company's proprietary percutaneous hepatic perfusion (PHP) system is designed to administer high-dose chemotherapy to the liver while controlling systemic exposure and associated side effects. In the United States, the PHP system is being developed under the tradename HEPZATO™ KIT (melphalan hydrochloride for injection/hepatic delivery system), or HEPZATO, for the treatment of patients with unresectable hepatic-dominant metastatic ocular melanoma (mOM), also known as metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM) and is considered a combination drug and device product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
In Europe, the PHP system is now regulated as a Class lll medical device and is approved for sale under the trade name CHEMOSAT Hepatic Delivery System for Melphalan, or CHEMOSAT, where it has been used at major medical centers to treat a wide range of cancers of the liver.
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The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by the Company or on its behalf. This news release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially from those described, in particular, the expected uses of the proceeds from the Private Placement. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, uncertainties relating to: the timing and results of the Company's clinical trials, including without limitation the mOM and ICC clinical trial programs, as well as the receipt of additional data and the performance of additional analyses with respect to the mOM clinical trial, our determination whether to continue the ICC clinical trial program or to focus on other alternative indications, and timely monitoring and treatment of patients in the global Phase 3 mOM clinical trial and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the completion of our clinical trials; the impact of the presentations at major medical conferences and future clinical results consistent with the data presented; approval of Individual Funding Requests for reimbursement of the CHEMOSAT procedure; the impact, if any, of ZE reimbursement on potential CHEMOSAT product use and sales in Germany; clinical adoption, use and resulting sales, if any, for the CHEMOSAT system to deliver and filter melphalan in Europe including the key markets of Germany and the UK; the Company's ability to successfully commercialize the HEPZATO KIT/CHEMOSAT system and the potential of the HEPZATO KIT/CHEMOSAT system as a treatment for patients with primary and metastatic disease in the liver; our ability to obtain reimbursement for the CHEMOSAT system in various markets; approval of the current or future HEPZATO KIT/CHEMOSAT system for delivery and filtration of melphalan or other chemotherapeutic agents for various indications in the U.S. and/or in foreign markets; actions by the FDA or foreign regulatory agencies; the Company's ability to successfully enter into strategic partnership and distribution arrangements in foreign markets and the timing and revenue, if any, of the same; uncertainties relating to the timing and results of research and development projects; and uncertainties regarding the Company's ability to obtain financial and other resources for any research, development, clinical trials and commercialization activities. These factors, and others, are discussed from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they are made.
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LAVAL, QC, May 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Neptune Wellness Solutions Inc. ("Neptune" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: NEPT) (TSX: NEPT), a diversified and fully integrated health and wellness company focused on plant-based, sustainable and purpose-driven lifestyle brands, today announced that Michael Cammarata, Chief Executive Officer, Randy Weaver, Interim Chief Financial Officer, and Morry Brown, Vice President, Investor Relations will participate in the following investor conferences in May 2022.
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Neptune's management team will be taking part in one-on-one meetings during the conferences. To schedule a one-on-one investor meeting with Neptune's management team, please contact a conference representative or KCSA Strategic Communications by emailing Neptune@KCSA.com.
Headquartered in Laval, Quebec, Neptune is a diversified health and wellness company with a mission to redefine health and wellness. Neptune is focused on building a portfolio of high quality, affordable consumer products in response to long-term secular trends and market demand for natural, plant-based, sustainable and purpose-driven lifestyle brands. The Company utilizes a highly flexible, cost-efficient manufacturing and supply chain infrastructure that can be scaled to quickly adapt to consumer demand and bring new products to market through its mass retail partners and e-commerce channels. For additional information, please visit: https://neptunewellness.com/.
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Choose the right perch for your pet bird
From large parrots to tiny finches, pet birds come in a wide range of shapes, colors and sizes. These intelligent, active animals require safe, stable perches for play, exercise and comfort.
What to know before buying a bird perch
What your bird needs
Bird species have unique behaviors and preferences. Macaws, for example, use their powerful beaks to tear apart materials that less destructive birds such as canaries show no interest in. Budgies and finches, because of their small size, feel comfortable clinging to thin branches as opposed to the thick logs that larger birds like cockatoos need.
To keep your pet happy, research your bird and select perches that appeal to their natural inclinations and habitat.
Your bird’s size
Even large birds are fragile and easily injured. To prevent your pet from falling, choose perches strong enough to hold their weight without bending. Perches that span the entirety of the cage are the most stable.
The perch’s material
- Natural wood is an excellent choice for all birds. Free from dye and paint, this material gives parrots a safe way to exercise their beaks. Muted browns and grays won’t frighten skittish finches, and the surface of untreated wood provides a safe grip.
- Dyed wood is a good choice for birds that are playful and enjoy vibrant toys. As long as the wood is colored with harmless dye, these perches can be safely chewed.
- Mineral perches are great for birds that need supplemental calcium. Sometimes these perches contain flavoring or bee pollen to encourage chewing. These perches aren’t suitable for large parrots because they are quickly destroyed.
- Rope perches made from braided thread let you create a playground for your pet. However, these perches should be used with great caution. Rope can ensnare a bird’s claws and cause it to panic and hurt itself. A rope perch should be removed at the first sign of chewing, as ingesting too much thread can result in illness.
The perch’s mounting style
- Metal hardware. Most perches mount with a metal wing nut and a washer that screws into a threaded rod placed between the bars of your bird’s cage. This mounting style lets you easily remove the perch for cleaning.
- Slotted. Perches that span the entire enclosure usually have a slot cut into each end that the bars of the cage slide into. This mounting type needs a snug fit so your bird can’t move it. That tightness, however, also makes slotted perches challenging to remove and replace.
- Hanging. Some perches are hung from the top of the cage with a clip or clamp. Hanging perches give your pet a place to practice acrobatics. Be sure to buy one strong enough to support your bird’s weight.
- Plastic clamp. Perches made out of rope usually have threaded tips. These are sent through the bars of the cage where a plastic cap is screwed on to clamp the perch in place.
The perch’s color
Some birds are afraid of especially bright colors, while others take great interest in them. Bird perches are available in many hues, so consider your pet’s personality and security while you shop. If you are unsure of your bird’s preferences, unpainted wooden perches are a safe choice.
The perch’s texture
Your pet will feel stable and confident on a perch with an uneven, textured surface. Perches that are too smooth prevent birds from getting a good grip, which makes them feel uneasy and may result in a slip or fall. Avoid perches covered in sand or sandpaper, which cause irritation, pain and bleeding.
Heated perches
Most birds enjoy cuddling up to warm surfaces, and some perches have a heating element inside to keep them comfortable. Heated perches include a power cable that must be kept out of your pet’s reach so it can’t chew be chewed.
Diameter and variety
Because birds thrive on exploration and activity, accessorize your pet’s cage with a variety of perch types. Birds kept in cages that are filled with perches of the same shape and diameter can suffer from foot pain and deformity. Providing different perch sizes keeps your bird’s legs and feet healthy.
Best bird perches
Best natural wood bird perch
Mogoko Natural Wood Bird Perch Set
What you need to know: These wooden bird perches give birds the feel and texture they would experience in the wild.
What you’ll love: With four pieces included, this set lets you adorn your bird’s cage with many perching opportunities. These perches mount with sturdy metal hardware. Five sets are offered.
What you should consider: These sets are only appropriate for small to medium birds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best dyed wood bird perch
What you need to know: This ladder is made of brightly colored wood steps and beads for hours of perching and play.
What you’ll love: Available in 8- or 18-inch lengths and in sets of up to 18 units, these ladder perches let you accessorize even large cages. Flexible and easy to mount, you can use these ladders to create a jungle gym for your bird.
What you should consider: The dye on these perches comes off when they get wet.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best mineral bird perch
Polly’s Tooty Fruity Pollen Bird Perch
What you need to know: Made from natural bee pollen and calcium, this perch provides nutrition as well as a place to rest.
What you’ll love: This perch is fruit-flavored to encourage chewing. It attaches to the cage with a metal wing nut and washer. Its cactus wood texture offers a good grip.
What you should consider: Artificial flavor and coloring is used in this perch.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best rope bird perch
What you need to know: This set of two cotton rope perches can be positioned however you like.
What you’ll love: This kit includes a flexible rope perch that can be bent and twisted into whatever shape you prefer and a coiled perch that can be hung from the top of your cage. These perches are offered in 43- and 63-inch lengths.
What you should consider: Rope perches should only be used under supervision, especially with birds who enjoy chewing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best perch for large birds
What you need to know: This large perch is available in two wood types.
What you’ll love: With a 2-inch diameter and 16-inch length, this perch is sturdy enough for big birds such as macaws and cockatoos. It attaches to your cage with strong metal hardware.
What you should consider: This perch is fairly basic and doesn’t feature any extended branches or size variations.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best perch for small birds
What you need to know: This natural manzanita branch gives small birds a lot of safe perching options.
What you’ll love: Because it features multiple twigs and branches, small birds have many opportunities to flex their feet. It’s made from natural wood and attaches with metal hardware.
What you should consider: Only a single perch is included with your purchase, so you will likely need to buy more than one.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best hanging bird perch
What you need to know: Made of natural wood, this perch hangs from the top of your bird’s cage.
What you’ll love: It has four branches and can be hung from the center of your cage to create a gathering place for multiple birds. Its bark is fun for birds who like to chew and its metal mount is safe and secure.
What you should consider: A drawback to natural bark is that it is hard to clean and requires scrubbing.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best heated bird perch
K and H Pet Products Heated Bird Perch
What you need to know: This perch features an internal heating element to keep tropical birds comfortable all year long.
What you’ll love: Available in three sizes, it comes in a gray color that won’t alarm sensitive birds. Its power cord is covered in metal to prevent chewing.
What you should consider: This perch has a smooth surface that some users prefer to wrap in thread or tape to provide a better grip. The smallest size available is still too big for tiny birds such as finches.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Chewy and PetSmart
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Dog boarder charged after 2 dogs die in her care, sheriff says
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - A North Carolina woman who runs a dog walking and boarding business is facing animal cruelty charges after two dogs under her care died, according to the sheriff’s office.
New Hanover Sheriff’s Office Animal Services Unit has charged Pamala Lynn Rodriguez with two counts of felony cruelty to animals, WECT reports.
Rodriguez had been asked to board two German shepherds, Nala and Jager, through Rover.com, a website through which pet owners can connect with pet sitters and dog walkers, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
After five days of boarding the dogs, Rodriguez said she woke up and found Nala dead, the release states. Later that day, she said Jagar was acting lethargic, so she took him to the emergency vet, where he died.
“Before you let anybody watch your pets, watch your animals, make sure that you get some references and that you know that they’re dependable and you can trust them,” said New Hanover County Sheriff Ed McMahon.
Necropsies were performed on both dogs. The sheriff’s office says they died due to extreme dehydration and starvation.
Animal Services deputies executed a search warrant on Rodriguez’s home. According to the news release, it was “extremely filthy, over 85 degrees with no fans, and smelled of urine.” Multiple dogs were found in crates that were too small, and none of them had food or water.
“It was horrendous what we found in there, and we ended up getting 16 other animals from her and taking care of them, getting them back to owners,” McMahon said.
The sheriff’s office says that this is an ongoing investigation.
“We’re just not going to tolerate cruelty to our passenger animals in this county,” McMahon said.
Rodriguez was booked under a $2,100 secure bond.
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JOHNSTON, R.I., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Policyholders of FM Global, which include one of every three Fortune 500 companies and similar size organizations worldwide, will collectively receive approximately US$300 million in a first-of-its-kind 'resilience credit,' providing them with additional means to invest in climate resilience solutions. The credit has the potential to help those organizations reduce total loss expectancies related to wind, flood and wildfire exposure by more than US$120 billion which, in turn, can magnify their positive impact on customers, colleagues and communities, according to FM Global data.
"With rising business disruption due to climate risk and companies increasingly focused on ESG strategies, the resilience credit is a potential game-changer for our clients, many of which are key contributors to the economy and society," said Malcolm Roberts, president and chief executive officer. "This credit is made possible through our mutual ownership structure and risk engineering focus to support their business continuity and climate risk mitigation efforts."
In addition to the credit, later this year, FM Global will introduce a new suite of climate resilience solutions that can help clients assess climate risk exposures and prioritize their risk improvement investments. "Combined, this new suite of tools, along with the resilience credit, represents a significant investment in helping keep our clients' businesses going and growing strong," Roberts added.
The credit will be applied as a 5% premium offset against FM Global policies with renewals or anniversaries between Oct. 1, 2022, and Sept. 30, 2023, and will be calculated based on eligible in-force premium in effect 90 days prior to the renewal or anniversary date of the current policy.
Established nearly two centuries ago, FM Global is a mutual insurance company whose capital, scientific research capability and engineering expertise are solely dedicated to property risk management and the resilience of its client-owners. These owners, who share the belief that the majority of property loss is preventable, represent many of the world's largest organizations, including one of every three Fortune 500 companies. They work with FM Global to better understand the hazards that can impact their business continuity in order to make cost-effective risk management decisions, combining property loss prevention with insurance protection.
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Leading telecommunications provider accelerates cloud transition with Oracle apps and infrastructure
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle has renewed a strategic agreement with AT&T that will help give new capacity and capabilities for the company's database and application workloads running in Oracle Cloud. The new five-year deal will build on AT&T's use of Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Oracle Fusion Cloud Customer Experience (CX), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and other Oracle Cloud services, including:
- Oracle Cloud ERP will enable AT&T to eliminate manual processes as part of the company's ongoing financial and supply chain transformation.
- Access to Oracle's portfolio will expand the use of Oracle Cloud CX, which AT&T uses to engage customers with personalized content to help improve their overall experience.
- OCI services will support AT&T's IT modernization and data center consolidation.
- AT&T will also certify Oracle's next-generation cloud solutions and Oracle Exadata Cloud@Customer X9M.
"AT&T's cloud transition is a critical initiative for our business," said Jon Summers, senior vice president, Information Technology, AT&T. "We've worked closely with Oracle on some of our toughest technology challenges over the years, and we're excited to renew this collaboration for another five years."
"AT&T is continually reinventing itself to better connect people and businesses, and we're proud to extend our partnership to support that connectivity," said Jonathan Tikochinsky, executive vice president, strategic clients group, Oracle. "By using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and Oracle Fusion Applications, AT&T is able to continue scaling globally and adapting to the evolving telecommunications market."
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HARTFORD, Conn., June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund (NYSE: NCV), Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II (NYSE: NCZ), and Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income 2024 Target Term Fund (NYSE: CBH) announced the following distribution declarations on their respective common shares:
Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund:
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The amounts of distributions reported in this notice are estimates only and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the distributions will depend on the fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The fund or your broker will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that will tell shareholders what distributions to report for federal income tax purposes.
Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund and Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II each have an investment objective to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and high current income. Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income 2024 Target Term Fund's investment objectives are to provide a high level of income and to return at least $9.835 per common share (the original net asset value per common share of beneficial interest before deducting offering costs of $0.02 per share) to holders of common shares on or about September 1, 2024. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. is the investment adviser to each fund and Allianz Global Investors is the subadviser.
For more information on these funds, contact shareholder services at 800-254-5197, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the closed-end fund section on the web at virtus.com.
An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund's shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about each fund's investment objective and risks, please see the fund's annual report. A copy of the fund's most recent annual report may be obtained free of charge by contacting "Shareholder Services" as set forth at the end of this press release.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has stopped talking so much about inflation worries.
His remarks in Columbus, Ohio, in suburban Washington at a Democratic fundraiser, at a Cabinet meeting and in Labor Day speeches in Milwaukee and Pittsburgh were all missing a once-common refrain about families at the kitchen table straining under the rising costs of food and gasoline.
It’s a self-edit ahead of the midterm elections in November, prompted in part by the easing of inflationary pressures. But Biden is also attempting to shift the spotlight to his legislative wins, the loss of abortion protections and the threats he says are posed to democracy by the many Republican leaders still under the sway of former President Donald Trump.
When Biden did address inflation in a Monday speech at Boston’s airport, he stressed progress, rather than financial pain on what he says is his top economic priority. Biden has largely put the blame for inflation on global forces such as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s February invasion of Ukraine, even as he says his own policies are reducing the burdens of higher prices.
“We’re on the right track,” the president said Monday, noting the lower gas costs but adding the caveat: “There’s more to do, a lot more to do.”
Prices at the pump are averaging $3.72 a gallon, after having crested above $5 a gallon in mid-June, and the president’s approval ratings have recovered somewhat. Yet inflation still remains a challenge.
The government on Tuesday will release its consumer prices report for August, with economists surveyed by FactSet expecting annual inflation to be at 8.1%. That’s down from the 40-year peak of 9.1% in June, but it’s well above the Federal Reserve’s target of 2%.
“The most public price — gasoline — has been falling significantly,” said Austan Goolsbee, a University of Chicago economist and former Obama White House aide. “In that kind of environment, other concerns tend to move up on people’s lists. That could certainly change if the inflation numbers start getting worse.”
A senior White House official, insisting on anonymity on a Thursday call with reporters, said recent trends in inflation have given the administration some guarded optimism. The White House is banking on the possibility that interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve will lead inflation down to pre-pandemic levels without sacrificing the job gains of the past 18 months.
“The Fed is going to need great skill and also some good luck to achieve what we sometimes call a soft landing,” Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday on CNN. “I believe there is a path to accomplishing that.”
Still, many leading economists, including researchers who presented this week at the Brookings Institution, warn that bringing down inflation will likely mean layoffs and a drastic rise in the unemployment rate despite Biden’s hopes.
There is a risk for Biden in pivoting away from discussing inflation, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, an economist who has advised Republican campaigns and is now president of the center-right American Action Forum. Holtz-Eakin noted that oil prices have largely fallen as demand from China has waned, something that could reverse in October if that country lifts it coronavirus lockdowns.
He said that Democratic fortunes could ultimately rest on the movements of global energy markets with their mix of geopolitics, corporate profits and financial speculation.
“They do this at their peril,” Holtz-Eakin said about the change in messaging. “When you look at the numbers, there really has not been great progress on inflation. Everything they’ve gotten on inflation has been driven by international conditions and global oil prices.”
Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers are trying to keep voters focused on the GOP version. They say Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package and resistance to oil drilling leases has led to inflation, although prices are rising worldwide because of the pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and troubled supply chains.
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell noted the financial pain being felt by manufacturers, farmers and construction firms in his home state of Kentucky.
“Washington Democrats have spent nearly two years borrowing, printing, and spending our economy into turmoil,” McConnell said in a Wednesday speech to the Senate. “Since President Biden took office, prices in (Kentucky) have spiked by 13%.”
That figure cited by McConnell comes from Republicans on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. It’s higher than the inflation numbers seen by most Americans because it’s over the span of Biden’s presidency, rather than the annual rate that commonly gets cited.
White House officials still describe inflation as Biden’s top economic priority. The administration released a 58-page economic blueprint last Friday that details its work on infrastructure, climate change, computer chip production and other policies.The blueprint said that going forward, “The president’s near-term priority when it comes to the labor market is bringing down inflation without giving up the substantial progress we’ve made for American workers.”
But the president has also gone on the political offensive regarding inflation, noting that the GOP opposed the law he signed last month that limits prescription drug prices, funds climate-related investments, raises corporate taxes and reduces the federal budget deficit.
Biden says the measure, which Democrats call the “Inflation Reduction Act,” will help to lower prices, although outside analyses suggest the impact could be negligible.
“You think if they really cared about inflation — reducing it — they would have voted for the Inflation Reduction Act,” Biden said in his Thursday speech at a Democratic fundraiser. “Every Republican in the House, every Republican in the Senate, they voted against it. Everyone.”
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New agreement becomes effective Jan. 1, 2023
EAGAN, Minn., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) announced today that they will begin administering Medicare Part D business pharmacy benefits for ClearStone Solutions (ClearStone), effective Jan. 1, 2023. ClearStone manages pharmacy services for the Northern Plains Alliance (NPA). The NPA serves 130,000 Medicare members in seven states: Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming.
Prime is offering different network and formulary designs to meet ClearStone's clients' need for differentiation in the marketplace. With the addition of ClearStone pharmacy services for NPA, Prime will serve nearly 1.8 million Medicare members.
"We are extremely excited that ClearStone has chosen Prime as their trusted pharmacy benefits provider. We are proud of the work our organization has done to advance its leadership position as the pharmacy benefit manager of choice for government health plans," said Kip Haffner, vice president of government programs at Prime. "Prime continues to offer government programs offerings to clients like ClearStone that delivers financial savings for the plans, grows their membership and implements programs to help keep their members healthy. We look forward to being a strategic partner alongside ClearStone, the Northern Plains Alliance plans and their members."
About Prime Therapeutics
Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) helps people get the medicine they need to feel better and live well. Prime provides total drug management solutions for health plans, employers, and government programs including Medicare and Medicaid. The company processes claims and offers clinical services for people with complex medical conditions. Prime serves nearly 33 million people. It is collectively owned by 19 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, subsidiaries or affiliates of those plans. For more information visit www.primetherapeutics.com or follow @Prime_PBM on Twitter.
Contact:
Denise Lecher
Public Relations Manager
612.777.5763
denise.lecher@primetherapeutics.com
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LOS ANGELES, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NAAB Radio, an iHeart Radio Station, is proud to welcome Mega Producer PRESSPLAYY for a new radio show entitled "PLUGGED IN WITH PRESSPLAYY" that will be dedicated on providing education, resources, and opportunities for aspiring artists, entrepreneurs, fashion designers, producers and much more! No stranger to the music industry, PRESSPLAYY has worked with some of the biggest stars which include Tiffany Haddish, Jadakiss, E-40, Jeezy, Nipsey Hussle, Eddie Griffin, DC Youngfly, Blueface, Fetty Wap, Remy Ma and many more!
For PRESSPLAYY, the opportunity to host his own radio show is a dream come true as he is personally motivated to help other artists be successful in the music industry while providing guidance on pitfalls to avoid. As a veteran in the music industry, PRESSPLAYY provides a wealth of information not only through his own journey of becoming a successful music producer, but he will have other celebrity guests join his show to further enrich the knowledge they share with the community.
PRESSPLAYY understands the challenges many aspiring artists face and intends on using his platform to provide the spotlight and enhance exposure opportunities to our local community. There are a lot of hidden gems and talented individuals that deserve to shine yet don't have the resources required to make it big. By joining NAAB Radio, PRESSPLAYY is honored to align with a radio station that is focused on highlighting our community through independent artist showcases, fashion shows, networking opportunities, and hosting major events such as the Pre-BET Awards and Superbowl events.
"PLUGGED IN WITH PRESSPLAYY" will be aired on Mondays from 4-5PM PST exclusively on "Hip Hop Uncut", NAAB Radio's hottest radio station starting on 7/18/22. Joined with co-host Shawn B., PRESSPLAYY's one-hour show will also be dedicated to a live music review providing artists the opportunity to earn Artist of the Week recognition and the opportunity to win the Grand Prize of being named Artist of the Month that will win a live radio interview with PRESSPLAYY and an article feature on NAAB Radio/iHeart Radio's website further expanding an artist's exposure. Artists that want to be part of the music review can submit their single here!
This show is like no other as it is truly dedicated on providing artists a platform to shine on a major syndicated radio station with a world-wide audience on iHeart Radio. Get ready for an impactful show during your commute while PRESSPLAYY provides resources and highlights our local community!
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Missing autistic child, 5, found dead in waterway near home
Published: Sep. 12, 2022 at 9:06 AM CDT|Updated: 47 minutes ago
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) – A missing 5-year-old child in Florida was found dead near his home, according to officials.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said Dahud Jolicoeur was autistic, nonverbal and couldn’t swim.
During a search, investigators found Dahud dead in a waterway about a block from his home.
The sheriff’s office is asking for thoughts and prayers for the family.
Further details were not given.
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Titans of Asset Allocation Discussed Their Big Picture Perspectives and Where to Invest in Today's Volatile Markets
The Next in a Series of Topical Industry Conversations Moderated by Alex Shahidi, Co-CIO of Evoke Advisors and Jim Haskel, Editor of The Bridgewater Daily Observations
LOS ANGELES, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evoke Advisors, an independent wealth advisory and investment management firm with nearly $24 billion in assets, today announced the next Master Speaker Series with special guests Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, and Jeremy Grantham, co-founder of GMO. The conversation was moderated by Alex Shahidi, co-CIO of Evoke Advisors, and Jim Haskel, editor of the Bridgewater Daily Observations.
Evoke Advisors specializes in serving institutional and ultra-high net worth clients (UHNW), many of them highly successful investment professionals. The firm, which seamlessly combines institutional and UHNW capabilities, emphasizes the exceptional intellectual capital that exists throughout its team. The firm's professionals are proficient in research and analysis as the central building block of its investment management capabilities, including unique expertise in private markets.
David Hou, Managing Partner of Evoke Advisors, said, "I'm thrilled we were able to offer our clients access to the insights of industry leaders Ray and Jeremy on our Master Speaker Series. Their considerable expertise provided a deep dive into what's driving the markets today and how the inflection points we are experiencing will impact the future."
Unique Client Access to Global Thought Leaders
During the spirited virtual session, Messrs. Dalio and Grantham, two of the most widely known and respected financial markets experts in the world, discussed the major risks they are seeing in the markets today, including inflationary pressures, political conflict, asset bubbles and climate change. Both speakers also outlined what investors can do to protect themselves and adjust their portfolios to mitigate these risks.
Mr. Hou continued, "Jim and Alex did a fantastic job focusing the conversation for our clients. We look forward to facilitating more of these discussions to expose our clients to experts who bring a wide range of perspectives on the economy, markets and other critical issues of the day. We're proud to provide our clients with access to unique opportunities to dialogue with global thought leaders through our new Master Speakers Series."
About Evoke Advisors
Evoke Advisors is an independent wealth management firm with nearly $24 billion and over 50 employees that seamlessly blends capabilities and service for institutional and ultra-high net worth clients. The firm is committed to delivering an elevated service experience and outcomes for its clients across the country, with an emphasis on building and maintaining a team of professionals with exceptional research and analytics skills. The unique levels of intellectual capital that exist throughout the Evoke Advisors organization enables the firm to serve the most sophisticated and demanding clients, many of them highly successful investment professionals in their own right. For more information, please visit https://www.evokeadvisors.com/.
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BENSALEM, Pa., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against CareDx, Inc. ("CareDx" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: CDNA).
Class Period: February 24, 2021 – May 5, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: July 22, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their CareDx investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) CareDx had engaged in a variety of improper and illegal schemes to inflate testing services revenue and demand, including pushing a surveillance protocol through inaccurate marketing materials, offering extravagant inducements or kickbacks to physicians and other providers, and improperly bundling expensive testing services with other blood tests as part of the RemoTraC service; (2) these practices, and others, subjected CareDx to an undisclosed risk of regulatory scrutiny; (3) these practices rendered the Company's testing services revenue reported throughout the Class Period artificially inflated; and (4) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
This press release may be considered Attorney Advertising in some jurisdictions under the applicable law and ethical rules.
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First case of human bird flu infection confirmed in Colorado
By DAVID PITT
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first recent confirmed case of a human infected with the disease that has resulted in the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys, but federal officials say they still see little threat to the general public.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday evening that the man who tested positive had been in a prerelease program and was helping to remove chickens from an infected farm. The man, who was under age 40, reported fatigue for a few days but has since recovered, state health and CDC officials said in a statement.
The man was isolated and is being treated with an antiviral drug. Other people involved in the bird removal operation in Colorado have tested negative, but they are being retested out of an abundance of caution.
Despite the infection, the CDC considers the threat to the general public to be low because spread of the virus to people requires close contact with an infected bird.
Signals that could raise the public health risk might include multiple reports of virus infections in people from exposure to birds, or identification of spread from one infected person to a close contact. The CDC also is monitoring the bird flu virus for genetic changes, which could indicate the virus is adapting to spread more readily from birds to people or other mammals.
The current strain of bird flu, the H5N1, has been spreading among backyard and commercial chicken and turkey flocks in the U.S. since late February. Viruses have been found in U.S. commercial and backyard birds in 29 states and in wild birds in 34 states. More than 35 million chickens and turkeys have been killed and removed to avoid spread, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported.
The CDC said it has tracked the health of more than 2,500 people who have been exposed to H5N1 virus-infected birds but that this was the only confirmed case to date.
The CDC said it was possible the man only had the virus present in his nose but that his body was not infected. Colorado public health officials say repeat testing on the man was negative for influenza. A nasal swab positive test result meets the agency’s criteria for considering it an infection.
“The appropriate public health response at this time is to assume this is an infection and take actions to contain and treat,” the CDC statement said.
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SANDVIKEN, Sweden, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The shares of Alleima, a global manufacturer of advanced stainless steels, special alloys and heating systems for the most demanding industries, commence trading on Nasdaq Stockholm today. This marks the start of Alleima as a fully independent company after being part of Sandvik. The name Alleima is a combination of the words 'alloy' and 'material' - two core strengths of the company.
"This is a historic day for our company and an important step to build for the future. We are the result of nearly 160 years of collective minds, working together with our customers. Today Alleima is a world-leader in its fields and a strong performer in its industry. As a standalone company, Alleima will have the right prerequisites to realize its full potential and the best possible conditions for growth and value creation. I want to thank all our employees for the great work and the quality we deliver and our customers for their trust and the advancements we achieve together. Even though our name is new, we will not forget our origins. We will continue to offer the same advanced high-quality products and services with the same expertise and solutions that our customers are used to," says Göran Björkman, President and CEO of Alleima.
The Annual General Meeting of Sandvik AB decided on April 27, 2022, to distribute all shares of Alleima AB to the shareholders of Sandvik AB. Shareholders of Sandvik AB as per the record date August 29, 2022, have received one share in Alleima for every five shares held in Sandvik. The prospectus is available on the Sandvik website, home.sandvik, and on the Alleima website, www.alleima.com. The total number of outstanding shares in Alleima AB is 250,877,184. Alleima is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker 'ALLEI'.
Sandviken, August 31, 2022
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Phone: +46 (0) 79 060 87 17
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yvonne.edenholm@sandvik.com
Phone: +46 (0) 72 145 23 42
About Alleima
Alleima, formerly Sandvik Materials Technology, is a global manufacturer of high value-added products in advanced stainless steels and special alloys as well as solutions for industrial heating. Based on long-term customer partnerships and leading materials technology, we develop products for the most demanding applications and industries. Our offering includes products like seamless steel tubes for the energy, chemical and aerospace industry, precision strip steel for white goods compressors, air conditioners and knife applications, based on more than 900 active alloy recipes. It also includes ultra-fine wires for medical and micro-electronic devices, industrial electric heating technology and coated strip steel for fuel cell technology for cars, trucks, and hydrogen production. Our fully integrated value chain, from R&D to end-product, ensures industry-leading technology, quality, sustainability, and circularity. Alleima, with headquarter in Sandviken, Sweden and revenues of SEK 13.8 billion in 2021, has more than 5,500 employees and customers in approximately 90 countries. Alleima was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm on August 31, 2022 under the ticker 'ALLEI'. Learn more at www.alleima.com
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Artist, Russell Sanchez (San Ildefonso Pueblo) is awarded Best of Show at Santa Fe Indian Market's 2022 Awards Luncheon in the Pottery Classification
SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Santa Fe Indian Market is pleased to announce this year's Best of Show, Best of Class and Special Award winners in a variety of classifications. Since 1922, Santa Fe Indian Market, the world's largest and most prestigious Native North American art market, has awarded Best of Show winners to the nation's exceptional Indigenous artists in a variety of juried categories.
Over 40 judges, experts in various mediums, spent all day Thursday, August 18, reviewing and critiquing this year's entries and determining the winners. The announcement of the Best of Show, Best of Class, and Special Award winners was made publicly at the Best of Show Luncheon on Friday afternoon.
All the Best of Show winners' phenomenal artwork was available this past weekend during Santa Fe Indian Market on the Plaza in downtown Santa Fe.
The 2022 Centennial Best of Class winners are:
Ernest Benally (Navajo)
Jeweled belt entitled, "Turtle Family"
Handmade and stamped tooled bezel
2"x3"
12 turtle pieces
Made with natural stones and shells
Russell Sanchez (San Ildefonso Pueblo)
Polychrome jar- incised, then painted. "100 years in the making!"
8" w x 7" d x 10 ½ h
Inlaid with sleeping beauty hematite and lone mountain turquoise.
All traditional materials and firing.
Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Archival pigment print. "The Zenith"
43" x 48" x 3"
Digital capture of model with corn on fishing line.
Manuel Chavarria (Hopi)
Hopi old- style katsina dolls "Qooglee Storyteller Hunters"— set of 2
15" t x 4.5" w and 15.5 t x 8.5" w
Leather cottonwood root, pigment paint, parrot feathers, leather attire, sinew, copper on knives and arrow tips, cotton string, turquoise necklace, and sterling silver pendants.
Ryan Benally (Diné)
Hand carved Italian marble and granite sculpture, "Bold as Love"
34" w x 24"h x 10" d
Love comes and goes but love is infinite. Love is in our hands.
Ahkima Honyumptewa (Hopi)
Weaving, "Oryavi Kenel Kwasa"
43" x 46.5"
Woven wool in diamond and diagonal twills with hills and valleys.
Glenda McKay (Ingalik Athabascan)
Traditional walrus harpoon with float
Harpoon: 6' x 2.5"
Float: 48" x 12"
Handmade 4 strand rope: 30 +"
Hand carved walrus ivory.
Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty (Assiniboine Sioux)
Beaded and quilled horse collar "Walking this Good Way of Life Together"
60"
Original design created by the artist with hopes and dreams for this generation to find healthy partnerships. Designs are centered around Wahpe Wastemna (sweet leaf) as used as good medicine. Used to help partners walk this good way of life. Porcupine Quills, smoked moose hide, antique size 15 beads, brass beads, bells, thimbles, French cut beads, silk ribbon, Ermine, horsehair.
TobieMae Patricio (Acoma Pueblo)
Basket Weave Polychrome Pot
4" x 5"
Traditional clay, traditional paints, sandstone paints, wild spinach, hand coiled and traditionally fired.
Jeremy Frey (Passamaquoddy)
"Dawnland"
21.5"h x 11.5" w
Black ash, sweet grass, dye. Plate weave.
All materials harvested and processed by artist from Maine.
Santa Fe Indian Market's Centennial Best of Show Ceremony and Luncheon was sponsored by a generous anonymous donation and co-sponsored by Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) and JoAnn and Bob Balzer. SWAIA is grateful for these generous contributions. A complete list of winners in all categories and special awards will be posted on the SWAIA website this week. Congratulations to all the winners!
About SWAIA:
The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA) is a non-profit organization supporting Native American arts and culture. It creates economic and cultural opportunities for Native American artists by producing and promoting the Santa Fe Indian Market, the biggest and most prestigious Indian art event in the world since 1922; cultivating excellence and innovation across traditional and non-traditional art forms; and developing programs and events that support, promote, and honor Native artists year-round. swaia.org
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After Texas shooting, schools around US boost security
(AP) - In the aftermath of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, schools around the U.S. have brought in additional security staff and restricted visitors as they deal with a new rash of copycat threats.
For some families and educators it all has added to uneasiness in the wake of the deadliest school shooting since the 2012 attack at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Jake Green, 34, of Los Alamos, New Mexico, was jolted when he saw a plainclothes police officer for the first time while walking his 7-year-old daughter into school Friday morning. He grew up in Colorado, not far from where two Columbine High School students shot and killed 12 classmates and a teacher in 1999. Green remembers attending memorials and candlelight vigils as a fifth-grader, but he’s torn about whether having police at his daughter’s school is best.
“In a way, I don’t really feel any safer with police around,” Green said. “Seeing the police there, it really made it seem like the worst possibility was even more possible today.”
In El Paso, Texas, where a gunman killed 23 people in a racist 2019 attack that targeted Hispanics at a Walmart, schools are on edge. The El Paso Independent School District has already encountered some reported threats that turned out to be false. They were either “students joking or overly-sensitive parents,” said Gustavo Reveles Acosta, a district spokesperson.
“Our community is still raw from that incident,” Acosta said. “It hits us in a pretty emotional way.”
The district, which has its own police department, has also stepped up patrolling at all 85 campuses. Officers have been pulled from monitoring traffic or other duties. Schools already have updated camera surveillance systems. Visitors are required to ring a doorbell and show identification before they can enter.
The district is making a point to look out for teachers’ and students’ mental health. A counseling team has been visiting every school to speak about the shooting in Uvalde. They are also urging people to talk in private about any distress.
Mia Baucom, a 15-year-old student at a Forth Worth, Texas, high school said it was surreal to think the Uvalde killings happened in her home state. It also stirred memories of a lockdown at her school two months ago that was prompted by a shooting.
“I’m a little more stressed out about it because just the fear of what if that happened at my school?” said Baucom, whose last day of school was Thursday. “Let’s say we get more police officers. Most likely that’s not going to stop people from going crazy and just shooting up schools.”
Schools have ramped up police presence in a host of states, including Connecticut, Michigan and New York, after the shooting Tuesday that left 19 students and two teachers dead.
In Buffalo, New York, where a white gunman fatally shot 10 people in a racist attack in a supermarket on May 14, the largest school district announced new security rules effective immediately. Any visitors — parents, siblings, vendors — have to call ahead for approval. No exceptions will be made. They may be subjected to a search by a wand detector. Doors will be locked at all times.
In Jacksonville, Florida, the Duval County Public Schools’ chief of school police banned backpacks or large handbags at any school through Friday, the last day of school. Small purses were allowed but could be searched.
A discredited threat against a middle school prompted a Texas school district 200 miles (320 kilometers) southeast of Uvalde to end the school year a week early. The Kingsville Independent School District announced Friday would be the last day of school. But students should not see any penalty for the premature end to the year.
“In light of the tragedy in Uvalde, there has been an enormous amount of stress and trauma. Unfortunately, more stress and trauma are added with ‘copy-cat threats’ that start circulating such as the one that was sent today for Gillett (Middle School),” Superintendent Dr. Cissy Reynolds-Perez wrote in a statement on the district’s website.
It’s clear staff and students nationwide are on edge as several reports of firearm sightings on campuses have popped up in the past few days.
Two Seattle-area schools went into lockdown Friday morning and police eventually recovered an airsoft gun. The Everett, Washington, schools then had their lockdowns lifted.
Two people were arrested Thursday after a Denver high school locked down its campus. Police found a paintball gun but no other firearms. Classes were canceled anyway.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Amber Heard told jurors Thursday that a harassment campaign waged against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp has left her humiliated and scared for her life from multiple death threats, and said she just wants “Johnny to leave me alone.”
Heard was expected to be the final witness in the six-week libel trial Depp brought against his ex-wife. With cameras in the courtroom, millions of people have followed the trial, and interest seemed to gain momentum as the weeks went on and both Depp and Heard testified about the ugly details of their relationship.
Online and at the courthouse, Depp’s fans have overwhelmingly dominated the narrative, with fans lining up overnight to get one of the few spots in the courtroom and wave at Depp as he walks in and out. Heard has been booed by spectators on the street as she enters and leaves the courthouse.
“The harassment and the humiliation, the campaign against me that’s echoed every single day on social media, and now in front of cameras in the showroom — every single day I have to relive the trauma,” Heard said as she fought back tears. “Perhaps it’s easy to forget I’m a human being.”
Depp is suing Heard for libel in Fairfax County Circuit Court over a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the article even though it never mentioned his name.
Heard said she hopes the lawsuit will allow her to regain her voice, and said she had the “right as an American” to publish an article that described her experiences and how they relate to the national debate over domestic violence.
“Johnny has taken enough of my voice,” she said. “I have the right to tell my story.”
Depp has denied he ever struck Heard, and says she was the abuser in the relationship. Heard has testified about more than a dozen separate instances of physical abuse she says she suffered at Depp’s hands.
The final witness Thursday morning for Depp’s side was a hand surgeon, Richard Gilbert, who said he thinks the injury that occurred to Depp’s middle finger could have occurred as Depp describes it.
The tip of the finger was severed during a fight the couple had in Australia. Depp says it occurred when Heard threw a large vodka bottle at him. Heard says Depp did it to himself in a drug-fueled rage on a night when he also sexually assaulted her with a liquor bottle.
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gabriel & Co., the award-winning leader in the bridal and fine jewelry space, is excited to announce the launch of the Gabriel Limited™ collection. Crafted exclusively with diamonds examined by GIA, the world's foremost diamond grading authority. The new modern yet classic collection includes a certificate of authenticity with a GIA Grading Report. Gabriel & Co. offers a lifetime warranty, and each engagement ring comes with Gabriel & Co.'s signature Shop Confidently guarantee.
With glamorous styling in an ode to individual beauty, bold sophistication and inner strength, the Gabriel Limited collection™ is produced using only ethically sourced natural diamonds. All diamonds featured in Gabriel Limited™ are perfectly matched and handset, confirmed natural by GIA and are full cut maximize beauty.
Each engagement ring and fine jewelry piece features platinum and 18 karat gold surfaces, polished and thrummed by hand. The iconic styling of the Gabriel Limited collection endlessly renews the transformative effect with alluring designs and luxurious craftsmanship.
"Gabriel & Co. bridges the transparency gap that consumers face when purchasing their next diamond heirloom. We have always understood the necessity of full transparency as our responsibility. Every fine jewelry piece created has a unique serial number engraved into it and through our quality control processes, each piece can be traced from the selection and sourcing of natural diamonds and metals from secure supply chains with full documentation, to the retailer who sells it and to the consumer who purchased it. With the added GIA natural diamond grading confirmation, consumers can be 100% assured that only the best natural diamonds were used." – Jack Gabriel, CEO & Founder
"Gabriel & Co.'s commitment to providing diamond quality information from GIA's independent laboratory services for the diamonds they use helps advance GIA's mission to protect consumers." – Anna Martin, GIA Senior Vice President, Institute & Industry Relations
The Gabriel Limited Collection™ will be available only through the finest retailers who are Authorized Gabriel Limited Partners with Limited Distribution, as well as on the Gabriel & Co. website here: https://www.gabrielny.com/limited
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Gabriel & Co. is a New York City based jewelry design house which was founded in 1989 by brothers Jack and Dominick Gabriel. Family owned and operated, the company began in New York City and has since evolved into one of the most prolific fine jewelry brands in the U.S., sold nationwide. The story of Gabriel & Co. is one of passion, integrity, service and trust. Gabriel creates beautifully unique and distinctive pieces that are designed to reflect true inner beauty. Each piece is passionately designed and created as a crafted personal experience. By infusing human passion into natural elements, Gabriel creates jewelry that enhances and celebrates beauty and personal achievements. Individually numbered, each piece is as unique as the woman who wears it.
Gabriel & Co. has consistently won awards since 2011 in both JCK & Instore Magazines for being one of the most innovative and best performing brands in the jewelry industry.
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- Scott Dixon vaults into championship contention with victory at Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in Nashville
- Late charge sees defending champion Alex Palou finish third
- Dixon's 53rd career win moves him to second on the all-time victory list
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite early race contact that left his Chip Ganassi Racing Honda without a large portion of its downforce-producing floor – and an additional four pit stops to repair the damage – Scott Dixon went on to win Sunday's Big Machine Music City Grand Prix in downtown Nashville, and jump to second in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES Drivers' Championship, just six points behind leader Will Power with three races remaining.
Key to Dixon's 53rd career Indy car victory Sunday was pitting just prior to a Lap 51 full-course caution, enabled him to move to second place, then take over the lead when Josef Newgarden made his final stop of the day. The win also moves Dixon to sole possession of second in career Indy car victories, ahead of Mario Andretti and behind only the legendary A.J. Foyt with 67.
For a third consecutive race weekend, Rahal Letterman Lanigan rookie Christian Lundgaard looked to be in contention for a podium finish, until a flurry of late-race cautions and restarts saw him bumped down the order to eighth. In his place, defending series champion Alex Palou put on a late race charge that saw him go from fifth to third at the finish.
Involved in separate incidents in the opening laps, Andretti Autosport teammates Alexander Rossi and Colton Herta clawed their way from the rear of the field – and one lap down to the leaders – to finish fourth and fifth, respectively.
Big Machine Music City Grand Prix Honda Race Results
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Scott Dixon (#9 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) Race winner, his second victory of 2022 and 53rd career Indy car win: "That was a brutal race. We were involved in a crash just after the start that broke the wheel and took the underwing out of the car. We had to take a bunch of front wing out to try and get it at least a little bit balanced, and the steering was all bent. Just kudos to the team and Honda. Our strategy was right-on, but we still did almost 50 laps on that last set of tires. We didn't take tires on that last stop [that enabled him to exit the pits in second] so I knew some of those cars [behind him in the closing laps] would be coming fast. But it feels special, very special, to get this [53rd] race win here in Nashville. This is cool."
Alex Palou (#10 Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) Finished third: "The NTT Data Honda was awesome, and the team did an amazing job with our pit stops and strategies, so I'm happy, and congratulations to Scott [Dixon] for his win. This was good for our championship [effort], but we still need to push hard. We got one step closer today closing to within 33 points of the championship lead], but there still is a long way to go. I'm a bit lucky today that the contact I had with [Will] Power didn't do any more damage [than a cracked/bent front wing] and I need apologize to him. I didn't realize he was in trouble and slowing so much [when they made contact]. But yeah, overall, I have to be very happy with today's result."
Wayne Gross (Manager of Trackside Support, Honda Performance Development) on today's Honda win in Nashville: "It was another wild race here in Nashville, which looks like might become the norm here, with a lot of attrition. Congratulations to Scott Dixon, now second on the all-time IndyCar winners list, the entire Chip Ganassi Racing organization for all their efforts. In a lot of ways, this race was a repeat of last year, with the winner encountering a major problem early in the race, but never giving up, making multiple pit stops to repair the car as much as possible. Then Scott [Dixon] putting in a champions-caliber drive, now just six points out of the championship lead. It was a similar race for Colton [Herta] and Alexander [Rossi], netting them fourth and fifth. A great day for Honda and everyone at HPD."
Fast Facts
- Honda drivers and Chip Ganassi Racing have now won both Big Machine Music City Grands Prix in Nashville.
- In the inaugural race last year, Honda drivers and teams dominated the results sheet, as Marcus Ericsson recovered from an opening lap contact and brief "flight" to head a Honda sweep of the first seven finishing positions, and eight of the top 10. Today's winner, Scott Dixon, finished second and James Hincliffe third to complete the Honda sweep.
- Previously, INDYCAR and the Indy Racing League conducted eight races on the 1.33-mile Nashville Super Speedway oval in Lebanon, Tennessee, from 2001-2008. Honda drivers and teams won five of the six races the manufacturer contested, from 2003-08.
Next
After a run of five races on four consecutive weekends, the NTT INDYCAR SERIES now takes a one-week break before resuming August 20-21 for the final oval race of the 2022 season, the Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway, just outside downtown St. Louis, Mo.
Honda Racing social media content and video links from Nashville can be found on Instagram (www.instagram.com/hondaracing_hpd), Twitter (twitter.com/HondaRacing_HPD) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/HondaRacingHPD. Additional features and long-form videos can be found on the Honda Racing/HPD YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/HondaRacingHPDTV).
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Omron announces the winner of the Distributor of the Year award for fiscal year 2021. This prestigious distinction recognizes Omron's top distributor for excellence in revenue growth, local engagement, expertise, and solution selling.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial Automation solutions provider Omron Automation Americas has announced Airline Hydraulics Corporation as the winner of Distributor of the Year for fiscal year 2021. On July 13th, Omron Vice President of Sales Peter Brouwer presented the award to the Airline executive management team, which includes CEO Mark Steffens and Director of Sales Keith Elphick.
"On behalf of Omron Automation Americas, I am very pleased to recognize Airline Hydraulics as our 2021 Distributor of the Year," says Brouwer. "Airline's investment in innovation and commitment to our technology secured this award. As a highly respected partner in the Americas market, they have supported the growth of our brand and delivered superior support to customers. We look forward to many years of continuing to make our partnership stronger."
Steffens also expressed great confidence in the Omron-Airline partnership. "After 30+ years of partnering with Omron, we are flattered to accept this great honor," he says. "Omron's core values and growth objectives perfectly align with ours. We appreciate the Omron experts who have supported our business with advanced automation solutions and technologies over the past seven years to lay the groundwork for this success together. We look forward to continuously build upon this success with Omron."
Airline Hydraulics Corporation is a value-added distributor of automation, machine safeguarding products and fluid power products founded in 1949 in Philadelphia, PA. It provides quality components and custom-engineered technology solutions, offering system engineering, manufacturing, service, repair, and installation. Through organic growth and multiple acquisitions over the years, Airline is now based in Bensalem, PA and operates multiple locations throughout the NE US and down the east coast.
Omron Automation is an industrial automation partner that creates, sells and services fully integrated automation solutions that include sensing, control, safety, vision, motion, robotics and more. Established in 1933 and currently headed by President Yoshihito Yamada, Omron's 36,000 employees help businesses solve problems with creativity in more than 110 countries. Learn more at automation.omron.com.
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Sarasota man sentenced to probation, fine for threats against congresswoman
TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Sarasota man has been sentenced to three years of probation and a $7,000 fine for threatening a Muslim member of Congress in 2019.
David Hannon, 67, pleaded guilty in April to one count of threatening a federal official.
Hannon sent an email to U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., threatening to kill her after watching her speak at a news conference on television. Hannon sent the email to Omar and three other congresswomen.
The subject line in the email read, “[You’re] dead, you radical Muslim.” Hannon referred to Omar and the others at the news conference as “radical rats,” and asked Omar if she was prepared “to die for Islam.” The email further stated that Hannon was going to shoot her in the head.
“No one should fear violence because of who they are or what they believe,” said U.S. Attorney Roger Handberg for the Middle District of Florida. “Unlawful threats against our elected officials are an assault against our democracy, and we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to seek justice in these cases.”
Hannon had faced a maximum of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Nola pitched eight sharp innings and the surging Philadelphia Phillies hit four home runs to rout the scuffling Milwaukee Brewers 10-0 on Wednesday night.
The Phillies won their season-high sixth in a row, five of them since interim manager Rob Thomson took over when Joe Girardi was fired on Friday.
The NL Central-leading Brewers have lost a season-worst five straight. Milwaukee has scored a total of six runs during its skid and been shut out three times.
Rookie Bryson Stott went 4 for 4 with a home run and double. Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins and Odúbel Herrera also homered for the Phillies. Kyle Schwarber added four hits, two of them doubles.
Nola (4-4), the NL leader in strikeouts, allowed four hits, walked none and fanned six.
“I felt like I was getting ahead for the most part, but I think early outs was key tonight, and guys came out early and scored a lot of runs,” Nola said. “I tried to stay on the attack all night and for the most part, it worked.”
Stott and Hoskins hit two-run homers in the third off starter Adrian Houser (3-6) to stake the Phillies to a 4-0 lead.
“Just playing every day is not the main thing, but just getting more comfortable and being more relaxed, for sure,” Stott said.
Herrera added a solo drive in the fifth off Houser, who had given up only three home runs over 51 1/3 innings in his 10 previous starts.
Harper hit a three-run homer off Luke Barker in the ninth. The Phillies have scored six or more runs in five of their six consecutive wins.
The Brewers got a runner past first base only once, when Christian Yelich singled and stole second in the sixth. Nola ended that threat by striking out Luis Urías.
“He made quality pitches and when we got something to hit, we didn’t hit it, or we didn’t hit it hard,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Phillies: Acquired LHP Michael Plassmeyer and cash considerations from the San Francisco Giants for C Austin Wynns. Plassmeyer will be assigned to Triple-A Lehigh Valley.
Brewers: Activated SS Willy Adames and optioned INF/OF Pablo Reyes to Triple-A Nashville. Adames had been out since suffering a right high ankle sprain May 15. He experienced right quad soreness while on a rehab assignment that delayed his return. … 2B Kolten Wong, who left Tuesday’s game with right calf soreness, is day to day, manager Craig Counsell said.
HEY, ROOK(S)
The Phillies’ two straight victories on Sunday and Tuesday — with ninth-inning, game-winning home runs by rookies — marked the first time the Phillies have won consecutive games that way, in the ninth inning or later, since at least 1900, according to Elias. The homers were by Stott against the Angels on Sunday and by Matt Vierling against the Brewers on Tuesday. Milwaukee had been 27-0 when leading after eight innings this season.
CALL HIM THE STREAK
Thomson is the first manager in the majors to win his first five games since Jim Leyland did for the Detroit Tigers in 2006. He’s the first Phillies manager to do so since 1915, when Pat Moran won his first eight.
NOT MUCH BREWING
Counsell on the Brewers’ scoring woes: “We’re going through a tough stretch. We’ve got a lineup full of guys not feeling great at the plate right now, not swinging it well. We’ve scored runs at a pretty good clip for a large chunk of the season and so you’ve just got to weather the storm, you’ve got to stay in the fight and you’ve got to keep at it. It will change. We know that.”
UP NEXT
The three-game series ends Thursday afternoon with Phillies RHP Zach Eflin (2-4, 3.88 ERA) facing Brewers RHP Corbin Burnes (3-3, 2.50 ERA).
Eflin pitched eight scoreless innings in his last start, Friday against the Angels, but gave up seven earned runs in six innings in his start prior to that, May 28 at the Mets. Burnes, the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner, allowed eight hits and five runs in 3 2/3 innings in his last, Friday against the Padres.
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Creates a Global Leader in Relocation and Move Management
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. and BURR RIDGE, Ill., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SIRVA, Inc. ("SIRVA") and BGRS, leading global relocation and moving providers, today announced the successful completion of their previously announced merger agreement, creating a newly-formed company named SIRVA BGRS Worldwide, Inc. ("SIRVA BGRS"). With over 4,000 employees across 77 global locations, SIRVA BGRS will have the unparalleled footprint, capabilities and expertise to service a global customer base of any size.
Tom Oberdorf, Chief Executive Officer of SIRVA BGRS, said, "Today represents an exciting milestone in bringing the long-term vision of this new organization to life. Together, SIRVA BGRS will have new opportunities and capabilities to drive an enhanced employee experience, bring increased value to mobility programs and help support global talent goals in the organizations we serve. We look forward to leveraging our combined technology investments and talented mobility team to accelerate innovation and deliver an excellent mobility experience for our clients and their employees."
About SIRVA BGRS Worldwide, Inc.
SIRVA BGRS Worldwide, Inc. ("SIRVA BGRS") is a global leader in relocation and moving services, offering solutions for the employee relocation industry. With 77 locations servicing 190+ countries, we offer an unparalleled global footprint supported by extensive product offerings and robust technology solutions that support organization's global and diverse workforces. From relocation and household goods to commercial moving and storage, our portfolio of Brands (Including SIRVA BGRS, Allied, northAmerican, Global Van Lines, Alliance, SIRVA Mortgage and SMARTBOX) provide a superior relocation and moving experience to both corporate and consumer clients.
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Man suffers critical injures after falling into pond
Published: Jul. 1, 2022 at 5:50 PM CDT|Updated: 38 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A 61-year-old man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after falling into a pond west of Auburn Friday afternoon.
According to Shawnee Co. Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened in the 8800 block of SW Valencia Rd.
Officials say parents of the victim called 911 after he fell into their pond. It’s not clear what he was doing that caused the fall.
The Sheriff’s Office says life saving measures were performed at the scene before the man was rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
No other information was released.
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AI-based insights, guided direction, and user-friendly interface keys in the selection
WESTMONT, N.J., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the number of health benefits point solutions proliferates and healthcare costs continue to rise, large employers are seeking innovative ways to contain costs, monitor program effectiveness, and improve employee health. To address this need, the Health Transformation Alliance (HTA), a cooperative of more than 60 of America's largest employers, has partnered with Springbuk, a leading health data analytics software company, to make the Springbuk health intelligence data and analytics platform available to all the HTA members.
"Since the HTA's founding in 2016, our mission has been to drive better health outcomes for our Members' employees and their family members," said Robert Andrews, CEO of the HTA. "One of those challenges in recent years has been accessing the insights needed from healthcare and wellness program data. Today's benefit leaders and decision makers need insights and data intelligence without having to learn how to build deep, complex queries."
Andrews continued, "Our Members were impressed by the deep analytics and clean, user-friendly interface of the Springbuk platform. Springbuk will give us the ability to aggregate data for HTA Members on the solution, and then find and share insights, analytics, benchmarks, and best practices across our Member organizations."
Andrews further explained how the HTA Member can use advanced analytics to reduce costs and plan future programs. For example, using Springbuk's AI-based Insight cards, the HTA benefits leaders can see how many employees might be at risk for diabetes or musculoskeletal (MSK) issues and compare that to other HTA organizations. Or, as new legislation appears that may affect members, the HTA organizations will be able to project how it will affect them, how many members will be impacted, and how best they can serve them.
Springbuk works with more than 4200 employers, pulling in and aggregating data from more than 450 carriers, PBMs, and other vendor sources, to deliver analytic insights and curated action steps to health benefits leaders. Springbuk will develop custom reports and other functionality through this agreement to create a differentiated experience for the HTA Members.
Joy Powell, CEO of Springbuk, said, "We support the HTA members' vision of transforming healthcare. At Springbuk, we equip forward-thinking employers with the health intelligence, insights, and expertise to sharpen their benefits strategy, advance employee health, and contain costs. We believe the key to successful transformation and innovation lies in making healthcare decisions backed and guided by data. We are excited to bring these capabilities to the HTA's full membership and work with them on developing new and innovative analytic capabilities."
Springbuk is a leading-edge health analytics intelligence platform that empowers employers and consultants to sharpen their benefits strategy, advance employee health, and contain costs. The innovative solution offers deep analytic insights, allows data-informed decision-making, and provides curated action steps and strategic direction to maximize return on employee benefit investments. Learn more at springbuk.com.
The Health Transformation Alliance (HTA) is a cooperative of 60 of America's leading employers that have come together to fix our broken healthcare system. With responsibility for more than 4 million lives in the United States and a collective annual health care spend of $27 billion, the member companies of the HTA have combined their resources, knowledge, and experience to transform the way healthcare is delivered. To that end, the HTA has developed value-driven solutions in data and analytics, pharmacy, medical and consumer engagement specifically designed to improve patient care and economic value.
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New National Restaurant Association survey finds the economy is disrupting service across the industry
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Running a restaurant right now is a daily turn at Jenga®, with operators carefully pulling from the foundation of their operating plans to prop up new supports in a changing economy.
The costs of goods restaurateurs need most have continued to accelerate, and according to a new survey released today by the National Restaurant Association, 46% of operators say business conditions are worse now than they were three months ago.
This finding follows a prior survey in which 43% of operators said they think conditions will worsen in the next six months, which was the highest level of pessimism since 2008.
"Running a restaurant is a balancing act requiring adaptation and innovation, two areas where restaurateurs excel," said Michelle Korsmo, President & CEO of the National Restaurant Association. "And while operators are more pessimistic about the economy, they are working hard to continue to provide quality and value for customers. Serving great food, providing exceptional service, and creating a memorable experience remains the foundation of every restaurant."
Findings from the new survey highlight how current economic conditions are disrupting the industry.
Soaring costs are limiting restaurant operations
Approximately 95% of a restaurant's sales dollars go to food, labor, and operating costs — all of which are increasing each month. While wholesale food prices have increased 16.3% in the last 12 months, menu prices have only risen 7.6% in the same period and only 16% of operators report adding fees or surcharges to customer checks. The result: Profits are suffering. 85% of operators say their restaurant is less profitable than it was in 2019.
- In the new survey, 88% of operators said their total food and beverage costs are higher than 2019 and across the board, many other costs are up.
"Consumers are watching prices rise faster in grocery stores than they are in restaurants and see an increased value in spending their food dollars in restaurants. However, the moderate menu price increases aren't balancing the surging input costs and this is forcing operators to cut hours, change their menus, postpone expansions, and reduce third-party delivery," said Korsmo.
Pandemic debt has come due, and operators can't pay
During the first two years of the pandemic, 65% of restaurants took on new loan debt to adjust business models and continue operating. According to the new survey, the loans were a mix of forgivable government loans, government disaster loans, and private-sector loans.
- Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans were the most common — taken on by 59% of operators.
- 48% of operators took on an Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) issued by the U.S. Small Business Administration or lending partner.
- 31% took on a private-sector loan from a bank, credit card or other entity.
"For many operators who received EIDL loans, the deferment period for payment will soon end and it will be an overwhelming challenge for a majority of them to begin repayment right now," said Korsmo. "According to our latest survey, of the operators who have not begun loan repayment, only 23% say they will be able to make principal and interest payments. Another 46% expect to be able to pay the principal, but not 30 months of accrued interest."
Restaurants are slowly adding jobs to get back to pre-pandemic employment levels
A strong majority of restaurants are still actively seeking to fill positions — even as they face building headwinds of a slowing economy. Despite adding 74,000 jobs in July, in the new survey, 65% of operators report not having enough employees to support customer demand and 84% of operators say they will likely hire additional employees during the next six months.
- 19% of fullservice operators say their restaurant is currently more than 20% below necessary staffing levels.
- 21% of limited-service operators say their restaurant is more than 20% below required staffing levels.
- 81% of operators say their restaurant currently has job openings that are difficult to fill.
"Diners choose restaurants for the hospitality and experiences they get at our tables, and we hire talented people to create that atmosphere. While many industries are beginning to slow their hiring, ours continues to rebuild our workforce. The restaurant industry has good-paying jobs available at every experience level for people from every background. And these jobs provide the skills necessary to be successful in any career, and in life," said Korsmo.
The National Restaurant Association Research Group conducted the new operator survey of 4,200 restaurant operators July 14- Aug. 5, 2022. Find a report of key findings here.
About the National Restaurant Association
Founded in 1919, the National Restaurant Association is the leading business association for the restaurant industry, which comprises nearly 1 million restaurant and foodservice outlets and a workforce of 14.5 million employees. Together with 52 State Associations, we are a network of professional organizations dedicated to serving every restaurant through advocacy, education, and food safety. We sponsor the industry's largest trade show (National Restaurant Association Show); leading food safety training and certification program (ServSafe); unique career-building high school program (the NRAEF's ProStart). For more information, visit Restaurant.org and find @WeRRestaurants on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
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2 shelter dogs tie the knot as they wait for forever home: ‘They are just incredible’
FARGO, N.D. (WDAY) - A wedding ceremony was held for two shelter dogs in North Dakota in an effort to find them forever homes.
A lot of planning went into the event that included bubbles, a wedding arch with flowers and even a cake.
The stars of the show were pit bulls, Fran and Earl.
“We were talking about a bonded pair of senior pits,” Heather Klefstad, with the Homeward Animal Shelter, said.
The dogs come as a team and are currently waiting for adoption with the wedding giving them a chance to get noticed.
The shelter shared that Earl proposed to Fran, and the team sent wedding invitations.
Yes, the dogs even had their own bulldog officiant.
“We want people to see how great these dogs are. They’re sweet and lovable dogs. They deserve the best home and love. They are just incredible,” Klefstad said.
The two dogs exchanged vows, collars and made it official with paw prints on a marriage certificate.
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Company announces milestone after eight years of collaboration with outpatient imaging centers across the U.S.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RadSite,™ a leading accrediting organization promoting performance and quality-based imaging practices, announced today that it has achieved an important milestone. The company has accredited over 1,000 outpatient imaging centers across the U.S.
Established in 2005, RadSite has offered several certification and accreditation programs to promote both high-tech and low-tech imaging. RadSite began focusing exclusively on the accreditation of advanced diagnostic imaging (ADI) eight years ago when RadSite was recognized by the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008. Since then, over 350 private payers also now recognize RadSite's ADI accreditation programs.
"RadSite offers a high-touch accreditation experience through its online accreditation portal. Plus its team of reviewers provide detailed feedback to both initial applicants and imaging suppliers who are applying for re-accreditation," notes Mark Casner, Chair of RadSite's Accreditation Committee. "RadSite has worked hard to establish a standardized and transparent approach to the review process, which is designed to improve the business, clinical, and quality practices of imaging centers. Because each accreditation decision is determined by the Accreditation Committee, which is comprised of accreditation experts, each applicant benefits from this peer review process."
RadSite's accreditation review team for each applicant includes at least one senior administrative reviewer, a radiologist, and a physicist. Every applicant receives feedback at several points during the accreditation review process. The results of each accreditation review are summarized, and each application is forwarded to the Accreditation Committee on a de-identified basis for the accreditation determination.
"Most accreditation applicants have to make one or more changes to their workflow or policies to meet RadSite's robust standards," adds Garry Carneal, RadSite's President and CEO. "RadSite regularly updates its standards to make sure we are staying ahead of emerging clinical pathways, industry changes, payer expectations, and technology trends."
To stay on the leading edge, RadSite works closely with groups like the National Alliance for Healthcare Purchasing Coalitions and the Radiology Society of North America. RadSite's efforts also are supported by over 50 industry volunteers who staff RadSite's various Standards and Accreditation Committees.
RadSite's accreditation programs address all ADI modalities including CT, MRI, and nuclear medicine (such as PET and SPECT) imaging exams. RadSite now offers five accreditation programs:
- Computed Tomography (CT) ADI, version 3.3
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ADI, version 3.3
- Nuclear Medicine (NucMed) ADI, version 3.3 (including SPECT and PET)
- Dental Cone Beam CT ADI, version 1.1
- Medical Cone Beam CT ADI, version 1.1
To learn more about RadSite, visit www.radsitequality.com or call us at 410 440-6007. Click here to learn more about RadSite's upcoming and previous webinars.
About RadSite™ (www.RadSiteQuality.com)
Founded in 2005, RadSite's mission is to promote performance and quality-based practices for imaging systems across the U.S. and its territories. RadSite is recognized by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as an official accreditation organization under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008. RadSite also is recognized by over 300 payers and has accredited over 1,000 imaging suppliers. RadSite's programs help assess, track, and report imaging trends to enhance imaging procedures and outcomes. RadSite also offers educational programs, publishes issue briefs, and underwrites research on a complimentary basis to raise awareness of patient safety issues and to promote best practices. The organization is governed by an independent advisory board and committee system, which is open to a wide range of volunteers to ensure transparency and accountability. To learn more about RadSite, please contact us at (443) 440-6007 or info@radsitequality.com.
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Woman denied abortion for fetus with fatal condition in Louisiana discusses next steps
BATON ROUGE, La. (CNN) - A pregnant woman in Louisiana who alleges she was denied an abortion despite the fetus being diagnosed with a fatal condition will go to another state next week “to get the medically necessary procedure,” her attorney, Ben Crump said at a Friday press conference.
At about 10 weeks, the fetus of Nancy Davis was diagnosed with acrania, a rare congenital disorder in which the skull of the fetus does not form inside of the womb, CNN has reported.
But, when Davis decided to get an abortion, the hospital allegedly chose not to perform it amid the state’s multiple abortion bans, CNN has reported.
“This is not fair to me, and it should not happen to any other woman,” Davis said speaking alongside family and lawyers.
Davis said healthcare providers seemed confused about abortion bans taking effect across the state in the wake of the Roe v. Wade reversal.
“Basically, they said I had to carry my baby to bury my baby,” Davis said.
“I want you to imagine what it’s been like to continue this pregnancy for another six weeks after this diagnosis,” Davis said to reporters Friday.
In a statement previously sent to CNN, a spokesperson for Woman’s Hospital in Baton Rouge, Caroline Isemann, said the hospital cannot comment on a specific patient but said navigating an unviable pregnancy is extremely complex.
“We look at each patient’s individual circumstances and how to remain in compliance with all current state laws to the best of our ability,” Isemann told CNN. “Even if a specific diagnosis falls under medically futile exceptions provided by (the Louisiana Department of Health), the laws addressing treatment methods are much more complex and seemingly contradictory.”
“Thanks to the actions of the Louisiana legislature, Ms. Davis was left without medical care to do what doctors said she needed to be done to end the pregnancy,” said Crump.
“Davis and her family are very grateful to all of those who donated to her to be able to arrange for travel,” said Crump. It’s unclear where Davis will go for the abortion.
“By the time Ms. Davis has the procedure she needs next week, she would have carried this unsustainable pregnancy for an additional month and a half,” with “risks and emotional tolls,” said Crump.
“At this stage, it is a two-day procedure,” according to the attorney.
According to Crump, “by positioning themselves between Miss Davis and her doctors, Louisiana lawmakers inflicted unspeakable pain, emotional damage and physical risk” to his client.
Crump said the state “has created an environment of confusion and fear for both women and their healthcare providers.”
“We’re calling on the governor and legislature to call a special session to clear up these vague and ambiguous laws,” Crump stated.
“Ms. Davis was among the first women to be caught in the crosshairs of confusion, due to Louisiana’s rush to restrict abortion but she will hardly be the last American,” said Crump.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capstone, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, is pleased to announce two promotions within its Carolinas and Virginia team. Ron Corrao has been promoted to managing director and Eric Liebich to director of the multi-family investment sales team. They are joined by an experienced team of investment sales advisors, including Cole Carns located in Richmond, VA; Thomas Colaiezzi, Jourdan Sullivan, and Matt Weinstein located in Charlotte, NC; and Travis Cundiff located in Capstone's new Raleigh office alongside Chief Executive Officer, Mike Mosher.
Corrao joined Capstone in 2014 and quickly made his mark as one of the top producers in the region. Liebich joined the team in 2018, and he was the fastest growing sales team member firmwide in 2021 with a 573% increase in sales from the prior year. Regarding the recent expansion of the team, Corrao said: "We are excited for the growth of our team throughout the Southeast, and for the opportunity to mirror the results we experienced in expanding our Virginia footprint where we have $300M+ in sales volume sold and under contract this year. We are confident in the work ethic and expertise of our team, and we look forward to continuing to partner with our clients and ensuring they receive the best brokerage experience throughout the Carolinas and Virginia."
This team expansion represents the latest in Capstone's growth throughout the Southeast after bringing on managing directors, Jake Reid and Chad DeFoor, to join Tyler Hogan in our Atlanta, GA office. Reid and Defoor each have over 20 years of experience in the Georgia market and the team represents over $5.5 billion in multifamily sales. "We are excited to join the #1 privately owned multifamily brokerage company that is focused on continued national growth while maintaining a client-centric approach," said Reid.
Established in 2008, Capstone has completed transactions nationwide totaling more than $12B in sales volume. Capstone's clientele ranges across the private, public, institutional, and non-profit sectors with diverse multi-housing expertise across conventional apartment assets, student housing, affordable housing, manufactured housing, multi-housing development sites, and capital placement.
The combination of Capstone's various service lines with this dynamic, experienced team in the firm's Southeast region will further solidify Capstone's industry position as one of the nation's fastest growing multifamily investment sales firms.
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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy courts allies to maintain war momentum
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy worked Thursday to add political momentum to Ukraine’s recent military gains against Russia, while missile strikes that caused flooding near his hometown demonstrated Moscow’s determination to reclaim the battlefield advantage.
A week after a Ukrainian counteroffensive caused Russian troops to retreat from a northeast region, Zelenskyy met with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen during her third visit to Kyiv since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion. Von der Leyen publicly conveyed the wholehearted support of the 27-nation bloc and wore an outfit in Ukraine’s national colors.
“It’s absolutely vital and necessary to support Ukraine with the military equipment they need to defend themselves. And they have proven that they are able to do this, if they are well equipped,” she said.
Yet highlighting the breadth of the nearly 7-month-old war, air raid sirens blared several times in the Ukrainian capital during von der Leyen’s meeting with Zelenskyy, showing the fear and damage Russian troops could still inflict.
Ukrainian officials said Russian missiles missile strikes on a reservoir dam near Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskyy’s birthplace and the largest city in central Ukraine, sent water raging through some streets. Over 100 homes flooded, and efforts were underway to prevent more spillage.
Russian military bloggers charged the attack was intended to flood areas downstream where Ukrainian forces made inroads as part of their counteroffensive.
The attack so close to his roots angered Zelenskyy, who said the strikes had no military value.
“In fact, hitting hundreds of thousands of ordinary civilians is another reason why Russia will lose,” he said.
But the president, who said Ukrainian forces had recaptured almost 400 Russian-occupied settlements in less than a week, remained in a buoyant mood and shrugged off a traffic collision the previous night that left him with no major injuries
On a day when political optics stood out, the Ukrainian leader’s snug, warm meeting with the president of the European Commission contrasted with a formal encounter between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a regional security summit in Uzbekistan.
The European Parliament completed the drawn-out process of approving a 5 billion-euro preferential loan to Ukraine, the key part of a 9 billion-euro aid package to offset the cost of war.
Zelenskyy said more assistance cannot come quickly enough. He insisted that the West needed to impose more sanctions on the Kremlin and to provide more weapons for his frontline soldiers to use.
Zelenskyy said that the only way to guarantee the security of Ukrainians is to “close the sky” over the country with air defense systems provided by Western allies.
Germany, the EU’s economic powerhouse, announced Thursday that it would send two additional MARS II multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine, as well as 50 DINGO armored vehicles.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was pressuring Chancellor Olaf Scholz to decide whether to supply advanced tanks to Ukraine soon, while its counteroffensive gained traction.
“In the decisive phase that Ukraine currently finds itself, I also don’t believe that it’s a decision which can be delayed for long,” Baerbock said that
Having little with which to repay his Western partners, Zelenskyy said von der Leyen’s name would by engraved on a plaque in a square near Ukraine’s parliament that is called “Walk of the Brave.”
“Here are the names of those leaders of Europe and the world who supported our state and were on our side against the aggression,” he said.
In Uzbekistan’s ancient city of Samarkand, Putin sought to break through his international isolation and further cement his ties with Xi in a geopolitical alliance increasingly seen as potent counterweight to the Western powers.
Putin and Xi met one-on-one on the sidelines of the eight-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a security alliance created as a counterweight to U.S. influence. In opening remarks, the Russian leader painted the war as a litmus test for those seeking to stand up to Washington and its NATO allies.
“Attempts to create a unipolar world have recently taken an absolutely ugly shape. They are absolutely unacceptable for the vast majority of countries on the globe,” the Russian president said in opening remarks. His fiery rhetoric contrasted with the more subdued comments of Xi.
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WATCH: Privately funded space mission docks at International Space Station
Published: Apr. 10, 2022 at 11:15 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
(CNN) – A privately-funded spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station.
The docking of the Space-X Dragon spacecraft was delayed about 45 minutes Saturday morning as the crew worked through an issue with an onboard video camera.
Procedures were underway for crews on the Dragon and the ISS to open the hatch and welcome the new arrivals.
The Dragon lifted-off late Friday morning from Kennedy Space Center in Florida for the 20-hour flight.
Onboard is a group of three private-paying customers and a former NASA astronaut.
The 10-day trip is backed by Houston-based startup Axiom.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The least affordable state for personal auto insurance continues to be Louisiana, where the share of household income going to pay for auto insurance was three time higher than in the most affordable state, according to a new study from the Insurance Research Council (IRC), a division of The Institutes.
"The Insurance Research Council study shows improving affordability of personal auto insurance, with expenditures as a percentage of median household income steadily declining between the 1990s and 2010s across the U.S. and dropping to 1.56% in 2019, the latest year for which data is available," said Dale Porfilio, FCAS, MAAA, president, IRC. "However, our study indicated there is a 3:1 disparity in affordability between the least affordable and most affordable state."
According to the IRC study, the three least affordable states for personal auto insurance, based on expenditures as a share of median household income, are:
- Louisiana (3.01%)
- Florida (2.42%)
- Michigan (2.33%)
The three most affordable states, based on expenditures as a share of median household income, are:
- Hawaii (0.95%)
- New Hampshire (0.99%)
- North Dakota (1.00%)
The IRC's study, State Variations in Auto Insurance Affordability, focused on the key drivers of the costs that underlie insurance pricing. Factors that determine affordability vary given the state-based regulatory system which governs auto insurance in the U.S. The criteria the IRC assessed when examining the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia included the following:
- Accident frequency
- Repair costs
- Injury claim relative frequency
- Injury claim severity
- Medical utilization
- Attorney involvement
- Claim abuse
- Uninsured motorists
- Litigation climate
Porfilio, who also serves as chief insurance officer of the Triple-I, said, "Our report seeks to illuminate these differences with a comprehensive state-by-state analysis that may help guide policymakers as they work to improve overall affordability of auto insurance in their market."
In the 1990s, auto insurance expenditures averaged 1.93% of household income, dropping to 1.70% in the 2000s and 1.60% in the 2010s, the IRC study indicated. The arrival of the pandemic in 2020 and the increasing frequency and severity of auto accidents in 2021 and 2022 have changed the auto insurance market considerably since year-end 2019, an Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) Issues Brief found earlier this year.
About Insurance Research Council
The Insurance Research Council (IRC), affiliated with The Institutes, is an independent, nonprofit research organization supported by leading property and casualty insurance companies and associations. IRC provides timely and reliable research to all parties involved in public policy issues affecting insurance companies and their customers. IRC does not lobby or advocate legislative positions.
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2020, 2022 US Olympians to visit Bidens at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to host the 2020 and 2022 U.S. Olympic teams at the White House on Wednesday, celebrating athletes from the most recent winter Games while staging a much delayed, in-person celebration for participants of last summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
The president and first lady Jill Biden will host Olympians from the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, on the South Lawn, the White House announced Monday. Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, will also attend.
Jill Biden made her first solo overseas trip as first lady by traveling to Japan to attend the 2020 Olympics, which were delayed until last year because of the pandemic — though access remained restricted because of the coronavirus.
Last summer, the Bidens hosted a virtual celebration for Team USA from 2020′s Tokyo Olympics from their home in Delaware. The president said then that he’d like to host the team at the White House in the future.
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BOGOTA, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chief Executive Officer of Ecopetrol S.A. ("Ecopetrol" or the "Company") invites the Shareholders of the Company to attend the Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting (the "Meeting") to be held on June 17, 2022, starting at 8:00 a.m., at Ecopetrol´s main building located at Carrera 13 No. 36 - 24 in Bogotá.
The agenda for the Meeting will be:
- Safety guidelines
- Quorum Verification
- Opening of the General Shareholders' Meeting by the Chief Executive Officer of Ecopetrol S.A.
- Approval of the Agenda
- Appointment of the President of the Meeting
- Appointment of the committee responsible for scrutinizing elections and polling
- Appointment of the committee responsible for reviewing and approving the Meeting minutes
- Update the dividend payment term to the majority shareholder of the company approved by the General Assembly of Shareholders held in March 2022
- Modification of the destination of a portion of the occasional reserve of the Company, previously approved at the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting of the Company held in March 2022 to distribute it
- Distribution of a portion of the occasional reserve as dividends
The Meeting will be broadcasted live via streaming on Ecopetrol's website.
The Shareholders may consult the supporting information of the agenda on Ecopetrol's website and shareholders who cannot attend the Meeting in person may be represented vía proxy (a.k.a. power-of-attorney) duly granted in writing to a trusted proxy, who must meet the requirements established in Article 184 of the Colombian Commercial Code. Proxy form templates can be downloaded on Ecopetrol's website.
Except in cases of legal representation, Ecopetrol administrators and employees may not represent shares other than their own while they are employed by the Company, nor substitute the powers conferred thereon.
For the legal representation of the shareholders, compliance will be given to the provisions of the Basic Legal Circular 029 of 2014 regarding the illegal, unauthorized and unsafe practices of securities issuers.
FELIPE BAYÓN PARDO
Chief Executive Officer
Recommendations
- In case you are representing other shares, have the respective proxy form and any respective additional documents handy.
- To avoid overcrowding, guarantee the adequate participation of all shareholders, the doors of Ecopetrol's Main Building and registration points will open as of 7 a.m.
- Only one Companion will be allowed for those shareholders requiring special attention.
- The admission or distribution of advertising elements and any other material that may affect the normal course of the Assembly is prohibited.
- If you have symptoms associated with COVID-19 please do not attend the Meeting. We suggest wearing a mask (over nose and mouth), maintain physical distancing of at least 1 meter and wash hands frequently.
- Kit or refreshments will not be provided.
Additional information is available at:
Shareholder Services Office
Bogota phone number: from abroad (+571) 307 7075 / from Bogota (601)
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RALEIGH, N.C., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman ("Milberg") is pleased to announce that, with the passage of the PACT Act, victims exposed to contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune can start the process of obtaining justice.
On August 2, 2022 the Honoring our PACT Act cleared the final hurdle to becoming law when the Senate passed the bill. It now heads to the desk of President Biden, who plans to sign the bill on Wednesday, August 10. From that date, veterans, civilian personnel, and their family members exposed to toxic drinking water at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina will have two years to file a lawsuit and seek long-overdue compensation from the government.
"For decades, justice delayed was justice denied for Camp Lejeune veterans poisoned by contaminated drinking water their government provided to them," said Marc Grossman, Senior Partner at Milberg. "We are committed to helping right this historical wrong by filing claims demanding payment for victims."
The PACT Act allows victims to file a lawsuit in only one court in the country: the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Milberg's Raleigh, North Carolina office has over 15 attorneys and is led by founding partner Dan Bryson. Dan, who is consistently ranked as one of the Top 25 lawyers in Raleigh, has been practicing in North Carolina for 34 years. Dan is joined by Milberg partner Pat Wallace, who has extensive experience in complex litigation in North Carolina federal courts, and retired North Carolina Court of Appeals judge Martha Geer, who co-chairs the firm's national appellate practice. Milberg's Camp Lejeune team also includes attorney Kristian Rasmussen, a former Navy JAG officer with experience working for the Department of Justice. This is significant because all Camp Lejeune compensation claims must be properly submitted to the U.S. Navy Tort Claims Unit. Pat, Martha, and Kristian will be co-hosting a webinar on August 10—The Inside Track on Camp Lejeune.
The United States government has admitted that Camp Lejeune water was contaminated with toxins that include the industrial solvents perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE). Government-sponsored reports state that these chemicals can cause cancer, birth defects, miscarriages, and other serious health problems. Under the PACT Act, anyone who was at Camp Lejeune for at least 30 days between August 1, 1953 and December 31, 1987 and suffered harm from the water there may be able to file a claim for compensation.
To learn more about filing a claim, and to schedule a free case review, visit our Camp Lejeune Lawsuits page.
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HUNT VALLEY, Md., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- McCormick & Company, Incorporated (NYSE:MKC), a global leader in flavor, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended May 31, 2022.
- Sales declined 1% in the second quarter from the year-ago period and, in constant currency, sales were comparable to the year-ago period. Both comparisons reflect strong underlying sales growth offset by the impact of discrete items, including the impact of COVID-related lockdowns in China and the conflict in Ukraine.
- Operating income was $157 million in the second quarter compared to $237 million in the year-ago period. Adjusted operating income was $174 million compared to $258 million in the second quarter of 2021.
- Earnings per share was $0.44 in the second quarter as compared to $0.68 in the year-ago period. Adjusted earnings per share was $0.48 as compared to $0.69 in the year-ago period.
- For fiscal year 2022, McCormick updated its sales, operating income, and earnings per share outlook.
Lawrence E. Kurzius, Chairman and CEO, stated, "McCormick's long-term performance, including through the pandemic and other volatility, has been industry-leading and met or exceeded our financial objectives. We are currently navigating a challenging global environment including persistently high cost inflation and supply chain challenges, significant disruption in China from COVID-related lockdowns and the conflict in Ukraine. All these items intensified as our second quarter progressed and impacted our results. In addition, lapping trade inventory replenishments during last year's second quarter and the exit of low margin business impacted the comparisons to year-ago performance. The combination of these discrete items unfavorably impacted our sales comparison by 4%, with an impact on profit as well. Excluding these items, our sales performance reflects the strength of our broad global portfolio and the effective execution of our strategies, as well as our pricing actions.
"We anticipated the profit driven by sales growth in the second quarter would be more than offset by higher inflation and broad-based supply chain challenges, and the impact was greater than expected due to continuing cost escalation. We expect our pricing actions and other levers to begin to outpace cost pressures in the second half of this year and to fully offset the cost pressures over time. The strength of our business model, the value of our products and capabilities, and the successful execution of our long-term strategies give us confidence in our robust sales growth momentum and in our ability to successfully navigate the challenging dynamic global environment.
"We continue to capitalize on the long-term consumer trends that accelerated during the pandemic, including the sustained shift to cooking more at home, increased digital engagement, clean and flavorful eating, and trusted brands. Our alignment with these trends, in combination with the breadth and reach of our portfolio and our strategic investments provide a strong foundation for sustainable growth. The long-term fundamentals that drove our industry-leading historical performance remain strong and our experienced leaders are executing on our proven strategies while adapting to changes accordingly.
"I want to recognize McCormick employees around the world as they drive our momentum and success. With our vision to stand together for flavor and our relentless focus on growth, performance, and people, we are confident we are well positioned to deliver strong performance in 2022 and beyond while driving sustainable long-term value for our shareholders."
McCormick reported a 1% sales decline in the second quarter from the year-ago period, including a 1% unfavorable impact from currency. Constant currency sales were comparable to last year, reflecting 7% growth from pricing actions offset by a 7% decline in volume and product mix. The volume and product mix decline included a negative 4% impact related to discrete items including lapping last year's second quarter U.S. trade inventory replenishments, a disruption to China's consumer consumption this year due to COVID-related restrictions, the exit of low margin business in India and the conflict in Ukraine.
Comparisons to prior years remain difficult due to the dramatic shifts in consumer consumption between at-home and away-from-home experienced in the second quarter of the last two years. Using 2019 as a pre-pandemic baseline, second quarter sales have grown at a constant currency compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6% for the total Company, reflecting 4% growth in the Consumer segment and 8% growth in the Flavor Solutions segment.
Higher material and transportation cost inflation, as well as unfavorable product mix, partially offset by pricing actions and cost savings led by the Company's Comprehensive Continuous Improvement (CCI) program, resulted in a decline in gross profit margin of 550 basis points. Operating income was $157 million in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $237 million in the second quarter of 2021. This decline was driven by gross margin compression and higher distribution expenses partially offset by the favorable impact of CCI-led cost savings and lower transaction and integration expenses. In the second quarter of 2022, the Company recognized $15 million of special charges versus $14 million in 2021 and $2 million of transaction and integration expenses related to the acquisitions of Cholula and FONA versus $7 million in 2021. Excluding special charges, as well as transaction and integration expenses, adjusted operating income was $174 million compared to $258 million in the year-ago period.
Earnings per share was $0.44 in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $0.68 in the second quarter of 2021. Special charges and integration expenses lowered earnings per share by $0.04 in the second quarter of 2022. The net impact of the gain on the sale of the Company's minority stake in Eastern Condiments Private Ltd (Eastern), transaction and integration expenses, and special charges lowered earnings per share by $0.01 in the second quarter of 2021. Excluding these impacts, adjusted earnings per share was $0.48 in the second quarter of 2022 compared to $0.69 in the year-ago period. This decrease was driven by lower adjusted operating income.
Year-to-date net cash provided by operating activities was $154 million compared to $229 million through the second quarter of 2021. The decrease was primarily due to lower net income.
McCormick's broad and advantaged global flavor portfolio enables the Company to meet the rising demand for flavor around the world. The Company is capitalizing on the growing consumer interests in healthy and flavorful cooking, digital engagement, trusted brands, and purpose-minded practices. This, coupled with the breadth and reach of McCormick's portfolio and its effective strategies, sustainably position the Company to continue on its growth trajectory.
For fiscal year 2022, McCormick updated its financial outlook to reflect a more unfavorable impact of foreign currency rates, the impact of higher cost pressures and the related pricing actions, the unfavorable impact of significant disruption in China from COVID-related lockdowns, the conflict in Ukraine and the Company's growth momentum. In addition, the Company now expects a favorable impact from the optimization of its debt portfolio.
The Company expects foreign currency rates in 2022 to unfavorably impact net sales, adjusted operating income and adjusted earnings per share by two-percentage points. This compares to the Company's previous guidance of an unfavorable one-percentage point impact.
In 2022, the Company expects to grow sales 3% to 5% compared to 2021, which in constant currency is expected to be 5% to 7%. This compares to the Company's previous projection of 3% to 5%, or 4% to 6% in constant currency. McCormick expects sales growth to be driven by pricing actions, which, in conjunction with cost savings, are expected to offset inflationary pressures over time. McCormick also plans to drive continued growth through the strength of its brands, as well as brand marketing, new products, category management, and differentiated customer engagement.
Operating income in 2022 is expected to grow 4% to 6% from $1.02 billion in 2021. The Company anticipates integration expenses related to the FONA acquisition of approximately $3 million in 2022. In addition, McCormick expects approximately $46 million of special charges in 2022 that relate to previously approved organization and streamlining actions. Excluding the impact of integration expenses and special charges in 2022 and 2021, adjusted operating income is expected to range from comparable to an increase of 2%, which in constant currency is 2% to 4%. This compares to the Company's previous projection of 7% to 9%, or 8% to 10% in constant currency.
McCormick projects 2022 earnings per share to be in the range of $2.89 to $2.94, compared to $2.80 in 2021. The Company expects integration expenses, as well as special charges, to lower earnings per share by $0.14 in 2022. Excluding these impacts, the Company projects 2022 adjusted earnings per share to be in the range of $3.03 to $3.08, as compared to previously reported guidance of $3.17 to $3.22 and adjusted earnings per share of $3.05 in 2021. The revised guidance is driven by the updated adjusted operating income outlook and an optimization of the Company's debt portfolio. The Company's updated adjusted earnings per share outlook represents an expected decline of 1% to an increase of 1%, or in constant currency, growth of 1% to 3%. For fiscal 2022, the Company expects strong cash flow and anticipates returning a significant portion to shareholders through dividends and to pay down debt.
Consumer Segment
Consumer segment sales declined 8% from the second quarter of 2021. In constant currency, sales declined 7% attributable to lower volume and product mix, partially offset by pricing actions in all three regions. The combined impact of the previously mentioned discrete factors on the Consumer segment sales growth was a negative 6%.
- Consumer sales in the Americas declined 4% from the second quarter of 2021, with minimal impact from currency. Lower volume and product mix was partially offset by pricing actions. The volume decline includes a 4% unfavorable impact from lapping trade inventory replenishments in the second quarter of last year. Second quarter sales have grown at a 7% CAGR over the last three years.
- Consumer sales in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) declined 18% compared to the year-ago period. In constant currency, sales decreased 11% with lower volume and product mix partially offset by pricing actions. The sales decline was attributable to lapping high year-ago demand due to COVID-related restrictions, as well as a 1% unfavorable impact from lower sales in Russia and Ukraine. Second quarter sales have grown at a 3% CAGR over the last three years.
- Consumer sales in the Asia/Pacific region declined 18% compared to the year-ago period, with minimal impact from currency. The combination of lower volume in China due to a disruption in consumption from COVID-related restrictions and the exit of lower margin business in India drove a 20% reduction in volume. Pricing actions partially offset the volume decline. The second quarter sales CAGR over the past three years was a decline of 7% including an unfavorable 12% from the recent China and India impacts.
Consumer segment operating income, excluding transaction and integration expenses, as well as special charges, decreased 29% in second quarter of 2022 compared to the year-ago period. In constant currency, operating income declined 28% driven by higher cost inflation, unfavorable product mix and the unfavorable impact from COVID-related restrictions in China, partially offset by pricing actions and CCI-led cost savings.
Flavor Solutions Segment
Flavor Solutions segment sales increased 10% from the second quarter of 2021. In constant currency, the outstanding sales growth of 11% was driven by the Americas and EMEA regions. Pricing actions increased sales in all three regions. The combined impact of the previously mentioned discrete items on the Flavor Solutions segment sales growth was a negative 1%.
- In the Americas, Flavor Solutions sales rose 12% compared to the second quarter of 2021, with minimal impact from currency. The increase was driven by continued growth with packaged food and beverage companies as well as higher sales to branded foodservice customers. Second quarter sales have grown at an 8% CAGR over the last three years.
- The EMEA region's Flavor Solutions sales grew 12% compared to the second quarter of 2021. and in constant currency grew 19%. The growth, excluding a 1% decline from lower sales in Russia, was broad-based across the portfolio led by strong growth with quick service restaurants and branded foodservice customers. Second quarter sales have grown at a 10% CAGR over the last three years.
- The Asia/Pacific region's Flavor Solutions sales declined 8% compared to the second quarter of 2021. In constant currency, sales declined 6%. The decline was driven by a 7% unfavorable impact from lower volume in China due to COVID-related restrictions. Second quarter sales have grown at a 3% CAGR over the last three years.
Flavor Solutions segment operating income, excluding transaction and integration expenses, as well as special charges, was 40% lower in the second quarter of 2022 compared to the year-ago period. In constant currency, Flavor Solutions operating income declined 39% driven by higher cost inflation, unfavorable product mix and spending related to supply chain investments. These impacts were partially offset by higher sales, pricing actions, and CCI-led cost savings.
The tables below include financial measures of adjusted gross profit, adjusted gross profit margin, adjusted operating income, adjusted operating income margin, adjusted income tax expense, adjusted income tax rate, adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share. These represent non-GAAP financial measures which are prepared as a complement to our financial results prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. These financial measures exclude the impact, as applicable, of the following:
Special charges – In our consolidated income statement, we include a separate line item captioned "Special charges" in arriving at our consolidated operating income. Special charges consist of expenses associated with certain actions undertaken by the Company to reduce fixed costs, simplify or improve processes, and improve our competitiveness and are of such significance in terms of both up-front costs and organizational/structural impact to require advance approval by our Management Committee. Upon presentation of any such proposed action (including details with respect to estimated costs, which generally consist principally of employee severance and related benefits, together with ancillary costs associated with the action that may include a non-cash component or a component which relates to inventory adjustments that are included in cost of goods sold; impacted employees or operations; expected timing; and expected savings) to the Management Committee and the Committee's advance approval, expenses associated with the approved action are classified as special charges upon recognition and monitored on an ongoing basis through completion. Special charges for the three and six months ended May 31, 2022 include a $13.6 million gain associated with the sale of the Kohinoor brand name. We exited our Kohinoor rice product line in India in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021.
Transaction and integration expenses associated with the Cholula and FONA acquisitions – We exclude certain costs associated with our acquisitions of Cholula and FONA in November and December 2020, respectively, and their subsequent integration into the Company. Such costs, which we refer to as "Transaction and integration expenses", include transaction costs associated with each acquisition, as well as integration costs following the respective acquisition, including the impact of the acquisition date fair value adjustment for inventories, together with the impact of discrete tax items, if any, directly related to each acquisition.
Income from sale of unconsolidated operations – We exclude the gain realized upon our sale of an unconsolidated operation that occurred during the second quarter of fiscal 2021. The sale of our 26% interest in Eastern Condiments Private Ltd resulted in a gain of $13.4 million, net of tax of $5.7 million. The gain is included in Income from unconsolidated operations in our consolidated income statement for the three and six months ended May 31, 2022.
We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures are important. The exclusion of the items noted above provides additional information that enables enhanced comparisons to prior periods and, accordingly, facilitates the development of future projections and earnings growth prospects. This information is also used by management to measure the profitability of our ongoing operations and analyze our business performance and trends.
These non-GAAP financial measures may be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, but they should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies because other companies may not calculate them in the same manner that we do. We intend to continue to provide these non-GAAP financial measures as part of our future earnings discussions and, therefore, the inclusion of these non-GAAP financial measures will provide consistency in our financial reporting. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the related GAAP financial measures is provided below:
Because we are a multi-national company, we are subject to variability of our reported U.S. dollar results due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Those changes have been volatile over the past several years. The exclusion of the effects of foreign currency exchange, or what we refer to as amounts expressed "on a constant currency basis", is a non-GAAP measure. We believe that this non-GAAP measure provides additional information that enables enhanced comparison to prior periods excluding the translation effects of changes in rates of foreign currency exchange and provides additional insight into the underlying performance of our operations located outside of the U.S. It should be noted that our presentation herein of amounts and percentage changes on a constant currency basis does not exclude the impact of foreign currency transaction gains and losses (that is, the impact of transactions denominated in other than the local currency of any of our subsidiaries in their local currency reported results).
Percentage changes in sales and adjusted operating income as well as compounded annual growth rates (CAGR) expressed on a constant currency basis are presented excluding the impact of foreign currency exchange. To present this information for historical periods, current period results for entities reporting in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the average exchange rates in effect during the corresponding period of the comparative year, rather than at the actual average exchange rates in effect during the current fiscal year. As a result, the foreign currency impact is equal to the current year results in local currencies multiplied by the change in the average foreign currency exchange rate between the current fiscal period and the corresponding period of the comparative year. Rates of constant currency growth (decline) follow:
To present "constant currency" information for the fiscal year 2022 projection, projected sales and adjusted operating income for entities reporting in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the company's budgeted exchange rates for 2022 and are compared to the 2021 results, translated into U.S. dollars using the same 2022 budgeted exchange rates, rather than at the average actual exchange rates in effect during fiscal year 2021. To estimate the percentage change in adjusted earnings per share on a constant currency basis, a similar calculation is performed to arrive at adjusted net income divided by historical shares outstanding for fiscal year 2021 or projected shares outstanding for fiscal year 2022, as appropriate.
The following provides a reconciliation of our estimated earnings per share to adjusted earnings per share for 2022 and actual results for 2021:
As previously announced, McCormick will hold a conference call with analysts today at 8:00 a.m. ET. The conference call will be webcast live via the McCormick website. Go to ir.mccormick.com and follow directions to listen to the call and access the accompanying presentation materials. At this same location, a replay of the call will be available following the live call. Past press releases and additional information can be found at this address.
Certain information contained in this release, including statements concerning expected performance, such as those relating to net sales, gross margin, earnings, cost savings, transaction and integration expenses, special charges, acquisitions, brand marketing support, volume and product mix, income tax expense and the impact of foreign currency rates are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These statements may be identified by the use of words such as "may," "will," "expect," "should," "anticipate," "intend," "believe" and "plan." These statements may relate to: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, suppliers, consumers, customers, and employees; disruptions or inefficiencies in the supply chain, including any impact of COVID-19; the expected results of operations of businesses acquired by the company, including the acquisitions of Cholula and FONA; the expected impact of the inflationary cost environment, including commodity, packaging materials and transportation costs on our business; the expected impact of pricing actions on the company's results of operations and gross margins; the expected impact of factors affecting our supply chain, including transportation capacity, labor shortages, and absenteeism; the expected impact of productivity improvements, including those associated with our Comprehensive Continuous Improvement (CCI) program and global enablement initiative; the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including the potential for broader economic disruption; expected working capital improvements; expectations regarding growth potential in various geographies and markets, including the impact from customer, channel, category, and e-commerce expansion; expected trends in net sales and earnings performance and other financial measures; the expected timing and costs of implementing our business transformation initiative, which includes the implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system; the expected impact of accounting pronouncements; the expectations of pension and postretirement plan contributions and anticipated charges associated with those plans; the holding period and market risks associated with financial instruments; the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations; the adequacy of internally generated funds and existing sources of liquidity, such as the availability of bank financing; the anticipated sufficiency of future cash flows to enable the payments of interest and repayment of short- and long-term debt as well as quarterly dividends and the ability to issue additional debt securities; and expectations regarding purchasing shares of McCormick's common stock under the existing repurchase authorization.
These and other forward-looking statements are based on management's current views and assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties that could significantly affect expected results. Results may be materially affected by factors such as: the company's ability to drive revenue growth; the company's ability to increase pricing to offset, or partially offset, inflationary pressures on the cost of our products; damage to the company's reputation or brand name; loss of brand relevance; increased private label use; product quality, labeling, or safety concerns; negative publicity about our products; actions by, and the financial condition of, competitors and customers; the longevity of mutually beneficial relationships with our large customers; the ability to identify, interpret and react to changes in consumer preference and demand; business interruptions due to natural disasters, unexpected events or public health crises, including COVID-19; issues affecting the company's supply chain and procurement of raw materials, including fluctuations in the cost and availability of raw and packaging materials; labor shortage, turnover and labor cost increases; the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including the potential for broader economic disruption; government regulation, and changes in legal and regulatory requirements and enforcement practices; the lack of successful acquisition and integration of new businesses; global economic and financial conditions generally, availability of financing, interest and inflation rates, and the imposition of tariffs, quotas, trade barriers and other similar restrictions; foreign currency fluctuations; the effects of increased level of debt service following the Cholula and FONA acquisitions as well as the effects that such increased debt service may have on the company's ability to borrow or the cost of any such additional borrowing, our credit rating, and our ability to react to certain economic and industry conditions; risks associated with the phase-out of LIBOR; impairments of indefinite-lived intangible assets; assumptions we have made regarding the investment return on retirement plan assets, and the costs associated with pension obligations; the stability of credit and capital markets; risks associated with the company's information technology systems, including the threat of data breaches and cyber-attacks; the company's inability to successfully implement our business transformation initiative; fundamental changes in tax laws; including interpretations and assumptions we have made, and guidance that may be issued, and volatility in our effective tax rate; climate change; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters; infringement of intellectual property rights, and those of customers; litigation, legal and administrative proceedings; the company's inability to achieve expected and/or needed cost savings or margin improvements; negative employee relations; and other risks described in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by law.
McCormick & Company, Incorporated is a global leader in flavor. With over $6 billion in annual sales across 170 countries and territories, we manufacture, market and distribute spices, seasoning mixes, condiments and other flavorful products to the entire food industry including e-commerce channels, grocery, food manufacturers and foodservice businesses. Our most popular brands with trademark registrations include McCormick, French's, Frank's RedHot, Stubb's, OLD BAY, Lawry's, Zatarain's, Ducros, Vahiné, Cholula, Schwartz, Kamis, DaQiao, Club House, Aeroplane and Gourmet Garden. Every day, no matter where or what you eat or drink, you can enjoy food flavored by McCormick.
Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland USA, McCormick is guided by our principles and committed to our Purpose – To Stand Together for the Future of Flavor. McCormick envisions A World United by Flavor where healthy, sustainable and delicious go hand in hand. To learn more, visit www.mccormickcorporation.com or follow McCormick & Company on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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A Popular Summertime Seasoning Quickly Becomes a Potentially Deadly Threat
MINNEAPOLIS, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- It's summer. Time to fire up the barbeque, throw on your favorite meats or vegetables, and demonstrate your culinary skills with your secret blend of spices. It turns out that one of those popular summertime seasonings, onion powder, can also be an extremely dangerous but tempting treat to your pet.
"A Costco-sized container of onion powder was accidentally left on the kitchen counter," explained Sharron Champagne of Hooksett, NH. Although both of her family's dogs, Tsuk and Scotty, were left alone with the onion powder, only Tsuk decided to dive in. According to Champagne, "Scotty is smarter than that."
"Tsuk is notorious for stealing things off the counter," said Champagne. "She's extremely focused on food and is always hungry. I swear she can hear a piece of lettuce drop from across the house. Apparently, Tsuk pulled the onion powder container off the counter and ripped it open. The container was about three-quarters full, and what she didn't eat she left on her mat.
At first, we weren't too concerned since she gets into so many things, and we didn't know that ingesting onions is so dangerous to pets. After a few days she became lethargic, stopped eating, started drinking more water than usual and her urine was dark in color. She also started vomiting. That is when we realized something was seriously wrong."
The Champagne family called the toxicology experts at Pet Poison Helpline, who advised them to take Tsuk to the veterinary hospital after discussing the dog's signs.
"The amount of onion powder potentially ingested by Tsuk posed a risk for red blood cell damage, anemia and GI irritation," said Dr. Renee Schmid, a senior veterinary toxicologist at Pet Poison Helpline. "Main clinical signs are often seen within three to five days after ingestion, so the timing of her clinical signs was consistent with onion exposure."
Tsuk was taken to the VCA Capital Area Veterinary Emergency and Specialty, and their medical team followed up with Pet Poison Helpline for treatment recommendations. Once a case has been opened by a pet owner or a veterinary professional, all follow-up consultations are included. They were advised to perform bloodwork, which confirmed Tsuk's red blood cell count was extremely low and Tsuk needed a life-saving blood transfusion. Significant anemia can be detrimental as oxygen transport to tissues and organs throughout the body is compromised, potentially leading to severe, life-threatening damage. Blood transfusions in animals require intense monitoring and care to ensure dangerous reactions don't occur. They also placed her on IV fluids and provided her additional supportive care including monitoring her oxygen levels and administering antioxidants.
"After three days in emergency care, and thousands of dollars in veterinary bills to save her life, Tsuk is now doing great. We are so happy we made the decision to treat her," added Champagne. "Unfortunately, she still hasn't learned her lesson. A couple of weeks after she recuperated from the onion powder, I brought home tulips and left them in the plastic wrapper on the counter. When I came back a few minutes later, she had ripped into them. Apparently, anything in plastic must be freed. We now have a very small bottle of onion powder, and when the garlic powder runs out, we're downsizing that bottle too." Garlic powder has the same toxin and signs as onion powder but has a narrower margin of safety.
"Fortunately, the Champagne family was able to professionally treat Tsuk for her accidental poisoning, but many families are not financially prepared to handle a similar situation," said Dr. Schmid. "Our recommendation to all pet lovers is to consider pet health insurance before something critical and expensive can happen. There have been amazing advances in veterinary medicine, but many of those treatments come at increased cost. We want pet owners to make the best medical decisions for their pets based on their veterinarian's recommendations, not finances. That is why we are proud to partner with Nationwide, which has been protecting pets longer than any other pet health insurance provider in the United States. In fact, all Nationwide pet insurance policies come with 24/7 access to our veterinary professionals included."
Pet Poison Helpline created Toxin Tails to educate the veterinary community and pet lovers on the many types of poisoning dangers facing pets, both in and out of the home. All the pets highlighted in Toxin Tails have been successfully treated for the poisoning and fully recovered.
Pet Poison Helpline, your trusted source for toxicology and pet health advice in times of potential emergency, is available 24 hours, seven days a week for pet owners and veterinary professionals who require assistance treating a potentially poisoned pet. We are an independent, nationally recognized animal poison control center triple licensed by the Boards of Veterinary Medicine, Medicine and Pharmacy providing unmatched professional leadership and expertise. Our veterinarians and board-certified toxicologists provide treatment advice for poisoning cases of all species, including dogs, cats, birds, small mammals, large animals and exotic species. As the most cost-effective option for animal poison control care, Pet Poison Helpline's fee of $75 per incident includes follow-up consultations for the duration of the case. Based in Minneapolis, Pet Poison Helpline is available in North America by calling 800-213-6680. Additional information can be found online at www.petpoisonhelpline.com.
Contact: Dr. Renee Schmid
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Study published in Nature Cancer finds ERX-41 causes endoplasmic reticulum stress and cell death in multiple cancers. EtiraRx plans clinical trials as soon as the first quarter of 2023
DALLAS, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A scientific team, led by the scientific founders of EtiraRx, has identified a small molecule, ERX-41, as a novel oral therapeutic agent that may have utility in treating multiple solid cancers, including triple negative breast cancer, glioblastoma, ovarian and pancreatic cancers. EtiraRx, headquartered in Biolabs Pegasus Park, plans to initiate clinical trials as early as the first quarter of 2023.
In the work, published in Nature Cancer, the researchers, led by Drs. Jung-Mo Ahn, Ganesh Raj and Ratna Vadlamudi, identified that ERX-41 dramatically enhances endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in cancer cells. Since aggressive cancer cells have higher basal levels of ER stress, the enhanced ER stress induced by ERX-41 is not compensated and causes cancer cell death. Normal cells have low basal of ER stress, can compensate for ERX-41 activity and do not undergo cell death after ERX-41 treatment. Using state-of-the-art molecular approaches, the team identified that the molecular target of ERX-41 is the protein encoded by the lysosomal acid lipase A (LIPA) gene and that pharmacologic inhibition of LIPA by ERX-41 enhances ER stress in cancer cells. The study set the foundation for clinical trials with patients with therapy-resistant cancers that are vulnerable to enhanced ER stress.
Said Dr. Raj, "These discoveries are exciting as they represent a novel approach to targeting the Achilles heel of many aggressive cancers- their vulnerability to enhanced ER stress. Our critical finding was that of a new therapeutic target (LIPA) and its undiscovered role in protein folding. By targeting LIPA with ERX-41, protein folding in the cancer cell was disrupted, causing ER stress and promoting cancer cell death. Our findings indicate the potential for an oral agent with a favorable therapeutic index to effectively treat patients with aggressive cancers, for whom options are limited."
EtiraRx is completing necessary preclinical studies and plans to initiate clinical trials with these compounds, which will take place the first quarter of 2023. Russell Hayward, CEO EtiraRx, said, "ERX-41 has the potential to be a first-in-class oral therapy that kills aggressive therapy-resistant cancers. We are committed to moving these drugs forward to clinical trials and make a difference in the lives of patients with lethal cancers."
To access the complete paper from EtiraRx, please visit Nature Cancer at https://www.nature.com/articles/s43018-022-00389-8
EtiraRx is a Dallas-based company is committed to developing cures. EtiraRx was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Pegasus Park. For more information go to https://www.etirarx.com/
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Project Nephio, an open source initiative of partners across the telecommunications industry working towards true cloud-native automation , today announced rapid community growth and momentum.
Since launching in April 2022 in partnership with Google Cloud, support has grown with 28 new organizations now part of the project (with over 50 contributing organizations), progress towards Technical Steering Committee (TSC) formation, and an upcoming Nephio Technical Summit, June 22-23, in Sunnyvale, Calif. New supporters include: A5G Networks, Alicon Sweden, Amdocs, ARGELA, Capgemini Technology, CIMI Corporation, Cohere Technologies, Coredge.io, CPQD, Deutsche Telekom, HPE, Keysight Technologies, KT, Kubermatic, Kydea, MantisNet, Matrixx, Minsait, Nabstract, Prodapt, Sandvine, SigScale, Spirent Communications, Telefónica, Tata Elxsi, TechMahidra, Verizon, Vodafone, Wind River, and Wipro.
Nephio's goal is to deliver carrier-grade, simple, open, Kubernetes-based cloud-native intent automation and common automation templates that materially simplify the deployment and management of multi-vendor cloud infrastructure and network functions across large scale edge deployments. Nephio enables faster onboarding of network functions to production including provisioning of underlying cloud infrastructure with a true cloud native approach, and reduces costs of adoption of cloud and network infrastructure.
"We are pleased to see Nephio experience such rapid growth in such a short time," said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge, and IoT, the Linux Foundation. "This is testament to the market need for open, collaborative initiatives that simplify network functions and cloud infrastructure across edge deployments."
"We are heartened by the robust engagement from our growing Nephio community, and look forward to continuing to work together to set a new open standard for cloud-native networks to advance automation, network function deployment, and the management of user journeys," said Gabriele Di Piazza, Senior Director, Telecom Product Management, Google Cloud.
Developer collaboration is underway with the Technical Steering Committee formation in progress. And the Nephio technical community will gather in-person and virtually for the first Nephio Technical Summit, June 22-23 in Sunnyvale, Calif. The goal is to discuss strategy, technology enhancements, roadmap, and operational aspects of cloud native automation in the Telecommunication world. More details, including how to register, are available here: https://nephio.org/events/.
More information about Nephio is available at www.nephio.org.
Support from contributing organizations
A5G Networks
"A5G Networks is a leader and innovator in autonomous and distributed mobile core network software over hybrid and multi-cloud. Our unique IP helps realize significant savings in capital and operating expenditures, reduces energy requirements, improves quality of user experience and catalyze adoption of new business models. A5G Networks is excited to join the Nephio initiative for intent based automation and unlock the true potential of 5G networks," said Kaitki Agarwal, founder, president and CTO of A5G Networks, Inc.
Amdocs
"Amdocs is excited to join the Nephio community and accelerate the Telecom industry's journey towards a cloud-native, Kubernetes-based, automation and orchestration solutions. As a leader in telco automation and a founding member of Linux Foundation's ONAP and EMCO projects, Amdocs is thrilled to join this new community that will address the challenges coming with the era of 5G, edge and ORAN," said Eyal Shaked, General Manager, Open Network PBU, Amdocs.
Capgemini
"Capgemini is excited to join the Nephio community and join the Nephio working groups to facilitate the deployments of telecom operators by moving the Telecom industries towards a cloud-native platform and provide the automation and orchestration solutions with the help of Nephio. Capgemini is an expert in O-RAN standards and has FAPI compliant O-CU and O-DU implementations. Capgemini is thrilled to join this new community that will address the challenges coming with the era of 5G, edge and ORAN," said Sandip Sarkar, senior director, CTO Organization, Capgemini.
CIMI Corporation
"The Nephio project promises to provide an open-source implementation of network operator service lifecycle automation based on the cloud-standard Kubernetes orchestration platform. That's absolutely critical for the convergence of network and cloud software," said Tom Nolle, president, CIMI Corporation.
Coredge.io
Arif Khan, CEO, Coredge.iom said, "Bringing agility is delivering services and centrally managing the geographically distributed cloud, keeping cost in control is the key focus right now for operators. Nephio project is meant to achieve this with Kubernetes-based cloud-native intent automation and automation templates. We are glad to contribute to Nephio with our learnings in management of multi-cloud and distributed edge using intent driven automation inside the Coredge."
Deutsche Telekom
"Large-scale automation is pivotal on our Software Telco journey. It is important that we work together as an industry on standards that will enable and simplify the cloud native automation of network functions. And we believe the Nephio project can play a fundamental role to speed up this process," said Jochen Appel, VP Network Automation, Deutsche Telekom.
KT
"Cloud native is a next step on the journey of telcos' path to successful digital transformation. Also the automated management to enable multi-vendor support and reduce cost by efficiency and agility is a key factor for operation of the cloud based network systems. The project Nephio will help open, wide, and easy adoption of such infrastructure. By co-working with partners in the project, we look forward to solving the interworking issues among multi-vendors and building up the efficient and agile orchestrated management system easily," said Jongsik Lee, senior vice president, head of Infrastructure DX R&D Center, KT.
MantisNet
"MantisNet supports the Nephio initiative, specifically realizing the vision of autonomous networks. The Nephio project is complementary with the kinds of full-stack, end-to-end, programmable visibility, powered by an open, standards-based, event-driven, composable architecture that we are developing for a broad range of new and emerging use-cases to help ensure the secure and reliable operation of cloud-native 5G applications," said Peter Dougherty, CEO MantisNet.
Matrixx Software
"Continued advancements in the automation of distributed Cloud Native Network Functions will be critical to delivering on the promises of new differentiated 5G services, and key to new industry revenue models," said Marc Price, CTO, Matrixx Software.
Minsait
"As a company helping Telcos to onboard their 5G network functions, we are aware of the current challenges they are facing. Nephio is a key initiative to fulfill the promises of truly cloud native deployment and operation that specifically addresses the unique pain points of the Telco industry," said Francisco Rodríguez, head of network virtualization at Minsait.
Nabstract.io
"Harmonization and availability of common practices that facilitate intent driven automation for deployment and management of infrastructure and cloud native Network Functions will boost the consumption of 5G connectivity capabilities across market verticals through abstracted open APIs," said Vaibhav Mehta, Founder, Nabstract.io.
Proadapt
"Prodapt is the leading SI for connectedness industry with a laser focus on software intensive networks. Together as a key contributor to the Project Nephios, we will jointly accelerate TelCo's journey towards becoming a TechCo by co-innovating, -building, -deploying, and -operating distributed multi-cloud network functions. We believe our collaboration would set the foundation of a fully automated intent driven cloud-native networks supporting differentiated 5G & distributed edge experience," said Rajiv Papneja, SVP & global head, Cloud & Network Services, Prodapt.
Sandvine
"Sandvine Application and Network Intelligence solutions provide machine learning-based 5G analytics over hybrid cloud, multicloud, and edge deployments, empowering service-providers and enterprise customers to analyze, optimize, and monetize application experiences. Sandvine is proud to be a part of the Nephio initiative for intent-based automation, a prelude to Network-as-a-Service offerings that will scale autonomously, even when comprised of different vendors' Infrastructure/Platform/Software-aaS components," said Samir Marwaha, Chief Strategy Officer, Sandvine.
SigScale
"SigScale believes Nephio could be instrumental in achieving a management continuum across multi-cloud, multi-vendor networks," said Vance Shipley, CEO, SigScale.
Vodafone
"Building, deploying, and operating Telco workloads across distributed cloud environments is complex, so it is important to adopt cloud native best practices as we evolve, to enable us to achieve our goals for agility, automation, and optimisation," said Tom Kivlin, principal Cloud Architect, Vodafone. "Project Nephio presents a great opportunity to drive the cloud native orchestration of our networks. We look forward to working with our partners and the Nephio community to further develop and accelerate the simplification of network function orchestration."
Wind River
"As active supporters and contributors of key telco cloud-native open source projects such as StarlingX and the O-RAN Alliance, Wind River is excited to join Nephio. Nephio's mission of simplifying the deployment and management of multi-vendor cloud infrastructure across large scale deployments is directly aligned with our strategy," said Gil Hellmann, vice president, Telecom Solutions Engineering, Wind River.
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Covid-19 vaccinations for children younger than 5 are beginning Tuesday across the United States, marking a milestone in the nation's fight against the disease.
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorizations for Moderna's vaccine to include children 6 months through 17 years and Pfizer/BioNTech's for children 6 months through 4 years.
Then on Saturday, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on Covid-19 vaccinations for children under 5, clearing the way for vaccinations to be administered in that age group.
About 17 million kids under the age of 5 are now eligible for Covid-19 vaccines.
"This is a big day. We've been waiting a long time for children to have access to the vaccine. We now have every age group, 6 months and above, in the country which is now eligible to get protection from the Covid-19 vaccine. And I'll tell you as a dad of a 4-year-old, this is a big deal for my family as well," US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy told CNN's Brianna Keilar on Tuesday morning.
Vaccines given in child-sized doses
Under the FDA's authorization, the Moderna vaccine can be given as a two-dose primary series, with doses given four weeks apart, at 25 micrograms each dose, to infants and children 6 months through 5 years of age.
While the FDA has authorized Moderna's vaccine for children ages 6 to 17, the CDC has not yet recommended it for that age group, so those shots can't be administered yet. The FDA authorization would allow children ages 6 to 11 to receive doses are 50 micrograms each. For those ages 12 and older, it would be administered as 100-microgram doses.
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine now can be given as a three-dose primary series, at 3 micrograms each dose, for use in infants and children 6 months through 4 years. The vaccine is administered as a two-dose primary series at 10 micrograms per dose for children 5 to 11 and at 30 micrograms per dose for adolescents and adults ages 12 and older.
Completing the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine series is a longer process, as the first two doses are administered three weeks apart, and then the third dose is given eight weeks later.
Dr. Jeannette Lee of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, who serves on the FDA's vaccine advisory committee, expressed concern about children not completing all three doses.
"Three doses will certainly benefit. I have a lot of concern that many of these kids will not get a third dose," Lee said. "My concern is that you have to get the three doses to really get what you need."
As for children who might turn from age 4 to 5 at any point while completing their Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine series, the CDC recommends two options. The child could complete the two-dose primary series authorized for children ages 5 to 11, or they could complete the three-dose series for younger kids, but each of doses 2 and 3 may be either the dosage for younger children or ages 5 to 11.
The FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee determined that the benefits of both vaccines outweigh the risks and noted that the vaccines have been "well-tolerated" among the children who got them in clinical trials.
According to clinical trial data, common side effects for both vaccines include pain at the injection site, headache, fever, chills and fatigue. The vaccines appeared to elicit similar immune responses in children as has been seen in adults.
Where young children can get vaccinated
Pediatricians' offices and pharmacies are the main sites where young children could get vaccinated.
"We know that parents are going to want to get their children vaccinated in pediatricians' offices. Some people will go to a pharmacy, some people will go to a children's hospital or some sort of a community health center," Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House's Covid-19 response coordinator, said Monday on CBS.
"But the bottom line is, I think a majority of parents are going to want to get their child vaccinated in their pediatrician's office," Jha said. "So, many pediatricians are going to be offering the vaccine."
As for the pharmacy locations offering these child-sized vaccines, CVS and Walgreens have announced plans to provide vaccinations.
CVS will begin administering Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccines to children under five on Tuesday, a communications representative told CNN.
"We will begin administering the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for eligible children 18 months through four years of age at our 1,100 MinuteClinic locations starting on Tuesday," Matt Blanchette, senior manager of retail communications with CVS Pharmacy, told CNN in an email.
"MinuteClinic is located inside select CVS Pharmacy stores in 35 states and Washington, DC," Blanchette said. Appointments will be available on a rolling basis according to vaccine supply.
Blanchette said children over 5 will still be able to access Covid-19 vaccines in CVS pharmacies.
On Saturday, Walgreens announced in a news release that appointments for vaccinations in young children will be available starting June 25. Walgreens will be vaccinating children 3 and older at "select" locations, and appointments can be scheduled online.
Hy-Vee pharmacies will have Covid-19 vaccinations available for children under 5 once doses are available, a communications representative told CNN on Monday.
"Hy-Vee anticipates receiving its allocations for the newly approved age groups in the coming days," Tina Potthoff, senior vice president of communications, wrote in an email.
"As soon as we receive vaccine and our appointment scheduler is open for these age groups, we will post an update on our COVID-19 vaccine landing page, post on our Hy-Vee store Facebook pages, and contact media outlets in our eight-state region to make them aware of our pediatric hubs that are accepting appointments."
Due to federal regulations, she wrote, Hy-Vee will only be providing vaccinations to children 3 and older.
"Under the PREP Act, retail pharmacies, including Hy-Vee pharmacies, are only authorized to administer vaccines to patients ages 3+," Potthoff wrote in the email. "Patients younger than age 3 should visit their pediatrician or health care provider to receive the COVID-19 vaccine."
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BROOMFIELD, Colo., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), a world leader in innovative casual footwear for women, men, and children, today announced that it will present at Piper Sandler's Growth Frontiers Conference on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 10:30am ET.
A live broadcast of the Company's presentation may be found on the Investor Relations section of the Crocs website, investors.crocs.com. A replay of the webcast will remain available on the website for 1 year following the completion of the conference.
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Crocs, Inc. (Nasdaq: CROX) is a world leader in innovative casual footwear for women, men, and children, combining comfort and style with a value that consumers know and love. The Company's brands include Crocs and HEYDUDE and its products are sold in more than 85 countries through wholesale and direct-to-consumer channels. For more information on Crocs, Inc. please visit investors.crocs.com. To learn more about our brands, please visit www.crocs.com or www.heydudeshoesusa.com or follow @Crocs or @heydudeshoes on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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WASHINGTON, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys from the Houston intellectual property litigation boutique Heim, Payne & Chorush won a key ruling this week on behalf of Ireland-based Arigna Technology Limited against automobile manufacturing giant BMW of North America, LLC.
Firm partner Mike Heim and associate Chris Limbacher scored the victory with a July 12 ruling issued by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Washington, D.C. The case before the PTAB is BMW of North America, LLC, Petitioner v. Arigna Technology Ltd., Patent Owner, IPR 2022-00481.
The 12-page decision denied BMW's inter partes review petition on all claims related to Arigna's U.S. Patent No. 7,049,850. The ruling represents a complete victory for Arigna in its attempt to force BMW to face an East Texas jury in a full patent infringement trial.
Arigna sued BMW in 2001 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas for infringing the '850 patent in components used to build several vehicles sold at authorized BMW dealerships. The '850 patent covers novel detection techniques for high voltage switching devices used in automobiles and other consumer goods.
BMW responded by asking for a review of the patent but was fully denied in the PTAB's recent decision, which found that the company failed to show a reasonable likelihood its arguments would prevail in light of the Preliminary Response filed by Mr. Heim and Mr. Limbacher for Arigna.
Heim, Payne & Chorush, LLP, represents plaintiffs and defendants in litigation across a broad range of technologies and business sectors. With a wide variety of technical and scientific backgrounds, firm attorneys handle all facets of intellectual property litigation for some of the largest energy and technology firms, as well as individuals and smaller companies. Ranked among the most active and top-performing firms in matters before the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board by Patexia Insights, Payne & Chorush takes pride in its ability to partner with other attorneys and firms to bring the best possible trial team together for the benefit of the client. To learn more about the firm and the work it does, visit www.hpcllp.com.
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Nonspeaking valedictorian with autism delivers moving graduation address
WINTER PARK, Fla. (WESH) - A Florida college valedictorian delivered an inspirational speech to her graduating class without actually saying a word. Instead, she used a computer program to share her voice.
At just 15 months old, doctors said Elizabeth Bonker would not have the ability to speak after being diagnosed with autism. But when she graduated from Rollins College last Sunday, she delivered the valedictorian speech.
Bonker shared her words of wisdom through a text-to-speech computer program.
“I am one of the lucky few nonspeaking autistics who have been taught to type. That one critical intervention unlocked my mind from its silent cage, enabling me to communicate and to be educated,” she said.
Four other valedictorians nominated Bonker to deliver the speech in front of her graduating class of more than 500 students.
“God gave you a voice. Use it. Because if you can see the worth in me, then you can see the worth in everyone you meet,” she said in the speech.
For Bonker’s mother, Virginia Breen, it was an extra special Mother’s Day as she watched her daughter take center stage.
“I’m just going to burst into tears, I think, because it was such a long journey for us. You know, there were times which felt a bit hopeless,” she said.
Breen read her daughter’s messages out loud during an interview over Zoom.
“I am not special. All nonspeaking students with autism can be taught to type. That is my mission. We need to change the way the world sees autism. Just because someone cannot speak doesn’t mean they can’t feel and think,” Breen read.
Bonker says she’ll always be hopeful that people will remember to serve for others, just like her mother did by never giving up.
“Parents with children with autism, I hope that what they may take away from Elizabeth’s story is that their children are capable and that we need to keep investing in them, advocating for them, believing in them,” Breen said.
Bonker is continuing her service after graduation with her nonprofit Communication 4 All, aspiring to make communication accessible to the 31 million nonverbal people worldwide with autism.
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COPPELL, Texas, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arcline Investment Management ("Arcline"), a growth-oriented private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of Kings III of America ("Kings III"), a leading third-party provider of elevator and pool emergency monitoring solutions in North America, from Rockbridge Growth Equity and Thayer Street Partners.
Arcline commented, "Kings III demonstrates all of the traits that we look for in our portfolio companies in providing contractually recurring, non-discretionary safety solutions to a large installed base of critical infrastructure. Kings III has an excellent reputation among customers and employees, and is led by a strong, experienced management team that has enabled it to become a true market leader. The growth-oriented culture at Kings III will fit well within the Arcline portfolio, and we are excited to partner with the management team for the company's next chapter of growth."
Dennis Mason, CEO of Kings III, added, "Arcline's passion for growth, innovation and culture is a perfect match with our management team, employees, and customers. Our success would not have been possible without the dedication and excellence of the entire team at Kings III, and this acquisition is a testament to their hard work. We look forward to working with Arcline to continue our incredible trajectory and we are excited to leverage Arcline's deep experience in the elevator industry to accelerate our growth."
Piper Sandler served as financial advisor to Arcline.
Arcline Investment Management is a growth-oriented private equity firm with $4.4 billion in cumulative capital commitments. Arcline seeks to invest in technology-driven, meaningful to the world industrial businesses that enable a better future. For more information visit www.arcline.com.
Kings III of America, LLC is headquartered in Coppell, Texas, and is a provider of all-inclusive emergency monitoring solutions for elevators and pools across North America. Kings III designs, engineers, and manufactures its monitoring equipment, as well as runs a state-of-the-art 24/7 emergency dispatch center staffed with certified emergency responders. With over three decades of service, Kings III is a critical enabler of the elevator infrastructure in the U.S. and Canada.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With California drivers paying more than $6 for a gallon of gas and state officials deadlocked for months over how to provide relief, lawmakers in the state Assembly on Monday announced they would investigate oil companies they say are “abusing a historic situation to suck profits from Californians’ wallets.”
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced a bipartisan committee to investigate gas price gouging, with plans to question oil companies, regulators and economists to find out why California’s gas prices are consistently the highest in the country.
California’s gas prices are currently the highest in the U.S., with the average price per gallon at $6.40 on Monday compared to the national average of $4.98.
“We have put ourselves in a situation because of our addiction to the gas-powered engine. Yet that is no excuse for the actions of those who pin California drivers down with a foot on our necks and a hand in our pockets,” Rendon said.
Republicans mocked the investigation on Monday, blaming Democrats for California’s record-high gas prices because they have refused to temporarily stop taxing gasoline as other states have done to control costs. Democratic President Joe Biden on Monday said he was contemplating temporarily suspending the federal gas tax, a move that could save drivers 18.4 cents per gallon.
“Instead of suspending the state’s gas tax, Sacramento Democrats are creating a committee?” said Assembly member Vince Fong, the Republican vice chair of the Assembly Budget Committee. “Enough with the political antics. Suspend the gas tax now.”
California Democrats say they fear suspending the gas tax would benefit only big oil companies, whom state regulators accused in the past of artificially inflating prices in a state that has more than 36 million registered vehicles on the road.
Catherine Reheis-Boyd, president and CEO of the Western States Petroleum Association, said she agreed Californians are paying too much for fuel and warned “it could only get worse” if state officials don’t “take responsibility and act not to change the dangerous mix of bans, mandates and bad energy policy they are pushing on our state.”
“This Legislature and the Governor should be urgently addressing these policy matters rather than holding press conferences calling for more investigations that time after time have found our industry is acting responsibly,” Reheis-Boyd said.
California gas prices have historically been among the country’s highest, prompting a number of previous studies and inquiries by state officials — including an investigation by former Attorney General Bill Lockyer, who was outraged when prices reached $1.71 per gallon in San Francisco in 1999.
State, local and federal taxes make up 85 cents for every gallon of gas sold in the state, with the costs of crude oil, distribution, marketing and profits accounting for everything else, according to the California Energy Commission.
But a 2019 review by state regulators suggested big oil companies were “misleading and overcharging” customers by as much as $1 per gallon, resulting in California drivers paying an additional $11.6 billion at the pump over a five year period compared to other states.
Gov. Gavin Newsom asked for an investigation by the state attorney general, an investigation that is still pending nearly three years later.
Instead of suspending the gas tax, California Democrats want to use the state’s record-breaking budget surplus of nearly $100 billion to send money directly to taxpayers to help offset the high price of fuel. But nothing has happened yet because Democrats who control the state Legislature have been unable to agree with Newsom on how to do that.
Rendon, the Democratic Assembly speaker, said legislative leaders made progress over the weekend during marathon negotiation sessions with the Newsom administration. But “we’re not ready to make any announcements yet,” he said.
Republicans, meanwhile, held a news conference last week marking 100 days since Democrats vowed to take action to address high gas prices. Republicans don’t have enough seats in the Legislature to pass bills on their own.
“We are still waiting with no relief in sight,” Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said. “We need action now.”
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| 2022-06-21T02:50:32Z
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The leading pioneer in plant-based proteins will focus the business on its robust portfolio of products and partnerships
NEW YORK, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gathered Foods, leading pioneer in plant-based proteins and best known for its disruptive Good Catch® plant-based seafood, today announced the evolution of its business, focusing on developing and delivering top-quality novel proteins and product applications to the market. Extending well beyond seafood, this next phase will include alternatives to poultry, dairy, beef, and pork, presented in the myriad forms in which these proteins are consumed. Gathered will continue to build its diverse portfolio of holdings through joint ventures, strategic partnerships, and alliances - all centered around these core alternative proteins.
"Gathered excels at producing highly adaptable plant-based proteins that provide unmatched taste, texture, mouthfeel, and satisfaction," said Chris Kerr, Executive Chair of Gathered Foods. "We have assembled some of the best assets in the global sector, covering the entire innovation cycle, from ideation to production to distribution to the dinner table. We will leverage all of these to accelerate the adoption of these best-in-class proteins through some of the most recognized food industry players in the world."
With years of underlying expertise, Gathered was designed and built exclusively for plant-based research, development, and innovation. The business has the capacity and technical capabilities to provide solutions for private label businesses, B2B ingredients, co-manufacturing, and toll manufacturing.
As part of the business unit reorganization, Joel Gfeller, formerly Chief Innovation Officer, has been elevated to President & Chief Operating Officer of Gathered Foods Corporation. Gfeller will oversee everything from product ideation to global production operations and partnerships. This will include oversight of Gathered Proteins, the company's proprietary and rapidly growing catalog of plant-based proteins and applications, which will provide great value to partners and investors looking to grow their product portfolio. Additionally, Kit Ling Poon has been elevated to Chief Innovation Officer, and will lead the research and development of exceptional and innovative plant-based solutions at Cultivated Food Labs, Gathered's R&D and technical operation.
"Joel has been an integral part of building and scaling our product pipeline from the founding days of the company," said Kerr. "With Joel at the helm of Gathered Foods, working closely with Kit Ling on innovation, we are confident that our partners will be extremely impressed with the quality of our proteins, as well as the collaboration in creating their custom offerings."
The first strategic partnership from Gathered Foods was the acquisition of Good Catch's North American channels by Wicked Kitchen, announced last week. The all-stock transaction will make Gathered Foods an influential shareholder of Wicked, gaining a seat on the company's board. The Culinary Food Lab based in Austin, a joint venture between Gathered Foods and Wicked Kitchen, will continue to serve as the main hub of finished recipe innovation and development for Wicked Kitchen and other like-minded brands.
Gathered Foods' evolved business structure positions the company to significantly scale up its operations, grow its robust protein and application library, and create exciting global and regional partnerships that will expand the market and adoption of great-tasting plant-based offerings across the country and internationally.
Gathered Foods includes five core business units covering the full spectrum of the plant-based foods value chain; Cultivated Food Labs (R&D), Gathered Proteins (proprietary plant-based protein library), Trellis Manufacturing (plant-based protein production), the Culinary Food Lab in Austin, Texas, and the Good Catch brand internationally, named PETA's 2021 Company of the Year.
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| 2022-09-14T14:58:53Z
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volition's new industrial marketplace might have arrived just in time; the company just launched a private beta version of their technology that may present a solution to our parts problem.
Volition is the first-ever comprehensive online marketplace for all the world's hardware components – the bolts, gears, motors, chips, and more that make up the products we use every day. The Volition platform offers an extensive catalog of millions of unique products, with a variety of search methods that assist users in quickly finding, understanding, and ordering the right parts for a job.
Suppliers and hardware teams are encouraged to sign up now on the web site, which just launched, at GoVolition.com.
Volition expects the arrival of its marketplace will accelerate the hardware development process and lead to higher performance and more refined products, in addition to assisting sourcing teams in quickly fixing their supply chains by finding backup suppliers and alternative parts.
"I'm excited that our team can bring the latest technology to bear on the problems of the industrial world, and eager to get the Volition platform out there to start doing our part to help the supply chain crisis and beyond," said Nick Pinkston, Volition's founder and CEO. "The supply chain issues are only further accelerating the complexity of managing global manufacturing and trade, and Volition is uniquely positioned to help hardware teams navigate this new world."
Typically, hardware teams have to constantly monitor their supply chains using phone calls and spreadsheets, and often have to work overtime to address supply chain emergencies. Volition's platform will help ease this painful process by providing real-time information on order logistics, pricing, and availability, which will help teams quickly recognize and address issues. They can then easily respond by searching across Volition's wide range of suppliers to find the same or equivalent components to what is missing, and order them instantly – all in one place.
All Things Hardware, All In One Place
The notion of a central online marketplace for hardware components is the first of its kind; despite its near necessity to society, the hardware industry has received little focus from tech until very recently. This is in part due to the industry's complexity and conservatism in adopting new technology.
The industrial parts market is highly fragmented, with over 500,000 unique suppliers that can be difficult to discover. Prior to Volition's arrival, there was no way to easily search across all suppliers. Most suppliers are new to eCommerce, and the majority do not currently provide customers a way to search for or purchase their products online, meaning customers must search through a patchwork of options to find what they need.
Volition created a core technology designed to solve many aspects of this labor-intensive process, that: (1) directly integrates with suppliers' databases to maintain updated information, and (2) creates automated systems that allow Volition's expert curators to scale their knowledge to organize a massive database of product data. The end result is a public-facing marketplace optimized to quickly search and filter parts by exact product specifications, which isn't possible with general purpose marketplaces.
The Next Generation of Hardware Sales
Volition's goal is to build the next generation of hardware development tools that help users create better products and run their teams and businesses more efficiently.
"Volition is tackling a massive problem in the often-overlooked industrial world that has the potential to change the entire industry. When we met Nick, it was clear that he and the Volition team were exactly who were going to change the game in the hardware universe. I'm proud to have supported them from the beginning and excited for their future," said David Greenbaum, a partner with Quiet Capital.
Volition, founded in 2019, is the only online industrial parts marketplace designed specifically for the needs of the hardware development world. It will accelerate the pace of hardware innovation by serving as the hub that organizes all of the world's components. For more information, please go to GoVolition.com.
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Coca-Cola and Jack Daniel’s to start selling Jack-and-Coke in a can
Published: Jun. 13, 2022 at 12:58 PM CDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
(CNN) - Two American icons are officially joining forces in a can.
Coca-Cola announced a partnership with Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey.
Their new product will let consumers enjoy Jack-and-Cokes with just the flip of a pop-top. It will make its debut in Mexico later this year before a worldwide rollout in 2023.
The Jack-and-Cokes will also come in a zero-sugar option.
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BORDENTOWN, N.J., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Princeton NuEnergy, Inc. ("PNE," the Company), an emerging growth company primarily engaged in the regeneration of Lithium-Ion Battery (LIB) material, is announcing three exciting technological breakthroughs with pending patent applications. This announcement comes at a momentous time for PNE following a $7 million seed round funding.
These R&D milestones are in the Safe Discharge, Cathode-to-Cathode ™ Upcycling, and Anode-to-Anode ™ Recycling and Upcycling of aged LIBs and can solve some of the most proactive issues facing the industry today. All these technologies are leveraged on PNE patented LPAS® (low-temperature plasma-assisted separation) technology.
Dr. Xiaofang Yang, Co-founder and CTO of PNE, commented, "I have been overwhelmingly impressed by our R&D team's commitment to the circular economy in developing three transformative lithium-ion battery recycling solutions. Now it is just a matter of scaling the processes to meet fast-rising demand."
All end-of-use LIBs must be fully discharged at the beginning of the recycling process so that potential short-circuiting hazards like fires or explosions do not occur. PNE scientists have developed a revolutionary advancement in discharge approach that offers systematic advantages in cost, safety, processing efficiency, and resource use over current approaches.
The approach, which is currently under patent application, has the potential to streamline the discharge step, a critical stage of the LIB recycling process. Incorporating environmentally friendly chemicals into an integrated electrochemical-fluidic dynamic process gives way to a fast, safe, and continuous discharge. Additionally, the choice of ambient operating temperature and chemicals enables a substantial decrease in the fixed and variable costs spent on the discharge process.
According to BloombergNEF, more than half of a LIB's final cost comes from the purchase of mined virgin cathode materials, draining scarce metals, releasing greenhouse gases, and increasing supply chain risk. Hence, consistent, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly methods of regenerating cathode materials will become increasingly integrated into the LIB supply chain in the coming years.
In the traditional LIB recycling processes, cathode materials from aged batteries are disintegrated into nanoparticles, diminishing the cathode's secondary structure, and reducing electrochemical performance. As LIB material properties get stronger these traditional approaches may not be able to meet market needs.
PNE's transformative cathode-to-cathode ™ upcycling solution under patent application has the ability to achieve a higher yield at a much lower energy use and operating costs than traditional cathode regeneration approaches.
Scientists at the company have developed a breakthrough process that can achieve a cathode yield of > 98% by reforming the nanoparticles into larger microparticles with an improved composition, architecture, and crystal structure.
In addition to saving costs on the most expensive LIB component, PNE's cathode-to-cathode™ solution is significantly less energy intensive than traditional cathode resynthesis and can strongly accelerate the market penetration of regenerated cathode materials.
Silicon-graphite composite materials are expected to replace graphite anodes in commercial LIBs because of their superior volumetric and gravimetric capacities and higher lithium absorption. Instead of upcycling spent graphite anodes into a usable silicon-graphite composite, spent graphite is commonly abandoned or incinerated.
The status quo is inefficient and can pose detrimental environmental impacts such as particulate contamination and the release of greenhouse gasses.
PNE's anode-to-anode ™ innovation, currently under patent application, offers the recycling and upcycling of spent graphite into low-cost, high-performance silicon-graphite composites. With the porous structure of spent graphite combining well with silicon and effectively relieving volume expansion, the company's process can offer systemic advantages in anode-to-anode™ direct recycling.
The disclosed process is energy efficient, cost-saving, and, most importantly, environmentally friendly, serving the rising silicon-graphite demand in the circular economy.
Princeton NuEnergy delivers innovative and sustainable energy and environmental solutions. The Company's current focus is on closed-loop lithium-ion battery recycling and low-cost production of active cathode materials, and ultimately enabling significant reduction in carbon emissions. For more information visit www.pnecycle.com.
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Market Demand and Recognition Continues to Grow for Neosec as Companies
Grapple with Potential Loss of Money, Data, Trust and Resources
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neosec, the pioneer in discovering and identifying API threats using behavioral analytics, today announced additions to its platform for discovering and assessing all APIs in use by an organization and preventing fraud and abuse of business assets and processes through them. The features reflect rapidly growing market demand and recognition as companies grapple with potential loss of money, data, trust and resources through the use of business APIs.
A new API inventory feature enables organizations to see and have a constantly up-to-date, unified view of all APIs in use with detailed information on each. This centralized view is particularly important when an organization has a large number of APIs and services in place. The new discovery experience shows which APIs saw the greatest number of endpoints recently added. It can instantly show the riskiest APIs and those that pass sensitive information within them. Detailed risk scoring, risk posture and a quick way to see risk changes makes it easy to manage large sets of APIs. Typical values and top-ten values of any parameter can also be displayed, which makes it easy to understand how the APIs are used in practice.
A new automated service and endpoint risk scoring shows risk values and risk changes for each API and endpoint. The feature enables security professionals to understand any endpoint and service along with all its details, including its risk posture, and any actions that need to be taken or prioritized. In addition, the recently available ShadowHunt service augments use of the Neosec platform with a team of threat-hunting experts to respond to findings quickly, investigate potential threats and recommend immediate remediation and actions.
"Companies are quickly waking up to the rapidly increasing potential for third parties or external attackers to abuse business APIs for criminal or malicious gain," said Giora Engel, co-founder and chief executive officer, Neosec. "We are continually advancing our platform to add greater visibility, understanding and protection of the abuses that can take place within business APIs."
Neosec is receiving growing industry recognition and attention from companies around the world. Recently, the company was named a 2022 Gartner® "Cool Vendor" in Application Security as well as being selected as a finalist for the RSA Conference 2022 Innovation Sandbox Contest. Neosec was also selected as an Excellence Award finalist in the Best Emerging Technology category for the 2022 SC Awards and as Cutting Edge Infosec Start-Up of the Year in the Global Infosec Awards 2022.
As Neosec continues to receive recognition and accelerate their go to market strategy, they welcome DC Cullinane as the Vice President of Sales, spearheading global sales expansion. Cullinane brings over 20 years of sales leadership experience and has previously served in key roles as Global Sales VP, Senior Director Sales, and Strategic Advisor Roles for Deduce, Kasada, Shape Security, Inktomi and ThreatMetrix.
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Neosec is re-inventing application security with a powerful platform that unifies security and development teams to protect modern applications from threats. The foundation of the SaaS platform is built on data and analytics to manage security at scale. Neosec prevents threats from abusing the complex network of APIs that connect today's businesses. The platform helps organizations discover every API and audit risk. Neosec has pioneered the use of behavioral analytics to understand normal versus abnormal API usage and delivers powerful threat hunting capabilities together with a team of expert threat hunters. Neosec prevents threats and stops abuse hiding within APIs and brings new intelligence to application security. Neosec is based in Palo Alto, California with R&D in Tel Aviv, Israel. To learn more, visit Neosec.com.
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister threw the country into political limbo on Sunday, accusing the United States of attempting to oust him and cancelling a no-confidence vote he was poised to lose. He then ordered the National Assembly dissolved so new elections can be held.
The moves by Imran Khan appeared to trigger a constitutional crisis: Pakistan’s Supreme Court must rule on their legality, but it adjourned until Monday and gave no indication when the matter would be settled. In Pakistan, the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has just begun.
The dramatic episode was the latest in an escalating dispute between Khan and parliament, after defectors within his own party and a minor coalition partner joined the opposition and attempted to oust him from power. It was unclear on Sunday where the powerful military — which has directly ruled Pakistan for more than half of its 75-year history — stood in the fray.
The former cricket star turned conservative Islamic leader sought to justify the measures by accusing the United States of trying to overthrow his government. His Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry accused the opposition of collusion with a foreign power when he successfully filed the motion to the deputy speaker of parliament to throw out the vote.
The opposition, which accuses Khan of mismanaging the economy, arrived in Parliament ready to vote Khan out of power, and say they have the simple majority of 172 votes in the 342-seat assembly to do so.
Khan, who was not in Parliament on Sunday, went on national television to announce he was submitting the dissolution request, which President Arif Alvi later executed.
“I ask people to prepare for the next elections. Thank God, a conspiracy to topple the government has failed,” Khan said in his address. According to Pakistan’s constitution, an interim government inclusive of the opposition will now see the country toward elections held within 90 days.
In the capital Islamabad, security forces braced for the worst, locking down much of the city as a defiant Khan called for supporters to stage demonstrations countrywide. Giant metal containers blocked roads and entrances to the capital’s diplomatic enclave, as well as Parliament and other sensitive government installations.
Khan has accused the opposition of being in cahoots with the United States to unseat him, saying America wants him gone over his foreign policy choices that often favor China and Russia. Khan has also been a strident opponent of America’s war on terror and Pakistan’s partnership in that war with Washington.
Khan has circulated a memo which he insists provides proof that Washington conspired with Pakistan’s opposition to unseat him because America wants “me, personally, gone … and everything would be forgiven.” He offered no concrete evidence of US interference.
Political chaos also spread to Punjab — the country’s largest province — which is set to vote for a new chief minister. Khan’s favored candidate faced a tough challenge, and his opponents claimed they had enough votes to install their own ally. After a scuffle between lawmakers, the provincial assembly was adjourned until April 6 without any vote.
Pakistan’s main opposition parties — a mosaic of ideologies from leftists to the radically religious — have been rallying for Khan’s ouster almost since he was elected in 2018. Then, his win was mired in controversy and widespread accusations that the army helped his Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (Justice) Party to victory.
Asfandyar Mir, a senior expert with the Washington-based U.S. Institute of Peace, said the military’s involvement in the 2018 polls undermined Khan’s legitimacy from the outset.
“The movement against Imran Khan’s government is inseparable from his controversial rise to power in the 2018 election, which was manipulated by the army to push Khan over the line,” said Mir. “That really undermined the legitimacy of the electoral exercise and created the grounds for the current turmoil.”
Pakistan’s military has a history of overthrowing successive democratically elected governments and indirectly manipulating others from the sidelines.
The opposition also blames Khan for high inflation that’s hitting households. But his government is also credited with maintaining a foreign reserve account of $18 billion, bringing in a record $29 billion last year from overseas Pakistanis.
Khan’s anti-corruption reputation is credited with encouraging expatriate Pakistanis to send money home. His government has also received international praise for its handling of the COVID-19 crisis and implementing so-called “smart lockdowns” rather than countrywide shutdowns. As a result, several of Pakistan’s key industries, such as construction, have survived.
Khan’s leadership style has often been criticized as confrontational.
“Khan’s biggest failing has been his insistence on remaining a partisan leader to the bitter end,” said Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia Program at the Washington-based Wilson Center.
“He hasn’t been willing to extend a hand across the aisle to his rivals,” said Kugelman. “He’s remained stubborn and unwilling to make important compromises. As a result, he’s burned too many bridges at a moment when he badly needs all the help he can get.”
Khan’s insistence there is U.S. involvement in attempts to oust him exploits a deep-seated mistrust among many in Pakistan of U.S. intentions, particularly following 9/11, said Mir.
Washington has often berated Pakistan for doing too little to fight Islamic militants, even as thousands of Pakistanis have died at their hands and the army has lost more than 5,000 soldiers. Pakistan has been attacked for aiding Taliban insurgents while also being asked to bring them to the peace table.
“The fact that it has such easy traction in Pakistan speaks to some of the damage U.S. foreign policy has done in the post 9/11 era in general and in Pakistan in particular,” said Mir. “There is a reservoir of anti-American sentiment in the country, which can be instrumentalized easily by politicians like Khan.”
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Qatari official: Rainbow flags may be taken to protect fans
By ROB HARRIS
AP Global Soccer Writer
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — A senior Qatari leader overseeing security for the World Cup has told The Associated Press that rainbow flags could be taken from supporters. He says that would be to protect them from being attacked for promoting gay rights. Major General Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Ansari insisted that LGBTQ couples would be welcomed and accepted in Qatar for the Nov. 21-Dec. 18 FIFA showpiece despite same-sex relations remaining criminalized in the conservative Gulf nation. But Al Ansari is against the overt promotion of LGBTQ freedoms as symbolized by the rainbow flag that FIFA and World Cup organizers had previously said would be welcome across Qatar’s eight stadiums.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Clayton Kershaw was in prime form — call it perfect — in his season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers, leaving no concern about his health after facing no resistance from the Minnesota Twins.
When the time came for manager Dave Roberts to relieve him, Kershaw didn’t put up a fight, either.
Kershaw took a perfect game through seven innings for the Dodgers until he was pulled after 80 pitches, dominating the Twins with 13 strikeouts in 21 batters during a 7-0 victory on Wednesday.
“Those are selfish goals. We’re trying to win. That’s really all we’re here for,” Kershaw said.
Roberts consulted with Kershaw after the sixth, and the three-time NL Cy Young Award winner told him his preference: one more inning with an 85-pitch limit.
“I would have loved to have stayed, but bigger things, man, bigger things,” Kershaw said.
So on a the gray, windy, 38-degree afternoon at Target Field, Alex Vesia entered for the eighth to boos from the blue-clad Dodgers fans in the crowd of 17,101. Vesia gave up Minnesota’s first and only hit, a one-out single by Gary Sánchez.
Cody Bellinger, Gavin Lux and Austin Barnes hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in the eighth against reliever Dereck Rodriguez, who made his Twins debut.
Chris Paddack had a rough first start with the Twins, too, less than a week after he was acquired in a trade with the Padres. He lasted four innings, with six hits and three runs allowed.
Justin Turner hit a two-run single in the first, Trea Turner had a sacrifice fly in the second and Max Muncy went deep in the ninth for the Dodgers, who won a 7-2 game the night before that was paused for 1 1/2 hours due to rain and ended after midnight.
Kershaw was plenty refreshed.
Re-signed with the Dodgers for $17 million this year after missing more than two months in 2021 with inflammation in his left forearm, Kershaw was slotted fifth in the rotation out of the gate. That unusual assignment was to give his arm more time to build up strength in light of the limited spring training schedule.
“Blame it on the lockout. Blame it on me not picking up a baseball until January,” said Kershaw, who threw a no-hitter against Colorado on June 18, 2014. “My slider was horrible the last two innings. It didn’t have the bite. It was time.”
The breaking ball was awfully good before that, though. Kershaw threw 41 sliders, with 17 swinging strikes, with a fastball that never topped 91 mph. He struck out the side in the sixth and fanned every Twins batter at least once except Gio Urshela, who grounded out to third and flied out to right in his first two at-bats.
“He’s been pitching like that for years. He’s been having a lot of success. So he knows how to do it,” said Urshela, who hit a sharp grounder up the middle with two outs in the seventh that skidded under Kershaw’s glove as he tried to backhand the ball.
Lux, shifted to the shortstop side of second base, made a slick pickup and throw for the inning-ending out.
“Every decision I make is for the best interest of the player, their health and the ballclub, because there’s a lot of people that are cheering for the Dodgers, not only just for today and Clayton to throw a no-hitter, but for the Dodgers to win the World Series,” Roberts said. “For us to do that, we need him healthy.”
FEELS FAMILIAR
Roberts has pulled a starting pitcher with a no-hitter before. Walker Buehler came out after six innings in May 2018, Rich Hill left with a blister after seven perfect innings in September 2016, and Ross Stripling was removed after 7 1/3 innings in April 2016.
“Those guys make it tough on me,” Roberts said.
According to ESPN research, Kershaw and Hill are the only pitchers in major league history to be pulled after seven-plus innings with a perfect game still intact.
TEAM PLAYER
Kershaw hugged his catcher Barnes in the dugout after his day was done.
“He said, ‘Sorry,’” Barnes said. I knew it was the right call and stuff like that, but I thought we could get it done. That’s baseball.”
FOR THE SCRAPBOOK
This was Kershaw’s 66th career double-digit strikeout game in 380 regular season appearances. The Twins became the 27th major league team he faced, missing only the Red Sox and Orioles. He did pitch against Boston in the 2018 World Series.
MAYBE CORREA WOULD’VE HELPED
The Twins gave shortstop Carlos Correa a rest and center fielder Byron Buxton a turn at DH, as a reaction to the late night on Tuesday. Buxton struck out all three times he faced Kershaw.
UP NEXT
Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler (1-0, 1.80 ERA) takes the mound for the home opener on Friday at Dodger Stadium against Cincinnati. LHP Reiver Sanmartin (0-1, 19.29 ERA) pitches for the Reds to start the four-game series.
Twins: After an off day on Thursday, RHP Joe Ryan (0-1, 4.50 ERA) takes the mound at Fenway Park on Friday to begin a four-game series against Boston. RHP Nick Pivetta (0-1, 6.35 ERA) starts for the Red Sox.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — “The multiverse is a concept about which we know frightening little…” In a new installment in pop culture’s “multiverse” craze, the Trolli gummi worm brand is crossing over with the popular cartoon show Rick and Morty.
Trolli alongside Warner Bros. Consumer Products is releasing an exclusive collector pack series of Sour Brite Crawlers inspired by the Adult Swim Series Rick and Morty.
For a limited time, Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers will feature packaging with the Rick and Morty characters. The limited-edition packaging will be available only on Amazon. They will go on sale beginning Aug. 15, ahead of the premier of the sixth season of Rick and Morty, which airs on Sept. 6.
If you can’t wait until Aug. 15, you can pre-order the limited-edition packaging today. An eight-count variety pack will cost you a little more than $20. Click here for more product information.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DLA Piper represented SixGen, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and products company based in Maryland, in its acquisition of Fourcast Management and Analysis, Inc., a Maryland-based technology management consulting company.
SixGen provides world-class cybersecurity services and products to protect government organizations and commercial industries. Using innovative processes, tools, and advanced techniques, SixGen predicts and overcomes cybersecurity vulnerabilities. SixGen prioritizes best practices, customer requirements and privacy and overall mission impact.
The strategic acquisition of Fourcast Management and Analysis – a leading management consulting company that provides seasoned advisory services, skills, and assistance in the areas of finance, budget and cost estimation – will bolster SixGen's mission to provide the highest quality services to customers and enable employee growth through diversified opportunities.
"Congratulations to SixGen on this strategic acquisition of Fourcast, which will allow the company to grow in the cybersecurity and professional services sector," said Jeffrey Houle, co-chair of DLA Piper's Aerospace, Defense and Government Services Transactional practice who led the team that advised SixGen. "It was a pleasure collaborating and bringing together our deep knowledge and capabilities in the professional services industry to close this deal."
"We're immensely proud of this pivotal deal. We thoroughly enjoyed working with the DLA Piper team and believe this acquisition will have an immediate impact on the level of service we can provide to our customers," said Chris Brady, chairman of Chart National, an investor in SixGen.
In addition to Houle (Washington, DC), the deal team included partners Thomas Pilkerton III, Julia Kovacs and Jordan Bailowitz (all three in Baltimore) and Brad Jorgensen (Austin); of counsel Christopher Armstrong (Baltimore); and associate Josh Feldman (Baltimore).
With more than 1,000 corporate lawyers globally, DLA Piper helps clients execute complex transactions seamlessly while supporting clients across all stages of development. The firm has been rated number one in global M&A volume for 12 consecutive years, according to Mergermarket.
DLA Piper's global Technology sector lawyers work across practice areas and offices to support technology clients – from startups to fast-growing and mid-market businesses to mature global enterprises – doing business around the world.
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DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioning us to help clients with their legal needs around the world. In certain jurisdictions, this information may be considered attorney advertising. dlapiper.com
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NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Baleaf Sports ("Baleaf"), a contemporary activewear brand committed to creating versatile, eco-friendly products, has announced it will launch its new Sustainable Line on May 25. Designed to look good, feel good and do good, the Sustainable Line features seven new products that reduce waste and protect the planet.
Each piece in Baleaf's Sustainable Line is designed to be highly versatile and worn in multiple scenarios, whilst also being manufactured from eco-friendly materials. The Sustainable Line builds upon the progress Baleaf has made over the past two years, as it continues to launch products made from biodegradable and recyclable materials to limit pollution and promote the circular economy.
"Since our inception, Baleaf has remained committed to slow fashion. By making garments that are versatile and of high quality, Baleaf activewear lasts longer and can be worn in more scenarios. This allows people to downsize and streamline their activewear wardrobe in order to minimize their carbon footprint. In the future, we hope to work together with even more suppliers to shape a socially responsible activewear industry," said Lefee Xu, CEO of Baleaf.
On a mission to make environmental protection easy and affordable for everyone, Baleaf has made significant strides in the R&D of sustainable materials that reduce waste and pollution while keeping the single item pricing of its products at US$20-30 when similar items on the market usually cost more than US$50. In 2021, Baleaf launched its modal fabric made out of wood pulp from the beech tree, which is fully biodegradable and causes less harm to the environment. In 2022, the brand has expanded its development of sustainable materials with recycled nylon and recycled polyester fibers sourced from plastic bottle waste and fishing nets. For every ton of nets used, Baleaf saves seven barrels of crude oil, while every ton of plastic bottles used saves 8000 gallons of water.
"Sustainable nylon can be recycled and regenerated indefinitely. Thanks to a series of breakthrough research and treatments, our nylon and spandex blend contains 75% recycled nylon made from fishing nets. Moreover, our fabric design and development team have engineered a material that's premium, feels silky and smooth, and boasts double-sided elasticity for ease of movement. As a result, our Sustainable Line empowers people to maximize comfort without sacrificing functionality or the environment," says Lee, Lead Fabric Engineer at Baleaf.
Baleaf's Sustainable Line come in a reusable bag made from recycled nylon and recycled polyester. Unlike plastic bags, Baleaf's biodegradable packaging can be broken down within three years and does not contribute to waste or pollution.
Beyond products, Baleaf strives to ensure transparency and sustainability at every part of the supply chain. In 2021, Baleaf and its suppliers received the Global Recycle Standard (GRS) certification, and the brand is committed to following GRS criteria at every stage of production. Baleaf also works closely with upstream suppliers to incorporate the latest environmentally-friendly fabrics in manufacturing. Furthermore, Baleaf's corporate culture reflects its commitment to sustainability, the company continuously upholds the highest standard for ethical work practices and human rights.
The launch of the Sustainable Line marks the beginning of Baleaf's commitment to achieving 100% sustainable products by 2035. To learn more, please visit https://www.baleaf.com/pages/sustainability
About Baleaf
Founded in 2014, Baleaf is a contemporary activewear brand that caters to those who enjoy dabbling in fitness trends but don't want to keep stockpiling gear for each activity they engage in. Baleaf is on a mission to help downsize and streamline peoples' activewear wardrobes with high-quality, versatile and multifaceted athleisure apparel at an affordable price. For more information, please visit https://www.baleaf.com/
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CHICAGO, May 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Midea Group (000333SZ), one of the world's leading home appliance manufacturers, will exhibit its professional kitchen product series at the 2022 National Restaurant Association Show (NRA Show 2022) in Chicago from May 21 to 24. Featuring two hero products, the Midea FlashChef™ High Speed Oven and the Scan&Go™ Microwave, Midea will showcase its capacity to meet all food service demands at booth #9107 at McCormick Place.
"We're excited to be back at the NRA show for the first time since 2018. As one of the world's largest home appliance companies, Midea has a consumer-centric approach and strives to bring surprisingly friendly products that actually address our consumers' pain-points," said Kenneth Megarr, R&D Culinary Applications Chef of Midea America. "Midea offers a comprehensive selection of commercial ovens to fulfill any food service demand while requiring less effort on the users' end."
With ultra-efficient performance, effortless operation, and impressive durability, the Midea FlashChef™ High Speed Oven and the Scan&Go™ Microwave are considered the perfect choice for increasing operation efficiency in commercial establishments such as convenience stores or coffee shops.
The Midea FlashChef™ high-speed oven provides excellent cooking performance as well as a sleek, space-saving design with an 8" HD TFT touch panel. The oven has dual impingement technology for the quick browning and crisping of both sides of food, as well as two magnetrons for faster heating and stable power output. The inverter technology also enables the oven to cook food quickly and uniformly while saving energy.
As the company's first commercial microwave with a built-in scanner for ease of use, the Midea Scan&Go™ microwave reduces the workload of employees and saves users' time in the retail business. The cooking time and power settings for various food can be pre-programmed on a computer, which generates a QR code that contains the cooking instructions. By scanning the QR code, the cooking instructions will be transferred to the Scan&Go™ microwave. Once programmed, users can simply scan the food's barcode with the Scan&Go™ microwave's built-in scanner and place the food into the microwave oven to cook without requiring to manually set the power level and time as they normally do. The Scan&Go™ microwave provides auto programming for 100 recipes to cover the majority of usage scenarios.
Midea offers a broad range of commercial ovens to satisfy every food service need for various locations such as supermarkets, quick-service restaurants, convenience stores, coffee shops, hospitals, railway stations, schools, stadiums, cruise lines, and more.
To place an order, please visit: www.midea.com/us/commercial-kitchen or contact Rex Ou, Head of Midea Commercial Kitchen Sales and Kenneth Megarr, R&D Culinary Applications Chef/Product Manager of Midea America. Contact information can be found on the bottom.
About Midea Commercial Kitchen Appliances
Since producing its first microwave in 1999, Midea has grown to become the World's No.1 Small Cooking Appliances Brand*. The Midea Microwave & Cleaning Appliances Division (MCA) integrates a range of activities from R&D through production and marketing, with a staff of 9,000. MCA boasts a complete microwave oven industry chain, as well as one of the largest microwave oven manufacturing bases in the world.
*Source Euromonitor International (Shanghai) Limited; Consumer Appliances 22ed, retail volume sales in units, 2021 data
Midea Group
Midea Group, with its credo 'humanizing technology' and an annual revenue of more than USD 53.26 billion in 2021, is a leading global high-technology company ranked #288 at 2021's Global Fortune 500.
Midea Group's business goes beyond home appliances and comprises of five business pillars: Smart Home, Electro-Mechanical, HVAC & Building Technologies, Robotics & Automation, as well as Digital Innovation.
Within the smart home division Midea Group's main global brands a holistic home appliances product portfolio are Toshiba (premium), Midea (mass market), Comfee' (young & trendy), besides specialized brands like eureka (premium floor care) and MasterKitchen (premium kitchen & built-in).
Midea Group's strong commitment to R&D has resulted in more than 62.000 authorized patents to-date. Over 150.000 employees in 28 worldwide innovation and 34 production centers develop, manufacture, and distribute products in more than 200 countries.
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- Shah will be focused on building out the supply chain infrastructure for cell feed components and scaling manufacturing to commercial scale
- Shah brings 25 years of experience, including previous roles as Senior Vice President of Product & Operations at Impossible Foods and Chief Operations Officer at Verifone
BERKELEY, Calif., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UPSIDE Foods, the leading company in the cultivated meat, poultry and seafood industry, has announced the appointment of Sheetal Shah as Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Manufacturing. This news comes on the heels of UPSIDE announcing its record-breaking $400 million Series C round that enables the company to unlock the industry's biggest opportunities around scale, supply chain, and consumer adoption.
Shah is joining UPSIDE as the company approaches commercialization and scales production. He will lead the development of UPSIDE's supply chain and strategic sourcing for cell feed and other critical inputs that will reduce costs and enable scale. Shah will also oversee UPSIDE's production facilities – including its existing Engineering, Production and Innovation Center (EPIC) and future larger-scale commercial facilities – and quality functions.
Prior to UPSIDE Foods, Shah served as Senior Vice President of Product & Operations at Impossible Foods, where he managed the supply chain through a period of global turbulence during the COVID-19 pandemic, expanded the product portfolio, enabled retail expansion globally and unlocked manufacturing capacity. He was also formerly the Chief Operations Officer at Verifone, where he managed global supply chains through periods of hypergrowth. Before that, Shah was the Chief Procurement Officer at Google's Motorola division, where he was responsible for end-to-end global supplier management. Shah started his career at Motorola as a DSP software engineer and holds multiple patents in the areas of speech recognition and audio processing.
"Sheetal has everything it takes to be an UPSIDER: a deep commitment to making our favorite foods a force for good, a proven track record of solving seemingly intractable challenges and a passion for human health, animal welfare and the environment," said Dr. Uma Valeti, CEO and Founder of UPSIDE Foods. "I am thrilled to welcome Sheetal to the team as we unlock some of the most critical opportunities for the cultivated meat industry."
UPSIDE Foods recently announced the close of a $400 million Series C funding round, the largest in the industry to date, placing its valuation at over $1 billion. The funding enables UPSIDE to build its commercial-scale facility, develop the supply chain for cell feed and other inputs and invest in consumer education. It will also be used to commercialize UPSIDE's first product – real chicken, grown directly from animal cells – pending regulatory review.
"I'm absolutely thrilled to be joining UPSIDE Foods at such an exciting inflection point. Cultivated meat will transform our food system for the better, and UPSIDE is the clear industry leader," said Sheetal Shah. "Developing a reliable supply chain for making cultivated meat at scale is one of the greatest opportunities for the planet."
Over the past year, the company has rebranded from Memphis Meats to UPSIDE Foods, announced chicken as its first consumer product, partnered with three-Michelin starred chef Dominique Crenn, developed a cell feed that's completely free of animal components, acquired cultivated seafood company Cultured Decadence, and opened its Engineering, Production and Innovation Center (EPIC)—the most advanced production facility and innovation center for cultivated meat in the world.
About UPSIDE Foods
Based in Berkeley, CA, UPSIDE Foods (formerly known as Memphis Meats) is developing a way to grow real meat, poultry and seafood directly from animal cells, without the need to raise and slaughter animals. These products are not vegetarian, plant-based or meat alternatives -- they are real meat, made without the animal. Founded as the world's first cultivated meat company in 2015, UPSIDE Foods has achieved numerous industry-defining milestones, including being the first company to produce multiple species of meat (beef, chicken and duck). The company believes that people shouldn't have to choose between the foods they love and a thriving planet, and is working to build a better food system where everybody has access to delicious, humane, and sustainable meat. UPSIDE Foods has won various industry awards, including New York Times' Good Tech Awards, FastCo's Next Big Thing in Tech, and the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation by the National Association for Business Resources. UPSIDE Foods has raised a total of $608 million. For more information, please visit www.upsidefoods.com.
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NAPERVILLE, Ill., Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Track Group, Inc. (OTCQX: TRCK), a global leader in offender tracking and monitoring services, today announced financial results for its third quarter ended June 30, 2022 ("Q3 FY22"). In Q3 FY22, the Company posted (i) total revenue of $9.0 million, compared to total revenue for the third quarter ended June 30, 2022 ("Q3 FY21") of $10.3 million; (ii) operating loss of ($0.53 million) compared to Q3 FY21 operating income of $1.3M; and (iii) net loss attributable to common shareholders of ($3.6 million) in Q3 FY22 compared to net income of $1.2 million in Q3 FY21.
"Although a reinvestment in our technology and infrastructure, coupled with supply chain constraints brought on by the pandemic continued to put a damper on our financial results for the third quarter ended June 30, 2022, we anticipate the realization of several preempted strategies in the next sixty to one hundred twenty days which would enable us to increase the manufacturing of new devices, commence implementation of recently awarded programs and support customer growth and demands into FY23," said Derek Cassell, Track Group's CEO.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
- Total revenue of $9.0 million in Q3 FY22 was down compared to Q3 FY21 total revenue of $10.3 million. Revenue for the 9 months ended June 30, 2022 ("9M FY22") of $28.1 million was also down approximately 5% compared to revenue of $29.6 million for the 9 months ended June 30, 2021 ("9M FY21") as declines in North America monitoring revenue was offset by increases in both monitoring and product sales among international customers. Revenues are expected to rebound as fulfilled orders from strategic supply chain deliveries resume over the next two quarters.
- Gross profit in Q3 FY22 was $4.0 million compared to Q3 FY21 gross profit of $5.6 million. Gross profit for the 9M FY22 was $13.3 million compared to gross profit of $16.3 million for 9M FY21, principally due to the decline in revenue, and an increase in certain expenses including higher depreciation and amortization, server, device repair and telecommunication expenses.
- Adjusted EBITDA for the Q3 FY22 was $1.3 million, compared to $2.8 million for Q3 FY21. Adjusted EBITDA for 9M FY22 was $5.3 million compared to the Adjusted EBITDA for 9M FY21 of $8.3 million. As a percentage of revenue, adjusted EBITDA continues to remain strong at 18.8%, for the 9M FY22 compared to 28.2% for the 9M FY21.
- As of June 30, 2022, the cash balance was down to $4.9 million compared to $8.4 million on September 30, 2021. The reduction in cash from September 30, 2021, reflects continued significant capital investments made by the Company of approximately $3.0 million in the 9M FY22 to build additional monitoring devices, update software, and develop next-generation tracking technology.
- Total operating expense for Q3 FY22 of $4.5 million was up 4% versus Q3 FY21's total operating expense of $4.3 million, principally due to an increase in travel, tradeshow, payroll and insurance expenses offset by a reduction in bad debt expense. When combined with the reduction in gross profit, the increase in quarterly operating expense led to an operating loss in Q3 FY22 of $0.5 million compared to operating income of $1.3 million for Q3 FY21. Similarly, for the 9M FY22, operating income was less than $0.1 million compared to operating income of $4.4 million for the 9M FY21 due to the reduction in gross profit and the increase in operating expense.
- The Net loss attributable to common shareholders in Q3 FY22 was $3.6 million compared to Net income attributable to common shareholders of $1.2 million in Q3 FY21. Similarly, the Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the 9M FY22 was $3.5 million, compared to net income of $4.7 million for the 9M FY21, a change principally attributable to the reduction in Other Income to a loss position caused by the drop in operating income, a currency exchange loss and the swing from the forgiveness of the PPP loan one year ago to a legal settlement during the period.
Business Outlook
The extent to which supply chain delays, the Coronavirus, and the transition to 4G/LTE telecommunications technology impact our future operations will depend on numerous factors that we cannot accurately predict. However, we will not match our results for the fiscal year ended September 2021 ("FY21") in the upcoming year ending September 30, 2022 ("FY22"). Despite these short-term challenges faced by companies worldwide, Track Group remains confident that our continued focus on strategic adaptation, and growth, which evidenced success in FY21, will allow us to be well-positioned for a return to growth in FY23.
About Track Group, Inc.
Track Group designs, manufactures, and markets location tracking devices and develops and sells a variety of related software, services, accessories, networking solutions, and monitoring applications. The Company's products and services are designed to empower professionals in security, law enforcement, corrections, and rehabilitation organizations worldwide with single-sourced offender management solutions that integrate reliable intervention technologies to support re-socialization and monitoring initiatives.
The Company currently trades under the ticker symbol "TRCK" on the OTCQX exchange. For more information, visit www.trackgrp.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this document that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "forecast," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "predict," "if", "should" and "will" and similar expressions as they relate to Track Group, Inc., and subsidiaries ("Track Group") are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are only predictions and reflect Track Group's current beliefs and expectations with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties and subject to change at any time. Track Group may from time-to-time update these publicly announced projections, but it is not obligated to do so. Any projections of future results of operations should not be construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in fact occur. These projections are subject to change and could differ materially from final reported results. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, see "Risk Factors" in Track Group's annual report on Form 10-K, its quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and its other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. New risks emerge from time to time. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release includes financial measures defined as "non-GAAP financial measures" by the Securities and Exchange Commission including non-GAAP EBITDA. These measures may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The presentation of this
financial information, which is not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures are based on the financial figures for the respective period.
Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA excludes items including but not limited to interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, impairment charges, gains and losses, currency effects, one-time charges or benefits that are not indicative of operations, charges to consolidate, integrate or consider recently acquired businesses, costs of closing facilities, stock based or other non-cash compensation or other stated cash and non-cash charges (the "Adjustments").
The Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide useful information to both management and investors when factoring in the Adjustments. Specific disclosure regarding the Company's financial results, including management's analysis of results from operations and financial condition, are contained in the Company's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2021, and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Investors are encouraged to carefully read and consider such disclosure and analysis contained in the Company's Form 10-K and other reports, including the risk factors contained in such Form 10-K.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE American: EQX) ("Equinox Gold" or the "Company") announces that Christian Milau will be leaving Equinox Gold to pursue a new opportunity in the global carbon finance industry. Equinox Gold's Board of Directors has unanimously appointed Greg Smith to succeed Christian as Chief Executive Officer and a Director of Equinox Gold.
Ross Beaty, Chair of Equinox Gold, commented: "Greg Smith has been President of Equinox Gold since we founded the Company in 2017 and has always been considered the designated successor when Christian retired. Greg brings the right corporate knowledge, industry experience and skill set to effectively manage current operations and advance our long-term strategy. He has the full support of the Board and the executive team, and I look forward to working with him as we focus on achieving our vision of being the premier Americas million-ounce gold producer.
"On behalf of the Board, I thank Christian for his leadership over the last six years. Christian has led the team through two mergers and three acquisitions, growing the company from a single-asset developer to a diversified, multi-mine gold producer with one of the industry's strongest growth profiles. His commitment to responsible mining, collaborative relationships and providing meaningful benefits to both our workforce and our community partners leaves an enduring legacy that we will continue to uphold. We wish him the best of success in his new endeavour."
Greg Smith commented: "I am excited to take on a bigger role at Equinox Gold. With Greenstone construction progressing exceptionally well, seven gold mines and three promising expansion projects, Equinox Gold is well positioned to deliver continued growth. Christian has also built an excellent team of industry experts with a strong work ethic and a respectful, positive corporate culture. I look forward to building on that foundation and continuing Equinox Gold's growth into a large, sustainable gold-mining company."
Christian Milau commented: "It has been my privilege to serve as Equinox Gold's CEO for the last six years. I am incredibly proud of what Equinox Gold has achieved so far, thanks to the dedication of a talented, hard-working team and the vision and support from Ross and our Board. Together we have created a solid company that operates with integrity. I remain a supportive shareholder and am confident that Equinox Gold will achieve its long-term goals."
Greg Smith will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and Director of Equinox Gold on September 1, 2022. Greg is a founding shareholder and executive of Equinox Gold and previously held executive roles at Goldcorp, Minefinders and Esperanza Resources. He is a Canadian Chartered Professional Accountant.
Equinox Gold Contacts
Christian Milau, Chief Executive Officer
Greg Smith, President
Rhylin Bailie, Vice President, Investor Relations
Tel: +1 604-558-0560
Email: ir@equinoxgold.com
Equinox Gold is a Canadian mining company operating entirely in the Americas, with six operating gold mines, a mine in commissioning, and a clear path to achieve more than one million ounces of annual gold production from a pipeline of development and expansion projects. Equinox Gold's common shares are listed on the TSX and the NYSE American under the trading symbol EQX. Further information about Equinox Gold's portfolio of assets and long-term growth strategy is available at www.equinoxgold.com or by email at ir@equinoxgold.com.
This news release contains certain forward-looking information and forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information in this news release relate to, among other things: the successful transition of the CEO role, the strategic vision for the Company and expectations regarding production capabilities and future financial or operational performance; and the Company's ability to successfully advance its growth and development projects, including the construction of Greenstone and the expansions at Los Filos, Castle Mountain and Aurizona. Forward-looking statements or information generally identified by words such as "will", "continue", "advance", "achieve", "deliver", "promising" and similar expressions and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results "will", "may", "could", or "should", or the negative connotation of such terms, are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. Although Equinox Gold believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements and information are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements since Equinox Gold can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Equinox Gold has based these forward-looking statements and information on Equinox Gold's current expectations and projections about future events and these assumptions include: the Company's ability to achieve the exploration, production, cost and development expectations for its respective operations and projects; prices for gold remaining as estimated; currency exchange rates remaining as estimated; availability of funds for the Company's projects and future cash requirements; prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services; construction of Greenstone being completed and performed in accordance with current expectations; and expansion projects at Los Filos, Castle Mountain and Aurizona being completed and performed in accordance with current expectations. While Equinox Gold considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available, they may prove to be incorrect. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on the forward-looking statements or information contained in this news release.
Equinox Gold cautions that forward-looking statements and information involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release and Equinox Gold has made assumptions and estimates based on or related to many of these factors. Such factors include, without limitation: fluctuations in gold prices; fluctuations in prices for energy inputs, labour, materials, supplies and services; fluctuations in currency markets; operational risks and hazards inherent with the business of mining (including environmental accidents and hazards, industrial accidents, equipment breakdown, unusual or unexpected geological or structural formations, cave-ins, flooding and severe weather); inadequate insurance, or inability to obtain insurance to cover these risks and hazards; employee relations; relationships with, and claims by, local communities and indigenous populations; the Company's ability to obtain all necessary permits, licenses and regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all; changes in laws, regulations and government practices, including environmental and export and import laws and regulations; legal restrictions relating to mining; risks relating to expropriation; increased competition in the mining industry;; the ability of Equinox Gold to work productively with its joint venture partner and Indigenous partners at Greenstone; and those factors identified in the section titled "Risks and Uncertainties" in Equinox Gold's MD&A dated March 23, 2022 for the year ended December 31, 2021, and in the section titled "Risks Related to the Business" in Equinox Gold's Annual Information Form dated March 24, 2022 for the year ended December 31, 2021, both of which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar. Forward-looking statements and information are designed to help readers understand management's views as of that time with respect to future events and speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required by applicable law, Equinox Gold assumes no obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any change to any forward-looking statement or information contained or incorporated by reference to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements and information. If Equinox Gold updates any one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that Equinox Gold will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements and information contained in this news release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
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“You had a bad day ...”
— Daniel Powter
Let me preface this by saying that, in this position, I have had the opportunity to meet and chat with probably way more city of Albany employees than the majority of the citizens of this community.
And I would offer the assessment that the overwhelming majority of city workers that I’ve met — from the administration to the department heads to the rank-and-file employees (you know, the ones who actually do the work) — are some of the most professional and courteous people I’ve met. (And, I’ll add as a personal caveat, that professionalism and courtesy has increased under City Manager Steven Carter, who has himself apparently set the tone for city workers.)
Ah, but you know there’s always got to be that one ... or two ... or three ...
I had an encounter recently with a city employee who was, in a word, rude. And, understanding that we all have our bad days, I actually tried to overlook the initial surliness, which surprised me, and turn our encounter in a more positive direction. Didn’t happen.
This person exhibited one of the least professional attitudes I have ever encountered. It was obvious the person either hated the job he/she was hired to do, or the training in customer service that I assume is a part of the process just did not take.
I understand that we sometimes mistake a person’s quiet or even aloof nature for “attitude,” but that was not the case here. The person was just down-right rude. (And, yes, people who know me, my frequent grumpiness can be a catalyst for such reaction, but — again — that was not the case here. I had a legitimate concern, took it to a person whose department should have been able to handle the concern, and the encounter left a very sour taste in my mouth.)
Sadly, this move toward unprofessionalism and less-than-stellar customer service is not limited to government employees. There is a general lack of just plain common decency among many employees at businesses in this region, a byproduct, I believe, of the sudden desperate need for workers to fill positions necessary for businesses to function. Employers, in some cases, are so happy to have a living, breathing body to fill a vacant position, they’re willing to overlook some of the shortcomings that their employees have in the customer service area.
I also believe young employees now seem to think they’re doing employers a favor by agreeing to work for them, and they have developed an almost adversarial air toward the customers who come in and, often, interrupt their texting time.
(SIDE NOTE: Yes, I’m a cantankerous cuss, but if I go into a business to spend my money and the person(s) who have been hired to help me with that purchase are engaged in texting, tweeting or even actually talking on their phones — some still do that — unless I’m there to pick up some absolutely got-to-have item that could be a matter of life, death or dismemberment, I’m going somewhere else.)
Back to that city of Albany employee. I hope whatever was bugging you the day that we had our encounter has been solved. I hope you realize that your rudeness and your unprofessionalism reflected not only upon yourself, it tainted folks up the ladder to your supervisor, your department head and all the way to the top.
And, yes, I’m just one person who caught you on a bad day, and if your assessment is that my assessment of you has little to no meaning in your life, I agree wholeheartedly. But one thing to consider: As a taxpayer, I am the person who pays your salary. And, trust me when I say this, if I had my say, you wouldn’t get another one of my dollars.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ACXP) ("Acurx" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of antibiotics for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements with a single healthcare-focused U.S. institutional investor and certain executives of the Company for the purchase and sale of an aggregate of 1,289,980 shares of its common stock (which includes 130,769 pre-funded warrants to purchase shares of its common stock being sold to the U.S. institutional investor) at a purchase price per share of $3.25 (or $3.2499 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share offering price for the common stock less the $0.0001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant) for the U.S. institutional investor and $3.80 per share for the Company's executives, pursuant to a registered direct offering. The Company has also agreed to issue to each investor, in a concurrent private placement, series A unregistered warrants (the "Series A Warrants") to purchase up to 1,289,980 shares of the Company's common stock and series B unregistered warrants (the "Series B Warrants") to purchase up to 1,289,980 shares of the Company's common stock. The Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants being sold to the U.S. institutional investor will each have an exercise price of $3.25 per share, will each be exercisable on the six-month anniversary of the issuance date and will expire five years from the date of initial exercisability and one year from the date of initial exercisability, respectively. The Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants being sold to the executives of the Company will each have an exercise price of $3.55 per share, will be exercisable on the six-month anniversary of the issuance date and will expire five years from the date of initial exercisability and one year from the date of initial exercisability, respectively.
The closing of the registered direct offering and the concurrent private placement is expected to occur on or about July 27, 2022, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The gross proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $4.225 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes.
A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners is acting as lead placement agent and Maxim Group LLC is acting as co-placement agent for the offering and the concurrent private placement.
The offering of the common stock and pre-funded warrants is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-265956) previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). A prospectus supplement describing the terms of the proposed offering will be filed with the SEC and will be available on the SEC's website located at http://www.sec.gov. Electronic copies of the prospectus supplement may be obtained, when available, from A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, 590 Madison Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10022, or by telephone at (212) 624-2060, or by email at prospectus@allianceg.com, or from Maxim Group LLC, 300 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Syndicate Department, or via email at syndicate@maximgrp.com or telephone at (212) 895-3745.
The Series A Warrants and Series B Warrants described above are being issued in a concurrent private placement under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), and Regulation D promulgated thereunder and, along with the common stock underlying such warrants, have not been registered under the Act, or applicable state securities laws. Accordingly, such warrants and underlying common stock may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an effective registration statement or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Act and such applicable state securities laws.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Acurx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Acurx Pharmaceuticals is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new antibiotics for difficult to treat infections. The Company's approach is to develop antibiotic candidates that target the DNA polymerase IIIC enzyme and its R&D pipeline includes antibiotic product candidates that target Gram-positive bacteria, including Clostridioides difficile, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae (DRSP).
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release include "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "estimate," "intend," "may," "will," or the negative of those terms, and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties including, among other things, the completion of the offering, the satisfaction of customary closing conditions related to the offering, the intended use of proceeds from the offering and the uncertain impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on our business, including with respect to our clinical trials.
These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and beliefs and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, risks associated with the Company's development work, including any delays or changes to the timing, cost and success of our product development activities and clinical trials, and other uncertainties affecting the Company described in the "Risk Factors" section and in other sections included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and in our Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission. Given those uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. All subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements or outlook or guidance after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required by applicable law.
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LAS VEGAS, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) (the "Company"), a leading provider of high-quality single-family homes for rent, announced today that members of the Company's management team will participate in a roundtable discussion during the BofA Securities 2022 Global Real Estate Conference (the "Conference") taking place September 13-14, 2022.
The Company's roundtable discussion will begin at 12:40 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. A live audio webcast will be available on the Company's website at www.americanhomes4rent.com under "Investor relations." A replay of the webcast will be available through September 28, 2022.
About American Homes 4 Rent
American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) is a leading single-family property owner, leasing operator, and build-to-rent developer. Recent achievements include being named a 2022 Great Place to Work®, a 2022 Top U.S. Homebuilder by Builder100, one of America's Most Responsible Companies 2022 and America's Most Trusted Companies 2022 by Newsweek and Statista, and a Top ESG Regional Performer by Sustainalytics. We are an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring, developing, renovating, leasing, and managing homes as rental properties. As of June 30, 2022, we owned 58,715 single-family properties in selected submarkets in 22 states.
Additional information about American Homes 4 Rent is available on our website at http://www.americanhomes4rent.com.
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Nicholas Fromm
Phone: (855) 794-2447
Email: investors@ah4r.com
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When former President Donald Trump took the stage before a crowd of more than 5,000 young conservative activists in Tampa this weekend, he received the rock star’s welcome he’s grown accustomed to over the seven years in which he’s reshaped the Republican Party.
One night earlier, it was Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis who had the crowd on its feet as he headlined the day’s program at Turning Point USA’s annual Student Action Summit.
“To be honest, it’s like choosing between your favorite child,” said Leo Milik, 19, who lives in Barrington, Illinois, when asked whom he’d like to see as the party’s next nominee.
Milik, wearing a “Trump was Right” baseball cap, said both Republicans “have their pros, they have their cons.” For now, he said, he’s leaning toward Trump.
That sentiment reflects the soul searching underway inside the GOP as an invisible primary for the 2024 presidential nomination begins to take shape, dominated at least for the moment by Trump and DeSantis.
There’s little doubt that Trump is moving closer to announcing a third presidential campaign. But there’s genuine debate over whether he’s the party’s best candidate to take on President Joe Biden, who is otherwise seen as a vulnerable incumbent heading into the next campaign, weighed down by soaring inflation, sinking popularity and questions about his capacity to manage the U.S. into his 80s.
This summer’s hearings by the House committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection have only amplified the GOP’s anxiety about Trump. A pair of weekend editorials in the New York Post and Wall Street Journal — publications owned by the often Trump-friendly Rupert Murdoch — underscored the impact, castigating the former president for refusing to call off the mob of his supporters as they stormed the U.S. Capitol to halt the peaceful transfer of power.
“As a matter of principle, as a matter of character, Trump has proven himself unworthy to be this country’s chief executive again,” wrote the New York Post.
But inside the Tampa Convention Center, mentions of Jan. 6 elicited cheers as a who’s who of Trump’s “MAGA movement” took the stage in a room that had the feel of a Las Vegas nightclub.
Young attendees dressed in sparkly heels and candy-colored cowboy boots danced under laser lights to a DJ before the program began. Speakers were introduced with WWE-style videos, elaborate pyrotechnics and smoke displays. Throughout the venue, ring lights were placed strategically in front of logoed backdrops for flattering photo ops. Outside, a small group of neo-Nazis briefly waved swastika flags.
The top draw was Trump, who again teased his future plans.
“I ran twice. I won twice and did much better the second time … and now we may just have to do it again,” he said to thundering cheers and chants of “Take it back!”
During his speech, Trump appeared intent to address criticism from some corners of the party that he is too focused on relitigating the 2020 election, telling the crowd he wanted to talk about “some of the really big issues.” But he quickly returned to familiar grievances, labeling himself the most persecuted politician in the nation’s history as he inched ever closer to announcing a run.
“If I renounced my beliefs, if I agreed to stay silent, if I stayed home, if I announced that I was not going to run for office, the persecution of Donald Trump would immediately stop,” he said. “But that’s what they want me to do. And you know what? There’s no chance I do that.”
DeSantis, who often insists he is focused solely on reelection as governor, headlined Friday night’s program in an appearance that strongly suggested his ambitions extend beyond the state.
He welcomed the crowd to the “free state of Florida” and highlighted the anti-COVID mitigation policies that made him a conservative hero during the height of the pandemic. And he bragged about his efforts to bar discussions of race and sexual orientation in Florida classrooms, as well as his battles with Disney.
“We’ve accomplished an awful lot in the state of Florida. But we have only begun to fight,” he said. “Because we are on a mission to keep the state of Florida free and to save our great country.”
An unscientific straw poll of attendees at the event found that 78.7% would vote for Trump in a GOP primary, with DeSantis coming in second with 19%. No other potential candidate came in above 1 percent.
And many were indeed all in on a Trump 2024 run.
“I love the idea, I absolutely do,” said Ryan Malone, 33, who recently moved from New York to Florida. While he is a big fan of DeSantis, he argued that Trump is best positioned to turn the country around from what he sees as Biden’s litany of failures.
“I think that he would get more done,” he said. “Again, I love DeSantis, he’s my 1A, right? But I do think that if we’re going to get out of this miserable period that we’re in, Trump is the guy to get us out of this hole.”
Still, he worried about what might happen if the two were to run against each other in a GOP primary.
“I wouldn’t want to see there be bad blood between the person who’s, like, the true leader of our party and then the person who’s, you know, the second coming,” he said.
But his wife, Dr. Mariuxi Viteri Malone, 33, is eager for DeSantis to run. As an immigrant from Ecuador, she said she was offended by Trump’s rhetoric toward Hispanics.
“Be nice!” he said. “That’s all you need to do.”
Others were more strategic in their thinking.
Cameron Lilly, 29, said that he personally likes DeSantis better than Trump, but nonetheless thinks another Trump run makes sense for the party.
“I think Ron DeSantis right now is wasting the one more chance that Trump has,” said Lilly, who works for a defense contractor in Annapolis, Maryland. “I like DeSantis even a little bit more. But I think if we want to have consistent conservatives in the White House, one more Trump term, DeSantis as vice president, and then potentially one or two more terms. That’s the way to keep conservatives in the White House for more years.”
Steven Dykstra, 22, had another reason.
“As much as I want DeSantis to be the president — he would make a great president — I want him to stay in Florida,” said Dykstra, who attends Pasco-Hernando State College. “If he were to run in 2024, he wouldn’t be our governor. He’s been a great governor. I think he should stay.”
Orlando sisters Sydney and Janae Kinne, who go by “The Patriot Sisters” online, said they were fans of both Trump and DeSantis, but don’t expect either to run in 2024.
“I would still vote for him. We’re still there. But I would like to see him in a different seat this year,” said Janae, 23, of Trump. “If he runs, I mean, we’re going to be on the street rooting for him anyways. But we’d like to see him start to raise up other people who have the same mentality.”
Sydney, 21, said she was looking for an alternative, but wasn’t sure who.
“That’s the question of the hour,” she said. “Right now what we need is someone that, yes, is strong, they’re strong-willed, but someone that’s a little more kind of rallying everyone together.”
But Zachary Roberson, 22, said that, if he ever had to choose between Trump and DeSantis, he’d pick the Florida governor.
“He seems like a more refined version of Trump. So I’m hoping he runs for president,” said Roberson, a student at Florida Gulf Coast University.
As for Trump, Roberson suggested: “You can run for governor here in Florida.”
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Three Highly Lauded and Previously Unreleased Bob Marley & The Wailers Concerts From London's Rainbow Theatre To Be Released On June 3, 10, And 17
Revised Exodus: Deluxe Edition Releasing June 24
'Legacy' YouTube Series Wins 2022 Webby Award For Episode Eight - "Rebel Music"
LOS ANGELES, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning today and throughout June, The Marley Family, Island Records, and UMe mark the 45th anniversary of Exodus – named the "Best Album of the 20th Century" by Time magazine in 1999 – with the digital premiere of three of the four nights from Bob Marley & the Wailers' historic run at London's Rainbow Theatre and a consolidated, revised digital Exodus: Deluxe Edition.
Following an assassination attempt in Kingston, Jamaica, in December 1976, Bob Marley and his band moved to London – in "exodus" from their home country – and recorded tracks for what became both the Exodus and Kaya albums. Marley's Exodus, featuring the timeless tracks "Jamming," "Three Little Birds," "One Love/People Get Ready," and the epic title song, came first, which led to early positive reviews, ten early dates around Western Europe and shows at the Rainbow Theatre in London's Finsbury Park during release week. But an injury to Bob led to the abrupt cancellation of the rest of the Exodus tour, including expected U.S. breakthrough shows scheduled for late summer, leaving June 1-2-3-4 the final performances by the Wailers that year.
"London was one of Daddy's favorite places to be; it's the city where his songwriting and creativity thrived. The Exodus album and his shows at The Rainbow are incredible examples of that. I'm so excited that his fans will finally be able to hear all four shows, in their entirety, the way they were meant to be heard, for generations to come." - Cedella Marley
A select number of tracks from each of the four nights of the Live at the Rainbow recordings have been included on previously released Deluxe Editions of Exodus, and audio and video of the full concert on June 4 was released during the year-long 75th Birthday Celebration, #Marley75, in 2020. Most of the legendary performances from the previous three nights, however, feature slightly different setlists – as well as alternate arrangements – that have never been heard until now. Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at the Rainbow: 1st June 1977 will debut June 3, the exact 45th anniversary of the original album's release; Live at the Rainbow: 2nd June 1977 will follow on June 10; and Live at the Rainbow: 3rd June 1977 will conclude the series on June 17. Across the three dates are 29 previously unreleased performances combined – that's more than ¾ of the shows. Listen to Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at the Rainbow: 1st June 1977 now HERE.
To round out the 45th Anniversary celebration, a revised and newly remastered Exodus: Deluxe Edition will also be released digitally on June 24. The Deluxe Edition features the ten original tracks from the album, plus 18 Singles & Sessions tracks; 13 of them are culled from two previous Deluxe Editions and adds previously unreleased tracks "Natural Mystic (Alternate Version)," and "The Heathen (Alternate Version)," and the rare 7-inch versions of "Exodus," "Jamming" and "Punky Reggae Party,' the original B-side to "Jamming." In addition to the unreleased tracks, the last two cuts were previously unavailable at all streaming services. Closing the deluxe are two additional bonus tracks: the edited live versions of "So Much Things To Say" from the June 1st show, previously released on the Deluxe Edition of Exodus 40 – The Movement Continues in 2017, and "Exodus," the finale from the Rainbow's June 2nd set, previously featured on the album's 2001 Deluxe Edition. Each performance is otherwise presented unedited within their respective live set. Click HERE to preorder Bob Marley & The Wailers – Exodus: Deluxe Edition. To listen to Bob Marley & the Wailers' Exodus: Deluxe Edition beginning June 24, click HERE.
In other news, Bob Marley: Legacy Episode Eight - "Rebel Music" recently received the Webby Award for the outstanding Video in Music category. The Webby Awards recognize the year's best of the internet, featuring websites, podcasts, apps, and other internet services, and the 26th Annual Webby Awards was the biggest in history, with more than 14,000 entries from over 70 countries and nearly 2 million votes cast by nearly 500,000 users. Bob Marley: Legacy, an ongoing mini-documentary series, features a collection of intimate conversations and interviews with his family, friends, and fans, woven together with his original music, remixes, and covers. Episode Eight - "Rebel Music" presents a global conversation about the importance of Bob Marley's work as a political and social activist and explores what Bob Marley fought for, who he influenced and why. This unique YouTube series provides fans a refreshing and cinematic journey through the life, legacy, and relevance Bob Marley still holds in this present day. Bob Marley: Legacy Episodes 1-9 are available on Bob Marley's official YouTube page. Watch Bob Marley: Legacy HERE
Exodus 45th Anniversary Track Lists:
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Live at the Rainbow: 1st June 1977
Listen to Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at the Rainbow: 1st June 1977 now HERE
1. Natural Mystic (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 5:10 *
2. So Much Things To Say (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 6:14
3. Guiltiness (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 7:27 *
4. The Heathen (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 8:06
5. I Shot the Sheriff (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 5:32 *
6. War/No More Trouble (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 9:55
7. Positive Vibration (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 5:32*
8. No Woman, No Cry (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 6:06
9. Lively Up Yourself (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 14:09
ENCORE
10. Jamming (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 7:56
11. Get Up, Stand Up (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 8:15
12. Exodus (Live at the Rainbow, June 1, 1977) 16:18
All tracks PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED except * issued on Exodus 40 - The Movement Continues: Deluxe Edition
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Live at the Rainbow: 2nd June 1977
Listen to Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at the Rainbow: 2nd June 1977 beginning June 10, HERE
1. Rebel Music (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 5:46
2. Burnin' and Lootin' (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 5:11
3. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 3:29
4. The Heathen (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 4:58
5. I Shot the Sheriff (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 4:46
6. Crazy Baldhead/Running Away (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 6:05
7. War/No More Trouble (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 7:44 **
8. No Woman, No Cry (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 7:53
9. Lively Up Yourself (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 9:41
ENCORE
10. Jamming (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 7:06 **
11. Get Up, Stand Up (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 7:26
12. Exodus (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977) 12:55
All tracks PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED except ** issued on Exodus: Deluxe Edition
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Live at the Rainbow: 3rd June 1977
Listen to Bob Marley & The Wailers Live at the Rainbow: 3rd June 1977 beginning June 17, HERE
1. Trenchtown Rock (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 5:48
2. Rebel Music (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 5:05
3. Burnin' and Lootin' (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 6:15 ***
4. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 4:15
5. The Heathen (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 5:21
6. I Shot the Sheriff (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 4:50
7. War/No More Trouble (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 9:14
8. Crazy Baldhead/Running Away (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 7:09
9. No Woman, No Cry (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 7:41
10. Lively Up Yourself (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 9:04
ENCORE
11. Jamming (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 6:24 ***
12. Get Up, Stand Up (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 7:30
13. Exodus (Live at the Rainbow, June 3, 1977) 11:35 ***
All tracks PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED except *** issued on Exodus 40 - The Movement Continues: Deluxe Edition
Bob Marley & The Wailers
Exodus: Deluxe Edition
Listen to Bob Marley & The Wailers Exodus: Deluxe Edition beginning June 24, HERE
ORIGINAL LP
1. Natural Mystic 3:27
2. So Much Things To Say 3:08
3. Guiltiness 3:20
4. The Heathen 2:32
5. Exodus 7:40
6. Jamming 3:32
7. Waiting In Vain 4:03
8. Turn Your Lights Down Low 3:40
9. Three Little Birds 3:01
10. One Love / People Get Ready 2:52
SINGLES & SESSIONS
1. Natural Mystic (Alternate Version) 3:35 previously unreleased ^
2. The Heathen (Alternate Version) 2:24 previously unreleased ^
3. Exodus (7") 3:59
4. Exodus (Version) 3:08
5. Jamming (7") 3:18 ^
6. Jamming (12") 5:52
7. Jamming (Dub) 3:04
8. Punky Reggae Party (7" B-side) 4:25 ^
9. Punky Reggae Party (12" B-side) 6:50
10. Punky Reggae Party (12") 9:18
11. Punky Reggae Party (12" Dub) 8:48
12. Waiting In Vain (Advert Mix) 3:59
13. Waiting In Vain (Alternate Version) 4:44
14. Roots (7" B-side) 3:43
15. Three Little Birds (Alternate Mix) 2:58
16. Keep On Moving 6:25
17. Keep On Moving (Dub) 7:15
18. Exodus LP Radio Ad 1:07
19. So Much Things To Say (Live at the Rainbow, June 1 1977 - edit) 4:25
20. Exodus (Live at the Rainbow, June 2, 1977 - edit) 11:46
^NEW TO STREAMING
ABOUT BOB MARLEY
Bob Marley, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, is notable not only as the man who put reggae on the global map but as a statesman in his native Jamaica, he famously brought together the country's warring factions. Today, Bob Marley remains one of the 20th century's most important and influential entertainment icons. Marley's lifestyle and music continue to inspire new generations as his legacy lives on through his music. In the digital era, he has the second-highest social media following of any posthumous celebrity. The official Bob Marley Facebook page draws more than 74 million fans, ranking it among the Top 20 of all Facebook pages and Top 10 among celebrity pages. Marley's music catalog has sold millions of albums worldwide. His iconic collection LEGEND holds the distinction of being the longest-charting album in the history of Billboard magazine's Catalog Albums chart and remains the world's best-selling reggae album. Marley's accolades include inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1994) and ASCAP Songwriters Hall of Fame (2010), a GRAMMY® Lifetime Achievement Award (2001), multiple entries in the GRAMMY® Hall Of Fame, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2001). For more information, visit bobmarley.com and facebook.com/bobmarley.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Wells Fargo & Company ("Wells Fargo" or the "Company") (NYSE: WFC).
Class Period: February 24, 2021 – June 9, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 29, 2022
If you are a shareholder who suffered a loss, click here to participate.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (2) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (3) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (4) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
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To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Frank R. Cruz, of The Law Offices of Frank R. Cruz, 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100, Los Angeles, California 90067 at 310-914-5007, by email to info@frankcruzlaw.com, or visit our website at www.frankcruzlaw.com. If you inquire by email please include your mailing address, telephone number, and number of shares purchased.
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Paramount sued over ‘Top Gun’ copyright
(Gray News) - “Top Gun: Maverick” is at the top of the domestic box office for the second week in a row, and the family whose story inspired the original film wants a piece of that action.
They’re suing Paramount studios for copyright infringement.
The movie was supposed to come out July 2019, and the heirs to Ehud Yonay’s 1983 article “Top Guns,” which inspired the 1986 film, said Paramount had the rights to the story until January 2020.
According to NPR, in 2018 Ehud Yonay’s widow and son exercised their right to recover the copyright to the story, which would go into effect in 2020.
However, the Yonays say production didn’t wrap until May 2021, well after the studio knew it no longer had the rights to the source material.
Now they want to be compensated.
Paramount has countered their claim by denying the latest film was “obviously derivative” from Yonay’s article and stating the film was practically completed by January 2020, according to NPR.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Fineqia International Inc. (the "Company" or "Fineqia") (CSE: FNQ) (OTC: FNQQF) (Frankfurt: FNQA) is pleased to announce the purchase of the Fineqia platform ("platform") from Nivaura Ltd. The acquisition includes the software code and associated intellectual property of the fintech platform, which enables the placement of debt and equity instruments.
Nivaura is a U.K.-based blockchain company that has also delivered solutions to the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Singapore's DBX Bank. Fineqia is a shareholder in Nivaura Ltd and signed the agreement in Feb. 2021 to purchase the software on an exclusive perpetual royalty free licence basis. The transfer of the IP was undertaken over the past few months and completed this month.
The platform incorporates vital functionalities such as price discovery, subscriptions, redemptions, risk management, marketing, back-office processes, and the scheduling of transactions. The platform can connect to the Ethereum blockchain to interact and execute smart contracts to record transaction details.
"IP ownership enables us to potentially do more in both TradFi (traditional finance) and the decentralized web 3.0," said Fineqia's CEO Bundeep Singh Rangar. "With a proprietary platform, we get more flexibility to change to rapidly evolving market requirements."
The acquisition is in line with the Company's strategy to invest in or acquire companies or technologies developing and propagating blockchain-based financial solutions that are adjunct to the Company's core business of placing debt and equity securities. The acquisition price represents less than 1% of Fineqia's market capitalisation.
In addition, the Company advises that Stephen McCann, the Company's long-time former Chief Financial Officer, has rejoined the Company as interim CFO. Cheryl Kong has resigned as CFO and a director of the Company. The Company thanks Ms. Kong for her contributions to the Company.
Fineqia International is a listed Canadian company, with its operations based in London, UK. Its shares trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) in Toronto, and it has quoted stock symbols in the US (OTC: FNQQF) and Europe (Frankfurt: FNQA). This parent company outlines the corporate governance, culture, processes and strategy for the company and its subsidiaries. Its activities include investments in a growing portfolio of blockchain and fintech companies and technologies worldwide.
For more information, visit www.fineqia.com
Over the last six years, Nivaura has taken a leading role in bringing efficiency to the primary markets, and through its active dialogue with regulators and capital markets participants, it has driven key innovations in digitalisation and automation. Nivaura is continuing to work with the industry to refine its fully flexible technology, which is an easily adaptable white-label solution for capital markets participants to configure seamless digital journeys for their clients. This also enables a bank's clients to try innovations in a controlled environment in parallel with modes of operating that they are accustomed to - for example issuing traditional and tokenised securities through a single and seamless digital platform.
Some statements in this release may contain forward-looking information (as defined under applicable Canadian securities laws) ("forward-looking statements"). All statements, other than of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that Fineqia (the "Company") believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future (including, without limitation, statements regarding potential acquisitions and financings) are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words "may", "will", "should", "continue", "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "believe", "intend", "plan" or "project" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict, that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, without limitation, the failure to obtain sufficient financing, and other risks disclosed in the Company's public disclosure record on file with the relevant securities regulatory authorities. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made except as may be required by applicable securities laws. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement except to the extent required by applicable securities laws.
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- Mean body weight loss of 9.6% and 9.0% in participants receiving 1.8 mg and 2.4 mg XW003 for 14 weeks, respectively
- Up to 72.4% of participants achieved weight loss of at least 5% at week 14
- XW003 was safe and well tolerated with gastrointestinal side effects as the most commonly reported adverse events
HANGZHOU, China and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sciwind Biosciences Co., Ltd., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease, today announced positive interim topline results from a 26-week Phase 1c/2a clinical trial of XW003 (Ecnoglutide) in overweight or obese Chinese adult volunteers. XW003 is a novel, long-lasting glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue that is being developed for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity.
The Phase 1c/2a trial, which is being conducted in China, includes non-diabetic overweight or obese adult subjects. The trial consists of two parts: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 14-week core treatment phase (week 1-14; Part A), followed by an open-label extension phase in which participants will receive the study drug for an additional 12 weeks (week 15-26; Part B). The interim analysis was conducted after all participants completed the core treatment phase (Part A).
Eligible participants included healthy, non-diabetic subjects with a body mass index (BMI) between 24.0 and 35.0 kg/m2. Sixty subjects participated in the trial and were randomized to receive either 1.8 mg or 2.4 mg of XW003 or placebo once weekly as subcutaneous injections. For the XW003 cohorts, participants started the study at 0.3 mg and then dose titrated to their final randomized dose of 1.8 mg or 2.4 mg. At baseline, participants had a mean body weight of 84.6 kg and BMI of 29.5 kg/m2.
After 14 weeks of treatment, participants receiving 1.8 mg and 2.4 mg XW003 achieved statistically significant mean body weight loss of 8.32 kg (9.6%) and 7.27 kg (9.0%), respectively, compared to 0.62 kg (0.9%) for those receiving placebo (P<0.0001). At the end of the 14-week treatment, 72.4% of participants in the 1.8 mg XW003 cohort and 66.7% in the 2.4 mg XW003 cohort had lost at least 5% of their body weight, compared to 20% in the placebo group. Weight loss over 10% was achieved in 34.5% and 28.6% of participants receiving 1.8 mg and 2.4 mg XW003, respectively, compared to 10% in the placebo group. XW003 showed statistically significant reductions in participants' waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio. Favorable trends were also observed in metabolic parameters, including fasting serum glucose, triglycerides, low-density lipoprotein, and HbA1c.
Summary of Week 14 Interim Results
*P<0.0001, versus placebo
Consistent with previous studies, XW003 was generally safe and well tolerated. There were no treatment-related serious adverse events (SAEs) or AEs that were grade 3 or higher. Treatment-related AEs were mild to moderate, with gastrointestinal side effects being the most commonly reported AEs. There were no discontinuations due to AEs related to the study drug.
"Adding to the positive results we released recently from the 20-week Phase 2 clinical trial of XW003 in type 2 diabetes patients in China, we are very pleased to see the strong effects of XW003 in reducing body weight in overweight and obese Chinese volunteers, as well as the confirmation of good safety and tolerability profiles in this Phase 1c/2a study. These results demonstrate significant weight loss and suggest XW003 has a strong potential in the treatment of obesity," said Hai Pan, PhD, founder and CEO of Sciwind. "Besides this Phase 1c/2a trial, XW003 is also being evaluated in a Phase 2 clinical trial in obese patients in Australia and New Zealand with data readouts expected in the coming months. We plan to discuss these results with the Chinese regulatory authorities and, pending the outcome of such discussions, initiate the pivotal clinical trial for obesity in the near future."
About XW003
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogs are effective tools in managing type 2 diabetes, obesity, and have demonstrated clinical potential as a treatment for NASH. XW003 is a novel, biased long-lasting GLP-1 peptide analogue optimized for improved biological activity, cost-effective manufacturing, and once weekly dosing. XW003 has been shown to be safe and well tolerated in a Phase 1 clinical study. Phase 2 studies are evaluating XW003 as a potential treatment for type 2 diabetes and obesity.
About Sciwind
Sciwind Biosciences is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on discovering and developing innovative therapies to treat metabolic disease. Its product pipeline consists of potentially first-in-class and best-in-class drug candidates. Sciwind has developed multiple proprietary technologies, including oral peptide and inhaled protein therapeutics delivery platforms and identified several drug candidates based on these core platform technologies. For more information, visit www.sciwindbio.com.
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Event Specialists to Provide Premium Concierge Service to Simplify the Search for Business-grade Venues
ATLANTA, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dinova Inc., the authority in business dining, today announced the launch of Dine Assist. The complimentary, premium concierge service for corporate enterprise partners will provide assistance for booking private dining events at high quality restaurants.
"We continue to augment our platform to support the needs of our customers and serve as a time saver for meeting planners," stated Alison Quinn, CEO of Dinova. "With an uptick in corporate dining for meetings, celebrations and holiday events, Dine Assist is launching at the ideal time to further support the needs of our corporate clients."
The new Dine Assist service will provide one-on-one support with a dedicated event specialist to find quality venues that fits specific needs including budget, available dates, tastes, dietary restrictions, and special requests. The concierges are experts in both private dining operations and the Dinova restaurant venues, which include over 21,000 in-network restaurants. The stakes are higher with business dining so the vetted restaurants are sure to meet the needs and achieve a high satisfaction rating.
From a list of several options meeting the specific criteria, the meeting organizers will be introduced to the venue. All booking and contract processes are handled directly from that point.
With more than 500 corporate customers, the Dinova platform is the only dining management tool that allows companies to:
- Gain visibility into company's dining spend
- Achieve T&E savings with the Dinova rebate program
- Incentivize employees to dine in-network, as employees can earn perks for themselves
- Onboard employees with ease no software or technology to learn, program onboarding is simple and user friendly
And now, reserve the best, high quality venue option with Dine Assist. Find more information about the program www.dinova.com/dine-assist.
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NEW YORK, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovid Corp. (NYSE: CTV), a leading independent connected TV (CTV) advertising delivery and measurement platform, today announced that it will report second quarter 2022 financial results before the market opens on Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Management will host a conference call and webcast to discuss Innovid's financial results, recent developments and business outlook at 8:00 a.m. ET following the release of the financial results. Speakers will include Zvika Netter, Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Tanya Andreev-Kaspin, Chief Financial Officer and Tal Chalozin, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer.
What: Innovid Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results Conference Call
When: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 8:00 A.M. Eastern Time
Webcast: A live webcast of the call can be accessed from the Investor Relations section of Innovid's website at http://investors.innovid.com/. Following the call, a replay will be available on the company's website.
Dial-in: To access the call via telephone in North America, please dial 877-407-3211. For international callers, please dial +1 201-389-0862.
Audio Replay: An audio replay of the conference call will be available until November 10, 2022 following the end of the conference call via the company IR website (https://investors.innovid.com)
Innovid powers connected TV (NYSE: CTV) advertising streaming, personalization, and measurement for the world's largest brands. Through a global infrastructure that enables data-driven personalization, real-time decisioning, scaled ad serving, and accredited measurement, Innovid offers its clients and partners streamlined solutions that optimize the value of advertising investments across screens and devices. Innovid is an independent platform that leads the market in CTV innovation, powered by proprietary technology and exclusive partnerships designed to fuel the future of TV advertising.
Headquartered in New York City, Innovid serves a global client base through offices across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more, visit innovid.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter.
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG), a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power, today announced that the Company's common stock will be added to the Russell 3000® Index after the market opens on Monday, June 27, 2022.
"Our inclusion in the Russell 3000® Index is an important milestone and testament to the Company's potential," said Dr. Michael Lebby, Chief Executive Officer of Lightwave Logic. "We have made unparalleled progress in the last twelve months with our competitively superior and unique technology. We believe we are well positioned to have our high-activity and high-stability organic polymers become ubiquitous in the fiber communications market. We expect that the awareness of being included in one of the most widely followed benchmarks will not only benefit our existing shareholders but will lead to a broader base of institutional investors."
The annual Russell index reconstitution captures the 4,000 largest US stocks as of May 6, ranking them by total market capitalization. Lightwave Logic's membership in the US all-cap Russell 3000® Index, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the small-cap Russell 2000® Index as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. FTSE Russell determines membership for its Russell indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes.
Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies. Approximately $12 trillion in assets are benchmarked against Russell's US indexes. Russell indexes are part of FTSE Russell, a leading global index provider.
For more information on the Russell 3000® Index and the Russell index reconstitution, please visit the "Russell Reconstitution" section on the FTSE Russell website.
About Lightwave Logic, Inc.
Lightwave Logic, Inc. (NASDAQ: LWLG) is developing a platform leveraging its proprietary engineered electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power. The company's high-activity and high-stability organic polymers allow Lightwave Logic to create next-generation photonic EO devices, which convert data from electrical signals into optical signals, for applications in data communications and telecommunications markets. For more information, please visit the Company's website at lightwavelogic.com.
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PLANO, Texas, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Non-healing diabetic foot wounds are increasing in prevalence, and create a higher risk for infection, osteomyelitis and amputation. To facilitate appropriate wound healing processes, proper debridement of the wound bed is critical to remove non-viable tissue and bacterial biofilm. Traditional debridement methods involve the use of a sharp blade, a method that often results in the removal of healthy, viable tissue and pain for the patient. In contrast, the Swiss wound care company, Medaxis has developed the debritom+ to precisely clean acute and chronic wounds in a tissue-preserving manner. By using Micro Water Jet technology, the debritom+ removes the unhealthy tissue such as fibrin, necrosis, and biofilm efficiently while performing a precise mechanical cleaning and stimulation of the wound base to enhance granulation and healing.
Results from the interim analysis of a Multicenter Randomized Control Trial (NCT04564443) that has been accepted for presentation this week at the American Diabetes Association annual meeting in New Orleans, showed that weekly debridement using the debritom+ nearly doubled the rate of wound healing from 40% to 72% compared to the use of traditional methods. Also shown was a significant improvement in wound size reduction (87% versus 35%), while also reducing the frequency of infections and complications.
Study Chair, Professor David Armstrong DPM MD PhD of Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California noted "The early data suggests great promise that better debridement tools can improve wound closure and decrease diabetic foot related complications and infections. This study supports that improved debridement methods, combined with good quality dressings and offloading, is beneficial and possibly synergistic to achieve wound healing in non-healing diabetic foot ulcers."
"To initiate wound healing, a quality debridement is key to success. In contrast to traditional debridement methods that remove both the non-viable and healthy tissue, the debritom+ by Medaxis removes only the non-viable tissue while preserving the healthy tissue underneath. By creating microbleeding and providing the oxygenation to the wound that is necessary for starting the healing process, the debritom+ has now been proven to initiate healing in nearly twice as many wounds as with traditional methods with six-times fewer infections and complications" stated Dr. Mark Cregan, Managing Director of Medaxis USA.
Beat Moser, CEO of Medaxis said "These results validate the design philosophy of the Medaxis debritom+. The use of our patented Micro Water Jet Technology has now been proven to significantly improve wound healing outcomes. I have always believed that clean wounds heal better, and now we have the hard evidence."
To view the study results, or for more information about the debritom+ by Medaxis, please see www.medaxis.us, email info@medaxis.us, or call (312) 483-6214.
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LUXEMBOURG, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Votorantim Cimentos International S.A. ("VCI"), a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Votorantim Cimentos S.A. ("VCSA"), today announced that it has commenced a tender offer for cash (the "Tender Offer") to purchase its 7.250% Senior Notes due 2041 (the "Notes") in an aggregate principal amount that would result in VCI paying aggregate Consideration (as defined below) (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) not to exceed U.S.$200 million (the "Maximum Purchase Amount"). The Notes are guaranteed by Votorantim Cimentos S.A. ("VCSA") and Votorantim S.A. ("VSA").
The Tender Offer is being made pursuant to VCI's Offer to Purchase, dated May 13, 2022 (the "Offer to Purchase"), which sets forth a more comprehensive description of the terms of the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer is scheduled to expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on June 10, 2022, unless extended or terminated earlier (the "Expiration Deadline"). Holders who validly tender and do not validly withdraw Notes on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 26, 2022 (as the same may be extended, the "Early Expiration Deadline"), that are accepted for purchase by VCI will receive the "Total Tender Consideration" indicated in the table below, which includes the "Early Tender Payment" indicated in the table below, with respect to Notes validly tendered (and not validly withdrawn), subject to the Maximum Purchase Amount. Holders who validly tender (and do not validly withdraw) Notes after the Early Expiration Deadline but prior to the Expiration Deadline will receive the "Tender Offer Consideration," consisting of the Total Tender Consideration minus the Early Tender Payment, subject to the Maximum Purchase Amount. The Total Tender Consideration and the Tender Offer Consideration (collectively, the "Consideration") with respect to the Notes do not include accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date for the Notes up to but excluding the applicable Settlement Date (as defined below) on the Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase by VCI. Accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes accepted for purchase will be paid in cash on the applicable Settlement Date.
The following table sets forth certain terms of the Tender Offer:
The consideration payable for tendered Notes (the "Total Tender Consideration") will be determined at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on May 26, 2022, unless extended by VCI in its sole discretion (the "Price Determination Date"). VCI reserves the right but is under no obligation, at any point following the Early Expiration Deadline and before the Expiration Deadline, to accept for purchase and pay for, subject to the Maximum Purchase Amount, any Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn at or prior to the Early Expiration Deadline (such payment date, the "Early Settlement Date"). The Early Settlement Date will be determined at VCI's option, subject to all conditions to the Tender Offer having been satisfied or waived by VCI. Irrespective of whether VCI chooses to exercise its option to have an Early Settlement Date, VCI will purchase any remaining Notes that have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn by the Expiration Deadline, subject to the Maximum Purchase Amount, and all conditions to the Tender Offer having been satisfied or waived by VCI, on a date promptly following the Expiration Deadline (the "Final Settlement Date" and, each of the Early Settlement Date and Final Settlement Date, a "Settlement Date"). VCI reserves the right, but is not obligated, to increase the Maximum Purchase Amount in its sole and absolute discretion without extending the Early Expiration Deadline or Withdrawal Deadline or otherwise reinstating withdrawal or revocation rights, except as required by applicable law.
Notes validly tendered in the Tender Offer may not be withdrawn after 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on May 26, 2022 (unless extended by VCI), except as may be required by applicable law.
To the extent VCI purchases validly tendered Notes in an aggregate principal amount representing an aggregate Consideration (excluding Accrued Interest) equal to the Maximum Purchase Amount on the Early Settlement Date, Holders validly tendering Notes after the Early Expiration Deadline will not be entitled to have any of their Notes accepted for purchase.
If the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered would result in VCI paying aggregate Consideration (excluding Accrued Interest) that exceeds the Maximum Purchase Amount, only a principal amount of Notes validly tendered representing an aggregate Consideration (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) not exceeding such Maximum Purchase Amount will be accepted for purchase. Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, VCI may, but is not obligated to, increase the Maximum Purchase Amount in its sole and absolute discretion without extending the Early Expiration Deadline or Withdrawal Deadline or otherwise reinstating withdrawal or revocation rights, except as required by applicable law.
VCI expressly reserves the right, subject to applicable law, to: (i) delay accepting the Notes or extend the Expiration Deadline or, if the conditions to the Tender Offer are not satisfied, terminate the Tender Offer at any time and not accept the Notes; and (ii) if the conditions to the Tender Offer are not satisfied, amend or modify at any time, the terms of the Tender Offer in any respect, including by waiving, where possible, any conditions to consummation of the Tender Offer. If VCI exercises any such right, it will make a public announcement thereof as promptly as practicable and, in the case of termination, all Notes tendered pursuant to the terminated Tender Offer and not accepted for payment will be returned promptly to the tendering holders thereof.
Copies of the Offer to Purchase are available to holders from D.F. King, the information and tender agent for the Tender Offer (the "Information and Tender Agent"). Requests for copies of the Offer to Purchase should be directed to the Information and Tender Agent, (i) banks and brokers calls, at +1 212 269 5550 (collect), (ii) all other calls, at +1 (800) 628 8538 (toll free U.S. only) or (iii) via email, at VCI@dfking.com.
VCI has retained BofA Securities, Inc. ("BofA"), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ("Citigroup"), HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. ("HSBC"), Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc. ("Itaú BBA") and UBS Securities LLC ("UBS") to act as Dealer Managers in connection with the Tender Offer. Questions regarding the Tender Offer may be directed to BofA at +1 (646) 855-8988 (collect), +1 (888) 292-0070 (toll free), Citigroup at +1 (212) 723-6106 (collect), +1 (800) 558-3745 (U.S. toll free); HSBC at +1 (212) 525-5552 (collect), +1 (888) HSBC-4LM (toll free); Itaú BBA at +1 (888) 770-4828 (toll free) and +1 (212) 710-6749 (collect); and UBS at +1 (203) 719-4210 (collect) and +1 (888) 719-4210 (toll free).
Holders are advised to check with any bank, securities broker or other intermediary through which they hold Notes as to when such intermediary would need to receive instructions from such holder in order for that holder to be able to participate in, or withdraw their instruction to participate in, the Tender Offer, before the deadlines specified herein and in the Offer to Purchase. The deadlines set by any such intermediary and the relevant clearing systems for the submission and withdrawal of tender instructions will also be earlier than the relevant deadlines specified herein and in the Offer to Purchase.
Neither the Offer to Purchase nor any related documents have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, nor have any such documents been filed with 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 to Purchase or any related documents, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary.
This announcement is not an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a solicitation of consents. The Tender Offer is being made solely pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. VCI is making the Tender Offer only in those jurisdictions where it is legal to do so. The Tender Offer is not being made to, nor will VCI accept tenders of Notes from holders in any jurisdiction in which the Tender Offer or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction.
About Votorantim Cimentos International S.A.
VCI is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of VCSA, a global vertically integrated heavy building materials company, with operations in South America, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. VCSA and its subsidiaries (collectively, "Votorantim Cimentos") produce and sell a complete portfolio of building materials—which includes cement, aggregates, ready mix concrete, mortar and other building materials—and Votorantim Cimentos serves a highly diversified and fragmented client base. VCSA is a wholly-owned, direct subsidiary of VSA, a privately held holding company. VSA's portfolio companies operate in 16 countries in various industries: building materials, finance, aluminum, clean and renewable energy, metals and mining, orange juice, long steel, real estate, and infrastructure.
NOTICE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to VCI and its affiliates that may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Although VCI believes that the expectations and assumptions reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable based on information currently available to VCI's management, VCI cannot guarantee future results or events. VCI expressly disclaims a duty to update any of the forward-looking statements.
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A teacher strike has delayed the start of the school year for students in King County, Washington, a suburb of Seattle, one of several school showdowns nationally.
Negotiations between the Kent School District and the Kent Education Association, the union representing teachers in the district, have been underway since July, according to a statement from Yoko Kuramoto-Eidsmoe, a representative for the Washington Education Association, the union's state affiliate.
An agreement had yet to be reached as of Wednesday, Kuramoto-Eidsmoe said.
On the Kent School District website, a message informs visitors about the start of the school year being delayed "due to a strike/work stoppage by the Kent Education Association." All elementary and middle school activities are postponed until further notice, according to the message, and meal services are expected to resume when school begins.
CNN has reached out to the district for a formal statement.
Teachers in Columbus, Ohio, went on strike this week and on Thursday reached an agreement to end the stoppage. And in Philadelphia, a union representing school district employees -- such as bus drivers, mechanics, cleaners and engineers -- voted to authorize a strike that would start next week, as they have asked for higher wages and better training programs.
In Kent, a news release from the teachers union listed a couple of the points being negotiated.
"At issue are several anti-union proposals — including contractual protections against workplace discrimination — and the district's refusal to pay a state-funded cost-of-living pay increase," the union said.
"We are just really disappointed to be at this point," Alisha Gray, a teacher in the district, said in the release. "The district's anti-teacher proposals have thrown the entire community into unnecessary upheaval. I hope that we can get a fair deal as quickly as possible and go back to educating our kids."
The school district was slated to begin Thursday for grades 1-12 and on August 30 for kindergarten students. The district serves about 25,000 students and includes 29 elementary schools, six middle schools, and four high schools.
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Fintech Infrastructure Company Cited as a Small Company Stand Out for Fostering an Exceptionally Innovative and Welcoming Environment
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fast Company today announced its fourth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list, honoring organizations and businesses that demonstrate a steadfast commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels. Bond Financial Technologies, Inc., the leading embedded finance platform, was selected as one of 11 companies globally in the small company category. These companies with fewer than 100 employees were selected because they foster exceptionally innovative environments. Though they may be small, their potential for impact and growth is just the opposite.
Developed in collaboration with Accenture, the 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators ranks winners from a variety of industries including computer science, biotech, consumer packaged goods, nonprofit, education, financial services, cybersecurity, engineering, diversity, sustainability, B2B, and consumer products and services. Fast Company editors and Accenture researchers worked together to score nearly 1,500 applications, and a panel of eight eminent judges reviewed and endorsed the top companies. The 2022 awards feature workplaces from around the world.
"I am honored that Bond has been recognized by Fast Company as a standout small company for the culture of opportunity and innovation we've worked so hard to create," said Roy Ng, CEO and co-founder of Bond. "Yan Wu and I founded Bond in 2019 with a mission to build a best-in-class embedded finance platform for innovators to build apps that enable financial access and inclusion. We enable our customers to build incredibly personalized apps that integrate innovative software experiences with financial services. People have very personal and intimate relationships with their money; the only way to build a platform that enables our customers to build this is to build a diverse team with different backgrounds and points of views."
"This year's list of the Best Workplaces for Innovators recognizes organizations that have demonstrated a deep commitment to cultivating creativity across the board," says Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. "In the face of powerful headwinds, these leaders and teams continue to spur innovation."
To see the complete list, go to: https://www.fastcompany.com/best-workplaces-for-innovators/list
Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators issue (September 2022) is available online now, and the print issue will be on newsstands beginning August 16, 2022. Join the Best Workplaces for Innovators conversation using #FCBestWorkplaces.
Bond enables any company to become a fintech. Through Bond's full-stack embedded finance platform, customers can offer personalized and compliant financial products to their end users, including high-value-add products such as consumer and commercial charge cards. Bond was founded in 2019 by industry veterans from Blackrock, Goldman Sachs, SAP, SoFi, and Twilio, with deep roots in financial services, technology and enterprise software. Bond is a remote-first company, with office locations in San Francisco, New York City and Salt Lake City. Visit www.bond.tech to learn more.
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our sister publication Inc., and can be found online at www.fastcompany.com.
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Authorities revealed new details Monday on the weekend mall shooting in Greenwood, Indiana, including the identities of the gunman, three victims and the legally armed bystander who fatally shot the gunman.
The shooting rampage took place at the Greenwood Park Mall around 6 p.m. Sunday. Multiple people called 911 to report an active shooter. Three people died and two were injured as a result of the shooting. Greenwood is 15 miles south of Indianapolis.
The gunman was identified as Jonathan Douglas Sapirman, 20, who police said prepared for the shooting for a little over an hour in a bathroom before he emerged with a rifle, Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said.
The victims were identified as Indianapolis couple Pedro Pineda, 56, and Rosa Mirian Rivera de Pineda, 37, and Victor Gomez, 30, who is also from Indianapolis.
The legally armed bystander who ended up shooting the gunman was identified as as Elisjsha Dicken, 22, of Seymour, Indiana.
"His actions were nothing short of heroic, he engaged the gunman from quite a distance with a handgun -- was very proficient in that, very tactically sound and as he moved to close in on the suspect he was also motioning for people to exit behind him," Ison said.
There have been 350 mass shootings this year, according to Gun Violence Archive. Like CNN, the archive defines a mass shooting as one in which four or more people are shot, not including the shooter.
Greenwood now joins a slew of others also grappling with the aftermath of mass shootings, including communities reeling from recent massacres at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and a July Fourth parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
Gunman had 2 weapons, more than 100 rounds of ammunition
Sapirman, the gunman, had two rifles, a pistol and more than 100 rounds of ammunition with him at the time of the shooting, but only used an AR 15-style rifle, Ison said.
Mall surveillance video showed Sapirman entering the mall from the food court around 5 p.m. Sunday and going directly to the restroom located in the food court where he stayed for a little over an hour before emerging holding a rifle, Ison said.
Sapirman first shot Gomez, then pointed his rifle into the food court, where he fatally shot the Pinedas, who were eating dinner at the time of the shooting, Ison said.
The shooter kept firing into the food court, striking a 22-year-old woman in the leg. A 12-year-old girl was hit with a bullet fragment that ricocheted off of a wall, Ison said.
At around 6 p.m., the shooter was confronted by what police deemed a "good Samaritan" who was shopping with his girlfriend. With a glock handgun in his possession, the armed bystander shot at the gunman, causing him to retreat back into restroom before falling to the ground.
Greenwood Mayor Mark Myers said the city, community and state were all "grateful for his heroism."
"We're very thankful for a young 22-year-old man who stopped this violent act," Myers said. "This young man, Greenwood's good Samaritan, acted within seconds, stopping the shooter and saving countless lives."
The Greenwood Police Department has trained for a mass shooting scenario and has performed "multiple mall exercises" to prepare for active shooter situations, the police chief said.
"But I'm going to tell you, the real hero of the day is the citizen that was lawfully carrying a firearm in that food court and was able to stop this shooter almost as soon as he began," Ison said.
It's rare to have an armed bystander attack an active shooter, according to a data analysis published by The New York Times.
There were at least 433 active shooter attacks in the US from 2000 to 2021, according to the data analysis. Active shooter attacks were defined as those in which one or more shooters killed or attempted to kill multiple unrelated people in a populated place.
Of those 433 active shooter cases, an armed bystander shot the attacker in 22 of the incidents. In 10 of those, the "good guy" was a security guard or an off-duty police officer, the Times reported.
And having more than one armed person at the scene who is not a member of law enforcement can create confusion and carry dire risks, the report found. For example, an armed bystander who shot and killed an attacker in 2021 in Arvada, Colorado, was himself shot and killed by the police who mistook him for the gunman, the Times reported.
Gunman had minor offenses on his record, police say
Police are still investigating the shooter's motive and questioning people who were inside the mall at the time. Police are asking all witnesses to contact authorities.
Multiple agencies responded to the scene to assist, including the FBI, ATF, Johnson County Sheriff's Department and Department of Homeland Security, Ison said.
Police cleared a backpack that was found on the scene and did not find any explosive devices, Ison said.
"This tragedy hits at the core of our community," Greenwood Mayor Mark Meyers said in a Facebook post Sunday. "Please offer your prayers to the victims and our first responders."
The suspect had several minor juvenile offenses, like a fight at school and that he was a juvenile runaway, but no adult record, Ison said.
Sapirman's family told police that he had recently resigned from a position he held at a warehouse in May, Ison said.
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NEW YORK — Shopping for Passover on a recent day at a kosher supermarket in the Hasidic Jewish section of Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, Moshe Werzberger worried about how inflation is driving up prices during one of the most important holidays for Jews.
“It affects us very much,” said the 23-year-old, who recently canceled plans to vacation in Florida with his wife and 2-year-old son because of skyrocketing prices. Inflation has become a main topic of debate for worshippers at his synagogue and also in his extended family as they share the celebratory Passover meals, Seders.
“It just keeps on going up and up …” he said as announcements rang out in Yiddish on the store’s intercom. “And at some point it’s going to have to stop, or no one is going to be able to afford to go shopping.”
As households feel the squeeze of surging consumer prices, some U.S. Jewish families observing Passover have struggled to pay for eggs, gefilte fish and the unleavened bread known as matzo, which represents their ancestors’ exodus from slavery in Egypt.
The need is so great that the Met Council, which runs the country’s largest kosher food pantry, expects to supply a record of nearly 3 million pounds of food in Passover packages and $500,000 in emergency food cards among the Jewish community in greater New York City and New Jersey.
“We’ve been doing charitable work for 50 years, and we’ve never seen anything like this,” said David Greenfield, the council’s executive director. He added that there’s “no question” that hundreds of thousands of families are eating less meat during Passover, which this year falls from April 15 to 23.
Grocery prices rose 10% in March on a year-on-year basis — the most in 41 years — driven by higher prices for poultry, fish, eggs, beef and other meats.
The reasons for the surge vary: supply chain snags, unfavorable weather and rising energy prices. The latter, driven by Russia’s war against Ukraine, pushed wholesale prices up a record 11.2% last month from a year earlier. Transportation problems are weighing on food imports, particularly seeds and other items that produce oils.
The only thing likely to put a dent in inflationary pressures is the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, said Laura Veldkamp, a professor of finance and economics at Columbia University. But families suffering sticker shock from shopping for Seders can’t expect a respite anytime soon.
“Last year there were a number of government subsidies and programs that people were able to tap into,” said Yitzy Weinberg, executive director of Flatbush Community Fund, a Brooklyn-based charity. “But this year the COVID subsidies are over, and between that and inflation, it was a double whammy that hit working families when they needed it the most.”
Weinberg’s organization has distributed food, grocery cards and checks to more than 1,100 families this Passover, up from 850 last year.
Diana Kogan, director of Caring for Jews in Need, an initiative of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, said inflation and shortages have been “a huge issue” for Jewish groups in Southern California that provide holiday food packages to vulnerable communities including older adults, Holocaust survivors and people without housing.
“Kosher meat, kosher chicken in particular, has been an issue,” she said. “Chicken used to be $1.89 per pound. But this year it’s over $3 a pound. We’ve also seen a 20% to 30% increase in kosher food prices.”
Kogan said groups such as Jewish Family Service of LA and Tomchei LA have been stockpiling food since before Passover, buying items when they are on sale. But that has created a need for storage space, freezers and generators.
Meanwhile some organizations that hand out both food packets and gift cards during Passover are finding that people often prefer to get the packets.
“That’s because the prices of items are so high,” Kogan said. “The gift cards don’t go too far.”
Kosher products tend to be slightly more expensive. But Passover products are even costlier, according to the Met Council’s Greenfield, because there needs to be an extra certification that there’s no there’s no leavening or bread involved.
“Passover is the most expensive time of the year for someone who keeps kosher,” he said.
Back at the supermarket in Brooklyn, Eliot Spitzer, perused the vegetable aisle with two of his seven children, 9-year-old Faigy and 11-year-old Abba. His family hosted a Seder for 14 people at their home, and he said high prices have made things tough for everyone this Passover.
“It’s definitely harder,” Spitzer said. “We (Hasidic Jews) have bigger families — average seven, eight, nine kids per family — and it’s not easy.”
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TriNet Webinar: The Complexity of a Post-Dobbs Workplace-- What SMBs Need to Know
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Scientists restart Large Hadron Collider in quest for dark matter
By Sara Spary, CNN
Deep underneath the Alps, on the Swiss-French border, something significant just happened in the world of physics. The Large Hadron Collider, Earth’s most powerful particle accelerator, was restarted on Friday morning after a three-year hiatus for upgrades.
Consisting of a ring 27 kilometers (16.7 miles) in circumference, the machine is made of superconducting magnets chilled to ‑271.3°C (-456 F) — which is colder than outer space. It works by smashing tiny particles together to allow scientists to observe them, and to see what’s inside.
It may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but the revamped collider will ultimately allow mankind to observe dark matter, physicists hope.
Back in 2011 the Large Hadron Collider, located 100 meters underground at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), helped scientists prove the existence of an subatomic particle called the Higgs boson — which is thought to be a fundamental building block of the universe dating back to the Big Bang billions of years ago.
CERN said on its website that the collider magnets “squeeze” tiny particles causing them to crash together, which scientists then observe.
These particles are so tiny, CERN said, that lining them up to smash together is “akin to firing two needles 10 kilometers apart with such precision that they meet halfway.”
Improvements to the collider mean scientists will be able to study the Higgs boson in “great detail,” CERN said in a press release Friday.
Now a team of experts hope to be able to collide yet more particles together with the aim of understanding the mysteries of dark matter — an invisible and elusive mass that can’t be seen because it doesn’t absorb, reflect or emit any light.
A complex operation, fraught with ‘tension’
Dark matter is thought to make up most of the universe’s matter, and has previously been detected by its ability to create gravitational distortions in outer space.
Scientists will also focus experiments that they hope will increase their knowledge of cosmic ray showers — which occur when tiny particles from space come into contact with the atmosphere and then “shower” down to earth, said CERN.
The Large Hadron Collider was first launched in September 2008 and has been closed for three years for an upgrade. Turning it back on was a complex operation.
Switching it on “comes with a certain sense of tension, nervousness,” Rende Steerenberg, who is in charge of control room operations, told Reuters earlier this week.
“It’s not flipping a button,” he said.
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The product spots feature a full cast of La Colombe employees and takes a shot at the leading ready to drink coffee brand claiming 60% less sugar
PHILADELPHIA, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Beginning in July, La Colombe Coffee Roasters, a premium, specialty coffee roaster with 32 cafes nationwide and the iconic Latte on-the-go beverages, will unveil its integrated summer marketing campaign, For the Love of Real, to celebrate increased national distribution of its beloved ready-to-drink, Cold Brew products and continued commitment to real taste, real ingredients, and real impact that La Colombe delivers.
The integrated summer campaign features a cast of six and a voice-over sourced from the brand's employee network, which underpins the platform of realness and authenticism.
La Colombe's real taste is helping them to outpace category growth and serve as sweet relief from the traditional ready to drink brands' overly sugared offerings. Their first national ad campaign highlights the 60% less sugar that La Colombe lattes have vs. the leading flavored coffee drink, one of the key insights that help drive the 'real' tone of the creative campaign.
The media will target the coffee curious nationwide, working to build brand and product awareness through video (streaming + mobile), social, display, search, affiliate, OOH and audio, as well as experiential, field, and influencer marketing.
La Colombe worked with New York City-based media agency, big, on integrated strategy and cross channel media activation and award-winning branding and advertising agency, Circus Maximus, on the creative. They are also working on an event and experience plan to roll out in late August.
"I am so excited to launch the first national brand campaign this summer. "For the Love of Real" reflects our brand from many angles - from the heritage of our cafes to the craft of our cold brews," said Kathryn O'Connor, SVP of Brand, Marketing, and eComm for La Colombe. "We pride ourselves on leaning into the craft of making coffee and doing everything from sourcing to roasting to cold brewing. Having all of our folks featured in the spot and shooting it at our flagship cafe illustrates what matters most to us perfectly."
The commercial highlights the process of making coffee, from bean to cup, and showcases some of La Colombe's beloved products like its roasted blends and iconic canned lattes. The talent and voice-over were done by La Colombe employees - from baristas to managers to marketing team members - and offer a unique aspect to the realness of the spots.
The tagline, For the Love of Real, speaks to the real ingredients used to make their coffee, real taste with less sugar, real roots founded in Philadelphia, and real impact within their communities.
The For the Love of Real coffee tour will surprise and delight people in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dallas with local collaborations, flavors and merch drops in August and September.
This campaign comes during a time of continued successful growth for La Colombe and at the height of cold brew season. The total ready-to-drink coffee category is over $5.1 billion in annual sales and growing. La Colombe is driving category growth with a 15% year over year vs. the ready to drink category which is growing at just 7%. [i] *Source - IRI - Total US Mulo+C - Latest 52 Weeks Ending 07.10.2022
This campaign is positioned to continue the successful trajectory of La Colombe's super premium ready to drink coffee products, which are the number one ready to drink coffee brand at Whole Foods and number two brand at Target and a top 5 brand in Food, Drug, and Mulo channels.
For more information on the campaign, the products, or the summer activations, visit www.lacolombe.com or follow our summer adventures using #FortheLoveofReal.
ABOUT LA COLOMBE
La Colombe (www.lacolombe.com ) is a leading coffee roaster known for ethical, long-term trade practices with growers. Considered one of the pioneers of the third wave of coffee, it provides signature classic blends and exceptional single-origin coffees to cafés, hotels, restaurants, and retailers around the world. In addition, the company owns and operates 32 cafés in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Austin – with additional locations and new markets scheduled to open in 2022-2023. The company has also made headlines in the ready-to-drink business with its ready-to-drink (RTD) LATTE – the world's first-ever textured cold latte.
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Organizations looking to secure their business assets can now leverage GoodAccess Cloud VPN solution on top of phoenixNAP infrastructure to minimize the risk of network breaches.
PRAGUE, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoodAccess, the company reinventing secure cloud access for small and medium businesses, today announced its partnership with phoenixNAP®, a global IT services provider offering security-focused cloud infrastructure, dedicated servers, colocation, and specialized Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) technology solutions.
Built to provide an encrypted connection between users and business systems, GoodAccess Cloud VPN improves network security and helps address increased cyber risks in work-from-home environments. By securing employees' access to a company's network, GoodAccess Cloud VPN helps protect business data and applications from intrusion or breach. The solution makes it impossible for malicious actors to detect business systems, helping organizations enable zero-trust network access and ensure advanced protection of their networks.
As a phoenixNAP recommended Cloud VPN option, GoodAccess can be easily deployed on top of Bare Metal Cloud and other phoenixNAP's infrastructure solutions. Providing robust network protection through an intuitive interface, GoodAccess adds a critical security layer to a corporate infrastructure.
"Enabling secure network access for employees is vital to maintaining a safe and healthy IT environment," said Ron Cadwell, CEO of phoenixNAP. "In an effort to provide businesses with advanced security tools and solutions, we collaborated with GoodAccess to offer organizations an easy way to deploy Cloud VPN for network protection. This is particularly important for organizations with remote work policies as it enables their employees to securely access corporate data and systems regardless of where they are located. We are excited to work with GoodAccess and offer its advanced solutions to organizations leveraging phoenixNAP's infrastructure."
"Our collaboration with phoenixNAP enables businesses to easily deploy advanced infrastructure and network security technologies to address emerging security concerns," said Artur Kane, VP of product, GoodAccess. "GoodAccess Cloud VPN helps organizations protect both their assets and their employees by ensuring zero-trust remote access to corporate data. In our effort to deliver secure and compliance-ready solutions at a flexible and affordable model, we are aligned with phoenixNAP and we are looking forward to helping businesses take their security to a new level."
Through its diverse infrastructure-as-a-service portfolio, phoenixNAP enables organizations to build stable and secure IT environments at an opex-based model. They can leverage a wide variety of security and availability solutions to ensure advanced data protection, business continuity, and compliance-readiness. phoenixNAP's solutions are available from strategic locations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific, providing global reach and consistent connectivity worldwide.
As one of phoenixNAP's most agile infrastructure solutions, Bare Metal Cloud enables organizations to automatically deploy dedicated servers and manage them easily through API or IaC tools. Its flexible hourly and monthly billing models make it possible for organizations to optimize their budget and easily scale resources as their demands grow. GoodAccess Cloud VPN can be easily added to Bare Metal Cloud as a network protection option to ensure advanced environment security.
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GoodAccess is the global company dedicated to simplifying "anytime, anywhere" secure connectivity and access for small and medium businesses around the world, beginning with its free GoodAccess Starter product for unlimited usage for up to 100 employees. For companies with the need for static IP addresses, Zero Trust access and other requirements, GoodAccess provides a competitively priced platform that maintains simplicity and ease of use. GoodAccess products are designed for set-up within 10 minutes and the flexibility to meet varying conditions.
About phoenixNAP
phoenixNAP® is a global IT services provider with a focus on cyber security and compliance-readiness, whose progressive Infrastructure-as-a-Service solutions are delivered from strategic edge locations worldwide. Its cloud, dedicated servers, hardware leasing, and colocation options are built to meet always evolving IT business requirements. Providing comprehensive disaster recovery solutions, a DDoS-protected global network, and hybrid IT deployments with software and hardware-based security, phoenixNAP fully supports its clients' business continuity planning. www.phoenixnap.com
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A 60-year-old man strangled a woman and tried to bury her in the backyard of their South Carolina home, but had a "cardiac event" in the process of covering a pit and died, according to a news release from the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies responded to the home in Trenton on Saturday morning for calls of an unresponsive man lying in his yard. Deputies identified him as Joseph McKinnon, who had no signs of trauma "and natural causes were suspected," the release said.
As deputies notified the next of kin, a second body was found in the freshly dug pit, the release said. Officials identified those remains as Patricia Dent, 65, who also lived at the home.
Dent "appeared to have died by foul play," the release said.
An investigation led deputies to believe McKinnon attacked Dent inside their home, the release said. Deputies said McKinnon then bound and wrapped her in trash bags before putting her in the previously dug pit in the yard.
While he was covering the pit in, McKinnon had a cardiac event that caused his death, the release said.
The Edgefield County Coroner's Office ruled McKinnon's cause of death to be natural causes. Dent's death was due to strangulation.
Trenton is about 25 miles northeast of Augusta, Georgia.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Pacific coast of Nicaragua was rattled by a 6.7-magnitude earthquake early Wednesday.
But the country’s national disaster prevention agency did not immediately report any damages or deaths.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred about 36 miles (58 kilometers) west south-west of the coastal town of Masachapa, which itself is located southwest of the capital, Managua.
The quake hit Wednesday at around 1:42 a.m. local time (7:42 am UTC).
Vice President Rosario Murillo said the quake was felt along the coast, and officials were monitoring for any reports of damage.
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- The submission is based on two pivotal Phase 3 studies evaluating atogepant in adult patients with episodic and chronic migraine
- If approved, atogepant would be the first daily oral calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) receptor antagonist (gepant) for the prophylaxis of migraine in Europe
- AbbVie would become the only company with a portfolio of medicines to offer two treatments for those with chronic migraine, one oral and one injectable
NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) today announced it has submitted a marketing authorization application (MAA) to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for atogepant for the prophylaxis of migraine in adult patients who have at least four migraine days per month. The application is supported by the pivotal Phase 3 ADVANCE and PROGRESS studies evaluating the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of atogepant in adult patients with episodic migraine and chronic migraine, respectively.1,2
Migraine is a complex neurological disease and one of the leading causes of disability worldwide.3 It is highly prevalent, affecting more than 1 billion people worldwide,3 including an estimated 11.4 percent of the population in Europe.4 If approved, atogepant would be the first daily oral CGRP receptor antagonist for the prophylaxis of migraine for adult patients in Europe.
"Far too many people around the world are impacted from the debilitating challenges of migraine, which places a significant social and work-life burden for patients and care partners," said Michael Gold, M.D., therapeutic area head, neuroscience development, AbbVie. "At AbbVie, we are committed to advancing science to provide patients impacted by migraine with effective treatment options. If approved, atogepant will provide a prophylactic treatment option for adult migraine patients suffering for more than four days a month."
The pivotal, Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group ADVANCE trial evaluated the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of once daily (QD) oral atogepant for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine. The study met its primary endpoint of a statistically significant reduction in mean monthly migraine days across the 12-week treatment period compared to placebo. This was found across all active treatment arms of atogepant – 10 mg, 30 mg, and 60 mg QD doses. The adult patients enrolled met the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) criteria for a diagnosis of migraine with or without aura. The study also found that a greater proportion of atogepant-treated participants achieved at least a 50% reduction in mean monthly migraine days for all doses compared to placebo and met other key secondary endpoints.
The pivotal, Phase 3, global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group PROGRESS study, evaluating the safety, efficacy, and tolerability of oral atogepant in adult patients for the prophylaxis of chronic migraine, met its primary endpoint of statistically significant reduction from baseline in mean monthly migraine days compared to placebo across the 12-week treatment period. The trial also demonstrated that treatment with atogepant 60 mg once daily (QD) and 30 mg daily (BID), resulted in statistically significant improvements in all secondary endpoints. This includes a key secondary endpoint that measured the proportion of patients that achieved at least a 50 percent reduction in mean monthly migraine days across the 12-week treatment period.
In both, the Phase 3 PROGRESS and Phase 3 ADVANCE studies, all doses were well tolerated, and the overall safety profiles were consistent with safety findings observed in previous studies for the prophylaxis of episodic migraine and chronic migraine populations. The most common adverse events were constipation and nausea.
The atogepant MAA will be reviewed by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, which will issue an opinion that will be valid for all member states of the European Union, as well as Iceland, Lichtenstein, Northern Ireland and Norway.
Atogepant is an orally administered, CGRP receptor antagonist (gepant) specifically developed for the prophylaxis treatment of migraine. CGRP and its receptors are expressed in regions of the nervous system associated with migraine pathophysiology. Studies have shown that CGRP levels are elevated during migraine attacks and selective CGRP receptor antagonists confer clinical benefit in migraine.
The pivotal Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial was designed to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of oral atogepant for the prevention of migraine in those with 4 to 14 migraine days per month. A total of 910 patients were randomized to one of four treatment groups evaluating 10 mg, 30 mg, or 60 mg of atogepant once daily, or placebo. Efficacy analyses were based on the modified intent-to-treat (mITT) population of 873 patients.
The primary endpoint was change from baseline in mean monthly migraine days across the 12-week treatment period. All atogepant dose groups met the primary endpoint and demonstrated statistically significantly greater decreases in mean monthly migraine days compared to placebo. Patients treated in the 10 mg/30 mg/60 mg atogepant arms experienced a decrease of 3.69/3.86/4.2 days, respectively, all compared to patients in the placebo arm, who experienced a decrease of 2.48 days (all dose groups vs. placebo, p=
A key secondary endpoint measured the proportion of patients that achieved at least a 50% reduction in mean monthly migraine days across the 12-week treatment period. The trial demonstrated that 55.6%/58.7%/60.8% of patients in the 10 mg/30 mg/60 mg atogepant arms, respectively, achieved at least a 50% reduction, compared to 29.0% of patients in the placebo arm (all dose groups vs. placebo, p=<.0001>
Additional secondary endpoints measured across the 12-week treatment period included change from baseline in mean monthly headache days, mean monthly acute-medication use days, and mean monthly performance of daily activities and physical impairment domain scores of the Activity Impairment in Migraine-Diary (AIM-D), and change from baseline in the Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MSQ) Role Function-Restrictive domain score at week 12. The trial demonstrated that treatment with 30 mg and 60 mg doses resulted in statistically significant improvements in all secondary endpoints, while treatment with the 10 mg dose resulted in statistically significant improvements in four out of the six secondary endpoints.
No new safety risks were observed compared to the safety profile observed in the previous trial evaluating atogepant. Serious adverse events occurred in 0.9% of patients treated in the atogepant 10 mg arm and 0.9% of patients in the placebo arm. No patients in the atogepant 30 mg or 60 mg treatment arms experienced a serious adverse event. The most common adverse events reported with a frequency ≥ 5% in at least one atogepant treatment arm, and greater than placebo, were constipation (7.7%, 7.0% and 6.9% in the 10 mg/30 mg/60 mg atogepant arms, respectively vs. 0.5% for placebo), nausea (5.0%, 4.4% and 6.1% in the 10 mg/30 mg/60 mg atogepant arms, respectively vs. 1.8% for placebo), and upper respiratory tract infection (4.1%, 5.7% and 3.9% in the 10 mg/30 mg/60 mg atogepant arms, respectively vs. 4.5% for placebo). The majority of cases of constipation, nausea and upper respiratory tract infection were mild or moderate in severity and did not lead to discontinuation. There were no hepatic safety issues identified in this trial.
The Phase 3 PROGRESS clinical trial evaluated the safety, tolerability and efficacy of oral atogepant for the prophylaxis treatment of chronic migraine. The patient population for the study included patients with a diagnosis of chronic migraine for at least one year, and ≥ to 15 headache days with eight migraine days in the 28 days prior to randomization. The primary endpoint measured the reduction from baseline in mean monthly migraine days compared to placebo, for both doses, including 60 mg once daily (QD) and 30 mg twice daily (BID), across a 12-week treatment period. The overall safety profile of the Phase 3 PROGRESS study was consistent with safety findings observed in previous studies in an episodic migraine population.
Key secondary endpoints for all regions included: Change from baseline in mean monthly headache days across the 12-week of treatment period (baseline is defined as the number of migraine days during the last 28 days prior to the randomization date); Change from baseline in mean monthly acute medication use days across the 12-week treatment period (baseline is defined as the number of migraine days during the last 28 days prior to the randomization date); Proportion of participants with at least a 50% reduction in mean monthly migraine days across the 12-week treatment period; and change from baseline in MSQ v2.1 Role Function-Restrictive domain score at Week 12. The MSQ v2.1 is a questionnaire designed to measure health-related quality of life impairments attributed to migraine in the past four weeks. It is divided into three domains, assessing how a patient's daily, social, and work activities are limited by migraine; how migraine prevents these activities; and assesses the emotional function related with migraine.
For a full listing of secondary endpoints across all regions, please go to www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT03855137).
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- Univar Solutions as exclusive distributor in the United States and Canada for BASF Chemical Intermediates' Glyoxal
- Glyoxal offering beneficial properties for the textiles, disinfection, paper, leather, cosmetics and epoxy industries
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. and DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective June 1, 2022, Univar Solutions will become the exclusive distributor for BASF's Chemical Intermediates' Glyoxal in the United States and Canada. With this agreement BASF and Univar Solutions, a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, expand their collaboration to better serve customers through a host of sustainable solutions across a range of applications. Glyoxal is readily biodegradable by showing more than a 90% decrease of dissolved organic carbon according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) guidelines 301 C-E and 303 A.
"We are honored and excited to expand our partnership and portfolio of offerings with BASF to match up best in class chemistry with our reliable and flexible service model to the market in the United States and Canada," said Brian Jurcak, Senior Vice President, Product Marketing Management and Global Trade for Univar Solutions.
"We are proud to extend our relationship with Univar to exclusively represent our Glyoxal product line in the United States and Canada," said Kevin Anderson, Vice President, Business Management Amines, Acetylenics, and Carbonyl Derivatives, Chemical Intermediates, North America for BASF. "Univar Solutions' supply chain capabilities coupled with their extensive market reach will provide customers with the reliability and convenience needed to service their Glyoxal requirements."
BASF's Glyoxal is utilized by customers as a highly efficient cross-linking agent in the textiles, disinfection, paper, leather, cosmetics and epoxy industries. The usage of Glyoxal allows customers to achieve a wide range of benefits in their formulation, including flexibility, improved viscosity, anti-wrinkle and softening as well as moisture resistance.
BASF Corporation, headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, is the North American affiliate of BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF Canada, headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, is a subsidiary of BASF SE and an affiliate of BASF Corporation. BASF has more than 16,700 employees in North America and had sales of $25.9 billion in 2021. For more information about BASF's North American operations, visit www.basf.com/us.
At BASF, we create chemistry for a sustainable future. We combine economic success with environmental protection and social responsibility. Around 111,000 employees in the BASF Group contribute to the success of our customers in nearly all sectors and almost every country in the world. Our portfolio comprises six segments: Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care and Agricultural Solutions. BASF generated sales of €78.6 billion in 2021. BASF shares are traded on the stock exchange in Frankfurt (BAS) and as American Depositary Receipts (BASFY) in the U.S. Further information at www.basf.com.
Univar Solutions USA Inc. and Univar Solutions Canada Ltd. are subsidiaries of Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR), a leading global commodity and specialty chemical and ingredient distributor representing a premier portfolio from the world's leading producers. With the industry's largest private transportation fleet and technical sales force, unparalleled logistics know-how, deep market and regulatory knowledge, formulation and recipe development, and leading digital tools, the Company is well-positioned to offer tailored solutions and value-added services to a wide range of markets, industries, and applications. While fulfilling its purpose to help keep communities healthy, fed, clean and safe, Univar Solutions is committed to helping customers and suppliers innovate and focus on Growing Together. Learn more at univarsolutions.com.
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DUBAI, UAE , Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brought by Leader Associates, Connecting Green Hydrogen MENA 2023(CGHM2023) will be held on 14th-16th March 2023 in Palazzo Versace Dubai, UAE. As a Region's Leading Event towards Green Hydrogen in the Middle East and North Africa, it will attract 1500+ Policy Makers, Oil & Gas, Energy Utilities, Investors, Project Developers, Suppliers, Hydrogen Mobility and Transportation companies and technical service providers internationally and build an information exchange and business networking platform for them, then facilitate the cooperation and boost the economic development of the hydrogen industry.
The three-day conference mainly focuses on hot topics, future development and prospects about the hydrogen industry in the Middle East and North Africa, including six parts: CGHM Strategic Summit, CGHM Live Exhibition, Hydrogen Future Awards, Diversity & Inclusion Program, 10+ Diversified Sponsorship Packages, CGHM2023 Networking Programs. At the same time, it will have the attendance of 80+ professional speakers in the hydrogen industry to present on CGHM2023 and set up panels for attendees to discuss.
Distinguished Government and Industry Companies in CGHM2022:
Government, Associations & Utilities: Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure UAE | Ministry of Investment Saudi Arabia | Ministry of Energy, Mines and Environment, Morocco | Ministry of Energy and Minerals Oman | Dubai Electricity and Water Authority | Scottish Development International | Department for International Trade | British Embassy Abu Dhabi | Port of Rotterdam etc.
Oil & Gas, IPPs, Industrial: Saudi Aramco | Scatec ASA | Petroleum Development Oman | ACWA Power | Masen | EDF RENEWABLES | Eni | InterContinental Energy | AMEA Power | Octopus Hydrogen | Snam | Vitol | H2 Green Steel | Microsoft | Amazon | Evonik | Walter Tosto Spa | Petrofac | Repsol | Hyundai Motor Company | RHI Magnesita | Emirates National Oil Company Group (ENOC) | Engie etc.
About Leader Associates
Leader Associates is an international event organizer in the field of clean energy. Leader Associates is committed to clean energy and stands at the forefront of environmental sustainability. We put faith in our work to make renewable energy available and affordable through practical business platforms and non-business programs. Setting sail from Perth, Western Australia in 2015, Leader Associates has successfully hosted over 100 clean energy events across 5 continents and in over 20 countries worldwide.
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