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East Topeka house fire found to be intentionally set
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Fire crews have found that a house fire that started in East Topeka was intentionally set.
The Topeka Fire Department says just before 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 24, emergency crews were called to 209 SE Arter Ave. with reports of a house fire.
When crews arrived, they said they saw smoke and flames coming from the single-story home.
Firefighters said they began an offensive attack and were able to keep the blaze contained to the home where it started. When they searched the home, they said they found no one inside.
After a preliminary investigation, TFD said it has determined the cause of the fire to be incendiary. No injuries were reported, however, the damage will cost the owners about $20,000.
Working smoke detectors were not found inside the home.
Copyright 2022 WIBW. All rights reserved. | https://www.wibw.com/2022/08/25/east-topeka-house-fire-found-be-intentionally-set/ | 2022-08-25T14:40:51Z |
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the 25-year-old Black man in a Georgia neighborhood was sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.
Travis McMichael was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood in the port city of Brunswick. His punishment is largely symbolic, as McMichael was sentenced earlier this year to life without parole in a Georgia state court for Arbery’s murder.
Wood said McMichael had received a “fair trial.”
“And it’s not lost on the court that it was the kind of trial that Ahmaud Arbery did not receive before he was shot and killed,” the judge said.
McMichael was one of three defendants convicted in February of federal hate crime charges. His father, Greg McMichael, and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan had sentencing hearings scheduled later Monday.
The McMichaels armed themselves with guns and used a pickup truck to chase Arbery after he ran past their home on Feb. 23, 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit in his own truck and recorded cellphone video of McMichael blasting Arbery with a shotgun.
The McMichaels told police they suspected Arbery was a burglar. Investigators determined he was unarmed and had committed no crimes.
Arbery’s killing on Feb. 23, 2020, became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Those two cases also resulted in the Justice Department bringing federal charges.
Wood scheduled back-to-back hearings Monday to individually sentence each of the defendants, starting with Travis McMichael, who killed Arbery with a shotgun after the street chase initiated by his father and joined by a neighbor, who are also white.
Greg McMichael and Bryan also face possible life sentences after a jury convicted them in February of federal hate crimes, concluding that they violated Arbery’s civil rights and targeted him because of his race. All three men were also found guilty of attempted kidnapping, and the McMichaels face additional penalties for using firearms to commit a violent crime.
A state Superior Court judge imposed life sentences for all three men in January for Arbery’s murder, with both McMichaels denied any chance of parole.
All three defendants have remained jailed in coastal Glynn County, in the custody of U.S. marshals, while awaiting sentencing after their federal convictions in January.
Because they were first charged and convicted of murder in a state court, protocol would have them turned them over to the Georgia Department of Corrections to serve their life terms in a state prison.
In a court filings last week, both Travis and Greg McMichael asked the judge to instead divert them to a federal prison, saying they won’t be safe in a Georgia prison system that’s the subject of a U.S. Justice Department investigation focused on violence between inmates.
Arbery’s family has insisted the McMichaels and Bryan should serve their sentences in a state prison, arguing a federal penitentiary wouldn’t be as tough. His parents objected forcefully before the federal trial when both McMichaels sought a plea deal that would have included a request to transfer them to federal prison. The judge ended up rejecting the plea agreement.
A federal judge doesn’t have the authority to order the state to relinquish its lawful custody of inmates to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, said Ed Tarver, an Augusta lawyer and former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. He said the judge could request that the state corrections agency turn the defendants over to a federal prison.
The McMichaels armed themselves with guns and jumped in a truck to chase Arbery after spotting him running past their home outside the port city of Brunswick on Feb. 23, 2020. Bryan joined the pursuit in his own truck, helping cut off Arbery’s escape. He also recorded cellphone video of Travis McMichael shooting Arbery at close range as Arbery threw punches and grabbed at the shotgun.
The McMichaels told police they suspected Arbery had been stealing from a nearby house under construction. But authorities later concluded he was unarmed and had committed no crimes. Arbery’s family has long insisted he was merely out jogging.
Still, more than two months passed before any charges were filed in Arbery’s death. The McMichaels and Bryan were arrested only after the graphic video of the shooting leaked online and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation took over the case from local police.
During the February hate crimes trial, prosecutors fortified their case that Arbery’s killing was motivated by racism by showing the jury roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan used racist slurs and made disparaging comments about Black people. A woman testified to hearing an angry rant from Greg McMichael in 2015 in which he said: “All those Blacks are nothing but trouble.”
Defense attorneys for the three men argued the McMichaels and Bryan didn’t pursue Arbery because of his race but acted on an earnest — though erroneous — suspicion that Arbery had committed crimes in their neighborhood. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/3-guilty-of-killing-ahmaud-arbery-face-hate-crime-sentencing/ | 2022-08-08T16:59:05Z |
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday warned that gas prices may spike again this winter.
Yellen told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union” that gas prices could rise due to the European Union largely halting Russian oil purchases this winter and banning provision of services that allow Russia to ship oil by tanker.
“It is possible that that could cause a spike in oil prices,” Yellen said.
But Yellen noted a western price cap proposal was designed to balance curbing Russian oil revenues helping fund its war in Ukraine, while maintaining some access to Russian oil to “hold down global oil prices.”
“So I believe this is something that can be essential,” she said. “And it’s something that we’re trying to put in place to avoid a future spike in oil prices.”
The Group of Seven nations, which includes the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom, agreed to a price cap on Russian oil earlier this month. The nations did not say exactly what the cap would be yet.
The move is designed to restrict Russian oil sales above a certain price. And if Russia moves to sell to friendlier nations, such as China or India, it will likely face higher service costs and competition from countries selling less expensive product.
Russia, the world’s third-largest oil producer, has threatened not to sell to countries that participate in the oil cap, which could further exacerbate a rise in global oil prices.
Moscow has also effectively shut down a major gas pipeline to European nations, claiming it needs repairs, which could further shake up the world’s energy sector.
After soaring to a national average of $5 per gallon earlier this year, gas prices have fallen to an average of $3.71 in the U.S., according to transportation organization AAA. | https://cw33.com/hill-politics/gas-prices-could-spike-again-this-winter-yellen-warns/ | 2022-09-14T15:15:23Z |
CHICAGO, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Venzee Technologies Inc (TSXV: VENZ) (OTCQB: VENZF) ("Venzee'' or the "Company"), the artificial intelligence (AI) platform for product data, is pleased to announce it has closed the first tranche of a non-brokered private placement previously announced on March 30, 2022. The Company issued 5,065,000 units (each a "Unit") of the Company at a price of $0.08 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of $405,200.
The Company is very pleased by the support it received from Canadian investors with respect to the proceeds raised and continues to operate on-plan to meet market demand for intelligent technology to digitize and improve retail supply chain processes.
With respect to the private placement, each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant being exercisable for one common share at an exercise price of $0.12 per common share at any time up to 36 months following the closing date of the private placement. The warrants are also subject to acceleration in the event the volume-weighted average trading price of the common shares on the TSX Venture Exchange (TSX-V) is equal to or greater than $0.25 for a period of 10 consecutive trading days. In such case, the Company may, but shall have no obligation to, accelerate the expiry time of the warrants to a date that is 30 days following the date of issuance of a press release by Venzee announcing its intention to accelerate the expiry time. The securities issued under this tranche of the financing are subject to a statutory hold period expiring August 7, 2022, being four months and one day from the date of issuance.
In connection with the private placement, the Company has agreed to pay finders' fees to certain registered brokerage firms, comprising the payment of an aggregate of $32,416 and the issuance of an aggregate of 405,200 finder's warrants upon the same terms and conditions as the Units.
Venzee (TSXV: VENZ) (OTCQB: VENZF) is the leading artificial intelligence platform for product data used by global brands to speed time to market and create competitive supply chain advantages. Venzee's intelligent platform automates inefficient last-mile retail processes with a frictionless, machine-driven solution for sending and receiving product data.
Venzee believes intelligent supply chain functionality is inevitable and will significantly benefit growers, makers, brands, sellers, regulators, and consumers. Venzee is building the foundation for a future where seamless, accurate, automated data flow simplifies processes, removes friction, and creates value for all those that rely on the myriad of data and information surrounding any product, anywhere.
Venzee unlocks shareholder value by carrying out its mission to create intelligent technology that removes friction from the global supply chain. Its Mesh Connector™ product disrupts and displaces inefficient manual processes in favor of integrated, machine-driven solutions.
To learn more about the Venzee platform, visit venzee.com
Twitter: @usevenzee
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/venzee-inc/
Podcast: https://www.rethinkingsupplychain.com/
This press release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements with respect to the terms of the Offering, the completion of the Offering and the expected use of the net proceeds received by the Company. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "intends", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate", or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". Forward-looking information is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to: general business, economic, competitive, geopolitical and social uncertainties; and regulatory risks. Additional information about these assumptions and risks and uncertainties is contained under "Risk Factors and Uncertainties" in the Company's management's discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2018, and the quarter ended August 29, 2019, which are available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com, and in other filings that the Company has made and may make with applicable securities authorities in the future.
Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. The forward-looking information contained in this news release is expressly qualified in its entirety by this cautionary statement.
The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except as required by applicable securities laws.
Neither TSX-V nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX-V) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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Lawyer: 30 women settle Watson-related claims against Texans
HOUSTON (AP) — Thirty women who had accused the Houston Texans of turning a blind eye to allegations that Deshaun Watson was sexually assaulting and harassing women during massage sessions have settled their legal claims against the team, their attorney said Friday.
The terms of the settlements reached between each of the women and the Texans are confidential, said attorney Tony Buzbee.
While only one of the women had filed a lawsuit against the team, the others had also intended to make legal claims against the Texans before the settlements were reached, Buzbee said.
In separate lawsuits, 24 women accused Watson of exposing himself, touching them with his penis or kissing them against their will during massage appointments while he played for the Texans. One woman alleged Watson forced her to perform oral sex. Last month, Buzbee announced 20 of those 24 lawsuits have been settled.
Watson, who has since been traded to the Cleveland Browns, has denied any wrongdoing and vowed to clear his name. Watson is facing possible discipline from the NFL over the allegations.
Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/07/15/lawyer-30-women-settle-watson-related-claims-against-texans/ | 2022-07-15T18:05:58Z |
Tim Ream’s contract extended by Fulham through 2022-23
By The Associated Press
Premier League-bound Fulham has extended the contract of American defender Tim Ream through the 2022-23 season. The 34-year-old from St. Louis joined the Cottagers for the 2015-16 season and has been with them through promotions from the second-tier League Championship in 2017-18, 2019-20 and this season, and relegations from the Premier League in 2018-19 and 2020-21. Ream started all 46 league matches this season plus one in the FA Cup. He has one goal in 46 international appearances, the last the opening World Cup qualifier at El Salvador on Sept. 2. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/09/tim-reams-contract-extended-by-fulham-through-2022-23/ | 2022-05-10T02:13:50Z |
FORT WORTH (KDAF) — The day is here, the day has arrived and it’s unlike any other day, yet it feels so familiar. May 16, Monday is National Barbecue Day.
That’s right fire up the grills and get to cooking! However, BBQ doesn’t have to be homemade and it especially doesn’t have to be homemade if you have no clue what you’re doing with the meats and the flames/smoke.
So, we checked out Tripadvisor’s list of the top BBQ restaurants around Cowtown, or better known as Fort Worth:
- Railhead Smokehouse
- Cooper’s Old Time Pit Bar-B-Que
- Angelo’s Barbque
- Woodshed Smokehouse Restaurant
- Heim Barbecue Catering
- Riscky’s BAR-B-Q Sundance Square
- Shady Oak Barbecue & Grill
- Oak Acres Bistro Barbeque
- Woody Creek Bar B Q
- Cousin’s BBQ
For more of Tripadvisor’s list of the top BBQ spots in Fort Worth, click here. | https://cw33.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/top-bbq-restaurants-in-fort-worth-according-to-tripadvisor/ | 2022-05-16T22:13:08Z |
Plans to give parents a bigger say on what’s happening inside their children’s classrooms with new national council
The U.S. Department of Education has launched what it’s calling the ‘National Parents and Families Engagement Council.’
WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - As debate continues nationwide over classroom safety and the COVID-19 recovery, the U.S. Department of Education is seeking to give parents a bigger voice in the decisions made for their child’s classroom.
Secretary Miguel Cardona has announced the creation of what the department is calling the National Parents and Families Engagement Council. Its goal is to combine a diverse group of parents, families and caregivers to discuss policies that will impact public, private, charter, and home schools.
“Look, things have changed. Things are changing a lot. And we need to make sure that our schools are evolving to meet the needs of our communities. And who better than our parents?” said Cardona.
The members of the council will include representatives from national organizations that can work with communities to identify solutions at the local level.
“We know parents have been instrumental partners in education. And during the pandemic, we saw even more of that. And we feel like, you know, we tell districts to reimagine how they reopen schools and how they engage stakeholders differently,” said Cardona. “We want to model the same. So, this group will help us hear from parents from all over the country. They’re going to serve in an advisory capacity, bringing in the perspective, the diverse perspectives of families as families recover from the pandemic and really hopefully set a higher bar for what our education system can provide for their children.”
The department said the council will be used to gather input on policies, funding, enrichment opportunities, summer learning, and school safety. It will also be used, the department said, to educate parents on the rights they have and create a ‘feedback loop’ to shape how American Rescue Plan dollars are spent.
“As a father, nothing is more important than my child safety. So that’s one of the topics that we want to hear from parents what they want to see, what they think is working and what areas need attention so that we can address it nationwide,” said Cardona.
Among the organizations partnering with the Department for the council are Fathers Incorporated, Generations United, Girls, Inc., League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), Mocha Moms, National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE), National Action Network, National Military Family Association (NMFA), National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), National Parents Union (NPU), The National Center for Parent Leadership, Advocacy, and Community Empowerment (PLACE), United Parent Leaders Action Network (UPLAN), and UnidosUS.
“The folks that are coming to the table have a track record also of having tentacles to reach out to to parents in their communities, right? So we do want their voices, but we also want them to serve as an avenue through which other parent voices can be heard as well,” said Cardona.
The council plans to meet in the coming weeks. It will then hold local listening sessions for the public.
Copyright 2022 Gray DC. All rights reserved. | https://www.kxii.com/2022/06/15/plans-give-parents-bigger-say-whats-happening-inside-their-childrens-classrooms-with-new-national-council/ | 2022-06-15T18:17:37Z |
NEW YORK, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Spero Therapeutics, Inc. ("Spero") (NASDAQ: SPRO) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors who purchased between October 28, 2021 and May 2, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Spero, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Spero includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) the data submitted in support of the New Drug Application ("NDA") for the Company's product candidate, Tebipenem HBr, were insufficient to obtain approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"); (ii) accordingly, it was unlikely that the FDA would approve the Tebipenem HBr NDA in its current form; (iii) the foregoing would necessitate a significant workforce reduction and restructuring of Spero's operations; and (iv) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
DEADLINE: July 25, 2022
Aggrieved Spero investors only have until July 25, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden’s dash through Israel and the occupied West Bank this week is expected to cut across some of the region’s most iconic places.
Both luxurious and grueling, Biden’s visit starts with a VIP arrival at Israel’s main commercial airport — an on-and-off nightmare for regular travelers this summer due to huge lines and delays — and pings through Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Most of his travels are focused on business. Upon arrival, he will get a close-up look at Israel’s advanced missile-defense technology. The threat of Iran’s nuclear capabilities and the 2022 U.S. midterm elections shadow the whole exercise as Biden steps back on the world stage in his first visit to the region as president.
But in between meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, he will visit an array of well-known sites while staying at a historic Jerusalem hotel. Here’s a look at some of the expected highlights of Biden’s tour before he flies off to Saudi Arabia on Friday.
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FAMOUS DIGS
The King David Hotel is fully booked this week for Biden and his retinue of hundreds of staff, security and journalists.
It’s Biden’s first time as president bedding down behind the building’s iconic pink limestone façade, which overlooks the domes and minarets of Jerusalem’s Old City.
The King David has been a witness to — and sometimes a participant in — Israel’s history.
It was opened in 1931, when the area was still governed by British mandatory authorities. A bombing by a Zionist militant group in 1946 struck its southwest facade, killing 91 people. After Israeli independence in 1948, it overlooked a valley in no-man’s land.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were photographed having a tense dinner in 1977 ahead of the Camp David Peace Accords.
Hollywood has been here, too. Movie stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton reportedly quarreled in public during their stay. Scenes from the 1960 movie “Exodus” were filmed in the gilded lobby and on the hotel’s fancy terrace.
Presidents going back to Richard Nixon have stayed at the King David. Dozens of kings and prime ministers also make the hotel’s client list.
Tiles that span the building’s first floor bear images of the signatures of luminaries, from Madonna to former President Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. A stairwell behind the reception desk doubles as a gallery of famous faces in the house, including a priceless image of then-U.S. President Jimmy Carter in shorts as he returned from a morning jog.
All that history and the sweeping views don’t come cheap. The 153 square-meter (1,600 square-foot) presidential suite goes for more than $3,800 a night the week after Biden leaves, according to the hotel’s web site.
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YAD VASHEM
Biden on Wednesday will stop at Israel’s Holocaust museum, Yad Vashem, which memorializes the 6 million Jews killed during World War II by the Nazis and their allies.
The spike-shaped building in Jerusalem tells the story of the Holocaust emphasizing the experiences of the individual victims. It’s about 180 meters (591 feet) long and slashes through a mountain, its upper edge protruding through the ridge.
Biden will rekindle the Eternal Flame and lay a wreath on a slab over a spot where ashes from the extermination camps are buried, the museum said.
He’ll also meet with two survivors, Rena Quint of the former Czechoslovakia and Giselle Cycowicz of Poland in the Museum of Holocaust Art.
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FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO THE PRESIDENT’S RESIDENCE
U.S. and Israeli flags have been ironed and displayed. A long red carpet has been rolled out. A stage has been built.
Such are the preparations at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem, where Israel’s Isaac Herzog will present Biden with the country’s highest civilian award. The Presidential Medal of Honor has been awarded since 2012 to 26 people who have “made an extraordinary contribution to the State of Israel or to humanity through their talents, their service, or in any other way,” according to the government.
Herzog’s office said Biden has proven himself over a half century in American public service to be “a true friend of the whole Jewish People.” Other recipients include former President Barack Obama. Biden served as his vice president.
Home to Israel’s president since 1971, the residence sits in an upscale Jerusalem neighborhood on about 2.5 acres (1 hectare). Israel’s third president, Zalman Shazar, asked that it be situated in accordance with the biblical verse, “Among my own people I dwell.”
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AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL
Biden is expected to cross to east Jerusalem to visit Augusta Victoria Hospital for a meeting with the heads of six hospitals that serve Palestinians in the area.
Two Palestinian officials said that Biden is expected to restore the $25 million that Trump cut in 2018 after his recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. They spoke on condition of anonymity pending the formal announcement.
The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem, captured by Israel in 1967, as the capital of a future state and Biden’s visit to a Palestinian hospital in the area carries deep symbolism. Israel has annexed east Jerusalem in a move that is not internationally recognized.
Augusta Victoria Hospital opened in 1910 and provides specialized cancer and dialysis treatment to east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank as part of a six-hospital network.
Biden is looking to shore up relations with the Palestinians after he has struggled to unwind some of Trump’s foreign policy in the Mideast.
He is to wind up his visit by meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. He also plans a stop at the Church of the Nativity — built at the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born.
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MACCABIAH GAMES
Biden is expected to visit with the athletes participating in the Maccabiah Games at Teddy Stadium on Thursday in Jerusalem.
Also known as the “Jewish Olympics,” the games are the country’s largest sporting event. Olympian Mark Spitz is the games’ most recognizable claim to world fame. He swam in his first international competition at the 1965 Maccabiah Games and returned four years later in preparation for his dominant performance in the 1972 Olympics.
Once every four years, Israeli and Jewish athletes from all over the world compete in their events. This year’s games, slated to take place over a two-week period, are expected to draw some 10,000 athletes from 60 countries, competing in dozens of sports.
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Follow Kellman at http://www.twitter.com/APLaurieKellman | https://cw33.com/sports/ap-sports/biden-to-ping-through-israels-iconic-spots-on-mideast-tour/ | 2022-07-13T12:12:27Z |
Hoffman misses RBC Heritage cut in first event since 2019
By PETE IACOBELLI
AP Sports Writer
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Morgan Hoffmann missed the cut at the RBC Heritage in his first PGA Tour event since 2019. Hoffman, 32, was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy and had to step away from tournament golf for the past two-and-a-half years. Hoffmann felt his strength and stamina had improved enough for him to come back to golf. Hoffmann had a bogey on the final hole Friday that kept him from making the cut. Still, Hoffmann was pleased with his week and is hopeful going forward. Hoffmann played his college golf at Oklahoma State. He won $1 million or more in earnings in three of four seasons on the PGA Tour between 2014-17. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/15/hoffman-misses-rbc-heritage-cut-in-first-event-since-2019/ | 2022-04-15T20:41:23Z |
DURHAM, N.C., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an urban office REIT and the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, is deeply committed to driving educational opportunities and providing the support and resources needed to develop students' talents, inspire them to act with character and purpose, prepare them to attend college, achieve academic and career success and reach their leadership potential. Understanding that education is one of the most fundamental foundations for a safe, healthy and productive life, Alexandria has forged deep partnerships in its communities with highly impactful non-profit organizations that offer holistic educational resources to underserved populations, such as the Emily Krzyzewski Center. Located in Durham, North Carolina ¾ where Alexandria has been at the forefront of developing and expanding the thriving Research Triangle life science and agtech ecosystems for over two decades ¾ the Emily K Center provides underserved and underrepresented students from elementary school through college with a suite of distinct educational programs designed to help them hone their academic and leadership skills, plan for and pursue higher education, explore and secure promising careers post-graduation and ultimately give back to their communities.
"We are humbled to work alongside game-changing organizations like the Emily K Center, and we are incredibly proud of the work we have done together to help underrepresented students cultivate their ambitions and maximize their potential as engaged, principled members of society ¾ truly changing the course of their lives through education," said Joel S. Marcus, executive chairman and founder of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. and Alexandria Venture Investments and board member of the Emily K Center. "By providing underserved Durham students with unique educational programs in an incredibly hands-on and impactful way, the center fills a critical role in developing the community's next generation of great innovators and effective leaders who have good moral character, a strong work ethic, integrity and the ability to inspire these traits in others."
Since the center opened in 2006, nearly 100% of the graduates from its Scholars to College program have been accepted to college, underscoring the non-profit's truly impactful work in the Durham community. In November 2021, in response to increasing demand for its programs, the Emily K Center opened its new 7,500 square foot building expansion, for which Alexandria's ongoing significant support was pivotal. With 50% more classroom space, new high-tech classrooms and dedicated one-on-one advising rooms, the new space is transforming the ways the non-profit engages and supports the growing number of students accessing its programs and helps them accomplish their college and career goals.
"It is an honor and privilege to work with partners like Joel and Alexandria, whose incredible support and generosity have been instrumental in helping the Emily K Center fulfill our mission to build on the academic, career and leadership potential of students who are traditionally underrepresented in higher education," said Mike "Coach K" Krzyzewski, founder and board chair of the Emily K Center and former head coach of Duke men's basketball (1980–2022). "Since joining the center's board of directors in 2018, Joel's leadership and enthusiastic support have been invaluable in helping us realize our goal to optimize and expand our space and programming, which currently serves more than 2,000 students in the Durham area each year. We are grateful for our collaborative and long-term partnership with Alexandria, whose contributions have and will continue to have a significant positive impact on the lives of thousands of students."
Alexandria aligns every aspect of its mission-driven business and visionary corporate social responsibility efforts to advance human health and enhance the quality of people's lives. The company strategically partners with and supports leading regional and national non-profit organizations to create long-term, scalable solutions to the most pressing societal challenges. In addition to the company's longstanding efforts to tackle disparities in educational opportunities, Alexandria's bedrock social responsibility pillars aim to address disease and other threats to human health, hunger and food insecurity, opioid addiction, deficiencies in support services for the military and their families, homelessness, and mental health with a focus on children coping with suicide loss.
For more information on the Emily K Center, please visit EmilyK.org.
About Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an S&P 500® urban office REIT, is the first, longest-tenured and pioneering owner, operator and developer uniquely focused on collaborative life science, agtech and technology campuses in AAA innovation cluster locations, with a total market capitalization of $42.8 billion and an asset base in North America of 74.2 million SF as of March 31, 2022. The asset base in North America includes 41.9 million RSF of operating properties and 5.4 million RSF of Class A properties undergoing construction, 10.4 million RSF of near-term and intermediate-term development and redevelopment projects and 16.5 million SF of future development projects. Founded in 1994, Alexandria pioneered this niche and has since established a significant market presence in key locations, including Greater Boston, the San Francisco Bay Area, New York City, San Diego, Seattle, Maryland and Research Triangle. Alexandria has a longstanding and proven track record of developing Class A properties clustered in urban life science, agtech and technology campuses that provide our innovative tenants with highly dynamic and collaborative environments that enhance their ability to successfully recruit and retain world-class talent and inspire productivity, efficiency, creativity and success. Alexandria also provides strategic capital to transformative life science, agtech and technology companies through our venture capital platform. We believe our unique business model and diligent underwriting ensure a high-quality and diverse tenant base that results in higher occupancy levels, longer lease terms, higher rental income, higher returns and greater long-term asset value. For additional information on Alexandria, please visit www.are.com.
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Attorney: Florida school shooter was a ‘damaged person’
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — For Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz’s lead attorney, his Valentine’s Day 2018 massacre of 17 people didn’t begin when he stepped into a building at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and opened fire with his AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle.
Public defender Melisa McNeill told the jury during her opening statement in Cruz’s penalty trial Monday that while they learned in graphic and gruesome detail from prosecutors how he gunned down those 14 students and three staff members, her team’s job is tell them Cruz’s full story before they vote whether to sentence him to death or, as she hopes, life without parole.
She said nothing in that story will erase that the seven men, five women and 10 alternates have “seen things that will haunt us forever” or excuse what her 23-year-old client did. He pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder and the trial will only decide his sentence.
“Everyone knows there is one person responsible for all that pain and all of that suffering, and that person is Nikolas Cruz,” she said.
But, she said, she hopes jurors will consider how Cruz was failed by his birth and adoptive mothers, Broward County school officials and others in the two decades leading up to the shooting, pointing out that the law “never requires you to vote for death,” not even “in the worst case imaginable, and it’s arguable that this is the worst case imaginable.”
McNeill deferred her opening statement from the trial’s first day of July 18 to the beginning of her team’s case. For Cruz to be sentenced to death, the jury must be unanimous — if even one juror votes for life, that will be his sentence.
Prosecutors concluded their case Aug. 4. There had been a two-week hiatus so some jurors could deal with personal issues and the lawyers with some legal ones.
The defense will be trying to overcome the horrendous evidence that was laid out by lead prosecutor Mike Satz and his team, capped by the jurors’ visit to the fenced-off building that Cruz stalked, firing about 150 shots down halls and into classrooms. The jurors saw dried blood on floors and walls, bullet holes in doors and windows and remnants of Valentine’s Day balloons, flowers and cards.
Prosecutors also presented graphic surveillance videos of the massacre; gruesome crime scene and autopsy photos from its aftermath; emotional testimony from teachers and students who witnessed others die; and four days of t earful and angry statements from parents, spouses and other family members about the victims and how their loved one’s death affected their lives. Jurors also watched video of Cruz calmly ordering a cherry and blue raspberry Icee minutes after the shooting and, nine months later, attacking a jail guard.
But McNeill said that was not the whole story. She said evidence will show that his late birth mother, Brenda Woodard, abused cocaine, alcohol and tobacco during her pregnancy, leaving him brain damaged.
The defense’s first witness, Carolyn Deakins, testified Monday that she and Woodard were Fort Lauderdale prostitutes together in the late 1990s and when they weren’t turning tricks, they were getting high on whatever they could get — crack cocaine, alcohol, marijuana — even when Woodard knew she was pregnant with Cruz.
Deakins said she tried to get Woodard to stop abusing drugs during her pregnancy, “but she didn’t care” since the baby was going up for adoption.
McNeill told the jury the adoptive family, Roger and Linda Cruz, were older — he was 62 and she was 48. But after several miscarriages and a failed adoption, Linda Cruz was desperate for a child and gladly took Nikolas, even though she likely knew about Woodard’s drug and alcohol use.
Linda Cruz wanted a perfect family, McNeill said, and when it became clear by age 2 that Nikolas was slow and different from other children, she refused to drop the facade. When her son was referred to a child psychiatrist when he was 3, she only took him to that doctor once — even though the doctor noted that he had severe issues.
At preschool, Cruz was terrified of other children, McNeill said, and a teacher placed a sheet over a table so he could go underneath it and have a private space where he felt safe. She later made him a box with cutouts he could go into.
But he couldn’t adapt. Pretending he was a tiger, he would bite, hit, kick and spit on other children, McNeill said.
Roger Cruz then died suddenly just before Nikolas entered kindergarten, leaving his mother overwhelmed and deeply in debt — problems that never went away and affected how she dealt with her son’s mental problems, McNeill said.
She refused to have him committed so she wouldn’t lose his Social Security check. She turned to law enforcement and child emergency counseling services to discipline Nikolas and his younger brother Zachary, whom the Cruzes also adopted, calling them to her home more than 50 times combined.
Still, she bought Cruz a BB gun, an air gun and, when he turned 18, his first firearm even though she was told not to by mental health experts. When she died four months before the Stoneman Douglas shooting, her family declined to take in Cruz and his brother, leaving them to fend for themselves.
And the schools failed Cruz, McNeill said, by removing him from structured programs where he had some stability and putting him into the normal chaos of middle school and high school, the kind of interactions he could not handle — even when he had to stop wearing a backpack and be escorted to classes by security guards after he was found with a knife on campus.
These are not excuses, McNeill said, but facts she asked the jury to consider.
“You have to make a decision about whether another human being lives or dies,” McNeill said. “They are part of Nikolas’ story and it’s my job to tell you that story.”
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Associated Press writer Freida Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, contributed to this report.
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High School assistant principal arrested, charged with statutory rape
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — Clarksville Police arrested an assistant principal at a Montgomery County high school on Tuesday and charged him with statutory rape.
According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, 49-year-old Garry James Chadwell was taken into custody and booked on statutory rape charges around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
Chadwell has been the assistant principal at Kenwood High School since 2016 but has been placed “on alternative worksite, pending the outcome of the investigation and legal proceedings,” according to a Montgomery County Schools spokesperson. Chadwell is also listed as the school’s athletic director.
He was released on a $30,000 bond the same night.
Statement from CMCSS spokesperson, Anthony Johnson:
“The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) was made aware by the Clarksville Police Department (CPD) of an investigation involving a Kenwood High assistant principal Garry Chadwell on a criminal matter that took place off school system property. Chadwell was placed on alternative worksite, pending the outcome of the investigation and legal proceedings. He was hired by CMCSS in 2014 and has been an assistant principal at Kenwood High School since 2016. School and District personnel have no further information.”
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It is estimated that the honey bee’s annual contribution to the United States economy is at least $15 billion. Beyond the profitable products and byproducts harvested directly from honey bee colonies such as honey, wax, propolis, and royal jelly, more than 90 different crops—about one-third of total crop production in the U.S.—are dependent upon these prolific pollinators for their survival and prosperity.
A world without bees would be bleak; there would be less food for human consumption, less variety among the fruits, vegetables, and nuts that remain, and the impacts of their absence would ripple throughout the food web. While the dystopian future is distant, honey bees are nonetheless under threat. Loss of habitat, diseases like Colony Collapse Disorder, herbicides, pesticides, and parasites like the aptly named varroa destructor mite are all contributing, often in concert, to high rates of colony decline across the country.
Between 2020 and 2021, beekeepers lost about 45% of their managed honey bee colonies. The expected or acceptable rate of colony turnover due to natural environmental factors such as winter weather is 20%.
Stacker compiled statistics on honey bee populations in Texas using the most recent annual data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. So far in 2022, colonies are down by 22% according to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Beekeepers, researchers, and scientists take great care to mitigate managed colony loss by moving honey bees seasonally, feeding them sugar water when flowers are not in bloom to prevent die-off, renovating or requeening colonies when a queen bee dies, and expanding existing colonies to keep them healthy and productive. Still, there is little improvement year-over-year, according to colony data.
The dystopian world without bees is not imminent, but the battle for their protection and prosperity is an uphill one.
Honey bee population health in Texas
– Maximum total colonies, April-June 2022: 415,000
— 2.4% decrease since 2021, #20 biggest decrease nationally
– Lost colonies, April-June 2022: 41,000
— 44.6% decrease since 2021
– Added colonies, April-June 2022: 83,000
— 23.9% increase since 2021
– Renovated colonies, April-June 2022: 114,000
— 58.3% increase since 2021
States with the largest increase in honey bee colonies from 2021 to 2022
#1. Missouri: 118.8% increase
#2. Arkansas: 76.0% increase
#3. Louisiana: 48.3% increase
#4. Mississippi: 34.3% increase
#5. North Carolina: 30.4% increase
States with the largest decrease in honey bee colonies from 2021 to 2022
#1. Kansas: 38.8% decrease
#2. Illinois: 26.9% decrease
#3. Wyoming: 23.3% decrease
#4. Indiana: 23.1% decrease
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Brittney Griner back in Russian court as trial continues
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner faced a Russian court again on Friday as her drug possession trial resumed after she pleaded guilty to the charges.
Griner’s defense lawyers presented evidence that the basketball player received permission from Arizona health authorities to use cannabis for chronic pain.
“The attending physician gave Brittney recommendations for the use of medical cannabis. The permission was issued on behalf of the Arizona Department of Health,” lawyer Maria Blagovolina was cited by Russia’s state news agency RIA Novosti as saying.
The defense on Friday also submitted tests she underwent as part of an anti-doping check, the RIA-Novosti report said. They didn’t detect any prohibited substances in her system.
The next hearing of Griner’s case was scheduled for July 26.
Griner was arrested at the Russian capital’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February when customs officials said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. She acknowledged in court that she possessed the canisters, but said she had no criminal intent and that their presence in her luggage was due to hasty packing. She is facing up to 10 years in prison.
In Russia’s judicial system, admitting guilt doesn’t automatically end a trial.
Griner is one of the most prominent female athletes in the U.S., a standout for the Phoenix Mercury and a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have said they are doing all they could to win her release, as well as that of other Americans the U.S. considers “wrongly detained” by Russia, including former Marine Paul Whelan.
Washington may have little leverage with Moscow, though, because of strong animosity over its military operation in Ukraine.
Russian media have speculated that Griner could be swapped for Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, nicknamed “the Merchant of Death,” who is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and providing aid to a terrorist organization.
Russia has agitated for Bout’s release for years. But the wide discrepancy in the seriousness of their cases could make such a trade unpalatable to Washington. Others have suggested that Griner could be traded along with Whelan, who is serving 16 years in Russia on an espionage conviction that the U.S. has described as a setup.
The State Department’s designation of Griner as wrongfully detained moves her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator. The classification has irritated Russia.
Asked about the possibility of Griner being swapped for a Russian jailed in the U.S., Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, the senior Russian diplomat, has noted that until her trial is over “there are no formal or procedural reasons to talk about any further steps.”
Ryabkov warned that U.S. criticism, including the description of Griner as wrongfully detained and dismissive comments about the Russian judicial system, “makes it difficult to engage in detailed discussion of any possible exchanges.”
Griner’s detention has been authorized through Dec. 20, suggesting the trial could last months. Griner’s lawyers, however, said they expect it to conclude around the beginning of August.
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Mother’s boyfriend arrested in killing of 8-year-old California girl
MERCED, Calif. (AP) — After a months-long manhunt, police arrested a suspect in the death of an 8-year-old girl who had been reported missing before her body was found in March inside a central California home, authorities said Sunday.
Dhante Jackson was taken into custody Saturday in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Newark on suspicion of killing Sophia Mason, police and the California attorney general’s office said.
Investigators determined the child suffered continuous physical abuse, was malnourished and at times was forced to live in a shed in the backyard of Jackson’s home, Merced Police Department Lt. Joe Perez said during a news conference Sunday.
Jackson was in a relationship with the young victim’s mother, 30-year-old Samantha Johnson, who was arrested in March and has pleaded not guilty to murder and child abuse, prosecutors said.
Jackson, 34, also faces murder and child abuse charges. It wasn’t known Sunday if he has an attorney who could speak on his behalf.
Four other people were arrested Saturday on suspicion of helping Jackson evade arrest, Perez said.
“In my 20 years of law enforcement, this case is the most disturbing and horrific that I’ve seen,” the lieutenant said.
Sophia was reported missing by relatives in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Hayward. They told police they had not had contact with the girl since December, and that she was known to stay at different locations between Hayward and Southern California.
The missing person report led Hayward police to arrest Johnson on a warrant stemming from a case of child abuse in Alameda County last year, police said.
Statements Johnson made to Hayward police prompted them to ask for assistance from the Merced Police Department, which served a search warrant in March at the house in Merced where Jackson lived, they said.
Merced police found Sophia’s body in a bathtub, inside a locked bathroom, according to court documents.
Johnson told a Merced police detective that Jackson, her boyfriend, had kept Sophia in a shed and that the child was subjected to physical and sexual abuse by Jackson.
Sophia twice personally told social workers that her mother had choked and hit her, according to child-welfare documents uncovered by the Bay Area News Group.
At one point, the internal documents show, a teacher and a social worker reported grave concerns over what they considered signs of abuse.
Sophia’s grandmother, Sylvia Johnson, last week filed a wrongful death legal claim against Alameda County, alleging the Department of Child and Family Services didn’t do enough to protect the little girl.
Alameda County has 45 days to respond to the family’s claims, the news group reported Sunday. If no settlement is offered by the county and the claim is rejected, the family has six months to file a lawsuit.
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SABHA, Jordan (AP) — Efforts to restore damaged but once fertile land in Jordan’s desert are sprouting hope for one of the world’s most water-scarce nations, as a land assessment report Wednesday warned of the growing scale of global degradation.
Local organizations believe projects that reintroduce native plants and implement smart water harvesting systems will cushion the impacts of climate change and desertification, which are only set to worsen, according to the United Nations report.
The U.N. desertification agency says 40% of land globally is currently degraded, blaming unsustainable land and water management, poor agricultural practices, mining, urbanization and infrastructure development for the land’s deterioration.
Mira Haddad, from the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas said several other factors, including “overexploitation of vegetation cover, overgrazing, and…new land practices” as well as climate change are also contributing to land degradation in Jordan.
But environmentalists are already pursuing options to ward off further damage. One of the efforts, run by the Watershed and Development Initiative, is introducing four native plants to 10,000 acres (41 square kilometers) of desert in the Sabha reserve, roughly 56 miles (90 kilometers) east of the Jordanian capital Amman.
“We’re working on the water, we’re working on the green cover and we’re working also with the habitats of the creatures, from insects to animals and all living parts of that ecosystem,” Deyala Tarawneh, a WADI founding member, said. “The success rate of these plants is 85%, which is considered a very high percentage, and they only need to be watered once, which is also reducing the amount of water needed for the irrigation of the green areas.”
But despite the success of WADI’s planting initiative, land restoration in Jordan is still facing several challenges: the number of land unit areas available for restoration is lacking, and the willingness of local communities to leave the land for at least one or two rainy seasons without grazing is also hindering efforts, said ICARDA’s Haddad.
Jordan is one of several countries already grappling with the effects of degradation, with more than 2.3 billion people currently living in water-stressed countries, according to the U.N. report. It warned that more food supply disruptions, forced migration and greater pressure on species survival are also expected as climate change intensifies and poor land management practices continue. By 2030, it warns that 700 million people could be displaced by drought.
“The situation we have right now is unhealthy and certainly not acceptable,” Ibrahim Thiaw, the executive secretary of the U.N. desertification agency, told the Associated Press. “The more you degrade land the more you emit carbon and the more you contribute to climate change.”
The report calls for financial support to bolster conservation and restoration in developing countries. It says the expansion of protected areas and conservation hotspots, better water management, smart agriculture, and the rewilding of biodiversity can be boosted by appropriate funding.
If these kinds of measures are implemented on a wider scale, the U.N. agency’s restoration scenario predicts reduced biodiversity loss and improved soil health, with the benefits particularly felt in North and Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America.
But it also notes that inaction would lead to 16 million square kilometers (6 million square miles) — nearly the size of the entire South American continent — of land degradation by 2050.
The report also recommends scaling up land rights for Indigenous peoples and local communities, urging farmers to draw on ample lessons about land restoration, crop adaptation and livestock from established customs and traditional knowledge.
“We welcome new allies to this battle, including economic actors who are increasingly interested in avoiding climate risk, but we must make clear that we will not be used for greenwashing,” José Gregorio Diaz Mirabal, the leader of the Congress of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin, said in a statement. “Partnering with Indigenous peoples requires embracing transformative change.”
The U.N.’s Thiaw agreed that support for restoration projects should be ramped up.
“The message from the report is that do not take land degradation as a fatality. It can be addressed, and it is the cheapest solution to the climate crisis and biodiversity loss. It is possible to do it by 2050, which is just one generation,” Thiaw said. “It does not require high tech nor a PhD to undertake. Land restoration is accessible and democratic.”
Several countries, like Jordan, are already addressing their own land issues, from drought preparedness programs in Mexico, the USA and Brazil, to the 11-country Great Green Wall in Africa aimed at restoring 100 million hectares (390,000 square miles) of degraded landscapes along the Sahel.
“Land restoration is a win for the environment, economy, society, and for biodiversity,” said Thiaw. “What we are calling for now is the acceleration of such programs.”
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Wanjohi Kabukuru reported from Mombasa, Kenya.
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Mr. Jaillot brings more than 25 years of ingredients and specialties focused industry experience.
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Univar Solutions Inc. (NYSE: UNVR) ("Univar Solutions" or "the Company"), a global chemical and ingredient distributor and provider of value-added services, today announced the appointment of Tony Jaillot as vice president of global Beauty & Personal Care. In this role, Mr. Jaillot will lead the company's sales, marketing, technical and product management efforts across the Beauty & Personal Care end market. He joins the global Ingredients & Specialties channel led by Nick Powell, president of Ingredients & Specialties, and reports to Matthew Ottaway, senior vice president of Consumer Solutions.
"With decades of experience in driving growth across the Beauty & Personal Care market combined with his passion for sustainable products, Tony is a perfect fit as we continue to deliver the solutions our customers and suppliers demand," said Nick Powell, president of Ingredients & Specialties. "Tony has a passion for building multicultural teams and delivering innovation, as well as an unwavering commitment to collaboratively matching our suppliers' products with customer needs."
Through a dedicated sales and technical team supported by a global network of Solution Centers, Univar Solutions is well positioned to readily help Beauty & Personal Care customers and suppliers innovate and grow through a footprint of local formulation laboratories as well as marketing and distribution capabilities.
"Tony brings leadership and expertise to a global Beauty & Personal Care solutions team dedicated to providing customers with unmatched support and expertise across the globe by leveraging Univar Solutions premier product portfolio," said Matthew Ottaway, senior vice president of Consumer Solutions.
"I am excited at the opportunity to join what I believe is the global leader in ingredient and specialty distribution within the beauty and personal care industry," said Mr. Jaillot. "I believe the premier product portfolio, global sales and technical network, along with cutting-edge clients positions Univar Solutions to continue our leadership position in this market."
An experienced industry professional, Mr. Jaillot joins Univar Solutions having held previous senior beauty care leadership roles with BASF, Cargill, Ciba as well as IMCD and is a renowned industry consultant. He holds a bachelor's degree in organic chemistry from Chemistry University of Marseille, France and a master's degree in cosmetic science from the University of Pharmacy in Nantes, France. Mr. Jaillot also has extensive education in business administration and strategy with master's degrees from IAE France and INSEAD.
About Univar Solutions
Univar Solutions (NYSE: UNVR) is 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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Reframing Consumer's Approach To Stress, MotherBar Launches 'Moment' Mints Featuring Regeneratively Grown, Full Spectrum CBD Available Online
PORTLAND, Ore., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MotherBar, a disruptive newcomer in the wellness space, officially launches its proprietary hemp-based CBD 'Moment' mints today, created to relax the body and mind while challenging our mindset and approach to stress. The name, MotherBar, evokes a sense of comfort, love, and support while offering connection and escape from the chaos of daily life. 'Moment' mints are available for purchase on MotherBar.com (https://motherbar.com/) at $65 for 1 unit of 10 mints.
'Moment' mints are 99.95% organic and made with the highest quality ingredients including szechuan flower, peppermint, Bulgarian rose, and 40mg of full-spectrum CBD per mint - 8x more CBD per mint than competing brands. Created to awaken your senses, 'Moment's incorporation of szechuan flower creates a pleasant buzzing sensation in your mouth that brings you into presence. MotherBar believes that a moment for yourself should also be a moment for Mother Earth. 'Moment' mints utilize hemp proudly grown with regenerative farming practices, are packaged in recyclable, plastic-free materials, and shipped in fully compostable packages.
After I lost my mother, I took a hard look at my own life. I was burning the candle at both ends and felt overwhelmed and resentful" said Elle Gail, CEO, and founder of MotherBar. "I was hard on myself and hard on those I loved and I just knew there had to be a better way. I have always had an interest in holistic health and found out that CBD helped calm not only my body, but also my mind. It gave me a moment to reassess, reprioritize and create balance in life. So I created MotherBar for other busy, overwhelmed women as a safe space to let go."
MotherBar was created for all those who mother with the belief that women should also "mother" themselves, encouraging them to let go of unrealistic societal pressures to "do it all" and instead take a moment to just be. Specifically created with ingredients that stimulate the senses, 'Moment' mints celebrate the present moment as an opportunity to reset the body, reframe the mind, and choose a better path forward. Offering consumers seeking stress relief, not just the therapeutic benefits of CBD, but also a unique sensory experience that encourages awareness and a return to presence.
Just prior to launch, MotherBar's packaging was awarded 3rd Place in the Tobacco and Cannabis Category in the 2022 Dieline Awards. Designed by creative branding agency, Nice People, the contrasting design and typography of the flagship 'Moment' mint's blue-green colored tube with holographic foil invite the consumer for a moment of reflection just as the product does itself.
'Moment' mints can be purchased at https://motherbar.com/ with more to come. For more information, please visit https://motherbar.com/, or follow on Instagram (@motherbar).
ABOUT MOTHERBAR
MotherBar is a wellness brand that is on a mission to make stress optional, offering full spectrum CBD mints that relax the body and mind while challenging social norms and expectations around stress. Founded by Elle Gail after losing her mother and becoming a mother herself, MotherBar encourages women to let go of social pressures to "do it all" and gives them permission to just be. 'Moment's hemp is proudly grown with regenerative farming practices, packaged with recyclable, plastic-free materials, and shipped in fully compostable shipping bags. MotherBar's 'Moment' mints are 99.95% organic and made with ingredients of the highest quality including szechuan flower, peppermint, Bulgarian rose, and 40mg of full spectrum CBD per mint. MotherBar's 'Moment' mints are available for purchase on https://motherbar.com/.
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The combination of tenant screening and rental credit reporting services provide a powerful way for Property Managers to rent to quality residents and ensure timely payments.
SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ACUTRAQ and CredHub are combining their tenant screening and credit reporting services to help Property Managers and Landlords improve quality of tenants and reduce payment delinquency when they need it most. The two best-of-breed service providers now provide a full service "pre" and "post" move-in NOI improvement option for the industry.
Tens of thousands of operators rely on ACUTRAQ to ensure the most qualified applicants occupy your rental property. ACUTRAQ has improved thousands of businesses and property management companies by providing accurate, easy to read background screening reports for almost 25 years. Their proven methods are here to help you make the right decision.
Once you have screened and rented your property to qualified tenants, CredHub helps keep them that way by providing payment priority with credit reporting to all three major credit bureaus.
Increasing on-time rent payments is the single biggest reason that property owners and managers are interested in resident credit reporting. Credit reporting creates an incentive for residents to pay rent on-time. And the results prove that this incentive system works. CredHub's clients see an average of 50% reduction in delinquency once fully implemented.
The nation's most innovative providers have turned to CredHub for complete credit reporting, both paid and unpaid balances. They depend on CredHub to navigate the complex and diverse compliance landscape, reward quality tenants who pay on time, and provide leverage to collect from those who don't.
ACUTRAQ and CredHub provide an innovative, full-service solution for new challenges in multifamily payment performance and profitability. To learn more visit https://credhub.com/acutraq/.
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NEW YORK, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Cohen & Steers, Inc. (NYSE: CNS) declared a cash dividend for the second quarter of 2022 in the amount of $0.55 per share of common stock payable on May 26, 2022 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on May 16, 2022.
About Cohen & Steers
Cohen & Steers is a leading global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, including real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. Founded in 1986, the firm is headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Dublin, Hong Kong and Tokyo.
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The company's tremendous growth comes as organizations strive to manage the increasing volume of threats and the gap in cybersecurity talent
PLANO, Texas, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Critical Start, a leading provider of Managed Detection and Response (MDR) cybersecurity solutions, today announced that it has been named to the 2022 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. Returning to the Inc. 5000 list again this year, the company's rapid growth comes at a time when organizations continue to find themselves ill-equipped to battle the increasing volume of cyber threats amid widespread staff shortages.
"Stopping business disruptions caused by security breaches in today's volatile and sophisticated threat environment requires around-the-clock detection of virtually every security event with a quick response," said Rob Davis, Founder and CEO of Critical Start. "Understaffed IT teams simply can't keep up and the demand for MDR services has soared. Critical Start empowers our customers to stay ahead of adversaries with effective 24/7/365 monitoring of security alerts with far fewer headcount and in a fraction of the time."
Critical Start serves hundreds of MDR customers with a focus on medium and large enterprises across a broad range of industries including manufacturing, retail, government, healthcare, financial services and energy. The company's technology and security operation center analysts leverage a deep pool of behavioral data to automatically resolve over 99% of security alerts, while providing critical outcomes to customers that include reduced risk and improved team productivity. In addition to the company's MDR platform, Critical Start's Cyber Incident Response Team provides hands-on readiness, response and forensic services for enterprise security teams.
In the last three years, Critical Start has grown annual recurring revenue by more than 400% and diversified its channel network across 90 channel partners through its integrations with third-party cybersecurity software providers. In April 2022, the company secured a $215 million strategic investment from Vista Equity Partners to help further develop technology, product and service offerings and meaningfully expand its talented teams to meet the massive market demand.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
For more information on the Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, visit http://conference.inc.com/.
Methodology
Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
About Critical Start
Today's enterprise faces radical, ever-growing, and ever-sophisticated multi-vector cyber-attacks. Facing this situation is hard, but it doesn't have to be. Critical Start simplifies breach prevention by delivering the most effective managed detection and incident response services powered by the Zero Trust Analytics Platform (ZTAP) with the industry's only Trusted Behavior Registry (TBR) and MOBILESOC. With 24x7x365 expert security analysts, and Cyber Research Unit (CRU), we monitor, investigate, and remediate alerts swiftly and effectively, via contractual Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for Time to Detection (TTD) and Median Time to Resolution (MTTR), and 100% transparency into our service. For more information, visit criticalstart.com. Follow Critical Start on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram.
About Inc.
The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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US obesity rates increased during COVID pandemic, study says
Published: Apr. 4, 2022 at 4:24 PM CDT|Updated: 3 hours ago
(CNN) – Americans got fatter during the COVID pandemic.
A new study published in the American Journal of Preventative Medicine shows obesity rates among adults in the U.S. got worse during the COVID pandemic.
The average body mass index in the U.S. increased by 0.6% between March of 2020 and March of 2021 over the previous year, the study says.
The increase happened even as exercise participation rates soared by 4.4%, and as people slept 1.5% more and smoked 4% less.
Researchers didn’t look at diets, so people may have eaten less healthy foods.
A rise in the consumption of alcohol may also have contributed.
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Stockholders Advised Not to Take Action at This Time
MIRAMAR, Fla., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spirit Airlines, Inc. ("Spirit" or the "Company") (NYSE: SAVE) today confirmed that JetBlue Airways ("JetBlue") (NASDAQ: JBLU) has commenced an unsolicited tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Spirit's common stock for $30 per share in cash and a proxy solicitation opposing Spirit's merger agreement with Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. ("Frontier") (NASDAQ: ULCC), parent company of Frontier Airlines, Inc.
Consistent with its fiduciary duties and applicable law, and in consultation with outside financial and legal advisors, the Spirit Board of Directors (the "Board") will carefully review JetBlue's tender offer to determine the course of action that it believes is in the best interests of Spirit and its stockholders. Spirit stockholders are urged to take no action with respect to the JetBlue tender offer at this time pending the Board's evaluation of the offer.
Spirit intends to advise its stockholders of the Board's formal position regarding the JetBlue tender offer within ten business days by making available to Spirit stockholders and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9. Applicable securities laws prevent Spirit from making any further comments with respect to JetBlue's tender offer or the terms thereof until after the Schedule 14D-9 is filed with the SEC.
On May 2, 2022, Spirit announced that its Board unanimously determined that the unsolicited proposals received from JetBlue in March and April 2022 did not constitute a 'Superior Proposal' as defined in Spirit's merger agreement with Frontier, because it determined that the proposed transaction was not reasonably capable of being consummated.
Barclays and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC are serving as financial advisors to Spirit, and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP are serving as legal advisors.
Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) is committed to delivering the best value in the sky. We are the leader in providing customizable travel options starting with an unbundled fare. This allows our Guests to pay only for the options they choose — like bags, seat assignments and refreshments — something we call Á La Smarte. We make it possible for our Guests to venture further and discover more than ever before. Our Fit Fleet® is one of the youngest and most fuel-efficient in the U.S. We serve destinations throughout the U.S., Latin America and the Caribbean and are dedicated to giving back and improving those communities. Come save with us at spirit.com.
This communication is for informational purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy, or a solicitation of any vote or approval in any jurisdiction, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful, prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and otherwise in accordance with applicable law.
Frontier has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") a Registration Statement on Form S-4 in connection with the proposed transaction, including a definitive Information Statement/Prospectus of Frontier and a definitive Proxy Statement of Spirit. The Form S-4 was declared effective on May 11, 2022 and the prospectus/proxy statement was first mailed to Spirit stockholders on May 11, 2022. Frontier and Spirit also plan to file other relevant documents with the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT/ INFORMATION STATEMENT/ PROSPECTUS/ PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO BE FILED BY FRONTIER OR SPIRIT WITH THE SEC IN THEIR ENTIRETY CAREFULLY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT FRONTIER, SPIRIT, THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS AND RELATED MATTERS. Investors and stockholders are able to obtain free copies of the Registration Statement and the definitive Information Statement/Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other documents filed with the SEC by Frontier and Spirit through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of the information statement and the proxy statement and other documents filed with the SEC by Frontier and Spirit on Frontier's Investor Relations website at https://ir.flyfrontier.com and on Spirit's Investor Relations website at https://ir.spirit.com.
Frontier and Spirit, and certain of their respective directors and executive officers, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies in respect of the proposed transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement. Information regarding Frontier's directors and executive officers is contained in Frontier's definitive proxy statement, which was filed with the SEC on April 13, 2022. Information regarding Spirit's directors and executive officers is contained in Spirit's definitive proxy statement, which was filed with the SEC on March 30, 2022.
Certain statements in this communication, including statements concerning Frontier, Spirit, the proposed transactions and other matters, should be considered forward-looking within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on Frontier's and Spirit's current expectations and beliefs with respect to certain current and future events and anticipated financial and operating performance. Such forward-looking statements are and will be subject to many risks and uncertainties relating to Frontier's and Spirit's operations and business environment that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied in such forward looking statements. Words such as "expects," "will," "plans," "intends," "anticipates," "indicates," "remains," "believes," "estimates," "forecast," "guidance," "outlook," "goals," "targets" and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Additionally, forward-looking statements include statements that do not relate solely to historical facts, such as statements which identify uncertainties or trends, discuss the possible future effects of current known trends or uncertainties, or which indicate that the future effects of known trends or uncertainties cannot be predicted, guaranteed, or assured. All forward-looking statements in this communication are based upon information available to Frontier and Spirit on the date of this communication. Frontier and Spirit undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances, or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements due to numerous factors including, without limitation, the following: the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the right of one or both of the parties to terminate the merger agreement; failure to obtain applicable regulatory or Spirit stockholder approval in a timely manner or otherwise; failure to satisfy other closing conditions to the proposed transactions; failure of the parties to consummate the transaction; risks that the new businesses will not be integrated successfully or that the combined companies will not realize estimated cost savings, value of certain tax assets, synergies and growth, or that such benefits may take longer to realize than expected; failure to realize anticipated benefits of the combined operations; risks relating to unanticipated costs of integration; demand for the combined company's services; the growth, change and competitive landscape of the markets in which the combined company participates; expected seasonality trends; diversion of managements' attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities; potential adverse reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the announcement or completion of the transaction; risks related to investor and rating agency perceptions of each of the parties and their respective business, operations, financial condition and the industry in which they operate; risks related to the potential impact of general economic, political and market factors on the companies or the proposed transaction; that Frontier's cash and cash equivalents balances, together with the availability under certain credit facilities made available to Frontier and certain of its subsidiaries under its existing credit agreements, will be sufficient to fund Frontier's operations including capital expenditures over the next 12 months; Frontier's expectation that based on the information presently known to management, the potential liability related to Frontier's current litigation will not have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, cash flows or results of operations; that the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to impact the businesses of the companies; ongoing and increase in costs related to IT network security; and other risks and uncertainties set forth from time to time under the sections captioned "Risk Factors" in Frontier's and Spirit's reports and other documents filed with the SEC from time to time, including their Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., August 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) are pleased to honor Kim Alaburda with the 2022 Gail-Burns Smith Award. Alaburda, who is the Executive Director of the New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (NMCSAP), will receive the award during the 2022 National Sexual Assault Conference® held online on August 17.
Presented jointly by ATSA and NSVRC, the award is named in honor of Gail Burns-Smith, one of the first advocates to recognize and speak publicly about the importance of collaboration between victim advocates and those working in the area of sex offender management to effectively prevent child sexual abuse.
Alaburda has been Executive Director of the NMCSAP for a combined total of over 34 years. She is revered throughout the state for her visionary, brilliant, kind, dedicated, and considerate leadership in a relentless pursuit to end sexual violence. She brings a highly sophisticated and collaborative approach to her work that has always integrated services for those who have been abused, those who have abused, and anyone impacted by sexual violence, including service providers. Her expertise includes successful community and statewide program and policy development and implementation, community collaboration, professional training, and fiscal and contract management.
ABOUT ATSA
The Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) is an international, multidisciplinary organization dedicated to preventing sexual abuse. ATSA has member chapters throughout the world; and informs evidence-based public policy and prevention initiatives. Visit www.atsa.com for more information on the treatment and management of individuals who have sexually abused or are at risk to abuse.
ABOUT NSVRC
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) is the leading nonprofit in providing information and tools to prevent and respond to sexual violence. NSVRC translates research and trends into best practices that help individuals, communities and service providers achieve real and lasting change. The center also works with the media to promote informed reporting and sponsors a Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) prevention campaign each April.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces tightened the noose around die-hard Ukrainian defenders holed up at a Mariupol steel plant Wednesday amid desperate new efforts to open an evacuation corridor for trapped civilians in the ruined city, a key battleground in Moscow’s drive to seize the country’s industrial east.
As the holdouts came under punishing new attacks, the Kremlin said it submitted a draft of its demands for ending the fighting, the number of people fleeing the country climbed past 5 million, and the West raced to supply Ukraine with heavier weapons for the potentially grinding new phase of the war.
With global tensions running high, the Kremlin reported the first successful test launch of a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, that President Vladimir Putin boasted can overcome any missile defense system and make those who threaten Russia “think twice.” It was launched in northern Russia.
On the battlefield, Ukraine’s military said Moscow continued to mount attacks across the east, probing for weak points in Ukrainian defensive lines. Russia said it launched hundreds of missile and air attacks on targets that included concentrations of troops and vehicles.
The Kremlin’s stated goal is the capture of the Donbas, the mostly Russian-speaking eastern region that is home to coal mines, metal plants and heavy-equipment factories vital to Ukraine’s economy. Detaching it would give Putin a badly needed victory two months into the war, after the botched attempt to storm the capital, Kyiv.
Analysts say the offensive in the east could devolve into a grim war of attrition as Russia runs up against Ukraine’s most experienced, battle-hardened troops, who have been fighting pro-Moscow separatists in the Donbas for the past eight years.
With that potentially pivotal offensive underway, Russia said it has presented Ukraine with a draft document outlining its demands as part of talks aimed at ending the conflict — days after Putin said the negotiations were at a “dead end.”
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that “the ball is in their court, we’re waiting for a response.” He gave no details on the draft, and it was not clear when it was sent or if it offered anything new to the Ukrainians, who presented their own demands last month.
A Ukrainian presidential adviser said Kyiv was reviewing the proposals.
Moscow has long demanded, among other things, that Ukraine drop any bid to join NATO. Ukraine has said it would agree to that in return for security guarantees from a number of other countries.
In the all but flattened city of Mariupol, Ukrainian troops said Tuesday the Russian military dropped heavy bombs to flatten what was left of the sprawling Azvostal steel plant — believed to be the last holdout of troops defending Mariupol— and hit a makeshift hospital where hundreds were staying. The reports could not be independently confirmed.
Serhiy Taruta, the former governor of the Donetsk region and a Mariupol native, said 300 people, including wounded troops and civilians with children, were sheltered at the hospital.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, meanwhile, said there was a preliminary agreement to open a humanitarian corridor for women, children and the elderly to leave Mariupol and head west to the Ukraine-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia on Wednesday afternoon.
Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko urged residents to leave, though previous such agreements have fallen apart, with the Russians shelling escape routes or otherwise preventing buses meant to pick up evacuees from entering the city.
More than 100,000 people were believed trapped in Mariupol, which had a pre-war population of over 400,000.
“Do not be frightened and evacuate to Zaporizhzhia, where you can receive all the help you need — food, medicine, essentials — and the main thing is that you will be in safety,” the mayor said in a statement.
A few thousand Ukrainian troops, by the Russians’ estimate, remained holed up in the steel plant. The Russian side issued a new ultimatum to the defenders to surrender Wednesday, but the Ukrainians have ignored previous demands to leave the plant’s labyrinth of tunnels and bunkers.
Mariupol holds strategic and symbolic value for both sides. The scale of suffering there has made it a worldwide focal point of the war. Mariupol’s fall would deprive Ukraine of a vital port, complete a land bridge between Russia and the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in 2014, and free up Russian troops to move elsewhere in the Donbas.
Eyewitness accounts and reports from officials have given a broad picture of the extent of the Russian advance. But independent reporting in the parts of the Donbas held by Russian forces and separatists is severely limited, making it difficult to know what is happening in many places on the ground.
Western nations are boosting the flow of military supplies to Kyiv for this new phase of the war, which is likely to involve trench warfare, long-range artillery attacks and tank battles across relatively open terrain.
U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce a new weapons package in the coming days that will include additional artillery, and Canada and the Netherlands also said they would send more heavy weapons.
Putin, meanwhile, hailed the launch of the Sarmat as “a big, significant event” for Russia’s defense industry and praised the missile as having “no equivalents in the world.” The Sarmat is intended to eventually replace the Soviet-built missile code-named Satan by NATO as a major component of Russia’s nuclear arsenal.
“This truly unique weapon will strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces, reliably ensure Russia’s security from external threats and make those who, in the heat of frantic, aggressive rhetoric, try to threaten our country think twice,” Putin said.
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Associated Press journalists Mstyslav Chernov and Felipe Dana in Kharkiv, Ukraine; Yesica Fisch in Kramatorsk, Ukraine; and Robert Burns and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report, as did other AP staff members around the world.
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Cancer Assistance Support Team sets fundraiser Road Rally, dinner
TUSCARAWAS TWP. – The Cancer Assistance Support Team will hold its 14th annual Road Rally and dinner April 30 at Sons of Herman, 1994 Deermont Ave. NW.
The Cancer Assistance Support Team is a nonprofit, Stark-County based volunteer organization consisting of friends and families of those who are living with cancer and those who have suffered the consequences of cancer, according to a news release.
The group was formed from previous members of American Cancer Society's Relay for Life and Making Strides teams. It is operated exclusively for charitable objectives and purposes within the guidelines of Section 501(c)3, Internal Revenue Services.
The first car in the Road Rally leaves at 4:30 p.m. The $25 donation per person includes admission to the Road Rally and dinner (pop and beer included) served at 6:30 p.m. Other activities include Chinese raffle and 50/50 drawing. Cash prizes will be awarded for first-, second- and third-place Road Rally finishers.
To inquire about about tickets and for more information, contact Amy Burkett at 330-316-0017 or Shelly Luyster at 330-323-3603. Reservations are due by April 15; send payment and reservation information including team name, email address, phone number and names of driver and up to six passengers (each person gets one ticket) to Linda Zachocki, 519 Canford Ave. NW, Massillon, OH, 44646.
All proceeds go to Cancer Assistance Support Team to help families in the Stark County area with financial support for medical needs. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/04/07/cancer-assistance-support-team-sets-fundraiser-road-rally-dinner/7250125001/ | 2022-04-07T15:14:27Z |
SHENZHEN, China, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Growatt is thrilled to announce the launch of its new website www.growattportable.com to go live on June 1st, 2020. To cover its fast-growing category verticals, the new website will promote its new portable power station portfolio which was unveiled earlier in April this year.
"Growatt is committed to encouraging a smart energy life with sustainable green power. In the past, our solution was limited to providing energy on site, but we have developed a new portable power station line in the hope that green energy can be brought outdoors to offer all-scenario green energy solutions," said Lisa Zhang, global marketing director at Growatt. The recently released Growatt Infinity 1500 has a 1554Wh capacity and 2000W output and can cover 95% of outdoor and indoor appliances. It supports high-speed solar and AC wall charging and can be charged to 80% in just one hour, making it the perfect companion for outdoor activities and a reliable friend for home backup.
Unlike Growatt's traditional product offerings, the new portable power station mainly serves outdoor enthusiasts and users who need installation-free backup power solutions. This is a new customer type for Growatt, which is different from the previous in terms of user portraits and shopping habits. The launch of the website is to provide a more intuitive, user-friendly, and interactive communication platform and to bridge the gap with end users of this type.
"By launching a new site, we can interact directly with our users and better communicate with the market. We believe this will facilitate us to continuously optimize our products and services. The launch of the new website echoes our promise to always set user experience as a top priority," Zhang added.
The new website comes with a fresh visual in response to the Company's expansion strategy. In the future, Growatt will launch more products to complete the entire portable power ecosystem, giving users the real freedom to use clean energy anytime, anywhere.
To learn more about Growatt's new portable power station and the related offerings, please visit the new website www.growattportable.com.
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DENVER, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthgrades, the #1 website Americans use to find a doctor or hospital, today announced the National Leaders in Obstetrics & Gynecology: the recipients of the 2022 Healthgrades Labor and Delivery Excellence Award™, the Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award™, and the Overall Obstetrics and Gynecology Award™. This assessment is rooted in clinical outcomes for Ob-Gyn patients and recognizes the top hospitals around the nation that provide superior care for patients during labor and delivery and gynecologic procedures, resulting in lower-than-expected complication rates.
For this annual analysis, Healthgrades evaluated hospital performance across four Ob-Gyn services (Vaginal Delivery, C-Section Delivery, Hysterectomy, Gynecological Procedures) in 16 states that make data available. The 2022 awards identify the top 10% of hospitals in each area of Obstetrics & Gynecology. 145 hospitals were recognized across the three awards, including 17 extremely high-performing facilities that achieved all three awards.
A few notable statistics about the top performing hospitals include:
- From 2018-2020, if all hospitals in the 16 states included in this analysis, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals receiving the Obstetrics and Gynecology Excellence Award, on average, 153,369 patients could have avoided complications.*
- From 2018-2020, if all hospitals in the 16 states included in this analysis, as a group, performed similarly to hospitals receiving the Labor and Delivery Excellence Award, on average, 135,637 patients could have avoided complications.*
- From 2018-2020, patients treated in hospitals receiving the Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award, have, on average, a 46.8% lower risk of experiencing a complication while in the hospital than if they were treated in hospitals that did not receive the Gynecologic Surgery Excellence Award.*
"When choosing a doctor for Ob-Gyn care, patients should consider three factors: hospital quality, facility and care team experience with your condition/procedure, and compatibility," said Brad Bowman, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Data Science, Healthgrades. "Identifying the national leaders in Obstetrics & Gynecology makes it easier for consumers to consider hospital quality before choosing an Ob-Gyn specialist."
A recent survey on behalf of Healthgrades found that 74% of commercially insured patients seeking Ob-Gyn care have or planned to search online. 25% of those seeking an Ob-Gyn specialist were doing so because they were unsatisfied with their current healthcare professional, and 19% required more specialized Ob-Gyn care. 45% found it moderately to extremely difficult to find an Ob-Gyn specialist when needed.
"We know consumers have trouble finding Ob-Gyn care, and understanding the quality of the hospital where a doctor practices is an often overlooked element of that decision," said Burt Kann, EVP and Head of Product at Healthgrades. "We're pleased to recognize these National Leaders in Obstetrics & Gynecology and hope they bring consumers one step closer to finding the right care for their needs."
With tools like hospital quality ratings and awards, Healthgrades helps consumers make confident healthcare decisions by enabling the evaluation and comparison of hospital performance to find the highest quality care. View the full list of award recipients and find the hospital that's right for you. For more guidance, Healthgrades also co-authored an article with OutCare Health recommending five questions LGBTQ+ patients should ask their Ob-Gyn. Consumers can visit Healthgrades for more information on how Healthgrades measures hospital quality and access the complete methodology here.
*Statistics are based on Healthgrades analysis of All-Payer data for years 2018 through 2020 and represent 3-year estimates for patients in 16 states for which all payer data was made available. (See 2022 Healthgrades Obstetrics and Gynecology Rating Methodology for more details).
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Our health system, healthcare professional, and life sciences marketing solutions have been helping our partners reach and engage consumers who are on their way to the doctor for over 20 years.
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced its second quarter 2022 results for the period ended June 30, 2022. The earnings release and related materials discussing these results can be found on its investor relations website at https://investor.pypl.com/financials/quarterly-results/default.aspx.
PayPal Holdings, Inc. will host a conference call to discuss these results at 2:00 p.m. Pacific time (5:00 p.m. Eastern time) today. A live webcast of the conference call will be available at https://investor.pypl.com. In addition, an archive of the webcast will be accessible for 90 days through the same link.
About PayPal
PayPal has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. By leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure, the PayPal platform is empowering 429 million consumers and merchants in more than 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. For more information, visit paypal.com.
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Following record-breaking direct-to-consumer growth and disruption of the body care category, MAËLYS' best-selling, clinically-proven products are now available in all stores and online at the nation's largest beauty retailer.
NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today MAËLYS, the leading prestige body care brand best known for its unparalleled approach to bringing groundbreaking clinically-proven solutions, announces its exclusive retail partnership with Ulta Beauty. This marks the brand's kickoff of an omnichannel expansion after proven success with its direct-to-consumer business. This is the first strategic move for the company to evolve in key markets where its direct-to-consumer business and customer demand have proven to be highly successful.
MAËLYS' rapid success, driven by its unique and proprietary marketing-data platform, and its tech-meets-body care solutions, has resulted in a 100% growth year-over-year, and revealed market demand for advanced body care solutions beyond the company's direct-to-consumer channel. Ulta Beauty's national audience of engaged beauty lovers with a desire for products that boost their skincare regimen and target head-to-toe concerns makes for an ideal match.
"As one of the fastest growing DTC beauty brands in the US, we saw a huge demand for our products to be available on other channels - it became clear that now is the time to also focus on our retail expansion," said Rom Ginzburg, CEO of MAËLYS. "Ulta Beauty is a world-class retailer with a national presence, incredible omnichannel retail experiences, and a brand ethos that mirrors our customer's profile incredibly well. Our goal is to enrich the customer experience by making it easier for them to shop in the places they love, thereby enabling them to conveniently find products that provide exceptional results and bare-it-all confidence. As body skinification continues to rule in the body care category, with MAËLYS at the forefront, there is limitless opportunity for our partnership with Ulta Beauty."
This retail expansion arms Ulta Beauty customers with the tools they need to tighten, firm, tone and become the best version of themselves. Customers can find MAËLYS within the new Skincare We're Loving section of Ulta Beauty, a dedicated space for category heroes and emerging brand discovery. Customers can shop seven of MAËLYS' best-selling body reshaping products in stores nationwide and on Ulta.com, including:
- B-TIGHT Lift & Firm Booty Mask
- B-FLAT Belly Firming Cream
- B-THICC Booty Enhancing Mask
- B-FLEX Lift & Firm Arm Cream
- B-PERKY Lift & Firm Breast Mask
- GET-CHEEKY Enriched Cellulite Oil
- GET-SPRUNG Enriched Stretch Mark Oil
"We're thrilled to evolve our partnership with MAËLYS as our guests continue to seek innovative skin solutions," said Penny Coy, Vice President Merchandising, Ulta Beauty. "Our highly engaged beauty enthusiasts, scale and unmatched omnichannel retail environment offers this unique, fun brand endless possibilities to further disrupt the body care category - and we can't wait!"
To shop for MAËLYS products at Ulta Beauty, please visit: www.ulta.com/brand/maelys-cosmetics
MAЁLYS is breaking the mold of the body care category by using a unique combination of data, marketing, and product innovation to create targeted solutions for specific skin concerns. Our power-packed, clinically tested formulas deliver real results, allowing women to shape, tone, and tighten their way to the body they deserve. We empower an international community of women to never apologize for wanting to look hot, and to have the confidence to wear those short shorts, rock that bikini, and feel damn good about it.
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5 things to know for April 19: Ukraine, Covid, Twitter, Drop tower death, Alex Jones
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN
Millions of people are cranking up the heat as much of the Northeast US braces for a rare April blast of winter weather. The high demand sent natural gas futures soaring yesterday to levels unseen since 2008. Overall, natural gas is up by a staggering 113% since the end of last year.
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1. Ukraine
The battle for control over the Donbas region is currently underway, and the outcome may define Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion after his forces suffered costly failures in Kyiv and across central and northern Ukraine. In eastern Ukraine, Russian forces have completed the regrouping of troops to launch an offensive to establish full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, a Ukrainian defense ministry spokesperson said. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces need weapons quickly, pushing back against concerns from US and NATO officials that his military would need significant training before receiving advanced weapons from other countries. Separately, US Customs and Border Protection officials said they encountered about 5,000 Ukrainians in March, including 3,274 along the US southern border, according to newly released agency data.
2. Coronavirus
The CDC’s mask mandate for travelers is no longer in effect on airplanes and other public transport methods following a federal judge’s ruling yesterday. US District Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle said the mandate was unlawful because it exceeded the authority of the CDC and because its implementation violated administrative law. “The agencies are reviewing the decision and assessing potential next steps,” a Biden administration official said last night, adding the CDC still recommends that people continue to wear masks in indoor public transportation settings. After the mandate was struck down, several US airlines announced that masks are now optional on their aircraft — including Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines and JetBlue.
3. Twitter
Twitter has indicated that it’s not interested in being bought by Elon Musk without a fight. After the Tesla and SpaceX CEO offered to buy Twitter last week, the company’s board implemented a shareholder rights plan, known as a “poison pill,” that would make it harder and more expensive for Musk (or any other would-be buyer) to acquire the company without the board’s approval. Now, eyes are back on Musk to see how he might respond to the board’s defensive measure. Musk, who currently owns around 9% of shares in the company, could decide to withdraw his bid, or he could sit tight and exercise the still-significant influence he’d have at the company as one of its largest shareholders. Musk said last week that he has a “Plan B” if his bid falls through, although he declined to elaborate on what it is.
4. Amusement park death
Following the death last month of a 14-year-old boy who fell from an amusement park ride in Orlando, Florida, a forensic engineering firm hired to investigate the incident found the ride’s operator made manual adjustments to two seats. Those adjustments were made “presumably, to allow for larger riders, which should not have happened based on the manufacturer’s guidelines,” State Rep. Geraldine Thompson said in a news update yesterday. According to the report, the harness on one of the seats was manually loosened to to allow a restraint opening of near 7 inches — about 4 inches more than the normal opening range for the restraints. The FreeFall drop tower manufacturer’s guidelines also put a rider’s weight limit at 250 pounds; Tyre Sampson — the teen who died — weighed approximately 340 pounds, his family told CNN. Authorities said they are working to conclude the investigation before assessing what penalties may come.
5. Alex Jones
The right-wing conspiracy outlet Infowars has filed for bankruptcy protection as its founder Alex Jones faces several defamation lawsuits. The move, which could pause civil litigation against the companies, comes after Jones was found legally responsible for damages in three defamation lawsuits related to false claims he made about the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting. In the aftermath of the shooting, in which 26 people were killed, Jones baselessly said the incident was staged. He later swore in a deposition that a “form of psychosis” caused him at the time to believe it was staged. The documents filed on Sunday sought bankruptcy protection for Infowars and Prison Planet, another one of Jones’ right-wing outlets. Jones also sought bankruptcy protection for Infowars Health, a store from which Jones has hawked nutritional supplements and other products.
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$400,000
That’s how much a university in southern Ohio has agreed to pay a professor after initially disciplining him for his refusal to use a transgender student’s preferred pronouns. Nicholas Meriwether, a philosophy professor at Shawnee State University, refused to use the pronouns because it went against his beliefs as a Christian, his attorney said. Meriwether filed a lawsuit in 2018 alleging a violation of his free speech rights. As part of the settlement, the university agreed that Meriwether has the right to choose when to use, or avoid using, titles or pronouns when referring to or addressing students.
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“Apple has grown to be the most valuable company in the world. Why should its retail workers live precariously?”
— Apple store employees at New York’s Grand Central Station, announcing they are trying to form a union. Some workers at the store say a union is needed because wages have not kept pace with the cost of living in New York City. They also want better job protections. If they gather signatures from at least 30% of the workers at the store, the National Labor Relations Board can hold an election.
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New York City Police detectives shot and injured four men they say opened fire at a party in Queens, where around 75 to 100 people were gathered.
Around 11.35 p.m. Friday, plainclothes police from the violent crime squad were keeping watch on the party, being held in a residential area, from an unmarked car, NYPD Chief of Patrol Jeff Maddrey said during an overnight press conference.
Police "believed that there was a potential to be violence involving some of the local street crews," Maddrey said.
The detectives saw a group of who men arrived at the house, pulled out at least three firearms and started firing at the party.
Maddrey said detectives exchanged gunfire with the group of men. Four were shot and taken to the hospital, where they were in stable condition as of Saturday morning, police told CNN.
Police said at least three firearms were recovered. None of the police officers were shot.
"There were a lot of people out here when this occurred," Maddrey said. "They were basically firing into a crowd."
"These details are going to illustrate how gun violence continues to beleaguer our communities, and again, I implore members of our community that it is so important to work together with your police so we can put an end to this gun violence," Maddrey said.
Police have not yet named any of the injured men or detailed what charges they may be facing.
Police said no one else was injured in the shooting.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The U.S. deputy secretary of state said Monday the prime minister of the Solomon Islands “missed an important opportunity” by failing to attend a memorial service to mark the anniversary of a key World War II battle, amid concerns the South Pacific island nation is building closer ties with China.
Wendy Sherman and U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy were among dignitaries who attended a dawn service near the capital of Honiara on Sunday to commemorate the Battle of Guadalcanal.
Sherman’s father, Marine Mal Sherman, and Kennedy’s father, the late President John F. Kennedy, almost died in fighting on the Solomons. Kennedy had been the commander of a patrol torpedo boat that was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer. Sherman was wounded during the Guadalcanal campaign, which was the Japanese army’s first defeat of WWII.
Local media reported that Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, who signed a security pact with China this year, appeared to have snubbed the ceremony, a claim his office later denied.
Sherman declined to say whether she considered the prime minister’s absence a snub. She said Sogavare “will have to answer to his own citizens about why he made the choice that he did,” in an apparent reference to the next election.
“I said to the prime minister directly that I was so sorry that obviously his schedule did not allow him to come because he missed an important opportunity,” Sherman told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
“This was a place where international leaders gathered to say that the work with Solomon Islanders, at the time of World War II, was decisive in victory, in ensuring freedom and democracy. And so I really felt sorry for the prime minister because I think he missed an important opportunity,” she added.
Sogavare denied a snub, telling the Solomons Star News newspaper in a statement that the government was well represented at all events over three days marking the anniversary at ministerial levels.
The statement said newspaper claims of a snub were misleading and lacked understanding of protocols applied at such events.
The pact with China has raised fears of a Chinese naval base being established within 2,000 kilometers (1,200 miles) of Australia’s northeast coast. A Chinese military presence in the Solomons would put it not only on the doorstep of Australia and New Zealand but also in close proximity to Guam, the U.S. territory that hosts major military bases.
Both the Solomons and China have denied their pact will lead to a Chinese military foothold in the South Pacific.
Sherman said Sogavare had repeated the assurance during her recent visit that there would be no Chinese base.
“This is a situation where we will all watch very carefully to see what happens here. It is quite critical,” Sherman said.
In April, a U.S. delegation to Honiara led by Kurt Campbell, the National Security Council Indo-Pacific coordinator, and Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, warned that the United States would take unspecified action against the Solomons should the agreement with China pose a threat to U.S. or allied interests.
Sogavare accused the U.S. and Australia of threatening and disrespectful behavior.
China’s growing influence in the Pacific has led the United States to commit to reopening an embassy in Honiara that it closed in 1993. Washington has also committed to opening embassies in Tonga and Kiribati, a Micronesian state that, like the Solomons, recently switched its allegiance from Taiwan to Beijing.
A Solomons ceremony on Monday, a day after the commemoration that Sherman and Kennedy attended, was briefly interrupted when an assailant armed with a pair of scissors attacked a Japanese sailor.
Radio New Zealand reported that the victim was part of a Japanese navy media team and was stabbed in the neck, receiving minor injuries.
The report quoted medics as saying the sailor required stitches but was doing well. Bloody Ridge community chief Wesley Ramo said the suspect was from a neighboring community and was under the influence and mentally unstable.
Also attending the ceremony were Makoto Oniki, Japan’s state minister of defense, and Peeni Henare, New Zealand’s defense minister.
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– The world's first SAF producer assembles Air Products, Honeywell, and leading energy transition innovators to team up to pioneer the frontier of low-carbon aviation in Southern Calif. for replication globally –
– Two-billion-dollar project will yield 340-million-gallons of annual capacity; collaboration to advance green hydrogen transition –
– Facility will integrate innovative renewable feedstocks, breakthrough production technology, and networked pipeline distribution to enable clean local ground and air transportation –
PARAMOUNT, Calif., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- World Energy, a carbon-net-zero solutions provider, today announced that it secured the critical permits required to increase output by 700 percent at its Southern California renewable fuels production facility, the world's first and North America's only commercial-scale Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production site. The low-carbon fuels innovator, which has produced SAF at a commercial scale since 2016, is teaming up with Air Products, the world's largest hydrogen producer, and Honeywell, an innovator in SAF technology, to build the most technologically advanced production and distribution hub ever constructed. Together, along with more than 15 other leading firms, the companies are collaborating to speed up and expand the decarbonization of aviation. Global air transport leaders and those heavily reliant on aviation are now entering into long-term agreements to secure access to the plant's current and expanding supply to make carbon-net-zero aviation real.
"World Energy's transformation of its facility to producing 100 percent sustainable fuel is good for the planet and it's good for our City," said Paramount Mayor Vilma Cuellar Stallings. "Locally, the refinery will never again deal with petroleum products, which of course will be healthy for our residents. We welcome this change."
The former oil refinery site will never again refine fossil fuels. By 2050 the facility will produce fuels that will displace over 76 million metric tons of carbon dioxide, the equivalent of 3.8 million carbon-net-zero flights from Los Angeles to New York. It will also significantly reduce the fine particulate emissions in the trucks, trains, and planes powered by World Energy's fuels. Air Products and World Energy will collaborate on innovations to transition to green hydrogen inputs, further reducing the carbon intensity of the fuels it produces.
The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) Institute for Applied Economics (IAE) conducted a multiregional economic impact analysis and estimates that between 2019 and 2024, World Energy's ongoing operations and conversion will contribute $19.2 billion to the U.S. economy and generate more than 18,000 jobs.
"Getting real about net-zero aviation, is going to require the mobilization of expertise and resources far beyond anything that has come before," said Gene Gebolys, CEO, World Energy. "We are pulling together the very best companies in the world with the expertise, experience, commitment, and focus to collaborate on pushing the frontier of what can be done to decarbonize aviation today while building a platform for what needs to be done to decarbonize flight entirely by 2050. This is an immense undertaking. But it must be done, and it requires that we move with the speed, coordination, and determination befitting the problem we are working to tackle."
"This project is another pioneering moment in Air Products' commitment to help support the energy transition. We are already building the world's largest green hydrogen facility with our partners in Saudi Arabia and the world's largest blue hydrogen facility in Louisiana. Now we are teaming up with World Energy to build North America's largest SAF facility," said Seifi Ghasemi, Air Products' Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are very pleased to be working with World Energy, enabling another U.S. megaproject that will provide measurable sustainability benefits and advance California's decarbonization goals by producing a renewable fuel to meet the growing demands of the aviation industry."
The world's first and North America's only commercial-scale SAF facility was launched in Paramount, using Honeywell UOP's EcofiningTM technology in 2013, with production commencing in 2016. World Energy and Honeywell have continued to collaborate and have strengthened this critical relationship with a technical development agreement to advance the next generation of carbon reduction technologies. This collaboration will further innovations integrating more efficient SAF production processes, new process pathways using new sustainable feedstocks, low-carbon hydrogen, and carbon capture technologies.
"As one of the pioneers of the SAF market with Honeywell UOP Ecofining technology, our long-term engagement with World Energy continues to help transform the industry and support the goal of a significantly reducing CO2 emissions," Bryan Glover, President and CEO, Honeywell UOP. "Our participation in this project will not only allow World Energy to build one of the most technologically advanced SAF production and distribution hubs globally, it also helps accelerate the energy transition of the aviation industry."
About Sustainable Aviation Fuel
SAF is a 100 percent sustainable fuel made entirely of renewable resources and contains no fossil-based feedstock. It is not co-processed with fossil fuel in traditional oil refineries, and its carbon attributes comply with all state and U.S. federal regulations for advanced biofuels. Its lifecycle carbon emissions are currently up to 85 percent lower than conventional jet fuel. It is currently approved at a 50/50 blend level with conventional jet fuel for commercial use. World Energy is collaborating with other industry leaders to gain approval for pure 100 percent renewable SAF use in regular commercial aviation to enable a future of carbon net-zero fossil-free flight. SAF allows aviation to be powered by the sun's energy, captured by organic materials, and converted into high-energy-density liquid fuels.
About World Energy
World Energy is a low-carbon solutions provider focused on helping the world's leading companies make their carbon net-zero commitments real. The company is delivering ever better solutions at an ever-greater scale to efficiently cut, accurately account, and transparently report carbon emissions reductions in operations based in air and on water, rail, and road. Founded on Earth Day in Boston in 1998, the company has been commercializing, producing, and distributing low-carbon fuels for over two decades. www.worldenergy.net.
About Air Products
Air Products is a world-leading industrial gases company in operation for over 80 years. Focused on serving energy, environment and emerging markets, the Company provides essential industrial gases, related equipment and applications expertise to customers in dozens of industries, including refining, chemical, metals, electronics, manufacturing, and food and beverage. Air Products is also the global leader in the supply of liquefied natural gas process technology and equipment. The Company develops, engineers, builds, owns and operates some of the world's largest industrial gas projects, including: gasification projects that sustainably convert abundant natural resources into syngas for the production of high-value power, fuels and chemicals; carbon capture projects; and world-scale low- and zero-carbon hydrogen projects supporting global transportation and the energy transition.
The Company had fiscal 2021 sales of $10.3 billion from operations in over 50 countries and has a current market capitalization of about $55 billion. More than 20,000 passionate, talented and committed employees from diverse backgrounds are driven by Air Products' higher purpose to create innovative solutions that benefit the environment, enhance sustainability and address the challenges facing customers, communities, and the world. For more information, visit airproducts.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.
Honeywell (www.honeywell.com) is a Fortune 100 technology company that delivers industry-specific solutions that include aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings and industry; and performance materials globally. Our technologies help aircraft, buildings, manufacturing plants, supply chains, and workers become more connected to make our world smarter, safer, and more sustainable. For more news and information on Honeywell, please visit www.honeywell.com/newsroom.
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Cutting Vedge Veggie Forward™ Burgers make Artichokes the star of barbecues
BLOOMFIELD, N.J., July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Summer is officially here, which means more time spent outdoors with good company, good food, and a good hot grill. Spend time this summer with a game-changer in the kitchen and on the grill: Cutting Vedge Veggie Forward™ Burgers.
Cutting Vedge celebrates plant-based at its roots with deliciously chef-crafted foods that star the Artichoke and are loaded with flavor and key nutrients. The product line is a clean recipe and powered by Reese Artichokes, the #1 ingredient, giving summer veggie burgers a fuller, richer taste and a hearty texture.
Cutting Vedge Veggie Forward™ Burgers are great on the grill, delivering a lightly crisp crust and amazing flavor, thanks to a unique mix of artichokes, spinach, quinoa and chickpeas. Our recipe is proud to be non-GMO, free from soy, gluten, and dairy and a good source of protein and iron. Our grill-ready burgers are incredibly versatile. Go classic with traditional toppings or layer on goat cheese and fig jam for a sweet and savory burger. To get really creative try swapping the classic burger bun for lengthwise-cut avocado or papaya slices. So grab your family and friends and fire up the grill with Cutting Vedge Veggie Forward™ Burgers.
Rediscover veggies through unique culinary twists on traditional favorites with Cutting Vedge. Cheers to the Artichoke and bringing veggies to the center of your plate!
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About World Finer Foods
World Finer Foods, a leading company of more than 1,000 owned and third-party premium food, beverage and personal care products, is a pioneer in marketing and selling both domestic and international products to American consumers, with roots dating back to the 1940's and the creation of what would become a new market segment: specialty food. From household and traditional favorites to trendsetting health-conscious and global flavors, World Finer Foods offers consumers options for every taste and lifestyle, and provides their clients with a team of dedicated best-in-class sales, marketing and logistical experts to grow their brands. For more information on World Finer Foods, visit: www.worldfiner.com.
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The race to a $1 million match runs through Memorial Day weekend
BELOIT, Wis., May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 500 miles, 200 laps, 33 drivers and one cold bottle of milk — the 106th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge takes place on Sunday, May 29. When it does, one car will be racing to raise awareness and $1 million in donations for a nonprofit that is making a difference for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans in the United States.
Longtime friend of AJ Foyt Racing and Indy 500 team sponsor ABC Supply Co. Inc. is putting nonprofit Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) center stage at "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing." ABC Supply is gifting the design of its IndyCar and matching donations made to the organization — up to $1 million — from May 21 to May 30. Donate at hfotusa.org.
Since September 11, 2001, over 2.5 million Americans have served our nation, and of that group, more than 1,000 Veterans have sustained severe physical injuries, including one or more amputations, full or partial paralysis, and severe traumatic brain injury. Founded in 2004, HFOT's mission is to build and donate specially adapted custom homes for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives. To date, the organization has built over 330 homes.
J.R. Hildebrand will pilot the No. 11 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet, which this year will sport a star-spangled American flag design with the HFOT logo and their tagline of "Building Homes, Rebuilding Lives." The patriotic car salutes and honors our troops during the event while underscoring the mission of Homes For Our Troops.
ABC Supply Co, Inc., the nation's largest wholesale distributor of roofing, siding and other select exterior building products, has been a multimillion-dollar supporter of Homes For Our Troops since 2020. Nearly 90 cents of every dollar spent goes directly toward Homes For Our Troops' mission, so it relies primarily on word-of-mouth awareness instead of paid promotion.
"We're proud to give Homes For Our Troops a national stage at the Indianapolis 500 to help increase awareness and donations for their organization," says Mike Jost, chief operating officer of ABC Supply. "The work they do to support Veterans is incredible, and we're hopeful that others will be inspired to support them as well."
HFOT's partnership with their Veterans doesn't stop once their homes are complete. The organization also offers resources for financial planning, homeownership education and peer mentoring.
"At Homes For Our Troops, we consider our Veterans family. We don't just give them the keys and walk away; we maintain a relationship with them to help them rebuild their lives. The support from partners like ABC Supply enables us to provide not only specially adapted custom homes to severely injured Veterans, but also a lifelong support network," says HFOT President/CEO Brigadier General, USA (Ret) Tom Landwermeyer.
The HFOT IndyCar will first hit the track for competition in qualifying races May 21-22.
"I think the fans will love it, and I think they will be so happy to see the American flag — especially with our team," says A.J. Foyt. "I would like to thank ABC Supply for supporting Homes For Our Troops. It's great."
"To support this organization at the Speedway, bring attention to Veterans and some of the challenges that they face, and highlight the things that people and organizations like Homes For Our Troops are doing to give them opportunities to better their lives is such a special thing to be able to be a part of," says J.R. Hildebrand, driver of the No. 11 car.
To learn more about Homes For Our Troops, or to donate to the organization and have it matched by ABC Supply through Monday, May 30, visit hfotusa.org.
About ABC Supply
ABC Supply Co. Inc. is the largest wholesale distributor of roofing in the United States and one of the nation's largest wholesale distributors of select exterior and interior building products. Since its founding by Ken and Diane Hendricks in 1982, ABC Supply's sole focus has been serving professional contractors and "making it easy" for them to do their jobs by offering the products, support and services they need — including myABCsupply, a tool that allows contractors to request measurement services, order materials, track deliveries, pay invoices and more.
A 16-time Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award winner and two-time recipient of Glassdoor's Employees' Choice Award for Best Places to Work, ABC Supply is an "employee-first" company that treats its associates with respect and gives them the tools they need to succeed. The company was also named a Best Employer for New Grads by Forbes in 2021.
Headquartered in Beloit, Wisconsin, ABC Supply has over 840 locations nationwide. More information is available at www.abcsupply.com. Contractors can find resources for growing and improving their businesses on ABC Supply's blog and the company's LinkedIn page.
About Homes For Our Troops (HFOT)
Homes For Our Troops (HFOT) is a publicly funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that builds and donates specially adapted custom homes nationwide for severely injured post-9/11 Veterans, to enable them to rebuild their lives. Most of these Veterans have sustained life-altering injuries including multiple limb amputations, partial or full paralysis, and/or severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). These homes restore some of the freedom and independence our Veterans sacrificed while defending our country, and enable them to focus on their family, recovery, and rebuilding their lives.
HFOT builds these homes where the Veteran chooses to live, and continues its relationship with the Veterans after home delivery to assist them with rebuilding their lives. Since its inception in 2004, nearly 90 cents of every dollar spent has gone directly to our program services supporting Veterans. For more information, visit www.hfotusa.org.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Right before the biggest swings during New York’s seven-run eighth inning, Marwin Gonzalez, Gleyber Torres and DJ LeMahieu each worked a walk against one of baseball’s toughest relievers.
Just a little opening, and the Yankees pounced.
Giancarlo Stanton homered twice and drove in a career-best six runs, and New York beat the Chicago White Sox 15-7 on Thursday night for its fourth straight victory.
“Just a great job by the offense tonight,” manager Aaron Boone said.
Aaron Judge and Josh Donaldson also connected for the major league-leading Yankees in the opener of an eight-game trip. Judge had four RBIs, and Donaldson drove in three runs.
Led by its relentless lineup, New York won for the 16th time in 18 games. Stanton and Co. are off to the franchise’s best start since the Yankees also opened 23-8 in 2003.
“You know if you don’t get it done, the guy in front of you (or) behind you will,” Stanton said. “It’s good, it lets you kind of get deep into your at-bat and not rush your plan and try to execute best as possible.”
Chicago tied it at 7 on Yoán Moncada’s first homer of the season, a three-run drive to center against Jonathan Loáisiga (1-1) in the seventh. It was the third homer allowed by Loáisiga this year after he yielded a total of three in 70 2/3 innings in 2021.
Didn’t matter all that much.
After Joe Kelly (0-1) retired the first two batters in the eighth, New York put together its highest scoring inning this season.
Three straight walks loaded the bases for Judge, who beat out a grounder up the middle for a two-run infield single. Torres ignored third-base coach Luis Rojas’ stop sign and slid home safely for a 9-7 lead.
“He’s got that knack to take that extra base. That was a great job right there,” Boone said.
Boone sent Torres up to hit for Kyle Higashioka with two outs and Gonzalez on first. He fell behind 0-2 before earning a seven-pitch walk.
“Unreal at-bat,” Stanton said. “It’s what helped break open that inning.”
Stanton added a two-run single, and Donaldson capped the rally with a three-run shot to left against Tanner Banks.
“They’re good hitters, yeah,” Kelly said. “I’ve faced them numerous times. Free passes are usually not the way to get them out. But I’ll face them again and throw it right at ’em.”
Stanton also hit a pair of two-run homers in his first multihomer game of the season and No. 35 for his career. It was his second game with two opposite-field shots after he also accomplished the feat on July 16, 2011, for the Marlins against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
Judge’s major league-leading 11th homer leading off the seventh traveled an estimated 456 feet to left-center.
Chicago right-hander Dylan Cease matched his career high with 11 strikeouts in four innings, but he was tagged for a season-high six runs to go along with six hits. He yielded a total of nine runs in his first six starts of the year.
The White Sox had won seven of eight.
“It was odd, but I mean for me I’m just going to tip my cap,” Cease said. “They beat me today. Get after it the next one.”
Rookie Luis Gil permitted four runs and five hits in four innings in a spot start for New York, which played a doubleheader Sunday against Texas and a makeup game Monday.
FAMILIAR FACE
Anthony Rizzo went 1 for 5 and committed an error in his first game back in Chicago since he was traded by the Cubs to the Yankees in July. The first baseman played for the Cubs for 10 years, helping the team win the World Series in 2016.
“It feels good always, being here,” Rizzo said. “This is obviously a special place for me … and my family. That will never change.”
LOOKING AHEAD
White Sox manager Tony La Russa said Johnny Cueto is in the mix to start one of the games in Tuesday’s doubleheader at Kansas City. The veteran right-hander, who agreed to a minor league deal in April, is 0-1 with a 5.17 ERA in four starts for Triple-A Charlotte this year.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Yankees: Boone’s club was the first team to occupy the visitor’s clubhouse at Guaranteed Rate Field since Wednesday’s Cleveland-Chicago game was postponed because of a COVID-19 outbreak with the Guardians. “They came in and overnight, you know, did a deep clean and everything,” Boone said. “I know we brought more of our clubhouse staff that’s kind of handling a lot of the stuff with us.”
White Sox: La Russa said OF Eloy Jiménez (torn hamstring tendon) is doing really well, but he downplayed the possibility of the slugger returning ahead of the original six-to-eight week timeline that the team confirmed after he had surgery April 26. “We’re going to make sure that (we) build all the strength possible and all the stamina and everything,” La Russa said. … OF Andrew Vaughn (bruised right hand) hit two solo homers in his second rehab game with Charlotte.
UP NEXT
Gerrit Cole (2-0, 2.67 ERA) pitches Friday night for New York. The right-hander has allowed one run and struck out 25 in 19 innings over his last three starts. Vince Velasquez (2-2, 3.97 ERA) takes the mound for Chicago. The right-hander is going for his third straight win.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Here’s a new seasoning that will enhance the sweetness of your morning pancakes, with the all-new SNICKERS Shakers Seasoning Blend.
That’s right, there is now a seasoning to mimic the flavor profile of an iconic American candy bar. B&G Foods have unveiled the first official SNICKERS seasoning blend.
“We’re pleased to expand our wildly popular licensed seasoning blends line with the addition of SNICKERS, one of the most iconic chocolate bars of all time,” Jordan Greenberg, President of Spices & Seasonings and Executive Vice President of B&G Foods, said in a press release. “With the introduction of SNICKERS™ Shakers Seasoning Blend, everyone can now shake the SNICKERS® taste they love onto their favorite snacks and treats.”
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CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Poor diet and nutritional deficiencies can compromise immune health. This is a particularly serious problem for those struggling through extreme poverty both nationally and around the globe, who often lack access to immune-supporting nutrition.
One organization who just made a major contribution in response to this issue is Neurohacker Collective. This summer, the health and wellness startup donated a large shipment of their immune support supplement Qualia Immune to Feed The Hungry.
Feed The Hungry was founded in 1987 and has donated over $200 million in food and supplies to struggling and impoverished communities in 92 countries. The shipment of Qualia Immune sent to Feed The Hungry is a $257,000 value.
"An ethical challenge for companies like ours who make health and wellness products, is how to share the benefits with those who can't afford them but may need their benefits the most*." states Neurohacker CEO James Schmachtenberger.
"There are some very wasteful situations in our industry where an inventory scenario leads to a company throwing out large amounts of product that could have offered health-supporting benefits for those in extreme need. As our inventory circumstances ebb and flow over time, Feed The Hungry is a great organization to help us avoid wastefulness by pairing our products with the most pressing nutritional needs on the planet."
Another factor that makes Qualia products well suited for Feed The Hungry is the formulation approach they use, which emphasizes broad, well-rounded formulations. This means one serving of a Qualia product often is often providing 10 to 30 ingredients targeted for a specific health need*.
Feed The Hungry is noted for being a highly efficient philanthropic outlet, with 95% of financial donations directly benefiting impoverished communities.
If you or your organization would like to inquire about a potential relationship with Feed The Hungry, contact donorcare@feedthehungry.org or call 888-832-6384.
"We'd encourage any company making products that promote health and wellness to work with Feed The Hungry" , adds Schmachtenberger. "We're excited to partner with organizations who can help us eliminate any scenario of product wastefulness, especially when it provides a way for our products to be shared by people without financial means."
Neurohacker Collective was founded in 2015 with the mission to advance human quality of life by creating best-in-class well-being products. They employ a unique methodology for research and development based on complex systems science which focuses on supporting the body's ability to self-regulate. The company began with a focus on cognitive products with the launch of Qualia Mind and has since developed products to support sleep, longevity, skin, stress, energy, and vision. Neurohacker.com
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Romer Debbas, LLP, a recognized authority in the field of real estate law, announces the merger with award-winning New York City residential real estate firm Katz & Matz P.C. to form New York City's largest dedicated residential real estate practice. Together in 2021, the firms closed approximately 1,900 residential purchase/sale transactions for individual clients and approximately 1,400 residential loan transactions on behalf of various lending institutions.
Katz & Matz was founded in 1994 to specifically serve buyers and sellers of residential real estate. With an aligned ethos and dedication to specialized representation by tenured practitioners, the firm will operate under Romer Debbas and extend service to all legal matters, including residential, commercial, landlord/tenant, and trusts and estates.
Bruce D. Katz and Steven Matz, principals of Katz & Matz, will join Romer Debbas on July 1, 2022, as partners and continue to bolster the success of the firm's thriving residential real estate practice. They will be joined by an esteemed team of 18 lawyers, paralegals, and assistants.
"It isn't often in the business world, and certainly not in New York City, that two renowned firms in their own right, can join forces with such an unsurpassed and extraordinary level of synergy, compatibility and aligned commitment to delivering the best possible service," said Bruce D. Katz.
"We are very excited to welcome the Katz & Matz team who are not only great at what they do but are more importantly quality people. Our mission is to preserve and expand upon the wonderful culture that Bruce and Steven created over the last twenty years," said Michael J. Romer, Founder and Managing Partner, Romer Debbas.
"The expansion of our respective "families" will result in a firm that can provide a larger and wider range of services, to purchasers and sellers, brokers and their companies, lending institutions and loan officers and to our city as a whole, all the while maintaining our trademark focus on personalized and sensitive care to everyone we serve," said Steven Matz. "We are beyond thrilled to be embarking on this journey with our friends and colleagues at Romer Debbas."
"After just celebrating our 11th anniversary, it is a true honor to now say that Romer Debbas has the number one residential real estate practice in the greatest city in the world," said Pierre E. Debbas, Founder and Managing Partner, Romer Debbas.
Michael J. Romer has extensive experience in the areas of real estate and general business law, concentrating on the purchase and sale of New York City commercial and residential real estate, commercial leasing, real estate related financing matters, representation of cooperative and condominium boards, foreign investors, and small businesses. In addition, he has a long history of representing prominent financial institutions in commercial and residential lending transactions, including some of the most exclusive private banks and wealth management divisions in the country. Mr. Romer is consistently recognized for his achievements, most recently among Super Lawyers and as a Newsmaker Futurist.
Pierre E. Debbas focuses on the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real estate in New York City, commercial leasing, real estate related financing matters, representation of cooperative and condominium boards, foreign investors, and small businesses. Over the course of his career, Mr. Debbas has been involved in thousands of real estate transactions and is instrumental in his firm's annual ranking as one of the top transactional firms based on volume of transactions closed in NYC.
Bruce D. Katz is a tenured attorney who has established valued relationships with many of New York City's most notable residential real estate professionals. Clients and brokers alike appreciate his hallmark attentiveness, direct accessibility, and thorough approach to facilitating a seamless transaction.
Steven Matz is highly respected throughout New York City's residential real estate industry, often serving as a consultant to brokerage houses and financial firms seeking real estate counsel for their clients. He boasts an unparalleled understanding of the specific needs of international and ultra-high net worth/high-profile clients, expertly helping them navigate 1031 Tax Deferred Exchanges, LLC Formation, and various issues involving the purchase and sale of New York City properties. Mr. Matz's experience extends to new construction and conversion projects, where he often provides written digests and comprehensive analyses to clients and brokers alike.
About Romer Debbas, LLP (www.romerdebbas.com)
Romer Debbas, LLP boasts New York City's largest residential real estate practice, uniquely focusing on all real estate matters for clients in local, national, and international markets. Led by Managing Partners Michael J. Romer and Pierre E. Debbas, the annually ranked top firm prioritizes highly specialized, client-centered representation with a practice that also extends to include Corporate and Business Law, Immigration, Litigation, Bankruptcy, Taxation, Trusts, and Estates.
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Gov. Brian Kemp announced he is allocating around $250 million to help low-income Georgia communities improve parks, sidewalks, recreation facilities and healthy food access.
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp announced he is allocating around $250 million to help low-income Georgia communities improve parks, sidewalks, recreation facilities and healthy food access.
A statement from the governor’s office said investment in infrastructure like parks and sidewalks has been connected to better health and decreased mortality from COVID and other illnesses.
“Though we have long since turned the corner on the pandemic, we know there are still some lingering public health impacts of COVID-19 that are broader than the disease itself,” Kemp said. “They include mental health challenges and unhealthy physical conditions caused by isolation.”
Kemp said keeping parks and recreation facilities open during the COVID pandemic allowed Georgians to continue to exercise and get fresh air .
“We were met with resistance at times on this approach, but we prevailed in giving both Georgians and numerous out-of-state visitors safe options,” the governor said. “By carefully investing these funds, we’re helping communities further move past the effects of the pandemic and become healthier.”
The $250 million will be awarded through a grant program. Local and county governments as well as nonprofits can apply. The projects must be located in low-income communities.
Each approved project will be eligible to receive up to $2 million. Applications will be accepted through Nov. 18, and a virtual applicant workshop will be held on Sept. 6. More information about applying can be found on the program’s website.
The money comes from federal COVID relief funds provided to the state under the American Rescue Plan Act.
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According to the National Gardening Association, the number of households growing their own vegetables, fruit and other foods has tripled since 2008.
(Coincidentally, the number of households stocking up on earplugs to keep from hearing neighbors brag about growing their own vegetables, fruit and other foods also has tripled since 2008. But I digress.)
Since last year alone, multifamily community gardens have increased by 22%. Such gardens would spread even faster if organizers could weed out the “participants” who try to abuse the division of labor.
For instance, the “researcher” who helps out by lying all day on his sofa, analyzing the 1978 film “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.” (“Hey, Mike — I’m going to need another bucket of that locally produced popcorn, with locally produced hot butter. Chop chop.”)
In times of high inflation, a home garden can be a lifesaver. Financially strapped consumers can save money while also eating a more nutrient-rich diet. Consequently, they will have the funds and energy to go out campaigning for the politicians who got them into times of high inflation to start with. Some people’s gourds have been out in the sun too long, if you catch my drift.
Today’s gardeners love communing with Mother Nature — assuming Mother Nature recognizes them through all the insect repellent and SPF bazillion sunscreen.
Neophyte gardeners revel in the convenience of walking right out and plucking an edible from the vine — after first scheduling an emergency visit with the chiropractor. (“I’m tired, doc, but it’s a good … golly, are those x-rays even human?”)
Gardeners take pride in doing their small share to reduce their carbon footprint. Or is it that they take pride in doing their small share to use soil stolen from indigenous peoples to cut migratory farm laborers, truck drivers and grocers out of a job? I always get those confused.
Today’s gardens hearken back to the patriotic Victory Gardens of World War II.
But our modern culture can reduce their status to more of a “Waving the White Flag” garden. (“OK, Junior, but you have to promise to help shell these nutritious peas after I drive you around the corner and buy you a 64-ounce Medium Gulp. And no, there’s not an app for shelling peas.”)
Sometimes gardeners get a little too emotionally involved in their horticultural hobby. They aren’t satisfied to let professionals 2,000 miles away tend to pesticides. No, they insist on going the “This time it’s personal” route when dispatching aphids, worms and beetles. If these people load me down with a two-year supply of rutabagas, I thank them profusely and walk backwards all the way to the car.
Believe me, I understand about dissatisfaction with cardboard-adjacent vegetables that are engineered for transportation and storage. On the other hand, gardeners sometimes get on their high horse and twist everyday words into strong pejoratives. (“Yes, my husband is a vegetable since his accident, but at least he’s not a store-bought vegetable.”)
It will be interesting to see how many gardeners are in it for the long haul (pardon my French, logistics-phobes) and how many are just dabbling with a new pastime in the post-pandemic era.
Overheard at a dinner party: “I am serious. This is not a fad. I don’t do fads. Now pass the brussels sprouts and help yourself to more of the Tide Pods souffle and Beanie Babies casserole.”
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High school lacrosse team says racial slurs hurled at them from crowd during game
ATLANTA (WGCL) - Four Black lacrosse players from a Georgia high school say racial slurs were hurled at them while recently playing against another school.
And now the girls are demanding an apology and for those responsible to be held accountable.
“The heckling became more aggressive, more direct, more racially motivated,” said Aja Thomas, a goaltender with the Brookwood High School girl’s lacrosse team.
Thomas said that she heard the first racial slur 10 minutes into the second half of the game. Moments later, she heard it again coming from a group of seven or eight boys in the stands.
“It elevated to something way deeper than just lacrosse,” said Leah Brown, a Brookwood lacrosse player.
In the state playoff lacrosse game at Cherokee High School, the girls said after a warning, a referee asked the boys to leave.
According to the Georgia high school association:
“Profanity, degrading remarks, and intimidating actions directed at officials, competitors, or other spectators will not be tolerated and are grounds for removal from the event site.”
But the girls said the boys never left. And in a statement, Cherokee High School’s principal wrote:
“The administration at CHS spent several hours interviewing coaches, players, other spectators and students who were present at the game and none heard any racial slurs.”
The girls said they want an apology and to see accountability from Cherokee high school and the state.
“In their statement, they, in essence, called us liars,” said Alexis Scoggins, a Brookwood lacrosse player.
Lacrosse is a predominantly white sport, and as Black athletes, the players said they want to feel empowered to speak and stand out.
“The fact that I can’t play a high school game without those constant reminders that I am different, following me, I felt really distraught,” Thomas said.
A spokesperson for the school district said they stand by the principal’s statement.
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Legendary Running Back Adrian Peterson to Release His First Exclusive NFT Collection with FanField.
TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FanField, the sports tech company bringing fans and athletes together through digital collectibles and exclusive real world experiences, co-founded by NFL Legend Michael Vick, announced Adrian Peterson as the newest addition to its sports icons. His first collection of NFTs will be released in October. Adrian Peterson's Collection will be available exclusively on FanField.io. One of the greatest running backs of all-time, Peterson will be collaborating with FanField to design his own NFTs to connect with his fans in this new age of digital collectibles.
"Our team at FanField is excited to partner with former NFL legend, Adrian Peterson, and collaborate on his first ever NFT collection," said CEO and Co-Founder of FanField, Trevor Paladino. "FanField is dedicated to creating unique experiences with our icons and we will now be able to provide our community with exclusive opportunities of Adrian's favorite moments from throughout his career."
Adrian is the first icon to be announced after former NFL legend, Michael Vick, announced the launch of FanField and his own personal collection, to be released in September. Fans will be able to participate by purchasing mystery boxes, each box containing one unique NFT. Legendary and Ultimate tiers will also include NFTs that are each hand-signed by Adrian himself.
"I'm excited to be partnering with a legend and my friend Michael Vick and stepping into the future of digital collectibles." said Adrian Peterson. "I'm honored to join FanField as they continue to add some of the biggest names in sports to the team and provide a platform that can truly connect me with my fans."
FanField will be creating Adrian's NFTs around his MVP season and career achievements. The collection will be dropped shortly after Michael Vick's Official Collection is released.
FanField is an NFT platform that brings together some of the biggest names in sports, releasing digital collectibles and exclusive experiences, allowing fans to connect even closer with their favorite icons. Co-founded by former NFL Legend Michael Vick and headquartered in Tampa, FanField is creating a new future of how athletes and fans can interact, by combining the world of sports with the futuristic world of web3.
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Partnership to Drive EiE's Effective Online Learning with Pear Deck's Tools
NEW ORLEANS, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ISTE 2022 -- Today at the 2022 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference, the Museum of Science, Boston's award-winning curricula division, EiE®, announced its collaboration with Pear Deck™, a student engagement platform from GoGuardian providing interactive learning and formative assessment solutions to K – 12 schools and teachers. As part of this collaboration, Pear Deck will offer a series of EiE-developed interactive STEM lessons that support educators in introducing the critical topic of climate change to students in grades 3 – 8.
Created by the Museum of Science, Boston, EiE delivers standards-aligned STEM curriculum focusing on computer science and engineering to millions of students in classes across America, covering relevant and timely topics including climate action and healthcare. EiE's climate change-themed lessons allow teachers and students to expand their STEM literacy on new ways of thinking about this important topic.
As part of this collaboration, EiE with Pear Deck transformed 10 of its climate change lessons into engaging, interactive, slideshow-style lessons for teachers to add to their curriculum. Each of the presentations include standards-aligned lesson plans, formative assessments, real-world examples and videos, enhanced with the interactive features of Pear Deck.
"For nearly 20 years, EiE has empowered students and teachers across America to apply STEM learning to the big challenges we face in the world including climate change. Through engaging lessons, EiE allows students to see themselves as engineers who can and will develop the solutions to change climate change," said Heather Gunsallus, vice president of STEM Education at the Museum of Science, Boston. "We are thrilled to collaborate with Pear Deck and the amazing technology from GoGuardian which will give EiE an incredible opportunity to expand these important lessons to thousands of educators with interactive tools to engage students in vital conversations."
Founded by educators, Pear Deck is an interactive learning platform that helps teachers engage students in proven instructional strategies with real-time formative assessment tools. Whether teaching in person or from afar, Pear Deck makes it easy for educators to connect with learners of every age and ability, reducing achievement gaps and improving outcomes for all students. Pear Deck also offers the Content Orchard, which provides learning templates, ready-to-teach activities such as the EiE-developed STEM lessons, and much more seamlessly integrated into the Pear Deck experience.
"We're proud to partner with the experts at Museum of Science, Boston and EiE to help students explore the urgent topic of climate change," said Kate Beihl, chief marketing officer, GoGuardian. "We're excited to make these engaging, high-quality lessons available to all educators in the Pear Deck Content Orchard."
Several members of the EiE leadership team will be available onsite during ISTE 2022 to provide more information about the partnership at GoGuardian's booth #716. Lessons are free for educators who subscribe to Pear Deck and are already available in the collection for use. For more information about EiE, visit eie.org.
About the Museum of Science, Boston
Among the world's largest science centers, and one of New England's most attended cultural institutions, the Museum of Science engages 1.4 million visitors a year to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) through interactive exhibits and programs. Nearly an additional 2 million people experience the Museum annually through touring exhibitions, Planetarium productions, and preK – 8 EiE® STEM curricula through the William and Charlotte Bloomberg Science Education Center. Established in 1830, the Museum is home to such iconic exhibits as the Theater of Electricity, the Charles Hayden Planetarium, and the Mugar Omni Theater. The Museum influences formal and informal STEM education through research and national advocacy, as a strong community partner and loyal educator resource, and as a leader in universal design, developing exhibits and programming accessible to all. Learn more mos.org.
About GoGuardian
GoGuardian provides simple, proven solutions to help create effective, engaging, and safe learning environments. Our award-winning system of learning tools is purpose-built for K-12 and trusted by school leaders to promote effective teaching and equitable engagement, while empowering educators to help keep students safe. Learn more at goguardian.com.
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- Dr. Geoff Nichol, M.B., Ch.B., M.B.A., joins HaemaLogiX's Board of Directors as Non-Executive Director, bringing nearly 30 years of global drug development experience
- Past achievements include approval of Augmentin BID for adults and children, plus foundational clinical development of breakthrough cancer immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors, Yervoy and Optivo
SYDNEY, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HaemaLogiX Ltd, a clinical stage immuno-oncology biotech developing novel immunotherapies for patients with blood cancers, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Geoff Nichol to its Board as Non-Executive Director.
Bryce Carmine, HaemaLogiX's Chairman and CEO commented: "Geoff's impressive, globally recognised background in drug development, and in particular, in antibody development, makes him a valuable contribution to the HaemaLogiX board. Importantly, during his time at Medarex, Geoff oversaw the preclinical and clinical development of KappaMab, our multiple myeloma drug candidate. He brings outstanding industry knowledge and a highly translatable skillset to our Board mix.
"We are delighted to welcome Geoff and look forward to his contributions as we continue to advance our immunotherapeutic pipeline."
Dr. Nichol brings nearly 30 years' experience in drug development. His first drug development success was at SmithKline Beecham with the approval of Augmentin BID in 1996 for adults and children for all indications.
As a VP at Novartis (1996-2002), he managed, successively, a clinical development therapeutic area, US Medical Affairs, and Global Project and Portfolio Management, with significant involvement in the Foradil and Xolair programs.
Dr. Nichol was SVP of Development at Medarex Inc, where he was responsible for the foundational clinical development of the breakthrough cancer immunotherapy checkpoint inhibitors Yervoy (Phase 1 through Phase 3) and Opdivo (Phase 1). Medarex was acquired by Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) in 2009 and gained regulatory approval and commercial release of both these drugs. In recognition of the significance of these breakthrough therapies in 2018 the medical scientists who discovered these checkpoint drugs – Prof James Allison and Prof Tasuku Honjo - were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
From 2011-2016 Dr. Nichol was EVP R&D at Sangamo BioSciences, a genome editing and gene therapy company. He managed the pre-clinical development of several IND candidates both in vivo and ex vivo in T cells and stem cells, and a gene therapy for haemophilia, all now in late-stage clinical trials.
In 2016, Dr. Nichol became Chief Medical Officer at BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc, managing an active portfolio of clinical development programs, including the development and approval of Brineura for Batten disease, Palynziq for Phenylketonuria a VOXZOGO for achondroplasia, and phase 3 development of BMN 270, a leading investigational gene therapy for haemophilia. In 2021, Dr. Nichol transitioned from CMO into a Senior Advisor role with BioMarin and remained active with the company until mid-2022.
Dr. Nichol graduated in medicine from the Otago University Medical School in New Zealand and completed clinical advanced training in Thoracic Medicine in Christchurch New Zealand, Adelaide SA and London UK. He has an MBA from Warwick University, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He resides is in the Bay area of San Francisco, USA.
"I am delighted to be joining the Board to guide strategy around the further development of KappaMab as well as HaemaLogiX's other pipeline assets," said incoming Non-Executive Director, Dr. Nichol. "I look forward to working with the team to bring forward much needed new therapies for patients with multiple myeloma and other diseases."
For more information, please contact:
Investors and partners:
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HaemaLogiX Ltd
+61 481 344 140
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IR Department
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About HaemaLogiX Ltd | www.haemalogix.com
Founded in 2014, HaemaLogiX Ltd is a clinical stage immune-oncology biotech developing novel immunotherapies for patients with blood cancers. The Company is focused on the development and commercialisation of monoclonal antibodies (Mab) for the treatment of multiple myeloma and potentially other blood cancers.
We have identified and characterised two novel drug targets, Kappa Myeloma Antigen (KMA) and Lambda Myeloma Antigen (LMA), on the surface of human blood cancers and autoimmune cells. These targets are highly specific to the cancer cells identified in blood cancers such as multiple myeloma, some lymphomas and Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
Importantly, KMA and LMA are not present on healthy cells. Clinical studies to date, have demonstrated fewer side effects, especially when compared to other current therapies in multiple myeloma. It is anticipated that further clinical studies will support this observation.
HaemaLogiX is a public unlisted Australian company, and our Mab technology is based on 10 years of research conducted at the University of Technology, Sydney, along with various world-leading institutions in Australia, Europe and the US. We hold a breadth of patents and have exclusivity over both the targets and the antibodies directed to them, making our intellectual property position comparatively more valuable and less prone to competitive challenge.
The monoclonal antibodies under development have also been formulated into other platforms such as CAR-T cell therapy and a bispecific monoclonal antibody. These three formulations may enable use in additional disease areas and the treatment of both early and late-stage disease giving them wide market potential.
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Biggest Crypto Payment Provider Will Make BIG3 NFT Purchases For Ownership-Like Benefits Easy For All
LOS ANGELES, May 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the BIG3 announced they are partnering with MoonPay, the leading global crypto payments infrastructure provider, to facilitate the purchase of the league's NFTs. The NFT's will be released Saturday, May 7 at 11:00 am EST for select Discord members These NFTs offer ownership-like benefits via two-tier options comprising 12,000 editions – 1,000 for each of the league's twelve teams that include 25 Fire priced at $25,000 each and 975 Gold priced at $5,000 each. MoonPay is facilitating all payments for NFT purchases, lowering the barriers for first-time NFT buyers to participate in the drop. Following the discord member sale, the drop will be open to the public at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 8.
"We are excited to partner with MoonPay on our trailblazing ownership stake opportunity for fans to join," said BIG3 co-founder, Jeff Kwatinetz. "MoonPay makes buying NFT's easier for everyone and they will be a tremendous resource for our NFT Drop this weekend. I hope this excites all fans to get in on the action."
MoonPay's suite of payments infrastructure products provides a seamless way for people to buy and sell cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Its design brings the easy-to-use experience consumers have come to expect from tech, allowing users to buy and sell digital assets and NFTs via credit and debit cards; Apple, Google or Samsung Pay; or bank accounts. This announcement follows the landmark purchase of three BIG3 Team Fire-Tier allotments by renowned entrepreneurs, investors, and leaders of NFT communities DeGods, DogeCoin/MyDoge, and Krause House.
"Web3 is radically changing the way we approach the business of sports and BIG3 is helping to lead the way," said Ivan Soto-Wright, CEO and Co-founder of MoonPay. "This is the beginning of a creator economy renaissance. We're honored to work with BIG3 to help onboard the world to Web3."
Join the BIG3 discord click here and stay updated with the latest news on this NFT drop. BIG3 is returning for its fifth season on June 18 with coverage live across CBS and Paramount+ and the full schedule along with venues will be announced in the coming weeks.
To learn more about the BIG3 and to sign up for more information about participating in the ownership sale this weekend, go to BIG3.com and follow @thebig3 on Twitter and Instagram.
ABOUT MOONPAY:
MoonPay is the world's leading global crypto payments infrastructure provider. Leading marketplaces worldwide are providing their users with a simpler way to buy and sell NFTs using MoonPay's industry-first NFT Checkout solution, which allows the purchase of NFTs instantly with a credit or debit card. The company is active in more than 160 countries and is trusted by 250+ leading wallets, websites, and applications.
For more information, visit: https://www.moonpay.com
ABOUT BIG3:
BIG3 (BIG3.com) is who we are, FIREBALL3 is what we play. It's not your grandfather's 3-on-3. The premier global BIG3 league features many of the greatest, most popular and skilled professional athletes of all time. Founded by producer, actor and music legend Ice Cube and entertainment executive Jeff Kwatinetz, the BIG3 combines highly competitive, physical, fast game experiences and incredible fan experiences.
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Michigan court: County prosecutors can enforce abortion ban
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Abortion could become illegal in parts of Michigan after a state Court of Appeals panel ruled Monday that a state judge’s injunction blocking the enforcement of a pre-Roe ban does not apply to county prosecutors.
The 91-year-old abortion ban, which had been blocked in May from taking immediate effect, makes it a crime for physicians to perform abortions unless the life of the mother is in danger.
The new ruling will have the largest impact on the 13 prosecutors in the state that have abortion clinics in their county. Seven of those prosecutors — all Democrats — have previously said they will not enforce the 1931 law.
Republican prosecutors in Kent and Jackson counties, however, plan to enforce the 1931 abortion ban, meaning that abortion providers could get charged with a felony.
“If a report is presented to this office, we will review it like we do any other report of possible criminal behavior,” Kent County Prosecutor Christopher Becker said in a statement Monday. “We will make the decision to charge, or not to charge, based on the facts presented in the report and the applicable Michigan law.”
Becker, who had previously said in June he would ignore the injunction and enforce the 1931 law, said no reports have been brought to his office to this point. Kent County includes Grand Rapids, the state’s second largest city.
Jackson County Prosecutor Jerard Jarzynka didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The three-judge panel’s ruling came after Becker, Jarzynka and several anti-abortion groups requested the Court of Appeals overturn a lower courts injunction on the 1931 ban. The court’s ruling Monday said that Becker and Jarzynka don’t have standing because the injunction “does not apply to county prosecutors.”
Total or near total abortion bans are already in effect in the nearby states of Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin, with bans expected in roughly half the states.
Michigan’s Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel, who has previously said she will not defend the 1931 law, said in a statement Monday that the “legal battle continues on multiple fronts,” and that the ruling is not the “final say on this issue in Michigan.”
Planned Parenthood of Michigan said in a statement following the ruling that it will continue providing abortions and is evaluating legal options.
Earlier this month, abortion rights activists submitted signatures to bring a constitutional amendment before Michigan voters in November that would affirm the right to make pregnancy-related decisions without interference, including about abortion and reproductive services such as birth control. If the amendment passes, it would supersede the 1931 law.
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Joey Cappelletti is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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NEW YORK (AP) — American Ballet Theatre has named its first new artistic director in 30 years, and she’s a former top ballerina at the company.
Susan Jaffe, who was a celebrated principal dancer at ABT for more than two decades, takes over from Kevin McKenzie in December. McKenzie announced last year that he’d be retiring in 2022 after 30 years at the helm.
The former ballerina, who has been serving as artistic director at Pittsburgh Ballet Theater since 2020, noted in a statement that this would be her seventh role at ABT, starting as a student and moving up through dancing, teaching and other roles.
“What a profound honor it is for me to come back home to lead the artistic helm of American Ballet Theatre,” Jaffe, 59, said in a statement.
In addition to her 22 years as a principal dancer at ABT — one of the top classical ballet companies in the world and, along with New York City Ballet, one of America’s two leading ballet troupes — Jaffe danced as a guest with companies like the Royal Ballet, the Kirov, the Stuttgart Ballet, La Scala and many others. She left the stage in 2002.
Jaffe also served for eight years as dean of dance at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/former-ballerina-susan-jaffe-to-lead-american-ballet-theatre/ | 2022-05-10T01:00:27Z |
Former head of DARPA and NIST would be the first woman, immigrant, or person of color confirmed to head OSTP
WASHINGTON, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- President Biden has just announced his nomination of Dr. Arati Prabhakar to serve as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). On behalf of our more than 150,000 U.S. IEEE members, IEEE-USA congratulates Dr. Prabhakar and strongly urges the U.S. Senate to confirm her nomination without delay.
Dr. Prabhakar is exceptionally qualified for this role. She is an electrical engineer, applied physicist, and highly respected IEEE Fellow. She previously led the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). She was unanimously confirmed to the latter role by the Senate, becoming the first woman to lead that agency in 1993. She's also a veteran of Silicon Valley, having spent 15 years in the private sector as a company executive and venture capitalist.
"Dr. Prabhakar's impeccable credentials and depth of leadership experience in the public and private sectors make her an outstanding choice to head the OSTP," said Deborah M. Cooper, 2022 IEEE-USA President. "Her record of excellence and innovation will be an asset to the agency. IEEE-USA gives Dr. Prabhakar our firm endorsement."
Once confirmed, Dr. Prabhakar would also serve concurrently as the President's Chief Advisor for Science and Technology, co-chair of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and a member of the President's Cabinet.
The position of Director of the OSTP is critically important in setting science and technology policy for the United States. IEEE-USA implores the Senate to confirm Dr. Prabhakar's nomination as soon as possible.
IEEE-USA serves the public good and promotes the careers and public policy interests of over 150,000 engineering, computing and technology professionals who are U.S. members of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization.
Visit us online at ieeeusa.org, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our YouTube channel and check us out on LinkedIn.
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Director of Government Relations, IEEE-USA
202-530-8326
r.t.harrison@ieee.org
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NEW YORK, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:
https://claimyourloss.com/securities/energy-transfer-lp-loss-submission-form/?id=28692&from=4
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired common shares of Energy Transfer stock between April 13, 2017 and December 20, 2021, both dates inclusive.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 2, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Energy Transfer LP issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) Energy Transfer had inadequate internal controls and procedures to prevent contractors from engaging in illegal conduct with regards to drilling activities, and/or failed to properly mitigate known issues related to such controls and procedures; (b) Energy Transfer, through its subsidiary Rover Pipeline, LLC, hired a third-party contractor to conduct Horizontal Directional Drilling Activities for the Rover Pipeline Project, whose conduct of adding illegal additives in the drilling mud caused severe pollution near the Tuscarawas River when a large inadvertent release took place on April 13, 2017; (c) Energy Transfer continually downplayed its potential civil liabilities when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") was actively investigating the Energy Transfer's wrongdoing related to the April 13 release and consistently provided it with updated information about FERC's findings on this matter.
Jakubowitz Law is vigorous in pursuit of justice for shareholders who have been the victim of securities fraud. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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A new professional basketball team set to come to Topeka
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Basketball fans in Topeka, the city is about to have a new professional team called the Topeka Wizards.
The team held their first tryouts Saturday afternoon.
Leaders with the organization say it’s been 32 years since a professional team hit the hardwood. They were called the Topeka Sizzlers at the time.
They will play in the Triple Threat Basketball League to begin, but by 20223, they will join The Basketball League.
Some familiar faces came out like Ernest Carter Jr., a 2014 Topeka High grad and former Topeka High boys basketball coach Eric King, he will be leading the Topeka Wizards in year one.
Carter Jr. says he’s excited to lace them up for King.
“Man I’m excited for it, he loves to get up and down the floor fast, pick up the defense full court, he’s a great coach,” Carter Jr. said. “He’s got a lot of energy and I’m an energy guy so we’re going to connect well. Two heads, two great minds think alike, we’re great, we’re going to be good.”
King has the same praise for Carter Jr. who he says will make a difference on this squad.
“He brings a lot of experience,” King said. “First of all, he loves Topeka and then he’s going to play his heart out. He’s going to be the leader I need him to be. I think everything will work and gel and mold really well together. I think that the experience of him playing overseas and different places like that will be very beneficial.”
Carter Jr. has played in in “The Basketball League” before so he knows what to expect and can help his teammates.
“I’m kind of getting into that vet role, it’s going to be my third year playing pro,” Carter Jr. said. “There are going to be guys that are looking up to me in a leadership role. I can lead them in ways and tell them how it’s going to go.”
He touched on how it was an easy decision for him to start something in Topeka so that his friends and family can see him play more often.
With King being at the helm in year one, he believes it’s special for the city to bring back professional basketball.
“I love the city of Topeka and there is a buzz going around. I really want to put a team together that’s going to represent Topeka. I want people to be able to bring their families out and have a good time.”
King says they will have tryouts in Kansas City and then back in Topeka. He’s hoping to have a fully assembled roster of 12 guys by November and start playing games in December.
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SEATTLE, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CTI BioPharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CTIC) today announced that an authorized subcommittee of the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors granted an equity award to a new employee as an equity inducement award outside of the Company's Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (but under the terms of the Amended and Restated 2017 Equity Incentive Plan) and material to the employee's acceptance of employment with the company. The equity award was approved on June 13, 2022, in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4).
The employee received options to purchase 40,000 shares of CTI BioPharma common stock. The options will be issued upon the employee's grant date (the "Grant Date"), and all stock options included within the equity inducement award will have an exercise price equal to the closing price of CTI BioPharma common stock on the Grant Date. One-fourth of the options will vest on each anniversary of the employee's Grant Date, subject to the employee's continued employment with CTI BioPharma on such vesting dates. The options have a ten-year term.
About CTI BioPharma Corp.
We are a commercial biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel targeted therapies for blood-related cancers that offer a unique benefit to patients and their healthcare providers. CTI has one FDA-approved product VONJO™ (pacritinib), a JAK2 and IRAK1, that spares JAK1. VONJO is approved for the treatment of adults with intermediate or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis with a platelet count below 50 × 109/L. CTI is conducting the Phase 3 PACIFICA study of VONJO in patients with myelofibrosis and severe thrombocytopenia as a post-marketing requirement.
VONJO™ is a trademark of CTI BioPharma Corp.
CTI BioPharma Investor Contacts:
Argot Partners
+212-600-1902
cti@argotpartners.com
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Innovative, Fast-Growing Solar Company Takes Another Positive Step to Strengthen Customer Service
MOORESVILLE, N.C., April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pink Energy is deepening its commitment to providing excellent service to its nearly 35,000-plus customers in adding a tenured, respected leader from a telecommunications giant.
Vincent Feranda, the company's new Senior Director of Customer Experience, has joined this fast-growing and evolving energy efficiency and solar energy company after spending more than 25 years at Verizon Wireless, where his leadership roles in business sales gave him the opportunity to develop and mentor teams, spearhead business transformation and implement process improvements -- all while providing an excellent customer experience to business-to-business clients in North and South Carolina.
Feranda will oversee four departments – PPR, Solutions, Advanced Resolutions and Technical Support teams – that work to provide Pink Energy's customers the support they need no matter where they are in their customer journey. Feranda is focused on deepening the culture of caring along with enhancing the level of camaraderie and expertise among the 100-plus in his employ. He's asking associates to "win together, never lose alone."
His arrival at Pink Energy, previously known as POWERHOME SOLAR, is part of a larger strategy to better serve current and future customers. He's scaling the team to meet current business demand and setting the stage for scalable growth.
"Having a leader like Vince that has so much experience in working for one of the nation's most identifiable companies will be a game-changer for our company," Pink Energy CEO Jayson Waller said. "I live by the idea that we need to be always getting better each day, and Vince shares that vision. Our customers will be feeling that more and more each day."
Feranda's hiring is the latest improvement the company has announced in recent weeks. The company already has increased its labor workmanship warranty from 5 years to 10 for all customers, and soon it will be launching a digital customer portal that gives new customers real-time insight into project status and timelines while providing existing customers a post-install communication and support tool.
"Building trust with customers is a must, and with our renewed commitment to training and excellence, we will be providing customers with help when they need it," Feranda says. "I'm grateful to have the chance to lead this part of the company, because happy customers lead to more of them."
About Pink Energy
Pink Energy is a leading energy efficiency company that provides high-quality American-made solar panels as part of a complete energy-savings package for residential customers. The company launched in 2014 in Mooresville, N.C., and today has more than 2,100 employees, including a commercial division. Operating in 15 states, it is committed to doing good things for the planet and good things for people by allowing them to live lives powered by the sun. For more information visit https://gopink.com.
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NEW YORK, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Foot Locker, Inc. (NYSE: FL), the New York-based specialty athletic retailer, announced today that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on the Company's common stock of $0.40 per share, which will be payable on July 29, 2022 to shareholders of record on July 15, 2022.
Foot Locker, Inc. leads the celebration of sneaker and youth culture around the globe through a portfolio of brands including Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Champs Sports, Eastbay, atmos, WSS, and Sidestep. With approximately 2,900 retail stores in 28 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand as well as websites and mobile apps, the Company's purpose is to inspire and empower youth culture around the world, by fueling a shared passion for self-expression and creating unrivaled experiences at the heart of the global sneaker community. Foot Locker, Inc. has its corporate headquarters in New York. For additional information please visit https://www.footlocker-inc.com.
Contact:
Robert Higginbotham
Vice President, Investor Relations
robert.higginbotham@footlocker.com
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ROCHESTER, N.Y., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Small businesses continued to add jobs in June and worker wages continued to grow at a strong rate, but the pace of growth moderated slightly from previous month. These insights are according to the latest Paychex | IHS Markit Small Business Employment Watch. The Small Business Jobs Index for June was 100.81, up 2.32 percent from over a year ago and -0.06 percent from the previous month. Average hourly earnings growth for the month stood at 5.10 percent, compared to 5.16 percent from May 2022.
"The small business economy still is in recovery phase with continued job gains, and, surprisingly, moderating wage gains," said James Diffley, chief regional economist at IHS Markit.
"Our June report shows continued job growth for small businesses. The pace of that growth slowed slightly from the previous month, however," said Martin Mucci, Paychex CEO. "This month's data also showed a slight decline in hourly earnings growth, the first decrease in 13 months. Despite this, growth remains strong, above five percent."
In further detail, the June report showed:
- At 100.81, the national jobs index is up 2.32 percent over a year ago.
- Hourly earnings have increased $1.48 during the past year, now reaching $30.42.
- The South continued as the top region for small business job growth, with Texas and Dallas leading among states and metros, respectively.
- The South was also the top region for hourly earnings growth.
- Ohio was the top state for hourly earnings growth, followed closely by Arizona and Florida.
- Leisure and hospitality reported the strongest hourly earnings growth among industry sectors for the 16th consecutive month.
- Hourly earnings growth in the Construction sector hit 5.00 percent and again posted a new record level since reporting began in 2011.
Paychex solutions reach 1 in 12 American private-sector employees, making the Small Business Employment Watch an industry benchmark. Drawing from the payroll data of approximately 350,000 Paychex clients with fewer than 50 employees, the monthly report offers analysis of national employment and wage trends, as well as examines regional, state, metro, and industry sector activity.
The complete results for June, including interactive charts detailing all data, are available at www.paychex.com/watch. Highlights are available below.
- At 100.81, the national index moderated -0.06 percent in June, but has increased 2.32 percent from June 2021.
- Small business job growth remains at its highest pre-pandemic level since June 2016, despite slowing for the fourth consecutive month to 100.81.
- June's one-month change rate (-0.06 percent) was modest compared to the 0.15 percent and 0.27 percent declines in April and May.
- At 5.10 percent in June, hourly earnings growth slowed for the first time since May 2021.
- Weekly earnings growth improved for the fourth straight month to 4.47 percent in June, though the month-to-month gains are diminishing.
- At -0.46 percent, year-over-year weekly earnings worked growth has been negative for the past 14 months.
- At 101.10, the South slowed 0.07 percent in June, but continues as the strongest region for small business employment growth for the third consecutive month.
- The Midwest gained 0.28 percent in June to bring its index to 100.33. The Midwest has been last among regions for the past year, but the gap is closing.
- Down 0.37 percent in June and 1.10 percent since February, the West had its weakest one-month change in nearly two years as the pace of small business employment growth has quickly decelerated in the region.
Note: Percentages displayed in the regional heat map reflect 12-month changes.
- The South leads regions in hourly earnings growth (5.44 percent) and weekly earnings growth (4.86 percent), though not by a wide margin.
- The Northeast is the only region with hourly earnings growth below five percent (4.54 percent) and weekly earnings growth below four percent (3.85 percent).
- Weekly hours worked growth is similarly negative across all regions, ranging from -0.45 percent in the Midwest to -0.61 percent in the West.
Note: Percentages displayed in the regional heat map reflect 12-month changes.
- Texas (102.85), followed closely by North Carolina (102.75), led states in the rate of small business employment growth in June.
- Midwest states' Indiana and Illinois had the sharpest gains in June, 0.91 percent and 0.69 percent, respectively.
- Ranked fifth among states in April, the California index fell 0.21 percent in May and 0.65 percent in June to 100.43 and now ranks 16th.
Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest states based on U.S. population.
- Ohio, trailed by Arizona and Florida, leads states in hourly earnings growth, above six percent. Virginia and Pennsylvania trail with growth below four percent.
- Tennessee ranks last among states in weekly earnings growth (3.27 percent) and weekly hours worked growth (-1.01 percent).
- Texas is again the only state with positive weekly hours worked growth, at a modest 0.07 percent.
Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest states based on U.S. population.
- Texas metros Dallas (105.43) and Houston (101.90) are the top two metros for small business employment growth in June.
- All of the Pacific metros analyzed fell sizably in June, with San Diego falling the most (-1.26 percent). Seattle (-0.87 percent), Riverside (-0.83 percent), San Francisco (-0.70 percent), and Los Angeles (-0.36 percent) also slowed.
- Chicago jumped 0.83 percent in June, best among metros. At 101.64, Chicago has improved 3.94 percent from last year and now ranks fourth among metros.
Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest metro areas based on U.S. population.
- At 7.10 percent, Dallas leads metros in hourly earnings growth.
- Florida metros Tampa and Miami lead metros in weekly earnings growth, 6.10 percent and 5.97 percent, respectively.
- Washington is the only metro with hourly earnings growth below four percent (3.81 percent).
Note: Analysis is provided for the 20 largest metro areas based on U.S. population.
- With its index decelerating 0.78 percent to 103.20 in June, the pace of small business employment growth slowed the most in the leisure and hospitality sector for the fifth consecutive month.
- Professional and business services improved to 99.42 in June, its highest index level since October 2018. Professional and business services gained 0.44 percent in June, best among sectors, and improved to fourth among sectors, its highest ranking since before the pandemic.
Note: Analysis is provided for seven major industry sectors. Definitions of each industry sector can be found here. The other services (except public administration) industry category includes religious, civic, and social organizations, as well as personal services, including automotive and household repair, salons, drycleaners, and other businesses.
- All sectors analyzed have hourly earnings growth above four percent in June, with education and health services finally reaching that level as well as a new record level for the eighth consecutive month.
- For the third consecutive month, leisure and hospitality has the strongest hourly earnings growth (7.49 percent) and the weakest weekly hours worked growth (-1.93 percent) among sectors.
- At 6.26 percent, other services (except public administration) topped weekly earnings growth among sectors in June, quickly accelerating from last place in February 2022 (2.67 percent).
Note: Analysis is provided for seven major industry sectors. Definitions of each industry sector can be found here. The other services (except public administration) industry category includes religious, civic, and social organizations, as well as personal services, including automotive and household repair, salons, drycleaners, and other businesses.
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*Information regarding the professions included in the industry data can be found at the Bureau of Labor Statistics website.
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SOTOGRANDE, Spain (AP) — Jessica Korda made three eagles Thursday in an 11-under 61 that equaled a Ladies European Tour record and gave her a five-shot lead after the first round of the Aramco Team Series in Sotogrande, Spain.
Korda also added six birdies to go with one bogey on the par-4 eighth to break the course record at La Reserva Club and equal the lowest round in relation to par on the Ladies European Tour.
The American was at 7 under after seven holes following eagles at the par-5 second and sixth holes. She added her third eagle on the 16th, also a par 5.
“I have never made three eagles in a round, so I’m definitely going to remember this one,” Korda said. “For the last month and change, I think I haven’t really been converting any putts and the floodgates opened today. Hopefully, they can continue tomorrow and that’s the beauty of golf.”
Manon De Roey of Belgium and Pia Babnik of Slovenia were tied for second after both shot a 66. Nelly Korda, Jessica’s sister, was one shot further back in a tie for fourth despite a double-bogey 7 on the sixth.
The event features a 54-hole individual tournament taking place alongside a 36-hole team event.
The quartet including Jessica Korda, Tereza Melecka, Noora Komulainen and amateur Malcolm Borwick also hold a one-shot lead in the team event.
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DENVER, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chris Stansbury, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), will present at the BofA Securities 2022 Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference on September 7. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 11:20 a.m. PT.
A live webcast link to the investor presentation will be made available on the Lumen Investor Relations website at https://ir.lumen.com/events-and-presentations.
About Lumen Technologies and the People of Lumen:
Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 450,000 route fiber miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences.
Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com/home, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies. Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks in the United States.
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GRAPHIC: Family of woman who died after fall from patrol car demands answers
SPARTA, Ga. (WRDW) - The family of a Georgia woman who suffered fatal injuries while in deputies’ custody is demanding answers about her death.
The family of 28-year-old Brianna Marie Grier spoke Friday at a news conference regarding her death. Their attorney, Ben Crump, says law enforcement mishandled what was a mental health issue, not a criminal one.
Two Hancock County deputies were called to the family’s home in Sparta on July 15, where Grier was arrested, WRDW reports. The call came from Grier’s parents, who say she was behaving abnormally. Her family says she has a history of mental illness.
In the early stages of the investigation, it was determined that while deputies were taking Grier to the sheriff’s office, she fell out of a patrol car and suffered significant injuries.
Grier was pronounced dead from her injuries around 1 p.m. July 21 at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. Her body was taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s crime lab for an autopsy.
The GBI’s regional investigation office in Milledgeville was asked to investigate the incident. New details were released Wednesday after numerous interviews, reviews of body camera footage and mechanical tests on the patrol car. In addition, GBI released the bodycam footage involving this case Friday.
Investigators concluded that the rear passenger side door of the patrol car, near where Grier was sitting, was never closed.
After Grier was arrested, the two deputies attempted to put her in the patrol car. Both deputies and Grier were at the rear driver’s side door of the patrol car. Grier was on the ground refusing to get in the patrol car and made a statement that she was going to harm herself.
To put Grier in the patrol car, one of the deputies walked around and opened the rear passenger side door. The deputy then returned to the rear driver’s side door, and both deputies put Grier in the backseat of the patrol car.
Investigators say Grier was handcuffed in the front of her body and was not wearing a seatbelt.
The deputies closed the rear driver’s side door. The investigation shows that the deputy thought he closed the rear passenger side door.
The deputies left the scene and drove a short distance. Body camera footage reveals the deputies had no other contact with Grier from the time she was placed in the car until she fell out of the moving car.
The GBI says the investigation remains active and is still ongoing.
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Nearly 43,000 people died in traffic crashes last year, a 10.5% jump from 2020
DETROIT (AP) — Nearly 43,000 people were killed on U.S. roads last year, the highest number in 16 years as Americans returned to the highways after the pandemic forced many to stay at home.
The 10.5% jump over 2020 numbers was the largest percentage increase since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began its fatality data collection system in 1975.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said America faces a crisis on its roads. The safety administration urged state and local governments, drivers and safety advocates to join in an effort to reverse the rising death trend.
Preliminary figures released Tuesday by the agency show that 42,915 people died in traffic crashes last year, up from 38,824 in 2020. Final figures will be released in the fall.
Americans drove about 325 billion miles last year, 11.2% higher than in 2020, which contributed to the increase.
Traffic deaths began to spike in 2019. NHTSA has blamed reckless driving behavior for increases during the pandemic, citing behavioral research showing that speeding and traveling without a seat belt have been higher. Before 2019, the number of fatalities had fallen for three straight years.
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(KTLA) – Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson’s first movies and who memorably hunted down a long-overdue library book in “Seinfeld,” has died. He was 90.
Holly Wolfle Hall, the actor’s wife of nearly 40 years, on Monday said Hall died Sunday surrounded by loved ones in Glendale, California. She said Hall had been well until a few weeks earlier, and spent his final days in warm spirits, reflecting on his life.
“His voice at the end was still just as powerful,” said Wolfle Hall.
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Hall had been a well-traveled stage actor and bit-part presence in films and TV before a then-little-known Paul Thomas Anderson sought him out to star in his 1993 short film “Cigarettes & Coffee.” After the short, with Hall playing an itinerate gambler, made it into the Sundance Film Festival, Anderson expanded it into his feature debut, 1997’s “Hard Eight,” which catapulted Hall’s career. Anderson would cast him again in “Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia.”
To many, Hall was instantly recognizable for one of the most intense guest appearances on “Seinfeld.” Hall played Lt. Joe Bookman, the library investigator who comes after Seinfeld for a years-overdue copy of “Tropic of Cancer.”
He also played a crotchety neighbor in ABC’s hit “Modern Family.”
Hall’s other credits included playing Richard Nixon in Robert Altman’s 1984 drama “Secret Honor.” He had parts in “The Truman Show,” “The Insider,” “Zodiac,” “Argo” and “Rush Hour.”
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HUNTINGTON, Ind., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc., (OTCQB: NIDB), the parent company of First Federal Savings Bank, have both been recognized for their performance.
First Federal Savings Bank (FFSB) has been named to American Banker Magazine's Top 200 Community Banks for the 11th consecutive year for 2021. The magazine qualifies banks for this listing if they have less than $2 billion in total assets and are publicly traded. FFSB came in at #62 on this year's list of the top 200 publicly traded community banks. This is a 16-spot improvement from #78 in 2020. The magazine ranked the institutions based on the profitability metric, Return on Average Equity, over a 3-year period. Only 12 banks from the state of Indiana made this elite list and First Federal Savings Bank ranked 4th in the State.
Michael Zahn, President and CEO of First Federal Savings Bank, states, "It is an honor to be recognized by American Banker Magazine for the 11th year in row. Embracing our role as a community bank while providing exceptional customer service from our dedicated team has led to our financial success."
In addition, Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc., the holding company for First Federal Savings Bank, maintained its position on the Dividend Champions List. To achieve Champion status, a company must increase its dividend payments to its shareholders for 25 consecutive years. Northeast Indiana Bancorp is one of 141 companies in the United States to achieve this status and one of four companies from Indiana. Currently Northeast Indiana Bancorp has increased dividends 27 years in a row.
Northeast Indiana Bancorp, Inc. is headquartered at 648 N. Jefferson Street, Huntington, Indiana. The company offers a full array of banking and financial brokerage services to its customers through its main office in Huntington and six full-service Indiana offices in Huntington (2), Warsaw (2) and Fort Wayne (2). The Company is traded on the OTC Markets Group, Inc. (www.otcmarkets.com) utilizing the OTCQB platform under the symbol "NIDB". Our web site address is www.firstfedindiana.bank.
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Kansas Sports HOF Jesse Nelson reflects on historic coaching career
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Former head coach of the Olpe high school girls basketball team Jesse Nelson is reflecting on a very special honor.
After last week’s Kansas Sports Hall of Fame inductees were announced, Nelson was a part of that list.
Nelson is the winningest coach in the state of Kansas, winning 951 games. Nelson was the 2020 National Coach of The Year and the 2021 KBCA Kansas High School Coach of The Year.
“I’ve always looked at that as awards that kids earned and you just kind of been a part of it. if your kids didn’t perform well, you wouldn’t be getting any recognition at all,” Nelson said.
Nelson spent his entire 44 year career at Olpe before hanging up his whistle this past year. In fact, he went out as a state champion. He says that the feeling of winning never gets old.
“I just love to see the expressions on kids’ faces when they achieve, when they win games they shouldn’t win, when they win those big games at the end of the year and just watching them be successful and having fun while doing it,” he said.
Nelson says he was all about having fun and having a good attitude but over those 44 years of coaching, his message stayed the same.
“That idea of being a responsible person, a responsible player and being responsible to your team was a big part of it, but most of it was being responsible for your own performance,” he said.
Nelson played at Emporia High School and Emporia State University. Before going to Olpe, a job at Kingman High School helped set up the game plan for his life.
“I was teaching a Special Ed class and I think it gave me a year of maturity and a year to become a better teacher so it all worked out well,” he said.
Nelson told 13 Sports, win or lose, he would do it all over again.
“You don’t think that you’re very important when you’re at these smaller schools. But again, I wouldn’t have done it any differently from how I did it,” Nelson said.
At two points in Nelson’s career he held two 50 plus win streaks and appeared in 30 state tournaments.
His four state titles were in four different decades at four different venues.
And, a fun fact, he told 13 Sports he was Clint Bowyer’s Drivers Ed teacher which he says he helped Bowyer learn how to drive!
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Americans start to feel the impact of federal Covid-19 funds drying up
By Tami Luhby, CNN
As Congress struggles to provide more federal funding to combat Covid-19, Americans are starting to feel the consequences.
The federal program that reimburses pharmacies, clinics, doctors, hospitals and other providers for testing and treating the uninsured for Covid-19 stopped accepting new claims last week due to insufficient funds. And it will cease taking new claims for vaccinating the uninsured on April 5.
The end of this program — which launched in the early days of the pandemic — makes it tougher for the nation’s 31 million uninsured residents to contend with Covid-19. While some access to free services continues, many uninsured Americans will now have to shell out money to get a coronavirus test or receive treatment if they are sick.
Vaccinations should still be provided free of charge since the federal government pre-purchased all the vaccines, said Jennifer Tolbert, associate director for the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured at the Kaiser Family Foundation. Providers have been able to apply for reimbursement for administering the shot.
The federal program’s cessation is expected to hit more than just the uninsured, especially if the US experiences another Covid-19 surge.
“Some patients will end up not getting these lifesaving vaccines, treatments or being able to identify if they have had any type of exposure, which is going to harm these vulnerable individuals and impact our nation’s safety and protection against Covid-19,” said Audrey Richardson, policy analyst at Families USA, a consumer health advocacy group.
Asking Congress for more money
As part of its request for $22.5 billion in supplemental Covid-19 funding last month, the White House asked for $1.5 billion to replenish the program for the uninsured.
However, the $15.6 billion package that the House failed to include in the federal spending bill last month did not specifically include more funding for the uninsured. On Thursday, lawmakers struck a bipartisan deal “in principle” for an even narrower $10 billion Covid-19 aid proposal, according to Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney.
Several industry groups representing providers are pushing lawmakers to revive the effort, especially as cases of the BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron variant rise in Europe and Asia.
“Without question, the exhaustion of these funds will threaten access to testing for the most vulnerable Americans at a critical time in our nation’s response effort,” Thomas Sparkman, senior vice president for government affairs and policy at the American Clinical Laboratory Association, wrote in a letter to congressional leaders last month.
The White House has also flagged other federal Covid-19 response efforts that will suffer without additional money, including purchasing more vaccines, monoclonal antibody treatments and preventive treatments for the immunocompromised. The federal government will also have trouble sustaining testing capacity.
Plus, the nation’s ability to identify emerging variants and support global vaccination and treatment efforts will be reduced, according to the Biden administration.
Curtailing the spread
Congress created and funded the Covid-19 uninsured program as part of several coronavirus relief packages it passed in 2020. The effort also draws from money allocated in the American Rescue Plan Act, which was enacted in March 2021.
The goal was to make sure those without health coverage could obtain care, which would also help stop the virus’ spread.
More than 50,000 providers have been reimbursed a total of just under $19 billion by the program as of early March, according to Martin Kramer, spokesman for the federal Health Resources and Services Administration, which runs the uninsured fund. Since early 2022, the agency has been receiving about 1 million claims a day and paying out about $500 million a week.
About 61% of the reimbursements have been for testing, about 31% for treatment and less than 9% for vaccine administration, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Millions of Americans have benefited from the program, Kramer said, noting it has served a critical role during the pandemic.
“Costs for these services can really add up for someone without insurance, depending on the treatment and care they need,” he said. The program’s end “will increase the disparity in access to critically needed health care and will put additional burdens on safety net providers.”
Charging fees or stopping service
Some providers have already announced that the uninsured will have to pay for Covid-19 testing now.
Quest Diagnostics, one of the nation’s largest commercial labs, has started charging uninsured Americans who order tests through QuestDirect between $70 and $125, depending on the type, according to Kim Gorode, a company spokeswoman. Those who go to a doctor who orders a test through Quest Diagnostics will pay $100.
The company has received about $488 million in reimbursements for testing from the uninsured fund, according to the CDC database and confirmed by Quest.
Meanwhile, Curative, a health care startup, stopped testing those without insurance in certain states — including Florida and Texas — where the uninsured comprise a significant share of its patients and where it has no other reimbursement arrangements in place. It provides testing in 34 states.
Curative has received nearly $587 million in reimbursements, according to the CDC. Asked about the figure, the company said there is insufficient data on the agency’s website to confirm its accuracy.
For Embry Health, the end of the reimbursement program could result in the shuttering of the vast majority of the Covid-19 testing company’s 300 locations in seven states, said CEO Raymond Embry. It started to suspend operations in 60 sites in Arizona as of April 1.
About 50% of its clients are uninsured.
The company, which has received about $54 million in reimbursements from the federal program, now tests a total of around 2,200 people a day, Embry said. That’s down from a height of 46,000 during the Omicron spike earlier this year.
As of Friday, the company was continuing to provide free testing to the uninsured, even though the federal program stopped accepting new claims on March 22, Embry said. But it cannot do so indefinitely.
He is concerned that it will be harder for the uninsured to get tested just as the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant of Omicron has become the dominant strain in the US.
“Patients need to feel confident to be able to get tested, and the only price that’s acceptable to them is free. It has to be free,” Embry said.
Free testing still available
Though it’s more difficult to find, free testing is still available for the uninsured.
CVS said that those without coverage can continue receiving Covid-19 tests or vaccinations at no cost at its pharmacies.
The chain has received $38 million for testing and $475 million for vaccines from the federal program, according to the CDC. CVS referred questions about the accuracy of the data to the Health Resources and Services Administration, which did not immediately return a request for confirmation.
Many states, municipalities and community health centers still offer testing at no charge.
For instance, New York City’s Department of Health is continuing to provide free testing and vaccines for the uninsured, along with those who have coverage, at mobile sites, local clinics, city-owned hospitals and other locations. The effort is funded with money from multiple public sources, including the city, state and federal governments.
Another option for the uninsured: Ordering up to two sets of four free at-home Covid-19 tests from the federal government at Covidtests.gov.
Advocates and health care providers, however, worry that the uninsured may become more reluctant to seek medical services now that the reimbursement program is ending.
“We would definitely not want anyone who does not have coverage at this point to see this information out there about this program going away and think that they wouldn’t have access to care,” said Molly Smith, group vice president of policy for the American Hospital Association.
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PITTSBURGH and KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation and Negro Leagues Baseball Museum today announced they are hosting a series of free baseball and softball camps across the country to bring the game to under-resourced and underrepresented youth athletes. Each of the camps will have a current African-American professional baseball player in attendance to lead hitting and fielding drills and motivate athletes with tips and hands-on instruction.
Presented in partnership with Kids2Camp, the dates and locations along with the athletes participating are as follows:
- Thursday, June 16th, Cincinnati – Hunter Greene
- Thursday, June 23rd, Dallas – Taylor Hearn
- Monday, July 11th, Minneapolis – Chris Archer
- Thursday, August 4th, Kansas City, MO – Michael Taylor
- Monday, August 8th, Cleveland – Triston McKenzie
- Monday, August 15th, St. Louis – Jack Flaherty
"The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation is thrilled to bring this series of camps to young athletes," said Aimee Watters, Executive Director of The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation. "It's been a pleasure to work with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and provide access to young baseball and softball players."
"While the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum preserves a very important chapter of baseball and American history, we also have a vested interest in promoting and growing the game," said Negro Leagues Baseball Museum President, Bob Kendrick. "We are excited to partner with The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation to provide a historical connection and bridge the economic divide that has prevented kids from playing baseball and softball."
At each of the camps, coaches and the professional athletes will lead fundamental skills stations, contests, and games in a high-energy, fun, and positive environment. Interested participants can learn more by visiting www.procamps.com and clicking on the dedicated camp page. For more information on The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation, visit www.sportsmatter.org.
The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation with a mission to inspire and enable sports participation. It was created by DICK'S Sporting Goods as a private corporate foundation to support DICK'S charitable and philanthropic activities. Driven by its belief that sports make people better, The DICK'S Foundation champions youth sports and provides grants and support to under-resourced teams and athletes through its Sports Matter program and other community-based initiatives. Additional information about The DICK'S Foundation can be found on sportsmatter.org and on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) is the world's only museum dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich history of African American baseball and its impact on the social advancement of America. The privately funded, 501-c3, not-for-profit organization was established in 1990 and is in the heart of Kansas City, Missouri's Historic 18th & Vine Jazz District. The NLBM operates two blocks from the Paseo YMCA where Andrew "Rube" Foster established the Negro National League in 1920. To learn more about the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, please visit nlbm.com.
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COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Water levels on the Rhine River could reach a critically low point in the coming days, German officials said Wednesday, making it increasingly difficult to transport goods — including coal and gasoline — as drought and an energy crisis grip Europe.
Weeks of dry weather have turned several of Europe’s major waterways into trickles, posing a headache for German factories and power plants that rely on deliveries by ship and making an economic slowdown ever more likely. Transporting goods by inland waterways is more important in Germany than in many other Western European countries, according to Capital Economics.
“This is particularly the case for the Rhine, whose nautical bottleneck at Kaub has very low water levels but which remains navigable for ships with small drafts,” said Tim Alexandrin, a spokesman for Germany’s Transport Ministry.
Authorities predict that water levels at Kaub will dip below the mark of 40 centimeters (16 inches) early Friday and keep falling over the weekend. While this is still higher than the record low of 27 centimeters seen in October 2018, many large ships could struggle to safely pass the river at that spot, located roughly mid-way along the Rhine between Koblenz and Mainz.
“The situation is quite dramatic, but not as dramatic yet as in 2018,” said Christian Lorenz, a spokesman for the German logistics company HGK.
From France and Italy, Europe is struggling with dry spells, shrinking waterways and heat waves that are becoming more severe and frequent because of climate change. Low water levels are another blow for industry in Germany, which is struggling with shrinking flows of natural gas that have sent prices surging.
Due to the lack of water, ships bringing salt down the Rhine River from Heilbronn to Cologne that would normally carry 2,200 metric tons (2,425 U.S. tons) of cargo are only able to transport about 600 tons, he said.
“Of course, we hope that shipping won’t be halted, but we saw in 2018 that when water levels got very low the gas stations suddenly had no more fuel because ships couldn’t get through,” Lorenz said.
Authorities are taking steps to shift more goods traffic onto the rail network and, if necessary, give it priority, said Alexandrin, the Transport Ministry spokesman.
Those other options will be more expensive and take longer, with the higher cost making it impossible in some cases, said Andrew Kenningham, chief Europe economist for Capital Economics.
The river transportation issues are not problematic for German industry as shrinking flows and rising prices for natural gas, he said, with Russia having reduced deliveries to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to 20% of capacity. But the woes on the Rhine could still take a small bite out of economic growth if they last until December, add a bit to already-high inflation and lead industrial production to drop slightly, the economist said.
But with Capital Economics already expecting flat economic growth in Germany in the third quarter and a contraction in the last three months of the year, “the low water level in the Rhine simply makes a recession even more likely,” Kenningham said.
HGK and other shipping companies are preparing for a “new normal” in which low water levels become more common as global warming makes droughts more severe, sapping water along the length of the Rhine from the Swiss Alps to the North Sea.
“There’s no denying climate change and the industry is adjusting to it,” said Lorenz.
All new ships being ordered by the company will be built with a view to making them suitable for low water levels on the Rhine, he said.
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Jordans reported from Berlin. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/rhine-river-could-fall-below-critical-mark-risking-industry/ | 2022-08-11T08:29:10Z |
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday he would take advice on whether to accept President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s invitation to visit Ukraine during an upcoming European trip.
Albanese will attend a NATO meeting in Spain at the end of this month.
Albanese said he only became aware of the invitation to visit Ukraine when he read a newspaper report Friday.
“I’ll take appropriate advice, and obviously there are security issues as well in terms of such a visit,” Albanese told reporters.
“I appreciate the spirit in which it’s been offered and one of the reasons why Australia has been invited to NATO is that Australia is the largest non-NATO contributor to give support to Ukraine in its defense of its national sovereignty against Russia’s illegal, immoral invasion. And we’ll continue to stand with the people of Ukraine,” Albanese added.
Zelenskyy gave the invitation when he wrote to congratulate Albanese on his center-left Labor Party’s win at elections on May 21, said Ukraine Embassy in Australia’s deputy head of mission Volodymyr Shalkivski.
The invitation was for Albanese to “visit Ukraine at his convenience,” Shalkivski said, and the embassy handed the invitation over to the new administration June 7.
European leaders are increasingly visiting Ukraine’s capital Kyiv by rail from Poland.
Zelenskyy addressed the Australian Parliament by video in late March when then-Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s conservative coalition was in power. The president appealed for armored vehicles and tougher sanctions against Russia.
Australia responded by promising 14 M113 fully tracked armored personnel carriers and 40 Bushmaster four-wheel-drive armored vehicles. The vehicles brought the cost of Australia’s contribution to Ukraine’s defense to 285 million Australian dollars ($200 million) by late May. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/australias-new-prime-minister-considers-visit-to-ukraine/ | 2022-06-17T22:14:11Z |
LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kim Kardashian introduces SKKN BY KIM, an efficacious nine-product skincare collection sitting at the intersection of elevated simplicity and innovative science. SKKN BY KIM was born out of Kim's dream to bridge the gap between the world's most renowned dermatological experts and people at home seeking high-performance skincare.
Combining Kim's visionary approach with her knowledge from years of working with global skincare specialists and leading experts at Coty (NYSE: COTY), each product was thoughtfully formulated to care for all skin types, tones, and textures at every stage of maturity. Through active ingredients and technical formulas, SKKN BY KIM offers clinically proven skincare solutions to support the skin's natural abilities and revitalize the complexion.
"In all of my business endeavors, I've been fueled by my passion to fill gaps in the market with expertly-crafted and universally-loved products that are performance driven – and I have carried this same drive and approach with me into creating a legacy skincare brand," says brand founder and CEO, Kim Kardashian. "What began as a psoriasis diagnosis became the catalyst for my journey of skincare discoveries, inspiring me to learn more about my skin and how to care for it. Working with some of the top dermatologists and estheticians over the years has given me the incredible opportunity to learn from their expertise — and I knew I had to share my learnings. Fueled by years of gathered insights, SKKN BY KIM's science-backed formulas work together to reactivate skin's inner potential and inspire confidence. I'm proud to finally be able to share this collection with everyone."
Together with Coty Inc., one of the world's largest beauty companies with an iconic portfolio of brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care, Kim Kardashian is launching SKKN BY KIM on June 21, 2022 through a new U.S. direct-to-consumer website. The site will be the go-to destination for all new product launches and will also feature tutorials and special collections.
The SKKN BY KIM collection features nine core products, developed to deliver effective results through clean and uncompromising high-performance formulas:
- Cleanser ($43/$37 refill): A lightly-foaming cleanser developed to gently dissolve any makeup, water-resistant residues, unwanted oils, and impurities without stripping skin.
- Toner ($45/$38 refill): A skin-renewing toner using double acidic and enzymatic exfoliation to help reduce the appearance of pores and enhance skin's texture.
- Exfoliator ($55/$47 refill): A double mechanical and enzymatic exfoliator that helps promote skin resurfacing, leaving skin renewed, refreshed and retexturized.
- Hyaluronic Acid Serum ($90/$77 refill): A multi-molecular weight hyaluronic acid serum that delivers long-lasting, 72-hour moisture, and helps reduce dehydration and the appearance of fine lines.
- Vitamin C8 Serum ($90/$77 refill): Featured with a powerful dose of vitamin C8 to help boost collagen synthesis, this serum is clinically proven to diminish the appearance of pigmentations, wrinkles, and fine lines.
- Face Cream ($85/$72 refill): A luxuriously indulgent firming moisturizer that works to nourish and revive skin. Formulated with postbiotics and enriched with a natural alternative to retinol, this cream visibly improves firmness, elasticity, and radiance.
- Eye Cream ($75/$64 refill): A moisturizing eye cream that preserves elasticity while acting to reduce puffiness and fine lines around the eye. Formulated with hyaluronic acid for added hydration and peptides to help stimulate collagen production, this product promotes a visibly firm, rested, and illuminated eye contour.
- Oil Drops ($95/$81 refill): Developed with a highly stable, active form of Vitamin C, this supercharged oil evens out the complexion, helps reduce the appearance of pores, and immediately promotes radiant and glowy looking skin.
- Night Oil ($95/$81 refill): A nourishing recovery treatment developed to help reenergize skin overnight for supple, smooth, and glowy skin by morning that feels hydrated and plumped.
Grounded in the brand's ethos of sustainability, each product is bottled inside sleek, minimalistic, and refillable packaging. To further reduce the environmental impact, refills are packaged inside eco-friendly materials.
Photographed by Mario Sorrenti, the campaign images feature Kim amongst larger than life replicas of the collection's sculptural packaging. The creative direction and design for brand identity, product, and packaging, as well as consulting on strategy and art direction was guided by Perron—Roettinger.
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PR Contact for Kim Kardashian and SKKN BY KIM:
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PR Contact for Coty:
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About SKKN BY KIM
SKKN BY KIM invites you to experience a new daily skincare ritual. With a focus on quality and efficacy, SKKN BY KIM's science-backed, clean, and cruelty-free formulas are meticulously crafted to support the skin's natural renewal abilities. Through a visionary nine-product ritual, SKKN BY KIM delivers rejuvenation, nourishment, and an indulgent at-home experience designed to help people feel confident in their skin.
About Coty Inc.
Founded in Paris in 1904, Coty is one of the world's largest beauty companies with a portfolio of iconic brands across fragrance, color cosmetics, and skin and body care. Coty serves consumers around the world, selling prestige and mass market products in more than 130 countries and territories. Coty and our brands empower people to express themselves freely, creating their own visions of beauty; and we are committed to making a positive impact on the planet. Learn more at coty.com or on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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ATLANTA — Georgia gas prices are currently decreasing at the pump, and Albany currently has the state’s lowest average price at an average cost of $4.13 a gallon heading into the July 4th holiday, AAA-The Auto Club group said.
Georgia motorists are now paying an average price of $4.40 per gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, 7 cents less than a week ago, 27 cents more than last month, and $1.49 more than this time last year.
It now costs $66 to fill a 15-gallon tank of regular gasoline. Drivers are paying $22.35 more at the pump than last year.
“Georgia pump price average has managed to decrease across the state,” AAA-The Auto Club Group spokeswoman Montrae Waiters said. “If crude oil continues to decline, its possible gas prices will follow suit this week as more than 1.3 million Georgians prepare to hit the road for the 4th of July holiday weekend.”
Since last Monday, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline has decreased by 8 cents to $4.90. Last week the Energy Information Administration did not release gasoline demand/supply and domestic oil inventory levels data due to “systems issues.” However, if gas demand continues its downward trend, it may contribute to pump prices decreasing this week.
At the close of last Wednesday’s formal trading session, WTI decreased by $3.33 to settle at $106.19. Crude prices dropped amid broad market concern regarding the potential for economic growth to slow or stall due to rising interest rates and inflation.
Regional Prices
Most expensive Georgia metro markets: Brunswick ($4.48), Atlanta ($4.47) and Athens ($4.42).
Least expensive Georgia metro markets — Albany ($4.13), Warner Robins ($4.18) and Valdosta ($4.25).
Money-Saving Tips for Drivers
— Shop around for gas prices. Drivers can check area gas prices on the AAA Mobile App.
— Consider paying in cash vs. credit card. Some retailers charge extra per gallon for customers who pay with a credit card.
— Enroll in fuel savings programs.
Fuel-Saving Tips for Drivers
— Maintain your vehicle to ensure optimal fuel economy. Find a trusted automotive facility at AAA.com/AutoRepair.
— Combine errands to limit driving time.
— Slow down. Fuel economy diminishes significantly at highway speeds above 50 mph.
— Drive conservatively and avoid aggressive driving. Aggressive acceleration and speeding reduces fuel economy.
AAA updates fuel price averages daily at www.GasPrices.AAA.com. Every day up to 130,000 stations are surveyed based on credit card swipes and direct feeds in cooperation with the Oil Price Information Service and Wright Express for unmatched statistical reliability. All average retail prices in this report are for a gallon of regular, unleaded gasoline. | https://www.albanyherald.com/features/albany-has-lowest-state-gas-prices-heading-into-holiday/article_b12182f2-f745-11ec-a322-a31f85e4c8be.html | 2022-07-03T14:44:26Z |
- Oregon transit agency looks to WAVE for simpler, space-saving wireless depot charging.
- The four 125kW wireless systems will replace the need for any plug-in chargers in Josephine Community Transit's depot.
SALT LAKE CITY, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WAVE, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX) and developer of high-power, wireless inductive charging solutions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, today announced Josephine Community Transit (JCT) expanded its original order from a single charger to four 125kW depot chargers in Grants Pass, Oregon. In addition to installing WAVE's wireless charging system, Ideanomics Energy will manage all construction related to deploying the depot charging systems.
"Having run our electric buses with plug-in chargers for a few years now, we've experienced first-hand the challenges of managing cables," said Scott Chancey, Transit Manager of Josephine Community Transit. "Replacing plugs-ins with WAVE will allow us to expand our fleet within our existing space while bringing park-and-charge simplicity to our depot operations."
Transit agency space and labor constraints become more pronounced as they scale from small trial stages to operating an entire electric fleet. Plug-in charging infrastructure relies on extensive manual labor and occupies precious space in tight parking areas.
"Going electric within their existing depot space is one of the major challenges transit agencies face right now," said WAVE CEO Aaron Gillmore. "Flush to the ground and automated, our depot solution eliminates real estate and safety concerns that come with pedestals and cables. Josephine represents another step towards a much-needed simplification of charging infrastructure."
Expected to be operational by mid-2023, the four WAVE systems will power four Complete Coach Works (CCW) zero-emission propulsion system (ZEPS) buses, replacing the need for any plug-in chargers in the depot.
"The 125kW depot system is based on the proven 250kW opportunity charging systems installed at transit agencies across the U.S," said Mike Masquelier, WAVE's Chief Technology Officer. "Bus operators just park over the charging pad, and the system takes care of the rest. When the batteries reach the targeted charge level, the system powers down, and the bus is ready to go. This translates into operational efficiencies that simply aren't possible with plug-in systems."
Josephine Community Transit operates fixed and commuter routes in the city of Grants Pass, Oregon and across Rogue Valley. In 2019, JCT began its zero-emission journey by purchasing two remanufactured ZEPS buses from Complete Coach Works.
WAVE has long-standing operations with transit agencies like Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA), Contra Costa County Transit Authority (CCCTA) in California, and Twin Transit in Washington. WAVE's wireless on-route charging helped AVTA become the first all-electric transit agency in North America, with 12 wireless charging systems installed over 100 square miles and delivering well over 4GWh to date, the largest deployment of its kind in the U.S. More recently, WAVE implemented a new wireless charging installation at Universal Studios Hollywood, powering the new electric trams for the world-famous Studio Tours.
About WAVE, Inc.
With a global-leading number of high-power, rigorously proven inductive charging systems deployed, WAVE enables commercial fleet operators with a faster, easier way to extend the range of medium- and heavy-duty electric vehicles. Founded in 2011, with systems ranging from 125kW to 500kW, WAVE makes tomorrow's EV charging technology available today. Learn more at www.waveipt.com.
About Ideanomics
Ideanomics (NASDAQ: IDEX) is a global group with a simple mission: to accelerate the commercial adoption of electric vehicles. By bringing together vehicles and charging technology with design, implementation, and financial services, we provide solutions for the commercial world to commit to an EV future. To keep up with Ideanomics, please follow the company on social @ideanomicshq or visit: https://ideanomics.com.
Contacts:
Ideanomics, Inc.
Tony Sklar, SVP of Investor Relations
1441 Broadway, Suite 5116, New York, NY 10018
ir@ideanomics.com
Allison Matthews, Skyya PR for Ideanomics
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Data show pretreatment with IVIG can limit biodistribution of AAV9 vectors to peripheral tissues following direct CNS administration
WALTHAM, Mass., May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Affinia Therapeutics, an innovative gene therapy company with a proprietary platform for rationally-designed adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors and gene therapies for rare and prevalent devastating diseases, today announced results from preclinical studies presented in an oral session at the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) 25th Annual Meeting.
Direct administration of AAV vectors to the central nervous system (CNS) can increase transduction and expression in the CNS. However, even with direct administration, vector "escapes" the CNS and distributes to peripheral organs. In nonhuman primates, AAV9 administration to cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is seen in peripheral organs, including the liver.
In an oral presentation later today, Affinia Therapeutics will present data showing that in mice, administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), a widely available therapy containing antibodies to antigens on a wide spectrum of AAV serotypes, prior to AAV9 administration to the CNS, can reduce the presence of vector and vector-expression in peripheral organs, including the liver, kidney, and heart. Importantly, pretreatment with IVIG does not appear to change transduction or expression in the CNS.
"These data provide a signal that IVIG may be an additional tool to more precisely target AAV vector delivery. We believe the findings reported today will help us develop and deliver AAV gene therapies that specifically target diseased tissues while limiting off-target effects," said Laura Richman, chief development officer for Affinia Therapeutics.
Title: Pretreatment with IVIG reduces peripheral transduction of AAV9 delivered to the CNS
Presenter: Cara West, Ph.D.
Session: Immune Responses to AAV Vectors
Date/Time: Monday May 16, 11:15-11:30am
Location: Room 102 A/B
Abstract Number: 40
About Affinia Therapeutics
Affinia Therapeutics is pioneering a shift to a new class of rationally-designed gene therapies that treat rare and prevalent diseases. Affinia Therapeutics' proprietary Affinia Rationally-designed Therapeutics (ART) platform consists of three pillars intended to synergistically improve the efficacy, safety, and manufacturability of AAV-based gene therapies through the development of next-generation capsids, promoters, and manufacturing approaches. Affinia Therapeutics' current pipeline consists of five programs in the neurology, neuro-oncology, muscle, and lung therapeutic areas, and spans gene replacement, vectorized antibody, and gene editing modalities. For more information, visit https://www.affiniatx.com.
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HICKSVILLE, N.Y., June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acutis Diagnostics, a New York State laboratory, is taking on urgent healthcare issues through advancing medical testing capabilities.
Among its most important projects is developing advanced gene sequencing technologies that can be used in the clinic. This work was featured recently in a Long Island Press article.
"Acutis expects that gene sequencing will dramatically improve the way cancer medication is developed and that biomarker-specific treatment will be based on diagnostics, such as those being developed by Acutis," said Acutis CEO Jibreel Sarij.
The company has a 40,000-square-foot facility in Hicksville with more than 200 professional employees. It was launched as a clinical diagnostic laboratory in a 1,000-square-foot start-up space in Farmingdale.
Acutis also offers molecular testing with a focus on infectious diseases, which enabled it to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The company has performed 2.5 million COVID tests over the past two years.
Acutis provides advanced polymerase chain reaction-based (PCR) tests for infectious diseases that may be misdiagnosed with traditional testing, such as urinary tract infections.
"We stress the importance of moving together with continuous improvement in mind," said Javon Barnwell, vice president of human resources. "Simply, we demand more of ourselves and each other to serve those who have entrusted us with their important care as best as we can."
The company plans to provide specialized contract services to assist other biopharmaceutical companies through Acutis Biosciences. These services will include research, development, and commercialization of new oncology therapeutics using genomics, including for identifying cancer mutations.
Acutis is a specialized clinical and biosciences diagnostics grounded in the most advanced science, technology, and best practices, all set in motion by teams of deeply committed professionals. https://www.acutis.com/.
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PARIS (AP) — In just five years as France’s president, Emmanuel Macron has gone from a young newbie in politics to a key world player and weighty decision-maker in the European Union who has been deeply involved in efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
And now he has won a second term, the first French president to do so in a generation.
The outspoken 44-year-old centrist, with his non-stop diplomatic activism, doesn’t always get his way but has earned his place on the international scene. He is expected to pivot back to his work on Ukraine.
At home, Macron managed to regain some popularity after the “yellow vest” protests against social injustice sent his approval to record lows in 2018. Opinion polls say many French praise his presidential stature and consider him up to the job to face major global crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine conflict.
They also show he is often perceived as arrogant and out of touch with ordinary people.
Macron has notably been dubbed “president of the rich,” especially during the yellow vest crisis. Some critics also denounce a perceived authoritarian attitude, holding him responsible for violent incidents involving police during street protests.
The job of president is his first elected office, though he came with a strong pedigree.
Macron studied at France’s elite school Ecole Nationale d’Administration, and he was a senior civil servant, then a banker at Rothschild for a few years, then economic adviser to Socialist President Francois Hollande.
He emerged from that backstage role onto the political scene when he served as economy minister in Hollande’s government from 2014 to 2016.
A series of political surprises — including a corruption scandal involving a key rival — thrust Macron toward presidential victory in 2017. He easily beat far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in their runoff that year on promises to free up France’s economy to boost job creation and attract foreign investment. He beat her again Sunday, but the race was closer and Macron acknowledged that some voters had backed him only to keep Le Pen out of the presidency.
Macron, who describes himself as “a president who believes in Europe,” argues the EU is the way for France to be stronger in a global world.
A strong advocate of entrepreneurial spirit, he has eased rules to hire and fire workers and to made it harder to get unemployment benefits. Critics accuse him of destroying worker protections.
Then the pandemic hit, and he acknowledged the crucial role of the state in supporting the economy, spending massively and vowing to support employees and business via public aid “whatever it costs.”
In his biggest campaign rally near Paris earlier this month, Macron paid an emotional tribute to his wife, Brigitte, the person “I care the most about.” They could be seen on the stadium’s giant screens sending kisses to each other.
On Sunday evening, they arrived hand in hand on the plaza near the Eiffel Tower where Macron made his victory speech.
As first lady, Brigitte Macron, 24 years his senior, has been involved in charities and other programs promoting culture, education and health.
Their romance started when he was a student at the high school where she was teaching in northern France. At the time a married mother of three, she was supervising the drama club. Macron, a literature lover, was a member.
Macron moved to Paris for his last year of high school. She eventually moved to the French capital to join him and divorced. They married in 2007.
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RADNOR, Pa., April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Gatos Silver, Inc. ("Gatos") (NYSE: GATO). The action charges Gatos with violations of the federal securities laws, including omissions and fraudulent misrepresentations relating to the company's business, operations, and prospects. As a result of Gatos' materially misleading statements to the public, Gatos' investors have suffered significant losses.
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LEAD PLAINTIFF DEADLINE: APRIL 25, 2022
CLASS PERIOD: OCTOBER 28, 2020 THROUGH JANUARY 25, 2022
CONTACT AN ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS YOUR RIGHTS:
James Maro, Esq. at (484) 270-1453 or via email at info@ktmc.com
Kessler Topaz is one of the world's foremost advocates in protecting the public against corporate fraud and other wrongdoing. Our securities fraud litigators are regularly recognized as leaders in the field individually and our firm is both feared and respected among the defense bar and the insurance bar. We are proud to have recovered billions of dollars for our clients and the classes of shareholders we represent.
GATOS' ALLEGED MISCONDUCT
Gatos focuses on the production, development and exploration of silver and zincrich mineral deposits. On October 29, 2020, Gatos conducted its initial public offering ("IPO"), selling approximately 24,644,500 shares of common stock at a price of $7.00 per share, and received net proceeds of approximately $156.1 million from the offering.
On January 25, 2022, after the market closed, Gatos revealed in a press release that "there were errors in the technical report entitled 'Los Gatos Project, Chihuahua, Mexico' with an effective date of July 1, 2020 . . . , as well as indications that there is an overestimation in the existing resource model." On a preliminary basis, Gatos estimated a potential reduction of the metal content of the mineral reserve ranging from 30% to 50% of the metal content remaining after depletion.
Following this news, Gatos' stock price fell $7.02, or 69%, to close at $3.17 per share on January 26, 2022. As of the date the initial complaint was filed, Gatos shares were trading as low as $3.20 per share, a nearly 54% decline from the $7.00 per share IPO price.
WHAT CAN I DO?
Gatos investors may, no later than April 25, 2022 seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP encourages Gatos investors who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm directly to acquire more information.
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WHO CAN BE A LEAD PLAINTIFF?
A lead plaintiff is a representative party who acts on behalf of all class members in directing the litigation. The lead plaintiff is usually the investor or small group of investors who have the largest financial interest and who are also adequate and typical of the proposed class of investors. The lead plaintiff selects counsel to represent the lead plaintiff and the class and these attorneys, if approved by the court, are lead or class counsel. Your ability to share in any recovery is not affected by the decision of whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff.
ABOUT KESSLER TOPAZ MELTZER & CHECK, LLP
Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP prosecutes class actions in state and federal courts throughout the country and around the world. The firm has developed a global reputation for excellence and has recovered billions of dollars for victims of fraud and other corporate misconduct. All of our work is driven by a common goal: to protect investors, consumers, employees and others from fraud, abuse, misconduct and negligence by businesses and fiduciaries. The complaint in this action was not filed by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP. For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP please visit www.ktmc.com.
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Radnor, PA 19087
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Shopping vintage continues to be a trend when it comes to fashion!
Jewelry, hats, clothes, purses and shoes – Fun on the Run’s Yolonda Williams found a spot with decades of choices: Gratitude Vintage Clothing in Dallas!
For more than two decades, Gratitude Vintage Clothing has been in business, selling men’s women’s and children’s clothing for discounted prices.
They are located at 3613 Fairmount Street in Dallas. For more information, call them at 214-522-2921! | https://cw33.com/news/fun-on-the-run-news/whats-old-is-new-again-get-your-thrift-on-at-gratitude-vintage-clothing-in-dallas/ | 2022-06-21T17:21:52Z |
Local baseball: Stark County Terriers, North Canton 10U, Canton Reds win championships
The Stark County Terriers wooden-bat college summer baseball team won the NABF World Series Championship with a 9-5 win against the Grand Rapids Brewers at Sandusky's Sports Force Park Complex. The Terriers went 3-1 in pool play, then defeated the T3 Warhawks 4-3 in 11 innings in the semifinal to advance to the championship. The Terriers represented the Western Reserve Collegiate League. This is the Terriers' first NABF World Series title.
North Canton Little League's Williamsport team won the 2022 10U state championship. North Canton won the District 4 championship, then beat Canfield and Hamilton in the opening rounds of the double-elimination state tournament in Ironton. It lost to Cuyahoga Falls and had to beat Hamilton again to get to the championship round, where it then beat Cuyahoga Falls twice to win the tournament.
The Canton Reds of the J. Babe Stearn Community Center won the Sandlot Stark Summit Baseball League. They were the National League champs and the tournament champs, winning the championship game 20-1. The Reds' overall record was 13-6. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/local/2022/08/26/baseball-stark-county-terriers-north-canton-little-league-10u-canton-reds-nabf-world-series-state/65398085007/ | 2022-08-26T10:35:59Z |
NEW YORK, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Federman Steifman LLP announced today that real estate finance lawyer Brett D. Hoffman joined the firm as Counsel resident in the firm's New York office.
Mr. Hoffman's practice focuses on representing institutional lenders in connection with the origination of mortgage loans secured by multi-family, mixed-use, retail, commercial and industrial properties primarily in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Mr. Hoffman routinely represents lenders in connection with interest rate hedging transactions, leasehold mortgages, construction and project loans, co-op and other UCC secured loans, unsecured loans and lines of credit, loan participation and intercreditor agreements and the sale of defaulted loans and loan portfolios. Mr. Hoffman also acts as local New York and New Jersey counsel to out-of-state lenders and law firms in connection with the intricacies of lending in New York and New Jersey.
Mr. Hoffman has additional experience representing clients in connection with the acquisition and disposition of commercial properties, development site assemblages and related §1031 transactions.
"Brett came to us in the most flattering way possible. He was independently recommended to us by several of our mortgage lending clients," said Lee D. Edelson a partner of the firm. "Our practices are so synchronous that at any one time we are already working on several transactions on opposite sides of one another. We are, therefore, very familiar with Brett's business sense, legal acumen and the quality of his client representation and know how closely it matches our own," he added.
"Federman Steifman LLP attracted me with their truly unique blend of practical and creative legal representation on sophisticated transactions with a very keen focus on their clients' business objectives," said Brett D. Hoffman. "It is also very rare, at least in my experience, for both borrowers and lenders on their most significant matters to be seeking the advice of the same firm," he added.
Prior to joining Federman Steifman LLP, Brett D. Hoffman was associated with a smaller boutique real estate finance law firm in New York. Mr. Hoffman's recent engagements include the $91,825,000 financing of a portfolio of 19 mortgage loans secured by multi-family assets located throughout New York City and the origination of $55,200,000 loan secured by a leasehold mortgage on a commercial building in Manhattan.
Mr. Hoffman earned a B.A. in Economics from Binghamton University and is a graduate of St. John's University School of Law where he served as a Senior Staff Member on the St. John's Law Review and Journal of Catholic Legal Studies and received both the Beatrice Levine Award and Timothy J. Meehan Memorial Award for his prowess in Property Law.
Federman Steifman LLP is a law firm founded in 2005 specializing in complex and sophisticated real estate, structured finance and corporate transactions. Federman Steifman LLP's attorneys represent major international, national, regional and local underwriters, investment banks, private equity firms, hedge funds, asset managers, governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, Fortune 500 companies, credit enhancers, pension funds, insurance companies, private, public and institutional real estate owners and developers, contractors, tax credit and other equity syndicators and investors, banks, non-bank credit companies, mortgage bankers, savings and loan associations, mezzanine lenders, preferred equity investors, utility companies, cooperative corporations, condominium associations, telecommunications companies, family limited partnerships, trusts and estates, high net worth individuals, executives and state and local governments.
Federman Steifman LLP is headquartered in New York with offices in Chicago, IL, Washington, D.C., Phoenix, AZ, Denver, CO, Short Hills, NJ and Darien, CT. In 2021, Federman Steifman LLP closed over $9,000,000,000 of real estate financings, sales and acquisitions. For more information, visit www.federmansteifman.com
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Partnership recognizes the demand of streamlined multimedia performance and experiences for media platforms
LAS VEGAS, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mux, the leading developer video platform, today announced a partnership with global edge cloud network provider, Fastly (FSLY), to improve video observability and performance for the most innovative platforms and publishers.
Mux can now be purchased and implemented together with Fastly, providing customers with support from trained experts of both platforms. Through the collaboration, Mux users can utilize Fastly's enhanced global performance features and modern security offerings to power Mux's low-latency live streaming and video delivery in a fast and secure way, on every device.
"The combination of Fastly and Mux has enabled Paramount to build a global audience for our streaming apps and live events," said Sean McCarthy, Principal Product Manager, Paramount. "Fastly makes sure our video gets to the viewers and Mux helps us understand performance around the world, and on every device. This partnership helps the Fastly team see what we are seeing from Mux to make sure our events and streams run flawlessly. "
Benefits of the Mux and Fastly partnership include:
- Real-time visibility into video performance to optimize video streams and improve viewer experience
- Easy on-ramp to Fastly's network for developers using Mux
- Consolidate CDN logs and performance metrics with AWS Kinesis and Google Cloud Pub/Sub
- Experimentation framework to evaluate and isolate player and device performance issues in the product development cycle
- Threshold alerts for quicker issue identification and resolution
- Viewer-experience data to fine-tune client-side product performance
- Real-time event monitoring and support
"We are delighted to partner with Fastly to streamline video performance for our customers," said Jon Dahl, Co-Founder and CEO of Mux. "Video is an increasingly important asset for companies. Fastly and Mux are the perfect pair to provide the real-time data and support needed for a smooth viewer experience."
"I'm thrilled to officially announce our partnership with Mux," said Emily Friedberg, Group Vice President, Global Partnerships at Fastly. "This collaboration makes it easier than ever for developers to deliver better digital experiences to their users by maximizing the benefits of Fastly's modern edge network combined with Mux's superior video capabilities."
Meet executives from Mux and Fastly at the 2022 NAB Show in Las Vegas as part of the week-long event highlighting superior audio and video experiences.
About Mux
Mux is the leading developer video platform that takes the complexity out of building live and on-demand video. Thousands of customers, including Robinhood, PBS, ViacomCBS, Equinox Media, and VSCO, rely on Mux to deliver the highest-quality video experience to their users without having to hire a team of embedded video experts. San Francisco–based Mux was founded in 2015 by experts in online video, including the creators of the biggest open-source video player on the web (Video.js), the largest transcoding service in the cloud (Zencoder), and the premier conference for video engineers (Demuxed). For more information, visit www.mux.com or follow @MuxHQ.
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastside Distilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAST) ("Eastside" or the "Company"), a consumer-focused beverage company that builds craft inspired experiential brands and high-quality artisan products around premium spirits, digital can printing, co-packing and mobile filling, today announced that Craft Canning + Printing has printed and delivered more than two million cans from its Argyle printing operation. Craft acquired a Hinterkopf D240 digital can printer early in 2022 and started its aluminum digital can printing operation during the second quarter of 2022. The Company has ramped up printing to include two shifts and has reached the two million cans printed milestone earlier this month. Craft is supplying digitally printed cans to craft beverage customers throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Geoffrey Gwin, Eastside's Chief Executive Officer commented, "we have received an enthusiastic reaction from both existing and new customers since starting our digital can printing operation. This two million can milestone is just the first of many to come."
Craft's digitally printed cans have a number of benefits including high magazine quality printing, flexibly changing artwork and reducing supply chain costs. However, one of the greatest benefits is the fact all digitally printed cans are recyclable, which is not the case with some other forms of can decoration such as shrink sleeve applications.
Eastside Distilling, Inc. (NASDAQ: EAST) and its wholly owned Craft Canning + Printing have been producing high-quality, award-winning craft spirits as well as servicing craft beverage in Portland, Oregon, since 2008. The Company is distinguished by its highly decorated product lineup that includes Azuñia Tequilas®, Burnside Whiskeys®, Hue-Hue Coffee Rum®, and Portland Potato Vodka®. All Eastside spirits are crafted from natural ingredients for quality and taste. Eastside's Craft Canning + Printing subsidiary is the Northwest's leading independent mobile canning businesses and recently began digital can printing and co-packing through its recent asset acquisition.
Certain matters discussed in this press release may be forward-looking statements. Such matters involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the following: changes in economic conditions; general competitive factors; the impact of COVID-19 and related business disruption, the Company's ongoing financing requirements and ability to achieve any financing, acceptance of the Company's products in the market; the Company's success in obtaining new customers; the Company's success in product development; the Company's ability to execute its business model and strategic plans; the Company's success in integrating acquired entities and assets, and all the risks and related information described from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including the financial statements and related information contained in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and interim Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Examples of forward-looking statements in this release may include statements related to our strategic focus, product verticals, anticipated revenue and profitability, our ability to reduce operating or other expenses, the anticipated demand from the craft beer industry, the effects of COVID-19, including the impact on sales, and the success of initiatives implemented to address the business disruption resulting from COVID-19. The Company assumes no obligation to update the cautionary information in this press release.
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ:MAXN) (the "Company"), a global leader in solar innovation and channels, today announced it will release its second quarter 2022 financial results on August 18, 2022.
The earnings press release and supplemental financial information will be available on the Investor Relations section of Maxeon's website at: https://corp.maxeon.com/investor-relations. The Company will also hold a conference call on August 18, 2022, at 5:30 PM U.S. EST / August 19, 2022, at 5:30 AM Singapore Time, to discuss results and provide an update on the business.
To join the live conference call, participants must first register here, where a dial-in number will be provided.
A simultaneous audio-only webcast of the conference call will also be available on Maxeon's website at https://corp.maxeon.com/events-and-presentations. A webcast replay will be available on Maxeon's website for one year at https://corp.maxeon.com/events-and-presentations.
Maxeon Solar Technologies (NASDAQ:MAXN) is Powering Positive Change™. Headquartered in Singapore, Maxeon designs and manufactures Maxeon® and SunPower® brand solar panels, and has sales operations in more than 100 countries, operating under the SunPower brand in certain countries outside the United States. The Company is a leader in solar innovation with access to over 1,000 patents and two best-in-class solar panel product lines. Maxeon products span the global rooftop and solar power plant markets through a network of more than 1,700 trusted partners and distributors. A pioneer in sustainable solar manufacturing, Maxeon leverages a +35-year history in the solar industry and numerous awards for its technology. For more information about how Maxeon is Powering Positive Change™ visit us at www.maxeon.com, on LinkedIn and on Twitter @maxeonsolar.
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- Tris announces the publication of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Fixed-Dose Study of DYANAVEL XR Tablets in Adults with ADHD in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. The article can be found here.
- The study demonstrated that DYANAVEL XR tablets are an effective and well-tolerated treatment for the symptoms of ADHD in adults.
- These results build on previous clinical results in pediatric patients demonstrating efficacy with DYANAVEL XR oral suspension as early as 30 minutes after administration.
MONMOUTH JUNCTION, N.J., July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tris Pharma, Inc. ("Tris"), a fully integrated pharmaceutical company with a robust portfolio of CNS products announced the publication of a Phase 3 study in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry that demonstrated that adult patients with ADHD who took DYANAVEL XR (amphetamine) tablets CII had statistically significant improvement in symptoms over patients who took placebo.
The study was a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose study designed to assess the efficacy and safety of DYANAVEL XR tablets in adult patients with ADHD. The efficacy assessment included the administration of serial Permanent Product Measure of Performance (PERMP) tests pre-dose and at 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 12, 13, and 14 hours post dose. The mean PERMP Total (PERMP-T) score across all post dose time points – the primary efficacy endpoint – was statistically significantly higher in the DYANAVEL XR tablet group compared with placebo (302.8 vs 279.6; p=0.0043). Additionally, statistically significant improvements (increase) in PERMP-T scores were observed in the DYANAVEL XR tablet group at 0.5 hours (p=0.01), 1 hour (p< 0.001), 2 hours (p= 0.0003), 4 hours (p = 0.031), 8 hours (p = 0.026), and 13 hours (p=0.006) post dose compared with placebo. Numerical differences favoring the DYANAVEL XR tablet group were seen at the 10-, 12-, and 14-hour time points as well, however those differences were not statistically significant when compared to placebo. The most common adverse events included headache, decreased appetite, irritability, initial insomnia, insomnia, dry mouth, anxiety, dizziness, tachycardia, fatigue, and nausea. Most treatment-emergent AEs (TEAEs) were mild to moderate in severity, and no SAEs were reported during the study.
"The results of this study demonstrate the efficacy of the amphetamine extended-release tablet in the treatment of ADHD in adults," said Andrew J. Cutler, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University and the principal investigator of the study. "When you look at the totality of the efficacy results, coupled with what we know about DYANAVEL XR pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, you can see that the drug is working shortly after dosing, and is still providing efficacy 13 hours post dose."
DYANAVEL XR employs Tris's unique LiquiXR® platform technology, which allows immediate-release products to be transformed into products with both immediate-release and extended-release characteristics and permits once-daily dosing.
The article can be accessed here in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Tris is a fully integrated, innovation-driven CNS company that provides a differentiated approach to target unmet medical needs, including the application of novel technologies designed to enhance patient benefits across therapeutic categories.
Tris's CNS portfolio includes treatments for pain; addiction; spasticity in multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy; narcolepsy; and ADHD. For more information, please visit www.trispharma.com and www.trismedical.com.
DYANAVEL and LiquiXR are registered trademarks of Tris Pharma, Inc.
DYANAVEL XR is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant prescription medicine used for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in people 6 years and older. DYANAVEL XR may help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in people with ADHD.
It is not known if DYANAVEL XR is safe and effective in children under 6 years of age.
DYANAVEL XR is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it can be abused or lead to dependence. Keep DYANAVEL XR in a safe place to prevent misuse and abuse. Selling or giving away DYANAVEL XR may harm others, and is against the law.
Tell your physician if you, your child, or any family members have ever abused or been dependent on alcohol, prescription medicines, or street drugs.
DYANAVEL XR should not be taken if you or your child are allergic to amphetamine or any of the ingredients in DYANAVEL XR, or are taking or have taken within the past 14 days an anti-depression medicine called a monoamine oxidase inhibitor or MAOI.
DYANAVEL XR can cause serious side effects. Tell the doctor:
- if you or your child have heart problems, heart defects, high blood pressure, or a family history of these problems. This is important because sudden death has occurred in children 6 to 17 years old with heart problems or defects, and sudden death, stroke, and heart attack have happened in adults. Your doctor should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting DYANAVEL XR. Since increases in blood pressure and heart rate may occur, the doctor should regularly check these during treatment. Call the doctor right away if you or your child have any signs of heart problems such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting while taking DYANAVEL XR.
- if you or your child have mental problems, or a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression. This is important because new or worsening behavior and thought problems or bipolar illness may occur. New symptoms such as seeing or hearing things that are not real, believing things that are not true, being suspicious, or having new manic symptoms may occur. Call the doctor right away if there are any new or worsening mental symptoms during treatment.
- if you or your child have circulation problems in fingers and toes (called peripheral vasculopathy, including Raynaud's phenomenon). Fingers or toes may feel numb, cool, painful, sensitive to temperature, and/or change color from pale, to blue, to red. Call the doctor right away if any signs of unexplained wounds appear on fingers or toes while taking DYANAVEL XR.
- if your child is having slowing of growth (height and weight); Your child should have his or her height and weight checked often while taking DYANAVEL XR.
- if you or your child have symptoms of serotonin syndrome – agitation, hallucinations, coma, or other changes in mental status; fast heartbeat; sweating or fever; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; high or low blood pressure; problems controlling movements or muscle twitching; muscle stiffness or tightness. Serotonin syndrome may occur when DYANAVEL XR is taken with certain other medicines and may be life-threatening. Stop DYANAVEL XR and call your doctor or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.
- if you or your child are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if DYANAVELXR will harm your unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you or your child become pregnant during treatment with DYANAVEL XR.
- if you or your child is breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. DYANAVELXR passes into breast milk. You or your child should not breastfeed while you are taking DYANAVEL XR.
Talk to your doctor if you or your child have any side effects that bother you or do not go away.
Avoid drinking alcohol while taking DYANAVELXR.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.
Please see Full Prescribing Information, including Boxed Warning about Abuse and Dependence, and Medication Guide.
Cutler AJ, Childress AC, Pardo A, et al. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of amphetamine extended-release tablets in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2022; 83(00):22m14438. doi:10.4088/JCP.22m14438
Pardo A, Kando JC, King TR, Rafla E, Herman BK. Single-dose pharmacokinetics of amphetamine extended-release tablets compared with amphetamine extended-release oral suspension. CNS Spectr. 2020;25(6):774-781. doi:10.1017/S1092852919001676
Pardo A, King TR, Rafla E, Kando JC. Assessing Palatability of a New Amphetamine Extended-Release Tablet Formulation for the Treatment of ADHD. Drug Des Devel Ther. 2021;15:2979-2985. Published 2021 Jul 8. doi:10.2147/DDDT.S309378
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Supreme Court ruling limiting the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants could have far-reaching consequences for the energy sector — and make it harder for the Biden administration to meet its goal of having the U.S. power grid run on clean energy by 2035.
The nation has been gradually transitioning away from coal to cleaner sources of electricity such as natural gas, solar energy and wind, often because they are less expensive. Most experts don’t think the Supreme Court decision in West Virginia vs. EPA will immediately reverse that trajectory.
But the ruling could slow the transition to clean energy in the future because it imposes constraints on what the EPA can do without exceeding its legal authority. That is a frightening prospect, with climate experts warning of dire consequences as global temperatures and extreme weather conditions steadily rise.
Depending how Congress or the courts interpret the court’s ruling in the future, it could also change the way other agencies can regulate the power sector.
The ruling will also set a tone in policymaking chambers, making it harder to persuade state lawmakers to craft laws to boost renewables, said Sachu Constantine, executive director of Vote Solar, which advocates for laws favorable to solar energy in state legislatures.
“Without the threat of EPA or federal regulation of climate, without a recognition that carbon pollution is really, truly harmful, it becomes harder to make that argument,” Constantine said. “It makes it less likely that the risk or the cost of carbon will be directly felt by the utilities, or by other agencies who have control over how much solar we can deploy. And that loss of regulatory risk means they might be less likely to choose solar.”
The case that the Supreme Court took up, West Virginia vs. EPA, had been filed in response to former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan. The Obama plan would have required states to reduce emissions from electricity generation, primarily by shifting away from coal-fired plants. That prospect upset several industries, including coal, and some state attorneys general. They challenged how far the EPA could go to influence the industry’s transition away from coal and to cleaner sources.
“It was sort of a scary prospect that EPA had the authority to close down power plants and build others,” said Jeff Holmstead, a partner at Bracewell LLP who served as an assistant EPA administrator in the George W. Bush administration. “All the major industry groups opposed that approach because of what they saw as a regulatory overreach. Power companies may still feel the same way, but in the meantime, they’ve invested a lot of resources to try to decarbonize.”
When Congress writes laws, it often leaves implementation details up to regulators such as the EPA. In this case, energy industry officials argued that the EPA had gone too far and overstepped what Congress had intended. The challenge in the West Virginia case sought to diminish that authority. It succeeded.
Thursday’s ruling means the EPA cannot force states to shift away from coal to cleaner sources such as natural gas or renewables and compel coal plants shut down. One option that’s now off the table as a result of the ruling is for the EPA to create a nationwide cap-and-trade system, said Richard Revesz, law professor at New York University. Under that system, a limit is set on how much carbon dioxide can be emitted, and companies can trade with each other to reach those goals.
“What the court is ruling out are the most effective and cheapest ways of regulating the power sector,” Revesz said.
Nothing in the ruling would stop Congress from creating a cap-and-trade system, but “under the current gridlock and given the filibuster rules in the Senate, it’s not going to happen,” he said.
Still, Revesz said, the EPA does have authority to regulate emissions from power plants in other ways.
And while the Clean Power Plan never took effect, the nation has been pivoting from coal to cleaner sources such as renewables anyway, often for economic reasons. Many states and large companies have commitments to use clean energy in the near future.
“Those commitments are driven by shareholders, by the economics of carbon reduction options,” said Sue Tierney, a senior advisor at Analysis Group and expert on power markets. “Multiple states have carbon reduction commitments, and large electricity users like very large corporations are saying we want 100% clean way earlier than 2050 … so there’s a whole lot of other forces going on besides EPA regulations at the moment that are driving things in a certain direction.”
Most major electric utilities have aggressive net-zero goals and commitments to phase out coal plants.
“Those aren’t fast enough for some advocates, but it’s not clear how much faster you can go unless you build the infrastructure to replace them,” Holmstead said.
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a trade association of local electric cooperatives, applauded Thursday’s ruling.
“Coal, natural gas and nuclear plants — those are all dispatchable, always-available resources and at the same time, we’re taking those offline,” said the association’s CEO, Jim Matheson. “In terms of the overall generating capacity in this country, I think it creates greater risk for reliability.”
That doesn’t mean power companies will re-open shut-down coal plants. Doing so would be far more complicated than flipping a switch and turning power back on.
Meeting aggressive carbon reduction goals in the power sector will require work from agencies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which plays a key role in approving the infrastructure that’s needed to transition to a power sector with fewer emissions. The Supreme Court’s ruling could affect how much authority FERC has to, for example, regulate pipeline emissions or approve locations for transmission lines or facilities, experts said.
“This is less about what’s going to happen about power plants than what’s going to happen about regulation more broadly,” Tierney said.
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Associated Press Writers Mark Sherman and Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/supreme-court-decision-may-slow-transition-to-cleaner-energy/ | 2022-07-01T00:18:57Z |
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Billy Blair Noble aka “Barnacle” was born February 7, 1947 to Jo Bob Copeland and Dudley Noble and was lovingly raised by his mom and step-dad, Robert Copeland. Barnacle departed on his final trip down the open road from his home in Austin, Texas on August 29, 2022.
Barnacle was one of a kind who lived by the motto “No Bad Days” – he always made the best of even the most trying circumstances with a smile on his face! He was kind, generous, loyal and loving to his friends and family. Barnacle’s free spirit was admired by many, loathed by a few – but he was who he was, no apologies.
Bill spent most of his life in Austin where you could regularly find him in any number of music venues. Some of his favorite hangouts were The Armadillo, Saxon Pub, and Poodies. If you are in the neighborhood, swing in and someone there will most likely be able to tell you a good story about Barnacle.
Bill is survived by one daughter, Nikki Costanza of Fort Worth, Texas and one brother, Bobby Noble of Temple, Texas. He is preceded in death by his parents.
A celebration of life will be held at the Saxon Pub in Austin on Saturday, September 17th at 2 pm.
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STOCKHOLM, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), pursuant to the previously disclosed agreement with Cevian Capital II GP Limited ("Cevian"), today appointed Gustav Lundgren to the Board of Directors, replacing Min Liu who resigned. The Board of Directors also declared a quarterly dividend of 64 cents for the third quarter of 2022.
Director Appointment
Gustav Lundgren is a partner of Cevian Capital, a 9.99% stockholder of the Company. Mr. Lundgren replaces Min Liu, Cevian's previously designated director, who resigned from the Autoliv, Inc. Board of Directors on August 18, 2022.
The Board has determined that Gustav Lundgren is an independent director and has appointed him as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee.
Autoliv's Board of Directors now consists of eleven members, all of whom are independent except Mikael Bratt, our CEO:
- Jan Carlson, Chairman of the Board
- Mikael Bratt, President and CEO
- Laurie Brlas
- Leif Johansson, Chair of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee
- Hasse Johansson
- Franz-Josef Kortüm
- Frédéric Lissalde, Chair of the Leadership Development and Compensation Committee
- Xiaozhi Liu
- Gustav Lundgren
- Martin Lundstedt
- Thaddeus Senko, Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee
Gustav Lundgren joined Cevian in 2006. He holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics. He is a Swedish citizen and is based in Stockholm.
Quarterly Dividend
The dividend will be payable on Thursday, September 22, 2022 to Autoliv shareholders of record on the close of business on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. The ex-date will be Tuesday, September 6, 2022 for holders of common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) as well as for holders of Swedish Depository Receipts (SDRs) listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
This information is information that Autoliv, Inc. is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication, through the first contact person set out below, at 2:00 PM CET on August 18, 2022.
Inquiries:
Investors & Analysts: Anders Trapp, Tel +46 (0)8 587 206 71
Investors & Analysts: Henrik Kaar, Tel +46 (0)8 587 206 14
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About Autoliv
Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV; Nasdaq Stockholm: ALIV.sdb) is the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems. Through our group companies, we develop, manufacture and market protective systems, such as airbags, seatbelts, and steering wheels for all major automotive manufacturers in the world as well as mobility safety solutions, such as pedestrian protection, connected safety services and safety solutions for riders of powered two wheelers. At Autoliv, we challenge and re-define the standards of mobility safety to sustainably deliver leading solutions. In 2021, our products saved close to 35,000 lives. Every year our products prevent more than 300,000 severe injuries.
Our more than 60,000 associates in 28 countries are passionate about our vision of Saving More Lives and quality is at the heart of everything we do. We drive innovation, research, and development at our 14 technical centers, with their 20 test tracks. Sales in 2021 amounted to US $ 8.2 billion. For more information go to www.autoliv.com.
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For just $1 lenders can integrate their systems of record with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and achieve greater loan decisioning capabilities
NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Staircase, the company building an integrated, digital infrastructure to accelerate tech-enabled mortgages, has launched a new application programming interface (API) that enables lenders and servicers to embed automated underwriting technology into any application and sync to their point of sale (POS) and loan origination systems (LOS), saving time and money.
Most POS and LOS products come equipped with integrations to automated underwriting system (AUS) technology provided by government-sponsored entities (GSEs) but these integrations are typically static and offer fixed functionalities. Staircase's same-day GSE integrations eliminate these obstacles while empowering lenders to seamlessly synchronize AUS results across all of their systems, enabling them to move loan decisioning further upstream in the origination process.
For start-ups, the new API cuts out a 6- to 12-month AUS application process and gives them instant automated underwriting capabilities without spending time and money on IT and procurement reviews. Staircase does not charge any integration costs—only a $1 fee per API call.
Lenders have the option to embed Staircase's GSE APIs into their other tools such as web and mobile apps. For example, they can embed AUS logic into their online loan applications and provide borrowers with real-time feedback through the borrower's web browser or mobile device. This allows loan officers to reach out to borrowers immediately after a borrower fills out an application rather than call or text them later.
"Our GSE API is a real game changer," said Staircase Co-founder and CEO Adam Kalamchi. "By pulling AUS logic upstream as far as possible and enabling real-time feedback, our GSE API saves both lenders and borrowers time and money during the application process."
In addition to making GSE integrations quick and simple, Staircase also makes AUS findings and messages machine readable to create greater automation in the origination process. The GSE API even includes queuing mechanisms to compensate for downtime across multiple systems.
Like other Staircase products, the GSE API supports all data languages created by the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO). Staircase can translate any data language to a lender's preferred language, eliminating the need for lenders to adapt to other data models.
For more information about the GSE API, email hello@Staircase.co.
Staircase is an API and low-code marketplace which automates complex technologies and makes them self-serve for the U.S. residential mortgage industry. Focused on providing automation for complicated mortgage functions, it allows for the integration and orchestration of all U.S. mortgage industry technology providers and enables all parties throughout mortgage origination, insurance, and servicing to easily communicate with zero friction. Staircase is based in Philadelphia, with employees in over 20 countries. For more information, visit www.staircase.co.
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TIGARD, Ore., July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fiduciary Decisions (FDI), the retirement plan industry's leading benchmarking firm, has announced a reorganization to meet growing client demand for their new services. The expanded offering has resulted in a wider institutional and retail client base deploying new solutions including plan design, rollover recommendation and a Research Division. FDI's focus on delivering solutions that help Americans retire successfully is driving the expansion and diversified revenue streams. 2022 new sales are forecasted to be double the historically high 2021 results.
"When we started out in 2007, offering just benchmarking services, we always anticipated that we could build other product lines to help service providers, plan sponsors and participants make better decisions about their retirement plans." said Tom Kmak, co-founder and CEO of FDI. Now that we have multiple service lines, it's time to expand and organize our team to meet the growing demand for these services from our existing clients, as well as new clients that will need help."
First, Kmak noted that Matt Golda is named as Chief Product Officer responsible for product development, technology, and data management. Matt has been with Fiduciary Decisions since its inception in 2007 and was instrumental in establishing many of the methodologies and patented processes FDI uses today leading directly to a proprietary database of 325,000+ plans. In this role, he will continue to innovate FDI's offering and anticipate market needs.
Next, Tom announced the hiring of Chris Walker as Chief Marketing Officer. Chris has a proven track record working both inside and outside of financial services. His experience includes Sony Music, working with artists such as Britney Spears and Usher, and the American Kennel Club. In the financial services industry, Chris has worked with wealth managers and venture backed FinTech plays that have had dramatic grown.
Kmak also noted that Mike Narkoff will continue as Chief Revenue Officer leading the firm's overall business development strategies, a vital position given the new services lines Fiduciary Decisions has developed. Mike brings over 30 years of successful executive leadership in both the advisor and institutional marketplaces.
Next, Kmak has named Kathleen Connelly as Chief Client Officer. Kathleen's experience leading both institutional and retail client organizations aligns with FDI's growth. Her background includes executive roles at T. Rowe Price, JP Morgan and Ascensus.
Finally, Craig Rosenthal has been named Chief Administrative Officer and Head of Research. Craig has been instrumental in the success of the firm since he joined FDI shortly after it was founded in 2007, previously leading the sales and service of advisors and broker-dealers.
Kmak summarized "Given all the lawsuits, regulations, and trust issues, we believe our focus on building decision support systems that are independent, comprehensive, and actionable has never been more vital to the retirement industry. We are proud of where we have come from, but we have more work to do to make sure our clients help their clients provide Retirement Security to so many millions of Americans."
About Fiduciary Decisions
Fiduciary Decisions is recognized as one of the industry's leading services for independent, comprehensive, actionable decision support systems for retirement plans. Started in 2007 by several industry experts, the company now has hundreds of clients, including some of the biggest and most respected names in the Financial Services Industry. For more information about Fiduciary Decisions and their various services, visit www.fiduciarydecisions.com
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McLEAN, Va., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Appian (NASDAQ: APPN) today announced the appointment of two new executives to Appian's leadership team. Susan Charnaux has been named Chief People Officer. Sanat Joshi joined as Senior Vice President of Industry Products and Solutions. Both will report to Matt Calkins, CEO of Appian.
Charnaux has more than 20 years of experience in professional services and human capital, including senior roles at Accenture and McKinsey & Company. As Chief People Officer, she will bring Appian's distinctive culture to the forefront of the company's talent activities to enable growth of the business as well as professional growth for all Appian employees.
"Appian is a pace-setter not only in technology, but also in its distinctive culture and track record of developing top talent," said Charnaux. "I'm looking forward to furthering Appian's high standard of excellence in how we attract and retain the best people."
Joshi has more than 30 years of experience in enterprise technology. He was most recently General Manager of Technology and Cross-Industry Solutions at Amazon Web Services. Prior to that, he led Oracle's industry strategy and go-to-market programs for Manufacturing and Automotive industries. At Appian, Joshi will be responsible for leading Appian's solutions strategy. His team delivers Appian pre-built solutions to market. Appian solutions make it easier for organizations to quickly gain value from the Appian Low-Code Platform.
"Appian's unified suite is uniquely positioned to serve organizations regardless of industry. I am excited to develop solutions that organizations can use to quickly transform their businesses," said Joshi.
Calkins stated, "Appian's employees and our solutions strategy are critical to our growth. Susan and Sanat join us as proven leaders in these areas. I'm looking forward to working with them to create a positive impact on our market and employees."
About Appian
Appian is the unified platform for change. We accelerate customers' businesses by discovering, designing, and automating their most important processes. The Appian Low-Code Platform combines the key capabilities needed to get work done faster, Process Mining + Workflow + Automation, in a unified low-code platform. Appian is open, enterprise-grade and trusted by industry leaders. For more information, visit appian.com.
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Police: 1 dead, 8 wounded in shooting at Harlem gathering
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say an early morning shooting at a gathering in Harlem left a man dead and eight other people wounded.
Police, citing preliminary information, said officers responded about 12:40 a.m. Monday to reports of a shooting on a footpath along the FDR Drive and found five people shot. Police say four others arrived at hospitals for treatment.
Police said a 21-year-old man was pronounced dead at a hospital. They didn’t immediately have details about the gathering or what may have led to the shooting.
Information about possible suspects wasn’t immediately released, but Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell says, “The emboldened individuals responsible for this are exactly who our officers are battling every day to make our city safe.”
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BOSTON HEIGHTS, Ohio, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arhaus, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARHS; "Arhaus" or the "Company"), a rapidly growing lifestyle brand and omni-channel retailer of premium artisan-crafted home furnishings, announced today that Tim Kuckelman will join the Company in the new role of Chief Operating Officer at the end of September. He will report directly to John Reed, Arhaus Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer.
Kuckelman, who has over three decades of leadership experience in retail operations and logistics, will be responsible for enhancing Arhaus' operational capabilities across the business, overseeing Sourcing, Planning, Logistics, Customer Experience, Manufacturing and Information Technology.
"We are delighted to welcome Tim to Arhaus," said Reed. "His proven expertise leading high growth retail with complex operations and logistics will be of immense value as we optimize our processes and continue scaling our operational capacity in our next chapter of growth."
Kuckelman comes to Arhaus after spending the past two years at Fashionphile Group as COO, where he was responsible for establishing operational processes and controls for logistics, inventory sourcing and management, customer service and retail operations in a high growth environment. Prior to Fashionphile, Kuckelman spent over ten years at Kohl's Department Stores in various leadership roles, most recently as Vice President, Logistics and Transportation. In that role, he optimized domestic and international transportation and logistics while achieving a best-in-class cost model.
Prior to Kohl's, Kuckelman held roles of increasing responsibility in distribution, customer service, operations, and industrial engineering across companies such as Best Buy Co. and Gap, Inc. He holds an Industrial Engineering degree from Kansas State University and a J.D. from San Joaquin College of Law.
Founded in 1986, Arhaus is a rapidly growing lifestyle brand and omni-channel retailer of premium home furnishings. Through a differentiated proprietary model that directly designs and sources products from leading manufacturers and artisans around the world, Arhaus offers an exclusive assortment of heirloom quality products that are sustainably sourced, lovingly made, and built to last. With 80 showroom and design center locations across the United States, a team of interior designers providing complimentary in-home design services, and robust online and eCommerce capabilities, Arhaus is known for innovative design, responsible sourcing, and customer service.
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STOCKHOLM, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Autoliv Inc., plans to publish its Financial Report for the first quarter 2022 on Friday, April 22, 2022 at 12:00 Central European Time (CEST).
The report will be available at www.autoliv.com
In addition, a teleconference will take place the same day.
Audio replay will be available on www.autoliv.com/investors/reports-presentations-transcripts after the conference until May 27, 2022.
Transcript will be available on www.autoliv.com/investors/reports-presentations-transcripts.
For more information about Autoliv, please visit www.autoliv.com.
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Record Twelve-Month Natural Gas Distribution Margin and Utility Infrastructure Revenues
2022 Guidance Update Reflects Near-Term Macroeconomic Pressures and Increased Operating Expenses
Optimizing Southwest Gas Corporation to Accelerate Value Creation for Stockholders and Customers
Maximizing Value for All Stockholders By Continuing Review of Strategic Alternatives for Centuri and MountainWest
LAS VEGAS, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: SWX) ("Southwest Gas" or the "Company") today reported second quarter 2022 financial results.
"Our business is fundamentally strong and poised for long-term value creation as we continue to meet the energy needs of our customers. Our second quarter results were very much in-line with our expectations when you exclude certain event-driven expenses at the utility that we do not believe will continue through the remainder of the year and the impact of global supply chain and inflationary headwinds across our infrastructure services portfolio," said Karen S. Haller, President and Chief Executive Officer. "As our Board continues to review alternatives for MountainWest and Centuri, we will continue the disciplined execution of our strategic plan across our business units to deliver performance for our stockholders, customers, and employees."
Ms. Haller, continued, "By optimizing the utility, we are confident that we can improve financial performance and generate significant value. As we focus on the safety and reliability of our service, capital expenditure and rate case process optimization, and operating expense discipline - we will produce strong outcomes for our customers and accelerate value creation for our stockholders."
Southwest Gas Holdings Financial Highlights
- Consolidated net loss of $0.10 per diluted share (and adjusted consolidated earnings of $0.23 per diluted share), compared to consolidated earnings of $0.43 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2021.
- Consolidated net loss of $6.6 million (and adjusted consolidated net income of $15.7 million), compared to consolidated net income of $25.1 million for the second quarter of 2021.
- Record twelve-month natural gas distribution operating margin and utility infrastructure revenues.
- Company-owned Life Insurance ("COLI") policy cash surrender value net decline of $5.2 million ($0.08 per diluted share) for the quarter, compared to a $3.1 million ($0.05 per diluted share) increase for the second quarter of 2021.
- Adjustments to second quarter earnings include $28.9 million of collective nonrecurring shareholder activism/settlement, stockholder litigation, and strategic review expenses, as well as certain MountainWest costs expected to be nonrecurring over the longer term.
Strategic Alternatives Review Process Update
As previously announced, the Southwest Gas Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously determined to conclude the strategic review process for Southwest Gas Holdings and Southwest Gas Corporation and continue to review strategic alternatives for MountainWest and Centuri, including a sale or spin-off of Centuri. Southwest Gas Corporation's strong long-term rate base growth, improving earned ROEs and favorable regional growth backdrop are expected to drive forward the continued execution of its strategic operating plan while delivering excellent service to customers, creating new opportunities for employees, and providing innovative energy solutions within an evolving energy landscape.
Business Segment Highlights
Natural Gas Distribution
The natural gas distribution segment recorded a net loss of $2.3 million in the second quarter of 2022, compared to net income of $11.4 million in the second quarter of 2021. The current quarter results benefited from improved operating margin, but were impacted by transitory, event-driven expenses, a market-related decrease in COLI amounts, and additional inflationary costs.
Key operational highlights include:
- 39,000 new utility customers added during the past 12 months;
- Record twelve-month operating margin of $1.1 billion;
- Increased operating margin by $15 million compared to the second quarter of 2021, including the impact of new general rates in Nevada effective April 1, 2022;
- $152 million capital investment during the quarter; and
- Customer satisfaction score for the second quarter in 2022 remains at an impressive 95%.
Key drivers of the second quarter performance in 2022 as compared to second quarter performance in 2021 include:
- COLI results declined $8.3 million compared to the second quarter of 2021;
- O&M expense increased $24.7 million compared to the second quarter of 2021 due to:
- Increased interest expense of $4.5 million compared to the second quarter of 2021.
Timing associated with rate relief:
- Nevada rate relief began in Q2 2022; and
- Arizona rate relief anticipated in early 2023.
Natural Gas Distribution Segment Guidance and Outlook:
- ROE in 2023 and beyond of 8%+;
- Five-year utility rate base compound annual growth rate of 5% – 7% (2022 – 2026);
- 5-Year O&M/per customer CAGR of less than 1%;
- 2022 net income guidance of $185 million to $195 million (revised from the previous $200 million to $210 million), primarily due to certain transitory, event-driven costs, which includes COLI earnings of $3 million – $5 million;
- 2022 capital expenditures in support of customer growth, system improvements, and pipe replacement programs, optimized to $600 million to $650 million (previously was $650 million to $700 million); and
- 5-Year capital expenditures of $2.5 – $3.5 billion.
Centuri / Utility Infrastructure Services
The utility infrastructure services segment had net income of $4.7 million in the second quarter of 2022, compared to net income of $15.1 million in the second quarter 2021. While revenues increased $177.5 million over the second quarter of 2021, Centuri's performance was impacted by inflation, mix of work, and increased amortization and interest related to Riggs Distler.
Key operational highlights include:
- Record revenues of $706.1 million, an increase of 34% compared to the second quarter of 2021;
- $125+ million contracted off-shore wind project work continuing in the second half of 2022; significant pending awards for multi-year performance; and
- Significant contract renewal with large electric utility customer.
Key drivers of Centuri's second quarter performance in 2022 as compared to second quarter performance in 2021 include:
- Increases in fuel due to inflation ($8.3 million) and inclusion of Riggs Distler ($2.6 million);
- Negative impact on work mix and volume due to customers' supply chain challenges in procuring necessary materials and equipment;
- Higher cost for subcontractors, equipment rental, and project related travel costs; and
- Increased interest expense ($11 million) and amortization expense ($5.1 million) due to acquisition of Riggs Distler.
Centuri / Utility Infrastructure Services Segment Guidance and Outlook:
- 2022 revenues of $2.65 billion to $2.80 billion;
- 2022 EBITDA margin of 10% to 11% (revised from the previous 11% to 12% due to inflationary and customer supply chain headwinds); and
- 2023 EBITDA margin of 11% - 12% and 9% - 11% CAGR through 2026.
MountainWest / Pipeline and Storage
MountainWest reported $15 million of net income. The Company notes that MountainWest's results were impacted by $4.5 million of pre-tax, nonrecurring expenses, primarily associated with post-acquisition integration costs. After accounting for these nonrecurring expenses, MountainWest results were in line with Company expectations. The Company expects to complete the integration of MountainWest by the first quarter of 2023. In addition, the Company has identified approximately $100 million of incremental growth investment opportunities over the next three years at MountainWest, which are expected to provide future income growth.
Key operational highlights include:
- $62.1 million in recognized revenue; and
- Contributed $15.1 million to consolidated net income and $18.6 million on an adjusted basis.
MountainWest / Pipeline and Storage Segment Guidance and Outlook:
- 2022 revenue of $250 million to $255 million (previously $240 million to $245 million);
- 2022 run rate EBITDA margin of 65% to 67% (updated from 68% to 72%), primarily due to incremental overlapping TSA, labor, and technology integration costs;
- Earnings accretion in 2022 on a run rate basis exclusive of nonrecurring integration costs; and
- Targeting approximately $100 million in incremental growth investment opportunities at MountainWest over the next three years. The Company further expects to construct these projects at an EBITDA build multiple of less than 6x, driving meaningful value creation for stockholders.
Conference Call and Webcast
Southwest Gas will host a conference call on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. ET to discuss its second quarter 2022 results. The associated press releases and presentation slides are available at https://investors.swgasholdings.com/investor-overview.
The call will be webcast live on the Company's website at www.swgasholdings.com. The telephone dial-in numbers in the U.S. and Canada are toll free: (800) 343-4849 or international (203) 518-9814. The conference ID is SWXQ222. The webcast will be archived on the Southwest Gas website.
Southwest Gas Holdings currently has three business segments:
Southwest Gas Corporation provides safe and reliable natural gas service to over 2 million customers in Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Centuri Group, Inc. is a strategic infrastructure services company that partners with regulated utilities to build and maintain the energy network that powers millions of homes and businesses across the United States and Canada.
MountainWest operates over 2,000 miles of highly contracted, FERC-regulated interstate natural gas pipeline providing transportation and underground storage services in the Rocky Mountain region.
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements include, without limitation, statements regarding Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") and the Company's expectations or intentions regarding the future. These forward-looking statements can often be identified by the use of words such as "will", "predict", "continue", "forecast", "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "outlook", "could", "target", "project", "intend", "plan", "seek", "estimate", "should", "may" and "assume", as well as variations of such words and similar expressions referring to the future, and include (without limitation) statements regarding expectations of continuing growth in 2022. In addition, the statements under headings pertaining to "Guidance and Outlook" that are not historic, constitute forward-looking statements. A number of important factors affecting the business and financial results of the Company could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, the timing and impact of executing (or not executing) on various strategic alternatives, including whether we will sell or spin Centuri and/or sell MountainWest, the timing and amount of rate relief, changes in rate design, customer growth rates, the effects of regulation/deregulation, tax reform and related regulatory decisions, the impacts of construction activity at Centuri, the potential for, and the impact of, a credit rating downgrade, the costs to integrate MountainWest, future earnings trends, inflation, sufficiency of labor markets and similar resources, seasonal patterns, current and future litigation, and the impacts of stock market volatility. In addition, the Company can provide no assurance that its discussions about future operating margin, operating income, COLI earnings, interest expense, and capital expenditures of the natural gas distribution segment will occur. Likewise, the Company can provide no assurance regarding segment revenues, EBITDA, EBITDA margin or growth rates, that projects expected to be undertaken with results as stated will occur, nor that interest expense patterns will transpire as expected, nor can it provide assurance regarding acquisitions or their impacts, including management's plans or expectations related thereto, including with regard to Riggs Distler or MountainWest. Factors that could cause actual results to differ also include (without limitation) those discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.'s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's and Southwest Gas Corporation's current and periodic reports, including our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, filed from time to time with the SEC. The statements in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, even if subsequently made available by the Company on its Web site or otherwise. The Company does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments, or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Measures. This earnings release contains financial measures that have not been calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. ("GAAP"). These non-GAAP measures include (i) adjusted consolidated earnings per diluted share, (ii) adjusted consolidated net income, (iii) natural gas distribution segment adjusted net income (loss), (iv) pipeline and storage segment adjusted net income, (v) utility infrastructure services segment adjusted net income (loss), and (vi) adjusted corporate and administrative net loss. Management uses these non-GAAP measures internally to evaluate performance and in making financial and operational decisions. Management believes that its presentation of these measures provides investors greater transparency with respect to its results of operations and that these measures are useful for a period-to-period comparison of results. Management also believes that providing these non-GAAP financial measures helps investors evaluate the Company's operating performance, profitability, and business trends in a way that is consistent with how management evaluates such performance. Adjusted consolidated net income for the three-, six- and twelve- months ended June 30, 2022 includes adjustments to add back expenses related to the MountainWest acquisition and integration expenses, the stockholder activism and settlement, and the strategic review. Management believes that it is appropriate to adjust for expenses related to the MountainWest acquisition and integration because they are expenses that will not recur in periods following the integration. Management believes it is appropriate to adjust for expenses related to the stockholder activism, proxy contest and related stockholder litigation because these matters are unique and outside of the ordinary course of business for the Company. In addition, utility infrastructure services adjusted net income, adjusted loss for corporate and administrative, and adjusted consolidated net income include adjustments associated with acquisition-related costs, including, as applicable, related to the Riggs Distler and MountainWest acquisitions.
Management also uses the non-GAAP measure operating margin related to its natural gas distribution operations. Southwest recognizes operating revenues from the distribution and transportation of natural gas (and related services) to customers. Gas cost is a tracked cost, which is passed through to customers without markup under purchased gas adjustment ("PGA") mechanisms, impacting revenues and net cost of gas sold on a dollar-for-dollar basis, thereby having no impact on Southwest's profitability. Therefore, management routinely uses operating margin, defined by management as regulated operations revenues less the net cost of gas sold, in its analysis of Southwest's financial performance. Operating margin also forms a basis for Southwest's various regulatory decoupling mechanisms. Management believes supplying information regarding operating margin provides investors and other interested parties with useful and relevant information to analyze Southwest's financial performance in a rate-regulated environment. (The Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. Consolidated Earnings Digest included herein provides reconciliations for these non-GAAP measures.)
We do not provide a reconciliation of forward-looking Non-GAAP Measures to the corresponding forward-looking GAAP measure due to our inability to project special charges and certain expenses.
Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures of Adjusted net income (loss) and Adjusted diluted earnings per share and their comparable GAAP measures of Net income (loss) and Diluted earnings (loss) per share. Note that the comparable GAAP measures are also included in Note 7 - Segment Information in the Company's June 30, 2022 Form 10-Q. Prior periods are not presented below as comparable non-GAAP adjustments were not applicable in comparable periods of the prior year.
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A look at what’s happening around the majors on Tuesday:
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ALL ABOARD
Aaron Judge and Pete Alonso swing away as the Subway Series starts up at Citi Field with both New York teams in first place.
Jordan Montgomery (3-2, 3.24 ERA) pitches for the Yankees, who own the best record in the majors at 66-31 and a whopping 12 1/2-game lead over Toronto in the AL East.
Taijuan Walker (7-2, 2.55) starts for the Mets, whose once-formidable NL East edge over Atlanta was down to a half-game over the weekend. Walker is 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA in his last seven outings.
Judge tops the majors with 37 homers and has 81 RBIs for the Yankees. Alonso leads the big leagues with 82 RBIs and has hit 25 home runs.
The teams play twice this week at the Mets’ home, then meet for two more games in late August at Yankee Stadium.
PAPI POWER
The Boston Red Sox will honor David Ortiz in a pregame tribute at Fenway Park, two days after he was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Ortiz pins will be given to fans as they enter the ballpark for the game against Cleveland.
Big Papi helped the Red Sox win three World Series championships. In 14 years with the Red Sox, Ortiz hit 500 homers, 17 of them in the postseason.
Ortiz was cheered by fans chanting his name and wearing his No. 34 jersey during Sunday’s ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, about a four-hour drive from Fenway.
NO-FLY ZONE
The Cardinals will be missing two of their best players — first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and third baseman Nolan Arenado — when they open a two-game series at Toronto. They haven’t received the COVID-19 vaccination and aren’t allowed to enter Canada.
Catcher Austin Romine also won’t make the trip. The trio will be put on the restricted list and forfeit pay and major league service time in accordance with the terms of MLB’s collective bargaining agreement.
Goldschmidt is hitting .335 with 24 home runs and 77 RBIs. Arenado is batting .296 with 18 homers and 59 RBIs.
Right-hander José Berríos (7-4, 5.22 ERA) starts for Toronto against rookie righty Andre Pallante (3-4, 3.34).
ON THE BLOCK
A’s right-hander Frankie Montas makes what could be his final start in an Oakland uniform ahead of the Aug. 2 trade deadline.
Montas is expected to work with a normal pitch count against Houston after being limited to three innings last time out. Prior to that, he missed two straight outings with inflammation in his pitching shoulder. A quality performance against the Astros could help the rebuilding A’s get a bigger return in a trade.
The A’s have scored one or fewer runs in 10 of Montas’ 18 starts and have been shut out three times.
RAYS CONCERN
The Rays will be without veteran hitters Kevin Kiermaier and Mike Zunino for the rest of the season because of injuries, a significant blow for the defending AL East champions.
Manager Kevin Cash said before Monday night’s game at Baltimore that Kiermaier is having an operation in the coming weeks. The 32-year-old outfielder hasn’t played since July 9 because of a left hip injury.
Zunino, a 31-year-old catcher, hasn’t played since June 9 because of left shoulder problems. He’s out for the season because of thoracic outlet syndrome surgery, according to a team spokesman.
Tampa Bay entered Monday’s game holding the second of the American League’s three wild cards.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries reached a deal following hard-fought talks that dragged into early Wednesday to back stricter climate rules that would eliminate carbon emissions from new cars by 2035.
The 27 EU members found agreement on draft legislation aimed at slashing EU greenhouse gases by at least 55% in 2030 compared with 1990 rather than by a previously agreed 40%.
“A long but good day for climate action: The council’s decisions on Fitfor55 are a big step towards delivering the EU Green Deal,” said Frans Timmermans, the European Commission vice-president in charge of the Green Deal, after the meeting of environment ministers in Luxembourg.
The agreement on the five laws proposed by the EU’s executive arm last year paves the way for final negotiations with the European Parliament. EU lawmakers are backing ambitious bloc-wide targets. final approval of the legislative package requires the Parliament to resolve differences with the bloc’s national governments over various details.
“The council is now ready to negotiate with the European Parliament on concluding the package, thereby placing the European Union more than ever in the vanguard of fighting climate change,” said Agnès Pannier-Runacher, the French Minister for the energy transition.
The decision to introduce a 100% CO2 emissions reduction target by 2035 for new cars and vans would effectively prohibit the sale in the 27-nation bloc of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel.
Europe’s leading clean transport campaign group, Transport and Environment, said the EU government’s agreement was “historic” as it “breaks the hold of the oil industry over transport.”
“It’s game over for the internal combustion engine in Europe,” the group said.
Greenpeace was more skeptical, saying the 2035 deadline is too late to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit).
The deal poses a mighty challenge for German automakers, who have long relied on sales of increasingly big, gas-guzzling vehicles for their profits.
Following intense haggling within the three-party government, particularly between the environmentalist Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats, German officials voted in favor of the compromise overnight.
The German government said the deal will also see the Commission make a proposal that will allow cars which run exclusively on climate neutral e-fuels to continue to be sold after 2035.
“This is a huge step forward and steers the transport sector onto the path of climate neutrality,” Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, a member of the Greens, said. By declaring that only cars and light utility vehicles which emit no CO2 can be sold from 2035, “we are sending a clear signal that we need to meet the climate targets. This gives the car industry the planning security it needs.”
The EU wants to drastically reduce gas emission from transportation by 2050 and promote electric cars, but a report from the bloc’s external auditor showed last year that the bloc is lacking the appropriate charging stations. Transportation accounts for about 25% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the EU,
In addition to the landmark agreement on cars, the package also features a reform of the EU’s carbon market and the creation of a social climate fund to help vulnerable households cope with the planned clean-energy revamp. That issue has become more politically sensitive as Russia’s war in Ukraine has sent fuel prices soaring.
The overall goal is to put the EU on track to become climate-neutral in 2050 and to prod other major polluters, including the United States and China, to follow suit.
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Frank Jordans in Berlin contributed to this story.
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Two Concert Pianists Debuting Their Program "Hollywoodland"
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ProtoStar Group is introducing a unique collaboration of two renowned concert pianists to the San Diego audience at the Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla, CA, on October 14, 2022, at 8 pm. The program is called "Hollywoodland."
Konstantin Soukhovetski and Jacopo Giacopuzzi, both accomplished soloists, recently formed Solo Due to collaborate on classical and contemporary piano works for four hands and two pianos. Performing in the Baker-Baum Concert Hall, the duo will play original music, award-winning film scores, and beloved melodies from Queen to Rachmaninoff. Their delivery will be modern and theatrical, combining the best of classical tradition with a touch of Hollywood.
The program will feature an eclectic mixture of styles—from Baroque, classical, and jazz to rock, Brazilian pop, and retro-futurism:
S. Rachmaninoff: Symphonic Dances for two pianos (first movement)
N. Kapustin: Concerto No.2
H. Villa-Lobos: Bachiana Brasileira #5 for two pianos (arr. Soukhovetski)
P. Nazaykinskaya: Nostalghia
H. Zimmer. Interstellar. Piano and Synthesizer (arr. Giacopuzzi)
K. Soukhovetski: The Queen Fantasy for two pianos
Before playing each piece, the two performers will talk briefly about the piece, making this concert a truly educational, interactive, and entertaining experience. The audience is encouraged to ask questions during the Q&A at the end of the program.
To purchase tickets, please visit La Jolla Music Society's website at: https://theconrad.org/events/hollywoodland/.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Jacopo has performed recitals at major festivals and venues throughout the U.S. and Europe. He is a winner of 14 international competitions, including the Int'l Piano Competition San Donà di Piave, Ibiza Int'l Piano Competition, and the Int'l Liszt Competition in L.A. He has performed under the direction of world-renowned conductors, such as Dian Tchobanov, Robert Wills, and others. He's served on competition juries and given presentations, masterclasses, and concerts worldwide.
Highlights of Mr. Soukhovetski's career include appearances with Johannesburg Philharmonic, Eastern Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, and Miami Symphony Orchestra. His solo performances have taken him to Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Phillips Collection, and Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland. He studied with Jerome Lowenthal at Juilliard. Born in Moscow to a family of artists, he also studied at the Moscow Central Special Music School, under the auspices of the Moscow State Conservatory with Anatoly Ryabov.
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Tapestri® Platform powers Nature Medicine publication that identified rare subclones associated with aggressive cancer progression
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Bio, the pioneer in high-throughput single-cell DNA and multi-omics analysis, announced new findings from the lab of Elías Campo, Director of the August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS) in Barcelona, Spain, which used single-cell DNA sequencing to identify genetic drivers of Richter's syndrome, the unpredictable and often deadly progression from chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) to an aggressive B cell lymphoma. The study, published today in the journal Nature Medicine, was the latest to demonstrate clinically relevant insights using Mission Bio's Tapestri® Platform, highlighting rare Richter's Syndrome subclones that lie dormant for years and could be targeted therapeutically to prevent disease progression by uncovering mutations at the individual cell level.
There are about 20,000 patients diagnosed with CLL in the U.S. each year. Though CLL is often treatable, Richter's syndrome can develop after treatment with targeted therapies, affecting up to 10% of patients and transforming the cancer into the more aggressive diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL), which has a median survival of one year or less.
In the new publication, the IDIBAPS-led team performed genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic characterization of CLL patients before and after treatment in an effort to understand drivers of Richter's syndrome. By using Mission Bio's highly sensitive Tapestri® CLL panel, the researchers were able to resolve clonal heterogeneity and trace the cancer's evolutionary history, detecting rare pre-existing mutations associated with disease progression in samples from four patients. The results suggest that treatment was driving selection for subclones – an analysis that was not possible with traditional bulk sequencing methods that are incapable of detecting mutations that co-occur in the same cells.
The genomic drivers were identified in an extremely small number of subclones – about five cells – and detected years before final expansion. The findings could enable researchers to develop strategies targeting these dormant subclones to prevent CLL patients from developing Richter's syndrome.
"Single-cell DNA sequencing, powered by Tapestri®, allowed us to resolve the co-mutational relationships within cells and unambiguously detect rare subclones at early stages of evolution that bulk sequencing missed," said Ferran Nadeu, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher at IDIBAPS and the publication's primary author.
"This is the latest example of how Tapestri® Platform empowers scientists to find drivers of cancer progression early in the course of disease, which could enable the development of predictive biomarkers and earlier therapeutic interventions," said Todd Druley, M.D., PhD, Chief Medical Officer of Mission Bio. "This research makes a strong argument that single-cell DNA sequencing is a necessary tool to uncover mechanistic insight into cancer biology, enabling the development of diagnostics and therapeutics to fight this disease."
To learn more about Mission Bio and the Tapestri® Platform, please visit www.missionbio.com.
About Mission Bio
Mission Bio is a life sciences company that accelerates discoveries and cures for a wide range of diseases by equipping researchers with the tools they need to better measure and predict our resistance and response to new therapies. Mission Bio's multi-omics approach improves time-to-market for new therapeutics, including innovative cell and gene therapies that provide new pathways to health. Founded in 2014, Mission Bio has secured investment from Novo Growth, Cota Capital, Agilent Technologies, Mayfield Fund, and others.
The company's Tapestri® Platform gives researchers around the globe the power to interrogate every molecule in a cell together, providing a comprehensive understanding of activity from a single sample. Tapestri® is the only commercialized multi-omics platform capable of analyzing DNA and protein simultaneously from the same sample at single-cell resolution. The Tapestri® Platform is being utilized by customers at leading research centers, pharmaceutical, and diagnostics companies worldwide to develop treatments and eventually cures for cancer.
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missionbio@consortpartners.com
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TAUNTON, Mass., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The nearly 400 registered nurses and healthcare professionals (HCPs) at Steward Morton Hospital in Taunton, who are represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA), cast an overwhelming vote yesterday to ratify a new three-year contract that includes significant wage hikes and other improvements that the union believes is key to stemming an exodus of staff to higher paying hospitals outside the community, as well as to ensuring the staff's ability to deliver quality patient care.
Following months of contentious talks, the agreement came together after the nurses took an equally overwhelming vote to authorize a strike if necessary back on May 11th.
"This contract is a testament to the unity of our nurses and health professionals, who made it clear to management that we were ready to do whatever it takes, up to and including a strike, to achieve what we needed to recruit and retain the dedicated and talented staff that make this hospital run," said Jacqui Fitts, RN and chairperson of the MNA local bargaining unit at Morton. "We are pleased that our administration heeded our concerns and decided to work with us to reach a settlement we all can be proud of."
Agreement Highlights
- Wages: Most staff will see across the board wage increases totaling 11 percent over the life of the agreement or 15 percent for the most senior staff members, including 5 percent in the 2022, 3 percent in 2023 (except that the most senior staff will receive 7 percent increases) and another 3 percent in 2024. It also includes higher increases for pharmacists and salary adjustments for social workers that will see those professionals' pay increase between 17 – 20 percent (as they have been paid below market rates for years). The pact also includes significant increases in differentials, including $10 per hour for nurses picking up extra premium shifts on nights, weekends and holidays.
- Staffing and Working Conditions: a major concern for the negotiations was the need to develop staffing standards for the MORCAP substance abuse treatment program, where the nurses were able to include contractually guaranteed staffing levels. Another issue was the need to reduce the floating of intensive care unit nurses off of their unit to deliver care to other understaffed units, resulting in a long pattern of ICU RN resignations and difficulty recruiting to the unit This was a addressed by negotiating a new $7 per hour differential for nurses who want to join a hospital-wide float pool, which will provide greater flexibility in meeting patient needs throughout the hospital, while allowing ICU nurses and others to focus on providing care in their own areas of expertise.
In addition, the contract includes improvements to nurses' vacation time benefit, and provides more flexibility for per diem nurses to work their required monthly hours to help retain this valuable adjunct to the core staffing plan.
The unionized staff also wanted to express their appreciation for the strong support they received throughout the process from state and local political officials, other labor unions and members of the community who attended a rally last April and advocated on their behalf throughout this process.
"From the outset, this was a struggle not only for the caregivers at Morton Hospital, but for the community we serve, as they are the ones who suffer when we don't have the local staff available to deliver the care they need when they need it," said Cheryl Dutra, RPh and vice chairperson of the bargaining unit. "The support of the community at our rally and on other occasions throughout the process was key to our success."
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Lawsuit outlines pattern of hostility toward business school's only Black woman Ph.D candidate, Announces HKM Employment Attorneys, LLC
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is under fire again this week after a former graduate student filed a federal lawsuit against the university for racial discrimination and retaliation at the university's Kenan-Flagler Business School (KFBS).
Rose Brown, whose attorneys filed the suit Tuesday, was the only Black female in the KFBS Ph.D. program and was allegedly forced out of the program despite her exemplary coursework and research.
"Rose Brown was told she wasn't smart enough and didn't fit in, the code words brilliant young black people still hear even in the most progressive institutions. When she stood up for herself, her advisors actively tried to ruin her career", said Artur Davis, one of Brown's lead attorneys. "Brown was dismissed from the Ph.D. program roughly a month after filing a complaint with the university's Equal Opportunity Compliance Office complaining of a pattern of discriminatory and hostile treatment."
The filed complaint states some of her academic advisors even sought to weaponize sexual assaults she'd survived in August and September of 2020. They admonished her for attending a court hearing regarding her request for a Domestic Violence Protection Order instead of a non-mandatory seminar.
Also according to the lawsuit, Brown was written up for needing short extensions to deal with her domestic trauma, but her advisors granted white and male students routine excused extensions and scheduling accommodations for reasons like writer's block with no penalty or consequence.
This week's lawsuit is the latest in a long line of controversies at the university centered around race and gender including their 2021 decision to deny tenure to Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and academic Nikole Hannah-Jones and a 2020 incident where a group of undergrads demanded action to eliminate vestiges of racism and discrimination at UNC alleging that Black students accepted into the psychology program was steadily declining while the faculty remained monolithically white.
In addition, a report this year from the American Association of University Professors charged that political interference has created a hostile academic and racial climate on UNC's campuses.
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Lorient hits 6 goals against Saint-Etienne in French league
PARIS (AP) — Lorient conceded two early goals before thrashing Saint-Etienne 6-2 in the French league to move four points clear of the relegation zone. Mali striker Ibrahima Kone and Nigeria forward Terem Moffi both scored twice for Lorient. Saint-Etienne striker Denis Bouanga opened the scoring by heading home a cross in the fourth minute. Arnaud Nordin doubled the lead for the visitors in the 22nd with an angled strike into the bottom corner. The hosts responded with six goals. Saint-Etienne remained in the relegation zone. It is one point from safety. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/08/lorient-hits-6-goals-against-saint-etienne-in-french-league/ | 2022-04-08T22:59:02Z |
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