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VANCOUVER, BC, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX: EQX) (NYSE American: EQX) reminds stakeholders that the Company will hold its first Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) stakeholder call on June 1, 2022 commencing at 7:30 am Pacific Time to discuss its 2021 ESG performance, 2022 targets and ESG strategy. All participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of Equinox Gold's CEO and executive team and the webcast will be archived on Equinox Gold's website until December 1, 2022.
Conference call
Toll-free in U.S. and Canada: 1-800-319-4610
International callers: +1 604-638-5340
Webcast
www.equinoxgold.com
The Company's 2021 ESG Report and associated Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) index data are available for review and download at www.equinoxgold.com in the Responsible Mining section.
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Fire crews called early Monday to west Topeka coffeehouse
Published: Apr. 25, 2022 at 5:12 AM CDT|Updated: 12 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Topeka Fire Department crews were called to a west-side coffeehouse early Monday after receiving a report of smoke in the building.
The call was received around 5:05 a.m. from the Starbucks store at 1223 S.W. Wanamaker Road.
Initial reports indicated smoke was coming from inside the building.
Additional details weren’t immediately available.
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NEW YORK (AP) — For some survivors, the sounds are a part of what still haunts them. People screaming. Car tires screeching. An engine revving.
It was “like somebody just floored it. … It was so loud,” Jyll Elsman told a jury on a recent day in a Manhattan courtroom. “That is the last thing that I remember before everything went black.”
When Elsman came to her senses, she desperately searched for her teen daughters only to find a mother’s nightmare. One of her children was dead and another severely injured — carnage left by a driver who plowed through pedestrians on what had begun, for a Michigan family, as a mundane tourist outing in Times Square in 2017.
Elsman’s harrowing story is central to the ongoing trial of Richard Rojas, the man behind the wheel of a Honda Accord that killed Elsman’s daughter and injured more than 20 other people in an alleged attack with a motive that remains elusive. Rojas, 31, has pleaded not guilty to murder, assault and other charges.
Prosecutors are largely relying on the testimony of victims like Elsman to make a case against Rojas that could put him behind bars for decades. His lawyers say he had a mental breakdown that day and had no capacity to understand what he was doing.
At the time, he was someone “suffering from schizophrenia whose mind had deteriorated so much that he lost control,” said defense attorney Enrico DeMarco in opening statements about a client who’s appeared impassive during the proceedings. DeMarco added: “The evidence is going to show he met the criteria for legal insanity.”
Prosecutor Alfred Peterson conceded Rojas had some mental challenges. But Peterson also argued the defendant was a military veteran who had led a mostly normal life and didn’t meet the insanity standard.
“It was impossible for him not to know exactly what was happening,” the prosecutor said.
Experts are slated to address the mental health question later in the trial. For now, that has left jurors to analyze the prosecution’s case , which started with them seeing a selfie, flashed on a video screen, of Elsman, her daughters Ava and Alyssa, and a family friend seated on the red bleachers in the middle of Times Square moments before tragedy struck.
The group was walking and “just looking around, kind of eyeballing someplace to eat,” when a car mounted the sidewalk, Elsman said. She testified she felt herself getting knocked down by the car, briefly going blank and then pulling herself up to look for her daughters.
The mother found Ava, then 13, on the ground but still alert. She then rushed around to look for Alyssa, who was 18. What she found was devastating.
“I looked at her eyes and I just knew she was dead. They were fixed. They weren’t looking around,” she said. “All I could do was scream.”
Thomas Patterson, an actor on his way to a rehearsal that day, took the witness stand to recall vivid memories of the mayhem.
“I saw somebody being thrown 25 feet into the air, people being knocked around. It was an intense sight,” Patterson said.
On impulse, “I ran after the car,” he said. “I’m not super proud of that. I don’t know what I was thinking.” He said he gathered himself and stopped to call 911.
Michael Elias, a tax lawyer, testified about seeing “bodies flying, pandemonium, people screaming, jumping out of the way.”
The first responders would find a survivor named Wissam Issa, a social worker who testified he felt the full impact of the runaway Honda. Issa said he took a hit on “my whole left side of my face, my whole left side of my body, my back, my arm with the windshield.”
Ava, the younger Elsman daughter, was mowed down in a similar way. She recited her injuries for the jurors: broken ribs, collapsed lung, a compound leg fracture and other harm that kept her off her feet for months.
She said a deeper injury occurred in the hospital, when she asked her mother about what happened to her older sister. She was answered with silence.
Her mother’s “face dropped,” she said. “And with no words, I knew exactly what had happened.” | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/at-times-square-rampage-trial-victims-recount-days-horrors/ | 2022-05-20T17:10:00Z |
SUGAR LAND, Texas, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE, "Noble", or the "Company") today announced that the extraordinary general meeting of Noble shareholders (the "General Meeting") relating to Noble's previously announced proposed business combination (the "Business Combination") with The Drilling Company of 1972 A/S (CSE: DRLCO) ("Maersk Drilling") will be held on May 10, 2022 at 9:00 a.m., Central Time, at Noble Advances Training and Collaboration Center, 12550 Reed Rd., Ste. 200, Sugar Land, Texas 77478.
On April 11, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") declared effective the registration statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-261780) of Noble Finco Limited ("Topco") relating to the Business Combination, and Noble will mail the definitive proxy statement/prospectus for the General Meeting to shareholders as of April 8, 2022 (the "Record Date"). Shareholders are encouraged to vote in advance of the General Meeting and will have until May 9, 2022 at 11:59 p.m., Central time, to do so. Voting in advance is easy and can be done in one of three ways: online, via telephone or by mail.
All Noble shareholders as of the Record Date are encouraged to vote in favor of the Business Combination.
Noble is a leading offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. Noble owns and operates one of the most modern, versatile, and technically advanced fleets in the offshore drilling industry. Noble and its predecessors have been engaged in the contract drilling of oil and gas wells since 1921. Currently, Noble performs, through its subsidiaries, contract drilling services with a fleet of 19 offshore drilling units, consisting of 11 drillships and 8 jackups, focused largely on ultra-deepwater and high specification jackup drilling opportunities in both established and emerging regions worldwide. Noble is an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands with limited liability with registered office at P.O. BOX 309, Ugland House, S. Church Street, Grand Cayman, KY1-1104. Additional information on Noble is available at www.noblecorp.com.
With 50 years of experience operating in the most challenging offshore environments, Maersk Drilling (CSE:DRLCO) provides responsible drilling services to energy companies worldwide. Headquartered in Denmark, Maersk Drilling owns and operates a fleet of offshore drilling rigs and specialises in harsh environment and deepwater operations. For more information about Maersk Drilling, visit www.maerskdrilling.com.
This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws with respect to the proposed transaction, including statements regarding the benefits of the transaction, the anticipated timing of the transaction, the products and services offered by Noble and Maersk Drilling and the markets in which they operate, and Noble's and Maersk Drilling's projected future financial and operating results. These forward-looking statements are generally identified by terminology such as "believe," "may," "will," "potentially," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "could," "would," "should," "project," "target," "plan," "expect," or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. The absence of these words, however, does not mean that the statements are not forward-looking. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations, beliefs, estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable as and when made by Noble and its management, and Maersk Drilling and its management, as the case may be. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. New risks and uncertainties may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible to predict all risks and uncertainties.
Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this press release, including but not limited to: (i) the risk that the transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the price of Noble's and Maersk Drilling's securities, (ii) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction, including the adoption of the business combination agreement by the shareholders of Noble, the acceptance of the proposed exchange offer by the requisite number of Maersk Drilling shareholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals, (iii) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement, (iv) the effects of public health threats, pandemics and epidemics, such as the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19, and the adverse impact thereof on Noble's or Maersk Drilling's business, financial condition and results of operations, (v) the effect of the announcement or pendency of the transaction on Noble's or Maersk Drilling's business relationships, performance, and business generally, (vi) risks that the proposed transaction disrupt current plans of Noble or Maersk Drilling and potential difficulties in Noble's or Maersk Drilling's employee retention as a result of the proposed transaction, (vii) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Noble or Maersk Drilling related to the business combination agreement or the proposed transaction, (viii) the ability of Noble Finco Limited ("Topco") to list the Topco shares on NYSE or the Nasdaq Copenhagen, (ix) volatility in the price of the combined company's securities due to a variety of factors, including changes in the competitive markets in which Topco plans to operate, variations in performance across competitors, changes in laws and regulations affecting Topco's business and changes in the combined capital structure, (x) the effects of actions by, or disputes among OPEC+ members with respect to production levels or other matters related to the price of oil, market conditions, factors affecting the level of activity in the oil and gas industry, and supply and demand of jackup rigs, (xi) factors affecting the duration of contracts, the actual amount of downtime, (xii) factors that reduce applicable dayrates, operating hazards and delays, (xiii) risks associated with operations outside the US, actions by regulatory authorities, credit rating agencies, customers, joint venture partners, contractors, lenders and other third parties, legislation and regulations affecting drilling operations, compliance with regulatory requirements, violations of anti-corruption laws, shipyard risk and timing, delays in mobilization of jackup rigs, hurricanes and other weather conditions, and the future price of oil and gas, and (xiv) the ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations (including with respect to synergies and financial and operational metrics, such as EBITDA and free cash flow) after the completion of the proposed transaction, and to identify and realize additional opportunities, (xv) the failure to realize anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, (xvi) risks related to the ability to correctly estimate operating expenses and expenses associated with the transaction, (xvii) risks related to the ability to project future cash utilization and reserves needed for contingent future liabilities and business operations, (xviii) the potential impact of announcement or consummation of the proposed transaction on relationships with third parties, (xix) changes in law or regulations affecting Noble, Maersk Drilling or the combined company, (xx) international, national or local economic, social or political conditions that could adversely affect the companies and their business, (xxi) conditions in the credit markets that may negatively affect the companies and their business, and (xxii) risks associated with assumptions that parties make in connection with the parties' critical accounting estimates and other judgements. The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. There can be no assurance that the future developments affecting Noble, Maersk Drilling or any successor entity of the transaction will be those that we have anticipated.
These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond Noble's or Maersk Drilling's control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements or from our historical experience and our present expectations or projects. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties that affect the parties' businesses, including those described in Noble's Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other documents filed from time to time by Noble and Topco with the SEC and those described in Maersk Drilling's annual reports, relevant reports and other documents published from time to time by Maersk Drilling. Noble and Maersk Drilling wish to caution you not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, Noble and Maersk Drilling are not undertaking any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
In connection with the proposed business combination, Topco has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (which Registration Statement was declared effective on April 11, 2022) with the SEC that includes (1) a proxy statement of Noble that also constitutes a prospectus for Topco and (2) an offering prospectus of Topco to be used in connection with Topco's offer to exchange shares in Maersk Drilling for Topco shares. Noble will mail the proxy statement/prospectus to its shareholders in connection with the vote to approve the merger of Noble and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Topco, and Topco will distribute the offering prospectus in connection with the exchange offer. Should Maersk Drilling and Noble proceed with the proposed transaction, Maersk Drilling and Noble also expect that Topco will file an offer document with the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet). This communication does not contain all the information that should be considered concerning the proposed transaction and is not intended to form the basis of any investment decision or any other decision in respect of the proposed business combination. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND THE OFFERING DOCUMENT RELATING TO THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION IN THEIR ENTIRETY, IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE, AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY EACH OF TOPCO AND NOBLE WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESS COMBINATION OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE THEREIN BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT TOPCO, MAERSK DRILLING AND NOBLE, THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION AND RELATED MATTERS.
Investors and shareholders are able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and all other documents filed with the SEC by Topco and Noble through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and stockholders are able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other documents related thereto on Maersk Drilling's website at www.maerskdrilling.com or Noble's website at www.noblecorp.com, or by written request to Noble at Noble Corporation, Attn: Richard B. Barker, 13135 Dairy Ashford, Suite 800, Sugar Land, Texas 77478.
Maersk Drilling, Noble and their respective directors, executive officers and certain employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Maersk Drilling and Noble, respectively, in connection with the proposed transaction. Shareholders may obtain information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of Noble's directors and officers in Noble's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on February 17, 2022, and Items 10 through 14 of Part III of Amendment No. 1 thereto on Form 10-K/A, which was filed with the SEC on March 11, 2022. To the extent the holdings of Noble's securities by Noble's directors and executive officers have changed since the amounts set forth in such annual report, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of Maersk Drilling's directors and officers is contained in Maersk Drilling's Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, and can be obtained free of charge from the sources indicated above. Additional information regarding the interests of such individuals in the proposed business combination will be included in the proxy statement/prospectus relating to the proposed transaction when it is filed with the SEC. You may obtain free copies of these documents from the sources indicated above.
This press release is not intended to and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to subscribe for or buy or an invitation to purchase or subscribe for any securities or the solicitation of any vote in any jurisdiction pursuant to the proposed transaction or otherwise, nor shall there be any sale, issuance or transfer of securities in any jurisdiction, in each case, in contravention of applicable law. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act and applicable European or the UK, as appropriate, regulations. Subject to certain exceptions to be approved by the relevant regulators or certain facts to be ascertained, the public offer will not be made directly or indirectly, in or into any jurisdiction where to do so would constitute a violation of the laws of such jurisdiction, or by use of the mails or by any means or instrumentality (including, without limitation, facsimile transmission, telephone and the internet) of interstate or foreign commerce, or any facility of a national securities exchange, of any such jurisdiction.
This announcement is not a public takeover offer and this announcement does not represent a formal decision by Topco or Noble to make a public takeover offer within the meaning of section 4(1) of the Danish Takeover Order (Executive Order no. 636 dated 15 May 2020), and such formal decision by Topco to make a public takeover offer in accordance with section 4(1) of the Danish Takeover Order is conditional on the approval of a prospectus approved in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017 (the "Prospectus Regulation") or a document that satisfies the exemptions in article 1, paragraph 4, subparagraph m and paragraph 5, subparagraph e of the Prospectus Regulation, by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority. If and when Topco formally launches the exchange offer, it will be made in the form of an offer document to be approved by the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority in accordance with the Danish Capital Market Act (Consolidated Act no. 1767 of 27 November 2020 on Capital Markets, as amended) and the Danish Takeover Order.
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Proud Boys leader pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 charges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Proud Boys leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he remotely led a plot to stop Congress’ certification of Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
Though he wasn’t at the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, prosecutors say Tarrio organized encrypted chats with Proud Boys members in the weeks before the attack, had a 42-second phone call with another member of the group in the building during the insurrection and took credit for the chaos at the Capitol.
Police had arrested Tarrio in Washington two days before the riot and charged him with vandalizing a Black Lives Matter banner at a historic Black church during a protest in December 2020. The day before the Capitol was attacked, a judge ordered Tarrio to stay out of Washington.
Tarrio’s indictment said that instead of staying out of town, he met with Oath Keepers founder and leader Elmer “Stewart” Rhodes and others in an underground parking garage for about 30 minutes on Jan. 5.
His lawyers have said the evidence against Tarrio was weak and relies mostly on text messages and social media.
A judge has postponed the May 18 trial for Tarrio and five others affiliated with the far-right group.
Prosecutors sought the postponement to give them more time to assess and share with opposing lawyers new information gathered in the investigation. Some defendants in the case agreed with the postponement request.
A new trial date is expected to be picked during an April 21 hearing.
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Report: FBI searched for classified documents on nuclear weapons at Trump residence
WASHINGTON (CNN) - The FBI was looking for classified documents related to nuclear weapons when it searched Mar-a-Lago on Monday, according to the Washington Post.
The Post reports experts in top secret information were concerned the documents, which were not well secured, could potentially fall into the wrong hands.
Documents about nuclear weapons capabilities are especially sensitive and usually highly restricted to a small number of government officials.
Details about nuclear weapons could provide foreign intelligence agencies with a road map to build ways to counter those systems.
The Post reporting does not indicate whether the FBI was able to successfully retrieve the classified documents in their search of the Palm Beach resort.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that he “personally approved” the decision to seek a warrant for the search of Trump’s Florida home.
The Justice Department filed a request to have the search warrant of the property unsealed.
The DOJ will discuss that request with Trump Friday to determine if he opposes the release.
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LONDON and NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- uMotif today announced a new investment of $25.5m from a fund managed by Athyrium Capital Management, LP, the New York-based investment firm. The new funding will support continued scale up of uMotif's unique patient-first software platform for clinical research.
Catalysed by the Covid pandemic, the life sciences industry is increasingly adopting digital approaches for clinical and real-world research, including decentralization of trials. uMotif's unique software is available from app stores on any device, and is designed to provide pharmaceutical, biotech, medtech and Contract Research Organisation (CRO) clients with the most engaging patient data capture experience. By focusing on high quality design and modern cloud-native software, uMotif delivers high rates of data capture, patient retention, data quality and delivery speed - ultimately helping achieve faster, better trials. In an immunology study, uMotif's software engaged and retained participants so effectively, the data capture timelines were reduced by 33%, generating new insights faster.
Having deployed its software in over 30 countries globally including China and Japan, the uMotif platform powers all study designs, in all research settings. As study designs get more complex, with more burden placed on patients, uMotif helps simplify studies and delight the participants. uMotif has worked with many of the world's top pharma and biotech companies and CROs, including AstraZeneca, Abbvie and Syneos, powering unique insights and incredibly high data capture rates in excess of 90%.
The company continues to be supported by its existing investors AlbionVC and DNV, which led a Series A investment round in 2020. The new investment supports further international expansion and continued development of world-leading technologies, including unique and patent-protected solutions for pain, clinical outcome and symptom tracking. Having entered the US in 2021, and with support of a US-based healthcare investor, uMotif's North American team will significantly grow – including in sales, marketing and service delivery. This growth takes place alongside a continued focus on developing the industry's most patient-centric technology. uMotif works closely with partners to offer trial sponsors a seamless, beautiful and engaging patient-first experience to power site-based and decentralized trials.
Steve Rosenberg, CEO of uMotif said:
"We are delighted to welcome Athyrium to support our journey to be the most patient-centric platform for research. I truly believe that clinical research must put patients first, delivering more engaging research studies. With this investment from Athyrium I'm excited to grow our global capabilities to better serve our sponsors, partners and – most importantly – the patients we help take part in research."
Mark Kavulich, Partner at Athyrium said:
"Over recent years we have seen how the global eClinical market is significantly growing and quickly changing. uMotif's approach to engaging patients in research is truly differentiated, patent-protected and is built on technology ready to scale. We're excited to be joining the uMotif journey and supporting significant scale up in the coming years."
Rothschild & Co acted as financial advisor to Athyrium, and Ropes & Gray LLP acted as legal advisor to Athyrium. Bird & Bird LLP acted as legal advisor to uMotif.
About uMotif
uMotif's mission is to put patients at the center of clinical research. Designed with patients for patients, the uMotif patient-first eClinical platform powers site-based to fully decentralised clinical, real-world, and post-marketing research. By engaging patients and healthcare professionals, uMotif is trusted by global pharmaceutical companies, biotechs, CROs, and academic institutions to capture large volumes of eCOA/ePRO, symptom, and wearable device data. www.umotif.com
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Sally Vernon: sally.vernon@umotif.com
About Athyrium Capital Management
Athyrium is a specialized asset management company formed in 2008 to focus on investment opportunities in the global healthcare sector. Athyrium advises funds with over $4.6 billion in committed capital. The Athyrium team has substantial investment experience across a wide range of asset classes including public equity, private equity, fixed income, royalties, and other structured securities. Athyrium invests across all healthcare verticals including biopharma, medical devices and products, healthcare focused services, and healthcare information technology. The team partners with management teams to implement creative financing solutions to companies' capital needs. For more information, please visit www.athyrium.com.
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INTUIT QUICKBOOKS SPONSORED CONTENT — New research from Intuit Quickbooks shows that up to 4 million Latino workers in the U.S. are considering starting a new business this year.
This is why the company launched a new campaign to encourage Latino business owners to think big and focus on the tools that will help them get there.
Joining Inside DFW with details about this unique program are Financial Expert and QuickBooks Pro Advisor Vanessa Vasquez and Julio Ortiz, CEO of Gaspachos.
Watch the video player for more information. | https://cw33.com/news/inside-dfw/intuit-quickbooks-launches-new-campaign-to-help-latino-business-owners/ | 2022-09-01T16:11:21Z |
Push for $10 billion in Covid aid hits a snag in the Senate over immigration dispute
By Clare Foran, Ali Zaslav and Ted Barrett, CNN
Senate Republicans blocked an effort on Tuesday to take up a $10 billion Covid relief deal over demands for votes on amendments — including one to target the Biden administration’s Title 42 immigration decision — a sign that more aid to deal with the pandemic could be delayed for weeks.
The final vote was 47-52.
The $10 billion deal to provide further aid in response to the pandemic had been announced on Monday and would allow the Biden administration to purchase more vaccines and therapeutics, as well as maintain testing capacity and research. It was announced with bipartisan support, but it is not yet clear when it will be able to pass the Senate.
Republicans are pushing for a vote on an amendment to target the Biden administration’s plan to repeal Trump-era pandemic restrictions on the US-Mexico border that effectively blocked migrants from entering the US. Known as Title 42, the order allowed US border officials to turn migrants back to Mexico or their home countries immediately, citing a public health crisis.
A number of Democrats have been wary of the move and are signaling they could also vote for such an amendment.
At a news conference earlier Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, indicated the Covid relief package will need to include an amendment vote related to Title 42 and they’ll need to reach a deal to process several other amendments in order for the legislation to move forward.
“I think there’ll have to be an amendment on Title 42 in order to move the bill,” he said. “There’s several other amendments that we’re going to want to offer, and so we’ll need to enter into some kind of agreement to process these amendments in order to go forward with the bill.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expressed frustration after the vote on Tuesday.
“Vaccines, therapeutics and testing were negotiated in good faith … and they should not be held hostage to extraneous unrelated issues,” Schumer said. “This is too important for the health of the American people.”
“I want there to be no mistake about what just happened here on the Senate floor. Republicans blocked a bipartisan bill that would provide vaccines, testing and therapeutics for the American people,” Schumer said.
The New York Democrat tried to move the process along on the relief package, but the failed procedural vote signals senators have still not yet worked out an agreement to move forward.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told CNN the vote was going to fail “so we can have a negotiation.”
Schumer added in his floor remarks on Tuesday, “There’s still some time. I hope my Republican colleagues change their tune, quickly.”
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Services for Carolyn Vee Bohn, 88, of Temple will be 10 a.m. Friday at Hewett-Arney Funeral Home in Temple with the Rev. Elwyn Johnston officiating.
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Services for Carolyn Vee Bohn, 88, of Temple will be 10 a.m. Friday at Hewett-Arney Funeral Home in Temple with the Rev. Elwyn Johnston officiating.
Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Crockett.
Mrs. Bohn died Wednesday, June 22, at a hospital.
She was born March 29, 1934, in Houston to Oralie Byrne and Staley W. Mims. She graduated from Crockett High School in 1952. She attended Southern Methodist University and Sam Houston State University. She taught school in Crockett. She was a Methodist. She worked with Special Olympics.
Survivors include a son, James W. Bohn of Coppell; a daughter, N. Leigh fuller of Temple; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Special Olympics of Texas.
Visitation will be 8:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_9585aaf6-07a7-11ed-90ed-33793ddd1395.html | 2022-07-20T07:41:13Z |
Zac Appointed Leading Food Company's Newest Board Member and Chief Brand Officer
PARK CITY, Utah, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kodiak, the fast-growing food brand known for its 100% whole grain and protein-packed breakfast and snacking products, and actor/producer Zac Efron are joining forces to further Kodiak's brand, growth, and impact on the planet. Zac joins the Kodiak team as its first Chief Brand Officer, with plans to put his unique spin on new product innovations, brand strategy, national brand campaigns, and Kodiak's giving-back initiatives. He also becomes a shareholder in the company and has joined Kodiak's Board of Directors.
Zac has been a long-time fan of Kodiak's products and is eager to bring Kodiak into new territory. He is passionate about inspiring Kodiak's loyal consumers to explore nature, elevate the food they eat, and give back to worthy causes. He also comes with valuable insights thanks to his globe-trotting exploration of sustainable agricultural practices and life-long focus on wellness and fitness.
"We're really excited to welcome Zac and his valued perspectives to Kodiak," said Joel Clark, Kodiak's Co-Founder and CEO. "We've all watched Zac build a life of adventure that prioritizes wellness from the inside out, which he attributes in part to his belief in real food, making this collaboration feel so right. His global reach, passion for the outdoors, and focus on balanced nutrition makes him an ideal partner. We are teaming up to influence the future of food and keep America wild for future generations."
"My fast-paced lifestyle requires the right food and a good amount of protein, which is why I love Kodiak's products," said Zac. "Having the chance to be a part of Kodiak's team in a much bigger way is super inspiring to me."
Zac's already rolled up his sleeves to work on Kodiak's new products, campaigns, and conservation efforts that will launch throughout the year.
"It's awesome to work with Zac," said Matt Leeds, Partner at L Catterton – the global consumer investment firm which backs Kodiak. "We see a uniquely authentic fit between Zac's priorities and Kodiak's principles, and we're excited to see this collaboration come to life."
Stay tuned and follow along on social: @zacefron and @KodiakCakes.
With a delicious portfolio of 100% whole-grain, protein-powered flapjack and waffle mixes, frozen waffles and flapjacks, oatmeal, baking mixes, on-the-go cups, and a variety of snacking products, Kodiak provides its loyal consumers with great-tasting, nourishing options. Headquartered in Park City, Kodiak was built on a mission to enable healthier eating and active living. The brand began when eight-year-old Joel Clark began selling his family's hand-milled flapjack mix door-to-door from a little red wagon, and Kodiak is now proudly sold in more than 26,000 doors nationwide. For more information about Kodiak, please visit www.kodiakcakes.com or follow the adventure on Instagram @KodiakCakes.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Not one, not two, but three million dollars will soon land in a North Texas resident’s pockets once they claim a huge win from the Texas Lottery.
The lottery reports a $3 million winning Mega Millions ticket from Tuesday night’s drawing was sold in the North Texas city of Fort Worth. That ticket matched all five of the winning numbers, 2, 38, 55, 57, and 65 while missing out on the Mega Ball to win the jackpot.
Initially, the ticket would’ve only won $1 million but since the player chose the Megaplier it tripled their winnings to $3M. It was sold at Terry’s Food on Camp Bowie Boulevard in Fort Worth, the ticket was a Quick Pick.
The lottery says, “Tickets must be claimed no later than 180 days after the draw date.”
While the jackpot was left untouched, it rolls onto the next drawing which is set for Friday, September 2 with a new jackpot of $169 million which has a cash value of $95.4 milllion. | https://cw33.com/news/local/3-million-winning-mega-millions-texas-lottery-ticket-sold-in-fort-worth/ | 2022-08-31T16:28:55Z |
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Caprice Capital Partners promotes Max Perdue to Partner and Investment Committee member and Joe Li to Director.
"Max brings twenty years of sourcing and transaction experience in the lower middle market to the partnership. He has both investment and origination expertise up and down the balance sheet, which creates a competitive advantage for our business development strategy and funnel execution, particularly at our scale and given our flexible capital mandate. His addition to the leadership team and investment committee brings an important perspective and will enable us to continue to drive value for the team as well as our customers and investors," said Rich Thomson, Managing Partner of Caprice Capital Partners.
Max oversees Caprice's business development strategy and execution as well as marketing initiatives. He's primarily responsible for creating long-term value by originating and qualifying relevant and actionable deal flow through nationwide relationship development and execution.
"Joe has been an integral member of the team since joining the firm in early 2021, spearheading multiple transactions during his tenure. His experience as an equity and credit investor in the lower middle market for the last ten years has been extremely beneficial for Caprice and our customers," commented Rich Thomson, Managing Partner of Caprice Capital Partners.
Joe is a member of the investment team at Caprice and leads execution efforts across the transaction lifecycle, including origination, due diligence, transaction closing, portfolio monitoring, and exit planning. Joe currently serves on the boards of multiple Caprice portfolio companies.
About Caprice Capital Partners: Caprice Capital Partners, LLC is a Los Angeles-based, relationship-driven private investment firm focused on providing tailored debt and non-control equity solutions to entrepreneurial, founder, and family-run companies in the lower middle market.
Caprice partners with founder-owners as well as independent sponsors and search funds to support buyout, growth, and recapitalization initiatives and typically is the sole lender providing a capital solution between $5.0 million - $100.0 million to companies with at least $2.0 million of EBITDA.
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Sean McGowan will lead HR, training and company culture; Shannon Clay to head investor reporting, reconciliations and cash management initiatives
—Both leaders bring more than 20 years of experience to BSI—
IRVING, Texas, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BSI Financial Services, a mortgage-centric financial services company, today announced Sean McGowan has been hired as chief people officer and Shannon Clay has joined the company as senior vice president of investor reporting.
With more than 20 years of experience, McGowan will be responsible for developing and executing a human resource strategy in support of BSI's overall business plan and strategic direction, specifically in the areas of talent management, organizational and performance management, training and development and compensation.
McGowan has held leadership positions at Accenture, Bank of America, and Mr. Cooper. Most recently, he led Appspace, a global software company providing a workplace experience platform. He earned his BBA in HR Management from the University of North Texas and is SHRM-SCP certified.
"Our people and culture are central to our growth strategy," said Gagan Sharma, President and CEO of BSI Financial Services. "Sean's expertise at building great teams will be key to enriching our culture while maintaining an agile, growth-focused HR strategy. We're excited about expanding our competitive advantage under his leadership and continuing to attract and retain top industry talent."
"At BSI, I see a fantastic opportunity to combine my background with an experienced, people-oriented leadership team and help drive the next phase of BSI's growth," McGowan said. "I look forward to building a great culture and an awesome workplace experience."
Clay will manage the company's investor reporting team and reconciliations and treasury cash management as well as drive overall secondary market accounting process improvement and profitability initiatives. She brings more than 20 years of experience in mortgage investment and portfolio management, as well as a vast knowledge of end-to-end servicing, including loan modifications and cash management.
Most recently, Clay served as senior vice president of investor services for Mr. Cooper (formerly Nationstar), where she led significant cost and quality management initiatives. After graduating from Texas A&M University, Clay joined Saxon Mortgage, where she led improvements in securities reporting. She has held leadership positions at both Countrywide Home Loans and Saxon, where she improved accuracy and efficiency of distressed asset fulfilment.
"I'm thrilled to have Shannon on the team here at BSI," said Scott Johnson, BSI's senior vice president, corporate controller, and treasurer. "Her deep industry knowledge and focus on process and team development will help propel BSI's growth plans into the future."
"I'm impressed by the caliber of people at BSI and look forward to moving into the next phase of growth together," Clay said.
About BSI Financial Services
Led by a seasoned team of financial industry professionals, BSI Financial Services provides mortgage servicing and special servicing, loan quality control, REO and asset management services, and life-of-loan performance reporting using advanced data analytics tools. Leveraging a 30-year performance track record, BSI Financial offers clients customized solutions using proprietary digital technology such as BSI ASSET360, an advanced form of RegTech. BSI ASSET360 provides daily reporting on loan condition using exception processing that applies 600 business rules across 10,000 loan-level data elements that are updated daily. With BSI ASSET360, clients have real-time visibility into loan status and performance, affording them choice and control. BSI Financial is approved as a servicer by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA, VA, the Federal Home Loan Banks and several private investors, and is approved as an issuer by Ginnie Mae. BSI Financial's business operations are located in Titusville, PA; Irvine, CA; and Irving, TX, where it also maintains its corporate headquarters. For more information, visit www.bsifinancial.com.
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New youth shelter breaks ground in Ardmore
Published: Sep. 18, 2022 at 9:40 PM CDT|Updated: 5 minutes ago
ARDMORE, Okla. (KXII) - Thursday the Community Youth Services of Southern Oklahoma broke ground on their new shelter.
The 1600 square foot building is expected to take a little over a year to build.
When it’s completed, the building will be able to house 10 kids in need overnight.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A SpaceX Dragon cargo resupply spacecraft returning science to Earth for NASA is set to depart the International Space Station on Thursday, Aug. 18.
NASA will provide coverage of Dragon's undocking and departure on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website beginning at 10:45 a.m. EDT. Watch online at:
Ground controllers at SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, will send commands at 11:05 a.m. for Dragon to undock from the forward port of the station's Harmony module and fire its thrusters to move a safe distance away from the station. Controllers will command a deorbit burn the following day.
After re-entering Earth's atmosphere, the spacecraft will make a parachute-assisted splashdown off the coast of Florida. NASA TV will not broadcast the splashdown, and updates will be posted on the agency's space station blog.
Dragon will carry back to Earth more than 4,000 pounds of supplies and scientific experiments that were designed to take advantage of the space station's microgravity environment. Splashing down off the coast of Florida enables quick transportation of the experiments to NASA's Space Station Processing Facility at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, allowing researchers to collect data with minimal sample exposure to Earth's gravity.
Some of the scientific investigations that Dragon is carrying include:
- Space's impact on materials: The Materials International Space Station Experiment-15-NASA (MISSE-15-NASA) experiment tests, qualifies, and quantifies the impact of the low-Earth orbit environment on new materials and components, such as spacecraft materials and wearable radiation protection. Successful experiment results could have applications both in the harsh environments of space and on Earth.
- Spacesuit cooling: Spacesuit Evaporation Rejection Flight Experiment (SERFE) demonstrates a new technology using water evaporation to remove heat from spacesuits and maintain appropriate temperatures for crew members and equipment during spacewalks. The investigation determines whether microgravity affects performance and evaluates the technology's effect on contamination and corrosion of spacesuit material.
- Cell signaling in microgravity: The ESA (European Space Agency) sponsored investigation Bioprint FirstAid Handheld Bioprinter (Bioprint FirstAid) enables the rapid use of formerly prepared bio-inks, containing the patient's own cells, to form a band-aid patch in the case of injury.
Dragon arrived at the station July 16 when SpaceX's 25th Commercial Resupply Services mission delivered more than 5,800 pounds of research investigations, crew supplies, and station hardware. It was launched July 14 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy.
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Woman shot in the face leaving own 18th birthday party
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC/Gray News) – A woman in Tennessee was taken to the hospital Friday night after family members say she was shot in the face leaving her own birthday party.
According to WMC, the Memphis Police Department said the shooting happened just before 9:30 p.m.
Breanna Keys was celebrating her 18th birthday at a family member’s house. She and her boyfriend were leaving the party when they were both shot.
“A car came speeding down the street just letting off shots,” Keys’ cousin Tamertrius Burks said, adding that Keys got caught in the crossfire.
The 18-year-old was taken to the hospital with critical injuries to her jaw and ear.
Her mother, Latrice Kennon, said Keys has been recovering in the intensive care unit but has a long road to recovery and multiple surgeries ahead.
“She was at the wrong place at the wrong time,” Kennon said. “They need to put these guns down.”
Keys’ boyfriend was not critically injured in the shooting and is expected to be OK.
Copyright 2022 WMC via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.mysuncoast.com/2022/06/29/woman-shot-face-leaving-own-18th-birthday-party/ | 2022-06-29T18:45:10Z |
SEATTLE, Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recent call data from the Washington Poison Center (WAPC) reflects statewide trends in exponential increases of drug overdoses involving fentanyl. From 2019 to 2021, the number of patient calls involving fentanyl increased 308% (36 to 147 calls). Calls in 2022 have already surpassed 2021, with 234 calls documented as of July 12, and 466 calls projected by the end of the year. As fentanyl overdose continues to increase, it is essential for everyone to know how to help individuals who are overdosing.
Fentanyl is a synthetic (lab-made) opioid (narcotic) that is 50 to 100 times stronger than other opioids like heroin, oxycodone, and morphine. Fentanyl is used in medical settings as a pain reliever, and is also produced and sold illegally. Illicit fentanyl is increasingly found in pills and powders that are marketed as other drugs, such as oxycodone, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Individuals using these drugs may not be aware that fentanyl is present. This can be dangerous, as small amounts of fentanyl can lead to significant toxicity and overdose.
It is safe to help someone who is overdosing from fentanyl. Mixed messages and misinformation have caused confusion, but current research and recommendations are firm that the risk of overdosing from touching fentanyl, inhaling airborne fentanyl dust, or inhaling secondhand fentanyl smoke is extremely low.
When responding to a fentanyl overdose, the WAPC recommends:
- Recognizing the signs of opioid overdose. Overdoses with fentanyl look the same as with other opioids: the person will not wake up, their skin is tinged blue or gray, and/or they are breathing slowly or not at all.
- Calling 911. The Good Samaritan Law provides legal protections for the responder and victim.
- Administering naloxone. Because fentanyl is so powerful, more than one dose may be needed. All Washington residents can order free naloxone.
- Performing rescue breathing until help arrives. Smoked fentanyl does not linger in the air. Performing rescue breathing will not put the responder at risk of overdose.
- For any overdose response it is important that you keep yourself safe: wipe any visible powder residue off lips prior to starting rescue breathing, use gloves if you have them, and always wash your hands with soap and water after assisting someone.
Call the WAPC (1-800-222-1222) with any questions about fentanyl or how to safely respond to an overdose.
Media contact: mryuk@wapc.org.
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - mCloud Technologies Corp. (Nasdaq: MCLD) (TSX-V: MCLD), ("mCloud" or the "Company") a leading provider of AI-powered asset management and Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") solutions today provided an update on the planned repayment of its outstanding unsecured convertible debentures due on June 30 , 2022 (the "Debentures").
mCloud filed an F-1 registration statement with the SEC on May 11 in connection with its previously announced preferred share offering. The Company has received and responded to comments toward the anticipated clearing of the registration statement and anticipates completing the offering following the registration statement becoming effective, with proceeds largely from existing and additional strategic investors. The Company intends to use a portion of the proceeds of the offering to repay in full the outstanding principal and accrued interest under the Debentures.
To receive payment, holders of Debentures must surrender the certificates evidencing their Debentures to TMX Trust Company, the Debenture agent, at the following address: TSX Trust Company, 1 Toronto Street, Suite 1200, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 2V6, Attention: Corporate Actions.
About mCloud Technologies Corp.
mCloud is unlocking the untapped potential of energy intensive assets with AI and analytics, curbing energy waste, maximizing energy production, and getting the most out of critical energy infrastructure. Through mCloud's AI-powered AssetCare™ platform, mCloud offers complete asset management solutions for commercial buildings, renewable energy, healthcare, heavy industry, and connected workers. IoT sensors bring data from connected assets into the cloud, where AI and analytics are applied to maximize their performance.
With a worldwide presence and offices in San Francisco, Houston, Vancouver, Calgary, London, Perth, Singapore, and Beijing, the mCloud family includes an ecosystem of operating subsidiaries that deliver high-performance IoT, AI, 3D, and mobile capabilities to customers, all integrated into AssetCare. With over 100 blue-chip customers and more than 64,000 assets connected in thousands of locations worldwide, mCloud is changing the way energy assets are managed.
mCloud's common shares trade in the United States on the Nasdaq and in Canada on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MCLD. mCloud's convertible debentures trade on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MCLD.DB. For more information, visit www.mcloudcorp.com.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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The sexual and reproductive telehealth leader introduces the most affordable and comprehensive medical abortion service in the US
Wisp telehealth medical abortion service is now available in California and will roll out in New York, Illinois and Colorado later this quarter
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wisp, a sexual and reproductive telehealth provider, today introduced its first medical abortion service in an effort to increase access to affordable, safe and convenient healthcare. This latest launch, now available in California and rolling out in New York, Illinois and Colorado later this quarter, expands Wisp's suite of specialized services for sexual and reproductive health, from emergency contraception and birth control to bacterial vaginosis and herpes. Furthering the company's goal to make healthcare more inclusive and accessible, Wisp's new medical abortion offering is priced 30% lower than the national average cost of medical abortion at $200 and does not require insurance.
"At Wisp, our mission has always been to offer fast, effective and affordable services to meet patients where and when they need it most," said Ahmad Bani, CEO of Wisp. "We believe abortion is a critical aspect of healthcare, and we are committed to providing this as an option for our patients, in the states where it is legal, so that they can take ownership of this aspect of their health with privacy and respect."
Just as it's done with its other services, Wisp designed its medical abortion telemedicine service with patients' safety, convenience and discretion in mind. A medical abortion uses oral medication to terminate a pregnancy and is less invasive to the patient. Throughout treatment and recovery, Wisp's medical advisors and customer care team are available to provide virtual support. Wisp offers a dedicated phone service for its medical abortion patients, with 24/7 access to providers, included in the cost of the service.
As part of its larger commitment to providing critical sexual and reproductive healthcare, Wisp is donating 1% of its emergency contraceptive and birth control sales to its long-standing partners, SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change (SIECUS) and New York Birth Control Access Project (NYBCAP), through the end of August.
To learn more about Wisp's medical abortion or consult a medical provider, see here.
About Wisp
Wisp is a US technology leader and innovator whose objective is to make reproductive and sexual healthcare inclusive, cost-effective, and accessible for all. Wisp began by providing discreet sexual health treatments online and has grown to offer a comprehensive selection of products and telehealth services, including prescription medication, OTC prevention, primary care consultations, contraception delivery, and more. Wisp is a growing and profitable company and is majority-owned by WELL. To learn more, please visit hellowisp.com.
About WELL Health Technologies Corp.
Wisp is majority owned by WELL Health Technologies Corp. (TSX: WELL). WELL is a practitioner focused digital health company whose overarching objective is to positively impact health outcomes to empower and support healthcare practitioners and their patients. WELL has built an innovative practitioner enablement platform that includes comprehensive end to end practice management tools inclusive of virtual care and digital patient engagement capabilities as well as Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) and data protection services. WELL uses this platform to power healthcare practitioners both inside and outside of WELL's own omni-channel patient services offerings. As such, WELL owns and operates Canada's largest network of outpatient medical clinics serving primary and specialized healthcare services and is the provider of a leading multi-national, multi-disciplinary telehealth offering. WELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "WELL" and trades on the OTCQX under the symbol "WHTCF". To learn more about the company, please visit www.well.company.
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Mobile Growth Awards recognizes leaders and evangelists who drive growth and innovation in the mobile space
PALO ALTO, Calif, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Branch, the leader in mobile linking and measurement, will host the company's annual Mobile Growth Awards for the third consecutive year. Nominations for the 2022 Mobile Growth Awards will be open until October 28, 2022 at mobilegrowth.org/awards.
With over 200 nominations, last year's Mobile Growth Awards drew much global interest. Judges narrowed the field to 50 finalists and eight winners were ultimately selected, including E*TRADE, Philips, BeautyBay, Globoplay, QVC, WayBetter, Bell Canada, and Showpo.
This year's judging panel features thought leaders from top mobile brands including Hyatt, Acorn, Zillow, JPMorgan Chase, and Coles Group. The awards are open to the Branch community, and the categories of the 2022 Mobile Growth Awards are as follows:
Best Overall Growth Campaign - For entries that created new and innovative channels, techniques, tactics, or strategies to increase mobile growth.
Best Retention Campaign - For entries that delivered the best retention on mobile.
Best App Adoption Campaign - For entries with a highly successful app adoption.
Best Influencer Campaign - For entries highlighting a highly successful influencer marketing campaign that drove app adoption and increased app engagement.
Best Organic Social Campaign - For entries that have a highly effective organic promotion strategy and social marketing campaigns that drive app acquisition, engagement, and retention.
Best QR Code Campaign - For entries transforming traditional offline marketing by delivering a world-class QR code experience.
Best Referral Campaign - For entries that increased app adoption and engagement through best-in-class referral campaigns.
Best Use of First-Party Data - For entries that used first-party data to successfully deliver a personalized, end-to-end customer experience.
Finalists will be announced by November 18, 2022, and winners will be announced by December 19, 2022.
For more information, visit mobilegrowth.org/awards. If you have questions regarding the entry process, reach out to the event organizers at mobilegrowthawards@branch.io.
Branch provides the industry's leading mobile linking and measurement platforms, unifying user experience and attribution across devices and channels. Branch has been selected by over 100,000 apps since 2014, including Adobe, BuzzFeed, Yelp and many more, improving experiences for more than 3 billion monthly users across the globe.
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dental insurance continues to support optimal health as highlighted in the recently released 2022 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report, a nationwide analysis of consumer opinions and behaviors relating to oral health. Findings from the Delta Dental-commissioned research of U.S. adults and parents of children ages 12 and younger also inform how adults who have dental insurance recognize the emotional and financial benefits that come with having dental coverage. A few highlights from this year's report include:
- Almost 9 in 10 (89%) adults agree that having dental coverage:
- Among those insured, nearly all adults recognize that their dental insurance saves them money (94%) and is well worth the cost (91%).
- The survey finds that most adults (81%) and parents (88%) concur that having dental insurance during the pandemic has provided them peace of mind.
- In fact, adults (68%) and parents (72%) appreciated having dental insurance more than ever during the pandemic.
- The research also indicates that, due in part to the pandemic, nearly 7 in 10 (69%) parents with a child not currently covered by dental insurance will secure dental coverage in 2022.
"Our survey illuminates the vast emotional and financial benefits most adults and parents across the United States associate with having dental insurance," said James W. Hutchison, President & CEO, Delta Dental Plans Association. "Delta Dental continues to partner with oral health professionals and the public in our development of enhanced dental plans focused on person-centered care. The innovative plans are based on a person's health needs and provide the extra care to enrich overall health and quality of life."
To read the full 2022 State of America's Oral Health and Wellness Report and learn more about the report's methodology and findings, click here.
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Quotas were set to ensure a reliable and accurate representation of the U.S. population of adults and parents with children ages 12 and younger. The report has a margin of error of +/- 3%.
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DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 8 Rivers Capital, LLC is pleased to announce that Bill Brown, its co-founder, Executive Chair and Chief Technology Officer has been appointed Strategic Adviser, Strategic Public-Private Partnerships at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
NREL has spent decades focused on leading the way in clean energy research, development and deployment. Its focus on transforming energy through science by leading research and development has formed the foundation of the net zero energy transition.
As a strategic advisor, Bill will work with NREL to develop high-impact, multiyear, multisector collaborations that drive transformation of domestic and global energy landscapes.
"At NREL, we are always looking for individuals like Bill with scientific, analytical, entrepreneurial, and business leadership expertise. His unique perspective and relationships will allow us to build large-scale partnerships, and together, more quickly solve the urgent energy challenges awaiting us," said Doug Arent, Executive Director of NREL's Strategic Public-Private Partnerships.
Cam Hosie, 8 Rivers CEO commented "Bill's efforts in the net zero space began decades ago with the founding of 8 Rivers, a company focused on a technology suite designed to be part of the global solution of reaching net zero—and Bill has been the driving force for development of world-leading solutions in the hardest-to-decarbonize of industries. We are proud Bill's dedication to this effort has been recognized by NREL and I am certain that Bill will make significant contributions in this new role, accelerating the world to Net Zero by 2050."
ABOUT 8 RIVERS CAPITAL, LLC- 8 Rivers Capital, LLC is a Durham, NC-based firm leading the invention and commercialization of sustainable, infrastructure-scale technologies for the global energy transition. 8 Rivers is developing and deploying technologies for clean hydrogen and ammonia (8RH2), transformative zero-emissions power cycles (Allam-Fetvedt Cycle), direct air capture (Calcite), retrofit carbon capture (Carbon8), sour gas sweetening (TarT), clean ethylene (Codox), and other advanced clean energy systems. www.8Rivers.com.
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SEATTLE, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RealNetworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RNWK), today announced an orderly CFO transition plan.
Christine Chambers, Real's current CFO, will be leaving Real on July 31, 2022 to pursue another opportunity. To fill her role, the Company announced the hiring of Brian McClain. Mr. McClain joined the Company as a full-time strategic advisor on July 6th and will succeed Ms. Chambers as Interim CFO and Treasurer on August 1, 2022.
"On behalf of everyone at Real, I want to thank Christine for her many contributions to the Company and for the thorough and professional way she is handling this upcoming transition," said Rob Glaser, Real's CEO. "I wish Christine the best in her future endeavors."
Mr. Glaser continued, "We are excited to have Brian McClain join our senior team as Interim CFO and Treasurer. Brian is a very experienced and accomplished leader and CFO with 25 years of financial and business leadership roles in technology and manufacturing companies, including several stints and businesses that are highly aligned with Real's growth initiatives. Brian has already started working with Christine and the senior team at Real and I expect a very smooth transition."
Mr. McClain most recently served as President and CFO of Pelco, Inc., a leading computer security company, where he managed customer care, supply chain and purchasing, engineering development, finance, human resources, IT, and sales. Prior to that, as CFO of LOUD Audio, Brian directed all financial, accounting, and IT functions for a $75 million professional audio and music products company. Prior to LOUD Audio, Mr. McClain worked in a number of manufacturing related industries including paper and packaging, as well as Aerospace where he held progressive levels of responsibility at the senior level.
Commenting on his new position, Mr. McClain said, "I am excited to join the Real team. I look forward to being a part of the Company's transformation from pure software to software and hardware and the continued investment in AI."
About RealNetworks
Building on a rich history of digital media expertise and innovation, RealNetworks has created a new generation of products that employ best-in-class artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance and secure our daily lives. Real's portfolio includes SAFR, the world's premier computer vision platform for live video, KONTXT, an industry leading NLP (Natural Language Processing) platform for text and multi-media analysis, and leveraging its digital media expertise, a mobile games business focused on the large free-to-play segment. For information about all of our products, visit www.realnetworks.com.
RealNetworks is a registered trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. All other trademarks, names of actual companies and products mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to find a way that drivers could load a truck while remaining safe in their vehicle on the side of a busy roadway," said the inventor from Aurora, Colo. "I created this invention to be used to enhance productivity in loading materials quickly to a truck for transporting."
He invented HYDROSTRAP that saves time and effort for wrecker operators over manually engaging and releasing the straps at all for wheels for safe towing. This device would automatically secure the wheels hydraulically from the cab and help simplify the operation to minimize the amount of times stopped along the roadside. This could help keep the driver safe within the cab to reduce the chances of being overlooked, struck, and killed by another driver. Additionally, this could be adapted for use with cars, light trucks, construction equipment and even powersports equipment.
The original design was submitted to the Denver sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DNV-340, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Rodriguez sends LAFC to 3-2 victory over San Jose
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brian Rodriguez scored the deciding goal in a 3-2 win for Los Angeles FC over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday.
Rodriguez’s game-winner came in the 47th minute for LAFC (9-3-2) and was the only goal scored in the second half.
LAFC jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Christian Arango’s penalty-kick score in the 8th minute and a goal by Ryan Hollingshead in the 13th.
Jeremy Ebobisse scored two goals for the Earthquakes (3-6-5) — in the 16th and 31st minutes — to knot the score at 2.
LAFC outshot the Earthquakes 13-7 with a 9-3 edge in shots on goal.
Maxime Crepeau saved just one of the three shots he faced for LAFC. JT Marcinkowski had six saves for San Jose.
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Visit booth 1018 to experience the interactive display featuring breakthroughs from world-renowned microscopy researchers
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZEISS is installing a new interactive display wall that celebrates researchers' breakthroughs at M&M 2022, in Portland, OR, booth 1018, from July 31 to August 4. The wall features an interactive touch screen display that highlights multiple researchers from around the world and their breakthroughs in high visual detail.
The research presented on the interactive display at the ZEISS booth includes discoveries from Dr. Kaoru Sato, JFE Techno-Research Corporation, Japan, showcasing his use of SEM to examine high strength steel and surface modification; Dr James Schiffbauer, Associate Professor of Geology, University of Missouri, detailing the preservation pathway that allowed for capturing fine details in Ediacaran Period fossils; Dr. Mihaela Vlasea, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of Waterloo, showing the possibility of using additive manufacturing to achieve highly intricate geometries and controlled microstructures, and additional breakthroughs in Life Sciences, Electronics, and Natural Resources as well.
ZEISS booth visitors are invited to celebrate researchers that move ideas into reality, through a sleek, ergonomic, and intuitive interface. When the visitors conclude their interaction, they can send the highlighted information directly to themselves or a colleague from the show floor.
In addition to the interactive wall, four customers will give presentations on the ZEISS booth, covering topics from "Freedom to Explore with the Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope," delivered by Anna Steyer, Cryo Electron Tomography Specialist at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, to "Leveraging X-ray Microscopy Technology at the University of Michigan's (MC)2 Facility: Case Studies in Engineering," delivered by Dr. Nancy S. Muyanja, X-ray & Electron Microscopy Specialist at University of Michigan. More details can be found here: Booth Agenda
ZEISS is proud to be a partner in helping customers find their next breakthrough and is supporting them with these new innovations. To learn more and book a demo, please visit: ZEISS at Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) 2022
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About ZEISS
ZEISS is an internationally leading technology enterprise operating in the fields of optics and optoelectronics. In the previous fiscal year, the ZEISS Group generated annual revenue totaling 7.5 billion euros in its four segments Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology and Consumer Markets (status: 30 September 2021).
For its customers, ZEISS develops, produces and distributes highly innovative solutions for industrial metrology and quality assurance, microscopy solutions for the life sciences and materials research, and medical technology solutions for diagnostics and treatment in ophthalmology and microsurgery. The name ZEISS is also synonymous with the world's leading lithography optics, which are used by the chip industry to manufacture semiconductor components. There is global demand for trendsetting ZEISS brand products such as eyeglass lenses, camera lenses and binoculars.
With a portfolio aligned with future growth areas like digitalization, healthcare and Smart Production and a strong brand, ZEISS is shaping the future of technology and constantly advancing the world of optics and related fields with its solutions. The company's significant, sustainable investments in research and development lay the foundation for the success and continued expansion of ZEISS' technology and market leadership. ZEISS invests 13 percent of its revenue in research and development – this high level of expenditure has a long tradition at ZEISS and is also an investment in the future.
With around 37,000 employees, ZEISS is active globally in almost 50 countries with around 30 production sites, 60 sales and service companies and 27 research and development facilities (status: 31 March 2022). Founded in 1846 in Jena, the company is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. The Carl Zeiss Foundation, one of the largest foundations in Germany committed to the promotion of science, is the sole owner of the holding company, Carl Zeiss AG.
Further information at www.zeiss.com
ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions
ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions is the world's only one-stop manufacturer of light, electron, X-ray and ion microscope systems and offers solutions for correlative microscopy. The portfolio comprises of products and services for life sciences, materials and industrial research, as well as education and clinical practice. The unit is headquartered in Jena. Additional production and development sites are located in Oberkochen and Munich, as well as in Cambourne (UK) and Dublin (USA). ZEISS Research Microscopy Solutions is part of the Industrial Quality & Research segment.
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Threat against federal law enforcement ‘imminent,’ official says
(Gray News) - Federal law enforcement officers are facing a “real” and “imminent” threat, a representative from an FBI organization said.
In an interview with CNN, Special Agent Brian O’Hare, head of the FBI Agents Association, urged the country’s political leaders to immediately and publicly denounce recent attacks on the agency.
“FBI Special Agents are dedicated members of the law enforcement community who put their lives on the line every day to protect the public from criminals and terrorists. Special Agents and their families should never be threatened with violence, including for doing their jobs,” he said recently in a statement.
“The threats made recently contribute to an atmosphere where some have, or will, accept violence against law enforcement as appropriate. It is not. This is not a partisan or political issue. It is a matter of public safety and basic decency.”
The FBI said they’ve been looking into an unprecedented number of threats to bureau personnel and property.
It’s more than just words. A man attacked the FBI office in Cincinnati on Thursday armed with a nail gun and a rifle, fled and then died in a gun battle with police.
The threats started after they searched the Florida resort of former President Donald Trump earlier this month.
O’Hare said the attacks are making it difficult for them to accomplish their mission of protecting the American people.
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That Kansas voted to protect abortion rights guaranteed in its state constitution didn’t surprise me, although I certainly never expected a landslide. The original Jayhawkers, after all, waged a guerilla war to prevent Missourians from bringing slavery into the Kansas territory — a violent dress rehearsal for the Civil War. A good deal of the state’s well-known conservatism is grounded in stiff-necked independence.
In the popular imagination, Kansas has always signified heartland values and rustic virtue. Superman grew up on a farm there, disguised as mild-mannered Clark Kent. As did Dorothy of “The Wizard of Oz,” a spunky young woman with an adventurous spirit. But cartoonish fictions have little to do with the real world. My favorite Kansas politician was always Sen. Bob Dole: war hero, Senate majority leader, 1996 GOP presidential nominee, and unmistakably his own man.
Pondering a photo of the then three living ex-presidents — Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon — Dole quipped, “There they are: see no evil, speak no evil ... and evil.”
Regardless of party, how can you not appreciate a politician like that? After the 2020 presidential election, Dole accepted Joe Biden’s victory and allowed as how he was “sort of Trumped out.”
So naturally, Trump skipped his 2021 funeral. All class, that guy.
Although nominally anti-abortion during most of his career, Dole was also a realist who was leery of single-issue zealots and political purity tests. Suffice it to say they aren’t making Republicans like him anymore.
All of that is a roundabout way of saying the Kansas result shouldn’t have astonished anybody. After all, the state currently has a Democratic governor, Laura Kelly. Another Democrat, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, was elected there in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. Indeed, as Stuart Rothenberg points out in Roll Call, “Democrats have won four of the last eight gubernatorial contests in the state and six of the last 11.”
It follows that this blue state/red state business based strictly on presidential elections tells you relatively little about a place and its retail politics. More broadly, Justice Samuel Alito and a handful of religious zealots on the Supreme Court can argue that there’s no right to privacy in the U.S. Constitution, but they will never persuade a majority of Americans to believe it.
Specifically, how is it even the government’s affair to know who’s pregnant and who’s not? How is it yours? How is it anybody’s except the woman herself? Truly, it’s hard to imagine a more fundamental freedom than the decision of whether or not to give birth.
Women voters in Kansas appear to have felt this more keenly than men. According to the Topeka Capital-Journal, some 33,000 new voters registered in Kansas in the weeks immediately following the court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade, some 70% of them women. That’s a lot in a state with just under 2 million registered voters, enough to push the state’s abortion referendum into landslide territory: 59% to 41%.
What the Kansas vote mainly signified to me was bedrock Americanism: essentially, “You’re not the boss of me, and it’s none of your damn business.”
“For decades,” writes the New Yorker’s John Cassidy, “the Republican Party has largely owned and exploited the language of individual liberty and freedom, even as many of its policies have favored the rich and powerful — from gunmakers to Big Pharma and Wall Street — over individual middle-class Americans.”
It’s time to call their bluff. Everywhere you look these days, politicians calling themselves “conservative” are banning books, pushing teachers around, threatening school boards and businesses, suppressing voting rights, attacking the freedom to love and marry, elevating gun rights over basic human rights, and doing their best to turn American women and girls into brood mares, knocked-up and locked up.
What they are is authoritarian. In a word, bullies.
Writing on Twitter, Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut has some advice for Democrats up for election this fall. (He is not on the 2022 ballot.) “Run on personal freedom,” he urges. “Run on keeping the government out of your private life. Run on getting your rights back. This is where the energy is. This is where the 2022 election will be won.”
Polls show that the majority of likely voters are preoccupied with economic issues, inflation in particular. But the Kansas referendum resulted from right-wing activists seeking to impose a total ban on legal abortion: an intrusive effort to extend government control into citizens’ most intimate life decisions.
And voters there rejected it about as decisively as it’s possible to do. It appears that Americans — and for what it’s worth, Kansans are overwhelmingly white and Christian — have no wish to live in a judicially imposed theocracy and will turn out in droves to prevent it. Overall voting totals were extremely high for a primary contest, reflecting high motivation.
Perhaps Murphy’s optimism is mistaken. But it’s definitely the right fight to have.
Arkansas Times columnist Gene Lyons is a National Magazine Award winner and co-author of “The Hunting of the President” (St. Martin’s Press, 2000). Email Lyons at eugenelyons2@yahoo.com.
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Rare 18th-century Chinese vase kept in kitchen sells for $1.8 million at auction
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A rare Chinese vase dating from the 18th century has sold for nearly £1.5 million ($1.8 million) at auction.
The gilded blue artifact was initially valued at £150,000 ($186,000), according to Dreweatts, the English auction house that handled the sale.
The seller inherited the vase from his father, a surgeon, who bought it in the 1980s for a few hundred pounds, Dreweatts said in a statement. The seller was unaware of its value, and so kept it in the kitchen, where it was spotted by an expert.
Measuring two feet in height, the porcelain vase is embellished with a six-character seal mark characteristic of the Qianlong era (1736-1795) along its base, the auction house said.
It was made for the court of the Qianlong Emperor — the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty — and would have been crafted using innovative heating techniques to achieve its blue, gold and silver coloring, Dreweatts added.
The vase would need to have been fired at a temperature of nearly 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit (about 1,200 celsius) to achieve the cobalt blue shade, while the interior turquoise tint and the exterior gold and silver colors would have been created in a kiln suited for enamels, the auction house said.
The Chinese name for this kind of vase is “tianqiuping,” which translates to “heavenly globe vase” and describes its spherical shape. Dreweatts said there have not been any other tianqiuping vases documented with the same designs in gold and silver, making it extremely rare.
Mark Newstead, a specialist consultant for Asian ceramics and artworks at Dreweatts, said in the statement that bidding interest came from China, Hong Kong, the US and the UK.
“The result shows the high demand for the finest porcelain produced in the world. A fabulous result and we are privileged to have sold this at Dreweatts,” he added.
A number of other rare artifacts recovered from obscurity have earned high sale prices recently.
In March last year, a 15th-century blue-and-white Chinese bowl bought at a yard sale for $35 sold for $721,800 at auction.
A few months later, a 16th-century Italian dish discovered in a drawer fetched more than $1.7 million at auction — 10 times its original estimate.
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Michigan man gets 5 years in prison for role in Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Michigan man was sentenced on Friday to five years in federal prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol attack by a mob that disrupted Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
Chief Judge Beryl Howell also sentenced Anthony Robert Williams, 47, of Southgate, Michigan, to three years of supervised release after his prison term and ordered him to pay $2,000 in restitution and a $5,000 fine, according to a U.S. Justice Department news release.
In June, a jury convicted Williams of a felony count of obstructing the Jan. 6, 2021, joint session of Congress for certifying the Electoral College vote. Jurors also convicted him of four related misdemeanor offenses.
Prosecutors had recommended a prison sentence of five years and four months for Williams, who was arrested in Detroit in March 2021.
In a Facebook post three days after the riot, Williams called himself an “Operation Swamp Storm veteran” and referred to Jan. 6 as the “proudest day of my life.” He added that it “felt like the founding fathers were smiling down on us in that room, and I guarantee my dad and gramps, both vets, would be proud.”
“Williams’ participation in the riot was purposeful, extensive, enthusiastic, and remorseless,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing.
Outside the Capitol, Williams stole water bottles that police intended to use for decontaminating themselves from chemical spray, according to prosecutors. They said Williams entered the Capitol through the Senate Wing doors and joined other rioters in overwhelming police officers in the Crypt area.
“Williams advanced to the Rotunda where he celebrated with other rioters and smoked marijuana,” prosecutors wrote. “When the police tried to force Williams out of the Rotunda, he joined with other rioters and actively resisted and mocked the police.”
Williams’ attorneys requested a sentence of 15 months of incarceration.
“Mr. Williams has learned from his experience and from listening to the testimony at trial and during jury selection. He will not become involved in something like this ever again,” they wrote.
More than 870 people have been charged with federal crimes for the conduct on Jan. 6. More 260 of them have been sentenced, with roughly half of them receiving a term of imprisonment ranging from seven days to 10 years. Only five other Capitol riot defendants have been sentenced to a longer prison term than Williams.
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AACHEN, Germany, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FEV Group is combining its long-standing expertise in intelligent mobility and software development with the establishment of their new FEV.io brand. This move is intended to accelerate and optimize innovative power and interdisciplinary collaboration in the areas of automated and autonomous driving, as well as connectivity of infrastructure, people, and vehicles. The result will be powerful new solutions for intelligent, safe and sustainable mobility.
Tomorrow's vehicles will be embedded in the digital lives of their users. Software-driven areas such as ADAS/ADS, infotainment and connected functions will be key differentiators in the user experience. "We have been supporting our customers in the successful development of intelligent mobility solutions for many years, and we see the FEV.io brand as a way to extend the value we provide in this space significantly," said Professor Stefan Pischinger, President and CEO of FEV Group. "This ranges from design and industrialization to the provision of frameworks and tools."
Software upgrades and a constant flow of data between vehicles, infrastructure, people, and the cloud backend, have a significant impact on how modern vehicles are developed today due to their complexity. As such, they also directly impact customer needs and the pace of development. "Our methodologies in scenario and model-based systems engineering provide a unique benefit and help us to master even the most sophisticated system complexity," said Dr. Thomas Hülshorst, Group Vice President of Intelligent Mobility & Software at FEV. This approach allows the company to bridge the gap between the vehicle and ITC (information technology and communications) and deliver state-of-the-art connected solutions with an end-to-end view of the data pipelines from the vehicle to the backend.
FEV.io's structure allows it to guarantee an agile and quickly adaptable working model for its customers around the world. Therefore FEV.io is globally presented as a brand in the local organizations and additionally established as an agile legal entity FEV.io GmbH close to the German FEV headquarters in Aachen. Should a customer also require support in energy and mobility system - or even complete vehicle - development, the newly founded brand will work closely with the FEV Group to offer all solutions "from a single source" at more than 40 locations worldwide.
In addition, FEV.io will continuously strengthen its expertise with input from the consumer electronics, cloud, and automotive industries; and collaborate in the IT arena with market leaders such as Wipro.
Intelligent mobility – FEV.io's range of services:
Systems Engineering enables FEV.io to describe digital representations of real systems for its customers in a model-based manner. On this basis, dependencies are identified, and test scenarios are derived, enabling cost-efficient and fast product cycles.
Functional Safety & Cyber Security is organized in accordance with all industry standards for connected, automated and electrified vehicles. FEV.io accompanies and leads customers through all development steps.
Connected mobility will offer a unique user experience in the future. The provision and connection of vehicle data will help make mobility significantly safer and more convenient. FEV.io develops corresponding ecosystems where cross-domain competence is crucial.
ADAS/ADS systems interact with all areas of the vehicle, such as steering, brakes, powertrain and infotainment. At the same time, they also interact with intelligent infrastructure and digital maps. FEV.io supports its customers in mastering this complexity.
Infotainment: A seamless and holistic human-machine interface (HMI) is a key point of differentiation for vehicles today. Therefore, the development of cutting-edge display solutions and creative interaction technologies is one of the most important areas of innovation. These systems must enable convenient and effective communication between passengers and the vehicle while ensuring a safe vehicle. FEV.io verifies efficient development and integration into the entire vehicle.
SW and EE platforms: Buyers are increasingly opting for a vehicle that is online, seamlessly connects to the user's digital world, and delivers a premium digital experience. To achieve this, hundreds of millions of lines of code, ECUs and electronic components need to be integrated into scalable platforms. This is where FEV.io provides high-quality and robust solutions through its cross-domain system expertise and global presence.
SW and EE integration: Future vehicles will have extensive functions for assisted and automated driving, enabled by connectivity and a growing proportion of software and complex algorithms. Greater functionality means, above all, greater complexity and responsibility. Automotive software must be maintainable, updatable, and diagnosable in the context of SW and EE integration. FEV.io enables this while embedding it in a powerful, reliable E/E architecture.
FEV.io provides its customers efficient solutions for intelligent, safe and sustainable mobility. Source: FEV Group
About FEV
FEV is a globally leading engineering and digital mobility company. Together with our customers, we are shaping the future of the mobility sector for sustainable, carbon-neutral and efficient, connected, and safe transportation. Through our in-depth expertise we provide customers and society with cutting-edge solutions for the highest value of mobility and most advanced transport experience from A to B.
Our expertise includes intelligent software and sustainable propulsion system development, as well as full vehicle engineering. Additionally, our range of services includes sophisticated systems engineering, cyber physical system development, software- and E/E-integration for software defined vehicles with highly automated and safe driving functionalities as well as vehicle integration. FEV's engineering capabilities span the entire mobility ecosystem including all on-road applications as well as rail, marine, aerospace, agriculture, construction, mining, and industrial applications. Additionally, we transfer our elaborate know-how and innovations to adjacent markets, such as the energy sector, to deliver best-in-class industry solutions.
The FEV Group currently employs 6,500 highly qualified specialists in customer-oriented development centers at more than 40 locations on five continents.
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Kremlin warns of retaliation after Finland moves toward NATO
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin warned about taking retaliatory “military-technical” steps after Finland’s leaders came out in favor of applying to join NATO, and Sweden could do the same within days, in a historic realignment triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Meanwhile, the first war-crimes trial of a Russian soldier since the start of the conflict was set to open Friday in Kyiv. A 21-year-old captured member of a tank unit is accused of shooting to death a civilian during the opening week of the war.
On the ground, Russian forces pounded areas in central, northern and eastern Ukraine, including the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, as part their offensive to take the industrial Donbas region, while Ukraine recaptured some towns and villages in the northeast.
Two and a half months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent a shiver of fear through Moscow’s neighbors, Finland’s president and prime minister announced Thursday that the Nordic country should apply right away for membership in NATO, the military defense pact founded in part to counter the Soviet Union.
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“You (Russia) caused this. Look in the mirror,” Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said this week.
While the country’s Parliament still has to weigh in, the announcement means Finland is all but certain to apply — and gain admission — though the process could take months to complete. Sweden, likewise, is considering putting itself under NATO’s protection.
That would represent a major change in Europe’s security landscape: Sweden has avoided military alliances for more than 200 years, while Finland adopted neutrality after its defeat by the Soviets in World War II.
Public opinion in both nations shifted dramatically in favor of NATO membership after the invasion, which stirred fears in countries along Russia’s flank that they could be next.
Such an expansion of the alliance would leave Russia surrounded by NATO countries in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic and would amount to a stinging setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who had hoped to divide and roll back NATO in Europe but is instead seeing the opposite happen.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the alliance would welcome Finland and Sweden with open arms.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry warned that Moscow “will be forced to take retaliatory steps of military-technical and other characteristics in order to counter the emerging threats to its national security.”
NATO’s funneling of weapons and other military support to Ukraine already has been critical to Kyiv’s surprising success in stymieing the invasion, and the Kremlin warned anew in chilling terms Thursday that the aid could lead to direct conflict between NATO and Russia.
“There is always a risk of such conflict turning into a full-scale nuclear war, a scenario that will be catastrophic for all,” said Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s Security Council.
In other developments, Ukrainian officials said their forces took out another Russian ship in the Black Sea.
The Vsevolod Bobrov logistics ship was struck as it was trying to deliver an anti-aircraft system to Snake Island, said Oleksiy Arestovych, an adviser to the Ukrainian president.
He said the ship was badly damaged but was not believed to have sunk. A spokesman for the Odesa regional military administration said the vessel caught fire after the strike.
There was no confirmation from Russia and no reports of casualties.
In April, the Ukrainian military sank the Moskva cruiser, the flagship of the Black Sea fleet, and in March it destroyed the landing ship Saratov.
While Russia’s advance in the Donbas has been slow, its forces have gained some ground and taken some villages.
Four civilians were killed Thursday in three communities in the Donetsk region, which is part of the Donbas, the regional governor reported.
Britain’s Defense Ministry said Russia’s focus on the Donbas has left its remaining troops around the northeastern city of Kharkiv vulnerable to counterattack from Ukrainian forces, which recaptured several towns and villages around the city.
Russian strikes Thursday killed at least two civilians on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, local authorities said.
The attacks also damaged a building housing a humanitarian aid unit, municipal offices and hospital facilities, Vyacheslav Zadorenko, the mayor of the suburban town of Derhachi, wrote in a Telegram post.
None of the sites “had anything to do with military infrastructure,” Zadorenko said.
Ukraine also said Russian forces had fired artillery and grenade launchers at Ukrainian troops around Zaporizhzhia, which has been a refuge for civilians fleeing Mariupol, and attacked in the Chernihiv and Sumy regions to the north.
Overnight airstrikes near Chernihiv, in northern Ukraine, killed at least three people, Ukraine’s military said. It said that Russian troops fired rockets at a school and student dormitory in Novhorod-Siversky and that some other buildings, including private homes, were also damaged.
In his evening address to the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the assaults.
“Of course, the Russian state is in such a state that any education only gets in its way,” he said. “But what can be achieved by destroying Ukrainian schools? All Russian commanders who give such orders are simply sick and incurable.”
Twelve Russian missiles struck an oil refinery and other infrastructure in the central Ukrainian industrial hub of Kremenchuk on Thursday, the region’s acting governor, Dmytro Lunin, wrote in a Telegram post. In early April, he said, the refinery, which had been the last fully functional one in Ukraine at the time, was knocked offline by an attack.
In the southern port of Mariupol, which has largely been reduced to smoking rubble with little food, water or medicine, or what the mayor called a “medieval ghetto,” Ukrainian fighters continued to hold out at the Azovstal steel plant, the last stronghold of resistance in the city.
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said negotiations were underway with Russia to win the release of 38 severely wounded Ukrainian defenders from the plant. She said Ukraine hoped to exchange them for 38 “significant” Russian prisoners of war.
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Yesica Fisch in Bakhmut, David Keyton in Kyiv, Yuras Karmanau in Lviv, Mstyslav Chernov in Kharkiv, Jari Tanner in Helsinki, and other AP staffers around the world contributed.
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DALLAS, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CECO Environmental Corp. (Nasdaq: CECE) ("CECO"), a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company whose solutions protect people, the environment, and industrial equipment, today announced Matthew Eckl, Chief Financial Officer, and Pamela Turay, Senior Vice President – Human Resources will be leaving the company in August to pursue other opportunities. Eckl had been with the company since 2017 and Turay since 2018.
Effective Aug. 15, 2022, Peter Johansson will join CECO as Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. CECO's current General Counsel Lynn Watkins-Asiyanbi will assume the newly created role of Chief Administrative and Legal Officer, which incorporates the legal, human resources and corporate communication functions.
"Matt and Pam have been valuable members of the CECO leadership team and have helped the organization advance in many important areas," said Todd Gleason, Chief Executive Officer, CECO Environmental. "CECO is stronger because of their efforts, and we wish them success in their future endeavors."
Eckl commented, "I'm privileged to have been a part of such an incredible team and I'm proud of our achievements during my tenure with CECO. The company is in a great position, and I am committed to supporting a smooth transition."
"I'm excited to welcome Peter to CECO as our next Chief Financial and Strategy Officer. He brings a significant amount of financial, business development and strategy experience to our organization at the perfect time for us as we believe that we are truly gaining momentum toward our ongoing transformation," added Gleason. "Additionally, broadening Lynn's role as our Chief Administrative and Legal Officer will unlock new processes and perspectives to align our functional excellence with our business strategies and growth deployment goals. We expect these important leadership changes further advance our progress and execution of the CECO's strategic plan to create long-term value for our stockholders."
Johansson has more than 30 years of diverse industrial business experience with companies such as Accudyne Industries, IDEX Corporation, ITT Corporation, Trane Technologies, WABCO, Honeywell and AlliedSignal. He has led complex organizations through transformational growth, and brings new perspectives and capabilities around financial analysis, capital market programs and leading concepts with respect to business development programs and operational effectiveness. Since October 2021, Johansson has worked with CECO as a consultant, assisting the leadership team with evaluating market strategies and business development opportunities.
Watkins-Asiyanbi joined CECO in June 2022 as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. She has over 25 years of industrial business experience, with global industrial companies such as John Bean Technologies, W.W. Grainger, Inc. U.S. Foods, Inc., Mars, Inc., and General Mills. Watkins has a multitude of experience and skills, particularly with mergers and acquisitions, manufacturing operations, ethics, corporate governance, CSR and ESG, and financial and regulatory compliance.
CECO Environmental is a leading environmentally focused, diversified industrial company, serving a broad landscape of industrial air, industrial water and energy transition markets across the globe through its key business segments: Engineered Systems and Industrial Process Solutions. Providing innovative technology and application expertise, CECO helps companies grow their business with safe, clean, and more efficient solutions that help protect people, the environment and industrial equipment. In regions around the world, CECO works to improve air quality, optimize the energy value chain, and provide custom solutions for applications including power generation, petrochemical processing, general industrial, refining, midstream oil and gas, electric vehicle production, poly silicon fabrication, battery recycling, beverage can, and water/wastewater treatment along with a wide range of other applications. CECO is listed on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CECE." Incorporated in 1966, CECO's global headquarters is in Dallas, Texas. For more information, please visit www.cecoenviro.com.
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Canton Local residents want Scott Hamilton to resign from school board amid pending case
CANTON TWP. – A handful of Canton Local School District residents appealed to the Board of Education to take steps to remove Scott Hamilton from their ranks.
Hamilton, who is president of the Canton Local Board of Education, is facing a felony theft charge in Massillon, accused of stealing 166 bales of pine shavings from the Tractor Supply Co.
The residents made their desires known Monday at a Canton Local Board of Education meeting held in Canton South High School. Hamilton did not attend the meeting.
The theft of pine shavings from Tractor Supply was "a continuous course of conduct" between Jan. 8 until May 22, according to a complaint police filed in Massillon Municipal Court. Value of the stolen merchandise was set at $1,030.
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"Several months ago I stood before you and asked you to demand the resignation of Scott Hamilton," said Jennifer Steiner, who was among the five residents asking that Hamilton either resign or be removed from his elected post. "I implore you to be in the right side of history. Scott Hamilton has for years thought he was above the law. The state is showing him he isn't."
Residents earlier asked for Hamilton's resignation
When Steiner asked for Hamilton's removal from the board earlier this year it involved a Board of Education vote to not retain a popular coach of the high school girls' volleyball team, Erin Cole. Hamilton was among the board members who voted to not retain Erin Cole, whose husband, Chris Cole, also is a Canton Local Board of Education member.
Chris Cole abstained from the vote on his wife's status as a volleyball coach.
Efforts to contact Hamilton after Monday night's meeting were not successful.
During the meeting, none of the Board of Education members or Superintendent Brett Yeagley commented on what the residents were saying about Hamilton.
A felony conviction would be prevent Hamilton from holding a school board seat.
After the meeting, Rick Knight, Canton Local BOE vice president, said the board doesn't have the authority to push another board member out of office.
"We can make a (non-binding) resolution. He can agree to it or not agree to it."
Hamilton is in his 24th year on the Canton Local Board of Education. He was first elected in 1997. He was re-elected to another four-year term in November of 2021.
Canton Local to wait for case outcome
"A person is innocent until proven guilty," Knight said regarding what course the board is likely to follow. "We can't take any action until we find out the end result of the litigation."
During the public speaks portion of the Board of Education session, it was mentioned by some residents that Canton Local School District's academic rating has not been high in recent years. And a case was made that Hamilton bears some responsibility, considering his length of time on the board.
"Only Canton City and Alliance City (within Stark County) rank worse," said Ed Simon. "I challenge Mr. Hamilton to do what he should do and resign."
Simon is the father of Erin Andrews, the former volleyball coach.
"It is disappointing that Scott Hamilton is not here tonight," resident Mandy Andrews said. "Scott has embarrassed this district for too long. As a lifelong member of this community, I ask that he resign. The most recent felony theft allegations against Scott should be the last straw. Our superintendent has a ton of potential. He was been walked all over by Scott Hamilton."
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3-MONTH DIGITAL PROGRAM WILL HONOR BLACK WOMEN GAMECHANGERS
NEW YORK, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VIBE, Chase Sapphire® and SHE Media today launched VIBE Voices of the Year, a 3-month digital campaign across VIBE and SHE Media that will shine a much-deserved spotlight on exceptional Black women across industries and communities who are making their mark with ground-breaking contributions in their fields. Each honoree will be featured in a VIBE cover story and a promotional campaign across the SHE Media Meaningful Marketplaces network of websites owned and operated by Black women.
The first group of VIBE Voices of the Year honorees is:
- Shavone (Charles), for achievements in technology.
- Diarrha N'Diaye-Mbaye, for achievements in beauty
- Adrienne Smith, for achievements in sports
A second group will be announced later in the three-month celebration.
The VIBE Voices of the Year were selected by an editorial panel led by VIBE editor-in-chief Datwon Thomas. Other members of the selection panel include Christine Imarenezor, Executive Editor, VIBE, Eugenia Miranda Richman, Editor-in-Chief of SheKnows.com, and Jiji Ugboma, founder, Clever-ish Magazine and Senior Manager of Publisher Engagement, SHE Media.
"VIBE is honored to have this opportunity to recognize these powerful, culture-shifting Black women gamechangers through the Voices of the Year," said Thomas. "This campaign will celebrate and amplify their powerful voices through a series of memorable digital activations presented by Chase Sapphire across VIBE and SHE Media channels."
"Congratulations to the VIBE Voices of the Year honorees. Chase Sapphire is thrilled to team up with VIBE and SHE Media to celebrate all of these trail-blazing women and recognize the lasting impacts they are making in their respective fields, as well as across their communities and beyond," said Marleta Ross, General Manager of Chase Sapphire.
"Voices of the Year is a longstanding SHE Media initiative that celebrates culture-shifting creators and the incredible work they've done in their respective fields," said Samantha Skey, CEO of SHE Media. "We were delighted to partner with VIBE and Chase Sapphire to extend this recognition to a new audience."
TECH - Shavone Charles (known as Shavone)
Shavone is a true renaissance woman who is a classically trained musician, author, tech change agent and current head of DEI at Tik Tok. She is also supporting Black women in music and amplifying the stories of creatives of color by launching Magic In Her Melanin, her very own creative collective and in-house agency that will serve as a key platform for all creative direction surrounding her art and music.
BEAUTY - Diarrha N'Diaye-Mbaye
Diarrha N'Diaye-Mbaye is the founder of Ami Colé, a clean beauty brand for people with melanin rich skin. A trailblazer in both the beauty and business categories, she combined her passion for beauty with 8+ years of marketing experience within both large scale heritage brands such as L'Oreal and breakthrough start-up environments like Glossier to create Ami Colé.
SPORTS - Adrienne Smith
Her love for television, film, education, and sports has led her around the world and resulted in a myriad of incredible opportunities. As an athlete, Adrienne Smith has won two gold medals and two national championships in the sport of women's tackle football. As an entrepreneur, she is the co-founder of Harlem Hip-Hop Tours, the founder of Gridiron Queendom, and the creator of Blitz Champz. Whether on the field or off, Adrienne's raison d'etre is to "empire" (empower+inspire) others.
Datwon Thomas is the Editor-In-Chief of VIBE Magazine and Vice President of Cultural Media for MRC. Mr. Thomas held positions as Founder and Editorial Director of the men's lifestyle guide, KING Magazine; the urban car enthusiast's favorite, RIDES Magazine; and was the Editor-in-Chief of hip-hop's street authority, XXL Magazine. In addition, he's also presided as Founder/Editorial Director of XXL Presents Hip-Hop Soul, a publication dedicated to documenting the successful hybrid genre of R&B and Hip-Hop. Thomas was also EIC of hip-hop photojournalistic magazine RESPECT.
Christine Imarenezor is the Executive Editor at VIBE, where she oversees the website's daily editorial content and manages its dynamic team of editors, reporters, and writers. Prior to joining the team, she began her digital journalism career as a contributing writer at the now-defunct Concrete Loop and was an early adopter of social media marketing while managing artists' social media accounts in Bad Boy Entertainment/Warner Music Group's new media department. An alumna of Northwestern University, Christine received her B.A. in Communication. She's a former high school band nerd, who loves gospel and R&B music and enjoys day hiking every now and then.
Eugenia Miranda Richman is the Editor-in-Chief of SheKnows.com, She Media's flagship site and premier parenting destination. As an editorial strategist and award-winning journalist, Eugenia has led the evolution of SheKnows from a lifestyle publication to a site that serves moms holistically with the latest food, celebrity, health and parenting news, plus shopping stories, essays and features on all the issues that matter to them. As an Argentine-Nicaraguan editor with 15+ years of experience in publishing and digital media, Eugenia is not just bringing new content offerings to SheKnows but diverse perspectives and voices.
Jiji Ugboma is the founder of Clever-ish Magazine and a former VOTY Winner herself. In her role as Senior Manager of Publisher Engagement at SHE Media, she provides editorial and audience growth strategies for partner publications in the SHE Media Collective. Jiji is a writer who believes in the power of content to power valuable conversations that effect change. Her work champions the discourse of self-actualization and mental health for young adults and has been featured in publications like CNBC, Variety, BlogHer, Bustle, Eater, and her own website Clever-ish Magazine. In her spare time, she writes about the Nigerian food scene in New York.
Founded in 1992 by iconic music and film producer Quincy Jones as a print publication, VIBE is a leading entertainment and lifestyle brand delivering content across multiple media platforms to a diverse audience around the world. With over 25 years of celebrating Black culture, VIBE continues to embrace the soulful roots that chronicle the artists, celebrities, sounds, fashion , and events—from hip-hop and R&B to the modern-day converging music landscape. VIBE has significantly refocused its efforts to the digital space as a top-tier trusted brand for music and entertainment fans, while also highlighting themes like the social justice movement, sparking dialogue that informs and issues change. In 2020, VIBE officially joined the esteemed Penske Media Corp. portfolio of content brands with plans on continuing its legacy of excellence.
Chase is the U.S. consumer and commercial banking business of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM), a leading financial services firm based in the United States with assets of $4 trillion and operations worldwide. Chase serves more than 66 million American households and 5 million small businesses with a broad range of financial services, including personal banking, credit cards, mortgages, auto financing, investment advice, small business loans and payment processing. Customers can choose how and where they want to bank: More than 4,700 branches in 48 states and the District of Columbia, 16,000 ATMs, mobile, online and by phone. For more information, go to chase.com.
As a top 10 lifestyle media network reaching more than 100MM monthly visitors, SHE Media focuses on the power of content to move our culture forward through the celebration of passion and purpose.
We believe that media companies can and should be a force for good in the world. Ranging from food and family to health, career and entertainment, our rich collection of content is curated from thousands of diverse sources. Comprised of a community of creators and hand-picked publishers within the SHE Media Collective and the flagship brands, SheKnows, BlogHer, STYLECASTER and Soaps, we produce digital and live media content that connects and inspires millions.
SHE Media's BlogHer is the leading content and live media event platform for women entrepreneurs and creators. With a mission to provide economic empowerment to all women, the SHE Media Collective curates a community of 5K independent publishers and social content creators, providing the foundation for a scalable, sustainable economic model for entrepreneurs and small businesses.
SHE Media is also the creator of innovative platforms that include: SheKnows Hatch, an award-winning video series featuring Gen Z-generated content; and BlogHer's Voices of the Year, honoring powerful, culture-shifting women across industries. Part of Penske Media Corporation (PMC), SHE Media is based in New York, with offices in Los Angeles, and Chicago. Follow SHE Media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn.
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ESL announces seventh community in Florida & fourth on Gulf Coast
DENVER, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently ranked as one of the hottest housing markets in the nation by Zillow, Tampa, Fla., is growing exponentially. Experience Senior Living (ESL) is meeting the demand for housing with a new development that will begin construction in late 2022. The Gallery at South Tampa will be ESL's seventh community in Florida and fourth on the Gulf Coast. The new community will be located at 5049 Bell Shoals Road, Valrico, Fla.
Once complete, the 240,613-square-foot community will consist of 202 homes including 30 independent living cottages, 89 independent living apartment homes, 45 assisted living apartment homes and 38 memory care suites. With amenities such as a professional beauty salon, fitness room, pickleball court, saltwater outdoor pool, screened-in patios, movie theater, a full bar as well as multiple dining venues and activities areas, this new ESL property is designed to stimulate socialization, support physical activity, and encourage learning. Additional services such as 24/7 nursing staff, moving coordination, chauffeured transportation and on-site concierge expertise are also provided to simplify life.
"Experience Senior Living is excited to bring our services to Hillsborough County with the development of The Gallery at South Tampa," says Phill Barklow, president of ESL. "The 17-acre site allowed us to design a truly unique community with different product types, appealing to a wider range of residents. We have carefully curated the location of the buildings to preserve the large oak trees throughout the campus, allowing for walking paths and privacy that residents desire. This is, of course, in addition to local art that will be installed throughout. Residents and family will be enjoying food from our multiple dining venues including our fish house. We look forward to continuing to create communities with purpose by bringing another exclusive offering to the Sunshine State."
For more information about ESL as well as existing and future properties, visit ExperienceSRLiving.com.
Experience Senior Living is a full-service, vertically integrated owner-operator of active adult, independent living, assisted living, and memory care communities. We are reimaging seniors housing based on our extensive experience serving in a variety of areas, implementing strategic, operational, and human objectives. We translate those experiences to create new and inspiring models of care, focused on hospitality, which are responsive to residents' needs, centered around holistic wellness and engagement with a broader community. Experience drives everything we do, and our team of dynamic professionals are fueled by their passion to empower individuals to live a full and well life now and as they grow older. Experience Senior Living is based in Denver, CO with communities either active or under development in multiple states: California, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, and Washington.
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Kirstin Barbour
303.293.0693
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- Sandy Creek is 1 of 8 solar sites built in north Florida.
- 74.9-megawatt facility can power 23,000 homes annually at peak production.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its commitment to provide cleaner energy solutions to benefit customers throughout the state, Duke Energy Florida today announced that the first utility-scale solar power plant in Bay County is now operational and delivering power to the electric grid.
"Growing renewable energy in Florida is a top priority for us, and we are proud to complete the first utility-scale solar site in Bay County," said Duke Energy Florida state president Melissa Seixas. "This project will play a major role in our state's transition toward a cleaner energy future and demonstrates how neighbors, businesses and communities can come together to make meaningful impacts that will benefit Florida's environment, energy system and electric customers."
The Sandy Creek Solar Power Plant was built on 625 acres in Bay County, Fla. As the county's first utility-scale solar power plant, the facility brings 74.9 megawatts (MW) of clean energy to the area and consists of approximately 220,000 single-axis tracking solar panels, capable of producing enough electricity to power approximately 23,000 homes annually at peak production.
The new facility is part of Duke Energy Florida's commitment to provide customers with 700 MW of clean energy through the completion of 10 facilities by 2022. These 10 facilities are located throughout Florida, as far south as Highlands County and as far north as Hamilton County. Nine of the 10 facilities are now in service, while the remaining site in Hardee County is under construction and expected to be completed this summer.
With a combined investment of more than $2 billion, Duke Energy Florida's solar generation portfolio will include 25 grid-tied solar power plants, which will benefit all Florida customers and will provide about 1,500 MW of emission-free generation from approximately 5 million solar panels by 2024.
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Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, owns 10,300 megawatts of energy capacity, supplying electricity to 1.9 million residential, commercial and industrial customers across a 13,000-square-mile service area in Florida.
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Heard: Depp team of enablers shielded his drug, alcohol use
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Johnny Depp surrounded himself with an entourage of enablers to shield him from the consequences of his drug and alcohol use, his ex-wife Amber Heard testified Thursday.
Heard was back on the witness stand to defend herself against her ex-husband’s libel allegations.
Depp is suing Heard for libel over an op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post describing herself as “a public figure representing domestic abuse.” His lawyers say he was defamed by the 2018 article even though it never mentioned his name.
Heard told jurors about photos she took of Depp starting in 2013 in which he was passed out. She said she took the photos because Depp couldn’t remember what he’d done when he was drunk, and denied what had occurred while he was blacked out.
“He wouldn’t remember, or he would deny it. There was no one to back me up,” she said.
She also gave her description of an incident that has already come up at trial, a May 2014 plane ride from Boston to Los Angeles. According to Heard, Depp was jealous and irate that she was making a movie with actor James Franco that included a kissing scene.
“He hated, hated James Franco,” she said.
As soon Depp stepped into the private plane, he began berating her about Franco, she said. She got up and walked away, but Depp followed her. At one point, he slapped her. Later, she said, he kicked her, and not one person on board intervened on her behalf.
“I felt this boot in my back,” she said. “I fell to the floor. And no one said anything. No one did anything. You could have heard a pin drop. I just remember feeling so embarrassed.”
Depp, who testified earlier in the trial, described the incident differently. He denied that he’d drank excessively before getting on the plane, and said Heard initiated an argument and pursued him until he felt compelled to hide in a bathroom.
But jurors heard a recording Heard made toward the end of the incident, in which it sounds like Depp is howling and babbling incoherently. And the jury has seen a text message Depp sent his friend Paul Bettany shortly after the flight, in which he says he’s going to “properly stop the booze thing” because the flight got “ugly.” He also texted Bettany saying, “I’m admittedly too f——- in the head to spray my rage at the one I love for little reason as well.”
Heard has testified that she was physically and sexually assaulted on multiple occasions by Depp, typically when he was drunk or high on drugs. Depp has denied ever hitting her, but Heard’s lawyers have said his denials lack credibility in part because he can’t remember what he’s done when he blacks out.
Depp has said Heard greatly exaggerates his drinking, and that he tolerates his liquor well. Friends, family and employees of Depp have taken the stand and backed up his contention.
But Heard said that’s part of the problem: She said Depp has a team around him that cleans him up when he gets sick, and enables him to go about his business without acknowledging the consequences of his drinking.
Heard is expected to be on the stand all day Thursday in Fairfax County Circuit Court.
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How a crowded GOP field could help Trump in 2024 campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — As he considers another White House run, polls show former President Donald Trump is the most popular figure in the Republican Party. But it wasn’t always that way.
Competing at one point against a dozen rivals for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, Trump won only about a third of the vote in key early states. He even lost the Iowa caucuses, which kick off the nomination process.
But he was able to prevail nonetheless because those in the party who opposed his brand of divisive politics were never able to coalesce around a single rival to confront him. And with Trump mulling another White House bid as soon as this summer, the same dynamic could repeat.
With a growing list of candidates gearing up for their own presidential runs, even a Trump diminished by two impeachments and mounting legal vulnerabilities could hold a commanding position in a fractured, multi-candidate GOP primary.
“I fear it could end up the same way as 2016, which basically was everyone thought everyone else should get out,” said Republican strategist Mike DuHaime, who advised former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign that year. “I think every major candidate realized that he or she would have a better shot against Trump one-on-one. But of course each person thought he or she should be the one to get that shot and nobody got out of the way. ... And then it was too late.”
The anxiety is mounting as a growing list of potential rivals take increasingly brazen steps, delivering high-profile speeches, running ads, courting donors and making repeat visits to early voting states.
That group now includes upward of a dozen could-be-candidates, including Trump’s former Vice President, Mike Pence, his former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and Sens. Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Rick Scot, and Tim Scott, all of whom could run on the former president’s policies. In the anti-Trump lane, figures like Rep. Liz Cheney and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan are raising their profiles.
Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is increasingly seen as Trump’s heir apparent, even by the former president’s most loyal supporters, and viewed by Trump allies as his most formidable potential challenger.
While some, like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, have said they will not challenge Trump if he does go forward with a run, others, like Christie, seem to be gunning for the fight, even if they seem to be longshot contenders.
“I’m definitely giving it serious thought. I’m not gonna make any decision probably until the end of the year,” Christie said in a recent interview.
“For me, it’s about the party needing to go in in a new direction from a personality perspective, and to continue to have someone who can bring strong leadership, tough leadership, that the country needs, but doesn’t have all of the other drama that goes along with it,” he said. “I’m hearing the same things from donors that I’m hearing from voters — that they’re very concerned that we can’t put ourselves in a position to have 2024 be about anything but the good of the country.”
Pompeo, who has had a busy travel schedule and plans to return to Iowa this summer, said in a recent interview that he has been spending time reading and listening to former President Ronald Reagan’s speeches as he prepares for a possible run.
“We’re getting ready to stay in the fight,” he said in an interview last month as he courted evangelical Christians at a gathering in Nashville, Tennessee.
He said he and his wife would sit down after the midterm elections and “think our way through it, pray our way through it, and decide where’s best to serve. It could be presenting ourselves for elected office again. We may choose a different path. But we’re not gonna walk away from these things that I’ve been working on for 30 years now. They matter too much.”
In the meantime, he sketched out a possible lane in much the same mold as Trump.
“He was a disruptor that was most necessary in 2016, there’s no doubt about that,” Pompeo said. And now the task is to take those set of understandings, those set of principles, and defend them and build upon them. And it’s gonna take a lot of work to do that, leaders of real fortitude and character to do that.”
The increasingly open talk comes as Trump faces a cascade of escalating legal troubles.
The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection has revealed increasingly damaging information about Trump’s final weeks in office, while the Department of Justice has launched its own sprawling probe. In Georgia, the prosecutor investigating Trump’s potentially illegal meddling in the state’s 2020 election last week ramped up her efforts by subpoenaing members of Trump’s inner circle. And in New York, Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath beginning next week in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into his business practices.
Mick Mulvaney, a former South Carolina congressman who served as Trump’s acting White House chief of staff, said the moves suggested potential candidates “might see an opening where none existed two months ago.”
“Trump fatigue might be a real thing,” he said, with voters asking themselves whether, if they vote for another candidate, they “can get the same policies without all the baggage.”
At the same time, Trump has seen some of his endorsed primary candidates falter. Those who have won, including Ohio GOP Senate nominee JD Vance and Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee Mehmet Oz, have done so with about 30% of the vote, meaning that two-thirds of party voters went against Trump’s picks.
“I don’t think anybody underestimates Trump. There’s a reason he’s the most sought-after endorsement in every single Republican primary,” said GOP strategist Alex Conant. “That said, I think there’s a recognition that a lot of Republican voters are looking to the future and ready for what’s next.”
To what extent remains an open question. During a trip to Iowa this week, Arkansas Sen. Cotton declined to weigh in on Trump’s standing. But he said he hoped to be “an effective national leader, not only for my party but for the American people in my role in the Senate and any other future role I might serve.”
Still, he argued, candidates should embrace Trump’s legacy.
“I know that Donald Trump is very popular among our voters who appreciate the successes he delivered for four years in a very hostile environment. They don’t want Republicans who are running against that legacy, because they view that legacy as a great success,” he said Thursday in Cambridge, Iowa.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to move forward with his own events.
On Friday night, he campaigned in Las Vegas alongside Adam Laxalt, his pick for Nevada Senate. And on Saturday night, he will hold a rally in Anchorage, Alaska, to campaign with Republican Kelly Tshibaka, whom he has endorsed in her race against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and others, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is now running for Congress.
Conant said it made sense for candidates to continue testing the waters for now.
“A lot of potential candidates are realizing that 2024 may be their last best chance, regardless of what Trump does,” he said. “There’s a very vulnerable Democrat in the White House, Republicans seem likely to win, and if it’s not Trump, they’re basically sidelined for the next 10 years.”
Still, Conant, who served as communications director to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential bid, noted the similarities.
“It looks like it’s increasingly clear there’s going to be a lot of people running for president. And while I think there’s an appetite for something different, the alternative to Trump needs to coalesce around one candidate,” he said. “That never happened in 2016. And it might not happen in 2024.”
__ Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in New York and Tom Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, contributed to this report.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Back-to-school season and, as usual, that means it’s time for children to get caught up on their vaccinations.
In the spirit of back-to-school readiness, The Caring Foundation of Texas is giving people across the Lone Star State opportunities to get free COVID-19 vaccinations.
Foundation employees will be deploying its Care Van Program to North Texas schools and community centers to give out free vaccines, oral care and health education for uninsured and medically underserved children at no cost to their families.
Here is their schedule:
- Aug. 3: Allen — 5-7 p.m., Boyd Elementary, 800 S. Jupiter Rd. Allen, TX 75002
- Aug. 5: Dallas Mayor’s Back to School Fair — 8 a.m.-noon, Fair Park, 3809 Grand Ave. Dallas, TX 75210
- Aug. 6: Grand Prairie — 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Abundant Life Assembly of God, 3829 S. Carrier Pkwy. Grand Prairie, TX 75054
- Aug. 9: North Dallas — 5-7 p.m., Skyview Elementary, 9229 Meadowknoll Dallas, TX 75243
- Aug. 10: Plano — 5-8 p.m., Plano ISD Welcome & Enrollment Center, 1300 19th St. Plano, TX 75054
- Aug. 11: Cedar Hill — 5-7 p.m., Cedar Hill ISD, 504 E. Beltline Rd. Cedar Hill, TX 75104
- Aug. 13: Uptown — 1-3 p.m., Church of the Incarnation, 3966 McKinney Ave. Dallas, TX 75204
- Aug. 15: Lewisville — 5-7 p.m., Westside Baptist, 900 Bellaire Blvd. Lewisville, TX 75067
- Aug. 16: Grand Prairie — 4:30-6:30 p.m., Grand Prairie ISD Family Service Center, 2341 Beltline Rd. Grand Prairie, TX 75052
- Aug. 17: Red Oak — 5-7 p.m., J.N. Ervin Elementary, 3722 Black Oak Dr. Red Oak, TX 75241
- Aug. 18: McKinney — 5-7 p.m., Lawson Early Childhood Center, 500 Dowell McKinney, TX 75071
- Aug. 23: Mesquite — 5-7 p.m., Mesquite ISD, 3819 Towne Crossing Blvd. Mesquite, TX 75150
- Aug. 25: Duncanville — 5-7 p.m., Duncanville High School, 900 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. Duncanville, TX 75116
- Aug. 27: East Dallas — 9-11 a.m., Ovenwood Farm & Neighborhood Space, 1451 John West Rd. Dallas, TX 75228
- Aug. 30: South Dallas — 5-7 p.m., Fredrick Douglas Stern Academy, 226 N. Jim Miller Rd. Dallas, TX 75217
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The very first minigolf course opened in Scotland in 1876. The Ladies’ Putting Club of St. Andrews was built out of necessity to adhere to a societal convention that women golfers “not take the club back past their shoulder.” That first green may not have had the obstacles we associate with the game today—there were no water features, giant clowns, or windmills—but it proved incredibly popular nonetheless, and similar courses began popping up around the world.
Today, the popularity of minigolf has only grown, particularly as a date night or family activity. Front Office Sports reports that more than 130 million people pick up a mini putter every year, making it a $1 billion industry in the U.S. alone.
In honor of the game’s enduring pervasiveness, Stacker compiled a list of the best minigolf courses in every state. To do so, we analyzed ratings and reviewed data from Tripadvisor as of June 2022, in order to determine the best minigolf in every state and Washington D.C. Both the destination’s score out of five and the number of reviews the destination had were used to pick the best destination.
Read on to discover where the best putting for fun is in your home state.
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Alabama: Pirate’s Island Adventure Golf, Gulf Shores
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (353 reviews)
Alabama’s favorite minigolf park is beloved for its cleanliness, impeccable landscaping, and beautiful Gulf Shores location. Pirate’s Island Adventure Golf has two 18-hole courses—one easy, one hard—which traverse caves, pirate ships, and a pirate village. The area’s warm weather allows for the courses to be open year-round, though hours change seasonally, and all-day play is an option for those who aren’t satisfied with just a round or two.
Alaska: Putters Wild, Anchorage
– Rating: 4 / 5 (22 reviews)
The only 3D black light minigolf course in Anchorage, Putters Wild offers 18 holes of ocean-themed play. Recommended for golfers ages 5 and up, the course has earned praise for how clean and well-maintained it is. After you wrap on the green, be sure to check out the state-of-the-art VR booths on site.
Arizona: Glow Putt Mini Golf, Scottsdale
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (66 reviews)
If ordinary minigolf isn’t challenging enough for you, consider playing a round or two in the dark at Glow Putt Mini Golf in Scottsdale. The 18-hole course is illuminated with special UV lighting that dramatically enhances the jungle-safari-themed holes. Open year-round, the course offers discounts for active military, fire, and police personnel.
Arkansas: Big Rock Mini Golf & Fun Park, Little Rock
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (33 reviews)
Spread out over 7.5 acres, Big Rock Mini Golf & Fun Park offers an entire day’s worth of activities for the whole family. Batting cages, go-karts, bumper boats, a ropes course, and an outdoor maze accompany the minigolf, which—as far as we’re concerned—is the main attraction. There are two 18-hole courses—one course is entirely wheelchair accessible—and both can be reserved for a little after-hours fun, from 10 p.m. to midnight, for groups looking for an out-of-the-ordinary experience.
California: Golf Gardens Miniature Golf, Avalon
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (255 reviews)
According to Golf Gardens Miniature Golf’s website, the 18-hole “Catalina Island” course is known in minigolf circles as “one of the world’s most beautiful and challenging.” Located one block from the beach, the garden-like attraction boasts none of the typical tacky or wacky minigolf paraphernalia—no oversize clowns or pirate ships here—but instead provides a much more sophisticated experience. Its southern California location allows it to be open year-round as well.
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Colorado: Adventure Golf & Raceway, Westminster
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (140 reviews)
More than 2.5 million golfers have put their way through Colorado’s Adventure Golf & Raceway three-themed courses since it opened in 1989. Whether you’re playing 18 holes in Buccaneer Bay, Adventure Cove, or the Lost Continent, you’re sure to have a delightful experience. And if you’re looking to fill your whole day, there are plenty of other attractions, from go-karts to a ropes course you can check out afterward.
Connecticut: Matterhorn Mini Golf, Canton
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (56 reviews)
Located 30 minutes outside of Hartford, Matterhorn Mini Golf is a Swiss-themed course that’s as educational as it is fun. Facts about Switzerland and its commercial outputs dot the 18-hole green, which is largely wheelchair-accessible. Making the whole experience sweeter, visitors who ask for the “total yodel” can finish their game with a free ice cream treat.
Delaware: Riverwalk Mini Golf, Wilmington
– Rating: 4 / 5 (14 reviews)
Some minigolf courses, with their garish colors and cartoonish mascots, are what we’d politely term an eyesore. That’s not the case with Delaware’s Riverwalk Mini Golf, which is professionally landscaped to blend in flawlessly with the colors and natural plant life found along the Wilmington River, which it borders. And rather than populate its 18 holes with one-eyed pirates or giant dinosaur statues, the course features a number of iconic Tom Burke birdhouses, all of which are miniature replicas of existing houses and landmarks.
Florida: Congo River Golf, Orlando
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (891 reviews)
At each of its eight locations across Florida, Congo River Golf takes players on an African-themed adventure that features everything from real-life alligators to tropical rainforests and haunted caves. Reviewers praise the friendly and helpful staff, as well as the creative holes, which are heavy on the water features. Rainy Florida weather can often put a damper on the fun, but the park honors rained-out tickets when necessary.
Georgia: 2nd Story Entertainment, Blue Ridge
– Rating: 5 / 5 (28 reviews)
Located in a 112-year-old hotel, 2nd Story Entertainment boasts an 18-hole golf course that winds in and out of eight themed rooms. Along the way, players can break up their putting by taking a turn at the giant connect four, checkers, and darts games that line the greenway. A small refreshment stand and arcade await you at the end, the icing on the cake of this truly unique experience.
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Hawaii: Kauai Mini Golf & Botanical Gardens, Kilauea
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (436 reviews)
Surrounded by one of Hawaii’s lush botanical gardens, Kauai Mini Golf may be the most beautiful course on our list. Eighteen holes in all, the course complies with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act access guidelines and is just as interested in teaching players about the island state’s history as it is challenging them with water hazards and pipe shots. Visitors should take note that the course is only open Wednesday through Sunday, taking the last golfers at 4 p.m.
Idaho: Outback Golf Park, Pocatello
– Rating: 5 / 5 (11 reviews)
Outback Golf Park in Pocatello offers golfers the opportunity to practice their putting on the minigolf course or their long shot on the driving range. The minigolf area features several water features as well as manicured holes that require uphill and around-the-corner-type shots. If you find yourself hankering for something a little more challenging, you can head about five minutes down the road to Highland Golf Course.
Illinois: Par-King Skill Golf, Lincolnshire
– Rating: 4 / 5 (93 reviews)
Voted one of the top 10 mini golf courses in America by the Travel Channel, Par-King Skill Golf is truly one of the most unique courses in the country. Its two 18-hole courses—which feature 19 moving obstacles and seven water holes—are decorated with miniaturized landmarks like the Taj Mahal and Mount Rushmore, storybook characters, carousels, and more. Priced at a reasonable $10 a round, the location only takes cash, so be sure to hit up an ATM before you arrive.
Indiana: Walther’s Golf & Fun, Evansville
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (49 reviews)
What are likely to be the only banana trees in all of Indiana can be found at Walther’s Golf & Fun, dotting the 18-hole outdoor minigolf course alongside dense bamboo forests and other tropical plants. Both the indoor and outdoor courses are tropical paradise-themed and have been voted best in the city of Evansville for eight years running. For just $9.50 per person, families can enjoy unlimited golf year-round.
Iowa: Pirate Putt, Council Bluffs
– Rating: 4 / 5 (13 reviews)
Pirate Putt is an indoor, 18-hole minigolf course that is geared toward younger players. While still fun for guests of all ages, this Council Bluffs attraction doesn’t have some of the extra-challenging features that other courses on this list do.
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Kansas: Field Station Dinosaurs, Derby
– Rating: 4 / 5 (19 reviews)
Located just south of Wichita, Field Stations Dinosaurs is a “one-of-a-kind prehistoric experience” that features 40 life-sized, moving dinos. Visitors can start out on the 18-hole, Jurassic golf course before walking the 10 acres of dinosaur trails, taking in a live show, stopping by the Paleo Playground, or exploring the Raptor Maze. Tickets are a little steeper than at some other courses—at $16.75 for adults, and $13.75 for kids—but include a full day’s worth of fun.
Kentucky: Maggie’s Jungle Golf & Jungle Run, Gilbertsville
– Rating: 5 / 5 (75 reviews)
Family-owned and operated, Maggie’s Jungle Golf & Jungle Run is an 18-hole jungle-themed outdoors course in Kentucky’s lakes region. At just $4 a round, the game is low-cost family fun, especially when paired with a walk along the live animal trail.
Louisiana: City Putt, New Orleans
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (51 reviews)
Located inside New Orleans’ City Park, City Putt boasts two 18-hole courses, one that highlights the state’s culture and various cities and another that delves into the history of the city itself. Both courses received a full makeover in 2017, which rendered them ADA-accessible and elevated the experience overall.
Maine: Schooner Miniature Golf, Saco
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (30 reviews)
This nautical-themed minigolf course is just steps from Old Orchard Beach in southern Maine. One of the largest minigolf courses in the state, the venue is fairly textbook in its features, which include massive ships, waterfalls, and windmills. After you wrap up your game, you can grab a scoop or two of local ice cream from the adjacent snack shack.
Maryland: Embers Island Miniature Golf, Ocean City
– Rating: 4 / 5 (153 reviews)
Yet another pirate-themed minigolf park, Embers Island Miniature Golf has two courses that center around a giant volcano and a pirate ship. Open till 1 a.m., the venue provides a great option for families and groups of Maryland night owls.
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Massachusetts: Pirate’s Cove, South Yarmouth
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (539 reviews)
Boston Magazine wrote that a visit to Cape Cod’s Pirate’s Cove minigolf course might be “the next best thing” if a trip to Disneyworld isn’t in the works for your family this year. It may sound like high praise, but considering the incredible amount of detail put into the park’s theme, as well as its overall cleanliness and friendliness, it’s certainly not misplaced. Visit both 18-hole courses from April to October.
Michigan: Miners Falls Mini Golf, Munising
– Rating: 5 / 5 (43 reviews)
An 18-hole championship minigolf course, Miners Falls serves up rounds of all-ages fun alongside scoops of gourmet ice cream. As is the case with all outdoor activities in Michigan, the course is seasonal. But locals don’t seem to mind the off-season closures, preferring to support a local business.
Minnesota: Wildwedge Golf, Mini Golf, and Maze, Pequot Lakes
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (45 reviews)
With ever-changing landscaping and intentionally difficult holes, Wildwedge Golf, Mini Golf, and Maze is a truly original take on the decades-old putting game. Open from dawn till dusk in Minnesota’s colder months, and well into the night during the summer months, the location provides year-round fun for golfers of all ages.
Mississippi: Bananas Mini-Golf & Arcade, Gulfport
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (17 reviews)
Bananas Mini-Golf makes a beach oasis out of its Mississippi location. The course contains plenty of water features, including several misters, designed to keep you cool through even the hot and humid Gulf Coast summers. Hours are seasonal, and Bananas currently has limited hours; check the website before you go.
Missouri: Greatest Adventures Mini Golf, Branson
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (128 reviews)
Located in the Ozarks tourist hub of Branson in southwest Missouri, Greatest Adventures Mini Golf has two 18-hole courses, one with a medieval theme and the other with a jungle, Egyptian theme. Reviewers praise how well maintained the courses are and love the variety in individual hole setups and challenges. And the adjoining restaurant, Scooter’s Sports Grill, makes the perfect place to grab a bite once you’re done.
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Montana: Golfing to the Sun Mini Golf, West Glacier
– Rating: 5 / 5 (5 reviews)
Nostalgia is the name of the game at Golfing to the Sun, a minigolf spot steps from Montana’s Glacier National Park. Over the course of 18 holes, visitors will follow McBilly the Mountain Goat, Glacier Park’s mascot, and their local tour guide, as he leads them through varying terrain. Each hole is riddled with trivia pertaining to the national park, which looms in the background and provides spectacular views.
Nebraska: Outlaw Pizza, Ponca
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (19 reviews)
There’s not much info out for this minigolf course located in the backyard of a Western-themed pizza restaurant. But as far as we can tell you don’t really need to know much to know it’s a must-see if you’re ever in Ponca. After all, what’s better than a few low-key holes of golf, a warm, crispy slice, and a decadent scoop of ice cream all in the same place?”
Nevada: Twilight Zone by Monster Mini Golf, Las Vegas
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (111 reviews)
While some folks claim there’s nothing to do in Las Vegas off the Strip, Twilight Zone Mini Golf is direct proof that’s simply not true. All of the 10,000-square foot indoor course’s 18 holes glow in the dark, are custom-designed, and look totally unique. An on-site live DJ plays old-school tunes and asks trivia questions—complete with prizes—from open to close, ramping up the fun.
New Hampshire: Chucksters, Hooksett
– Rating: 5 / 5 (18 reviews)
There are two 18-hole courses to choose from at Chucksters in Hooksett, New Hampshire: the Cave Course, which is ADA-accessible, and the Fire Tower Course, which definitely is not wheelchair accessible.
The Fire Tower Course claims to have the longest, shortest, easiest, and most difficult minigolf shots in the world— though you can be the judge of those claims. One round of golf is $10 per adult, but if you choose to play both courses in a single day the park does offer a steep discount on the second round.
New Jersey: Congo Falls Adventure Golf, Ocean City
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (201 reviews)
Boasting a “Disneyland-like atmosphere,” Congo Falls Adventure Golf is located on the world-famous New Jersey boardwalk. The park has three 18-hole courses, two outdoor and one air-conditioned indoor, all with different themes. After you finish the last hole, be sure to snap a picture with the iconic, larger-than-life, King Kong statue that guards the entrance.
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New Mexico: Hinkle Fun Center, Albuquerque
– Rating: 4 / 5 (93 reviews)
Minigolf isn’t the only attraction at Alburquerque’s Hinkle Fun Center—there are also bumper cars, laser tag, go-karts, a game room, and half a dozen other things to keep your family busy. However, the two 18-hole minigolf courses certainly are the main draw. Beautifully landscaped, the courses are dotted with streams, lakes, waterfalls, trees, gazebos, and bridges, making play as easy on the eyes as it is challenging.
New York: Shipwreck Amusements, Cortland
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (90 reviews)
Golfers at south central New York state’s Shipwreck Amusements have two options: a traditional outdoor minigolf course or an indoor, blacklight course. Outside are 18 holes of pirate-themed fun, including what they claim is the longest minigolf hole in the world. Inside you’ll find 18 holes of glow-in-the-dark golf, complete with detailed wall murals and life-sized animal statues.
North Carolina: Patio Playground Putt-Putt, Topsail Beach
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (91 reviews)
The only minigolf facility on North Carolina’s Topsail Beach Island, Patio Playground Putt-Putt is a 1950s-themed outdoor course. With a live DJ on Wednesdays and Fridays, the location also has an arcade and ice cream stand on site. And during the warmer summer months, costumed characters make appearances providing the perfect photo ops for families with younger children.
North Dakota: The Putt District, Minot
– Rating: 5 / 5 (6 reviews)
A newer addition to the minigolf scene, North Dakota’s The Putt District only opened back in 2017. The glow-in-the-dark course features 14 difficult holes, as well as a lounge where patrons can enjoy a cold drink or locally sourced ice cream treat.
Ohio: Alien Vacation Mini Golf Attraction, Medina
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (85 reviews)
A 3D, interactive, blacklight minigolf course, Alien Vacation Mini Golf is a whimsical, otherworldly experience designed by the world-renowned artist Mark Klaus. The 18-hole Ohio course, which winds through 12 themed rooms, is dotted with movie paraphernalia, making it a veritable sci-fi museum. Halfway through the attraction, you’ll find the Mars Bar, where you can sit a spell and enjoy a beer or an ice-cold slushy.
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Oklahoma: Brickopolis, Oklahoma City
– Rating: 4 / 5 (90 reviews)
In the heart of Oklahoma City lies Brickopolis, an amusement park that contains everything from minigolf to precious rock mining to laser tag. The outdoor 18-hole minigolf course is the venue’s crown jewel—perfectly suited for the teen/tween/family crowd that frequents it. According to several reviewers, the staff regularly gives away free games of laser tag to putt-putt players who hit a hole in one.
Oregon: Glowing Greens, Portland
– Rating: 4 / 5 (52 reviews)
With only 13 holes, Glowing Greens provides a quicker minigolf experience than many of the other locations on our list. But just because it’s smaller doesn’t mean it’s any less of a good time. In fact, the indoor blacklight pirate and ocean-themed course feature impressive 3D sets, animated skeletons, and CGI videos that keep even the easiest holes fun and exciting.
Pennsylvania: Village Greens Miniature Golf, Strasburg
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (189 reviews)
Can’t decide between spending an afternoon strolling through a luscious garden or playing a round or two of minigolf? Head to Village Greens Miniature Golf in Lancaster County and do a bit of both. Spread out over 13 acres of beautiful countryside, the courses make use of the natural surroundings and improved landscaping for obstacles, eliminating the need for plastic barricades or tacky windmills.
Rhode Island: Mulligan’s Island Golf & Entertainment, Cranston
– Rating: 4 / 5 (52 reviews)
Both of the Mulligan’s Island Golf & Entertainment minigolf courses are designed to make players feel as if they were stranded on a remote island. Designed around a volcano that blows with real flames, the 18-hole attractions are ADA-accessible and suitably challenging for players of all ages. After you wind up your game, you can check out the other options on the property, like the driving range, batting cages, and the tiki hut.
South Carolina: Pirate’s Island Adventure Golf, Hilton Head
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (1253 reviews)
Pirate’s Island Adventure Golf has two 18-hole courses—one easy, one hard—which traverse caves, pirate ships, and a pirate village. The Hilton Head area’s warm weather allows for the courses to be open year-round, though hours change seasonally, and all-day play is an option for those who aren’t satisfied with just a round or two.
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South Dakota: Putz n Glo Black Light Mini Golf, Rapid City
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (104 reviews)
Rock through the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s at this indoor minigolf experience in South Dakota. The course’s 18 decade-themed holes include several standard obstacles like windmills, but the black light elevates them from boring to thrilling. Those looking to spice the game up can pick up a mischief spinner at the start of their game, which tosses in challenges, like attempting a hole with your eyes closed.
Tennessee: Toy Box Mini Golf, Pigeon Forge
– Rating: 5 / 5 (422 reviews)
Your inner child is sure to fall in love with Toy Box Mini Golf, an outdoor, toy-themed, 18-hole course in Pigeon Forge. Larger-than-life sculptures of childhood classics—from Rubix cubes to baby dolls and Lego blocks—line the course, creating fun opportunities for playful photos. After visitors are done playing this Tennessee course they can stop inside the on-site toy and candy shop and bring home a little childhood magic of their own.
Texas: Peter Pan Mini Golf, Austin
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (99 reviews)
First opened in 1948, Peter Pan Mini Golf has been owned and operated by the Dismuke family for over 70 years of its existence. The two 18-hole courses feature two Austin icons—a giant wooden Peter Pan and T. Rex—as well as plenty of split-level and water obstacles. Texas’ warm weather allows the course to be open year-round, though hours of operation vary by season and day. Be sure to check with the front office before deciding on a tee time.
Utah: Fiesta Fun Family Fun Center, St. George
– Rating: 4 / 5 (47 reviews)
Whether you choose to battle it out among the grizzly bears or wind your way through a fantasy world, you’re certain to enjoy your minigolf experience at Fiesta Fun Family Center. The two 18-hole outdoor courses are joined by tons of other games and attractions like bowling, laser tag, bumper boats, go-karts, batting cages, and an arcade, making this the perfect place to spend your next family day.
Vermont: Champ’s Trading Post Extreme Mini Golf, Addison
– Rating: 5 / 5 (4 reviews)
Open from Memorial Day through the end of September, Champ’s Training Post Extreme Mini Golf provides an exciting, outdoor, nine-hole experience for players of all ages. Beautiful landscaping and complex rock formations define the course, which transforms into a Christmas tree lot during the colder months. After finishing the game, visitors can browse through a handful of local Vermont delicacies, including maple syrup and honey, in the neighboring gift shop.
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Virginia: Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf, Williamsburg
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (387 reviews)
The Williamsburg, Virginia, location of Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf is widely considered among the best Pirate’s Cove in the country. Two 18-hole courses provide ample space for multiple groups to play at once, and the particularly devoted have the option to play both courses on the same day for a discounted price. As the name would suggest, the course is full of pirate-themed obstacles like sunken ships, buried treasure, and renegade cannons.
Washington: Flatstick Pub, Seattle
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (45 reviews)
This adults-only mini golf experience combines nine holes of putt-putt with craft microbrews, making it the perfect place for date night, ladies’ night, guys’ night, or anything in between. Each of the holes is decorated with Seattle landmarks—and holes 2-8 actually spell out the city name—and while it’s not the most challenging course at $8 per person, you really can’t beat it for a night of fun.
Washington DC: Swingers The Crazy Golf Club, Dupont Circle
– Rating: 5 / 5 (6 reviews)
An adults-only course imported from London, Swingers is a 20,000-square foot, two-story, indoor minigolf course that combines craft cocktails with classic obstacles. Two nine-hole layouts exist side-by-side in the 1920s English country golf club-themed space, each with a prize wheel at the final hole that affords visitors the opportunity to win everything from free shots to snacks from the attached food hall. A round costs between $19-$24, excluding drinks, which makes it one of the more expensive courses on our list, but still well worth a visit for the 21-and-over crowd.
West Virginia: Mountain State Miniature Golf, Beckley
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (53 reviews)
Playing through all 18 holes at Mountain State Miniature Golf, visitors will not only hone their golf skills but will also learn quite a bit about the state of West Virginia. The themed attraction, which has also been voted one of USA Today’s “30 Most Interesting Courses in America,” takes you over a replica of the New River Gorge Bridge, past an outhouse, and through the twisty-turny Route 5 West Virginia Turnpike. The course is open daily throughout the summer months but is closed during the cooler part of the year.
Wisconsin: Red Putter Mini Golf, Ephraim
– Rating: 4.5 / 5 (115 reviews)
Locally owned and operated, Red Putter Mini Golf has been welcoming players since 1993. The 18-hole course is open from May to October, with special events—like the Frostbite Open on New Year’s Day and the Red Putter Pro Tournament in August—scattered throughout the year. Though it only costs $5 per person on an average day, there is a free weekend in May for those looking for even more affordable Wisconsin family fun.
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Wyoming: Cody City Park Miniature Golf Course, Cody
– Rating: 5 / 5 (3 reviews)
Over 20,000 players visit Cody City Park’s miniature golf course each summer. For just $5 per person, visitors can enjoy the attraction’s 18 holes, which are based on landmarks in and around the Wyoming town. The course is open daily from June to August, with limited hours in May and September—cold and snowy winter months prevent it from being opened year-round. | https://cw33.com/news/texas/best-minigolf-in-texas-and-every-us-state/ | 2022-07-23T20:05:53Z |
Streamlined VC, WndrCo, Rembrandt VC, B3 Capital, CapitalX, Alumni Venture and Stonks Participate
SAN FRANCISCO, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Front, an investment app where users can manage all their investments and assets in one place, today announced that it has raised additional $5.5M in seed funding after winning the FinTech competition at Stonks.com, bringing its total funding to more than $10M to date. This most recent round of fundraising is led by Streamlined VC and other investors like WndrCo (Jeff Katzenberg, ex-chairman of The Walt Disney Company and founder of DreamWorks), Rembrandt VC, B3 Capital, CapitalX and Stonks, along with a few other notable VCs and angel investors. Early investors include Will Smith (Dreamers VC), B Capital Group, Plug and Play, and Alumni Venture.
Today on ProductHunt, Front also announced that trading is enabled for all users across connected brokerages and crypto accounts. Now, Front users can execute trades and manage investments across all their brokerage accounts in a single app. Having launched in August 2021, the Front app has recently surpassed $600M in connected assets. Front is integrated with over 150 brokerages, including popular platforms such as Robinhood, Coinbase, Ameritrade, and Alpaca, making it easy for the majority of retail investors to manage their entire portfolio in a single app.
"We are proud to support Front's drive for a streamlined investment solution that helps people make better investment decisions," said Ullas, General Partner of Streamlined VC. "We're very excited to help fuel Front's vision and unique position to help investors manage their aggregated portfolio in this digital-first world."
"Since launching Front in 2020, we've been focused on building a powerful investment app to better serve the needs of a new generation of investors," said Bam Azizi, CEO, and co-founder of Front Financial. "Gen-Z and Millennials are managing their lives on their phones, and they deserve a better solution that helps them to manage all their assets and investment data on the go all in a single app."
"Front is also market agnostic. We are here to help whenever investors need us, and our ability to help investors potentially improve their portfolio is not affected by a market downturn."
Front continues to expand its app's functionality to meet the needs of a new generation of investors. Its 40-person team is focused on delivering further integration with broker-dealers, crypto exchanges, and digital asset wallets globally this year.
Front continues to deliver powerful features to support mobile investment solutions by building products with clear goals of customization, connection, and a customer-focused approach.
Front is a platform offering portfolio and data aggregation across asset classes, (Equities, Crypto, Alts, NFTs, etc.) to help users see all of their assets in one place. As a companion app to Robinhood, Coinbase, Carta, OpenSea, and more, Front makes it easy to manage investments while on the go. Front is a super app for retail investors providing real-time read and execute integration with 150 broker dealers, marketplaces, exchanges and data providers. In addition to aggregation, Front provides to users a personalized experience, portfolio optimization insights, a Front Score, social investing, educational tools and real time market data. Get the free Front app for iOS and Android. Learn more at GetFront.com.
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Flesch rallies with 65 for another win at TPC Sugarloaf
DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — Steve Flesch is a winner again on the TPC Sugarloaf. Four years after his only other PGA Tour Champions win, Flesch won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic for the second time. He had to rally from a four-shot deficit in the final round with a 65. David Toms needed to birdie the par-5 18th to force a playoff. He wasn’t comfortable with a hybrid for his second shot, so Toms chose to lay up. He only hit wedge to 18 feet and missed the birdie putt. Toms shot 70 and tied for second with Padraig Harrington and Fred Couples. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/05/08/flesch-rallies-with-65-for-another-win-at-tpc-sugarloaf/ | 2022-05-09T02:13:05Z |
RALEIGH, N.C., June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Irony, a Raleigh-based tech consulting company and strategic MuleSoft partner, has launched Revive - an offering tailored to help MuleSoft customers whose business objectives have been derailed by failed deployments and flawed integration architectures. This launch is a response to significant market feedback.
"Unfortunately, we're seeing a large install base of MuleSoft customers where low-cost partners did not set them up for success. This is highly disappointing to us since we've always seen MuleSoft as a strategic platform that lets customers invest in solving digital transformation's top technology problem: scalable systems integration. The approach of throwing under-skilled labor at a platform like MuleSoft without a foundation is counter-productive, and many customers have paid the price and missed high-level business goals because of it."
- Aaron Shook, Founder & CEO of Green Irony
Aligning with MuleSoft CONNECT 2022's themes of innovation and driving business outcomes, Revive's purpose is to rescue customers struggling to thrive and realize the full potential of their MuleSoft investment. The Revive program leverages state-of-the-art artificial intelligence to quickly identify all APIs within an enterprise's IT environment and diagnose issues to quickly get customers back on track.
Through the Revive offering, Green Irony's team evaluates the customer's existing architecture, utilization of MuleSoft capabilities, development best practices, and upcoming roadmap to maximize the use of Anypoint Platform with architectural patterns that meet business objectives.
"Anypoint Platform is not a magic wand. Its true power lies in giving companies the ability to design APIs more strategically to align with business goals. By using artificial intelligence, Revive lets us quickly diagnose what went wrong and make recommendations for how we can get back on track. We're very excited to help this underserved segment of the MuleSoft customer base realize their original visions of scalable, API-led integration fueling greater business agility."
- Aaron Shook
Revive deliverables include a distillation of Green Irony's findings through a platform assessment and an in-depth implementation plan that includes budget, resourcing, and timelines required to meet business objectives.
Green Irony is a Raleigh-based tech consulting company specialized in building integration architectures to enable digital transformations. They help clients align business goals to scalable technology solutions in partnership with world-class platforms to deliver rapid value. These partners include MuleSoft, Salesforce, Noname Security, and FormStack.
Green Irony was founded in 2016 as a Salesforce partner when they saw the capabilities of the platform to drive business value to stakeholders quicker than any other technology when applied correctly. They set out to build an organization best equipped to deliver on the promise of this world-class software by combining best-of-breed technology expertise with platform expertise to address the challenges of complex enterprise software environments.
To learn more about Green Irony's expertise, Revive, and other service offerings, visit greenirony.com.
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DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan has agreed to destroy more than 3 million dried blood spots taken from babies and kept in storage, a partial settlement in an ongoing lawsuit over consent and privacy in the digital age.
At the state’s direction, hospitals have routinely pricked the heels of newborns to draw blood to check for more than 50 rare diseases. That practice, which is widespread across the U.S., isn’t being challenged. Rather, the dispute is over leftover samples.
A blood spot from each child is stored in Lansing while five more are sent to the Michigan Neonatal Biobank in Detroit for safekeeping under climate-controlled conditions.
Scientists can pay a fee to use the Detroit-stored samples for various research projects. Research with newborn blood spots occurs in other states, too, especially California, New York and Minnesota where they can be kept for decades.
Texas in 2009 agreed to destroy millions of spots to settle a lawsuit over privacy.
Since 2010, Michigan must have permission from parents to use spots for research. But attorney Philip Ellison argues that the program still violates constitutional protections against searches and seizures and might not be fully understood by parents who are presented with forms amid the fog of childbirth.
Ellison claims the consent form and a related brochure are vague, making no reference, for example, to the state collecting fees for blood spots used by scientists.
“If moms and dads say, ‘Use them. I don’t care’ — that’s their business,” he told The Associated Press. “But the state is not giving them enough information to make an informed decision. … Most people have no recollection of signing anything. My wife had a C-section. She was still groggy 12 hours later from all the drugs pumped into her from giving birth.”
Ashley Kanuszewski acknowledged that she signed forms allowing blood spots from two babies to be added to the research bank but doesn’t recall receiving an informational brochure at the hospital.
“I don’t like not knowing where or what they’re using it for,” said Kanuszewski, one of four parents who sued in 2018.
In May, after four years of litigation, the health department said it would destroy certain blood spots stored in Lansing over the next 18 months and stop adding to that inventory, according to an agreement filed in federal court in Bay City.
Those spots number 3.4 million, spokeswoman Lynn Sutfin said.
Sutfin declined to explain why the state agreed to get rid of them, citing the ongoing litigation. But in 2021, U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington said the state had no specific permission from parents to keep a single leftover blood spot in Lansing.
The state has described them as spots that could be used by parents in case future health questions arise.
The agreement to destroy those spots doesn’t end the case. Still in play: Millions that are under the state’s control at Wayne State University in Detroit and available for research, including many that precede May 2010 when the health department began asking for parental consent.
In the months ahead, Ludington will hold a trial to try to determine how many blood spots really are needed for newborn disease screening, including to calibrate critical testing equipment, among other issues.
The health department is defending how it runs the program. It emphasizes that no spots are stored for research unless parents or guardians give permission. Spots also can be destroyed upon request, though the number of people who take that step each year is very small.
A code — not someone’s name — is attached to blood spots that are stored in Detroit, making privacy risk during research “very low,” the state said.
“We only allow activities which pertain to public health for benefit of all, for public good, for getting better testing in the future, for discovering more and so on,” Sandip Shah, director of the state’s public health laboratory, said in an interview with lawyers.
The department publishes a list of approved research. The state last year, for example, signed off on scientists using 3,600 newborn blood spots to determine exposure to so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS in western Michigan. Other projects have involved for-profit companies.
“How this court resolves the issues presented by plaintiffs could dramatically impact the biomedical research environment, potentially chilling scientific progress critical to protecting public health,” the Association of Public Health Laboratories said in a court filing.
In 2009, Texas agreed to destroy millions of newborn blood spots that were kept without consent. Spots obtained since 2012 now are destroyed after two years unless Texas parents agree to have them stored longer for research.
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BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of Japan held a presentation ceremony on Thursday, September 8, 2022, at the Residence of the Ambassador of Japan to formally confer the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, from the Emperor of Japan to Centrus Energy Corp. (NYSE American: LEU) President and CEO Daniel B. Poneman. Poneman was among the Spring 2020 award recipients, but the ceremony was delayed because of the pandemic.
"I am humbled and deeply grateful to the Government of Japan for this honor and wish to thank the many individuals who have made it possible. We all know that these awards are really about teamwork, so I consider myself to be accepting this award on behalf of all the people I have had the privilege to work with on the US-Japan relationship going back nearly 30 years," Poneman said. "The United States and Japan can develop and deploy the next generation of reactors in our own countries and around the world. Just as importantly, the United States and Japan must cooperate in providing the nuclear fuel needed to support both existing reactors and the exciting new generation of designs coming down the road. In doing so, we can provide energy security for our own countries, our partners, and allies, while setting and enforcing global nonproliferation standards that are second to none."
The Ambassador of Japan to the United States, Koji Tomita, delivered remarks and conferred the award on behalf of the Emperor of Japan. The event also featured remarks from former U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, and Managing Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation Tadashi Maeda. Congratulatory messages were received from Shinsuke Sugiyama, Adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs; Takashi Shimada, Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister; Takeo Akiba, National Security Advisor; Takaya Imai, Special Advisor to the Cabinet; Hirohide Hirai, Vice-Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI); and Shin Hosaka, Commissioner of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy at METI.
Poneman's full remarks from the event are available here.
This is one of the highest decorations that any foreigner can receive. Poneman's award comes "in recognition of his contributions towards enhancing the relationship between Japan and the United States of America in the energy sector." The original award announcement from the Government of Japan specifically cited Poneman's service as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy from 2009 to 2014, including "leading the discussion on bilateral civil nuclear cooperation through his role as the Co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Bilateral Commission on Civil Nuclear Cooperation from its establishment in 2012."
The Order of the Rising Sun was established in 1875 by Emperor Meiji to be awarded for exceptional civil or military merit.
Centrus Energy is a trusted supplier of nuclear fuel and services for the nuclear power industry. Centrus provides value to its utility customers through the reliability and diversity of its supply sources – helping them meet the growing need for clean, affordable, carbon-free electricity. Since 1998, the Company has provided its utility customers with more than 1,750 reactor years of fuel, which is equivalent to 7 billion tons of coal. With world-class technical and engineering capabilities, Centrus is also advancing the next generation of centrifuge technologies so that America can restore its domestic uranium enrichment capability in the future. Find out more at www.centrusenergy.com.
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SAVANNAH, Ga., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sleep aid manufacturer Relaxium announced its new status as an Inc 5000 company. RELAXIUM®, a research-driven leading Nutraceutical Brand that's been backed by numerous clinical studies, offers non-habit-forming natural supplements that are shaking up the natural sleep aid and mood support markets. The products are formulated by Dr. Eric Ciliberti, M.D.
Every year, Inc. Magazine generates a list of the top 5,000 most successful private companies in the country based on their annual success rate. While there are a few other industry leaders that pump out a similar list, this particular compilation is known as one of the most prestigious.
The Inc. 5000, unlike other lists that are based on a company's net worth, is a renowned showcase of the most noteworthy examples of corporate development over the previous year. This powerful nod of recognition gives credit where it's due, putting it into the hands of some of the hardest-working, most talented entrepreneurs in the nation.
One of the products in the lineup, RELAXIUM® Sleep, comes at a perfect time. According to the National Institutes of Health, 50 to 70 million Americans are said to suffer from sleep disorders. "Sleeping disorders and issues are at an all-time high, and sleeping pills are no longer as trusted as they once were, for good reason," Ciliberti reportedly commented. "As such, we are delighted that our product's efficacy is being widely recognized. It's encouraging."
Dr. Ciliberti, a board-certified physician, clinical neurologist, sleep expert, and founder of The American Behavioral Research Institute, has created a line of supplements that are quickly gaining popularity as some of the most popular non-synthetic mood support products sold today.
RELAXIUM® Sleep is a sleep aid made from naturally-derived ingredients including melatonin, L-tryptophan, gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and several herbal extracts: (Ashwagandha, Valerest®, a blend of hops and valerian, Chamomile Passionflower). Its efficacy has been proven in clinical trials and via the response of customers, which have been universally positive. No adverse effects were reported in the study, making it a safe and effective means of repairing and restoring your natural sleep cycle.
The RELAXIUM® customer help desk is available 24/7 via phone at 1-888-353-1205.
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NEW YORK, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Apyx Medical Corporation (NASDAQ: APYX).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Apyx between May 12, 2021 and March 11, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 5, 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, Apyx Medical Corporation issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) a significant number of Apyx's Advanced Energy products were used for off-label indications; (2) such off-label uses led to an increase in the number of medical device reports filed by Apyx reporting serious adverse events; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur regulatory scrutiny; (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
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‘Devastating’: Mass shootings obscure daily U.S. gun toll
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Cameron Taylor was watching an illegal street race that had attracted hundreds to an intersection in Portland, Oregon, but decided to leave as the crowd got increasingly unruly. Moments later, gunfire erupted, and Taylor was hit by a stray bullet as he and a friend headed to their car.
Police, who were overwhelmed with 911 calls about other shootings, couldn’t control multiple street takeovers in the city that night and had trouble finding the victims of three shootings that occurred during the chaos.
“His friend who was with him put him in the car and drove him out to get him to the hospital, but he was not able to make it and that friend called his parents” to say Taylor was dead, family friend Erin Russell told The Associated Press.
Taylor, 20, died Sunday the same day that four high-profile, public shooting rampages in Bend, Oregon, Phoenix, Detroit and Houston drew national headlines. His slaying went largely unnoticed amid the daily toll of gun violence that has come to define Portland and a number of other American cities since the pandemic.
Homicide rates appear to be dropping in some major U.S. cities, such as New York and Chicago, but in others killings are on the rise, particularly from guns. In Portland, the homicide rate surged 207% since 2019 and there have been more than 800 shootings so far this year. In Phoenix, police Chief Jeri Williams said this week the gun violence was the worst she’d seen in 33 years on the job.
“How many more officers have to be shot? How many more community members have to be killed before those in our community take a stand? This is not only a Phoenix police issue, this is a community issue,” she said after a weekend that tallied 17 shootings and 11 homicides citywide.
Now, police are on edge heading into Labor Day weekend, with its traditional end-of-summer festivities, and some are adding extra patrols as they brace for more potential violence.
In Portland, police busy with three killings and nine non-fatal shootings in 48 hours couldn’t control three illegal street races last weekend that attracted hundreds and shut down major intersections for hours. In Houston, the day after a gunman shot five neighbors, killing three, another man shot two sisters before killing himself.
In the past two weeks, authorities in Phoenix have confiscated 711 guns and made 525 gun-related arrests as part of a targeted crackdown. Nearly 90% of homicides there this year were by gun, police said. In Detroit, where a man is accused of shooting three people at random on city streets last weekend, authorities are also cracking down on gun violence in high-crime neighborhoods through Labor Day.
“Let’s stop talking about our inability to respond to crime in the community. Let’s stop advertising to criminals that they’re going to get away with it,” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said, using an expletive at a City Council meeting this week after police Chief Chuck Lovell once more asked for more officers.
“I think we should stop using the messaging at every turn, that the reason we can’t help our citizens with basic criminal justice issues is because we don’t have the personnel,” Wheeler said. “We’ve got to figure out better ways to address this crisis.”
Last weekend’s rampages — which included a heavily armed assailant who stormed a central Oregon supermarket, random shootings on Detroit streets and a Phoenix man who opened fire while wearing body armor — were shocking and scary, but they aren’t representative of the broader toll gun violence is taking on American society, experts said.
Victims killed in mass shootings make up about 1% of all those killed in gun homicides nationwide, despite headlines that instill fear in many Americans, said James Fox, a professor at Northeastern University who has created a database of mass killings stretching back to 2006 with The Associated Press and USA Today.
All four shootings last weekend didn’t even meet the database’s definition of a mass killing — four or more people, excluding the assailant, killed in a 24-hour period — but they nonetheless sowed fear because of the random nature of the violence, he added.
“Those don’t tend to make news. They don’t tend to scare people because people say, ‘Well, that’s not my family,” Fox said. “We have as many as 20,000 gun homicides a year, and most of those are one victim. Sometimes two, sometimes three, (but) rarely four or more.”
The pandemic and the social unrest it caused has also played a role. Eight million Americans became first-time gun owners between 2019 and 2021, said Jeffrey Butts, director of the research and evaluation center for the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at City University of New York.
“We already had 400 million guns in circulation. So when you bump that up and include a lot of first-timers in the population, you get accidents, you get precipitous behavior, you get people reacting to small insults and conflicts with their guns because they’re in their pocket now,” he said.
Meanwhile Taylor’s friends and family mourn his death in Portland.
The car aficionado and beloved big brother who loved barbecues and spending time with his family was “at the wrong place at the wrong time,” Russell said.
“He has a lot of friends and a lot of family who love him dearly, and this is a devastating loss.”
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Associated Press reporter Walt Berry in Phoenix contributed to this report.
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Bikers gather to support important issue among veterans
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -Saturday was the annual Hand Up, Stand Up Ride.
13NEWS’ Chris Fisher was the emcee for this event that shows support for veterans suffering from PTSD at the Topeka VA.
Bikers gathered at Harley Davidson for a ride through Shawnee County communities to raise awareness for a common issue, PTSD.
“Personnel over in the war don’t know always who their friend or foe is. It is hard on the veterans when they come back and they are taught to be really tough when they are over here, and push their feelings down. So, when they come here and have to deal with their emotions its very difficult on them,” said Bob Lewis, Chairman of Hand Up, Stand Up.
100% of the proceeds from this event go back to help in the Topeka VA and local veterans around the community.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I needed an efficient and environmentally-friendly solution for wrapping branch trees with Christmas lights without staples and without gaps to evenly blanket a tree," said an inventor, from Miami Beach, Fla., "so I invented THE BRIDGE. My design works in conjunction with the elastic mini lights to wrap trees with Christmas lights without damaging the trees or the lights."
The patent-pending invention provides an easier way to secure mini lights on a tree. In doing so, it helps to evenly space the lights on the tree. As a result, it saves time, effort and money and it could enhance the appearance of the illuminated decoration. The invention features a practical design that is easy to use so it is ideal for households and commercial locations. Additionally, a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the Hollywood/Miami sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-HAD-181, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for XOM, MSFT, NVDA, CPB, and GME.
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Judge concedes that Trump affidavit may be heavily redacted
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge acknowledged Monday that redactions to an FBI affidavit spelling out the basis for the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate might be so extensive as to make the document “meaningless” if released to the public. But he said he continued to believe it should not remain sealed in its entirety because of the public interest in the ongoing criminal investigation.
A written order from U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart largely restates what he said in court last week, when he directed the Justice Department to propose redactions about the information in the affidavit that it wants to remain secret. That submission is due Thursday at noon.
Justice Department officials have sought to keep the entire document sealed, saying disclosing any portion of it risks compromising an investigation and divulging investigative techniques. They have advised the judge that the redactions to the affidavit they would likely propose would be so numerous that the public would be left without substantive new information in the event the document was released.
Reinhart acknowledged that possibility in his Monday order, writing, “I cannot say at this point that partial redactions will be so extensive that they will result in a meaningless disclosure, but I may ultimately reach that conclusion after hearing further from the Government.”
Several news organizations, including The Associated Press, have urged the judge to unseal additional records tied to this month’s search of Mar-A-Lago, when FBI officials said they recovered 11 sets of classified documents, including top secret records, from the Florida estate.
Of particular interest is the affidavit supporting the search, which presumably contains key details about the Justice Department’s investigation examining whether Trump retained and mishandled classified and sensitive government records. Trump and some of his supporters have also called for the document to be released, hoping it will expose what they contend was government overreach.
In his written ruling, Reinhart said the Justice Department had a compelling interest in preventing the affidavit from being released in its entirety. But he said he did not believe it should remain fully sealed, and said he was not persuaded by the department’s arguments that the redaction process “imposes an undue burden on its resources.”
“Particularly given the intense public and historical interest in an unprecedented search of a former President’s residence, the Government has not yet shown that these administrative concerns are sufficient to justify sealing,” he wrote.
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TAMPA, Fla., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Primo Water Corporation (NYSE: PRMW) (TSX: PRMW) (the "Company" or "Primo"), a leading provider of sustainable drinking water solutions in North America and Europe, today announced that it will participate in the 2022 Jefferies Consumer Conference on June 20 - June 22, 2022.
A fireside chat presentation featuring Primo's CEO, Tom Harrington, will begin at approximately 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time on June 20, 2022 and will be webcast through the investor relations section of Primo's website at primowatercorp.com and will be archived for replay for a period of 30 days following the event.
For purposes of public disclosure, including this and future similar events, Primo uses the investor relations section of its website as the primary channel for publishing key information to its investors, some of which may contain material and previously non-public information.
ABOUT PRIMO WATER CORPORATION
Primo Water Corporation is a leading pure-play water solutions provider in North America and Europe and generates approximately $2.1 billion in annual revenue. Primo operates largely under a recurring razor/razorblade revenue model. The razor in Primo's revenue model is its industry leading line-up of sleek and innovative water dispensers, which are sold through retailers and online at various price points. The dispensers help increase household penetration which drives recurring purchases of Primo's razorblade offering. Primo's razorblade offering is comprised of Water Direct, Water Exchange, and Water Refill. Through its Water Direct business, Primo delivers sustainable hydration solutions across its 21-country footprint direct to the customer's door, whether at home or to businesses. Through its Water Exchange and Water Refill businesses, Primo offers pre-filled and reusable containers at over 13,000 locations and water refill units at approximately 23,000 locations, respectively. Primo also offers water filtration units across its 21-country footprint.
Primo's water solutions expand consumer access to purified, spring, and mineral water to promote a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle while simultaneously reducing plastic waste and pollution. Primo is committed to its water stewardship standards and is proud to partner with the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) in North America as well as with Watercoolers Europe (WE), which ensure strict adherence to safety, quality, sanitation and regulatory standards for the benefit of consumer protection.
Primo is headquartered in Tampa, Florida (USA). For more information, visit www.primowatercorp.com.
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NEW YORK, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET).
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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.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — The Texas Lottery shouted out a huge seven-figure win for someone in DFW that bought a Powerball ticket from the June 11 drawing. However, there was another huge winner from Texas in this drawing.
Accompanying the $1 million winning ticket sold in DFW, is a Powerball ticket that matched four of the five winning numbers plus the Powerball to win $50,000, hold on it gets better.
This ticket was a Power Play which moved the prize from $50K to $100,000! Just one number short of winning the estimated $229 million jackpot prize. Information regarding this secondary prize winner was not included in the lottery’s release of information for the June 11 drawing.
Texas Lottery says, “Texas Lottery Commission only reports the payout information for Texas winners. For payout information of all participating states please visit www.powerball.com.” | https://cw33.com/news/local/100000-secondary-prize-winning-texas-lottery-powerball-ticket-sold-in-lone-star-state/ | 2022-06-13T18:08:09Z |
MONTREAL, July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - CCM Hockey is excited to announce the launch of their Limited Edition JetSpeed FT5 Pro Gold stick in collaboration with Sarah Nurse. This limited run of sticks celebrates Sarah Nurse's golden achievements and also gives back to help grow the game of hockey with a portion of proceeds going to the Hockey 4 Youth charity.
The limited edition stick is the same construction as the recently released JetSpeed FT5 Pro stick, with a custom design that celebrates Sarah Nurse recently winning Gold for Canada. It features her name, number and Canadian flag on the namebar, and her record breaking stats on the back; 5 goals and 13 assists for a total of 18 points in only 7 games. She set the Olympic record for most points and most assists in a single women's tournament and her 13 assists set the Olympic record for men and women dating back to 1960 at Beijing 2022. The sticks are only available for sale in Ontario stores and on CCM's website.
A portion of the proceeds of stick sales will be donated by CCM to Hockey 4 Youth, a foundation that supports young players and newcomers to Canada to learn the sport of hockey. The donation will contribute to new gear for these players and will help the foundation fund more camps that help grow the game and make it more accessible for newcomers to the sport.
"We are proud of all our athletes and were blown away by the record-breaking performance Sarah Nurse had representing Canada. To show our support for her we worked together to create a Limited Edition stick that would represent her golden performance, but also support a cause that is important to both Sarah and CCM." Robert Zaring, VP Marketing, CCM Hockey.
"I am beyond excited to team up with CCM to create this golden hockey stick and to be able to support the incredible efforts of Moe and Hockey 4 Youth in Ontario. I was introduced to hockey through my father who immigrated from the Caribbean and believed that every Canadian should know how to skate. I am passionate about creating an inclusive space for hockey players. Through fans purchase of these sticks we are able to make an immediate impact on providing more access for this community. Thank you for your support of me and this initiative." Sarah Nurse, Pro Hockey Player, Olympic & World Champion.
"It's an incredible honour to be connected to Sarah and the team at CCM through this Golden initiative! Hockey 4 Youth will be able to use these funds to support more newcomer teens, youth who face barriers and girls through access to free ice hockey and our off-ice T.E.A.C.H. program." Moezine Hasham, Founder & Executive Director, Hockey 4 Youth.
CCM Hockey is a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of hockey equipment. With its headquarters located in Montreal, the company has operations in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. CCM Hockey equips more professional hockey players than any other company, including superstars like Auston Matthews, Connor McDavid, Matt Dumba, Sidney Crosby, key female players such as, Kendall Coyne-Schofield and Sarah Nurse and top performing Goalies such as Jakub Markstrom, Thatcher Demko, Philip Grubauer and Maddie Rooney. CCM Hockey is also the official outfitter of the American Hockey League, the Canadian Hockey League, and several NCAA and National teams.
Sarah Nurse is a member of the Canadian Women's National Team and Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association (PWHPA). She is a two-time Olympian, winning Olympic Gold in 2022 and a 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship. Her impact also extends off the ice as Sarah uses her voice and platform to help lead the conversation around diversity, representation and advancing inclusion in the sport of hockey. The first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in hockey, she serves as a member of the NHL Player Inclusion Committee and is a board member and spokesperson for the PWHPA. Sarah is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a B.B.A in Business Administration - Marketing.
Hockey 4 Youth Foundation/Fondation hockey pour les jeunes is a charitable organization. Our mission is to foster social inclusion for newcomer teens of all genders and other youth who face barriers through access to free ice hockey and our off-ice life skills T.E.A.C.H. program (Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts, Community giving, Healthy Active Living). Since 2015, Hockey 4 Youth has worked with 600+ youth representing 36 countries of origin including: Syria, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Vietnam, Mexico, Jamaica, Ethiopia and the Philippines. For more information please visit hockey4youth.org
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CONCORD, N.C. (WJZY) – A former NFL player says he was unfairly treated by police and profiled while minding his business at a North Carolina mall.
It took place last week and Victor Hampton says he was putting some items in a car after shopping with a friend.
Before heading back into the mall to watch a movie, he heard the voice of an officer, “The first thing he yelled was ‘yo’ like very loud,” said Hampton. “There were people walking in the same vicinity as us so we didn’t think he was speaking to us, so initially we were kind of confused.”
Concord police were in the parking lot looking at a possible stolen vehicle according to Hampton. The pair kept walking and the officer yelled again, “Yo, ya’ll, stop where are ya’ll going,” Hampton said recounting the event.
Hampton started recording the back and forth after five minutes of the officer following him.
In the video you hear the officer telling the pair why he was following them, “Because you were in the area of a stolen car,” said the officer.
“How many people in the area of a stolen car,” replied Hampton.
The officer asked the couple for ID which they denied, and Hampton said he continued to feel profiled because he didn’t do anything.
“If you do not stop, you’re going to jail,” says the officer in the video. “Take me to jail,” replies Hampton.
Days later Hampton is still wondering why the situation got to that point, “Why are we even suspects of a stolen car? For one, where is the car, who are you looking for sir, he couldn’t tell us who he was looking for.”
The video shows the woman ask the officer about the suspect he is looking for.
“What does the person look like?” asked the woman.
“I don’t know,” replies the officer.
The officer tried to arrest the couple and take the phone from the woman. Concord police released a statement to Nexstar’s Queen City News saying the department would release another statement after an internal review of the incident.
Victor Hampton wants more than a review. He’s having nightmares since the incident, and all he says all he could think of during that altercation was don’t go to the ground.
“I didn’t want to be on the ground with them because I knew, hey we seen George Floyd and what happens on the ground right,” added Hampton. “I’m not going to the ground. I got to a point where I said listen because I don’t want to die today you can cuff me.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/former-nfl-player-says-officer-followed-him-for-looking-suspicious/ | 2022-05-26T18:35:28Z |
Multiple programs and partnerships point to composite-cased offerings as future of small arms
GARLAND, Texas, April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas-based True Velocity said Tuesday it is actively pursuing multiple domestic and international opportunities for advanced arms and ammunition development to benefit military and civilian end-users alike. The global focus on the modernization of small arms and ammunition has been galvanized in recent years by the U.S. Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon program, in which True Velocity and wholly owned subsidiary LoneStar Future Weapons were final contenders.
Chief among those opportunities is the ability to convert currently fielded weapon systems like the M240 belt-fed machine gun, the M134 rotary machine gun, and other weapons initially designed for standard 7.62x51mm ammunition to accommodate True Velocity's advanced, lightweight 6.8TVCM cartridge, a derivative of the NGSW program. This "switch-barrel" capability enables existing weapon systems to extend their effective range by as much as 50 percent and reduce ammunition weight by more than 30 percent with only a barrel change.
On March 15, the U.S. Army posted a "sources sought" solicitation seeking industry feedback on 6.8mm conversion kits for it's widely fielded M240B and M240L machine guns, which are traditionally chambered to fire 7.62x51mm ammunition.
"True Velocity stands by the unparalleled quality and accuracy of our world-class products, manufacturing processes, and IP, which through the last 24 months of evaluation in the NGSW program have generated significant interest from American and global defense markets," said Kevin Boscamp, chairman of True Velocity. "The NGSW program has served as an excellent proving ground for our advanced technology, and we look forward to equipping U.S. and allied forces alike with unprecedented capabilities."
True Velocity's proprietary composite-cased 6.8 TVCM ammunition delivers enhanced lethality, increased effective range, and an unmatched reduction in weight. The LoneStar Future Weapons RM277 rifle and automatic rifle offer maximum lethality in a compact, lightweight package capable of stable and accurate automatic fire, long-range effectiveness, and reduced recoil.
Production of a civilian version of the 6.8TVCM cartridge is also underway, and earlier this year True Velocity became the first ammunition manufacturer to receive certification from the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI) for a composite-cased cartridge. The 6.8 TVC commercial variant delivers a maximum average pressure of 65,000 psi with a 135-grain bullet at a velocity of 3,000 feet per second and offers significant weight reduction and accuracy advances compared to traditional brass cartridges. LoneStar Future weapons, in partnership with Beretta USA, plans to launch a semi-automatic version of the RM277 rifle – named the "Amicus" – for civilian shooters, and True Velocity is working with more than 50 other commercial manufacturers to develop and market rifles chambered for the 6.8TVC cartridge.
"The Next Generation Squad Weapon program allowed True Velocity and LoneStar Future Weapons to showcase the transformative nature of our technology," said Craig Etchegoyen, chairman of LoneStar Future Weapons and president of True Velocity. "We see extraordinary opportunity and enthusiasm for our products not only in the domestic and international defense markets, but in the civilian shooting space as well. We are just getting started."
Lightweight, composite-cased ammunition from True Velocity is currently offered online and at major retail locations across the U.S. including multiple configurations of .308 Winchester, 6.8 TVC, and a soon-to-be introduced .223 Remington cartridge.
To learn more about True Velocity, LoneStar Future Weapons and the NGSW program, visit TVAmmo.com.
About True Velocity
True Velocity is an advanced technology and composite manufacturing company based in Garland, Texas. Founded in 2010, True Velocity has more than 300 patents pending or issued on its products, technology, and manufacturing processes. Initially, the company is focused on revolutionizing the ammunition industry. True Velocity's proprietary composite cartridge provides significant logistical advantages over traditional brass-cased ammunition and gives end users unmatched accuracy, repeatability, and reliability, all in a light-weight cartridge. True Velocity products are manufactured in the U.S. in a state-of-the-art facility and are currently available to public agencies, at select retail locations and direct-to-consumer at tvammo.com.
About LoneStar Future Weapons
Texas-based LoneStar Future Weapons is an advanced technology company focused on the manufacture of next-generation defense solutions. LoneStar Future Weapons is a wholly owned subsidiary of True Velocity. For more information, visit lonestarfutureweapons.com.
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The company revealed its latest content offerings and key business updates at the event
BEIJING, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI, an innovative market-leading online entertainment service in China, hosted its second North America Annual Content Showcase on Aug. 10, an event which serves to highlight the company's commitment to providing more high-quality, original C-Content (Chinese-language content) to viewers.
Leo Geng, Senior Vice President of iQIYI said during the event, "We remain committed to creating best-in-class Asian entertainment as we build an extensive offering of high-quality content and make it more accessible for our North American audiences and partners. As a result, over the next two years, iQIYI will invest in the production of over 200 original Chinese-language content to meet the diverse demands of its global audience."
During the showcase, iQIYI's North American team featured a selection of upcoming titles, including Love Between Fairy and Devil and Mr. Bad, two much-anticipated shows from iQIYI's Sweet On Theater. Love Between Fairy and Devil tells the story of a young fairy (played by Esther Yu) and a devious warrior (played by Dylan Wang). Mr. Bad is about a novelist (played by Shen Yue) who accidentally summons the villain (played by Chen Zheyuan) in the novel she has written. These two shows are representative of the Sweet On Theater, a collection that combines traditional mythology, sci-fi, comedy and fantasy, around the core theme of romance.
iQIYI is well-known amongst Generation Z in North America, and continues to introduce content suiting the interest of young adult and teen audiences. The Heart of Genius, which was released last month, follows a teen girl (played by Zhang Zifeng) alongside her father (played by Lei Jiayin) and her first love Pei Zhi (played by Zhang Xincheng). This is a story of the pursuit of truth and love between the three main characters.
Meanwhile, Checkmate is a Chinese adaptation of the iconic Hercule Poirot series from Agatha Christie. Lost In the Kunlun Mountains is the new series starring Xu Kai, who is known for his previous role in series such as Falling Into Your Smile. In Fox Spirit Matchmaker 1 follows a romantic story starring lead actors Yang Mi and Gong Jun. In Love You Seven Times, Yang Chaoyue and Ding Yuxi come together in a story about two fairies who are banished to the mortal world. Thousand Years for You follows a thousand-year-old general (played by Ren Jialun) and his fantastical encounters with a tribal chief (played by Li Qin).
Content on iQIYI International comes with subtitles in more than ten languages, a testament to iQIYI's longstanding commitment to promoting Asian content globally.
Where can users watch iQIYI North America?
iQIYI International can be downloaded from app stores or via its website: www.iq.com. iQIYI International is now also available via Smart TV applications so that more global users can gain access to iQIYI's rich content library. A full list of these is provided below:
- Samsung Smart TVs
- LG Smart TVs
- Google Chromecast
- Android phones and tablets
- Android TV
- iPhones and iPads
- Apple TV
- Amazon Fire TV
- ROKU TV
CONTACT: iQIYI Press, press@qiyi.com
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Country Roads RV Will Continue to Offer Special Discounts and Pricing to Emergency First Responders, Medical Personnel and Active-Duty Military
LEXINGTON, N.C., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The founders of Country Roads RV Center are pleased to announce their current sales, promotions and updates for June, 2022.
To learn more about Country Roads and check out their latest news, please visit https://www.crrvc.com/country-roads-rv-center-news-and-events-june-2022/.
From experienced campers and weekend warriors to devoted "glampers" and people who are new to the RV experience, the friendly and experienced team at Country Roads RV Center will be there every Monday through Saturday in June, ready to showcase the latest in camper and RV design and technology.
"As we have since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Country Roads RV Center is proud to continue to offer special discounts and pricing on new and pre-owned campers and RVs to emergency first responders, medical personnel, and active-duty military personnel," a company spokesperson noted, adding that this is their way of showing their deepest gratitude to these hardworking people who work so hard to keep everyone safe and secure.
For those whose professions are not considered essential emergency personnel, Country Roads RV Center still has an amazing lineup of discounts and financing options.
In June, Country Roads RV Center is also highlighting the 2022 Sandpiper 391FLRB model. It offers a number of great features including a 6-point hydraulic auto-level that will level the unit with one touch once it arrives at the campsite, plenty of storage near the raised bedroom and slide-out bed on the driver's side, and a large 20 cubic foot residential refrigerator.
"Because the Sandpiper is certified for full-time living, reflective insulation is included in the ceiling and other select areas to make it easier to cool and heat, and it also offers a very large and comfortable rear bath with double sinks."
As one of the largest dealers in the state, Country Roads RV Center carries many different lines of 5th Wheels, Travel-Trailers and Toy Haulers, as well as a full service and parts department. Family owned and operated, they strive to give their customers the most enjoyable experience possible. For more information, please visit https://www.crrvc.com.
Country Roads RV Center
2609 Enterprise Road
Lexington, NC 27295
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Country star Miranda Lambert celebrated National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day with photos of her furry family.
"Here are some of my favorite moments with my rescue herd!" Lambert wrote on Instagram on Saturday. "Adopt don't shop!"
She posted photos of her five dogs, Thelma, Louise, Delta Dawn, Cher, and Bellamy; and two cats Tequila and Macaroni.
Lambert is a vocal supporter of animal shelters. The singer founded a nonprofit called MuttNation Foundation in 2009 with her mother. The organization conducts adoption drives, donation drives, and fundraising for animal shelters, according to its website.
Lambert included a video of her husband, New York police officer Brendan McLoughlin, doing pushups with one of the couple's dogs on his back. The pair got married in 2019 following Lambert's split from fellow country music star Blake Shelton in 2015.
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day was on April 30. It aims to raise awareness for the "millions of animals waiting for their forever homes in shelters across the country," according to the nonprofit American Humane.
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Lawmakers reach deal to help veterans exposed to burn pits
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional bargainers announced Wednesday that they have reached a deal on legislation to boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The agreement paves the way for passage of a bill that has become the top priority of veterans’ groups seeking to help the increasing number of people with illnesses that they believe are related to toxic exposure.
The top Democratic and Republican lawmakers on the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee reached an agreement after months of negotiations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., quickly threw their support behind the measure. Passage could come in July.
“Our veterans need it, they deserve it, and we have a moral obligation to take care of those who have sacrificed so much for us,” Schumer said.
The House in March passed a version of the bill that the Congressional Budget Office projected would increase federal spending by more than $300 billion over 10 years. It would increase access to VA health care to millions of veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan even if they don’t have service-connected disabilities.
The legislation would also presume that certain respiratory illnesses and cancers were related to burn pit exposure, allowing the veterans to obtain disability payments to compensate for their injury without having to prove the illness was a result of their service. Reporting from the Department of Veterans Affairs indicates that nearly 80% of exposure disability claims related to burn pits are denied.
The military routinely disposed of tires, batteries, medical waste and other materials in open burn pits during operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Most Republican lawmakers in the House voted against the bill, voicing concerns that the influx of cases would tax an already stressed VA system, leading to longer wait times for health care and the processing of disability claims.
A key difference in the agreement reached by Sens. Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is the phase-in period for presuming that certain conditions were caused by toxic exposure. But key elements of the House measure are part of the deal. Pelosi described the two bills as “nearly identical.”
The two senators said that 23 illnesses, including hypertension, would be presumed related to burn pit exposure when it comes to providing disability compensation.
“For far too long, our nation’s veterans have been living with chronic illnesses as a result of exposures during their time in uniform,” Tester and Moran said in a joint statement. “Today, we’re taking necessary steps to right this wrong with our proposal that’ll provide veterans and their families with the health care and benefits they have earned and deserve.”
The two senators said the bill would also affect veterans who served in Vietnam, expanding the number of illnesses presumed related to exposure to Agent Orange to include hypertension. It would also expand the presumption of exposure to the toxic herbicide for veterans who deployed to Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Guam and American Samoa.
Moran said the Senate bill would provide more resources up front for VA staffing to deal with the increased demand. He also projected it would come in at a lower price tag than the House bill by “tens of billions” of dollars, though an official cost estimate is not yet available. He said the changes in the Senate bill are “so the VA can get their feet on the ground and take care of all veterans without harming any veterans” already in the system.
President Joe Biden called on the VA last year to examine the impact of burn pits and other airborne hazards. Karine Jean-Pierre, the new White House press secretary, said Wednesday that passage of the bill “would be a welcome and long-awaited achievement” for veterans.
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The Return of the Zinger: Worlds of Fun to unveil new-look roller coaster
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - After it was discontinued more than 20 years ago, a popular Worlds of Fun coaster is returning.
The theme park announced Thursday morning a reimagined Zambezi Zinger will open in 2023. The ride had been one of the original roller coasters at Worlds of Fun when the park opened in 1973.
The ride’s new features include:
- Length: 2,428 feet
- Speed: 45 mph
- Duration: 2 minutes
- Track Style: Hybrid Titan Track
- Trains: New Infinity Flyer Trains, capable of taking on the most extreme coaster elements
- # of Trains: 2
- Riders/Train: 16
The ride will have side-by-side seating instead of the original toboggan-style seating. It will also be built on a new Titan Track, which sits on top of a galvanized steel and wood hybrid frame, Worlds of Fun detailed. It will reach 74 feet high, compared with the initial design of 57 feet.
Worlds of Fun will host a “season-long celebration of fun, memories and adventure” to mark the park’s 50 years of existence since it opened in 1973.
“The hallmark event will be ‘50 Nights of Fire,’ an amazing spectacle that will make you want to party non-stop,” the theme park stated in a release.
To watch a virtual ride of the new Zambezi Zinger ride, see the video below.
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Public records requests languish at Stark Metro Housing Authority in Canton
CANTON – The Stark Metropolitan Housing Authority has not fulfilled a number of public records requests.
By law, public bodies must allow for "prompt" inspection of records during normal business hours — if a request is made for copies of records, they are to be provided in a "reasonable" time.
Email correspondence related to the outstanding requests, including several made by The Canton Repository, were provided to the five-member Housing Authority board for its meeting Thursday. Jeff Patterson, interim executive director, included them inside an information packet to members.
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The records sought by the Repository in requests initially made on June 14 and July 16 were:
- Documents related to an internal investigation of contractors with ties to a former agency development director.
- Agendas, minutes and public notifications of special meetings held by the board on May 31, June 8 and June 16. The law requires 24-hour notice of such special meetings, as well as a stated purpose for the session.
- Hostile workplace complaints made by as many as six current and former employees against an agency employee.
A March 17 request by someone who did not identify themselves also asked for a slew of records.
That inquiry largely seeks information about former SMHA Executive Director Herman Hill, former legal counsel Corey Minor-Smith and an employee of the Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority — the agency that hired Hill in late March.
Patterson, who also is the Stark Housing Authority finance director, has served as executive director since Hill's departure. While Hill didn't provide such outstanding public records requests in board member packets for monthly meetings, Patterson said it's important.
"They need to be aware of this at all times," he said.
SMHA board and public records requests
After Thursday's meeting, board member Dan McMasters said it was the first time he'd seen the outstanding requests. He said all requests for public records should be fulfilled if the information is legally releasable.
Coincidentally perhaps, The Canton Repository was notified several hours after the meeting that the June 14 request had been fulfilled, in part. Those records will be made available for viewing at the SMHA office.
Patterson said agency policy funnels records requests to its legal services manager. They are then sent to Roetzel & Andress, a Cleveland law firm the agency contracts with.
Patterson said the firm handles them in a "dutiful" manner before giving the Housing Authority permission to release them.
Ohio's public records and open meeting laws — collectively known as Sunshine Laws — do not provide specific deadlines to fulfill requests.
In some cases, for example, records may have to be retrieved from storage or archives, or the volume of requested records can be so immense, it takes longer to retrieve and present or copy them.
However, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost's office does have a model public records policy for public bodies in the state.
That template states "requests for public records should be acknowledged in writing or, if feasible, satisfied within three business days following the office’s receipt of the request."
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Hrishi Talwar will lead the global product and marketing functions at Vesta
PORTLAND, Ore., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vesta, a leading end-to-end transaction guarantee platform for online purchases, today announced the hiring of experienced Identity and Fraud industry leader, Hrishi Talwar as Chief Product Officer.
With extensive global experience, Hrishi brings 20+ years of product management and technology expertise in the financial services, payments, and mobility space across various organizations. Most recently, Hrishi was responsible for the Identity, Fraud & Compliance business at Equifax. He led the overall product strategy which included the execution of innovative solutions and platforms leveraging the extensive Equifax and partner data ecosystems.
"I am excited to welcome Hrishi to Vesta. His expertise in identity, fraud, and compliance and his deep knowledge of payments is well set for driving our roadmap." said Ron Hynes, CEO of Vesta. "As online fraud continues to surge, fraudsters become more sophisticated, so we must continue to innovate and adapt our solutions to stay ahead of the curve and ahead of the fraudsters."
Hrishi will oversee Vesta's global product and marketing functions, from new product ideation through launch, with a focus on ensuring new product development and go to market strategies deliver enhanced approval rates for merchants and drive the true cost of fraud towards zero.
"Ecommerce sales grew to nearly $5 trillion worldwide in 2021 and are expected to continue to accelerate in the years ahead. Our customers want to focus on growth but have been forced to balance growth with the fear of fraud." said Hrishi Talwar. "Our market leading solutions help our customers eliminate fraud and increase approval rates, which allows them to focus on growing their business. I am excited to work with the team to continue to build Vesta's momentum and to further solidify Vesta's position as a global leader in fraud prevention and transaction approvals."
In addition to his experience at Equifax, Hrishi has also held several leadership positions at First Data (now Fiserv), Nokia, Panasonic, and Motorola. He holds an MBA from Emory University's Goizueta Business School, a master's degree in Computer Science from Georgia State University and a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from University of Pune, India.
For more information on Vesta and its solutions please visit www.vesta.io.
Vesta is an end-to-end transaction guarantee platform for online purchases, delivering unparalleled approval rates, a better customer experience and eliminating fraud for leading brands in telco, e-commerce, travel, and financial services. Using machine learning backed by 25 years of transactional data history, Vesta increases approvals of legitimate sales for its customers, while eliminating chargebacks and other forms of digital fraud, driving the true cost of fraud to zero and transferring 100% of the liability for fraud, including chargeback processing, so merchants can focus on increasing sales. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR, with offices in Atlanta, Miami, Ireland, Mexico, and Singapore. For more information visit www.vesta.io.
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Grant recipients are Americans for Financial Reform, The Shareholder Commons, and UN Principles for Responsible Investment
NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF), a donor collaborative committed to supporting public goods that are critical to the continued growth and fidelity of the impact investing market, today announced that it will award approximately $450,000 in grants to three organizations working to advance public policies related to the fiduciary duties of asset managers.
This round of Public Policy grants was specifically focused on funding projects that address how federal laws governing the fiduciary duties of asset managers can be clarified or strengthened to enable greater impact transparency and accountability in the capital markets. Asset manager fiduciary duty (AMFD) refers to the responsibilities that fund managers, investment advisers and other consultants have to their clients. It is a topic of growing interest within the impact investing industry and among policymakers, as evidenced by recent SEC proposals related to Fund Names and ESG Disclosures.
"Investors increasingly want to account for and manage the impact of their portfolios," said Fran Seegull, Executive Director of the TPF and President of the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance. "But the vast majority of investors rely on asset managers to execute their strategies. Clarifying and strengthening the fiduciary duties of asset managers around portfolio construction, shareholder engagement, and impact disclosure is a vital step towards growing the impact investing market with integrity."
In the United States and around the world, impact investors, regulators, and other stakeholders have been reexamining concepts of fiduciary duty and the related issue of what factors should be considered material to investor decision making. Concepts ranging from dynamic materiality to systemic risk to double materiality have been put forward to help markets more effectively account for positive and negative impact. This round of TPF's funding was undertaken against this landscape of work to shift understanding of fiduciary duty, and materiality, across financial markets and aims to support organizations doing new and catalytic work in this area.
"Each grant recipient brings a valuable perspective to the issue of reforming AMFD and how to build towards more expansive definitions of materiality," said Jessie Duncan, Program Officer at the TPF. "We hope that the projects and initiatives supported by these grants will result in tangible changes to fiduciary duty interpretations over time."
The grant recipients include:
- Americans for Financial Reform – Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) is a coalition with a mission of "fighting to eliminate inequity and systemic racism in the financial system, in service of a just and sustainable economy." With funding from the TPF, AFR will engage the SEC and Congress on regulatory changes and legislation that would reform AMFD to include consideration of impact factors in investment and stewardship decisions
- The Shareholder Commons – The Shareholder Commons (TSC) is a nonprofit advocate for shareholders, working toward a business environment that prioritizes environmental and social systems over individual company profits. With funding from the TPF, TSC will engage with SEC regulatory proposals and relevant shareholder resolutions to expand AMFD to include consideration of systemic risk factors.
- UN Principles for Responsible Investment – The United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is a network of investors and financial institutions committed to incorporating ESG issues into investment practices. With funding from the TPF and by engaging their global network of signatories, the PRI will work on developing and promoting policy recommendations to advance the consideration of "real world" impact in fiduciary duties.
The Tipping Point Fund on Impact Investing (TPF) is a donor collaborative vehicle developed with the mission of creating and supporting public goods that are critical to the continued growth and fidelity of the impact investing market. The TPF was launched in December 2019 with the support of philanthropic capital, which has been used to develop the infrastructure that is needed to mobilize more private capital for impact. TPF's funding has built on existing field building efforts by prioritizing the areas that are chronically underfunded, are best suited for collective action and require additional support beyond that provided by individual grantmakers. Learn more at www.tpfii.org.
The U.S. Impact Investing Alliance (Alliance) is dedicated to building the impact investing ecosystem by bridging market gaps and addressing shared challenges. The Alliance's long-term vision is to place measurable social and environmental impact alongside financial return and risk at the center of every investment decision. Learn more at www.impinvalliance.org.
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GREENBELT, Md., April 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia to hold Liberty University accountable for failing to investigate its client Jane Doe's report of a violent student-on-student sexual assault and rape, refusing to provide accommodations for her emotional, physical, psychological suffering that resulted from the assault, and retaliating and discriminating against her in the wake of the assault.
The Complaint alleges that on April 27, 2021, Jane Doe, then a Liberty University student, was brutally raped and sexually assaulted by a fellow Liberty student at an off-campus student apartment building called The Oasis. Liberty University received prompt notice of the rape and assault but failed to provide Jane Doe with services, protection, and accommodations required under Title IX law.
According to the lawsuit, despite their knowledge of the incident, Liberty failed to take any action or protective measures in response. Instead, Liberty systematically demonstrated deliberate indifference, retaliated against Jane Doe, and perpetuated the sexually hostile and dangerous environment on and around campus.
As a result of Liberty's conduct, Jane Doe was deeply harmed, suffering significant damages. Her academic standing suffered, she was ostracized from the university community, accused by the administration of violating the "Liberty Way" (Liberty's code of student conduct), lived in regular fear of encountering her assailant on and around campus, and dealt with daily mental, emotional, and psychological trauma. Ultimately, Jane Doe was forced out of Liberty University.
Erika Jacobsen White, Principal at Joseph Greenwald & Laake and counsel for Jane Doe explained, "Liberty's treatment of Jane Doe is emblematic of the kinds of institutional barriers that sexual assault survivors regularly face in getting justice. Rather than immediately taking steps to protect our client, Liberty engaged in a pattern of retaliation that included failing to provide her with any reasonable accommodations at all in order as she was recovering from the trauma that she endured from being raped. Instead of ensuring Jane Doe's safety, Liberty engaged in classic victim-blaming, compounding her trauma,"
Ms. Jacobsen White continued: "Following her complaints, Liberty failed to take any meaningful steps to keep Jane Doe's assailant away from her, allowed him to continue to harass her on campus – even being assigned to the same housing as Jane Doe where she was raped - and then systematically targeted our client for allegedly violating the "Liberty Way" for associating with other students who were allegedly drinking. This kind of institutional discrimination, harassment, and retaliation is designed to silence victims and perpetuates a toxic culture of oppression."
As noted by Drew LaFramboise, Senior Counsel at Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, "Today's action unfortunately follows a number of other lawsuits alleging Liberty's Title IX violations in handling sexual assault and harassment claims by students or former students. Liberty has knowingly created and fostered a culture where sexual violence is ignored or swept under the rug, and far too many students have suffered as a result. Students should not be afraid for their safety or fear their school's response to reports of sexual assault. This suit seeks justice for our client, and we hope it will compel Liberty to make institutional changes to protect survivors of sexual assault."
The Complaint outlines the details of the case and the Title IX claims, negligence claims, and disability discrimination claims against the defendants: Liberty University, the student assailant, and the companies that owned and operated the off-campus housing where the attack occurred.
To learn more about Joseph, Greenwald & Laake's Title IX practice, click here.
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Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A., is one of the most trusted law firms serving Washington, D.C., and the suburban Maryland area. For more than 50 years, our law firm has represented a variety of clients, including individuals, small businesses and multimillion-dollar corporations. From simple to complex legal needs, our law firm is prepared to deliver strategic solutions with high standards. Call or e-mail us at Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A. to schedule a consultation with an experienced attorney. We offer reliable counsel on how best to proceed and what your rights and responsibilities are.
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Babysitter facing charge after toddler nearly drowns in bathtub, police say
EL MIRAGE, Ariz. (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - Firefighters say a 1-year-old boy nearly drowned in a bathtub at an Arizona home Thursday night, and the child’s babysitter is in custody.
Arizona’s Family reports the toddler was found at a home in El Mirage, which is northwest of Phoenix.
Police said 49-year-old Cynthia Gaddy was bathing the child when she got distracted by something in the kitchen, so she left the baby alone in the bathtub.
Investigators said when she returned, she found the child unconscious. First responders resuscitated the child, who was airlifted to the hospital.
Police confirmed late Thursday night the babysitter is in custody for child neglect.
The babysitter was watching two other kids, ages 3 and 7, who are siblings of the 1-year-old, investigators said.
As of Friday morning, police said the young boy is in extremely critical condition.
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Las Vegas man accused of attacking bus driver for not taking daughter to school
LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5/Gray News) - A Las Vegas man is accused of attacking a Clark County School District bus driver after he refused to take his daughter to school.
The suspect identified as Otis Tanner, faces multiple charges after the Aug. 18 incident.
According to CCSD Police, the incident occurred around 6:34 a.m. as Valley High School Students were being taken to school.
According to CCSDPD, the bus driver was on his route when a man walked onto the bus.
The driver reportedly told the suspect to exit, but he refused.
The suspect reportedly positioned his body in the aisle, telling the bus driver, “make me, make me,” when he was told to exit the bus.
The bus driver reportedly grabbed the suspect’s arm, which led to him hitting the driver in the face multiple times with a closed fist, the arrest report said.
The suspect also reportedly kicked the driver from the bus to the ground outside and continued punching him, according to the report.
The bus driver told CCSDPD that he feared for his life and the lives of the students, according to the report.
Eventually, the driver pulled out a tire iron from the bus for self-defense.
The suspect then told the driver he was now a “mark” and that he “will be watching for him,” CCSDPD said in the report.
The altercation stemmed from an incident on Aug. 17, after the suspect’s daughter was not on the student list to be transported on his bus, so the driver refused to take her.
The bus driver reported feeling dizzy and sore after the altercation, causing him to request medical treatment because he thought he was going to vomit, CCSDPD said.
Multiple students had videos of the incident, according to CCSDPD.
Videos showed the bus driver grabbing the suspect’s arm to remove him from the bus before he started hitting the driver, the report said.
The suspect was arrested Aug. 19 near his home.
He told police he knew why he was stopped and admitted to hitting the driver multiple times, the report said.
He will face charges of burglary, battery on a protected person, and threat to a school employee.
According to court records, his bail was set at $25,000. His next court appearance was set for Sept. 27.
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EU wrestles with Russia oil embargo as leaders gather
By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN
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BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders will gather Monday in a new show of solidarity with Ukraine but divisions over whether to target Russian oil in a new series of sanctions are exposing the limits of how far the bloc can go to help the war-torn country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will address the 27 heads of state and government by videoconference in the evening, has repeatedly demanded that the EU target Russia’s lucrative energy sector and deprive Moscow of billions of dollars each day in supply payments.
But Hungary is leading a group of countries – along with Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria – that rely on Russian oil and can’t afford to take such steps. Hungary gets more than 60% of its oil from Russia and 85% of its natural gas. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has insisted that an oil embargo should not be discussed at the summit.
The EU has already slapped five rounds of sanctions on Russia over its actions in Ukraine. It’s targeted more than 1,000 people, including President Vladimir Putin and top government officials, as well as pro-Kremlin oligarchs, banks, the coal sector and more.
A sixth package was announced on May 4, but the hold up over oil is embarrassing the bloc. Ahead of the summit, officials suggested that a solution might be found by targeting oil transported by ships and holding fire on the pipeline oil so valuable to Hungary.
“If we target the oil arriving by sea, we’ll hit at least two thirds of exports, perhaps more,” a senior EU official said. He declined to be named given the sensitive nature of the negotiations. Hungary and Slovakia depend on Russian oil they receives through the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline.
The problem with hitting sea transported oil is that countries like Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands most reliant on that form would suffer a surge in oil prices, distorting competition because Hungary would still be purchasing cheaper Russian oil. Experts failed to reach agreement on such a move over the weekend but continued their talks ahead of the summit.
The two-day meeting in Brussels will also focus on continued EU financial support to Ukraine – probably the endorsement of a 9 billion-euro ($9.7 billion) tranche of assistance – and on military help and war crimes investigations.
The issue of food security will be on the table on Tuesday, with the leaders set to encourage their governments speed up work on “solidarity lanes” to help Ukraine export grain and other produce. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/05/30/eu-wrestles-with-russia-oil-embargo-as-leaders-gather-2/ | 2022-05-30T08:29:38Z |
DENTON COUNTY, Texas (KVEO) — A man in Texas found guilty of sex crimes against a child collapsed and died after drinking a “cloudy liquid,” the sheriff’s office said.
On Thursday, 57-year-old Edward Leclair was found guilty of sexual assault of a child in the 16th District Court at the Denton County Courthouse, according to a press release from the Denton County Sheriff’s Office.
The Associated Press reported Leclair drank from a large water bottle containing a “cloudy liquid” as he was found guilty.
“As these verdicts were being read, he chugged a bottle of water he had at counsel table,” Denton County Assistant District Attorney Jamie Beck said in an interview with CNN.
Leclair’s lawyer, Mike Howard, told CNN he saw his client drink from the bottle, but didn’t know what it contained.
After being found guilty, Judge Lee Gabriel ordered Leclair be taken into custody. The release stated that Leclair was then taken to a holding cell where he collapsed.
The fire department and paramedics responded to the incident, rendering medical aid until Leclair was taken to the hospital.
“I saw him being taken out on the gurney,” Howard told the Denton Record-Chronicle. “His color and pallor didn’t look good – gray – and then he was taken to the hospital.”
Leclair was pronounced dead at the hospital.
The case is now being investigated by the Texas Rangers, the release stated. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/texas-man-drinks-cloudy-liquid-as-hes-found-guilty-of-sex-crimes-dies-after-leaving-courtroom/ | 2022-08-14T18:11:06Z |
House to vote on same-sex marriage, push back against court
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is set to vote to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, a direct confrontation with the Supreme Court, whose conservative majority in overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access has sparked concerns that other rights enjoyed by countless Americans may be in jeopardy.
Tuesday’s vote in the House is part political strategy setting up an election-year roll call that will force all lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats, to go on the record with their views on the high-profile social issue. It’s also part of the legislative branch asserting its authority, pushing back against an aggressive court that appears intent on revisiting many settled U.S. laws.
“As this Court may take aim at other fundamental rights, we cannot sit idly by,” Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement.
While the Respect for Marriage Act is expected to pass the House, it is almost certain to stall in the Senate, where most Republicans would surely block it. It’s one of several bills, including those enshrining abortion access, that Democrats are pushing to confront the court’s conservative majority. Another bill, guaranteeing access to contraceptive services, is set for a vote later this week.
The Respect for Marriage Act would repeal a leftover law still on the books from the Clinton era that defines marriage as a heterogeneous relationship between man and woman. It would also provide legal protections for interracial marriages by prohibiting any state from denying out-of-state marriage licenses and benefits on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity or national origin.
The 1996 law, the Defense of Marriage Act, had basically been sidelined by Obama-era court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, which established the rights of same-sex couples to marry nationwide, a landmark case for gay rights.
But last month, in doing away with the Roe v. Wade constitutional right to an abortion, the conservative court majority put in place during the Trump era left critics concerned there may be more to come.
In writing for the majority overturning Roe, Justice Samuel Alito argued for a more narrow interpretation of the rights guaranteed to Americans, saying the right to an abortion is not spelled out in the Constitution.
“We therefore hold that the Constitution does not confer a right to abortion,” Alito wrote.
In a concurring opinion, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas went further, saying other rulings similar to Roe, including those around same-sex marriage and the right for couples to use contraception, should be reconsidered.
While Alito insisted in the majority opinion that “this decision concerns the constitutional right to abortion and no other right,” others have taken notice.
Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff in the landmark ruling legalizing same-sex marriage and now running as a Democrat for the Ohio House, said after the court’s ruling on abortion, “When we lose one right that we have relied on and enjoyed, other rights are at risk.”
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Oklahoma governor signs bill for massive corporate subsidy
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill to authorize up to $700 million in state subsidies to lure an unidentified major manufacturer to the state, his staff said Monday.
Stitt and lawmakers who crafted the Large-scale Economic Activity and Development, or LEAD, Act have not identified the company they are targeting, but the Japanese broadcast network NHK recently reported that the Panasonic Corp. is considering both Kansas and Texas as potential locations for an electric-vehicle battery factory.
The governor last week urged lawmakers to approve the incentive package, hinting that the incentives targeted a company associated with the electric-vehicle industry.
The bill the governor signed authorizes rebates of up to nearly $700 million in state funds that could be disbursed to a company that reached specific benchmarks, including at least a $4.5 billion capital expenditure and the creation of at least 4,000 new jobs within the first four years of the project.
“We have specific benchmarks that must be met before this company receives any part of the rebates we’re establishing within this program,” said Republican state Sen. Roger Thompson of Okemah in a statement.
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DSI and EWI are joining forces to host comprehensive, hands-on training for the programming and development of robotic directed energy deposition wire arc additive manufacturing processes.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DSI is pleased to announce its partnership with EWI to host an in-person training course, Autodesk PowerMill for Robotic Additive Manufacturing. The 5-day session will guide attendees through the additive manufacturing tools available in Autodesk PowerMill Ultimate software, including the generation of real machine code and live demonstrations on EWI's Navus large-scale robotic gantry DED system.
Other course highlights include:
- Additive toolpath generation using automated feature construction
- Methods to adapt toolpath to geometries unsuitable for automation
- Robot simulation and dynamic machine control
- Process development and parameter control
- Real-life practical examples
Attendees will earn a PowerMill Additive Essentials certification and learn to identify and troubleshoot challenges when applying directed energy deposition additive manufacturing technology.
"DSI and Autodesk have had a lot of success with robotic DED additive in recent years but noticed many of our customers face the same steep learning curve to get new parts into production," said DSI President Jon Caliguri. "Our course offering with EWI will innovators accelerate their timeline to adopt large-scale metal AM."
"We are thrilled to be able to host the inaugural course session in our robotic DED lab and look forward to offering the course on a regular schedule in the future," said Dennis Harwig, EWI Senior Technology Leader for Arc Welding and Directed Energy Deposition.
The first training session will be held June 13-17 at EWI in Columbus, Ohio. To learn more and sign up, please visit www.dsi-mfg.com/training.
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DSI is a globally recognized technology leader providing value-added services for Autodesk advanced manufacturing solutions. Established in 1992, DSI supports innovators big and small with forward-looking training, technical support, and software automation services in the United States and Canada. As an Autodesk Gold Partner, DSI supports advanced software such as Fusion 360, PowerMill, Moldflow, and more.
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EWI empowers industry leaders to overcome complex manufacturing challenges and integrate new processes to bring products to market more quickly and efficiently. Since 1984, EWI's comprehensive engineering services have helped companies identify, develop, and implement the best options for their specific applications. Backed by unmatched professional expertise, state-of-the-art lab facilities, and technology resources, our technology specialists offer customized solutions that deliver game-changing results.
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Vegan mom gets life in prison for starvation death of son
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A vegan woman convicted of murder in the malnutrition death of her young son was sentenced Monday to life in prison.
Sheila O’Leary, 38, whose family followed a strict vegan diet, was convicted in June on six charges — first-degree murder, aggravated child abuse, aggravated manslaughter, child abuse and two counts of child neglect — in the death of Ezra O’Leary. Her sentencing in Lee County, Florida, had previously been postponed four times.
Her husband, Ryan Patrick O’Leary, remains in jail while awaiting trial on the same charges. Investigators said the couple told them the family ate only raw fruits and vegetables, although the toddler also was fed breast milk. The 18-month-old boy weighed 17 pounds and was the size of a 7-month-old baby when he died in September 2019, a police report said.
The Cape Coral couple had two other children, ages 3 and 5, who also were malnourished, investigators said. A fourth child had been returned to her biological father during an earlier malnutrition case in Virginia, court records show.
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- Referenced as Sample Vendor for Data Labeling and Annotation in 2022 Gartner Hype Cycle report
SEOUL, South Korea, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crowdworks, a leading provider of a crowd-sourcing based, AI training data & solutions platform, announced it has been named as a Sample Vendor in the Gartner Hype Cycle for Data Science and Machine Learning, 2022[1] and Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence, 2022.[2]
Gartner's Hype Cycle depicts a common pattern that occurs when an innovation emerges. An innovation often progresses through a period of overenthusiasm, to a period of disillusionment, to an eventual understanding of the innovation's relevance and role in a market or domain.[3].
The report identifies the business impacts of data labeling and annotation, and emphasizes the increased need for better training data in removing the bottleneck in developing AI solutions.
Crowdworks, under its global brand 'Workstage' has been actively mounting its global business. By utilizing the 360 thousand crowd-workers' behavioral data and its adaptive platform optimized for processing high-quality data, Workstage is providing AI data labeling and annotation services to corporations from various industries.
With its growth potential widely recognized in the global market, Crowdworks has been seeking advances in Data labeling technology by introducing crowd-sourcing to the industry for the first time, since its establishment in April 2017.
Also, its numerous awards from Korean government/public institutions and registration of a US patent for 'Technology for AI target training image sampling' validates the company's outstanding data quality and technological competitiveness.
"We believe this recognition from Gartner authenticates Crowdworks' data quality and its innovative business model in the global market," says Minwoo Park, CEO of Crowdworks. "We will take this opportunity to expand our business and become active on a global scale."
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Crowdworks is one of the leading AI training data annotation solution provider in Korea since 2017. Crowdworks' AI training data annotation platform 'Workstage' delivers qualified AI training data collection and annotation to accelerate AI development for corporations from a wide range of industries including automotive, healthcare, and manufacturing.
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Total Economic Impact™ of GlobalLink for Leading Manufacturer of Power-Generating Products Attributed to Efficiencies in Content Translation
NEW YORK and SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TransPerfect, the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business, today announced that Forrester Research has published a report, "The Total Economic Impact™ Of TransPerfect GlobalLink: Cost Savings And Business Benefits Enabled By GlobalLink For A Manufacturer," that determined a savings of $2.9 million driven by GlobalLink technology. The report was commissioned by TransPerfect, but Forrester conducted all research independently and maintains editorial control over all aspects of the study, including methodology and findings.
Forrester's research into the benefits and costs associated with GlobalLink focused on a current TransPerfect customer. The customer profiled is a Fortune 200 global manufacturing leader with operations and distribution in 190 countries. Forrester found that this company's risk-adjusted return on investment over a three-year time period had a net present value (NPV) of $2.91 million and 522% overall ROI. In addition to the substantial financial impact, the interviewed organization noted that GlobalLink helped eliminate costs from a prior translation memory solution and improved productivity.
GlobalLink is a SaaS platform specifically designed to manage the complex demands of creating, deploying, and maintaining multilingual content, drastically reducing the time and effort required throughout the localization process. More than 6,000 of the world's leading organizations currently use GlobalLink to reach audiences in multiple languages and drive maximum ROI in markets abroad.
The Administrative Services Manager for the client organization noted, "Getting content translated is easier and faster for our internal clients now. For the most part, they can do it themselves: create the request, approve a vendor, and get the files once they're finished. They don't have to be a middleman if they don't need one." The manager continued, "The actual technical implementation, plugging in the system, was very fast. Once all the checks had been completed, connecting GlobalLink to our platform was simple."
TransPerfect President and CEO Phil Shawe remarked, "Forrester's Total Economic Impact report independently confirms what we know to be true: that GlobalLink technology drives significant value for clients with global communications requirements."
TransPerfect will highlight many of its cost- and time-saving solutions, including the entire GlobalLink platform, at its upcoming GlobalLink NEXT conferences in San Francisco on September 14–15 and Amsterdam on October 3–4. Featured speakers and sessions will explore how GlobalLink drives savings and long-term ROI and improves global content management for customers. Register for either event and find more information here.
About TransPerfect
TransPerfect is the world's largest provider of language and technology solutions for global business. From offices in over 100 cities on six continents, TransPerfect offers a full range of services in 200+ languages to clients worldwide. More than 6,000 global organizations employ TransPerfect's GlobalLink® technology to simplify management of multilingual content. With an unparalleled commitment to quality and client service, TransPerfect is fully ISO 9001 and ISO 17100 certified. TransPerfect has global headquarters in New York, with regional headquarters in London and Hong Kong. For more information, please visit our website at www.transperfect.com.
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PHOENIX, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nikola Corporation (Nasdaq: NKLA), a global leader in zero-emissions transportation and energy infrastructure solutions, today announced that its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders has been adjourned again to July 18, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to allow stockholders additional time to vote to approve Proposal 2.
Nikola stockholders have voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposal 2, with the exception of the vote of a stockholder who appears to represent more than 85% of the votes against Proposal 2.
Approving Proposal 2, which requires a majority of all outstanding common stock to pass, is very important. As of this morning, more than 48% of all outstanding shares have been voted in favor of Proposal 2, leaving less than 2% of outstanding shares to be voted in favor for this proposal to pass. More than 112 million shares have not yet been voted.
"Since Nikola's founding, we have been committed to pioneering solutions for a zero-emissions world. We strongly urge stockholders to approve the increase in the authorized number of common shares to provide flexibility to support the future growth and development of our business," said Mark Russell, Nikola's Chief Executive Officer.
Nikola has 600 million common shares authorized. As of June 8, 2022, approximately 567 million shares are either issued or reserved for future issuance, leaving Nikola with approximately 33 million shares available for other purposes. That is why Nikola is urging ALL stockholders to vote IMMEDIATELY FOR Proposal 2, which would allow Nikola to increase the authorized number of shares of the Company's common stock to 800 million, providing flexibility to support the growth of the business.
Every vote matters. Stockholders must ACTIVELY VOTE by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on July 17, 2022, for their vote to count. The record date for the adjourned annual meeting continues to be April 4, 2022. No additional action is required for stockholders who have already voted.
As previously communicated, the requisite number of votes have been received to approve Proposal 1, Election of Directors, Proposal 3, Non-binding Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation, and Proposal 4, Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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The adjourned annual meeting will continue to be held at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/NKLA2022 via live audio webcast.
Nikola Corporation is globally transforming the transportation industry. As a designer and manufacturer of zero-emission battery-electric and hydrogen-electric vehicles, electric vehicle drivetrains, vehicle components, energy storage systems, and hydrogen station infrastructure, Nikola is driven to revolutionize the economic and environmental impact of commerce as we know it today. Founded in 2015, Nikola Corporation is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. For more information, visit www.nikolamotor.com or Twitter @nikolamotor.
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Two physicians, one receptionist and one patient were killed during a shooting inside an Oklahoma medical building on Wednesday.
A gunman, who was also a patient at the hospital himself, shot and killed Dr. Preston Phillips, Dr. Stephanie Husen, Amanda Glenn and William Love in a medical building on the campus of Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, authorities said during a Thursday news conference.
The shooter had recently undergone surgery performed by Phillips and "blamed Dr. Phillips for the ongoing pain following the surgery," Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said. The gunman was found dead inside the hospital complex.
"We are supposed to be the ones that are caring for others during tragedies like this. To think that our caregivers were the victims is just incomprehensible to me," Dr. Ryan Parker, the associate chief medical officer at Saint Francis and an ER physician said during a press conference Thursday.
"They died while serving others," she said. "They died in the line of duty."
Following an "outpouring of calls and comments from the community," Saint Francis Health System set up a fund with the Tulsa Community Foundation to accept donations "to assist with this cause."
The collected funds will support victims' families and employees who were impacted.
Wednesday's shooting is the nation's 233rd mass shooting of 2022, according to the Gun Violence Archive. CNN and the GVA define a mass shooting as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter.
Here's what we know about the victims:
Dr. Preston Phillips
Phillips was "a wonderful, gentle, kind person with an infectious smile and kind word for everyone," according to Sandy Thompson, a friend of Phillips, who met the doctor at their local tennis club.
Thompson, who said she knew Phillips for about five years and saw him last month while they were both visiting the tennis club, fondly remembered Phillips as a "true gentleman" who never failed "to look you in the eye and give you a bright, genuine smile and warm greeting."
"He made the world a better place and Preston's presence will be deeply missed," Thompson said told CNN.
Ruth Folly, a surgical technician at Saint Francis Hospital, told CNN she and Phillips had previously gone on several medical missions together to Africa and he touched the lives of many.
Phillips traveled yearly with the nonprofit organization, Light in the World Development Foundation, according to Folly. The group was founded by Phillips' colleague and Folly's father, Dr. Komi Folly, with a mission of providint surgical services to those in under-served areas of the US and Africa.
Folly's father invited Phillips to go on a mission to Togo in West Africa in 2016, a trip the slain doctor repeated in subsequent years. He was scheduled to go on another mission to Togo in mid-June.
"You always call me a son and I call you father," Dr. Folly wrote on Facebook. "You told me last week at work during lunchtime to not stop this project in Togo in case something happens to you. I did not know that you were giving me the last advice for our journey. I am so sad to see you go without a goodbye. Your work will continue. You will be missed."
Dr. Cliff Robertson, president and CEO of Saint Francis Health System, called Phillips' death "the ultimate loss for Saint Francis and for Tulsa," he said during Thursday's news conference.
Dr. Stephanie Husen
Dr. Stephanie Husen was a doctor of osteopathic medicine at Saint Francis Hospital who was described by Robertson as "an incredible person."
William Love
William Love was a patient at the Warren Clinic, where the shooting occurred, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said during Thursday's news conference.
"To the family of Mr. Love I'm so sorry we couldn't save you," Parker, the associate chief medical officer, said through tears. "When I woke this morning, I really just wanted this to all be a bad dream, but this is the reality of our world right now."
Franklin said Love is thought to have helped others escape the attack.
"I do know that the patient victim held a door closed, I believe, is the information that I have, to allow someone to escape out of another door," he said.
Amanda Glenn
Amanda Glenn was a receptionist at the Warren Clinic, Franklin said.
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After most Republicans vociferously condemned the FBI's raid on Donald Trump's Florida estate, Fox News host Steve Doocy plaintively asked his guest, GOP Congressman Steve Scalise: "Whatever happened to the Republican Party backing the blue?"
When Scalise protested that "rogue" elements of the FBI were responsible for the operation, Doocy shot back: "Steve, who went rogue? Who went rogue? They were following a search warrant."
For the last half-century or more, Republicans have been very shrewd, and successful, at embracing the concept of "law and order." Their candidates have campaigned relentlessly in front of supporters arrayed in any kind of uniform: police and firefighters, hard hats and Green Berets, EMTs and ER nurses. Meanwhile, they branded the Democrats as the party of disorder -- of long-haired, pot-smoking, free-loving, flag-burning "counter-culture McGovernicks," as Newt Gingrich put it long ago.
Doocy, normally a Trump loyalist, poses a good question: Who, exactly, went rogue? And here's the answer: the Republican Party. The GOP has lost its moorings as a defender of conservative values and established authorities. It has replaced those honorable principles with a new one: the Rule of Trump. What's good for The Donald is good for the party. That's how "back the blue" became "defund the FBI."
"I thought, in the old days, the Republican Party used to stand with law enforcement," Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
"There are threats all over the place, and losing faith in our federal law enforcement officers, in our justice system, is a really serious problem for the country," Maryland's Republican governor, Larry Hogan, added on ABC's "This Week."
Republicans are not alone in attacking law enforcement for their own political purposes. It was leftist protestors in cities like Portland, Ore., who made "defund the police" -- perhaps the most misguided slogan in recent political history -- their rallying cry.
Moreover, in the weeks leading up to the Mar-a-Lago episode, it was liberals who were attacking Attorney General Merrick Garland, complaining with increasing bitterness that he was too cautious in his approach and too slow to indict Trump for his role in igniting the insurrection of Jan. 6.
No one is above the law, not even a former president. But no one is beneath the law, either. Trump has rights that Garland is trying to protect, but the left wants the legal process to accomplish what they have not been able to do politically: Disqualify Trump from holding office again.
Still, this is not a case of "both-sidesism" or equal culpability. "Defund the police" is a fringe idea among Democrats, while perverting justice for political ends is a core tenet of Trumpism. As Michael R. Bromwich, a former Justice Department inspector general, told Peter Baker of The New York Times, "Trump simply doesn't understand people like Garland and the top leadership of DOJ and the FBI because their values are so alien to him."
Top Justice Department officials are appointed by the president, but the tradition is clear: They serve the law first, not the politician who picked them. Trump's treatment of his own AGs and FBI directors are the best example of Bromwich's point.
"After winning, Mr. Trump saw law enforcement agencies as another institution to bend to his will, firing FBI Director James B. Comey when he declined to pledge personal loyalty to the president or publicly declare that Mr. Trump was not a target of the Russia inquiry," Baker wrote in the Times. "The president later fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from that investigation and therefore not protecting Mr. Trump from it."
Then there was Bill Barr, who succeeded Sessions as attorney general. "Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him," ABC White House correspondent Jonathan Karl wrote in his book "Betrayal." And after Barr called Trump's claims of election fraud "bulls--t" in an AP interview, Karl reports the following exchange between the two men:
"Did you say that?" asked Trump.
"Yes," Barr responded.
"How the f--- could you do this to me? Why did you say it?"
"Because it's true."
The president, livid, responded by referring to himself in the third person: "You must hate Trump. You must hate Trump."
There it is. In today's Republican Party, everything is filtered through Trump. Is it good for him, or bad? Do you love him, or hate him? And if that fealty means trashing traditions like "backing the blue," so be it.
Steven Roberts teaches politics and journalism at George Washington University. He can be contacted by email at stevecokie@gmail.com.
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Reiterates 2022 Guidance of At Least $5 Million Revenue Based on Existing Business
Cash Balance of $7.8 Million at Quarter End
AIRPORT CITY, Israel, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MySize, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYSZ) (TASE: MYSZ.TA) ("MySize" or the "Company"), an omnichannel e-commerce platform and provider of AI-driven measurement solutions to drive revenue growth and reduce costs for its business clients, today announced financial and operational results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Key Financial Highlights for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2022 Compared to Prior Year Period
- Revenue increased 1400% to $404,000, primarily attributable to closing the acquisition of Orgad on February 7, 2022
- MySizeID revenue increased 63% to $44,000
- Gross profit increased 467% to $153,000
- Cash balance at March 31, 2022 of $7.8 million
- Inventory balance at March 31, 2022 of $1.1 million
- Operating loss increased 39% to $2,105,000
- Net loss increased 50% to $2,188,000
Business Highlights for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2022
- Launched FirstLook Smart Mirror, an interactive, mirror-like touch display that provides shoppers in physical stores with an enhanced, online shopping experience and contactless checkout
- Closed the acquisition of Orgad, an omnichannel e-commerce platform, headquartered in Israel and operates globally, including the U.S. and Europe, and a presence on Amazon.com
- Appointed Chief Commercial Officer Javier Brandwain to accelerate revenue growth; adds extensive fashion retail experience and network of global business relationships
Management Commentary
Ronen Luzon, Chief Executive Officer of MySize, commented, "While it's early, we are extremely pleased with our acquisition of Orgad and the progress we have made since mid-February. We see opportunity to scale its business by being able to provide additional cash to bolster inventory and fuel more turnover in order to accelerate revenue growth. We believe Orgad has the potential to increase its inventory turnover by multiples over what it did in 2021."
Luzon, continued, "MySizeID has continued to gain traction and now reaches 1,000+ retail customers with additional reach throughout the world, including the U.S. and Turkey. Additional growth and synergies are coming from our new product initiative FirstLook Smart Mirror and the collaboration between our Orgad and MySizeID teams working together on cross-sell opportunities whereby MySizeID can leverage some existing relationships."
Luzon, concluded, "With that said, we reiterate our 2022 guidance of at least $5 million revenue based on existing business. We look forward to updating the market and our stockholders with our progress on both internal growth initiatives and potential strategic acquisitions to expand in e-commerce and digital management."
Financial Results for Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
- Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2022 increased by 1400% to $404,000, compared to $27,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase was primarily attributable to $360,000 in revenue generated from Orgad from February 7, 2022, the date of closing of the Orgad acquisition through to the end of the first quarter 2022.
- Gross profit for the three months ended March 31, 2022 increased by 467% to $153,000, compared to $27,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The resulting gross margin for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was 37.9%, compared to 100.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase in comparison with the corresponding period was due to the cost of goods of the revenues generated from Orgad's operations.
- Operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2022 increased by 49% to $2,297,000, compared to $1,543,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The increase in comparison with the corresponding period was mainly due to the hiring of new employees, expenses associated with Orgad activities and events and travel expenses and professional services attributed to the Orgad acquisition and salaries of Orgad management.
- Operating loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 totaled $2,105,000, an increase of $589,000, or 39%, compared to an operating loss of $1,516,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
- Net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2022 totaled $2,188,000, an increase of $731,000, or 50%, compared to a net loss of $1,457,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2021. The resulting EPS loss per share was ($0.09) for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to ($0.16) for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
- Cash and cash equivalents totaled $7.8 million at March 31, 2022, a decrease of $2.9 million compared to $10.7 million at December 31, 2021.
- Currently, the Company has no material long-term debt on its balance sheet.
About MySize, Inc.
MySize, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYSZ) (TASE: MYSZ.TA) is an omnichannel e-commerce platform and provider of AI-driven measurement solutions to drive revenue growth and reduce costs for its business clients. Orgad, its online retailer platform, has expertise in e-commerce, supply chain and technology operating as a third-party seller on Amazon.com and other sites.
MySize has developed a unique measurement technology based on sophisticated algorithms and cutting-edge technology with broad applications, including the apparel, e-commerce, DIY, shipping, and parcel delivery industries. This proprietary measurement technology is driven by several algorithms that are able to calculate and record measurements in a variety of novel ways. To learn more about MySize, please visit our website: www.mysizeid.com. We routinely post information that may be important to investors in the Investor Relations section of our website. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.
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BOSTON, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) has released a new set of resources to advance the use of digitally measured nocturnal scratch as a meaningful endpoint for atopic dermatitis (AD). These new tools, along with DiMe's previous work to support digital clinical measures, lay the groundwork for future use of the measure in clinical research, technology development, and reimbursement decisions – thereby furthering dermatology research and improving the lives of AD patients and caregivers.
A live launch event is being held today at 10 am ET featuring Matthew Diamond, Chief Medical Officer for Digital Health at FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) and Thorsten Vetter, Senior Scientific Officer at European Medicines Agency. Speakers will highlight the effort – DiMe's first pre-competitive digital measures development project – and outline each new resource including study findings, simple implementation resources, a measure ontology, and a value framework to support reimbursement decisions.
In addition to advancing AD research and care, this work also serves as a blueprint for the broader development and deployment of digital endpoints in medical product development. The number of unique digital endpoints being used in industry-sponsored trials of new medical products increased by over 950% between October 2019 and May 2022. The number of sponsors using these products in medical product development increased from 12 to 96 in the same time span. However, the industry has yet to see a new medical product approved on the basis of a digital endpoint. The alignment on nocturnal scratch is a critical step toward industry alignment and acceptance.
"Until now, there's been a lack of direction and alignment for making decisions on and using digital measures, which has prevented the advancement of medical product development and healthcare," says Jennifer Goldsack, CEO of DiMe. "This work addresses that barrier by providing pharmaceutical companies with the tools needed to de-risk the selection of this endpoint and arming technology innovators with what they need to build a valuable digital measurement product. We applaud our partners for coming together with a common goal and - on a rapid, tech timeline - setting a new industry standard that will further medical product development, advance healthcare, and improve people's lives."
Founding project partners AbbVie, the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB, along with project collaborators Advancing Innovation in Dermatology, Almirall, Eli Lilly, GSK, Leo Pharma, and Sanofi, were the leading organizations that collaborated with DiMe on this effort. In just 9 months, they conducted a mixed-methods study, a comprehensive literature review, a series of workshops, a series of focus groups with payers, and convened a meeting with regulators - all of which informed the development of these open-access resources.
"Nighttime scratching is painful, robs children and parents of sleep, and causes a huge amount of anxiety for patients. When AD is flaring, scratching at night is not something a person can control and we hear from our community about the horror of waking up in bloody sheets. Navigating daily life on minimal sleep and managing stress take a toll because there's no easy solution, unless the eczema can be treated and brought under control," said Korey Capozza, Founder and Executive Director, Global Parents for Eczema Research. "DiMe's work in convening stakeholders to find new ways of measuring nighttime scratching using new digital tools will help improve measurement of this distressing facet of AD and improve the lives of children and adults struggling with the condition."
This is the first of many digital measures deployment projects from DiMe. It is also leading work on developing digital measures for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias, with additional projects on the horizon. Historically, DiMe has led the development and advancement of the adoption of digital clinical measures through other work and resources, including:
- Verification, Analytical Validation, and Clinical Validation (V3),
- The Playbook: Digital Clinical Measures Edition,
- Evaluating Connected Sensor Technologies (EVIDENCE) Checklist,
- Patients, Pharma, Payers (the 3Ps of Digital Endpoint Value), and
- Sensor Data Integration (SDI).
DiMe is not only committed to creating and disseminating new digital health approaches and tools, but also to sharing user experiences with the broader community. We encourage all users of any DiMe resource to contribute to DiMe's "Resources in Action" case study hub by sharing how you are using resources to further the safe, effective, equitable, and ethical use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve lives.
About the Digital Medicine Society: DiMe is a global non-profit and the professional home for all members of the digital medicine community. Together, we tackle the toughest digital medicine challenges, develop clinical-quality resources on a technology timeline, and deliver these actionable resources to the field via open-source channels and educational programs. Join us to advance the ethical, effective, equitable, and safe use of digital medicine to redefine healthcare and improve lives.
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EDMOND, Okla., April 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mortgage Connect, LP ("Mortgage Connect"), a national mortgage service provider, announced today that it has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of ADFITECH, Inc. (OTC: ADFT) ("ADFITECH") in an all-cash merger transaction valued at approximately $29 million. As a result of the transaction, holders of ADFITECH's common stock are entitled to receive $3.717451 per share in cash with the aggregate amount rounded to the nearest whole cent. ADFITECH is a leading provider of mortgage services in North America.
Tom Apel, Chief Executive Officer of ADFITECH, said "We are pleased to join forces with Mortgage Connect, an organization with a solid reputation for customer service within the mortgage services industry. We appreciate the support of our valued customers and the talented ADFITECH employees and management as we continue to work together to provide the highest quality outsourced mortgage quality control, due diligence and mortgage fulfillment services in the future."
The Coury Firm served as the exclusive financial advisor to Mortgage Connect and SmithAmundsen LLC served as legal advisor to Mortgage Connect. Cowen served as financial advisor to ADFITECH and McAfee & Taft served as legal advisor to ADFITECH.
About Mortgage Connect LP
Mortgage Connect is a Pittsburgh, PA headquartered national mortgage service provider, serving the Origination, Default, Valuation, Critical Communications, and Capital Markets sectors. With additional offices in New York, Texas, California, Colorado, Nevada and Alabama, the company offers customizable solutions to the nation's lenders and servicers, including 9 of the top 10 and 17 of the top 20. Through its serve-first culture, Mortgage Connect and its subsidiaries are committed to an unwavering level of communication, education and customer service on each transaction and strive to leave an overwhelmingly positive and lasting impression with the consumer, loan officer and the client. For more information, visit www.mortgageconnectlp.com.
About ADFITECH, Inc.
Founded in 1982, ADFITECH has earned an impeccable reputation in the mortgage industry as the premier provider of outsourced mortgage quality control, due diligence and mortgage fulfillment services. From its 15-acre corporate campus in Edmond, Oklahoma, ADFITECH's army of dedicated employees review and validate countless pieces of critical information vital to the wellbeing of an ever increasingly regulated mortgage industry. For more information visit www.adfitech.com.
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MILWAUKEE, Sept. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ademi LLP is investigating Ra Medical (NYSE American: RMED) for possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law in its transaction with Catheter Precision.
Click here to learn how to join the action: https://www.ademilaw.com/case/ra-medical-systems-inc or call Guri Ademi toll-free at 866-264-3995. There is no cost or obligation to you.
Ademi LLP alleges Ra Medical transaction with Catheter Precision may not be fair to Ra Medical's shareholders.
We are investigating the conduct of Ra Medical's board of directors, and whether they are fulfilling their fiduciary duties to all shareholders.
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The 1960s were turbulent times and, in Europe, Catholics faced storms of radical change that left many weary or even cynical.
In 1969, one of Germany’s rising theologians — a liberal priest at Vatican II who then became a conservative — was asked what he saw in the future.
“What St. Augustine said is still true — man is an abyss; what will rise out of these depths, no one can see in advance,” Father Joseph Ratzinger said on German radio. “Whoever believes that the church is not only determined by the abyss that is man, but reaches down into the greater, infinite abyss that is God, will be the first to hesitate with his predictions.”
Ratzinger’s words grew in importance in 1977 when he became Archbishop of Munich and quickly became a cardinal. Then Pope John Paul II made him prefect of the Vatican’s powerful Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where his orthodoxy led liberals to call him “God’s Rottweiler.” In 2005, he became Pope Benedict XVI.
Catholics continue to ponder his 1969 words: “From the crisis of today the church of tomorrow will emerge — a church that has lost much. ... As the number of her adherents diminishes, so it will lose many of her social privileges. In contrast to an earlier age, it will be seen much more as a voluntary society, entered only by free decision. As a small society, it will make much bigger demands on the initiative of her individual members.”
The future pope predicted a “crystallization” process creating a “more spiritual church, not presuming upon a political mandate, flirting as little with the left as with the right. ... It will make her poor and cause her to become the church of the meek.”
The retired pope celebrated his 95th birthday on April 16 — Holy Saturday. During an earlier meeting with Jesuits, Pope Francis called his predecessor “a prophet” and cited Benedict’s predictions of a “poorer” and “more spiritual” church.
“Let us prepare ourselves to be a smaller church,” Francis said in remarks published in a Jesuit journal. “This is one of his most profound intuitions.”
Truth be told, German ecclesiastical trends are sending shockwaves through Catholic life. Ratzinger’s words have become a two-edged sword.
Catholic churches in Germany lost 221,000 members during 2021. But that pandemic fallout was actually an improvement over 2019, when a record 402,000 Catholics hit the exits.
Decline may be consistent with elements of Ratzinger’s 1969 vision, but other German Catholic trends are more shocking. Consider these words from a recent “Out in Church” program hosted by the Diocese of Limburg — which is led by Bishop Georg Batzing, leader of the German Bishops’ Conference.
In an online summary of the program, Catholic youth leader Eric Tilch said that the Catholic hierarchy remains obsessed with homosexuality and, instead, should move on to accepting trans and intersexual people and “other forms of love that are still in the dark.”
“I worry that the church is too attached to a family photograph from the 1950s, i.e., father, mother, child,” said Tilch. “There is so much more than that, for example hybrid families, changing relationships, polyamorous love.”
Meanwhile, a recent “Synodal Way” gathering of German Catholic leaders overwhelmingly backed a document entitled “Blessing celebrations for couples who love each other” as well as a “Magisterial reassessment of homosexuality” text calling for the modernization of church teachings on chastity and LGBTQ issues.
This triggered a “Fraternal Letter of Concern” to German bishops from a coalition — from four continents — that, as of April 11, included 92 bishops, more than a dozen archbishops and four cardinals. Many of the signees have strong ties to Benedict.
The synodal process, as it is unfolding in Germany, has already created confusion worldwide, creating the “potential for schism in the life of the Church,” the letter said.
“The need for reform and renewal is as old as the Church herself. ... Yet Christian history is littered with well-intended efforts that lost their grounding in the Word of God, in a faithful encounter with Jesus Christ, in a true listening to the Holy Spirit, and in the submission of our wills to the will of the Father.”
The vision emerging in Germany, the coalition said, could lead to “precisely such a dead end.” | https://www.albanyherald.com/features/faith/terry-mattingly-pope-benedict-xvis-vision-of-the-future-and-the-emerging-german-reality/article_fcb6d9d0-c3ef-11ec-a084-2310e46ef293.html | 2022-04-25T01:16:25Z |
Everything you love about the late-night bakery's signature cookies is now inside of their own line of premium ice cream
PHILADELPHIA, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Insomnia Cookies announced the launch of their own ice cream line, Cookies IN Ice Cream, to satisfy sweets cravings just in time for National Ice Cream Day. Inspired by the world's most indulgent pairing, Insomnia's newest creation takes their delicious, warm cookies and mixes them IN their own formula of super premium ice cream, creating a cool treat that will have Insomniacs licking up every last drip. The late-night bakery is serving up scoops of its Cookies IN Ice Cream beginning today at more than 65 of their Mid-Atlantic locations, with plans to expand the line to all 220+ stores nationwide soon.
Melding its gooey signature cookies into America's favorite dessert is what Insomnia's calling a "dreamium come true" – and the out-of-this-world flavors prove it. From Dreamweaver, which combines thick Double Chocolate Chunk cookies with creamy purple s'mores ice cream, to Caramellionaire, which folds decadent Deluxe Salted Caramel cookies into filthy rich salted caramel ice cream, Insomnia's Cookies IN Ice Cream melts in your mouth while delivering a taste of cookie in every bite.
Cookies IN Ice Cream
Available at select bakeries in-store and for local delivery
- Caramellionaire – Deluxe Salted Caramel cookies in salted caramel ice cream with caramel swirls
- Moon Tracks – Deluxe Peanut Butter Cup cookies in vanilla pudding-flavored ice cream with milk fudge swirls & mini peanut butter cups
- Cookies 'N Dream – Double Chocolate Chunk cookies in vanilla pudding-flavored ice cream
- Dreamweaver – Double Chocolate Chunk cookies in purple s'mores-flavored ice cream with milk fudge swirls & white stars
- Cookie D'ough – Chocolate Chunk cookies in cookie dough ice cream with chocolate chunks and cookie dough pieces
- Minterstellar – Double Chocolate Mint cookies in mint ice cream
- Vanilla – Classic vanilla ice cream
- Chocolate – Straight-up chocolate ice cream
Stores serving up Insomnia's own Cookies IN Ice Cream include select bakeries in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and bordering cities. A full list of locations is available at InsomniaCookies.com/CookiesinIceCream.
Meanwhile, Insomniacs across the country will be able to experience the dreamium, too, by indulging in other cool and creamy treats, like Insomnia's limited-edition collection of Ice Cream AS Cookies. The brand's latest cookievation has turned all your chilled favorites into delicious, warm cookies, including Hot Fudge Sundae, Banana Split, Root Beer Float, and more. To put the cherry on top, Insomnia will be celebrating National Ice Cream Day all weekend long from Friday, July 15 through Sunday, July 17 with a free scoop of ice cream to level-up any in-store purchase or order for local delivery.
Available nationwide in-store, for local delivery, and via nationwide shipping through August 7th
- Deluxe Hot Fudge Sundae – A fudgey chocolate cookie baked with rainbow sprinkles, stuffed with rich buttercream and even more rainbow sprinkles.
- Classic Banana Split – A warm banana cookie baked with chocolate chunks and fresh berry bits. A bursting bite of a banana split with all the melt and none of the drips.
- Classic Root Beer Float – Our Root Beer cookie is baked with gooey white chocolate chips for a flavor reminiscent of the classic soda pop. All it's missing is the fizz.
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Insomnia Cookies is a rapidly expanding late-night bakery concept headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. Founded in a University of Pennsylvania dorm room by then-student Seth Berkowitz, Insomnia Cookies has been feeding the insatiable hunger of loyal Insomniacs since 2003. Today, with more than 220 locations nationwide, Insomnia Cookies offers a wide variety of delicious cookies, ice cream, and other sweet treats in-store, for local delivery, and nationwide shipping. Details about Insomnia's menu, delivery, and nationwide shipping options can be found here (late-night delivery until 1 a.m. or later). To place an order or learn more about Insomnia Cookies, visit www.InsomniaCookies.com. Keep up-to-date on the latest cookie news and grand opening deals by following Insomnia Cookies on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.
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Vermont’s Democratic House member will seek Senate seat
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont voters have chosen U.S. Rep. Peter Welch in the Democratic Party primary Tuesday to replace retiring Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, who has held the seat since 1975 and was the last of Congress’s so-called Watergate babies.
Welch, the state’s lone member of the House of Representatives, easily defeated two little-known candidates to move on to the general election in November. During the years he has been in Congress, Welch has been one of Vermont’s top vote-getters and would be an odds-on favorite to win the general election.
Incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott also cruised to a his party’s primary victory, defeating two candidates as he seeks a fourth term. The lone candidate for the Democratic nomination is activist Brenda Siegel, of Newfane. Last fall she spent 27 nights sleeping on the steps of the Vermont Statehouse to highlight the state’s homelessness challenge.
The two leading Republican candidates vying to face off against Welch in the Senate race are Vermont’s former U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan and retired U.S. Army officer Gerald Malloy.
Both believe they can win the seat, although Vermont is considered by many to be one of the most liberal states in the country. No Republican has represented the state in Washington since 2001 when the late Sen. Jim Jeffords left the GOP to become an independent, switching control of the Senate from Republican to Democratic.
Welch’s decision to run for the Senate seat opens up his seat in the House, the first time since 2006 that there have been any openings in Vermont’s three-member congressional delegation. The two leading Democratic candidates are Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and state Senate President Pro Tempore, Becca Balint.
In deep blue Vermont it’s likely the winner of the Democratic House primary will win easily in November, erasing what some consider to be the blot on the liberal state’s reputation of only being represented by white men.
The two share similar policy views. Gray is the centrist candidate supported by the state’s Democratic establishment, including Leahy and former Democratic governors Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin. Balint has support the progressive wing of the party in Vermont, including the state’s independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, and national progressive leaders such as Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Balint campaigned with Sanders late last month.
The two leading GOP candidates for the U.S. House nomination are Ericka Redic, of Burlington, and Liam Madden, a Marine Corps veteran from Bellows Falls.
Redic says that if elected she would focus on fighting inflation, illegal immigration, drug misuse and government overreach, particularly as it concerns vaccine mandates.
Madden, a non-traditional candidate in the Republican primary, says he’s an independent. He said he had thought of declining the nomination if he wins, until he learned that would allow the party to choose a replacement for the November ballot.
Elected to his first two-year term as governor in 2016, Scott has focused his time in office on making Vermont more affordable and working to attract more people to the state to counter a demographic trend of an aging population with a shrinking workforce and fewer school-age children.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After a successful year of growth in 2021, THIRDHOME's already expansive portfolio of offerings gained a massive expansion in 2022 in the form of 17 new partnerships within Q1 and Q2. The new partnerships enhance THIRDHOME's goal to offer an unprecedented range of luxury travel opportunities to its community of passionate travelers. Among the new partners are exclusive luxury homes and vacation rentals, villas of the highest caliber, award-winning travel and lifestyle brands, clubs, and, of course, trusted real estate developers.
Such partnerships allow members to carefully tailor their travel experiences to their personal needs and desires. With so many possibilities available, THIRDHOME is leading the pack in crossing traditional accommodation/category lines to offer modern travelers exactly what they need.
Since the company's founding in 2010, THIRDHOME has empowered members to turn unused time in their luxury second homes into unforgettable experiences around the world.
About THIRDHOME
THIRDHOME is the premier travel club for second homeowners who share a mindset for luxury and exploration. From jetsetters to retirees and everything in between, members can leverage unused time in their second home and earn travel credits that allow them to open the doors to a multitude of other members' private homes around the globe.
Today, the current Exchange features over 14,000 properties, across 100 countries, with an average value of $2.4 million. The Club has also expanded their business model to include luxury Rentals and one-of-a-kind travel Adventures.
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Area near Little Rock, Arkansas hit by ‘large, extremely dangerous’ tornado
By Brandon Miller, CNN Meteorologist
A tornado emergency was declared Monday night by the National Weather Service office in Little Rock, Arkansas, for a confirmed large and destructive tornado.
“A large, extremely dangerous, and potentially deadly tornado is on the ground,” the National Weather Service said in a tweet at 8:34 p.m. CT. “To protect your life, TAKE COVER NOW!”
The weather service said the tornado was reported by an observer at the air force base.
At 8:19 p.m. CT, the weather service reported the tornado was located over Olmstead, or near Little Rock Air Force Base, moving east at 35 mph. Olmstead is about 15 miles north of downtown Little Rock.
The tornado warning was to expire at 8:45 CT. Another tornado warning went into effect for the towns northwestern Prairie County and northern Lonoke County in central Arkansas; it was to expire at 9:30 p.m. CT.
The warning said there was “radar indicated rotation” and the storm was also producing golf ball-sized hail.
“Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night,” the weather service warned. “Do not wait to see or hear the tornado.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Communications Data Group, Inc. (CDG) is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Kim Belanger to Vice President of Finance and Human Resources. As Vice President of Finance and Human Resources, Ms. Belanger will be responsible for overseeing the accounting operations of the company, producing financial reports, maintaining accounting records, interviewing and hiring staff, enforcing company policies and practices, and administering pay, benefits, and leave. In making this announcement, Dewaine Wilson, CDG's CFO, stated that, "Kim has been instrumental to CDG's success in her position as Assistant CFO, and we believe that as Vice President of Finance and Human Resources she will continue to help us develop our HR support tools and services and increase our financial health and preparedness."
Kim Belanger initially served as Controller at CDG from 2008-2010 and rejoined CDG in 2017 as Assistant CFO. Kim has extensive experience in financial accounting and auditing, budgeting, forecasting, and development of best financial practices.
About CDG: CDG has been providing scalable, accurate (B/OSS) billing and operational support solutions for voice, video, and data for retail and wholesale telecommunications carriers and service providers since 1970. Options include: BDS, Interconnect, CABS, Mediation, MBS Customer Care, Network / Plant, Trouble, Service Provisioning, E-Care, Task Management, CRM / Prospects, and third-party financial, accounting, mapping, and facilities management products. Service bureau, hosted, and licensed options are available. Visit our website at www.cdg.ws to learn more.
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NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings ("Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings" or the "Company") (NYSE: BKKT) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud. This lawsuit is on behalf of persons and entities that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) Bakkt securities between March 31, 2021 and November 19, 2021, both dates inclusive; and/or (b) Bakkt Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to documents issued in connection with the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC completed on or about October 15, 2021. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
BKKT investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (i) the Company had defective financial controls; (ii) as a result, there were errors in the Company's financial statements related to the misclassification of certain shares issued prior to the business combination between the Company and Bakkt Holdings, LLC; (iii) accordingly, the Company would need to restate certain of its financial statements; (iv) the Company downplayed the true scope and severity of these issues; (v) the Company overstated its remediation of its defective financial controls; and (vi) as a result, the documents issued in connection with the business combination and defendants' public statements throughout the class period were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Bakkt Holdings, Inc. f/k/a VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings during the relevant time frame, you have until June 20, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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Fed: Sharply higher rates may be needed to quell inflation
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were increasingly anticipating higher inflation, and they signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain it.
The policymakers also acknowledged, in minutes from their June 14-15 meeting released Wednesday, that their rate hikes could weaken the economy. But they suggested that such steps were necessary to slow price increases back to the Fed’s 2% annual target.
The officials agreed that the central bank needed to raise its benchmark interest rate to “restrictive” levels that would slow the economy’s growth and “recognized that an even more restrictive stance could be appropriate” if inflation persisted. After last month’s meeting, the Fed raised its key rate by three-quarters of a point to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% — the biggest single increase in nearly three decades — and signaled that further large hikes would likely be needed.
The Fed has been ramping up its drive to tighten credit and slow growth with inflation having reached a four-decade high of 8.6%, spreading to more areas of the economy. Americans are also starting to expect high inflation to last longer than they had before — a sentiment that could embed an inflationary psychology and make it harder to slow price increases.
And with midterm elections nearing, high inflation has surged to the top of Americans’ concerns, posing a threat to President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress.
At a news conference after last month’s Fed meeting, Chair Jerome Powell suggested that a rate hike of either one-half or three-quarters of a point was likely when the policymakers next meet late this month. The minutes released Wednesday confirmed that other officials agreed that such an increase would “likely be appropriate.” A rate hike of either size would exceed the quarter-point increase that the Fed has typically carried out.
Last month, the Fed released projections that showed that the officials expect to raise their benchmark rate to 3.4% by the end of this year. At that level, the Fed’s key rate would no longer stimulate growth and could weaken the economy. The minutes suggest that the policymakers could potentially raise rates above that level.
At the time of last month’s meeting, the policymakers said the economy appeared to be expanding in the April-June quarter, with consumer spending “remaining strong.” Since then, though, the economy has shown signs of slowing, with consumer spending falling in May, after adjusting for inflation, for the first time this year. Home sales are plunging as mortgage rates have jumped, accelerated by the Fed’s rate increases.
The signs of economic sluggishness have intensified fears that high prices and rising rates could send the economy into a recession late this year or next year. Such concern has further complicated the Fed’s policymaking because a recession would normally lead it to cut rates to stimulate growth.
The Fed had been expected to raise rates by a half-point at last month’s meeting but ended up announcing a three-quarter point hike instead. At his news conference afterward, Powell mentioned recent economic reports that had heightened concerns about high inflation. Those reports included inflation data for May, which showed that the pace of price increases reached a 40-year high.
Powell also cited a survey of consumer sentiment conducted by the University of Michigan that said consumers’ longer-term inflation expectations were starting to rise more quickly. That unnerved Powell and other Fed officials, because if people expect higher inflation, that sentiment can lead to an acceleration of prices. Workers could, for example, demand higher pay to cover their expectation of rising bills and expenses, leading companies, in turn, to raise prices further to offset their higher labor costs.
The Fed is seeking to convince the public that it will rise to the challenge and tame the pace of price increases, with the goal of keeping Americans’ inflation expectations in check.
There is “a significant risk now facing the (Fed) that elevated inflation could become entrenched if the public began to question the resolve” of Fed officials to combat higher prices, the minutes said.
As a result, the minutes said, tighter credit and “clear and effective communications” are critical to controlling inflation.
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- 57% of US parents say their kids influence their back-to-school purchases.
- Half of Millennial parents shop back to school from a mobile device.
- 58% of parents agree that back-to-school shopping is stressful compared to just 19% in 2019.
- 71% of parents say convenience is more important than price when back-to-school shopping.
CHICAGO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As the start of the 2022-23 school year gets closer, Mintel research reveals that nearly three in five US parents (57%) say they look to their kids for what to buy when back-to-school shopping, including 64% of moms and 50% of dads. And while moms prioritize school recommendations (41%) and promotions/coupons (40%), brand familiarity (32%) and social media (33%) are dads' go-to sources for back-to-school shopping. Retailer recommendations (15%) and 'other parents' (13%) seem to be the last places parents look for shopping ideas.
Regardless of where the inspiration comes from, parents are increasingly shopping on their phones with nearly half (47%) of all US parents shopping from a mobile device for the 2021-22 school year, compared to just 17% who shopped for school supplies on a mobile device the previous school year. Millennial parents are the most likely to shop online (71%) and from a mobile device (51%) compared to 40% of Gen X and older parents who shopped on a mobile device for supplies for the 2021-22 school year.
Brittany Steiger, Senior Retail and eCommerce Analyst, at Mintel said:
"Brands looking to leverage the popularity of social media and many parents' propensity to shop online should consider social commerce and influencer marketing strategies. TikTok's appeal and expanding popularity make it a great channel to help brands and retailers engage with Gen Z and younger parents by starting their own challenges or hashtags, or by participating in existing ones. Fashion retailer American Eagle is leveraging TikTok to connect with its core audience and spread a message of positivity and optimism. Their 2022-23 back-to-school campaign includes a weekly live shopping show on the platform that highlights influencers and store associates across the US to get consumers excited to shop for the new school year.
"Retailers and brands should look to technology to streamline the back-to-school path to purchase, both online and in-store. QR codes, smart carts, and contactless payments are great ways to engage shoppers in-store, while virtual try-on capabilities and flexible payment options like BOPIS (buy online pick-up in-store) help meet the demand for convenience online. Brands and retailers should continue to invest in their online presence and omnichannel capabilities to deliver seamless and enjoyable experiences to consumers wherever, and however, they decide to shop."
Value is a key driver behind early back-to-school shopping. The overwhelming majority of parents (89%) take advantage of big sales events throughout the year, including summer sales like Amazon Prime Day, to shop for school items. Parents are also looking for convenience when it comes to back-to-school shopping as 71% say convenience is more important than price when shopping for items.
When it comes to where back-to-school shoppers are finding what they need, Walmart was the top 2021-22 back-to-school shopping destination for parents (65%). When comparing back-to-school shopping for the 2019-20 school year (pre-pandemic) to the 2021-22 school year (during the pandemic), Target dropped down the list for parents (50% in 2019 v 46% in 2021), while Amazon moved up the list (45% in 2019 v 53% in 2021). Amazon's increase in popularity is largely driven by the fact that it is the first go-to online retailer, as 49% of US consumers start an online shopping journey on Amazon.
Whether shopping in-store, on a mobile device, over the summer or the night before the first day, it's clear that many parents are overwhelmed. Nearly three in five (58%) US parents agree that back-to-school shopping is stressful compared to just 19% who said the same in 2019.
"Our research shows that parents are doing their back-to-school shopping earlier, in a planned and proactive approach, especially considering surging inflation rates and economic uncertainty. As more and more Americans tighten their belts, expect to see value and savings become the focus. Across the board, paid membership programs such as Amazon Prime and Walmart+ add value as consumers seek to maximize membership benefits any way they can. Looking ahead, discount and dollar outlets are expected to make a strong showing in the 2022-23 school year, as parents look for ways to save even more amid widespread inflation," concluded Steiger.
Additional research on back-to-school shopping and interviews with the analyst are available upon request from the Mintel Press Office. For those interested in purchasing the full report, please visit the Mintel Store.
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Police play Disney tunes to prevent video of them on patrol being posted online, California lawmaker claims
By Taylor Romine, CNN
A California lawmaker says police in Santa Ana have been playing loud, copyrighted music so that video of them on patrol would likely be taken down if it was posted online.
Councilmember Johnathan Ryan Hernandez said at a City Council meeting Tuesday he wants lawmakers to ban the alleged practice after a viral video from early April showed officers apparently blasting loud music on a residential street in Santa Ana while investigating a report of a stolen vehicle late at night.
Disney songs, such as “You Have a Friend in Me” from Toy Story and “Bruno” from Encanto, can be heard in the video posted to Santa Ana Audits, a YouTube channel dedicated to filming interactions with Santa Ana Police.
Videos posted to YouTube and other video hosting sites are often monitored for potential copyright infringement and risk being removed, therefore limiting how widely the content, like the Santa Ana police interaction, could be shared online.
While YouTube hasn’t received any requests to remove the viral video, a spokesperson for the company tells CNN they have a system in place that helps track copyright claims, but doesn’t automatically remove a video containing copyrighted content.
The tactic of playing loud music comes as officers are under scrutiny following the rise of bystanders filming police activity. Incidents like George Floyd’s death have emphasized the importance of recording these interactions and have even spurred some groups to publish apps that help preserve video.
Hernandez told CNN this was his first experience with police playing loud music in his community, which he describes as a working-class neighborhood with a lot of young children.
The person filming the video, who is not identified, can be heard repeatedly asking officers to stop playing the music. About seven minutes into the 13-minute video, Hernandez comes into the frame and asks an officer if something is wrong.
While only parts of the conversation between the two are audible, Hernandez tells CNN the officer he engaged with told him he was playing the music in the hopes that, if the video was posted online, it would be taken down because of copyright infringement.
“My people live here brother, please treat them with respect,” Hernandez says in the video. “There’s kids that need to go to school, there’s people that are working, and you chose to use our taxpayer dollars to disrespect the man with your music. That’s childish.”
After a brief conversation between the two, the officer tells Hernandez he recognizes him as a city councilmember and apologizes.
“This is my district. You’re not going to conduct yourselves like that in front of my neighbors,” Hernandez says, and instructs the officer to also apologize to the person filming the interaction, and the officer complies.
“Now get back in your car and do your job properly,” he said, before the officer apologizes again.
The two continue to speak, and a few minutes later are seen in the video shaking hands and parting ways.
“It’s quite clear that this is a practice we can’t condone, it is an unethical practice, and as members of the community, especially public servants, it’s not something we can support as a city,” Hernandez said during the City Council meeting.
“There is no reasoning to ever behave this way with members of the public, especially if you are an officer with a badge and a gun,” he added.
The council decided to revisit the topic after the city attorney drafts a formal proposal.
In a statement on Instagram, Santa Ana police said the department is “aware of a video that has surfaced involving one of our officers.”
“We are committed to serving our community and we understand the concerns as it relates to the video,” the statement reads.
“The Santa Ana Police Department takes seriously all complaints regarding the service provided by the Department and the conduct of its employees. Our department is committed to conducting complete, thorough, and objective investigations.”
Police Chief David Valentin said he expects that “all police department employees perform their duties with dignity and respect in the community we are hired to serve.”
CNN has reached out to the police department and the Santa Ana Police Officers Association for further comment.
Both Hernandez and Santa Ana Mayor Vicente Sarmiento told CNN they’ve spoken to the police chief on the matter. The chief launched an investigation quickly to address concerns and next steps with the community, Sarmiento told CNN. He added that he is glad Hernandez was on scene to address the matter, because otherwise the issue may have never been dealt with.
“We have to hold ourselves as a city accountable and make sure it’s clear that there is no room for that type of conduct,” Sarmiento said to CNN.
Lawmaker shares his interaction with police
Hernandez, who is a community health worker for a mental health program, says he was concerned that someone was having a mental health crisis and thought police might be attempting to use the music to calm them down.
But when he went outside, he found police parked on the street, blasting music while a man was filming them while they were investigating a stolen vehicle, he said.
“I walked up to him and I didn’t really understand what happened, community members were asking police to turn the music off,” Hernandez said.
The councilmember tells CNN supports members of the community filming the police.
“No one is talking about how I am a public official,” Hernandez said. “There are two public officials in that video, and I have no complaints on him filming me. If you are doing good and serving the people, there shouldn’t be any concerns of what is being filmed.”
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California Governor Newsom touted the effective fraud prevention efforts in a recent press release.
MCLEAN, Va., June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ID.me, Inc., the secure digital identity network, earned accolades from California Governor Gavin Newsom's office for successfully supporting the California Employment Development Department (EDD) to deploy its identity verification system and helped prevent $125 billion in attempted fraud.
"ID.me works to support California EDD by saving taxpayer dollars and preventing identity theft while safely and securely providing Californians with access to government," said Blake Hall, ID.me co-founder and CEO. "ID.me prevents fraud through heightened security assurance measures while at the same time expanding access to those who may struggle with older identity verification methods because they lack a credit history, bank account, or home address."
ID.me began supporting California EDD in October 2020, helping the agency when it began a two-week reset to combat fraud and automate processing for a higher percentage of claims by successfully implementing an identity verification tool into UI-Online, the system used in California to apply for unemployment benefits, including the enhanced benefits made available during the COVID-19 pandemic. The state said it chose ID.me because it "operates in a user-friendly automated process" as part of an effort to reduce claims needing manual processing, which was required for an estimated 40 percent of claims.
About ID.me
The ID.me secure digital identity network includes partnerships in 30 states, 10 federal agencies, and over 500 name-brand retailers. The company provides identity proofing, authentication and group affiliation verification for organizations across sectors. The company's technology meets the federal standards for consumer authentication and is approved as a NIST 800-63-3 IAL2 / AAL2 conformant credential service provider by the Kantara Initiative. ID.me's Identity Gateway also maintains a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authority to Operate (ATO). ID.me strives towards its mission of "No Identity Left Behind" to enable all people to have secure access to services. To learn more, visit https://www.ID.me
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At least 3 dead in Kentucky as flooding hits Appalachia, officials say
(WKYT/WSAZ/Gray News) - Officials in Kentucky on Thursday reported three deaths related to the severe flooding, with concerns the toll will continue to rise.
Gov. Andy Beshear called it one of the “worst and most devastating flooding events” in the state’s history, saying hundreds of homes had been damaged or destroyed so far, per WKYT.
“The situation is dynamic and ongoing,” Beshear said. “In most places, we are not seeing receding water. In fact, in most places, it is not crested yet.”
The governor said during a news conference there had been two deaths in Perry County, including an 81-year-old woman, but the county coroner later clarified only one confirmed death.
In Knott County, the coroner confirmed two deaths in the region with multiple people still missing, WSAZ reported.
Beshear also said there are a number of people unaccounted for, declared a state of emergency and activated the National Guard. He said he expected there will be more loss of lives.
“Hundreds will lose their homes, and this is going to be yet another event that it’s going to take not months but likely years for many families to rebuild and recover from,” the governor said.
Poweroutage.us reported more than 31,000 customers without electricity in eastern Kentucky, as well as affected areas in West Virginia and Virginia dealing with flash flooding and mudslides. Thunderstorms dumped several inches of water over the past few days.
Water service has been disrupted as well in some areas. Beshear said Kentucky has already ordered truckloads of water to assist.
Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt said many in his area are trapped by floodwaters and urged people in areas that may see more flooding to get out now.
“We had to rescue some on floating debris – a house door. We had to put a lady on a house door that would float,” Hunt said. “We are using all resources, anything that we have available to rescue these people.”
Rescue workers worked through the night and have plucked people off rooftops amid fast-rising water. Perry County Emergency Management Director Jerry Stacy described the situation as “catastrophic” as crews searched for stranded people.
“There are a lot of people in eastern Kentucky on top of roofs waiting to be rescued,” the governor added.
The storms hit an Appalachian mountain region where communities and homes are built on steep hillsides or down in the hollows between them, where the only flat land often shoulders creeks and streams that can rise in a hurry.
Roads in many areas weren’t passable after as much as 6 inches of rain had fallen in some areas by Thursday, and 1-3 more inches could fall, the National Weather Service said.
Three parks in the region were opened as shelters for displaced people.
In Kentucky’s Perry, Leslie and Clay counties, people in low areas were urged to seek higher ground after multiple swift water rescues. Breathitt County’s courthouse was opened overnight, and Emergency Management Director Chris Friley said the Old Montessori School would provide more permanent shelter once crews can staff it.
“It’s the worst we’ve had in quite a while,” Friley said. “It’s county-wide again. There’s several spots that are still not accessible to rescue crews.”
Perry County dispatchers said floodwaters washed out roads and bridges and knocked homes off foundations. The city of Hazard said rescue crews were out all night, urging people on Facebook to stay off roads and “pray for a break in the rain.”
Rescues were being done in West Virginia, and communities in southwest Virginia also were flooding. The National Weather Service office in Blacksburg, Virginia, warned of more showers and storms on Thursday.
In Buchanan County, which was hit by severe flooding two weeks ago, preliminary assessments of the previous flooding were postponed for safety amid the latest high water, according to Virginia Department of Emergency Management spokesperson Lauren Opett. Officials were determining whether its feasible to conduct the assessments virtually, she said.
And in Wise County, the Office of Emergency Management warned of imminent flooding and road closures in the Pound Bottom area on Thursday morning. Officials advised residents to shelter in place until floodwaters recede or evacuate to a shelter in an elementary school.
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