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ALBANY — Southwest Georgians have a little more than a week to make final nominations for The Albany Herald’s 2022 Woman of the Year.
Nominations are being accepted in a number of categories at http://albanyherald.secondstreetapp.com/Women-Of-The-Year-Awards-2022/ through May 31. Winners in those categories, and the overall Woman of the Year, will be announced June 26 during an event at Pretoria Fields Brewery in downtown Albany.
“Last year, The Albany Herald hosted a contest to highlight the amazing women in our southwest Georgia communities,” newspaper Retail Sales Manager Heather Harrison said. “We partnered with Q-102 Radio and Pretoria Fields Brewery. The contest generated 4,600 nominations and more than 21,000 votes. The idea was to have our community nominate and vote for the outstanding women in our lives and gather to celebrate them with an awards ceremony.
“The contest has several categories, ranging from education to medical to industry and retail. The 2021 Woman of the Year event was recognized and awarded first place in a national contest for a Community Purpose Award.”
Once initial nominations are closed, voting will begin for the nominees in each category. That period of voting will last from June 1 to June 15.
VIP tickets for the June 26 event, which include catered food, a drink ticket, a raffle ticket and a gift bag, are available now for $50. General admission tickets are on sale for $10.
“We have VIP and general admission tickets on sale for the event and will donate a portion of our proceeds to a local domestic violence shelter, The Liberty House,” Harrison said.
“We are only able to do events, contests, and fundraisers like this with the help and support of our community and sponsors. It is a great feeling knowing we are able to not only recognize the women who work so hard in our daily lives but to also be able to give back to those in need in our community.”
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Police: Plane circling Mississippi city threatens to crash
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A stolen airplane circled over north Mississippi on Saturday morning, and police said they evacuated a Walmart store after the pilot threatened to crash into it.
The Tupelo Police Department said in a Facebook post that the Walmart and a nearby convenience store had been evacuated. The plane started circling over Tupelo, Mississippi, at about 5 a.m. It was still in the air about four hours later, but had flown away from Tupelo and was circling over another community nearby.
Police said they have made contact with the pilot directly.
“Citizens are asked to avoid that area until an all clear is given,” the police wrote. “With the mobility of an airplane of that type the danger zone is much larger than even Tupelo.”
Law enforcement told the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal shortly after 8 a.m. that the stolen plane had left the airspace around Tupelo and was flying near a Toyota manufacturing plant in nearby Blue Springs.
An online flight tracking service showed a looping path for the plane.
“State law enforcement and emergency managers are closely tracking this dangerous situation,” Gov. Tate Reeves wrote on Twitter. “All citizens should be on alert and aware of updates from the Tupelo Police Department.”
Leslie Criss, a magazine editor who lives in Tupelo, woke up early and was watching the situation on TV and social media. Several of her friends were outside watching the plane circle overhead.
“I’ve never seen anything like this in this town,” Criss told The Associated Press. “It’s a scary way to wake up on a Saturday morning.”
Former state Rep. Steve Holland, who is a funeral director in Tupelo, said he had received calls from families concerned about the plane.
“One called and said, ‘Oh, my God, do we need to cancel mother’s funeral?’” Holland said. “I just told them, ‘No, life’s going to go on.’”
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- INDOCHINO, a global leader in made to measure men's suiting and apparel, outfitted several key picks at last night's 2022 NBA draft. INDOCHINO has dressed a number of incoming players over the years, and the brand was excited for this year's draft class to show off their custom suiting in-person, after two years of virtual and scaled-down events.
INDOCHINO dressed six draft picks including Keegan Murray, Mark Williams, Nikola Jovic, Ousmane Dieng, Jeremy Sochan, and Blake Wesley. In the lead-up to last night's draft, these players visited INDOCHINO showrooms to customize their suit fabric, choosing their lapel style, buttons, monograms, and more.
Please see below for the styles the players selected and customized:
- Keegan Murray, from the University of Iowa, was chosen as the #4 pick by the Sacramento Kings and opted for INDOCHINO's Herringbone Charcoal Suit
- Mark Williams, standing at 7ft tall, was drafted to the Charlotte Hornets and chose INDOCHINO's Knotting Birdseye Deep Blue Suit
- Nikola Jovic, a Serbian basketball player and one of the top prospects this year, was drafted by the Miami Heat while wearing INDOCHINO's Harrogate Glen Check Midnight Blue
- Ousman Dieng, a French basketball player who was traded from the New York Knicks to Oklahoma City Thunder went with INDOCHINO's RJ Solid Red Suit, a bold all-red look
- Jeremy Sochan, a Polish-American player who was drafted to the San Antonio Spurs with the #9 overall pick, chose INDOCHINO's bright Birdseye Lilac suit
- Blake Wesley, from Notre Dame, was drafted to the San Antonio Spurs while wearing INDOCHINO's classic Harrogate Black Suit, which he opted to upgrade into a Tuxedo in the showroom
The NBA 2022 draft was held last night, June 23rd at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The 2022 event marks a return to the draft's normal June date after several postponements were made in past years due to the pandemic. As this was the first year since the pandemic players could sit amongst their family and friends in person, INDOCHINO was honored they could also showcase their personal style with made-to-measure suits from the brand.
"It's a privilege to be able to dress these players and expand INDOCHINO's presence," said Drew Green, CEO of INDOCHINO. "To be able to dress several of this year's NBA draft picks is a privilege for our brand and offers us the opportunity to inspire avid basketball fans to create their own custom apparel."
As with all INDOCHINO garments, each item is customizable and made to measure. Custom suits start at $499 USD, blazers from $289, and shirts from $79. Casual pants are priced at $79. The full availability can be found at: www.indochino.com
As the global leader in made to measure apparel, INDOCHINO has developed the shopping experience of the future. Born out of the belief that you don't need to spend a fortune on a custom wardrobe, INDOCHINO was the first company to disrupt the retail sector by making perfect-fitting, personalized apparel on a mass scale.
Customers take on the role of designer, picking out every detail of their garments to make them truly one-of-a- kind. These are made to their precise measurements and shipped directly to their door, hassle free. The company's omni-channel approach allows them to shop online or in person at any INDOCHINO showroom.
For more information, visit www.indochino.com and follow INDOCHINO's social media channels.
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A special legislative committee investigating the 2019 death of Ronald Greene in police custody is seeking to hold the former head of Louisiana State Police in contempt for allegedly failing to cooperate with a subpoena for journals he kept during his tenure, a member of the committee told CNN.
The committee said last week it subpoenaed at least three journals kept by former Louisiana State Police Superintendent Col. Kevin Reeves, but he did not comply with the order, according to Rep. Denise Marcelle, who sits on the investigative committee.
"They can't be above the law," Marcelle told CNN Tuesday night. "Our chairman sat down asking for very specific things and this committee has been fair. They continue to cloud this situation they're in. The further we go and investigate, the worse it gets."
Greene, a 49-year-old Black man, died during the overnight hours of May 10, 2019, after an incident troopers described as resisting arrest and a struggle with officers. His family, however, said they were told Greene died in a car crash after a chase, CNN has reported.
Videos of the incident were released two years later. They showed Greene being tased, kicked and punched by members of the Louisiana State Police before he died in their custody.
In response to Greene's death, a select committee of the state's House of Representatives was created to investigate.
Lewis Unglesby, an attorney who represents Reeves, met with Rep. Tanner Magee, the chair of the committee, Monday and gave him between nine and 11 pages of entries from his client's journals, but not the journals in their entirety, Unglesby told CNN.
Magee left the meeting without taking the documents, Unglesby told CNN. He also said he sent the committee the documents via email, fax and letter.
"They don't have the journals, that's true," Unglesby told CNN in a phone call. "But do you have the records that relate to Greene? Yes," he said, adding, "The rest of the journals are none of their business."
Reeves retired from his position as head of the state police in October 2020 amidst controversy surrounding his handling of Greene's death.
In March, Reeves testified in front of the special committee about his knowledge of the incident and during an at times heated exchange with lawmakers, he denied claims of a cover-up in Greene's death.
But Marcelle said after hearing testimony from current and former state police troopers, it is clear to her that a cover-up occurred. "The question becomes how high is the cover up and when are we going to start to see people held accountable," she said.
Governor accused of keeping quiet
The special legislative committee spearheading the probe was created after The Associated Press reported in January that Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards kept quiet for two years about what he knew regarding Greene's death.
Edwards denied the allegation at the time, saying he welcomed "any and all legislative oversight" of the case. He has called the actions of the troopers involved "criminal" and said he was briefed by Reeves in May 2019 that Greene died after a chase and a "violent, lengthy struggle" with state police.
The whistleblower in the case, Carl Cavalier, a former Louisiana state trooper, was fired after he accused colleagues involved in Greene's death of murder and an alleged internal coverup. Since Greene's death, multiple troopers have come forward to testify that a cover-up occurred within the highest ranks of the department, which Reeves denies.
Meanwhile, Greene's family filed a wrongful-death civil lawsuit against the state troopers involved in the death, as well as their superiors -- seeking damages for payment for all medical and funeral expenses.
Troopers have maintained Greene's death "was caused by crash-related blunt force chest trauma that resulted in a fractured sternum and ruptured aorta" and said they used force "for their own personal safety and for the safety of the public," according to court documents.
An autopsy report from the Union Parish Coroner's Office obtained by CNN found lacerations on Greene's head were "inconsistent with motor vehicle collision injury," and "most consistent with multiple impact sites from a blunt object."
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The following statement is attributed to Jeff Shuren, M.D., J.D., director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health
SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The sterilization of medical devices is a vital process for helping to prevent serious infections. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continually works to oversee sterilization methods for these devices to ensure they are effective and used in amounts that are safe for the patients and health care professionals who use them.
Ethylene oxide, or EtO, is a gas used during manufacturing processes to sterilize a variety of both medical and non-medical products. Use of ethylene oxide is a well-established and scientifically-proven method of preventing harmful microorganisms from reproducing and causing infections without degrading the product, unlike some other sterilization methods. It is currently the most commonly used method in the U.S. to sterilize medical devices and is widely used by medical device manufacturers and contract sterilizers worldwide.
In fact, more than 20 billion devices sold in the U.S. every year are sterilized with ethylene oxide, accounting for approximately 50% of devices that require sterilization. These devices range from wound dressings to more specialized devices, such as stents, as well as kits used in routine hospital procedures or surgeries that include multiple components made from different materials. Inadequate sterilization can lead to life-threatening infections in patients undergoing a wide range of medical procedures.
Today, the Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates industrial facilities to ensure unsafe emissions levels are not released into the environment, announced plans to propose an air pollution rule later this year to address emissions of ethylene oxide at commercial sterilizers. As part of its proposal, the EPA has conducted a risk assessment which identified 23 commercial sterilizers in several states that were found to emit high levels of ethylene oxide.
The FDA shares concerns about the release of ethylene oxide at unsafe levels into the environment. We have been proactively working with medical device sterilizers to reduce the amount of EtO they use while still effectively sterilizing products to help ensure they meet the EPA's standards for ethylene oxide emission levels. In addition, we have been working with companies on the development of novel sterilization methods to replace the use of ethylene oxide.
Over the past few years, we have prioritized reducing the use of ethylene oxide and several actions to develop programs and initiatives to support innovation in medical device sterilization.
For example, we launched the EtO Sterilization Master File Pilot Program for premarket approval (PMA) holders of high-risk devices that enables certain changes between sterilization processes and facilities that reduces the amount of ethylene oxide concentrations used to sterilize medical devices without compromising safety and effectiveness. To date, 11 sites and 28 class III devices are included in the pilot. Multiple organizations have also expressed interest in our recently announced 510(k) master file pilot program, which exponentially expands the number of medical devices that are eligible for pilot participation.
The Innovation Challenges we launched have also shown encouraging progress with new strategies to reduce EtO emissions. Early observations suggest that some facilities have cut emissions ranging from 20-35%, with the potential to impact millions of devices. In general, manufacturers are targeting an ethylene oxide cycle concentration that is 11-66% less than the typical ethylene oxide concentration range. In addition to reducing emissions by lowering the EtO cycle concentration, Challenge participants are also exploring the potential for using alternative sterilization methods, such as vaporized hydrogen peroxide, supercritical carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide for certain types of medical devices. In some cases, device manufacturers are working collaboratively with contract sterilizers to validate new or different sterilization methods as well as the feasibility for scale up.
Collectively, these programs encourage new ways to sterilize medical devices that reduce the potential impact of ethylene oxide on the environment and public health, and we are committed to continuing to prioritize these efforts.
While signs of innovation are promising, other methods of sterilization cannot currently replace the use of EtO for many devices. To that end, we are equally concerned about the potential impact of shortages of sterilized medical devices that would result from disruptions in commercial sterilizer facility operations. Our supply chain program is ready to work with industry to help prevent and mitigate potential shortages due to reduced supply of certain ethylene oxide sterilized medical devices.
The FDA remains focused in our commitment to encourage novel ways to sterilize medical devices while reducing adverse impacts on the environment and public health and developing solutions to avoid potential shortages of devices that the American public relies upon.
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- Sterilization for Medical Devices
- Resilient Supply Chain Program for Medical Devices
- FDA Innovation Challenge 1: Identify New Sterilization Methods and Technologies
- FDA Innovation Challenge 2: Reduce Ethylene Oxide Emissions
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BEIJING, Aug. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new vlog series of China Factory Story, Fenjiu, Soul of Chinese Liquor, has recently been released. This is the tenth piece of this 10-episode vlog series, which is jointly produced by the National Brand Project Office of Xinhua News Agency, China Economic Information Service and Fenjiu Group.
The 10 episodes tell Fenjiu's liquor-making stories, from raw grain in green production base, a bottle of fragrant Fenjiu on the table, clear karstic water sources 800 meters underground, to modern workshops adopting time-honored techniques, which all speak of Fenjiu's craftsmanship, pursuit for excellence with a pragmatic approach, and spirits of staying true to tradition and innovation in brewing mild aromatic Baijiu.
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INDIANAPOLIS, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) will announce its second-quarter 2022 financial results on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Lilly will also conduct a conference call on that day with the investment community and media to further detail the company's financial performance.
The conference call will begin at 9 a.m. Eastern time. Investors, media and the general public can access a live webcast of the conference call through a link that will be posted on Lilly's website at https://investor.lilly.com/webcasts-and-presentations. A replay will also be available on the website following the conference call.
About Lilly
Lilly unites caring with discovery to create medicines that make life better for people around the world. We've been pioneering life-changing discoveries for nearly 150 years, and today our medicines help more than 47 million people across the globe. Harnessing the power of biotechnology, chemistry and genetic medicine, our scientists are urgently advancing new discoveries to solve some of the world's most significant health challenges, redefining diabetes care, treating obesity and curtailing its most devastating long-term effects, advancing the fight against Alzheimer's disease, providing solutions to some of the most debilitating immune system disorders, and transforming the most difficult-to-treat cancers into manageable diseases. With each step toward a healthier world, we're motivated by one thing: making life better for millions more people. That includes delivering innovative clinical trials that reflect the diversity of our world and working to ensure our medicines are accessible and affordable. To learn more, visit Lilly.com and Lilly.com/newsroom or follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn. F-LLY
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RADNOR, Pa., Aug. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The law firm of Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP (www.ktmc.com) informs investors that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed against Missfresh Limited ("Missfresh") (NASDAQ: MF). The action charges Missfresh with violations of the federal securities laws, including omissions and fraudulent misrepresentations relating to the company's business, operations, and prospects. As a result of Missfresh's materially misleading statements and omissions to the public, Missfresh investors have suffered significant losses.
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CLASS PERIOD: PURSUANT AND/OR TRACEABLE TO MISSFRESH'S JUNE 2021 IPO THROUGH JULY 12, 2022
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Kessler Topaz is one of the world's foremost advocates in protecting the public against corporate fraud and other wrongdoing. Our securities fraud litigators are regularly recognized as leaders in the field individually and our firm is both feared and respected among the defense bar and the insurance bar. We are proud to have recovered billions of dollars for our clients and the classes of shareholders we represent.
In June 2021, Missfresh conducted its initial public offering (IPO), selling 21 million American Depository Shares ("ADSs") at $13.00 per ADS.
On April 29, 2022, after trading hours, Missfresh filed a Notification of Late Filing on a Form 12b-25, which announced that Missfresh "will not be able to file its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 … by the prescribed filing deadline of April 30, 2022." Missfresh explained that "[t]he independent Audit Committee of [Missfresh]'s board of directors, with the assistance of professional advisors, is in the process of conducting an internal review of certain matters, including those relating to transactions between [Missfresh] and certain third-party enterprises." Following this news, Missfresh ADSs fell 13% to close at $0.448 per ADS on May 2, 2022, the next trading day.
Then, on May 24, 2022, after trading hours, Missfresh issued a press release entitled "Missfresh Announces Receipt of Nasdaq Notification Regarding Late Filing of Form 20-F" announcing "that it received a notification letter dated May 19, 2022 . . . from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. ("Nasdaq"), indicating that [Missfresh] is not in compliance with the requirements for continued listing." Following this news, Missfresh ADSs fell 9% over the next two trading days to close at $0.167 per ADS on May 26, 2022.
Finally, on July 1, 2022, Missfresh issued a press release entitled "Missfresh Announces the Substantial Completion of the Audit Committee-Led Independent Internal Review." In the press release, Missfresh disclosed that "certain revenue associated with these reporting periods in 2021 may have been inaccurately recorded in [Missfresh]'s financial statements." As of the date the complaint was filed, Missfresh ADSs closed at $0.389 per ADS, well below Missfresh's IPO price of $13.00 per ADS.
Missfresh investors may, no later than September 12, 2022 seek to be appointed as a lead plaintiff representative of the class through Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP or other counsel, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member. Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP encourages Missfresh investors who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm directly to acquire more information.
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Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP prosecutes class actions in state and federal courts throughout the country and around the world. The firm has developed a global reputation for excellence and has recovered billions of dollars for victims of fraud and other corporate misconduct. All of our work is driven by a common goal: to protect investors, consumers, employees and others from fraud, abuse, misconduct and negligence by businesses and fiduciaries. The complaint in this action was not filed by Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP. For more information about Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP please visit www.ktmc.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, announces the filing of a class action lawsuit on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Tuya Inc. (NYSE: TUYA) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with Tuya's March 2021 initial public offering (the "IPO"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 11, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Tuya securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Registration Statement you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Tuya class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7007 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than October 11, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the IPO Registration Statement featured false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) a material portion of Tuya's China-based customers were engaged in the widespread and systematic manipulation of reviews and product offerings in violation of Amazon.com's terms of use; (2) prior to the IPO, a consumer investigation and data breach had exposed an illicit fake review scheme being perpetrated by many of Tuya's clients, among others, which included, among other things, the exposure of 13 million records of organized fake review scams linked to over 200,000 Amazon account profiles; (3) as a result, there was a substantial risk that a material portion of Tuya's significant customers would be barred from using Amazon.com's platform, negatively impacting Tuya's business, revenue, earnings, and prospects; and (4) as such, the IPO's Registration Statement's representations regarding Tuya's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities and expected growth did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, financial results, and trajectory of Tuya at the time of the IPO. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the Tuya class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=7007 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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Here’s how much legislation in each state restricts or protects trans youth
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Here’s how much legislation in each state restricts or protects trans youth
Superficially, Americans and their legislators accept and understand LGBTQ+ individuals more now than even a decade ago. The Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize same-gender marriage stands as of the most tangible and significant wins for LGBTQ+ rights—yet the 2015 ruling only directly protected cisgender lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.
At least 19 states in 2016 considered bathroom bills, legislation that would force every person to use the gendered restroom matching the gender listed on their birth certificate. North Carolina passed this legislation, igniting conversations across the country and empowering lawmakers to draft similar bills in other states. But sister bills struggled to pass, and even North Carolina has since repealed its bathroom bill.
Several congressional representatives have turned to gender legislation to target a new group: transgender youth.
Stacker took a look at state-by-state data on sexual orientation and gender identity policies that affect transgender youth from the Transgender Law Center. All 50 states and Washington D.C. were then ranked by their total “policy tallies” (the number of laws and policies driving equality for LGBTQ+ people), with #51 being the most restrictive state and #1 being the most protective state of trans youth. Negative tallies mean more discrimination laws exist than protection laws.
TLC’s policy tally accounts only for passed legislation and does not take into account activism efforts, attitudes, and feelings expressed by people in the state, nor implementations of these laws. The core categories TLC considered revolve around relationships and parental recognition, nondiscrimination, religious exemptions, LGBTQ+ youth, health care, criminal justice, and identity documents.
TLC’s findings capture how trans youth remain protected or vulnerable by statutory law, but legislation is elastic and lawmakers introduce new bills constantly. One category of these rankings only capture laws pertaining to sexuality since significant overlap exists within the queer community and within the legislation. Many lesbian, gay, or bisexual individuals also identify as transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming, meaning LGBTQ+ individuals can identify with more than one queer identity.
Since 2020, anti-trans youth legislation claiming to protect children popped up more frequently in state legislatures, entering the more mainstream lexicon in 2021. During the first three months of 2022, lawmakers filed about 240 anti-LGBTQ+ laws—most of which targeted trans people.
Tennessee, the top state for anti-trans youth legislation, in 2017 signed a bill into law preventing trans children from receiving gender-affirming care. It was the fifth anti-trans law to pass in the state. Bills like these claim to protect parents and children, yet lawmakers in Tennessee are also considering a bill that would establish common-law marriages in the state between “one man and one woman” while eliminating age restrictions for marriage.
While anti-trans youth legislation outnumbers legislation to protect trans youth, several states have enacted or are considering laws intended to protect trans children. California has gone so far as to introduce a bill to accept families escaping anti-trans youth legislation. Colorado—formerly known as the “Hate State” for its history of passing anti-LGBTQ+ legislation throughout the ’90s—passed legislation banning conversion therapy, prohibiting bullying based on LGBTQ+ identities, and ending discrimination against LGBTQ+ families adopting children. Hawaii passed legislation in March that would require health insurance companies to pay for gender-affirming care—but not until 2060.
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#51. Tennessee
– Overall tally: -6
– Gender identity policy tally: -5.75
– Sexual orientation policy tally: -0.25
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#50. Arkansas
– Overall tally: -5.5
– Gender identity policy tally: -5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: -0.5
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#49. South Dakota
– Overall tally: -4.5
– Gender identity policy tally: -4
– Sexual orientation policy tally: -0.5
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#48. Alabama
– Overall tally: -4
– Gender identity policy tally: -3.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: -0.5
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#47. Mississippi
– Overall tally: -3.5
– Gender identity policy tally: -3
– Sexual orientation policy tally: -0.5
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#46. Oklahoma
– Overall tally: -3
– Gender identity policy tally: -5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 2
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#45. Louisiana
– Overall tally: -2.5
– Gender identity policy tally: -3.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 1
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#43. Georgia (tie)
– Overall tally: -0.5
– Gender identity policy tally: -3
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 2.5
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#43. South Carolina (tie)
– Overall tally: -0.5
– Gender identity policy tally: -1.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 1
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#42. Texas
– Overall tally: 0.5
– Gender identity policy tally: -2.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 2.75
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#41. Missouri
– Overall tally: 0.75
– Gender identity policy tally: -2.75
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 3.5
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#40. Wyoming
– Overall tally: 1.75
– Gender identity policy tally: -0.75
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 2.5
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#39. Arizona
– Overall tally: 2.25
– Gender identity policy tally: -3.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 5.75
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#38. Idaho
– Overall tally: 3.75
– Gender identity policy tally: -0.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 4.25
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#35. Montana (tie)
– Overall tally: 4
– Gender identity policy tally: -0.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 4.5
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#35. Nebraska (tie)
– Overall tally: 4
– Gender identity policy tally: -1.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 5.25
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#35. West Virginia (tie)
– Overall tally: 4
– Gender identity policy tally: -1.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 5.5
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#33. Florida (tie)
– Overall tally: 5.75
– Gender identity policy tally: 2
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 3.75
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#33. North Carolina (tie)
– Overall tally: 5.75
– Gender identity policy tally: 1
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 4.75
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#32. Indiana
– Overall tally: 6.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 1.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 5.25
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#31. Kansas
– Overall tally: 7.75
– Gender identity policy tally: 3
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 4.75
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#30. Ohio
– Overall tally: 9.75
– Gender identity policy tally: 3.75
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 6
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#29. Kentucky
– Overall tally: 10.25
– Gender identity policy tally: 3
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 7.25
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#28. North Dakota
– Overall tally: 11.75
– Gender identity policy tally: 4.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 7.5
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#27. Utah
– Overall tally: 14.25
– Gender identity policy tally: 6.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 8
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#26. Pennsylvania
– Overall tally: 15.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 9.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 6.25
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#25. Iowa
– Overall tally: 17
– Gender identity policy tally: 6
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 11
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#24. Alaska
– Overall tally: 17.75
– Gender identity policy tally: 9
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 8.75
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#23. Wisconsin
– Overall tally: 18
– Gender identity policy tally: 5.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 12.75
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#22. Michigan
– Overall tally: 19
– Gender identity policy tally: 11.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 7.75
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#21. Delaware
– Overall tally: 25.25
– Gender identity policy tally: 12.75
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 12.5
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#20. Virginia
– Overall tally: 26
– Gender identity policy tally: 14.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 11.5
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#19. New Hampshire
– Overall tally: 27.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 14
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 13.5
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#18. New Mexico
– Overall tally: 28
– Gender identity policy tally: 14.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 13.5
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#17. Maryland
– Overall tally: 29.75
– Gender identity policy tally: 16.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 13.25
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#16. Hawaii
– Overall tally: 31
– Gender identity policy tally: 16
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 15
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#15. Rhode Island
– Overall tally: 32.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 16
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 16.5
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#13. Massachusetts (tie)
– Overall tally: 33.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 17.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 16.25
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#13. Minnesota (tie)
– Overall tally: 33.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 18.25
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 15.25
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#12. Illinois
– Overall tally: 35
– Gender identity policy tally: 18
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 17
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#10. Washington D.C. (tie)
– Overall tally: 36
– Gender identity policy tally: 19
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 17
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#10. Vermont (tie)
– Overall tally: 36
– Gender identity policy tally: 18.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 17.5
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#9. Oregon
– Overall tally: 36.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 19.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 17
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#8. Washington
– Overall tally: 36.75
– Gender identity policy tally: 20
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 16.75
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#6. Maine (tie)
– Overall tally: 37
– Gender identity policy tally: 18.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 18.5
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#6. New Jersey (tie)
– Overall tally: 37
– Gender identity policy tally: 20
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 17
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#5. Connecticut
– Overall tally: 37.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 20
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 17.5
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#4. Nevada
– Overall tally: 38
– Gender identity policy tally: 20.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 17.5
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#3. New York
– Overall tally: 39
– Gender identity policy tally: 20.5
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 18.5
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#2. California
– Overall tally: 39.25
– Gender identity policy tally: 20.75
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 18.5
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#1. Colorado
– Overall tally: 39.5
– Gender identity policy tally: 20.75
– Sexual orientation policy tally: 18.75
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Central Texas residents interested in voting early in this year’s primary election runoff will need to cast their ballots Friday.
The weeklong period of early voting in the election ends Friday, with Bell County’s seven polling location staying open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Election Day for the runoff races will take place on Tuesday, May 24, at various polling locations throughout the county.
Shay Luedeke, interim elections administrator for the county, said all voters would be able to cast a ballot in the runoff election but those that voted in the primary are limited to the same party.
“Any registered voter can vote in the runoff,” Luedeke said. “If they voted in the primary, they must vote for the same party they voted for in the March 1, 2022, primary election.”
By Wednesday, more than 2,300 had cast early ballots for the runoff.
Bell County Republican voters will have a voice in one key local race, for the State Senate District 24 contest to replace Dawn Buckingham.
The State Senate race is between former game warden Pete Flores and homebuilder Raul Reyes.
Local Republicans will also vote in runoffs for Texas attorney general, Texas General Land Office and railroad commissioner races.
Democrats in the county will get to cast their ballots in the contested lieutenant governor, attorney general, Texas General Land Office and Comptroller of Public Accounts races.
Early voting locations include the Temple Independent School District Administration Building, 401 Santa Fe Way in Temple; the Bell County Courthouse Annex, 550 E. Second Ave. in Belton; and the Salado Church of Christ, 217 N. Stagecoach Road in Salado. The Parks & Recreation Center in Harker Heights, 307 Miller’s Crossing, also will be used.
Killeen will have three polling locations: the Bell County Annex, 304 Priest Drive; the Jackson Professional Learning Center, 902 Rev. R.A. Abercrombie Drive; and the Senior Center at Lions Club Park, 1700 E. Stan Schlueter Loop.
Those who intend to vote will need to bring one of seven forms of approved forms of photo identification to their polling location.
The seven forms of photo identification approved in Texas are a state driver’s license, a Texas election ID certificate, a Texas handgun license, a U.S. citizenship certificate with a photo, a U.S. military ID card with a photo, a Texas personal ID card and a U.S. passport. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_338b6d90-d7be-11ec-ae9e-9fd694a25f2d.html | 2022-05-19T23:52:21Z |
Canton man shot earlier this month dies in Akron hospital
CANTON – A man police say was shot April 16 by a teenage boy in the 3100 block of Gilbert Circle NE has died.
Dajuan T. Wheat, 26, of Canton, was pronounced dead at 10:15 p.m. Saturday at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital, said Gary Guenther, investigator for the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office.
Police had arrested Anthony Steven Hinton, 17, of Canton, the day after Wheat was shot.
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Hinton was booked into the Multi-County Juvenile Attention Center on Sunday on juvenile charges of attempted murder and felonious assault, according to a news release Monday from the Canton Police Department.
Lt. Dennis Garren, police spokesman, confirmed Monday that police were seeking to amend the charges in the wake of Wheat's death, the seventh homicide in the city this year.
Police had been called at 4:07 a.m. April 16 to the Gilbert Circle area, arriving to find Wheat in the grass between apartment buildings. He had a gunshot wound to his side, an injury police at the time said was life-threatening.
Fire department medics took Wheat to Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital, and he was transferred on to the Akron hospital.
Police released no motive for the shooting.
The shooting was the seventh teen-involved shooting so far this year. Wheat's death and the arrest of Hinton brings to 10 the number of teens involved so far this year in a total of seven separate, violent, gun-related crimes. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/05/02/canton-gunshot-victim-dajuan-wheat-dies-akron-hospital-anthony-hinton/9613910002/ | 2022-05-02T18:42:09Z |
UWGT selects 2022 campaign co-chairs
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The United Way of Greater Topeka has selected its chair, or chairs, for the 2022 campaign.
Kansas Gas Service’s Lindsay Freeman and Kansas Housing Authority President Trey George were chosen as co-chairs this year. The United Way works every year to raise funding for its programs, working to provide for people’s basic needs and prioritizing early childhood education.
“They’re addressing needs that are often times overlooked or need additional funding,” Freeman, KSG’s State Manager for Community Relations, said.
“Those workplace campaigns create a huge revenue stream for the United Way, which then go back into the community to make those impactful goals happen,” George said.
You can donate, or find volunteering opportunities, at UnitedWayTopeka.org or by stopping by the office at 1527 SW Fairlawn.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a fun and easy way to listen to music in an open-air manner while riding a skateboard," said an inventor, from Canyon Lake, Calif., "so I invented the SKATEBOX. My design could make riding a skateboard more enjoyable."
The invention provides a unique new design for a skateboard. In doing so, it enables the user to listen to open air music while riding. As a result, it offers an alternative to using headphones or ear buds and it ensures that the user is aware of their surroundings. The invention features an innovative design that is easy to use so it is ideal for skateboarders and extreme sports enthusiasts. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-KOC-680, 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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Prefinished home siding product selected for Clayton's first net–zero electricity home
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LP Building Solutions (LP), a leading manufacturer of high-performance building products, was selected as the trim and siding partner of choice for the first net–zero electricity home built by Clayton, a national builder of off-site and site-built homes. Clayton, a Berkshire Hathaway company, unveiled the home which featured LP® SmartSide® ExpertFinish® Trim and Siding in Abyss Black at the 2022 Berkshire Hathaway Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.
Clayton selected LP® SmartSide® ExpertFinish® Trim & Siding, a prefinished siding option introduced in 2020, for its first net–zero electricity home due to its sustainably, ethically harvested wood fiber, and low-carbon attributes.
"LP is excited to partner with companies like Clayton that are dedicated to both environmental sustainability and delivering a high-performance product," said LP Executive Vice President, General Manager of Siding Jason Ringblom. "One of our core values at LP is doing the right thing today to ensure a brighter future for the next generation, and we are committed to building relationships with companies who value the same."
Manufacturing responsibly sourced, high-performing, and long-lasting engineered wood building products is fundamental to LP's sustainability commitment. LP products store carbon for generations, making them the number-one choice for sustainable, energy-efficient building materials. In fact, LP® SmartSide® Trim & Siding stores more carbon than it releases into the atmosphere from production to end-of-life, making it a carbon-negative exterior cladding product.
LP SmartSide ExpertFinish Trim & Siding is engineered to perform and designed to complement almost any architectural style. With 16 versatile colors to choose from, ExpertFinish maintains the beauty of traditional wood while featuring the durability, workability, and easier maintenance that comes with SmartSide engineered wood products. In addition, ExpertFinish can be installed 36% faster than prefinished fiber cement siding, allowing builders and remodelers to finish three jobs in the time it takes to finish two with fiber cement.
For more information about LP's commitment to sustainability, visit lpcorp.com/sustainability.
As a leader in high-performance building solutions, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions, NYSE: LPX) manufactures engineered wood building products that meet the demands of builders, remodelers, and homeowners worldwide. LP's extensive offerings include innovative and dependable building products and accessories, such as Siding Solutions (LP® SmartSide® Trim & Siding, LP® SmartSide® ExpertFinish® Trim & Siding, LP BuilderSeries® Lap Siding, and LP® Outdoor Building Solutions®), LP Structural Solutions (LP® TechShield® Radiant Barrier, LP WeatherLogic® Air & Water Barrier, LP Legacy® Premium Sub-Flooring, and LP® FlameBlock® Fire-Rated Sheathing, LP NovaCore™ Thermal Insulated Sheathing, and more), LP® TopNotch® Sub-Flooring, and oriented strand board (OSB). In addition to product solutions, LP provides industry-leading customer service and warranties. Since its founding in 1972, LP has been Building a Better World™ by helping customers construct beautiful, durable homes while our shareholders build lasting value. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, LP operates 25 plants across the U.S., Canada, Chile, and Brazil. For more information, visit LPCorp.com.
Founded in 1956, Clayton is committed to opening doors to a better life and building happyness® through homeownership. As a diverse builder committed to quality and durability, Clayton offers traditional site-built homes and off-site built housing – including modular homes, manufactured homes, CrossMod™ homes, tiny homes, college dormitories, military barracks and apartments. All Clayton Built® homes are proudly designed, engineered and assembled in America. In 2021, Clayton built 60,701 homes across the country. Clayton is a Berkshire Hathaway company. For more information, visit claytonhomes.com.
Net-zero electricity is based on electrical energy consumption using NREL® BEoptTM to estimate annual electrical energy consumption and NREL PVWatts Calculator to estimate the annual solar production on homes built with energy-efficient features and assumes that the home is placed in a location that optimizes the solar features.
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Accessing the digital world with a visual disability
Blindness is a spectrum and can affect people in a variety of ways.
A visual disability cannot be corrected with contacts, glasses or surgery. For me, my visual disability is caused by genetics, which cannot be fixed.
When looking at the blindness spectrum, it ranges from 20/20 vision through total blindness and it could also include conditions like color blindness. Visual impairments and legal blindness simply mean that the vision is below a certain threshold and cannot be resolved with common solutions.
When it comes to total blindness, many people can still perceive light and shadows, but may not be able to perceive colors and details. Color blindness comes in a variety of forms, including red-green, yellow-blue, and even grayscale, which all impact how someone might perceive different colors.
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Technology impacting the blind user experience
Whether a user cannot perceive certain colors, has limited vision or has no vision at all, each are impacted by website design, formatting and overall functionality. Let’s look at a few examples:
- Many websites use and rely on color as a means of communicating with users. For users with color blindness, this is a big problem and can lead to a process being impossible. A prime examples are status messages and whether or not an action failed or was completed successfully. Failures are usually indicated with the color red while success are typically green.
- When someone with low vision visits a website, they are likely to be viewing with some form of magnification, browser or software. With the rising popularity of mobile devices, the issue of resizing and reflow has decreased. However, some elements, widgets and page layouts do not mesh well when magnified beyond 200%. This issue introduces a second axis of scrolling, side to side and up and down, which can nearly double the time to read or complete an interaction.
- When a user with no vision visits a website, they are likely to be using a screen reader or even a Braille display. Screen readers convert content into audio while Braille displays present the page contents in Braille. For users who are blind, if elements are not structured or labeled properly, this makes things very difficult and even sometimes impossible. Similarly, if interactive elements like forms, buttons and controls are not structured properly, blind users might feel frustrated by the lack of control of their experience and lack of information being provided.
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Assistive technology isn’t confined to specific users
We all have personal preferences and methods to achieving our desired goals, whether it be on a mobile phone or a desktop computer.
The same is true among users with visual disabilities. Some users who have limited vision might use a magnifier for general everyday tasks, but may switch to a screen reader when reading a book or article.
Someone who is completely blind may use their phone for some tasks with the phone's native screen reader software, but may switch to a computer when something like filling out a form is involved.
It is not a good idea to assume that all blind users use a screen reader on a desktop computer or users with low vision only user magnifiers. It all comes down to personal preference and what makes the most sense in order to achieve a goal in a timely and effective manner.
The responsibility of businesses
Any business that is open to the public should have a goal to provide an equivalent experience to all its current and potential customers. I say "should" because most businesses do not have this goal.
Businesses should ensure that if users cannot see the content, they can hear it. If they cannot hear the content, they can see it. And if they cannot use a mouse, they can use a keyboard.
The content should also be designed to consider cognitive disabilities to reduce the risk of distraction, irritation and confusion.
If these are considered and applied, it is very likely that a website, app, document or online platform is fairly accessible.
The step that takes a website from fairly accessible to mostly accessible is including users with disabilities in testing and feedback. In the business world, products and services are tested before being released, so why not invite a more diverse group of testers to explore your products and services before they release?
It really is that straightforward.
From user preferences to business applications
At the end of the day, users with disabilities are going to find solutions that fit their needs and allow them to be independent and successful.
From users with disabilities like blindness to users who do not have disabilities, we are all looking for a great experience that works for us. The business should be on top of changes within technology, user behavior and personal preferences to ensure that no matter the user's preferences, an equivalent experience is always available.
James L. Warnken, a Stark County resident who was diagnosed with genetic retinal dystrophy at age 9, is the chief technology officer at Apex Communications Network. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2022/09/18/james-warnken-advocates-for-digital-accessibility/69491432007/ | 2022-09-18T10:37:36Z |
ADELAIDE, Australia, Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayne Pharma Group Limited (ASX: MYX) and Mithra Pharmaceuticals, SA (Euronext Brussels: MITRA) are pleased to announce NEXTSTELLIS® (drospirenone and estetrol tablets) has been nominated for the 2022 Prix Galien USA Award for Best Pharmaceutical Agent.
NEXTSTELLIS® is the first and only contraceptive pill containing a new low impact[1] estrogen, estetrol (E4), and a progestin, drospirenone. E4 is a natural estrogen produced by the human body during pregnancy and in NEXTSTELLIS® it is derived from a plant source. E4 is the first new estrogen introduced in the US in more than 60 years.
The Prix Galien was created in France in 1970 to reward innovative treatments and technologies that improve human health[2]. It is seen as an influential event to those interested in pharmaceutical development and is widely considered the industry's highest accolade for pharmaceutical research and development.
The Prix Galien USA Awards Ceremony to be held in October 2022 awards prizes for Best Pharmaceutical Agent, Best Biotechnology Product, and Best Medical Technology approved by the FDA in the past five years. The Prix Galien USA Awards Committee is comprised of 10 renowned leaders from the biomedical industry and academia, including two Nobel Laureates, and is responsible for evaluating the nominees.
About Mayne Pharma
Mayne Pharma is an ASX-listed specialty pharmaceutical company focused on commercializing novel and generic pharmaceuticals, offering patients better, safe and more accessible medicines. Mayne Pharma also provides contract development and manufacturing services to clients worldwide. Mayne Pharma has a 40-year track record of innovation and success in developing new oral drug delivery systems and these technologies have been successfully commercialised in numerous products that continue to be marketed around the world. Mayne Pharma has two facilities based in Salisbury, Australia and Greenville, USA with expertise in the formulation of complex oral and topical dose forms including potent compounds, modified-release products and poorly soluble compounds. maynepharma.com
About Mithra
Mithra (Euronext: MITRA) is a Belgian biotech company dedicated to transforming Women's Health by offering new choices through innovation, with a particular focus on contraception and menopause. Mithra's goal is to develop products offering better efficacy, safety and convenience, meeting women's needs throughout their life span. Mithra explores the potential of the unique native estrogen Estetrol in a wide range of applications in women health and beyond. Mithra also develops and manufactures complex therapeutics in the areas of contraception, menopause and hormone-dependent cancers. It offers partners a complete spectrum of research, development and specialist manufacturing at its technological platform Mithra CDMO. Active in more than 100 countries around the world, Mithra has an approximate headcount of 300 staff members and is headquartered in Liège, Belgium. mithra.com
About the Galien Foundation
The Galien Foundation fosters, recognises and rewards excellence in scientific innovation to improve the state of human health. Our vision is to be the catalyst for the development of the next generation of innovative treatments and technologies that will impact the state of medical practice and save lives. The Foundation oversees and directs activities in the US for the Prix Galien, an international awards program dedicated to progress through innovative medicines development, with chapters in 14 countries and Africa. The Prix Galien was created in 1970 by Roland Mehl in honor of Galien, the father of medical science and modern pharmacology. Worldwide, the Prix Galien is regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in biopharmaceutical research. galienfoundation.org/
About NEXTSTELLIS®
Developed by Mithra, NEXTSTELLIS® is a novel, patent-protected combined oral contraceptive pill containing 14.2 mg estetrol (E4) and 3 mg drospirenone (DRSP). E4 is a naturally produced estrogen during pregnancy that's derived from a plant source in NEXTSTELLIS® tablets. In two phase 3 clinical studies conducted in 3,632 women, NEXTSTELLIS® was shown to be both safe and effective and met its primary endpoint of pregnancy prevention. It also delivered positive results on a variety of secondary endpoints that demonstrated a predictable bleeding pattern with good safety and tolerability, as well as low rates of adverse reactions.
NEXTSTELLIS® is a registered trademark of Estetra SRL, a Mithra Pharmaceuticals affiliates company.
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NEW YORK, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Apyx Medical Corporation.
Shareholders who purchased shares of APYX during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: May 12, 2021 to March 11, 2022
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants 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.
DEADLINE: August 5, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/apyx-medical-corporation-loss-submission-form/?id=29525&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of APYX during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is August 5, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
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Investment Will Support Evention's Domestic and International Growth
CHICAGO, June 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Evention LLC ("Evention"), a leading provider of software to hotels, restaurants, and retailers, announced today that it has secured an investment from Equality Asset Management ("Equality"), a Boston-based growth equity firm. Evention will continue to be led by its founders and Co-Managing Partners, Mike Baldinger, Erik Nejman, and Brian Roth. Financial terms were not disclosed.
"Evention has been providing financial automation software that improves accuracy, reduces operating costs, and enables compliance for more than 15 years," said Mike Baldinger, Evention Co-Founder and Managing Partner. "We're experiencing rapid growth fueled by new products, market expansion, and the macro shift to improve and automate financial processes."
"This partnership allows Evention to continue its mission of empowering our customers with financial and back-office automation," added Erik Nejman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner. "Equality has tremendous experience supporting growth software companies like Evention and we're excited to welcome them as a partner to our company and to our amazing customers across the globe."
"Mike, Erik and I are thrilled about Evention's next chapter of growth and continuing to build upon our long track record of success," noted Brian Roth, Co-Founder and Managing Partner.
Evention was founded in 2004 to solve the data and payroll complexities associated with tips and gratuity calculations. Initial customers were single-location hotels, but management companies and global hospitality and retail brands followed. Today, the Company has thousands of customers across verticals utilizing its cloud-based automation solutions for accounting, payroll, and other financial transactions, reducing administrative time, and increasing profitability. Evention's growing product portfolio, as well as international presence, positions it as a trusted partner to some of the biggest names in hospitality, restaurants, and retail.
"Finance and accounting offices are undergoing a modernization that is driving demand for software products that provide clear ROI," said Oscar Loynaz, Principal at Equality. "Evention streamlines mid and back-office processes while improving transparency and employee engagement. We're excited to partner with Mike, Erik, Brian and the team at Evention to support their continued success and accelerating growth."
"Evention's focus on building highly valuable automation software that meets the needs of complex operating environments has enabled the Company to serve global brands with very high customer satisfaction" said Jeff Del Papa, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Equality. "With a broadening product portfolio, deep domain expertise, and global footprint, Evention is very well positioned to support customers as they seek the benefits of automation. "
McDonald Hopkins acted as legal advisor to Evention. Goodwin Procter LLP acted as legal advisor to Equality.
About Evention LLC
Based in Chicago, IL, Evention leverages automation to reinvent legacy accounting processes. Evention's Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions simplify back-office processes for various verticals - from retail to restaurant to grocery, hospitality, casino, and others. By streamlining the management of cash, credit card reconciliation, tips and gratuities, and group billing processes, Evention's automated solution suite decreases costs and increases efficiency. With robust controls and comprehensive reporting capabilities, Evention's solutions guarantee financial transparency and security. Evention serves thousands of customers across the globe.
About Equality Asset Management
Equality Asset Management is a growth-focused private equity firm. Equality provides equity capital and strategic and operating support to growth companies in the technology and tech-enabled services sectors. With decades of investment experience and operating experience, the firm has earned a reputation for value-creation, serving as steadfast partners to Founders and CEOs. Equality is based in Boston. For more information, please visit www.equalityassetmanagement.com.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all female presenters on TV channels to cover their faces on air, the country’s biggest media outlet said Thursday.
The order came in a statement from the Taliban’s Virtue and Vice Ministry, tasked with enforcing the group’s rulings, as well as from the Information and Culture Ministry, the TOLOnews channel said in a tweet. The statement called the order “final and non-negotiable,” the channel said.
The statement was sent to the Moby Group, which owns TOLOnews and several other TV and radio networks, and the tweet said it was being applied to other Afghan media as well.
An Afghan local media official confirmed his station had received the order and was told it was not up for discussion. He said the station has no other option. He spoke on condition he and his station not be identified for fear of problems with the authorities.
Several female anchors and presenters posted their photos on social media showing them with their faces covered with face masks during presenting programs. One prominent TOLO presenter, Yalda Ali, posted a video of herself putting on a face mask with a caption: “a woman being erased, on orders from the Virtue and Vice Ministry.”
On one station, Shamshad TV, implementation of the order was mixed: One woman anchor appeared with a face mask Thursday, while another later in the day went without, showing her face.
During the Taliban’s first time in power from 1996-2001, they imposed overwhelming restrictions on women, requiring them to wear the all-encompassing burqa that even covered the eyes with a mesh and barring them from public life. and education
After they seized power again in Afghanistan in August, the Taliban initially appeared to have moderated somewhat their restrictions, announcing no dress code for women. But in recent weeks, they have taken a sharp, hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists.
Earlier this month, the Taliban ordered all women in public to wear head-to-toe clothing that leaves only their eyes visible. The decree said women should leave the home only when necessary and that male relatives would face punishment for women’s dress code violations, starting with a summons and escalating to court hearings and jail time.
The Taliban leader also issued a decree barring girls from attending school after the sixth grade, reversing previous promises by Taliban officials that girls of all ages would be allowed an education. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/afghan-taliban-order-women-tv-anchors-to-cover-their-faces/ | 2022-05-20T02:29:58Z |
NEW YORK, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of CareDx, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNA) between February 24, 2021 and May 5, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important July 22, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased CareDx securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.
WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the CareDx class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=2700 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than July 22, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs' Bar. Many of the firm's attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.
DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) defendants had engaged in a variety of improper and illegal schemes to inflate testing services revenue and demand, including pushing a surveillance protocol through inaccurate marketing materials, offering extravagant inducements or kickbacks to physicians and other providers, and improperly bundling expensive testing services with other blood tests as part of the RemoTraC service; (2) these practices, and others, subjected CareDx to an undisclosed risk of regulatory scrutiny; (3) these practices rendered the Company's testing services revenue reported throughout the Class Period artificially inflated; and (4) as a result, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the CareDx class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=2700 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.
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European Commission Approval Expected Q3 2022
1st Gene Therapy for Treatment of Hemophilia A Recommended for Approval in Europe
More than 20,000 Adults with Severe Hemophilia A in BioMarin Territories Across Europe, the Middle East and Africa
Conference Call Scheduled for Friday, June 24 at 11 a.m. ET
SAN RAFAEL, Calif., June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRN) announced today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion recommending conditional marketing authorization (CMA) for its investigational gene therapy, valoctocogene roxaparvovec, for adults with severe hemophilia A. A final approval decision, typically consistent with the CHMP recommendation, is expected from the European Commission in Q3 2022.
The one-time infusion is planned to be marketed under the brand name ROCTAVIAN™ (valoctocogene roxaparvovec), for the treatment of severe hemophilia A (congenital factor VIII deficiency) in adult patients without a history of factor VIII inhibitors and without detectable antibodies to adeno-associated virus serotype 5 (AAV5). Roctavian is the first gene therapy to be recommended for approval in Europe for hemophilia A.
It is estimated that more than 20,000 adults across Europe, Middle East, and Africa are affected by severe hemophilia A. BioMarin anticipates additional patient access through named patient sales based on an EMA approval in countries in the Middle East and Africa and expects additional market registrations to be facilitated by an anticipated EMA license.
"Today's positive CHMP opinion for Roctavian addresses the unmet medical needs in severe hemophilia A by providing a treatment option that has been shown in clinical studies can maintain effective levels of endogenously produced coagulation Factor VIII over multiple years with a single intravenous administration. Currently available treatment options require long-term, chronic use with a high degree of compliance to a prescribed schedule to be effective," said Hank Fuchs, M.D., President of Worldwide Research and Development at BioMarin. "We are grateful to the patients, investigators and community who have been an integral part in reaching this important milestone that brings us one step closer to delivering on the promise and ingenuity of gene therapy. We are proud of this scientific accomplishment and committed to the ongoing study of Roctavian."
"The positive CHMP opinion offers hope for a new treatment option for people with severe hemophilia A, who have been bound to lifelong treatment and still experience serious health complications, such as breakthrough bleeding, pain, and joint damage, as well as having to constantly consider their condition in all aspects of their lives," said Professor Johannes Oldenburg, Director of the Institute of Experimental Haematology and Transfusion Medicine and the Haemophilia Centre at the University Clinic in Bonn, Germany. "The robust data set from the clinical trial program underscores the potential impact of gene therapy for patients, including a substantial and sustained reduction in bleeding that would have previously required Factor VIII infusions."
People with hemophilia A have a mutation or irregularity in the gene responsible for producing Factor VIII (FVIII), a protein necessary for blood clotting. The standard of care for patients with severe hemophilia A is chronic lifelong injectable therapy to maintain enough clotting factor in the bloodstream to prevent bleeds. Investigational valoctocogene roxaparvovec gene therapy works by delivering a functional gene that is designed to enable the body to produce FVIII on its own with the goal of reducing the need for ongoing prophylaxis.
The CHMP based its positive opinion on the totality of data from the valoctocogene roxaparvovec clinical development program, the most extensively studied gene therapy for hemophilia A, including two-year outcomes from the global GENEr8-1 Phase 3 study, supported by five and four years of follow-up from the 6e13 vg/kg and 4e13 vg/kg dose cohorts respectively, in the ongoing Phase 1/2 dose escalation study. BioMarin has committed to continue working with the broader community to monitor the long-term effects of treatment.
The CHMP is a scientific committee composed of representatives from the 27-member states of the EU, and Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein. The committee reviews medical product applications on its scientific and clinical merit and provides advice to the European Commission (EC), which has the authority to approve medicines for the EU.
A conditional marketing authorization (CMA) recognizes that benefit to public health of the immediate availability on the market outweighs the uncertainties inherent to the fact that the science is still new, as is the case with any gene therapy, and the fact that additional data are still required. Once a CMA has been granted by EMA, BioMarin will provide further data from ongoing studies within defined timelines to confirm that the benefits continue to outweigh the risks, building on what already constitutes the largest clinical data package for gene therapy in hemophilia A. Conversion to a standard marketing authorization will be contingent on the provision of additional data from currently ongoing Roctavian clinical studies, including longer-term follow up of patients enrolled in the pivotal trial GENEr8-1, as well as a study of corticosteroids for which enrollment is now complete. The final summary of product characteristics will be available when the product is approved by the European Commission.
Robust Clinical Program
BioMarin has multiple clinical studies underway in its comprehensive gene therapy program for the treatment of hemophilia A. In addition to the global Phase 3 study GENEr8-1 and the ongoing Phase 1/2 dose escalation study, the Company is also conducting a Phase 3B, single arm, open-label study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of valoctocogene roxaparvovec at a dose of 6e13 vg/kg with prophylactic corticosteroids in people with hemophilia A (Study 270-303). In addition, the Company is running a Phase 1/2 Study with the 6e13 vg/kg dose of valoctocogene roxaparvovec in people with hemophilia A with pre-existing AAV5 antibodies (Study 270-203), as well as another Phase 1/2 Study with the 6e13 vg/kg dose of valoctocogene roxaparvovec in people with hemophilia A with active or prior FVIII inhibitors (Study 270-205).
Safety Summary
Overall, single 6e13 vg/kg dose of valoctocogene roxaparvovec has been well tolerated with no delayed-onset treatment related adverse events. The most common adverse events (AE) associated with valoctocogene roxaparvovec occurred early and included transient infusion associated reactions and mild to moderate rise in liver enzymes with no long-lasting clinical sequelae. Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) elevation (113 participants, 80%), a laboratory test of liver function, remained the most common adverse drug reaction. Other adverse reactions included aspartate aminotransferase (AST) elevation (95 participants, 67%), nausea (52 participants, 37%), headache (50 participants, 36 %), and fatigue (42 participants, 30%). No participants developed inhibitors to Factor VIII, thromboembolic events or malignancy associated with valoctocogene roxaparvovec have been reported.
About Hemophilia A
People living with hemophilia A lack sufficient functioning Factor VIII protein to help their blood clot and are at risk for painful and/or potentially life-threatening bleeds from even modest injuries. Additionally, people with the most severe form of hemophilia A (FVIII levels <1%) often experience painful, spontaneous bleeds into their muscles or joints. Individuals with the most severe form of hemophilia A make up approximately 50 percent of the hemophilia A population. People with hemophilia A with moderate (FVIII 1-5%) or mild (FVIII 5-40%) disease show a much-reduced propensity to bleed. The standard of care for individuals with severe hemophilia A is a prophylactic regimen of replacement Factor VIII infusions administered intravenously up to two to three times per week or 100 to 150 infusions per year. Despite these regimens, many people continue to experience breakthrough bleeds, resulting in progressive and debilitating joint damage, which can have a major impact on their quality of life.
Hemophilia A, also called Factor VIII deficiency or classic hemophilia, is an X-linked genetic disorder caused by missing or defective Factor VIII, a clotting protein. Although it is passed down from parents to children, about 1/3 of cases are caused by a spontaneous mutation, a new mutation that was not inherited. Approximately 1 in 10,000 people have Hemophilia A.
Investor Conference Call and Webcast to be Held Today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
BioMarin will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the CHMP decision today, Friday, June 24th, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. ET. This event can be accessed in the investor section of the BioMarin website at https://investors.biomarin.com/events-presentations.
About BioMarin
BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that develops and commercializes innovative therapies for people with serious and life-threatening rare diseases and medical conditions. The Company selects product candidates for diseases and conditions that represent a significant unmet medical need, have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a significant benefit over existing products. The Company's portfolio consists of eight commercial products and multiple clinical and preclinical product candidates for the treatment of various diseases. For additional information, please visit www.biomarin.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the business prospects of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc. (BioMarin), including without limitation, statements about a final approval decision, typically consistent with the CHMP recommendation, expected from the European Commission in Q3 2022, the number of adults in BioMarin territories across Europe, Middle East, and Africa who are affected by severe hemophilia A; BioMarin anticipating additional patient access through named patient sales based on an EMA approval in countries in the Middle East and Africa and the expectation that additional market registrations to be facilitated by an anticipated EMA license, the conversion from a conditional marketing authorization to a standard marketing authorization being contingent on the provision of additional data from currently ongoing Roctavian clinical studies, including 5 years of follow-up of the pivotal phase 3 study 270-301, and results from studies 270-303, 270-203 and 270-205.
These forward-looking statements are predictions and involve risks and uncertainties such that actual results may differ materially from these statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among others: the outcome of the European Commission's review of the CHMP opinion, the results and timing of current and planned preclinical studies and clinical trials of valoctocogene roxaparvovec; additional data from the continuation of the Phase 1/2 trial and the Phase 3 trial, any potential adverse events observed in the continuing monitoring of the participants in the clinical trials; the content and timing of decisions by the FDA, the European Commission and other regulatory authorities including decisions to grant additional marketing registrations based on an EMA license ; the content and timing of decisions by local and central ethics committees regarding the clinical trials; our ability to successfully manufacture valoctocogene roxaparvovec for the clinical trials and commercially, if approved; our ability to provide the additional data from currently ongoing Roctavian clinical studies, including 5 years of follow-up of the pivotal phase 3 study 270-301, and results from studies 270-303, 270-203 and 270-205 to support the conversion from a conditional marketing authorization to a standard marketing authorization and those other risks detailed from time to time under the caption "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in BioMarin's Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, including BioMarin's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, and future filings and reports by BioMarin. BioMarin undertakes no duty or obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release as a result of new information, future events or changes in its expectations.
BioMarin® is a registered trademark and ROCTAVIAN™ is a trademark of BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
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A new study finds a majority of online pharmacies selling the chronic myeloid leukemia therapy imatinib are uncertified and could be operating unsafely.
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Patients seeking to purchase chemotherapy drugs online face a confusing array of websites, over half of which potentially operate unsafely or illegally, finds a new study in the July 2022 issue of JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. A survey of online pharmacies claiming to sell the oral chemotherapy drug imatinib found that only three of the 44 identified English-language sites that shipped within the United States were certified through the LegitScript online pharmacy monitoring service. A full 52% were classified as "rogue" pharmacies that might operate without a license, sell counterfeit or expired products, steal users' payment information, or reject important safety precautions like requiring a prescription for potentially hazardous medications.
Tyrosine kinase inhibitors like imatinib have made chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) a manageable condition rather than a fatal one. Yet to work optimally, the drug must be taken for the rest of a patient's life and with high compliance. While a generic version of imatinib became available in 2016, high prices (averaging more than $700/month at brick-and-mortar pharmacies) have remained a barrier for many patients, who then may turn to online pharmacies in the hope of finding discounts. The authors recommend physicians be aware of the marketplace to which their patients may turn, and advise patients to use LegitScript, www.legitscript.com, to check URLs and identify certified online pharmacies.
"We were struck by just how easy it is to buy an oral chemotherapy medication online, as imatinib is not a benign drug," said study co-author Sachiko Ozawa, PhD, MHS, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy. "By simply searching Google, Bing, Yahoo, and DuckDuckGo, we found 44 websites that sold and shipped imatinib in the U.S.; 13 of these websites sold imatinib without a prescription, and more than three-quarters did not offer a way for patients to speak with a pharmacist. This is a significant concern for patient safety."
Taking imatinib requires monitoring and frequent dosage adjustments. Even if an online pharmacy provides the medication as ordered, "patients bypassing provider interactions are likely to face much greater risks of nonadherence, discontinuation, treatment failures, and adverse events," Dr. Ozawa said.
In addition, rogue or unclassified pharmacies may not be providing patients with the real medication at all, and could even be stealing patients' medical or payment information. These sites are difficult to regulate, as they often originate abroad. The authors note that the online marketplace for drugs like imatinib is likely larger than represented in the study, as they only analyzed the first 10 pages of search engine results. "We also found it deceiving how well some illegitimate websites mimic legitimate sites," said Dr. Ozawa.
But how to address the reason patients would be using these under-regulated online pharmacies in the first place? Patients should be encouraged to speak with their pharmacist, financial counselor, or other members of their healthcare team if they can't afford their medications, said Benyam Muluneh, PharmD, BCOP, CPP, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, who was also a study co-author. "Cancer drugs are very expensive; however, there are some resources such as third party foundation grants that may be able to help. If a medication is not affordable through regular channels, patients could also discuss alternative medication options with their providers rather than look for discounts online."
"The exorbitant price of oncology drugs is a major barrier to optimal therapy of many malignancies, including CML," commented Bernard Marini, PharmD, BCOP, Clinical Pharmacist Specialist, Michigan Medicine, who treats patients with leukemias and other hematologic malignancies. Dr. Marini was not involved in the research. "As this eye-opening study found, the problem has become so bad that there is a major illegitimate online marketplace for generic oral oncology drugs. Healthcare providers need to be aware that many of these rogue and unapproved pharmacies do not even require a prescription or have access to pharmacist consultations, putting patients at high risk for adverse drug events. While patient-directed NCCN Guidelines for CML can be a great tool for reinforcing patient education, this study reminds us of the need to fully recognize the dangers of illegitimate online pharmacies and ensure our patients have appropriate financial support when prescribing high cost medications."
To read the entire study, visit JNCCN.org. Complimentary access to "Online Pharmacy Accessibility of Imatinib, An Oral Chemotherapy Medication" is available until October 10, 2022.
About JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
More than 25,000 oncologists and other cancer care professionals across the United States read JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. This peer-reviewed, indexed medical journal provides the latest information about innovation in translational medicine, and scientific studies related to oncology health services research, including quality care and value, bioethics, comparative and cost effectiveness, public policy, and interventional research on supportive care and survivorship. JNCCN features updates on the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®), review articles elaborating on guidelines recommendations, health services research, and case reports highlighting molecular insights in patient care. JNCCN is published by Harborside. Visit JNCCN.org. To inquire if you are eligible for a FREE subscription to JNCCN, visit NCCN.org/jnccn/subscribe. Follow JNCCN on Twitter @JNCCN.
About the National Comprehensive Cancer Network
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) is a not-for-profit alliance of leading cancer centers devoted to patient care, research, and education. NCCN is dedicated to improving and facilitating quality, effective, equitable, and accessible cancer care so all patients can live better lives. The NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines®) provide transparent, evidence-based, expert consensus recommendations for cancer treatment, prevention, and supportive services; they are the recognized standard for clinical direction and policy in cancer management and the most thorough and frequently-updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine. The NCCN Guidelines for Patients® provide expert cancer treatment information to inform and empower patients and caregivers, through support from the NCCN Foundation®. NCCN also advances continuing education, global initiatives, policy, and research collaboration and publication in oncology. Visit NCCN.org for more information and follow NCCN on Facebook @NCCNorg, Instagram @NCCNorg, and Twitter @NCCN.
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Trial Set for September 2nd
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer Watchdog filed its final briefs in a California Public Records Act ("CPRA") lawsuit against Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the Department of Insurance. The CPRA suit alleges that Lara and the Department failed to search for and produce records related to a pay-to-play scandal involving insurance companies with business pending before the agency.
The hearing will be held September 2, 2022. Download Consumer Watchdog's Reply Brief filed late last week.
Consumer Watchdog's CPRA requests sought records of communications and meetings with "any individuals employed by or representing" the companies involved in the scandal. However, the Department failed to search for the records.
According to Consumer Watchdog's Reply Brief,
"[Department Special Counsel] Bryant Henley personally met with Respondent Lara to search Lara's computer and devices . . ., yet during that meeting Henley failed to ask Respondent Lara about records reflecting 'any other individuals employed by or representing' the companies. . . . For example, did Respondent Lara communicate with his friend and mentor [former Assembly Speaker] Fabian Núñez, who Henley and Lara knew 'might be or [was] about to be representing Applied Underwriters and might reach out to [Lara] in the future in this regard'? That silence is deafening and ignores a 'red flag.'"
As explained in Consumer Watchdog's Opening Brief filed on July 5, 2022, Commissioner Lara had initially pledged not to accept insurance company contributions. However, in early 2019, individuals linked to workers' compensation insurer Applied Underwriters and another company, IHC, contributed $53,400 to Lara's 2022 re-election campaign fund. Some of the contributions were made in the name of relatives of insurance company executives, apparently to hide their true source in violation of campaign finance and money laundering laws. Shortly after, Applied's president, Steven Menzies, requested that Commissioner Lara intervene in proceedings at the Department involving Applied. Lara did so, overriding Administrative Law Judge orders in at least four proceedings. Menzies also stood to gain if Commissioner Lara approved his purchase of Applied's subsidiary, California Insurance Company ("CIC").
In the wake of statewide news reports, Commissioner Lara apologized and promised "transparency."
Consumer Watchdog then filed two CPRA requests with the Department, seeking communications and meeting records involving individuals "employed by or representing" the insurance companies involved in the scandal.
Several records the Department ultimately produced suggest that Menzies and others improperly discussed the sale of CIC with Commissioner Lara and Department staff simultaneously with campaign fundraising. The Department refused to produce other records and failed to provide an adequate explanation for withholding them.
Without other recourse, Consumer Watchdog filed a public records lawsuit, asking the court to require the Department to search for and produce all responsive records.
Consumer Watchdog contends that the Department failed to search for records it was on notice of involving individuals lobbying on behalf of Applied, CIC, and IHC. These individuals include a former New Mexico insurance regulator, Eric Serna, who resigned following a different pay-to-play scandal, Fabian Núñez, former-Assembly Member turned lobbyist Rusty Areias, and another individual involved in the sale of CIC, Jamie Sahara.
The lawsuit, Consumer Watchdog v. Ricardo Lara et al. Case No. 20STCP00664, is being litigated in Los Angeles Superior Court. Consumer Watchdog is represented by attorneys for the group and Kelly Aviles, esq.
Consumer Watchdog is a non-profit public interest organization. Visit us on the web at www.ConsumerWatchdog.org
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Grain ship to dock in Ukraine, leave for Africa
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Thrown between hope and despair, expectations were raised Friday that the first U.N. grain transport ship could soon be leaving Ukraine for Africa while more Russian shelling struck the east of the country.
Closing in on the half-year mark, the war has sent food prices sky-high and left poorer countries with ever less hope they would be getting supplies from the breadbasket of Europe. On Friday, European Council President Charles Michel announced though that the first World Food Program transport for Africa was poised to depart.
He said the ship would load in a Ukrainian port and depart for Ethiopia, saying “cooperation of all involved actors is key” to avoid food shortage and hunger around the world. Such a move would be a big step in the food crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
The ship, Brave Commander, would take more than 23,000 metric tons (27,500 short tons) of grain and export it to Ethiopia.
While Ukrainian and Western officials have repeatedly spoken of the crucial role of grain shipments from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports in staving off a global food crisis, many of the first dozen vessels to leave the ports were bound for destinations in Turkey and Western Europe. Some analysts attributed this to the need to free up scarce docking space, saying that ships which have been trapped in the ports the longest were likely prioritized.
If such news provided a rare glimmer of hope from the gloomiest of surroundings, it was offset by the incessant fighting in eastern Ukraine, where the war entered its 170th day. Specifically the Donbas town of Kramatorsk was hit by 11 rockets overnight. Seven people were killed and 14 others were wounded in the region, which remains cut off from gas, running water and electricity.
“Three quarters of the population of the region have already been evacuated, because incessant shelling by the Russian army doesn’t leave civilians any choice — it’s either to die from wounds, or from hunger and cold in winter,” Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko told Ukrainian television.
The world also continued to worry about the threat of a nuclear disaster in eastern Ukraine where shelling has hit the area, which is home to Europe’s largest nuclear plant.
Shelling near the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia facility continued overnight. Russian forces fired more than 40 rockets at the city of Marhanets, which is across the Dnieper river from the power plant. Three people were wounded in the most recent shelling, including a 12-year-old boy. The neighboring city of Nikopol was shelled as well, said Valentyn Reznichenko, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
The U.N. nuclear chief warned late Thursday that “very alarming” military activity at the nuclear plant could lead to dangerous consequences.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi urged Russia and Ukraine, who blame each other for the attacks at the plant, to immediately allow nuclear experts to assess damage and evaluate safety and security at the sprawling nuclear complex where the situation “has been deteriorating very rapidly.”
He pointed to shelling and several explosions at Zaporizhzhia last Friday that forced the shutdown of the electrical power transformer and two backup transformers, forcing the shutdown of one nuclear reactor.
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The boutique coffee chain is launching its fourth store in Texas in six months – this time in Hutto
PORTLAND, Ore., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Black Rock Coffee Bar, founded in Portland, Oregon, continues to accelerate its momentum in Texas with the opening of a new location in Hutto, approximately 30 minutes north of Austin and just east of Round Rock. This location marks the third store to open in the Austin area and 12th in the state.
Located in the vibrant Star Ranch community at 5103 Gattis School Road, the Hutto store is set to open on Friday, June 3rd. To celebrate its grand opening, Black Rock will offer all customers free 16 oz. drinks all day on June 3rd at this location, and other specials throughout the following week.
The popular boutique coffee chain that was founded in Oregon is known for its premium roasted coffees, teas, smoothies and flavorful Fuel® energy drinks - all prepared and served by a Black Rock team of baristas that elevate the Black Rock Coffee Bar experience with exceptional customer service.
"We are excited to continue building our presence here in Texas," said Josh Pike, CEO of Black Rock Coffee Bar. "It's always been Black Rock's commitment to connect communities with coffee. Our culture of authentically meeting people wherever they are in life and fueling their story is what drives us. We're here to serve and hope to see everyone at our latest Hutto grand opening."
With more than 100 stores across seven states, the new Hutto location incorporates Black Rock's signature industrial modern design and features a large Texas-themed mural that is designed to connect to the region.
Founded in 2008 in Portland, Oregon, an area of the Pacific Northwest known for its coffee excellence, Black Rock Coffee Bar continues its rapid expansion through the west and into the sunbelt, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Texas and Washington. The boutique coffee chain recently was named the Fastest Growing Private Company in Oregon and SW Washington in 2021 by the Portland Business Journal.
The Black Rock culture prides itself on providing opportunities for young people to learn how to lead, run a business, and develop people skills.
Black Rock Coffee Bar is a national boutique coffee shop that is known for its premium roasted coffees, teas, smoothies and flavorful Fuel® energy drinks. Founded as a family owned and operated business in Oregon in 2008, Black Rock Coffee Bar has grown to more than 100 retail locations in seven states. The Black Rock culture prides itself on not only being a positive force for the communities it serves, but also the team members that fuel their locations day in and day out. An important aspect of their team mission is to recognize those that go above and beyond by displaying the 4G's of Black Rock – grit, growth, gratitude and grace.
For more information, visit https://br.coffee/
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Sweetest Holiday of the Year Highlights "Sugar, Flour and Courage"
ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- National Donut Day is celebrated each year on the first Friday of June, but people may be surprised to learn that donuts do more than simply taste good. They can actually do good, too.
The Salvation Army established National Donut Day in 1938 to honor The Salvation Army's 'donut lassies,' who made history when they risked their lives to raise spirits and fuel hope by serving thousands of soldiers during WWI, in part by delivering donuts and other sweet treats to those in the war.
In 1917, Salvation Army volunteers traveled to France and set up makeshift huts on the front lines where they provided essential goods and sweet treats to boost morale. The donut was then, and continues to be, a taste of home and a symbol of comfort for Americans.
More than a hundred years later, The Salvation Army is still serving on the front lines, now through a wide range of social services for America's most vulnerable individuals and families.
"The donut is a longstanding symbol of the hope and help that The Salvation Army provides during times of hardship," said Commissioner Kenneth Hodder, National Commander of The Salvation Army. "Every year, we look forward to celebrating this sweet holiday and honoring the brave work of our Doughnut Lassies on the front lines. National Donut Day lets us reflect on 'donuts that do good,' and makes these treats taste even sweeter."
In celebration of this year's National Donut Day on Friday, June 3, The Salvation Army is activating in locations across the country by:
- Washington, DC: Commissioners Kenneth and Jolene Hodder will deliver donuts to the Armed Forces Retirement Home and meet with residents to thank them for their service.
- San Diego, CA: Hosting a Donut-Eating Championship on the U.S.S. Midway featuring number-one-ranked female competitive eater in the world, Miki Sudo and other top-ranked eaters.
- Santa Rosa, CA: Delivering donuts with the Guy Fieri Foundation to first responders and law enforcement in Santa Rosa and the surrounding Sonoma County.
- Norfolk, VA: The Salvation Army KROC Center in Norfolk is hosting a celebratory event Friday, June 3 from 5:00-9:00pm. The Community is invited to for food, fellowship, family-friendly games and an outdoor screening of Disney's "Encanto" presented by the Norfolk Police Department.
- Camden, NJ: Providing donuts and activity sheets about the history of the day at The Salvation Army's youth and children's programs.
- Susanville, CA: Delivering donuts at the Veteran hospital in Susanville.
- Minneapolis, MN: Gifting boxes of donuts to everyday heroes who have been nominated by friends and family across multiple communities in Minnesota in partnership with the Mall of America and Cub Foods.
- Austin, TX: Delivering 150 dozen donuts to first responders and local businesses.
- Cincinnati, OH: Partnering with The Greater Cincinnati Retail Bakers Association to deliver donuts to hometown heroes including first responders and public servants throughout the week.
- Orlando, FL: Dunkin Donuts and 'Donut Lassies' will be delivering 100 dozen donuts to first responders, city officials and local businesses.
- Tampa, FL: Salvation Army 'Donut Lassies' will be visiting VFWs to thank them for their service.
For more information about National Donut Day or to download the Doughnut Lassies' original recipe, visit salarmy.us/DonutDay.
About The Salvation Army USA
The Salvation Army annually helps more than 25 million Americans overcome poverty, addiction, and economic hardships through a range of social services. By providing food for the hungry, emergency relief for disaster survivors, rehabilitation for those suffering from drug and alcohol abuse, and clothing and shelter for people in need, The Salvation Army is doing the most good at 7,200 centers of operation around the country. In 2021, The Salvation Army was ranked No. 2 on the list of "America's Favorite Charities" by The Chronicle of Philanthropy. For more information, visit SalvationArmyUSA.org. Follow us on Twitter @SalvationArmyUS and #DoingTheMostGood.
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Mary Newsome
mnewsome@lermaagengy.com
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More than 3,000 registered users and upgraded 200 BTC Prize Pool
SINGAPORE, May 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading global derivatives exchange, Bitget, today announced its bi-annual trading competition - King's Cup Global Invitational (KCGI), has officially begun. Due to overwhelming response since its launch, the deadline for registration has been extended. While the actual competition will still commence on May 20, 10:00 (UTC +8), participants can continue to register for the competition from May 20, 10 :00 (UTC +8) to May 24, 10:00 (UTC+8). KCGI 2022 will officially conclude by June 10, 10:00 (UTC+8).
When registration for KCGI 2022 officially opened on May 9, a record number of 500 registrants were recorded, signifying a positive response for the long-awaited return of the trading competition for the Bitget community. To date, more than 3,000 registrants have been recorded, representing a 500% increase since launch day. In light of such an overwhelming response from the community, and following the momentum of last year's popularity, the registration window has now been extended by four days to May 24.
Commenting on the official commencement of the competition, Bitget's CEO, Sandra Lou said, "Leveraging on the growing influence of trading competitions, as well as the successful run of KCGI, we will continue our efforts in introducing more rewarding and enticing initiatives for our users to participate in. Most importantly, we look forward to giving our users more options when looking to diversify their investment portfolio.
Sandra continued to add, "We are extremely heartened to see the overwhelming response from users during the initial round of registration. With this unprecedented move of extending the deadline, we are looking forward to seeing the competition unfold. Let the games begin!"
For more information on KCGI, please visit https://www.bitget.com/en/kcgi/spring/2022
About Bitget
Established in 2018, Bitget is one of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchanges. Currently serving over two million users in more than 50 countries around the world, Bitget accelerated its mission to promote decentralised finance in 2021. The platform has now become one of the world's largest crypto copy trading and derivatives exchanges, and is ranked in the top five globally by CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko for derivatives trading by volume.
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- First International Bank of Israel (TASE: FIBI) one of Israel's major banking groups, today announced its results for the second quarter and first half of 2022, ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter Financial Highlights:
- Net income of NIS 342 million
- Return on Equity – 13.8%
- BoD approved dividend distribution of 50% of net income
- YoY growth of 24% in financing income from ongoing operations
- Cost/Income ratio continues to improve reaching 54.8%
Management Comment
Ms. Smadar Barber-Tsadik, CEO of the First International Bank Group, stated: "The profitability of the First International Bank in the second quarter of 2022 reflects growth that comes from increase in the ongoing operations of the Bank, in a variety of areas, with an emphasis on customer wealth management and credit growth, while maintaining the stability of the Bank and an adequate risk profile. This, together with the continuation of efficiency measures, which allows consistent and gradual improvement in the efficiency ratio. The first International Bank provides optimal service to customers by means of both, its wide branch network, which is twice as large as the Bank's proportionate share in the banking system, and by means of the Bank's advanced and innovative digital capabilities".
Growth
The growth trend is evident in all core areas of activities of the Bank:
Interest income grew in the second quarter of the year by 21% year over year, financing income from ongoing operations grew in the second quarter of the year by 24%, year over year. Commission income increased by 6% year over year, due to growth of the Bank activities.
Credit to the public grew by 18.3% in the past twelve months (as compared with the corresponding period last year) and by 11.4% since the beginning of the current year, amounting to NIS 113,932 million. Growth in credit is seen in all fields of operation: the large business segment grew in the past twelve months by 39%, the middle market business segment grew by 33.4%, the small business segment by 13.8%, credit to households grew by 6.6%, and housing related loans grew by 15%. Credit to the public grew in the second quarter of the year by 6.1%.
Deposits by the public grew by 6.8% in the second quarter of the year compared with the first quarter, amounting to NIS 164,539 million. Since the beginning of the year, deposits by the public grew by 7.2%.
Profitability
Net earning of the First International Bank Group in the second quarter of 2022 amounted to NIS 342 million, as compared to earnings of NIS 322 million in the first quarter of the year, and earnings of NIS 404 million in the corresponding quarter last year, in which the Bank recorded exceptional credit loss income, on background of the exit from the Corona crisis. Return on equity reached 13.8%. In the first half of the year, net earnings amounted to NIS 664 million, as compared to NIS 708 million in the corresponding first half of last year, with return on equity reaching 13.3%.
Credit loss expenses amounted in the second quarter of the year to NIS 31 million, as compared to income of NIS 128 million in the corresponding quarter last year, representing growth of NIS 159 million. This growth stems ,mostly, from exceptional income that was recorded last year in respect of credit losses in the amount of NIS 114 million, representing the decline in the collective credit loss allowance, explained by improvement in the economic indicators upon exit from the Corona crisis. An increase in the collective allowance was recorded in the second quarter of the year following the growth in volume of performing credit.
The volume of problematic credit declined by approximately 21%, as compared to the corresponding period last year, and by 15% as compared to the end of 2021.
Efficiency
Cost/income ratio continues to improve reaching 54.8% in the second quarter of the year, as compared with 57.5% in the corresponding period last year. The Bank continues to implement efficiency measures, which include, inter alia, improvement and automation of work procedures, innovation in digital and the advanced use of data. All these allow consistent and gradual improvement in the cost/income ratio.
Operating and other expenses amounted in the second quarter of the year to NIS 662 million, a reduction of 3.2% as compared to the first quarter of 2022, and a rise of 1.5% as compared to the second quarter of last year. Maintenance and depreciation of building and equipment expenses decreased by 4.7% in the second quarter of the year in relation to the corresponding period last year, following efficiency measures employed with respect to the real estate assets of the Group.
Financial stability
Equity attributed to the shareholders of the Bank reached an amount of NIS 9,973 million. The Tier I equity capital ratio reached 10.15%, which is higher by 0.9% than the required regulatory ratio.
In accordance with the profit distribution policy adopted by the Board of Directors of the Bank, the Bank distributes a dividend at the rate of up to 50% of the annual net earnings. The Board of Directors of the Bank, approved today a dividend distribution of NIS 170 million, representing 50% of net earnings for the second quarter of 2022, this in addition to dividends of NIS 540 million distributed so far in the current year. The annual dividend yield as of July 31, 2022, amounted to 8.6%, the highest dividend yield in the banking system.
* Immaterial adjustment of comparative data.
** Restated.
*** Restated in respect of the new disclosure format on nonaccrual debts instead of impaired debts.
(1) Annualized.
(2) According to instructions of the Bank of Israel the Net stable funding ratio was calculated since 2021. Therefor no comparative data for the six months ended June 30, 2021 is stated.
(3) According to instructions of the Bank of Israel, beginning in 2022, the method for the conversion of return per period into annualized terms was changed, from exponential calculation to linear calculation. Comparative data have been restated.
* Immaterial adjustment of comparative data.
* Immaterial adjustment of comparative data.
(1) Mostly reflects adjustments in respect of actuarial assessments as of the end of the period regarding defined benefits pension plans, of amounts recorded in the past in other comprehensive income.
* Immaterial adjustment of comparative data.
(1) Of which: provision for credit losses in respect of off-balance sheet credit instruments in the amount of NIS 109 million and NIS 79 million and NIS 79 million at 30.6.22, 30.6.21 and 31.12.21, respectively.
(2) Of which: other assets measured at fair value in the amount of NIS 283 million and NIS 353 million and NIS 333 million at 30.6.22, 30.6.21 and 31.12.21, respectively.
(3) Of which: other liabilities measured at fair value in the amount of NIS 337 million and NIS 382 million and NIS 641 million at 30.6.22, 30.6.21 and 31.12.21, respectively.
* Cumulative effect of the initial implementation of US accounting principles in the matter of financial instruments – credit losses (ASC-326).
** Immaterial adjustment of comparative data.
(1) Including share premium of NIS 313 million (as from 1992 onwards).
(2) Including an amount of NIS 2,391 million which cannot be distributed as dividend.
Contact:
Dafna Zucker
First International Bank of Israel
e-mail: zucker.d@fibi.co.il
Tel: +972-3-519-6224
Ehud Helft
GK Investor & Public Relations
e-mail: fibi@gkir.com
Tel: +1-646-201-924
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International Category with Total Prize reach US$130,000
TAIPEI, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With its hundreds of mountains reach over 3,000 meters above sea level, Taiwan is home to a diversity of precious natural resources. Among its many mountains, Yushan or Mt. Jade Main Peak, at an elevation of 3,952 meters, is the highest, and has become a spiritual symbol of Taiwan.
Inspired by this spirit of Mt. Jade, E.SUN Bank was established in 1992 with the mission of becoming the best bank of the island. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, there are now 139 domestic branches and 28 business locations in 9 countries and regions.
In celebration of E.SUN Bank's 30th anniversary, the bank has established the E.SUN Awards to support art creations. This year, in addition to offering NT$1 million to the first prize winner, an international category has been included, looking at the depictions of the natural, cultural, and artistic beauty of Mt. Jade by artists worldwide, and to support creative talents.
The themes of the awards are the ecological landscapes and the historical and cultural characteristics of Yushan National Park. Oil, acrylic, and Eastern gouache paintings accepted. The submission opens until August 31, 2022 (23:59 TPE time). Participating Categories include General Public, Student, and International. Taiwan nationals may submit entries in the General Public and Student categories. Non-Taiwan national participants may submit entries in the international category.
In the International category, one first prize winner, up to three special prize winners, and one to five merit award winners will be chosen. The winners will receive prize, certificate, and special publication featuring the award-winning works. The total prize for the international category reaches US$130,000. The winning works in each category will be included in a traveling exhibition around Taiwan and the organizer will cover the shipping costs of works to Taiwan.
For more information, visit https://www.esunbank.com.tw/event/drawesun/esunbank_en.html
E.SUN Awards were previously held in 2012 and 2017 with enthusiastic support from artists with more than 2,800 works submitted. In addition to new submissions, established artists were also invited to exhibit together. Through their brush strokes, artists depict the diverse landscapes and rich sentiments toward the mountain while the public get to enjoy the authenticity and the beauty of art through the exhibition.
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Dancers spun and stepped around and around this week as part of a statewide celebration of square and round dancing.
Thursday was the start of the 60th annual Texas State Square and Round Dance Festival, which was held in Temple this year. The four-day event is taking place at the Frank W. Mayborn Civic and Convention Center, 3303 N. Third St.
The first day of the event saw the Texas State Caller’s Association’s trail end dance, which celebrates the arrival of members from across the state at the event.
Hockley resident Tina Kelly, who was born in Naples, Italy, she has loved participating in square dancing ever since learning it in Germany.
“It is cheap entertainment, and there is no drinking involved and most of these people don’t smoke,” Kelly said “They are just here for friendship and fun.”
More than 100 people from all over Texas took to the dance floor Thursday, with the event already having seen 250 people sign up to participate.
Organizers said they expect at least 100 more attendees, who haven’t registered, to show up over the course of the event.
Wynn Alston, a San Angelo resident, said he has been square dancing for about 14 years after his sister dragged him to classes.
“In the end, I learned that I liked it and we were one of the more active couples in our club,” Alston said. “I ended up enjoying it after I got comfortable. I am the type of person who doesn’t learn easily so it took me a while until I finally got it down.”
In addition to dancing, Alston said he has started to learn how to be a caller. Callers in square dancing are those who announce certain moves the dancers have to follow, with four couples working in sync.
Alston said calls in square and round dancing are broken up into two categories, one where the caller says the commands over music and another where they sing and incorporate the calls.
A difficult part of the job is making sure couples dancing are reunited by the end of the song.
“It takes some thought, because you have to get everyone back to where they started in a manner where they are not bumping into each other,” Alston said.
Christina Wiggins, one of the event organizers from Killeen, said being a caller requires not just the ability to choreograph a dance, but to also make adjustments on the fly.
With large groups, like those seen Thursday, Wiggins said some people may get behind in the called dance moves requiring the caller to be aware and able to make fixes.
Wiggins said that, despite the months of training required to master all 69 basic dance moves in square dancing, she and many others enjoy the activity.
The friendships and sense of community is what Wiggins said drew her in when she learned to square dance, and what has kept her going. She said she actually met her husband, who was in the military, while square dancing in Oklahoma.
“I just got hooked on it right away,” Wiggins said. “There is friendship, everybody is just hugging you and welcoming you, and that is just the kind of community it is. Then you do stuff together, like after a dance you would all go out to eat.”
The festival’s main day of dancing will take place Saturday, with those interested still able to register at the door or observe for free. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/central_texas_news/article_20333bd2-e921-11ec-a102-83e45da3ae45.html | 2022-06-11T02:13:39Z |
LONDON (AP) — Six people have been arrested after climate change activists climbed onto an oil tanker in central London to protest investments in fossil fuel, British police said Saturday.
The Extinction Rebellion climate activism group said two Olympic athletes — gold medal-winning canoeist Etienne Stott and Laura Baldwin — were among those protesting Friday. The oil tanker protest was part of mass climate demonstrations Friday that saw hundreds of activists blocking four key bridges across the British capital, causing delays and disruption across central London.
Extinction Rebellion said thousands of people are expected at London’s Hyde Park on Saturday for more protests.
More than 600 people have been arrested over the past two weeks after environmental activists climbed atop oil tankers, padlocked themselves to structures and blocked roads at oil depots across the U.K. The group Just Stop Oil, which is affiliated with Extinction Rebellion, is demanding that Britain’s Conservative government stop any new oil and gas projects.
The demonstrations are part of a growing climate action movement that has also seen the group Insulate Britain obstruct highways and roads to press its demands that the government fund more energy-efficient homes. The demands have become more urgent as energy prices are skyrocketing in the U.K. and elsewhere.
A spokesperson for Shell said the company respects “the right of everyone to express their point of view –- we only ask that they do so with their safety and the safety of others in mind.”
“We agree that society needs to take urgent action on climate change. Shell has a clear target to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050, in step with society,” the spokesperson said.
Meanwhile, police in central England said nine people were charged after Just Stop Oil held a demonstration Friday at an oil terminal in Kingsbury, near the city of Birmingham.
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Read all AP stories on climate issues at https://apnews.com/hub/climate | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/6-arrested-in-uk-after-oil-tanker-climate-protest/ | 2022-04-17T15:13:04Z |
FORNEBU, Norway, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Second Quarter Highlights
- Net capital employed of NOK 5.6 billion and equity of NOK 4.3 billion, corresponding to NOK 15.7 per share
- HMH delivered underlying growth in revenues and EBITDA quarter-on-quarter. Positive outlook driven by increased rig activity and continued strong level of service orders
- AKOFS Offshore delivered good operational performance. Aker Wayfarer selected for a new four-year contract with expected commencement mid-2023, however with formal documentation remaining.
- Net interest-bearing debt was NOK 1 329 million per end of period
Akastor CEO Karl Erik Kjelstad comments:
"We are glad to see that the positive momentum within oil services continued into the second quarter, demonstrated by increasing activity level across most of our portfolio companies. HMH increased its revenues and margin compared to the first quarter, and outlook into the second half remains strong. AKOFS Offshore delivered a good quarter, with Seafarer successfully completing the first monohull riser-based coiled tubing operation on the NCS. Going forward, Akastor will continue its key focus on realization of assets with the target of reducing debt and increasing liquidity."
Media Contact
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Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +4791759705
E-mail: oyvind.paaske@akastor.com
Akastor is a Norway-based oil-services investment company with a portfolio of industrial holdings and other investments. The company has a flexible mandate for active ownership and long-term value creation.
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TOKYO, July 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony AI, a leader in human-centric artificial intelligence (AI) established with the mission to unleash human imagination and creativity with AI, today announced that Peter Wurman, Director, Sony AI America, will deliver a keynote presentation at the 31st International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), the leading conference in the field of AI, taking place July 23-29, 2022 in Vienna, Austria.
Wurman's keynote, "Training the World's Best Gran Turismo Racer", will take place on Tuesday, July 26 at 2:00 p.m. CET. In his presentation, Wurman will share details on Sony AI's breakthrough game AI research Gran Turismo SophyTM (GT Sophy) and how the company trained agents for Gran TurismoTM to compete with the world's best e-sports drivers.
"I am honored to be among the distinguished group of individuals presenting at IJCAI this year, and for the opportunity to share our work on GT Sophy with the larger AI community," said Wurman. "Our work in this area demonstrates the power of AI to deliver new gaming and entertainment experiences for both creators and players. It is our hope that GT Sophy will help inspire players to reach new levels in their technique and creativity."
A Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Wurman specializes in AI, robotics, complex systems, and electronic auctions. His additional honors include National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductee (2022), and the IEEE/IFR Invention and Entrepreneurship Award (2008). Wurman has also been granted more than 60 patents and has published more than 50 technical papers. View his full profile here.
Mastering the complex sport of race car driving in the highly realistic driving simulator Gran TurismoTM (GT) Sport by GT Sophy was heralded as a new breakthrough in AI. It was published in the February 10th, 2022 issue of Nature in an article titled, Outracing Champion Gran Turismo Drivers with Deep Reinforcement Learning.
Details on the Gran Turismo Sophy project, technology and the Race Together 2021 challenge races can be found at the Gran Turismo Sophy site.
About IJCAI
International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence is a non-profit corporation founded in California, in 1969 for scientific and educational purposes, including dissemination of information on Artificial Intelligence at conferences in which cutting-edge scientific results are presented and through dissemination of materials presented at these meetings in form of Proceedings, books, video recordings, and other educational materials. IJCAI consists of two divisions: the Conference Division and the AI Journal Division. IJCAI conferences present premier international gatherings of AI researchers and practitioners and they have been held biennially in odd-numbered years since 1969.
About Sony AI
Sony AI Inc. was founded on April 1, 2020, with the mission to "unleash human imagination and creativity with AI." Sony AI combines Sony Group's imaging and sensing technology, robotics technology, and entertainment assets such as movies, music, and games to transform with cutting edge artificial intelligence R&D to accelerate all of Sony's business areas and create new business opportunities. To achieve this, Sony AI has launched three flagship projects aimed at the evolution and application of AI technology in the areas of "Gaming," "Imaging & Sensing," and "Gastronomy." Sony AI will promote various exploratory research related to these flagship projects and other important themes, including AI ethics, in the physical and virtual worlds. For more information visit https://ai.sony.
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NEW YORK and TORONTO, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - iAnthus Capital Holdings, Inc. ("iAnthus" or the "Company") (CSE: IAN) (OTCPK: ITHUF), which owns, operates and partners with regulated cannabis operations across the United States, announces today that it has completed its previously announced recapitalization transaction (the "Recapitalization Transaction") pursuant to the terms of a restructuring support agreement (the "Restructuring Support Agreement"), dated July 10, 2020 and as amended June 15, 2021, between the Company, all of the holders (the "Secured Lenders") of the 13% senior secured convertible debentures (the "Secured Debentures") issued by iAnthus Capital Management, LLC ("iAnthus SubCo"), and a majority of the holders (the "Consenting Unsecured Debentureholders") of the 8% unsecured convertible debentures (the "Unsecured Debentures") issued by the Company. The implementation of the Recapitalization Transaction resulted in various changes to the corporate governance and capital structure of the Company, as detailed below. The Recapitalization Transaction closed pursuant to the terms of the plan of arrangement, as amended and restated (the "Plan of Arrangement"), which was approved by the shareholders of the Company at a meeting of holders of the Company's common shares ("Common Shares"), options and warrants, as well as by 100% of the holders of the Secured Debentures and 100% of the holders of the Unsecured Debentures, on September 14, 2020, and by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on October 5, 2020.
All references to currency in this news release are in US dollars.
Issuance of New Common Shares
As of the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction, the Company issued in aggregate 6,072,579,705 Common Shares to the Secured Lenders and holders of the Unsecured Debentures. Specifically, the Secured Lenders have been issued in aggregate 3,036,289,852 Common Shares ("Secured Lender Shares") on a pro rata basis, which is equal to 48.625% of the total outstanding Common Shares, and the holders of Unsecured Debentures have been issued in aggregate 3,036,289,853 ("Unsecured Debentureholders Shares") on a pro rata basis, which is also equal to 48.625% of the total outstanding Common Shares. The existing holders of the Common Shares (the "Existing Shareholders") will continue to hold in aggregate 171,718,192 Common Shares, representing 2.75% of the total outstanding Common Shares.
Further details on the Recapitalization Transaction can be found in the Company's information circular dated August 14, 2020 (a copy of which is available under the Company's SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com) and other documents filed by the Company on SEDAR, including the Plan of Arrangement filed on October 7, 2020.
All of the Company's existing warrants and options have been cancelled as of the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction.
Following the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction, the Common Shares may be consolidated pursuant to a consolidation ratio which has yet to be determined, subject to applicable corporate approval and applicable filings with the Canadian Securities Exchange.
Restructured Secured and Unsecured Debt
As of the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction, the Secured Debentures (plus accrued and unpaid interest and fees), and the interim financing secured notes due July 13, 2025 (plus accrued interest) issued to certain of the Secured Lenders in connection with the entry into of the Restructuring Support Agreement, were forgiven in part and exchanged in accordance with the terms of the Plan of Arrangement for: (i) the Secured Lender Shares; (ii) 8% senior secured debentures in the aggregate principal amount of $99,736,842, due June 24, 2027, issued by iAnthus SubCo and guaranteed by the Company and its subsidiaries ("New Secured Notes"); and (iii) 8% unsecured debentures due June 24, 2027, issued by iAnthus SubCo and guaranteed by the Company (the "New Unsecured Notes") in the aggregate principal amount equal to $5,000,000.
As of the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction, the Unsecured Debentures (plus accrued and unpaid interest and fees) were also forgiven in part and exchanged in accordance with the terms of the Plan of Arrangement for: (i) the Unsecured Debentureholders Shares; and (ii) New Unsecured Notes in the aggregate principal amount equal to $15,000,000.
Interest accrued under both the New Secured Notes and New Unsecured Notes shall be paid in kind.
$25,000,000 Additional Financing
Following the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction, certain of the Secured Lenders and Consenting Unsecured Debentureholders acquired 8% senior secured debentures in the aggregate principal amount equal to $25,000,000, due June 24, 2027 by iAnthus SubCo and guaranteed by the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Additional Secured Notes"). Interest accrued under the Additional Secured Notes shall be paid in kind. The proceeds from the issuance of the Additional Secured Notes will be used by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes, and for costs and expenses relating to the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction.
Certain of the purchasers of the Additional Secured Notes may be considered "related parties" as such term is defined in Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"). Accordingly, the issuance of the Additional Secured Notes may be a "related party transaction" as defined in MI 61-101. The Company is relying on the exemption from the formal valuation requirement at Section 5.5(b) of MI 61-101 (Issuer Not Listed on Specified Markets) and the exemption from minority approval requirement at Section 5.7(1)(f) of MI 61-101 (Loan to Issuer, No Equity or Voting Component) in respect of the issuance of the Additional Secured Notes. The Company did not file a material change report 21 days prior to the expected closing of the Additional Secured Notes as the structure of the transaction and details of the participation of such purchasers had not been confirmed at that time. Due to the Company's liquidity constraints, the Company believes it is reasonable and necessary in the circumstances to complete the closing of the Additional Secured Notes within the available financing windows.
Changes to the Board of Directors (the "Board")
Michael Muldowney and Diane Ellis have resigned from the Board, effective June 24, 2022. Both Mr. Muldowney and Ms. Ellis joined the Company on December 5, 2019 as part of the formation of the Company's independent Board. "Speaking on behalf of the entire iAnthus team, we have been very fortunate to have both Michael and Diane on the Board for the last two and a half years. Both Michael and Diane brought to the Board extensive professional experience and unique, strategic perspectives that helped guide iAnthus through a complicated Recapitalization Transaction," said Robert Galvin, Interim Chief Executive Officer and a Director. "We thank Michael and Diane for their valuable contributions." As contemplated in connection with the Recapitalization Transaction, Mr. Galvin has also resigned from the Board effective June 24, 2022 but continues as Interim Chief Executive Officer.
Immediately prior to closing the Recapitalization Transaction the Board was comprised of eight seats with five casual vacancies. Pursuant to the terms of the Plan of Arrangement, the Secured Lenders have the right to nominate three directors to the Board and the Consenting Unsecured Debentureholders have the right to collectively appoint three directors to the Board, which rights continue in accordance with the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement described below.
The Secured Lenders nominated two of their three nominees to the Board, being Scott Cohen and Michelle (Mich) Mathews-Spradlin, and will nominate a third director after closing, subject to regulatory approval where required. The Consenting Unsecured Debentureholders nominated all three of their director nominees being: Zachary (Zach) Arrick, Alexander Shoghi and Marco D'Attanasio. These nominees will serve as directors of iAnthus until the next annual general meeting or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. Once a permanent chief executive officer is selected by the Company, such individual (and any successor thereto) shall also be nominated as a director in accordance with the Investor Rights Agreement.
The biographies of the five current members of the Board are set out below:
Scott Cohen | Director
Scott Cohen has over 25 years of professional investment experience, including public and private debt and equity securities. Mr. Cohen is currently a consultant to financially troubled companies and stakeholders, and an active investor in turnaround opportunities. Until 2017 Mr. Cohen was with Silver Rock Financial, a large family office, investing in debt and equity investments. Responsibilities included sourcing of both public and private debt, structuring debt securities and loans, and leading activist and restructuring transactions. Prior to Silver Rock Financial, Mr. Cohen was Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Cerberus Capital Management. At Cerberus, Mr. Cohen's responsibilities included analyzing, investing, and managing of a portfolio of primarily distressed assets. Most of these investments involved activist or control roles, from leading creditor committees to initiating negotiations with borrowers in restructurings. Mr. Cohen also worked closely with the private equity team at Cerberus on several large transactions, focusing on liability management within portfolio companies. Prior to joining Cerberus, Mr. Cohen worked in Merrill Lynch's distressed debt trading group from 1992 to 1998, analyzing and investing in distressed corporate situations. From 1990 to 1992 he was an investment banker in Merrill's High Yield Finance and Restructuring Group. Mr. Cohen is a 1990 graduate of Tufts University.
Mich Mathews-Spradlin | Director
From 1993 until her retirement in 2011, Ms. Mathews-Spradlin worked at Microsoft Corporation, where she served as Chief Marketing Officer and previously held several other key leadership positions. Prior to her employment with Microsoft, Ms. Mathews-Spradlin worked in the United Kingdom as a communications consultant for Microsoft from 1989 to 1993. She also held various roles at General Motors Co. from 1986 to 1989.
As the CMO and SVP of Microsoft, Ms. Mathews-Spradlin oversaw the company's global marketing function, including the household brands of Windows, Office, Xbox, Internet Explorer and Bing. Mathews-Spradlin led Microsoft's consumer and business-to-business marketing to hundreds of millions of global customers. She was instrumental in driving the growth of Microsoft's global business by building several of the world's leading technology brands. As the most senior woman at Microsoft, she was also a strong advocate for female advancement and personally spearheaded the company's network and mentoring program for female progression at the company. She retired from Microsoft in 2011, after 22 years.
Ms. Mathews-Spradlin currently serves on the board of The Wendy's Company and in addition serves as a board member of several private companies, including Jacana Holdings Inc., The Bouqs Company and You & Mr Jones. She is also a digital advisory board member for Unilever PLC, a member of the board of trustees of the California Institute of Technology and a member of the executive board of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.
Alexander Shoghi | Director
Mr. Shoghi is a Portfolio Manager at Oasis Management, a private investment management firm headquartered in Hong Kong. Mr. Shoghi joined Oasis in 2005, first based in Hong Kong, and subsequently relocating to the U.S. as the founder and manager of Oasis Capital in Austin, Texas in early 2012. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Shoghi worked at Lehman Brothers in New York City. Mr. Shoghi holds a Bachelor of Science of Business Administration in Finance and International Business degree from Georgetown University.
Zach Arrick | Director
Mr. Arrick is a Senior Research Analyst at Senvest Management LLC, a private investment management firm headquartered in New York City. Mr. Arrick joined Senvest in 2013. From 2007 to 2013, Mr. Arrick worked at Morgan Stanley in San Francisco and New York City, and JMP Securities in San Francisco. Mr. Arrick holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.
Marco D'Attanasio | Director
Marco D'Attanasio is the founder and chief investment officer of Hadron Capital, a boutique investment manager with offices in London UK and the Cayman Islands. Hadron currently manages five different investment funds with a catalyst-driven investment style. Prior to founding Hadron in 2004, Marco was managing director at the Royal Bank of Canada in London, where he worked from 1998 to 2004. At RBC he was heading up event-driven and relative value proprietary investments for Europe and Asia. Prior to that Marco worked at the London offices of HSBC and JPMorgan. Marco holds a PhD in theoretical physics and has co-written numerous academic international publications in particle physics and cosmology.
Annual General Meeting
The Company has called its annual general meetings (each an "AGM" and collectively, the "AGMs") of shareholders for the fiscal years 2019, 2020 and 2021 (being the 2020 AGM, the 2021 AGM and the 2022 AGM respectively) for shareholders of record on July 5, 2022, to be held concurrently on August 11, 2022, in Toronto, Ontario. The Company will post on SEDAR and mail shareholder meeting materials, including a form of proxy, to shareholders in due course and invites all shareholders to attend.
Petition Seeking Annual General Meeting
Michael Weisser ("Weisser") commenced a petition in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Vancouver Registry, under Court File No. S-224955 against iAnthus and its board of directors on June 20, 2022 (the "Petition"). In the Petition, Weisser seeks, among other things, an order that the Company hold its 2020 AGM on or before June 30, 2022, or alternatively on a date set by the court as soon as reasonably possible thereafter. In the Petition, Weisser alleges he became a shareholder of the Company in approximately June 2021 (almost one year after the Company entered into the RSA), exercising control or direction, together with supporting shareholders, over approximately 5% of the shares of the Company. On June 22, 2022 Weisser was granted short leave, permitting a return date for the Petition on June 28, 2022. The Company will respond to the Petition. The Recapitalization Transaction has now closed and the Company has noticed the AGMs; accordingly, Weisser's petition is moot.
Long-Term Incentive Program
On January 7, 2022, the Company announced the terms of a long-term incentive program ("LTIP") recommended by the compensation committee of the Board and, pursuant to which, the Company will allocate to certain employees of the Company and its subsidiaries (including executive officers) restricted stock units and option awards under the Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan dated October 15, 2018 in order to attract and retain such employees. The awards will represent up to, in the aggregate, 5.75% of the fully-diluted equity of the Company after taking into account the issuance of the Common Shares under the Recapitalization Transaction described above. The allocations were contingent on the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction and, subject to approval of the Canadian Securities Exchange and the Board, the Company intends to issue such restricted stock units and stock options within ten days. The LTIP covers approximately 250 employees of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Additional Agreements
In connection with the issuance of the New Secured Notes and the Additional Secured Notes, the Company and its subsidiaries (including iAnthus Subco) entered into the Third Amended and Restated Secured Purchase Agreement with the Secured Lenders and Consenting Unsecured Debentureholders, and in connection with the issuance of the New Unsecured Notes, the Company and iAnthus Subco entered into an Unsecured Debenture Agreement with the Secured Lenders and Consenting Unsecured Debentureholders, copies of which will be filed by the Company on SEDAR.
In connection with the Restructuring Transaction, the Company and certain of the Secured Lenders and Consenting Unsecured Debentureholders entered into a customary Investor Rights Agreement and a customary Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which will be filed by the Company on SEDAR.
About iAnthus
iAnthus owns and operates licensed cannabis cultivation, processing and dispensary facilities throughout the United States. For more information, visit www.iAnthus.com.
COVID-19 Risk Factor
The Company may be impacted by business interruptions resulting from pandemics and public health emergencies, including those related to COVID-19. An outbreak of infectious disease, a pandemic, or a similar public health threat, such as the recent outbreak of COVID-19, or a fear of any of the foregoing could adversely impact the Company by causing operating, manufacturing, supply chain, and project development delays and disruptions, labor shortages, travel, and shipping disruption and shutdowns (including as a result of government regulation and prevention measures). It is unknown whether and how the Company may be affected if such a pandemic persists for an extended period of time, including as a result of the waiver of regulatory requirements or the implementation of emergency regulations to which the Company is subject. Although the Company has been deemed essential and/or has been permitted to continue operating its facilities in the states in which it cultivates, processes, manufactures, and sells cannabis during the pendency of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no assurance that the Company's operations will continue to be deemed essential and/or will continue to be permitted to operate. The Company may incur expenses or delays relating to such events outside of its control, which could have a material adverse impact on its business, operating results, financial condition, and the trading price of the Company's common shares.
Forward Looking Statements
Statements in this news release contain forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made on the basis of the current beliefs, expectations and assumptions of management, are not guarantees of performance and are subject to significant risks and uncertainty. These forward-looking statements should, therefore, be considered in light of various important factors, including those set forth in Company's reports that it files from time to time with the SEC and the Canadian securities regulators which you should review including, but not limited to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC. When used in this news release, words such as "will," could," plan," estimate," expect," intend," may," potential," believe, "should" and similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, statements relating to the Company's financial performance, business development and results of operations and the outcome of the closing of the Recapitalization Transaction.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as predictions of future events, and the Company cannot assure you that the events or circumstances discussed or reflected in these statements will be achieved or will occur. If such forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. You should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by the Company or any other person that it will achieve its objectives and plans in any specified timeframe, or at all. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. The Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date of this news release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission have reviewed, approved or disapproved the content of this news release.
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'I was born and raised on the land': Beloit woman sells flower shop after 40 years
BELOIT – For nearly 40 years, Joy Whaley-Trummer has owned a flower shop in a dark-green building on South 12th Street.
But the property is special to her in more ways than one.
"I was born and raised on the land where the flower shop is," the Beloit native said.
Multiple generations of Whaley-Trummer's family have owned the property, along with the house next to it. After four decades, Whaley-Trummer has sold Joy's Flower Shop.
"I'm just not physically able to do it anymore," she said. "So I was just praying that the right people would come along, and I believe they did."
How did Joy's Flower Shop get started?
Whaley-Trummer developed a passion for flowers at a young age. Her grandparents liked to garden and sold their flowers at community events. Whaley-Trummer would frequently go with them to these sales.
She went to school to study floral design and opened Joy's Flower Shop in September 1983. It is located across from Highland Memorial Park. Whaley-Trummer said some people were concerned when she initially launched her business that she would have a difficult time finding customers because of the flower shop's location.
"They were worried I would not succeed being out in the country, away from town," she said.
But Whaley-Trummer managed to find success. Joy's Flower Shop offers a variety of flowers for occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries and funerals. Whaley-Trummer attributed the shop's longevity to her authentic style of business.
"We always tried to be fair and honest with everyone. We tried to make the nicest flowers we could," she said.
After many years, Whaley-Trummer felt it was time to retire from the flower shop and started searching for potential buyers. She wanted to find a new owner who would be the right fit and also keep on the shop's employees.
She decided to sell Joy's Flower Shop to Jim and Tracy Mayhew and Desirae Sanor. Tracy Mayhew said they bought the business because her cousin, Sanor, has always dreamed of owning a flower shop.
"My husband and I, we were just at the point where we decided we would go in with her so she could fulfill her dreams," Tracy Mayhew said.
She said they plan to make several renovations to the shop. This includes putting in new windows and vinyl siding, moving things around inside and brightening it up with new lighting.
Tracy and Jim Mayhew owned an electrical business in Mississippi for 14 years. Tracy Mayhew is a Beloit native. The couple moved back to the area about two years ago, she said.
Although they have business experience, Tracy Mayhew said the couple has learned a lot in the short time they have owned the shop.
"It's exciting because it's something different, and I like learning new things," Tracy Mayhew said.
Whaley-Trummer said she will miss the shop and interacting with customers. She hasn't decided what she will do next, she said, but she wants to continue working in some capacity.
"(I loved) the fact that I was able to help people that needed something. I was able to help be a friend for a lot of those people," she said.
Joy's Flower Shop is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Reach Paige at 330-580-8577 or pmbennett@gannett.com, or on Twitter at @paigembenn. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/07/22/joys-flower-shop-sold-after-40-years/7570957001/ | 2022-07-22T11:48:00Z |
AI-Based Accounting Platform Further Accelerates Lease Accounting Process Providing A&M's Predictive incremental Borrowing Rate Calculator Embedded In End-to-End SaaS Workflow
NEW YORK, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Trullion, the leading AI-powered accounting platform, today announced the new integration of Alvarez & Marsal's automated incremental borrowing rate estimator LeaseSCRE into their accounting platform. The integration further enhances and already robust platform of automated lease accounting solutions, enabling accountants to estimate borrowing rates in moments.
Prior to LeaseSCRE, calculating the borrowing rate was a manual and tedious process that took days and possibly weeks, depending on the complexity of the company. The Alvarez & Marsal valuation team developed LeaseSCRE using machine-learning algorithms to estimate a company's incremental borrowing rate to be used in lease accounting calculations.
"Companies have deployed significant resources to classify and organize their lease portfolios. Despite all the resources spent on the accounting, companies still require the incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of lease liabilities. LeaseSCRE generates an estimated credit rating using a machine learning based model that processes basic company and sector financial data and returns a rating-based IBR curve," says Chandu Chilakapati, a Managing Director of A&M's Valuation practice. "Now with an integration into Trullion's lease accounting module, financial leaders can experience their ongoing ASC 842 compliance process with a new level of efficiency".
This is the first time that LeaseSCRE has been integrated into an accounting software package to provide an end-to-end solution for companies looking to rapidly adopt ASC 842.
"Trullion is a single source of truth for accounting teams, creating efficiency and transparency so that our customers can easily comply with the new industry standards," says Isaac Heller, CEO at Trullion. "The integration with LeaseSCRE provides an automated option for one of the most difficult aspects of adopting ASC 842: determining your IBR rate. As we look towards the future, it also demonstrates that modern financial tools can operate as an open ecosystem where software & services providers can provide end-to-end automation for CFOs & financial stakeholders."
Trullion is an AI-powered accounting platform that automates challenging compliance workflows such as Lease Accounting and Revenue Recognition. By connecting Corporate Controllers, CFOs, and External Auditors in one platform, Trullion provides a single source of truth for financial leaders. Established in 2020, Trullion is headquartered in New York, NY with offices in Tel Aviv and has secured $15M in funding from Aleph, Third Point Ventures, Greycroft, Verissimo Ventures and financial executives from SAP, Ernst & Young, AirBnB and Dropbox. To learn more about Trullion, visit trullion.com.
CONTACT: DeeDee Rudenstein, drudenstein@propelsc.com
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MONTREAL, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Circular Plastic Taskforce (CPT) is proud to announce a partnership with Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC), creator of Digimarc watermarks that are driving the next generation of digital identification and detection-based solutions, to test Digimarc® Recycle for optimizing the sortation of flexible plastic packaging in Canada, a first in North America. This project marks the start of Phase II of the CPT, which aims to carry out or support projects to improve the recycling of all plastic packaging within the evolving Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) landscape in Quebec and Canada.
Digimarc Recycle represents a revolution in the sortation, and thus the recycling, of plastic waste. Digital watermarks are applied within the package artwork, no special inks or print process required, and are visible to specialized sorting equipment but imperceptible to consumers. The watermarks, when scanned by machine cameras, connect to a cloud-based database containing unlimited (and extensible) characteristics of the package, such as the manufacturer and specific product, prior use (food versus non-food), additives or the presence of components that are problematic for recycling. As such, it can help facilitate flexible packaging sortation.
"We are thrilled to launch such a forward-looking project and get our Phase II underway", says the Circular Plastics Taskforce Steering Committee. "The results from our Phase I study show that even if flexible plastic packaging represents a significant portion of plastic packaging used in Quebec and Canada, their recovery rates remain low. One of the reasons is that today's sortation equipment cannot distinguish between mono-material recyclable packaging and multi-material structures, therefore lowering bale quality. We believe Digimarc Recycle can help solve this challenge."
"We are excited to bring Digimarc Recycle to North America and to help the Circular Plastic Taskforce achieve their circularity-driven objectives," adds Emily Stolarcyk, Sustainability Program Director for Business Development at Digimarc Corporation. "Digimarc's digital watermarks, a key component of Digimarc Recycle, have proven to be a truly innovative way to correctly identify each unique package. Connecting watermarks to an extensible database of product and packaging attributes ensures we can help enable a more circular economy now and in the future. This will benefit facilities and brands in meeting their recycling goals, in both the increase of volume and the purity of recycled material."
The first part of the project consists of testing the ability of specialized optical sorters to adequately capture flexible packaging with digital watermarks in a controlled environment. This test will be performed at the Pellenc R&D Center in Pertuis, France, with various flexible packaging samples manufactured Balcan Innovations, TC Transcontinental (co-founder of the CPT,) and Winpak Ltd. Following the results of this initial test, the second part of the project, which should begin in 2023, will aim at testing this solution in a real-life environment and at a much larger scale, with the goal of producing film bales meeting the high-quality specifications of recyclers. To do so, specialized sorting equipment will be installed in sorting centers and recyclers in Quebec and Ontario to capture flexible packaging with digital watermarking put on the market by our retail and brand partners.
The project also seeks to confirm the effectiveness of Digimarc Recycle to provide traceability of packaging. Traceability is a prerequisite to produce food-grade recycled resin and will be key to comply with upcoming regulations that will be implemented to accelerate the transition to a circular economy for plastics.
About the Circular Plastics Taskforce (CPT)
The CPT's objective is to promote the implementation of a circular economy for post-consumer plastics in Quebec and Canada. The CPT aims to improve the alignment between end markets' needs for recycled resins and the recycling value chain, by identifying and implementing concrete optimization solutions that can be deployed in the short and medium term. The members of the CPT steering committee are Cascades, Danone Canada, Dyne-a-pak, Keurig Dr Pepper Canada, TC Transcontinental, the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC) and Éco Entreprises Québec (ÉEQ). For more details on the CPT, visit www.gapc.ca.
About Digimarc
Digimarc is a global leader in product digitization, delivering business value across industries through unique identifiers and cloud-based solutions. A trusted partner in deterring digital counterfeiting of global currency for more than 20 years, Digimarc illuminates a product's journey to provide intelligence and promote a prosperous, safer, and more sustainable world. With Digimarc, you can finally see everything. And when you see everything, you can achieve anything. For more information, visit us at www.digimarc.com.
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Nick Cole, MUFG's Head of Restaurant Finance, shares mid-year outlook for restaurant industry
NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers who purchase food for in-home consumption have generally experienced higher price increases relative to what they pay for menu items at quick-service and fast-casual restaurants—a trend that makes restaurants more comparatively appealing, according to Nick Cole, Head of Restaurant Finance at Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).
This is one of several key viewpoints in Cole's mid-year outlook on the restaurant industry, which also includes the abatement of labor shortages, disruptions in the beef supply, high real-estate utilization, and a potential acceleration in mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicated that the food-away-from-home CPI (restaurant purchases) rose 7.4 percent for the year ended April 2022.i In contrast, the food-at-home CPI (grocery and supermarket food purchases) was 11.9 percent higher for the year ended May 2022.
"Restaurant chains have been able to achieve lower food-price increases and delay the effect of inflation thanks to a number of advantages they enjoy," Cole says. Restaurants' advantages include:
- access to ingredients at wholesale prices and economies of scale;
- the ability to lock in lower prices through forward contracts and other hedging strategies; and
- the flexibility to reallocate ingredients among menu items.
As Cole explains, many restaurants have also been able to sustain profitability by raising their menu prices at agreeable levels to offset the higher input costs of labor, utilities, construction, and food commodities.
Restaurant labor shortages have stabilized this year, though they still linger and continue to trigger disruptions, according to Cole. Food-delivery drivers are in particularly short supply, impacting delivery-intensive restaurants such as pizza chains.
"Large online retailers attracted a significant amount of labor at restaurants' expense during the pandemic, yet many of the jobs they filled require little training and are designed for high turnover," Cole adds. "Therefore, we believe the restaurant industry will be able to pull back many workers with the right mix of incentives."
Additionally, Cole notes the following top industry trends:
- Disruptions in the beef supply are putting related restaurant businesses at risk because of the longer cycle of beef gestation, cultivation and ultimate provision, as opposed to such commodities as poultry and fish, which are characterized by a shorter supply cycle.
- Restaurant dining venues have returned to full capacity, yet chains continue to benefit from having retooled their real estate and technological infrastructure to accommodate drive-through traffic and online orders.
- M&A activity slowed in the first quarter because of margin pressures due to rising commodity prices, workforce shortages, and the need for higher expenditures to attract labor, as Cole and his team had anticipated in November 2021—yet they expect M&A activity to pick up as the year progresses.
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The U.S. operations of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG), one of the world's leading financial groups, has total assets of $332.4 billion at March 31, 2022. As part of that total, MUFG Americas Holdings Corporation (MUAH), a financial holding company, bank holding company, and intermediate holding company, has total assets of $159.2 billion at March 31, 2022. MUAH's main subsidiaries are MUFG Union Bank, N.A. and MUFG Securities Americas Inc. MUFG Union Bank, N.A. provides a wide range of financial services to consumers, small businesses, middle-market companies, and major corporations. As of March 31, 2022, MUFG Union Bank, N.A. operated 297 branches, consisting primarily of retail banking branches in the West Coast states. MUFG Securities Americas Inc. is a registered securities broker-dealer which engages in capital markets origination transactions, domestic and foreign debt and equities securities transactions, private placements, collateralized financings, and securities borrowing and lending transactions. MUAH is owned by MUFG Bank, Ltd. and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. MUFG Bank, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., has offices in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, and Canada. Visit www.unionbank.com or www.mufgamericas.com for more information.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (MUFG) is one of the world's leading financial groups. Headquartered in Tokyo and with over 360 years of history, MUFG has a global network with approximately 2,400 locations in more than 50 countries. The Group has about 170,000 employees and offers services including commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. The Group aims to "be the world's most trusted financial group" through close collaboration among our operating companies and flexibly respond to all of the financial needs of our customers, serving society, and fostering shared and sustainable growth for a better world. MUFG's shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York stock exchanges. For more information, visit https://www.mufg.jp/english.
i Latest data available at the time of release. Source: The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm
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(NerdWallet) – Today’s housing market can feel like a dream killer.
Rising mortgage rates, high home prices and a shortage of properties for sale deliver a one-two-three punch.
If you’ve been knocked out of one too many deals and need a timeout, here’s how to regroup and keep the homeownership dream alive.
Give yourself a break
Given the rise in home prices and interest rates, the monthly mortgage payment for a median-priced single-family home with a 10% down payment has jumped by about $800 since January, according to a June 2022 National Association of Realtors press release.
That’s huge.
It’s OK to hit pause if you’re frazzled to the point that you can’t think clearly or are simply priced out.
“If it doesn’t feel right to you … step away and give yourself some breathing room,” says Catalina Franco-Cicero, a certified financial planner with Tobias Financial Advisors in Plantation, Florida. “It’s OK to do that.”
But stepping back doesn’t mean giving up.
“One thing we tell people with any goal that you have is that there’s a big difference between ‘no’ and ‘not yet,'” says Nathaniel Moore, a certified financial planner and president of Agape Planning Partners in Fresno, California.
Strengthen your finances
View the break as an opportunity to get your finances in even better shape.
Budget like a homeowner
Use a mortgage calculator to estimate a monthly mortgage payment, including estimated property taxes and home insurance. Then add utilities plus 20% of the monthly mortgage for unexpected maintenance and repairs, Moore suggests. Subtract your rent payment from that amount and set aside the rest in a high-yield savings account.
“That way, if and when you can get in the home, you don’t have sticker shock or you’re not house-rich and cash-poor because you didn’t account for the other expenses,” Moore says.
He likens the transition to a relay race.
“You want to have a smooth baton handoff, from the ‘renter you’ to the ‘homeowner you.’ If you’re not ready to walk in that house and afford the ancillary costs of living there, that’s when the baton fumbles and drops,” he says. “You want to get to the place where the rental person is running at the same speed as the homeownership person so when the baton is handed off it’s a smooth transition.”
When you’re ready to buy, you can add that extra money you’ve socked away to your down payment, which will help you make stronger offers and may qualify you for better mortgage rates.
“Nobody can truly predict interest rates nor inflation, nor the appreciation rate of homes in a relatively short period of time,” Eric Lefkowitz, president and chief operating officer of Motto Mortgage Mint in San Diego, said via email. “But we can be certain that buyers should be saving for strong down payment options. This will ensure they can get the best available interest rate when the time comes.”
Pay down debt
Paying down credit cards and other debt will improve two measurements: your credit score and your debt-to-income ratio, or DTI. Both are key factors that lenders consider when deciding whether you qualify and at what rate.
A good DTI — the percentage of gross monthly income that goes toward debt — is generally under 36%. The lower the better.
Your credit score is based in part on credit utilization, the percentage of available credit used. Shrinking your debt will lower credit utilization and help your score. Meanwhile, keep making on-time payments to preserve good credit.
“It’s going to give you a better mortgage rate and more options,” says Deb Gillard, a real estate agent with RE/MAX Venture in Owatonna, Minnesota.
Avoid optional big expenses
Resist the temptation to vent your frustration in a spending splurge, whether it’s running up a credit card balance or buying a new car when the old one suffices.
“That’s the last thing you want to do when you’re taking this pause,” Gillard says.
Another enticement may be to move to a nicer apartment. But stay put if you can, advises real estate broker Peggy Pratt, who leads the Pratt Properties Team of Century 21 North East in the Boston area. Paying the security deposit and other moving expenses could cut into savings for a down payment.
Reevaluate your wants and needs
This is a good time to look at the big picture.
“People need to do some soul searching to say, ‘What am I looking for in a home?'” Moore says.
Given home prices and mortgage rates, you may need to adjust your filters. You may need to shop for homes in a different neighborhood or buy something smaller than originally imagined. If the aim is to buy a starter home, build equity and upgrade in a few years, then that flexibility may pay off.
“Homeownership is a step-by-step opportunity,” Lefkowitz said. “You are not committing to stay in a home forever.”
If you could work elsewhere, another option you might consider is relocating to a less-expensive housing market, Franco-Cicero says. That’s a big decision. Taking a pause can give you time to research the quality of life and cost of living in other locations and weigh whether you want to live somewhere else.
Keep in touch with your agent, lender
Besides fine-tuning finances and reevaluating goals, keep in touch with experts you trust who can watch the market and bring you back in when you’re ready, Lefkowitz said.
“This includes a strong Realtor and mortgage professional,” he said. “Together, that partnership can keep the buyers’ best interest top of mind and be ready to pounce on an excellent property when it becomes available.”
Let them know if you can make a bigger down payment, for instance. Keep your agent updated on when you might be ready to jump back into the market and the types of homes and areas you’re willing to consider.
Pratt says she counsels clients to maintain realistic expectations and not give up.
“Hang in there,” she says. “Something will come.” | https://cw33.com/news/advice-for-renters-priced-out-of-homebuying/ | 2022-07-22T14:33:08Z |
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Matt Kuchar was flopping shots out of the rough during his practice round at Southern Hills on Tuesday when he chunked one so fat that it came up several yards short of the hole, teetering precariously on the edge of the green.
“Knock that back to me,” Kuchar told playing his partner, Dustin Johnson, who replied simply: “I don’t think I have to.”
Just as he predicted, the ball began trickling back off the green, finally stopping at Kuchar’s feet some 20 yards away.
It’s the kind of thing that could happen on any number of holes during the PGA Championship this week, hilarious to fans and maddening to players. But it’s also what famed golf course architected Perry Maxwell had in mind when he first laid out the venerable course near downtown Tulsa nearly 90 years ago, and what Gil Hanse and Jim Wagner tried to restore when the club’s membership asked them to take it back to its roots in time for its next major championship.
“It’s a sweet place,” said Justin Thomas, who has always preferred classic courses. “You know, big fall-offs and run-offs on the greens, and the Bermuda grass makes it very difficult to chip, so it puts a premium on having different techniques and different styles around the greens, and also puts a premium on ball-striking to where you can hit the green.
“I think,” Thomas said, “this is an unbelievable major championship venue.”
It’s been a popular one, for sure, the first to host five PGA Championships and one of the few to have hosted it along with the U.S. Open multiple times. But the course where Tiger Woods won the PGA in 2009, and Retief Goosen the U.S. Open in 2002, is far different from the one that Jordan Spieth, Scottie Scheffler and everyone else will face this week.
It’s more like the one where Tommy Bolt triumphed in the 1958 U.S. Open.
The course had changed over the years. It had grown and evolved. Entire creeks that were once in play had disappeared amid thick stands of trees. And those greens, with their trademark “Maxwell’s rolls,” had lost their original character, turning into saucers that welcomed poorly hit approach shots rather than subtle mounds that rejected them.
It was up to Hanse and Wagner, fresh off a similar restoration of Los Angeles Country Club, to peel back the layers of time.
They got help from Southern Hills club historian Clyde Chrisman, who provided photographs and other material from when the club was established in 1936, along with superintendent Russ Myers, who had worked with them on other projects.
The restoration of the greens was perhaps the biggest change, but it was hardly the only one. Hundreds of trees were removed to create open views across the property. Landing areas were widened. Bunkers were reshaped and moved to more accurately reflect the challenge that Maxwell intended in the days before 300-plus-yard drives became standard.
“I think they did an incredible job,” said the PGA’s Kerry Haigh, who is responsible for setting up the course for the tournament. “They added five or six new tees for the back. State-of-the-art hygronics on the greens for cool-season grasses here in the hot heat of the summer. And all of that just gives us more sort of canvas to test the best players. It provides a lot more shot options, a lot more shot variety, a lot more options to hit woods or drivers off the tee.”
Southern Hills is not necessarily unique in that regard. Many of the nation’s historic courses have undergone extension restoration efforts in recent years. Hanse has helped to reshape Merion, Winged Foot and The Country Club, while Bill Coore and Ben Crenshaw have worked on such esteemed layouts as Pinehurst No. 2, Riviera and Seminole.
They’ve become part golf course architects, part golf course archaeologists. Yet in turning back time, they’ve also somehow managed to not only maintain the integrity of the original layouts but produce something as relevant as ever.
“The game has changed a lot,” Woods said before his practice round Tuesday, “and because the game has changed a lot, Gil has done a fantastic job of altering the golf course. It has a lot more shot options, that’s for sure. And we are going to be tested around the greens a lot. A lot of grain, a lot of creativity, but it still puts a premium in putting the ball in play and in the fairway and somehow below the holes in the right spots.”
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Sports Invigorate the City
BEIJING, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On the morning of September 1st, the Sports Services Section of the China International Fair for Trade in Services 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the CIFTIS) was officially opened in Shougang Park, Beijing. As one of the nine themed sections of the CIFTIS, this Sports Services Section, themed as "Sports Invigorate the City", aims to promote the cooperation of sports services trade and build a bridge for international sports industry. The section consists of exhibitions, forums, trade matching and supporting activities around four highlights of internationalization, professionalization, marketization, and technologization. The 2022 CIFTIS Sports Services Section Fair will be hosted by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports and organized by ADG Exhibition.
As the largest themed exhibition of this CIFTIS, the Sports Services Exhibition is located in the indoor halls 6 and 7 and outdoor halls 14 and 15 of Shougang Park, with a total area of 22,200 square meters. It is composed of eight sub-exhibitions including services for international sports, Olympic achievements promotion, sports events, sports consumption, smart sports, sports integration, fitness for all and outdoor life. A total of 347 enterprises and institutions get involved in the exhibition online or offline, including 151 offline exhibitors, 101 offline international institutions and enterprises and 59 offline industry leading enterprises. The internationalization rate and industry leading enterprise ratio are 67% and 39% respectively, and raw space booths account for 94%.
This section includes one main forum and five parallel forums. On the morning of September 1st, the Main Forum of the International Sports Services Trade Conference & the World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo was held at the No.3 Blast Furnace, Shougang Park, addressed by Li Yingchuan, deputy head of the General Administration of Sport of China (GASC), and Zhang Jiandong, vice mayor of Beijing and executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG).
The Sports Economy Department of the GASC and Asia Digital Group have successively released the Report on China's Sports Services Trade (2021) and the Research Report on China's Winter Sports Industry Development (2022). Five parallel forums including the Olympic City Development Forum, the Digital Sports Development Forum, the International Sports, Culture and Tourism Development Forum, the International Ice and Snow Industry Development Forum, and the Outdoor Living Forum was held one after another, together with the release of such reports as the Digital Sports Development Report (2022), the Report on International Sports, Culture and Tourism Industry (2022) and the Bulletin of Main Data on Beijing Sports Venues (2021).
Meanwhile, the Sports Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Competition, the Industry TOP Awards and the Fashion Show were staged. Besides, the experience area has been set up for emerging fashion sports such as camping, recreational vehicles, Frisbees and standup paddleboards in the outdoor exhibition halls 14 and 15. Visitors are welcome to get involved.
In order to facilitate more transaction for sports services projects, the Sports Services Section has made every effort to build a supply and demand docking platform with offline exhibitions, forums and related supporting activities.
Main Forum of the International Sports Services Trade Conference & the World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo Held at the No.3 Blast Furnace, Shougang Park.
The Sports Services Section of the China International Fair for Trade in Services 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the CIFTIS) was officially opened in Shougang Park, Beijing on September 1st. This section includes one main forum and five parallel forums. On the morning of September 1st, the Main Forum of the International Sports Services Trade Conference & the World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo, also the Main Forum of the Sports Services Section, was held at the No.3 Blast Furnace, Shougang Park, addressed by Li Yingchuan, deputy head of the General Administration of Sport of China (GASC), and Zhang Jiandong, vice mayor of Beijing and executive vice president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG).
According to Li Yingchuan, with the theme of "Sports Invigorate the City", the Sports Services Section of this CIFTIS, highlighting internationalization, professionalization, marketization, and technologization, is of great significance to the development of sports services trade and ice and snow industry in the post-Winter Olympics era. Let us take this Sports Services Section as an opportunity to jointly build a bridge of communication for international sports industry, promote the docking and cooperation of sports services trade, accelerate the release of the potential of this kind of trade, and contribute new strength to the high-quality development of the sports industry and ice and snow industry in the new era.
Zhang Jiandong pointed out that the Sports Services Section, a vital part of the CIFTIS, is a specific measure to promote the high-quality development of Beijing's sports. Since 2012, it has attracted over 400 sports services institutions in and out of China, guests and businessmen from more than 70 countries and regions, and 40,000 some professional visitors. Therefore, it has played a positive role in disseminating ideas, connecting supply and demand, and sharing business opportunities. The section went further this year, attracting more than 300 Chinese and foreign exhibitors, and becoming the largest themed exhibition of this CIFTIS. Furthermore, featuring internationalization, professionalization, marketization, and technologization, it will surely create more fruitful results with richer content and more novel form.
Zhao Wen, director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports, introduced the sports services industry in 2022. The Report on China's Sports Services Trade (2021) and the Research Report on China's Winter Sports Industry Development (2022) were released respectively by Peng Weiyong, deputy director of the Sports Economy Department at the GASC and Zhang Li, executive vice president of Asia Digital Group. British Trade Commissioner for China John Edwards gave an outlook on China-UK sports cooperation in a video.
In addition, focusing on hot topics of the sports industry, guests who "came" to the site offline or via online videos to jointly explore new trends of the sports industry include Minister Counsellor of the Department for International Trade at the British Embassy Beijing Sohail Shaikh, President of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association Jason Ferguson, President of the International Sports Press Association Gianni Merlo, Executive Director of the Olympic Games at the International Olympic Committee Christophe Dubi, President of the International Biathlon Union Olle Dahlin and Former Secretary-General of the International Ski Federation Sarah Lewis.
A round-table dialogue, themed as "Focus on the 'Post-Winter Olympics': China's Ice and Snow-the Future Can Be Expected" was held. Suggestions for the Olympic heritage, fitness for all and sustainable development of ice and snow industry were offered by such guests as Zhao Yinggang, chairman of the China Sled Association and deputy director of the Sustainable Development Committee at the BOCOG, Michael Berger, counsellor of the Commercial Office at the Austrian Embassy in China, Nico H. Schiettekatte, counsellor for Health, Welfare and Sports at the Embassy of Kingdom of the Netherlands in Beijing, Zeng Dechao, chairman of the Yulin City Committee of the CPPCC of Shaanxi Province, Li Yanqiu, general manager of Doppelmayr China and Shen Yumei, director of the Engo Division at TechnoAlpin Group.
Five parallel forums, including the Olympic City Development Forum and the Digital Sports Development Forum, were held on September 2nd-4th.
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Kings fire interim coach Gentry, miss playoffs for 16th year
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Sacramento Kings have fired interim coach Alvin Gentry a day after the franchise missed the playoffs for a 16th straight season. Sacramento won 116-109 at NBA-leading Phoenix on Sunday to finish at 30-52. The 67-year-old Gentry was promoted from associate head coach to interim coach when the Kings fired Luke Walton in November following a 6-11 start. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/11/kings-fire-interim-coach-gentry-miss-playoffs-for-16th-year/ | 2022-04-11T20:40:46Z |
LEÓN, Mexico, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EUPD Research awarded LONGi the "Top Brand PV 2022" seal for the Mexican, Chilean and Latin American markets. The Chinese brand received this recognition at Solar Power Mexico 2022 held in León, Guanajuato, Mexico.
The seal, which recognizes LONGi as a Top brand in the PV module category, was presented by Daniel Fuchs, Vice President of EUPD Research, to Bruce Zhu, Head of Sales for LONGi LATAM, and Ivan Reyes Calzada, Sales Director for LONGi LATAM.
EUPD Research has more than 20 years of experience in measuring and analyzing installer and end-customer brand awareness within its Global PV Installer Monitor study and is globally recognized as the leading certification body within the PV industry.
LONGi was named top solar brands in Mexico, Chile and Latin America, according to the results of a comprehensive survey conducted by EUPD Research among market intermediaries on brand awareness, satisfaction, customer choice and distribution. The survey took place between January and February this year.
Gao Jun, Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing Center of LONGi, commented that "LONGi aims to develop the highest efficient module technology and continue to provide value for partners around the globe. It is an honor that the module distributors & installers themselves, who are in contact all the time with different brands and products, recognized LONGi as a reliable brand that is in the minds of consumers in Mexico, Chile and Latin America".
About LONGi
Founded in 2000, LONGi is committed to being the world's leading solar technology company, focusing on customer-driven value creation for full scenario energy transformation.
Under its mission of 'Utilizing Solar Energy, Building a Green World', LONGi has dedicated itself to technology innovation and established five business sectors, covering mono silicon wafers, cells and modules, commercial & industrial distributed solar solutions, green energy solutions and hydrogen equipment. The company has honed its capabilities to provide green energy and has, more recently, also embraced green hydrogen products and solutions to support global zero carbon development. www.longi.com/en
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Former President Donald Trump and other GOP leaders rejected efforts to overhaul gun laws and mocked Democrats and activists calling for change Friday at the National Rifle Association's annual convention.
The gathering this weekend in Houston is taking place 280 miles east of the South Texas town of Uvalde, where 19 children and two adults were killed by a gunman at an elementary school Tuesday.
Hours before top Republicans were scheduled to speak in Houston, law enforcement officials in Uvalde acknowledged that they had waited too long to breach the classroom where a gunman was shooting children and teachers.
But those mistakes, and their ramifications on proposals to place more armed police and teachers in schools, went unmentioned in speeches by Trump and other Republicans.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott canceled his planned appearance at the NRA convention and instead pre-recorded a video in which he was dismissive of calls for gun reforms.
"Remember this: There are thousands of laws on the books across the country that limit the owning or using of firearms, laws that have not stopped madmen from carrying out evil acts on innocent people in peaceful communities," he said.
Trump in his speech called for a series of measures that largely mirrored what other Republicans had proposed throughout the day: Schools with a single entryway, with armed guards stationed there, and exit-only fire escapes. He also said some teachers should be allowed to carry firearms.
"The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun," the former President said -- repeating a refrain that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz had used onstage less than an hour earlier.
But Trump also nodded to the political reality that gun rights advocates represent a core constituency for Republicans, and for the former President in particular. "You are the backbone of our movement," he said Friday.
Cruz, meanwhile, blamed a "cultural sickness," including fatherless children and video games, for mass shootings. He said schools should have a single entry point defended by multiple armed guards.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem attacked advocates of gun safety legislation.
"Let me tell you the truth about the enemies of the Second Amendment. They are schooled in the ways of Marx and Lenin," she said.
And NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre said that "if we as a nation were capable of legislating evil out of the hearts and minds of criminals who commit these heinous acts, we would have done it a long time ago."
The tale of two Americas
In the nation's bitter divide over guns, the tale of two Americas was on vivid display in downtown Houston, as protesters waved signs and shouted at NRA members as they walked into the George R. Brown Convention Center for their meeting and exposition.
"NRA, go away," a woman said over and over, her voice echoing through a bullhorn beneath the punishing sunshine.
"You go away," another woman yelled back as she crossed the street to enter the event.
It's been three years since the NRA last gathered for its convention -- the last two years were called off because of the Covid-19 pandemic -- and thousands of people descended on Houston to show their support for the Second Amendment and to go shopping in the expansive exposition hall.
In celebration of its 150th anniversary, the NRA went big for its Texas meeting, with a sign outside the convention center promising "14 acres of guns and gear."
Guns of all shapes and sizes were on display, from antique pistols to automatic weapons, with some decorated in camouflage and others in American flags. Hundreds of vendors set up booths for the weekend, selling ammunition and a variety of gun paraphernalia.
After the Columbine massacre in 1999, the NRA canceled its exposition during its meeting in nearby Denver. But this year, despite Uvalde being less than 300 miles away, the exposition went on as planned -- except for Daniel Defense, the company that manufactured the weapon used in the shooting at Robb Elementary School.
"We believe this week is not the appropriate time to be promoting our products in Texas at the NRA meeting," Steve Reed, vice president of marketing for Daniel Defense, told CNN.
A popcorn cart, a baked potato stand and several tables and chairs were hastily set up in the space originally reserved for Daniel Defense, a Georgia company.
In the wake of the shooting, that was the only noticeable alteration to the sprawling exposition hall. But prominent country singers Lee Greenwood and Larry Gatlin were among the performers who also canceled their appearances.
"I didn't think it was a good time to go down to Houston and have a party with them digging 21 fresh graves in the valley of my precious, beloved Texas," Gatlin, of the famed Gatlin Brothers, told CNN.
Conversations with several members of the NRA -- some from Texas and others who were visiting Houston for the weekend event -- found respectful expressions of sympathy at the loss of life at the Uvalde school. Yet person after person placed blame on mental health problems and other issues -- not guns -- for the horrific shooting.
"It's not that guns are evil. Guns are tools that can be used for good or evil -- just like cars," said Dr. Elizabeth Tom, who traveled to Texas from Elko, Nevada, for the convention. "Many more people are killed in car wrecks, but nobody says that you have to have a waiting period in order to buy one or that all cars are evil because some people run over other people with them."
An NRA member for about three decades, Tom said she did not believe that more gun restrictions would prevent future massacres.
"I know this may be somewhat controversial and I certainly don't want to hurt anyone's feelings, but if any of those teachers had been armed, this might have ended a lot quicker," Tom told CNN. "We already have gun restrictions. Shooting someone is already illegal, so I'm not really sure what more they want."
Not all attendees shared that view.
Max Shirley, an NRA member from Round Rock, Texas, said he would support "sensible measures" to stop the cycle of school shootings. He said he believed the age limit to buy an automatic weapon should be raised to 21 and the clip size for ammunition should be lowered.
"If the person you're defending yourself against is not down or the threat is not diminished after 10 rounds or 10 shots, then you've got bigger problems," Shirley told CNN. "Or you're a bad shot."
'I can't believe they're still here after Uvalde'
Outside the convention center, thousands gathered for a protest organized by gun control advocacy groups Moms Demand Action and March for Our Lives, as well as local teachers' unions, Black Lives Matter chapters and the Harris County Democratic Party.
Many there said they were furious that the NRA would go on with its convention after a school shooting in the state just days earlier.
"I can't believe that they're still here after Uvalde," said Anastacia Castro, a 20-year-old college student whose brother was shot and killed last year. "They insult victims of gun violence like me by being here in the city."
Milan Narayan, a 17-year-old student who leads a Students Demand Action chapter at his high school, where he said an accidental shooting took place last year, said he understood that the NRA's convention had been booked well in advance.
"But you can't be tone deaf. I mean, kids have died," he said.
The signs protesters held demonstrated the rawness of the emotion some of them said they felt after the Uvalde shooting, which took place in a state that has seen a series of mass shootings in recent years — including 26 people killed at a church in Sutherland Springs in 2017 and 22 killed at a Walmart in El Paso in 2019 by a gunman targeting Latinos.
One sign said, "I will vote you out because those 10-year-olds will never get to." Another said, "My little sister is afraid to go to school."
The focus of those protesting in Houston on Friday, in speeches and interviews, was on guns. Many argued for a ban on the sale of assault rifles.
Former Texas Rep. Beto O'Rourke, the Democrat who is challenging Abbott in November's midterm elections and has called for "red flag" laws and a ban on the sale of AR-15s, sought to extend an olive branch to NRA members.
"To those who are attending the NRA convention across the street: You are not our enemies. We are not yours. We extend our hand, open and unarmed, in a gesture of peace and fellowship, to welcome you to join us to make sure this no longer happens in this country," O'Rourke said during a speech at the protest, about a football field away from the convention center. O'Rourke made headlines the day after the shooting when he confronted Abbott and other officials during a news conference in Uvalde.
"But the time for you to respond and join us is now. We cannot wait any longer for you," he said. "Those who will be the victims of the next mass shooting unless we act are counting on us at this moment. So please join us now or be left behind."
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Bonus: Lottery winner carries winning ticket in purse for weeks before realizing she won
Published: Sep. 10, 2022 at 2:18 PM CDT|Updated: 54 minutes ago
BATH COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT/Gray News) - A Kentucky woman says she had a winning scratch-off ticket and didn’t know it for weeks.
According to the Kentucky Lottery, the woman told officials she had the $5 ticket in her purse for two weeks before realizing she had won $80,000.
WKYT reports it wasn’t until she and her son were running an errand that she found it. Her son scratched it off and found out she was a big winner.
After taxes, lottery officials said she’s getting a check for more than $55,000.
The Kentucky Lottery said she bought the winning ticket at a Liberty Mart in Owingsville. The store will get an $800 bonus.
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ATLANTA -- A Georgia member of the right-wing anti-government group Oath Keepers has pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Brian Ulrich, 44, of Guyton, agreed to cooperate with the government's ongoing investigation as part of the plea agreement, the U.S. Justice Department announced in a news release.
Ulrich admitted taking part in disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to count the Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election. The count was delayed for about six hours after riotous protesters took over parts of the Capitol building and lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over the count, were whisked to safety.
Ulrich also admitted that from November 2020 through January 2021, he conspired with other Oath Keepers members and affiliates to plan the attack. He and others used encrypted and private communications, equipped themselves with a variety of weapons, donned combat and tactical gear, and were prepared to use force to stop the transfer of power from then-President Trump to Joe Biden.
Ulrich purchased tactical gear and other items, including two-way radio receivers, a recon backpack, a tactical holster, a medical tourniquet, and a half-skull motorcycle helmet. On Jan. 4, he traveled with other Oath Keepers to Washington, D.C., staying in a downtown hotel.
On Jan. 6, after learning the Capitol had been breached, Ulrich and others traveled to the Capitol on golf carts and drove around multiple barricades, including marked law enforcement vehicles. He and others weaved through a restricted area in a military “stack” formation, with hands on shoulders, and marched in a line up the stairs on the east side of the Capitol.
The group entered the building and went toward the entrance to the Rotunda as law enforcement officers were attempting to clear the area. After officers deployed chemical-irritant spray, Ulrich left the Capitol and gathered with other co-conspirators about 100 feet from the building.
In the aftermath of Jan. 6, Ulrich continued to communicate with co-conspirators, urging them to "stay below the radar."
Ulrich was arrested in Guyton last August. He was among 11 defendants indicted in January on seditious conspiracy and other charges.
Ulrich was the second Oath Keepers member to plead guilty to the charges. Joshua James, 34, of Arab, Ala., pleaded guilty in March.
Ulrich faces up to 20 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and up to 20 years for obstruction of an official proceeding, along with potential financial penalties. No sentencing date has been set.
In the 15 months since the Jan. 6 attack, nearly 800 people have been arrested in nearly all 50 states for crimes related to the breach of the Capitol. More than 250 are charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement officers. | https://www.albanyherald.com/georgia-oath-keeper-pleads-guilty-in-attack-on-u-s-capitol/article_5dee2042-c976-11ec-9650-5775677e7168.html | 2022-05-01T19:30:53Z |
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RANVILLE, France (AP) — More than 20 British World War II veterans gathered Sunday near Pegasus Bridge in northwestern France, one of the first sites liberated by Allied forces from Nazi Germany, for commemorations honoring the nearly 160,000 troops from Britain, the U.S., Canada and other nations who landed in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
Veterans, their families and French and international visitors braved the rainy weather to take part in series of events this weekend and on Monday for the 78th anniversary of D-Day.
This year’s D-Day anniversary comes after two successive years of the COVID-19 pandemic restricted or deterred visitors. Many felt the celebrations paying tribute to those who brought peace and freedom on the continent held special meaning this year as war is raging again in Europe since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24.
Dozens of U.S. veterans were also attending events in the region, ahead of Monday’s ceremony at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, home to the gravesites of 9,386 who died fighting on D-Day and in the operations that followed.
Peter Smoothy, 97, served in the British Royal Navy and landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
“The first thing I remember are the poor lads who didn’t come back … It’s a long time ago now, nearly 80 years … And here we are still living,” he told The Associated Press. “We’re thinking about all these poor lads who didn’t get off the beach that day, their last day, but they’re always in our minds.”
Welcomed to the sound of bagpipes at the Pegasus Memorial in the French town of Ranville, British veterans attended a ceremony commemorating a key operation in the first minutes of the Allied invasion of Normandy, when troops had to take control a strategically crucial bridge.
Bill Gladden, 98, took part to the D-Day British airborne operation and was later shot while defending the bridge.
“I landed on D-Day and was injured on the 18th of June … So I was three years at the hospital,” he said.
Meanwhile, on the British side of the Channel, then 17-year-old Mary Scott was working at the communications center in Portsmouth, listening to the coded messages coming from the front line and passing them on as part of the operations on Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword Beaches.
“The war was in my ears,” she recalled, describing the radio machine she operated via levers.
“When they (communication officers) had to respond to my messages and they lifted their lever, you heard all the sounds of the men on the beaches: bombs, machine guns, men shouting, screaming.”
Scott, who will soon turn 96, said she got very “emotional” when arriving to Normandy on Saturday on a trip organized by the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans. She was in tears when seeing the D-Day beaches.
“Suddenly I thought maybe some of those young men I spoke to… that they had died,” she said.
The symbol is even stronger as across the Channel, Queen Elizabeth II, who served in World War II as an army driver and mechanic, is celebrating her 70 years on the throne.
“Women were involved,” Scott stressed. “I mean, I’m enormously proud to have been a minute part of Operation Overlord.”
Scott’s face turned to sadness when she mentioned the war in Ukraine.
“Why can’t we learn from past experiences? Why can’t we do that? What’s wrong with us?” she asked. “War should teach us something but it never penetrates for very long.”
Many visitors this year came to see the monuments marking the key moments of the fight and show their gratitude to the soldiers. World War II history enthusiasts dressed in wartime uniforms were seen in jeeps and military vehicles on the small roads of Normandy.
Greg Jensen, 51, came with his 20-year-old daughter from Dallas. On Saturday, they visited the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, overlooking Omaha Beach.
“I took a moment to just hold the sand and you think, gosh, the blood that was spilled to give me that moment and the freedom to hold that sand,” he said. “That was emotional for me.”
“I hope a lot of this younger generation is watching because we can’t forget what happened 78 years ago,” Jensen said, especially thinking of the fighting in Ukraine.
Andy Hamilton, a 57-year-old retired police officer, came on holiday with his family, including his two 8-year-old grandsons, from Shropshire in England.
“We’re now showing our respects of the sites here and to give the grandchildren a sense of what World War II was like … and the amount of people that have given their lives to sacrifice for the freedom of everyone,” he said.
On D-Day, Allied troops landed on the beaches code-named Omaha, Utah, Juno, Sword and Gold, carried by 7,000 boats. On that single day, 4,414 Allied soldiers lost their lives, 2,501 of them Americans. More than 5,000 were wounded. On the German side, several thousand were killed or wounded. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/world-war-ii-veterans-honored-a-day-before-d-day-anniversary/ | 2022-06-06T08:45:35Z |
Mobile Access partnership celebrates first year in service
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A community partnership celebrated its first year serving the city’s unsheltered population.
The Mobile Access Partnership launched last June, roaming the city to provide basic needs like showers, food, and dry clothing. The partnership is spearheaded by the Topeka Rescue Mission. They work with numerous community and faith-based organizations and local government.
MAP served more than 700 people over the last year.
“MAP is a rolling continuum of health care, mental health, social services, food and supplies to keep people warm, safe and healthy,” Valeo CEO Bill Persinger said.
“It’s important for us to sustain it and support it as much as we can,” Topeka Mayor Mike Padilla said.
MAP sets up twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays. You can follow their sites on the Mobile Access Facebook Page or by calling 785-230-8237.
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Fan-favorite festivals, reimagined offerings and new music
HELENA, Mont., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Get ready to crank up the fun in Montana this summer. With several popular music festivals making their comeback this year, outdoor amphitheaters set against majestic mountain backdrops and other unique music venues, the Last Best Place will be the only place to be for music lovers this summer.
There's nothing like being outside and listening to live music on a warm summer night. Grab your dancing shoes and head to one of these summer music festivals that are back for 2022.
- Outriders Under the Big Sky Festival in Whitefish, July 15-17. The festival took a one-year hiatus during the pandemic before returning in 2021. This year's event is already sold out, but if music fans feel they can't miss the event, they can jump on the website to buy tickets from other fans who can't attend. The festival kicks off with a rodeo, before continuing with two full days of entertainment, including musical performances, trail rides and expanded daily rough stock rodeo programming. In preparation for big crowds this year, the festival is implementing a daily attendance cap, additional water stations and sales, as well as revised parking plans and additional restrooms to help mitigate impacts on the local community.
- Red Ants Pants Festival in White Sulphur Springs, July 28-31. Combining good music and a good time with a good cause, the festival benefits the Red Ants Pants Foundation. The non-profit supports women's leadership, working family farms and ranches and rural communities. Proceeds from the festival directly fund community grants, timber skills workshops, and the foundation's Girl's Leadership Program. In addition to live music, festival-goers can enjoy the beer garden, shop morning book sales, show off their moves on an actual wooden dance floor, or catch a complimentary hayride.
- Rockin' The Rivers in Cardwell, August 11-13. Montana's largest rock fest, Rockin' the Rivers, was started in 2001 by a self-described bunch of old rockers and cowboys at the venue site now known as The Bridge. Fans can stay for the day or extend their experience with a campsite. Get ready to rock with Daughtry, Don Felder, Buckcherry and more.
- Headwaters Country Jam in Three Forks, August 18-20. Montana's biggest country music festival, Headwaters features over 20 bands on two stages across three days. The 2022 lineup includes Lee Brice, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Craig Morgan, and more.
Sometimes it's the venues themselves that create an experience unlike any other for music lovers. A visit to one of these venues this summer will be music to your ears.
- The Newberry is a brand new venue in the heart of downtown Great Falls. This versatile space is open year-round and hosts a variety of music artists such as Great White and Ashland Craft, a former contestant on "The Voice." The Newberry also hosts comedy and theatrical acts and offers events like Dinner & Movie nights.
- Bozeman's largest dedicated music venue opened in late 2021. The Elm features national artists but it also focuses on showcasing local talent as well. The venue is located in the blossoming Midtown area of Bozeman, which is a fun area to grab dinner and a drink before a concert at the Elm.
- Located in Bonner on the banks of the Blackfoot River is the 4,000 seat KettleHouse Amphitheater. Grab a beer from KettleHouse Brewing Co. and enjoy big-name artists like The National, The Head and the Heart, and The Black Crowes as you're surrounded by Montana's breathtaking natural beauty.
- The Wilma is a historical 1920s theater that was the first high-rise building in Missoula. Today it serves as a state-of-the-art concert venue where you can catch a wave and a show. You read that right. Before catching a show, watch river surfers conquer the nonstop water at Brennan's Wave, just down the block from the venue. Want in on the action? Missoula is home to one of the only mountain-surf shops in the country. Rent a board, and join the fun.
- Take a walk on the wild side and visit one of Montana's most unique live venues, ZooMontana in Billings. Pub Station, a local taproom, concert hall, and recording studio, presents the concert series. The animals will not be on display during shows, so be sure to visit during operational hours to see over 80 animals of 56 different species, most of which are rescues.
About Visit Montana
Visit Montana markets Montana's spectacular unspoiled nature, vibrant and charming small towns, breathtaking experiences, relaxing hospitality and competitive business climate to promote the state as a place to visit and do business. For more information, please visit VISITMT.COM.
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Experienced Digital Healthcare Advisor & Management Expert to Assist Digestive Disease Startup
CHICAGO, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vivante Health, the leading digital solution for digestive health and disease, today announced the addition of business management authority and Wharton School of Business faculty member Rachel Pacheco to the company's board of directors. Pacheco will work with the company's leadership team and other board members to help scale the business amid a growing need by employers and health plans for solutions that both reduce medical claims and help employees improve their digestive health.
Pacheco teaches global strategy and organizational behavior at the Wharton School, is the author of Bringing Up the Boss: Practical Lessons for New Managers, and serves on the board of advisors of multiple startups in the digital health and wellness space including Maven Clinic and Wellthy.
Her background also includes serving on the executive teams of several healthcare and big data startups, as chief people officer at a healthcare consultancy, and as a founding faculty member of the Entrepreneurship in Education Program at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches entrepreneurial courses focusing on the practical side of working in a small organization. She holds a PhD and MBA from The Wharton School and a BS from Georgetown University.
"We are currently in strong growth mode with a 400% growth in our client base since 2021, multiple Fortune 500 clients, and partnerships with best-in-class employer healthcare solutions," said Bill Snyder, Vivante Health CEO. "Rachel's experience in helping young companies build a culture that can both drive and support expansion will be instrumental in helping us sustain that momentum and continue delivering world-class care to clients and their employees."
Pacheco joins a board of prominent benefit specialists and investors that includes Sally Welborn, former senior vice president of global benefits for Walmart Stores, Inc., and a consultant on healthcare and employee benefits; Shawn Ellis, managing director at NFP Ventures and managing partner at Distributed Ventures; and Robert Garber, a partner at 7wireVentures. Both NFP Ventures and 7wireVentures are investors in Vivante Health, which closed a $16 million Series A funding round led by 7wireVentures in March.
"Digital health is transforming healthcare, and Vivante Health is in the forefront of the movement in the digestive disease space," Pacheco said. "Joining their board gives me the opportunity to improve the lives of some of the more than 70 million Americans suffering from digestive health issues by helping build a business foundation that can carry the company into their next phase of growth."
Vivante Health's GIThrive is the first comprehensive digital health platform designed specifically to address digestive health issues. The platform combines gut bacteria analysis and trigger food identification with app-based personalized action plans, food diaries, educational materials, and 24/7 personal support from registered dietitians and health coaches backed by a multidisciplinary team of gastroenterologists, microbiome scientists and other clinical professionals. The program is designed to educate, coach and monitor users to reduce dependence on medications, reduce flare ups, and ultimately improve quality of life – all without lab visits or in-person appointments.
One nonprofit organization participating in the GIThrive program reduced annual medical spend for participants by 15% thanks to fewer emergency room visits and inpatient admissions. In addition, 70% of participants reported a positive impact on their health.
About Vivante Health
Vivante Health is an innovative digital healthcare company reinventing the way chronic conditions are managed, gut first. The company's all-in-one gut health program, GIThrive, empowers people to improve digestive health through easy-to-use technology, advanced science and on-demand human support, while also lowering their cost of care. For more information, visit the company website or email info@vivantehealth.com.
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STOCKHOLM, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Data from the NeoDynamics' PULSE study with its biopsy device NeoNavia shows a success rate of 96% in very complex and risky axilla biopsies. The new data was presented by Professor Marc Thill at the SBI/ACR Breast Imaging Symposium in Savannah, Georgia.
The conference, taking place on May 16-19, is held to be the most important annual meeting for US breast imaging professionals. That the new data was selected for oral presentation at the US conference indicates a strong interest in the results among breast biopsy specialists. The study illustrates the significant contribution NeoNavia can provide, particularly in difficult and complex breast and axilla biopsies.
"In the PULSE study we described characteristics of each axillary biopsy case in a detailed way. Fifty patients in the interim data set showed parameters indicating a challenging procedure such as close distance of the lymph node to a blood vessel, thoracic wall, or muscle. A separate analysis in this sub-group showed a procedure success rate of 96% and low rate of adverse events with only one minor hematoma and two cases of pain, none of which required further treatment. The users reported that pulses facilitated control during needle insertion in 94% of cases and stabilization of the target lesion during needle insertion in 92% of cases. The reported results in these challenging cases further underline the strong performance of the NeoNavia device," says Prof. Marc Thill who presented the results at the first day of the Conference.
The PULSE study is an ethically approved German prospective multi-center study (ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT03975855) designed to document the performance of the NeoNavia biopsy device in the axillary lymph nodes. NeoDynamics have previously reported data from 115 procedures showing that the device is well suited for the use in the axillary lymph nodes, with a high success rate and low rate of adverse events in a broad patient group.
NeoNavia is an innovative biopsy system built on a patented pulse technology for controlled and precise needle insertion, and is based on research at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The system was developed by NeoDynamics and is being commercially introduced in selected markets in Europe. NeoDynamics recently filed a registration application for NeoNavia in the USA.
For further information, please contact:
CEO Anna Eriksrud, phone +46 708 444 966 or e-mail anna.eriksrud@neodynamics.com
Kai-Uwe Schässburger, Ph.D. Director Clinical Development & Medical Affairs, phone +46 762 386 153
About NeoDynamics
NeoDynamics AB (publ) is a Swedish Medical Technology Company dedicated to advancing diagnosis and care of breast cancer. The company's first product NeoNavia®, a new innovative pulse biopsy system for ultrasound guided tissue sampling, is currently being introduced to the market. The biopsy system is built on a patented pulse technology, based on research at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. NeoNavia is evaluated for breast cancer diagnosis at leading clinics in UK, Germany, and Sweden. The pulse biopsy system has been used for tissue sampling in breast and axilla in over 500 patients.
About NeoNavia
NeoNavia is a modern biopsy system with a completely new patented pulse technology intended for ultrasound-guided tissue sampling. It consists of a base unit, a handheld driver and three different types of biopsy needles. Each needle type is driven by the pulse technology providing a more controlled needle insertion and precise placement of the needle in the tumour whilst enabling high-quality tissue samples from both breasts and lymph nodes. The pulse biopsy system NeoNavia is designed to offer clinicians and patients accurate lesion targeting and high tissue yield for correct diagnosis and individualized treatment.
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Starting in 2023 Big Ten Conference Will Increase Distribution Coast-to-Coast Featuring Exclusive Content Across Linear Networks CBS, NBC, FOX and Direct-to-Consumer Streaming Platform, Peacock, to Dominate Saturday Sports
Agreements to Place Big Ten Football and Women's and Men's Basketball and Olympic Sports Student-Athletes on the Biggest Stage in Sports
ROSEMONT, Ill., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Big Ten Conference announced today that it has reached distribution agreements with CBS, FOX, NBC and NBCUniversal's Peacock. The breadth of new partners, in addition to Big Ten Network (BTN) and FS1, will place conference football, women's and men's basketball and Olympic sports student-athletes on the biggest stage and provide fans with the most exciting matchups across traditional over-the-air linear television and direct-to-consumer streaming. These landmark media rights agreements are the most comprehensive in all of college sports and further strengthen the tradition of the Big Ten Conference.
Big Ten Conference football will dominate Saturdays, beginning in the fall of 2023 on the largest broadcast platforms from morning to night, with FOX at Noon ET, CBS at 3:30 p.m. ET and NBC in Prime Time. With the addition of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the University of Southern California (USC) in August 2024, the conference, its student-athletes and member institutions will reach the broadest audience in the country, coast-to-coast, including the top three media markets in the country in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago. The media rights agreements will begin July 1, 2023, and run through the 2029-30 season.
"The Big Ten Conference media rights agreements are more than just dollars and deals. They are a mechanism to provide stability and maximum exposure for our student-athletes, member institutions and partners during these uncertain times in collegiate athletics," Big Ten Conference Commissioner Kevin Warren said. "We are very grateful to our world-class media partners for recognizing the strength of the Big Ten Conference brand and providing the incredible resources we need for our student-athletes to compete at the very highest levels, and to achieve their academic and athletics goals."
"The Big Ten has been a valued partner for more than three decades and we are thrilled to expand that relationship by adding Big Ten football to our portfolio of marquee properties," said Sean McManus, Chairman, CBS Sports. "The combination of CBS Sports' proven record in elevating college conferences to new heights, our standard of excellence and the strength and reach of Paramount Global's linear and digital platforms, will create a powerful showcase for the Big Ten and its student-athletes. Together with Kevin Warren and the team at the Big Ten, we look forward to growing the conference to the highest of levels, reaching the widest audience."
"We are proud to expand upon our long-standing partnership with the Big Ten Conference and further bolster our position as the premier rights holder of the conference," said FOX Sports Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer, Eric Shanks. "Commissioner Warren's leadership and vision have resulted in the growth and recent market expansion of the Big Ten Conference. In an ever-evolving landscape, the Big Ten remains the most storied collegiate athletic conference in the country."
"We are incredibly excited to be partnering with Kevin Warren and the Big Ten Conference on this robust package of sports," said Pete Bevacqua, Chairman, NBC Sports. "With Big Ten Saturday Night and Sunday Night Football headlining each fall weekend in primetime on NBC and Peacock, along with our historic Notre Dame Football partnership, NBC Sports will be the home of premier games in college football and the NFL. In addition, with the rights to a wide range of Big Ten events, Peacock and NBC Sports will be a year-round destination for the best in college sports."
"The new rights agreements are an incredible achievement for our entire conference and a true testament of what can be accomplished with teamwork," stated Commissioner Warren. "I am incredibly grateful for collaborative efforts and hard work of our conference staff, specifically Laura Anderson, Anil Gollahalli, Kerry Kenny and Adam Neuman, our presidents and chancellors, athletics directors, coaches, student-athletes, and our partners at CBS, NBC and FOX Sports for solidifying unprecedented Big Ten access across transformative media companies for our fans to tune-in and follow the Big Ten content they love."
The Big Ten Conference new media agreements grant the following rights to their partners:
BTN will maintain its strong position as the home for Big Ten fans, as the network will continue to televise a full slate of football, basketball and Olympic sport competition throughout the entire year.
CBS's initial season in 2023 will include seven football games and both regular season and postseason men's basketball action, along with the Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament final appearing on CBS for the first time. The Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament semifinals and final will continue the tradition of airing on CBS, which they have done for 25 years. Every CBS Big Ten football and basketball broadcast will also be streamed on Paramount+, Paramount Global's direct-to-consumer streaming service.
Starting in 2024, CBS will televise up to 15 regular-season football games per season, including an annual Black Friday game in the afternoon. CBS is America's most-watched network for the past 14 years and the highest-rated college football network.
FOX has renewed its agreement to televise football and men's basketball games each season, with the opportunity to carry additional sports throughout the year. The Big Ten Conference's partnership with FOX reached its high point during the 2021-22 year, as FOX captured the #1 time slot in college football for the first time with its Big Noon Saturday platform that featured 10-14 games involving a Big Ten team, and a men's basketball season that ended with the top three most watched games in the history of FS1 all featuring Big Ten programs.
NBC will produce 14-to-16 games on broadcast television each season as it introduces college football fans to Big Ten Saturday Night. Each Big Ten game on NBC broadcast will also be simul-streamed on Peacock, NBCUniversal's direct-to-consumer streaming service. NBC Sports has established the most dominant primetime franchise in television history, as its Sunday Night Football has been primetime's No. 1 show for an unprecedented 11 consecutive years – a streak that is currently active.
Peacock, NBCUniversal's direct-to-consumer streaming service will deliver exclusive Big Ten football and basketball games each season, as eight regular-season football games will appear on the platform along with as many as 47 regular-season men's basketball games (32 conference and 15 non-conference) and 30 regular-season women's basketball games (20 conference and 10 non-conference).
CBS, FOX and NBC will combine efforts to televise the seven Big Ten Football Championship Games during the term.
CBS: 2024, 2028
FOX: 2023, 2025, 2027, 2029
NBC: 2026
Big Ten Conference (bigten.org) is an association of world-class universities whose member institutions share a common mission of research, graduate, professional and undergraduate teaching, and public service. Founded in 1896, Big Ten Conference has sustained a comprehensive set of shared practices and policies that enforce the priority of academics in the lives of students competing in intercollegiate athletics and emphasize the values of integrity, fairness, and competitiveness. The broad-based programs of the 14 Big Ten Conference institutions will provide over $200 million in direct financial support to more than 9,800 students for more than 11,000 participation opportunities on 350 teams in 42 different sports. Big Ten Conference sponsors 28 official conference sports, 14 for men and 14 for women, including the addition of men's ice hockey and men's and women's lacrosse since 2013.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Volli Communications, a leading UCaaS provider, has chosen OneBill, an award-winning billing solution, as their strategic partner to take their billing and partner management capabilities to the next level.
Volli Communications offer a plethora of services to power their customer's communication needs, providing everything from advanced call routing, call queuing, phone provisioning, porting, auto attending, and call recording. Moreover, Volli Communications is solidified as the exclusive SIP trunk provider and backend developer for FORTINET and the FortiVoice platform.
Prior to engaging OneBill, Volli Communications were using a myriad of systems to manage each aspect of their revenue processes. Managing billing, channel partners and commission payments also required some highly manual tasks which was impeding operational efficiency. Furthermore, keeping on top of taxation compliance and reporting was becoming cumbersome.
Since implementing OneBill, Volli Communications have eliminated unnecessary duplication in systems, to streamline their revenue operations into one platform. They have also brought their channel partners into one billing ecosystem where their commission payments can be settled in real time; a game changer for the business. Furthermore, Volli Communications have also leveraged OneBill's taxation integration with Avalara to stay on top of reporting.
Travis Curnutte, Director of Marketing said "the OneBill development team has been a breeze to work with; and have worked seamlessly with our internal engineers. We're excited to continue building our strategic relationship with the OneBill family".
JK Chelladurai, Founder and CEO of OneBill, said, "We feel an enormous amount of mutual respect and appreciation for the Volli Communications team. Our product engineering teams have enjoyed the opportunity to configure the OneBill platform in order to address their key pain points".
You can learn more about how OneBill is automating and optimizing the billing operations of many global UCaaS providers today at onebillsoftware.com.
OneBill is a billing platform where businesses can automate the entire quote-to-cash cycle, from setting up products, managing contracts, fulfilling orders, rating usage, applying taxes, billing, and recognizing revenue. Furthermore, OneBill empowers businesses with a 360 degree view of customer interactions and the ability to resell through partners, to ultimately accelerate time to market and maximize revenue.
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Kids with guns are a public health catastrophe
Last month, two 19-year-olds met their unexpected end when police say they were shot and killed in their Canton apartment by a 16-year-old boy from Cleveland Heights.
A double homicide is never a run-of the mill incident.
Murder by gunfire is always a tragedy, but it's not new or even unusual, especially in a city.
What makes it different is who's doing the shooting
More Charita:Ohio's newest gun bill: What could go wrong?
So far this year, the number of incidents involving armed teens in Canton have doubled, according to authorities. This year, nine teens have been arrested in six serious incidents involving guns.
Wash, rinse, repeat
In January, for instance, a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old were arrested and charged as adults for allegedly shooting and killing a 51-year-old Canton man. In the same month, a 19-year-old in Alliance was arrested for a shooting that took place in 2021.
More:Juveniles arrested for Canton man's shooting death must be tried as adults
By now, we know the inevitable result: Commemorative T-shirts, candlelight vigils, funerals, imprisonment.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated gun violence as the chief cause of death for young Americans ages 1 to 19 in 2020, surpassing fatal car accidents.
The agency reports there were 45,222 firearm-related deaths in which the victims were under 20.
Fifteen percent of those fatalities involved Black youth.
No amount of spin can explain away this demographic.
We know some of the factors. We're a nation awash in guns. A sizable percentage of kid-involved shootings occur because of careless adult gun owners.
More:Tracing the 'stolen' gun that killed 6-year-old King Pleasant
The Violence Policy Center just reported that gun deaths have surpassed vehicle fatalities in 34 states, including Washington, D.C.
For more than 100 years, our popular culture, from Yosemite Sam to Scarface has told us that guns are a solution to our problems.
They make us someone to respect and fear.
We also know pervasive poverty destabilizes families. In a country which equates being poor with moral failure and wealth with being upright and successful, some Black youth are driven by a desire to accumulate money and material goods by any means necessary.
In her book, "Salvation: Love and Black People," the late essayist bell hooks notes that while everyone advocates for more discipline for Black boys, no ever talks about the need they have for love like everyone else.
The solution is as simple and as complicated as that.
Much more than a crime problem
Though discipline is a necessity for all of us, we humans require love like water and air. Without it, we become feral; bloodless and empty vessels devoid of conscience, which makes it easy to shoot another person and impossible to worry about the consequences.
But it's more than a crime problem. It's time to stop pretending that Black children living in grinding poverty, dysfunction and instability simply shrug off the traumas that bludgeon their lives and are in no need of access to mental health.
It isn't a problem that can be resolved by the graveyard or the prison yard, both of which never seem to run out of room. We need all the young Americans we can get.
The number of Black girls attempting and committing suicide is climbing at an alarming rate.
We know many Black boys are adrift from a lack of personal role models; someone to help them understand what is required of a responsible man.
Now there are some who argue that Blacks simply are more violent by nature. But that would require us to ignore our country's history and 5,000 years of European conflict, including the atrocities currently being committed in Ukraine.
Without love, there is no self-respect, which means all people become expendable. Problems and conflicts are resolved with the pull of a trigger.
Because social problems never remain in one place, we all have a stake in improving the future of Black boys before a bullet pierces our windshield or a body lands on our doorstep.
Charita M. Goshay is a Canton Repository staff writer and member of the editorial board. Reach her at 330-580-8313 or charita.goshay@cantonrep.com. On Twitter: @cgoshayREP | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/opinion/2022/05/01/charita-goshay-too-many-teenagers-have-guns/9539789002/ | 2022-05-01T10:54:22Z |
Purchase adds four new service lines
MIDLAND, Texas, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Even as the oilfield service sector manages challenges from equipment shortages to labor shortages, Midland's Warrior Technologies is steadily on a growth path.
"We're growing and expanding," said Tripp Wommack, chairman and founder of the company as he announced Warrior's acquisition of the large division of a private Permian Basin-based company that didn't wish to be identified.
He told the Reporter-Telegram the acquisition adds four new service lines: Hot oil, winch trucks, pump trucks and frac tanks.
Billy Doucette, chief operating officer, said the acquisition includes 18 vacuum trucks, eight hot oil trucks, four pump trucks, four winch trucks, 32 frac tanks and 23 field employees as well as a strategically located Midland yard.
He said the company has already ordered 10 new trucks to be delivered next year and 15 in 2024 along with six Western Star trucks, four pump trucks and three winch trucks.
Jeremy Jackson, senior vice president, observed that the industry is currently in unprecedented times.
"We're seeing a lot of growth within the industry, but it doesn't mirror other oil booms," Jackson said. "The economy isn't declining as in other booms. In this case, inflation is surpassing what we expected six months ago. This boom is difficult to manage."
Added Doucette, "The easiest way to manage the challenges is to have a superior service mindset." A commitment to safety is also important, the three said, with Wommack noting the company has gone five years without a recordable incident.
Jackson said Warrior has started up a reclamation and remediation division and a vapor and gas recovery and mitigation division.
Warrior, which began operating in 2018, is an industrial and environmental service company with service lines serving the energy, industrial, agriculture, renewable energy, solar and wind, food processing and construction sector. In addition to reclamation and remediation and vapor and gas recovery and mitigation, services include proprietary patented cleaning of tanks, abandonment and abatement services and mechanical services.
Contact: stacie@warriortechnologies.net
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ALBANY -- As you look at the smiling, eager and young -- very young -- faces peering out from the September-October 1982 edition of the "Phoebe Speaks" publication, you can't help but notice the dark hair and unlined faces of two young professionals who had just been added to the hospital's medical staff.
Those faces, belonging to Drs. Price Corr and Joe Stubbs, may now bear the marks that 40 years in a demanding, life-or-death profession bring, but a conversation with the Albany Surgical and Albany Internal Medicine, respectively, doctors reveals that decades in their chosen profession has not diminished the one thing that brought them to the calling in the first place: their passion for serving others.
That they've done all 40 of those years in the southwest Georgia community that welcomed them to their calling is a testament to the ties that bound them to the land and, as it turned out, to each other.
"I wasn't in the Boy Scouts for very long, but I learned those 12 characteristics that Scouting requires, things like kindness, trustworthiness, loyalty," Corr, a still-practicing surgeon and one of the principles of Albany Surgical PC, said during a recent conversation. "Joe is all of those things. There's no malfeasance in the man."
Stubbs, an internist and one of the principles of the Albany Internal Medicine group, is equally as effusive in his praise for his friend and fellow practitioner of the healing arts.
"Patients ask me, 'Who should I see to get a colonoscopy?'" Stubbs said. "I tell them, 'Well, Dr. Corr does mine.' Why not, he knows all the ins and outs of his business? He's not just there to do a procedure; he cares about his patients. He's a great surgeon who possesses a great surgical mind."
And while the physicians have taken very different paths in their medical careers, each has earned the respect of the medical community and the thousands upon thousands of patients they've served over the years. Even as they get a peek of reality and what retirement might look like, each is driven to continue doing what he's been doing in distinguished careers that rival any built by the few peers they have who remain in the region.
Corr was born and raised in Albany, and he remembers a boyhood "playing up and down the alleys of the avenues" until 10 at night, when parents expected their kids to be in for the evening. He planned on studying pre-med at the University of Georgia, but when he wasn't accepted into the university's medical school, he changed course to veterinary medicine. A girlfriend at the time convinced him to reapply.
"I actually loved vet school, plus my attitude at the time was "if they don't want me, I don't want them,'" Corr said. "Eventually, though, I decided that I didn't want to reach a point in life where I'd say, 'I should have gone to med school.' I reapplied and got in. I can tell you, though, driving to Athens to tell Dean Crawford I was withdrawing from vet school was the hardest thing I've ever done."
Stubbs' original career path had nothing to do with medicine. He was a star athlete in high school and went to William and Mary on a football scholarship.
"I went to college thinking I would be a math teacher and a football coach," he said.
But it was the impact that Stubbs' father had on the Macon community that led him toward Emory University and the medical profession.
"My dad was a Methodist minister when he decided to go to Emory to study medicine," Stubbs said. "At the time, he had five kids and two parents living in a two-bedroom, one-bath house. He became an OB-GYN specialist, and I couldn't help but see the impact he had on our community. It also didn't hurt that my girlfriend -- who would become my wife -- was attending Emory at the time."
After finishing his residency at the University of Washington in Seattle, Stubbs came to south Georgia, joining a group in Albany that asked for a two-year commitment.
"I agreed and planned to do my two years and then move on," Stubbs said. "That was in 1982. Aug 2. was my 40th year here."
Corr, on the other hand, thought about returning to south Georgia, but not necessarily Albany. The economy in 1982 was very similar to today's, and the newly trained surgeon was told, ominously, that there wasn't a great need for surgeons at the time.
"I wanted to find a group to go in with, but it just didn't work out," he said. "I took an $80,000 note -- at 20% -- had a 15-month-old, and my wife was six months pregnant. We'd budgeted to by a $75,000 house but ended up getting one for $100,000 but with a 12% mortgage."
On call pretty much around the clock, Corr's early go at doctoring did not especially get off to an auspicious start.
"I got my practice set up," he said, "and it turns out the girl in my office was stealing me blind."
Corr found a willing partner -- and a dear friend -- in Chris Smith, and the two planned to partner with another established surgeon, but money and trust issues soured that joint venture. Corr and Smith, though, remained close friends and ending up working together for four-plus decades before Smith's death last year.
"Chris and I were synonymous," Corr said. "We were in each other's weddings, and I rushed him in our frat at UGA. When we started sharing calls together, we had a kind of shared sixth sense. We would always call on each other."
With their reputations clearly established, Stubbs and Corr both say that while many people in their profession look eagerly toward retirement, neither is especially in a hurry to hang up his stethoscope.
"Maybe those folks who call us 'dinosaurs' are right," Corr said. "But I think I speak for both of us when I say that the passion we felt when we went to medical school is still very much alive. No, I can't stay up all night and function the next day like I used to. And I know when I need to turn something over to our younger partners.
"But I don't think either Joe or I got into this as a preferred job. We both saw it as a calling."
As for Stubbs, he's realized one of the greatest pleasures of his career in seeing his daughter, Lauren, join the team at Albany Internal Medicine.
"Price was talking about dinosaurs earlier; maybe some people see us that way," he said. "But one of the things I was told a long time ago is to be honest and tell yourself when it's time to walk away. I think I can do that. But right now, I don't feel I've reached that time."
And so, 80 years of knowledge and expertise remain available to southwest Georgians.
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PITTSBURGH, June 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a practical surface to hold drinks and other items within a swimming pool," said one of two inventors, from Olathe, Kan., "so we invented the POOL- TABLE. Our design could enhance relaxation and convenience when in the pool."
The patent-pending invention provides a convenient table for use in above-ground swimming pools. In doing so, it enables users to chill and stabilize drinks, store personal items, etc. It also eliminates the need to continually get in and out of the pool and it enhances comfort and convenience. The invention features a durable and lightweight design that is easy to attach and use so it is ideal for owners of above-ground swimming pools. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Jackson sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-JKK-132, 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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Celebrates Overhauled Travel Centers in Six States
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pilot Company's New Horizons initiative is well underway with six more travel centers recently completing full store remodels. To commemorate the newly overhauled travel centers, Pilot Company teamed up with Monster to host a celebration with the Monster Girls and several giveaways at the site of the very first Pilot travel center in Corbin, Kentucky that originally opened in 1981. This historic travel center now features a modernized exterior and interior with remodeled restrooms and is home to another first for the company - its new Tex-Mex deli concept called Burrito Junction.
Pilot Company's chef and food innovation team spent two years testing and fine-tuning the "make it your way" Burrito Junction menu before its launch at the Pilot travel center in Corbin. The new deli concept is open 24/7 to serve guests at all hours and features everything from customizable breakfast burritos in the morning to a full choice menu of burritos, tacos, bowls, and quesadillas that can be personalized with house-made guacamole, queso, salsa and an array of toppings.
"We strive to connect people and places," said Jamie King, Senior Director of Food and Beverage for Pilot Company. "Food is always a great way to connect with our guests and Burrito Junction is another way for us to do just that. Our guests are loving the fresh variety that this new concept brings, and we are exploring opportunities to expand it to additional locations while continuing to innovate our food offerings."
Several more of Pilot Company's travel centers finished top-to-bottom remodels, incorporating feedback from professional drivers and guests to add more fresh food options and upgrade the overall store experience. In addition to overhauling the exterior and interior of each location, key improvements include:
- Bakersfield, CA: New kitchen for team member to prepare an expanded menu of fresh food, updated laundry facilities, and newly added quick-serve restaurant brands
- Battle Creek, MI: Newly added deli with grab-and-go options for made-in-house hot and cold foods, expanded beverage selection, and updated check-out area
- Cartersville, GA: Enhanced deli with grab-and-go options for hot and cold foods, expanded beverage selection, and fully remodeled Subway
- Corbin, KY: Upgraded deli with additional grab-and-go items, four new self-checkouts, and all-new Burrito Junction deli concept
- Phoenix, AZ: Upgraded deli with additional grab-and-go items, expanded beverage selection, and four new self-checkouts
- Staunton, VA: New kitchen for team member to prepare an expanded menu of fresh food and grab-and-go cold items, expanded beverage selection, four new self-checkouts, and full remodeled Arby's
"With every store that we remodel, we take care to make improvements that will better serve our guests and team members now and into the future," said Allison Cornish, VP of Store Modernization at Pilot Company. "It's amazing to see the transformations and to see the progress as we ramp up renovations at more travel centers across our network."
The three-year New Horizons project marks the company's most significant investment in store modernization to date. It will fully remodel more than 400 Pilot and Flying J travel centers and make additional upgrades at several more locations across the country.
As part of the New Horizons initiative and in honor of its long history of giving back, Pilot Company is donating a combined $70,000 to the local school districts in these six communities to support of STEM, technology, and career development programs.
To help its guests go even further with their end of summer travels, Pilot Company is offering a 10-cent discount on every gallon of gas through October 31 and deals on popular brands to save in-store with the myRewards Plus™ app.*
For more information about New Horizons, visit pilotflyingj.com/new-horizons, and to learn more about the new 10-cent discount, visit pilotflyingj.com/rewards.
*Data rates may apply. Participating locations only. Void where prohibited (not valid in Wisconsin and New Jersey). Other terms and conditions may apply. Visit pilotflyingj.com/rewards for details.
About Pilot Company
Pilot Travel Centers LLC ("Pilot Company") keeps North America's drivers moving as one of the leading suppliers of fuel and the largest operator of travel centers. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Knoxville, Tennessee, Pilot Company has grown its network to more than 800 retail and fueling locations and supplies more than 14 billion gallons of fuel per year to the market. Pilot Company has fourth largest tanker fleet with more than 1,600 trucks that supply DEF, bio and renewable fuels, and provides hauling and disposal services to the oil field sector. Pilot Company serves 1.3 million guests per day and provides over 70,000 fleet customers with solutions for fuel, credit, factoring, services and rewards. Its Pilot and Flying J travel center network includes over 750 locations in 44 states and six Canadian provinces with more than 790 restaurants, 75,000 truck parking spaces, 5,300 deluxe showers, 6,200 diesel lanes and offers truck maintenance and tire service with Southern Tire Mart at Pilot Flying J. The One9 Fuel Network connects a variety of fueling locations to provide smaller fleets and independent professional drivers with everyday value, convenience, credit and perks. More information on locations and rewards are available in the myRewards PlusTM app.
Pilot Company is currently ranked No. 7 on Forbes' list of America's Largest Private Companies. For additional information about Pilot Company, its 30,000 team members and commitment to giving back, visit www.pilotcompany.com.
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ServiceMax Also Adds New Features to Its Core Platform to Reduce User Effort and Improve Service Efficiency
PLEASANTON, Calif., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ServiceMax, a leader in asset-centric field service management, today announced the release of DataGuide, a new product integrated into the ServiceMax Core platform that provides advanced forms and report generation capabilities. Through DataGuide, field technicians have a more seamless path to complete service work, fill in complex work documents and forms, and capture critical data for the organization. Along with DataGuide, ServiceMax has released new enhancements to ServiceMax Core's installed base management, condition-based maintenance, schedule optimization, and field inventory management capabilities to further boost service productivity and efficiency.
"Organizations today know that to truly transform, they need readily available asset-centric data sets, which are most often captured by technicians in the field," said Joseph June, SVP of Product Management at ServiceMax. "Yet research shows that the majority of business leaders don't trust the data they have available to make critical decisions, and technicians are frustrated with the complexity of the tools used to capture data. While point solutions exist for data collection purposes, DataGuide is the only product fully integrated within a robust platform, enabling relevant information to be surfaced for technicians in the field and allowing for effective data collection."
DataGuide Features and Functionality
DataGuide includes various features that increase technician productivity, decrease administrative work, reduce form errors, and speed up time to invoice. Key features include:
- Advanced Forms: The What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) form designer makes it easy to build complex forms that include multiple question types and branching logic. Form management and administrative tools allow users to ensure version control and access to the right forms by the right users.
- Report Generation: The WYSIWYG report template designer allows users to quickly build reports that pull data from both DataGuide form submissions and existing ServiceMax records. Reports can be generated online or offline and include signature capture.
- Integration with ServiceMax Data and Seamless Access in ServiceMax Go: Organizations can incorporate ServiceMax data into form variables and use it for logic, validation, and mapping. When forms are submitted, automated follow-up actions ensure ServiceMax data is updated, and proper next steps are taken. All DataGuide forms and reports are also available for technicians in the ServiceMax Go app. Teams can use the Service Flow Manager Wizard in ServiceMax Go to easily configure DataGuide forms and reports for both online and offline use.
"Over the last 18 months, we've expanded from one product line to three," said Amit Jain, Chief Product Officer at ServiceMax. "The introduction of DataGuide is another example of our portfolio strategy at work, where we are taking the functionality of one product line and adding it to another to create a seamless experience for our customers. Users today don't want to jump between multiple apps, and as we continue to innovate across our product portfolio, deeply integrating our applications is a key strategy."
Data capture and analysis is critical to the success of service leaders but also vital in helping them drive their businesses towards outcome-based models and equipment-as-a-service. DataGuide not only provides capture and analysis capabilities but also creates significant productivity benefits, improves compliance, and allows service leaders to become more proactive in the outcomes they deliver to their customers.
Click here to learn more about DataGuide and the latest innovations on the ServiceMax Core platform.
About ServiceMax
ServiceMax's mission is to help customers keep the world running with asset-centric field service management software. As a recognized leader in this space, ServiceMax's mobile apps and cloud-based software provide a complete view of assets to field service teams. By optimizing field service operations, customers across all industries can better manage the complexities of service, support faster growth, and run more profitable, outcome-centric businesses. For more information, visit: www.servicemax.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee used Thursday’s hearing to show how Donald Trump tried to install a loyalist atop the Justice Department who would pursue his false claims of voter fraud and stop the certification of the 2020 election that Democrat Joe Biden won.
It’s the latest account of how perilously close the United States could have come to a constitutional crisis if the department leaders had not threatened to resign over the scheme and the defeated Trump had been able to orchestrate a plan for the U.S. government to overturn election results in several pivotal states.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., led the hearing, saying it would show “how close we came to losing it all.”
The committee investigating the causes of the insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been trying to make the case that Trump’s efforts to reverse his loss resulted in the deadly siege after he sent supporters to the Capitol as Congress was certifying Biden’s victory. Here are some important takeaways from this month’s fifth hearing.
TRUMP’S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IN TURMOIL
Day after day, Trump pressured the department leaders to dig into false claims of election fraud after the November 2020 election.
Former Attorney General William Barr had described the swirl of false voter fraud theories coming from Trump’s orbit as “wack-a-mole.”
The department declined Trump’s overtures because “we did not think they were appropriate,” testified Jeffrey Rosen, who became acting attorney general after Barr stepped down.
Over and over, the officials explained to Trump that the states conduct their own elections, free from federal interference. They tried to show him there was no voter fraud on a scale that could have tipped the election in his favor.
Trump, however, only pressed harder and started looking for alternatives.
At point in late December 2020, Trump asked what Rosen found to be a “peculiar” question: Do you know Jeff Clark?
Trump was eyeing Clark to take over at the department.
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WHO IS JEFF CLARK?
Clark led the civil division and particularly handled environmental cases. He was introduced to Trump by a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania, a leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus.
Clark had been circulating a proposal that would have the legislatures from battleground states not certify their election results. It was similar to a plan from Trump lawyer John Eastman for alternative slates of electors loyal to Trump, rather than Biden, when Congress met Jan. 6, 2021, to certify results.
Clark’s ideas alarmed his colleagues, as did his sudden rise into Trump’s orbit as a potential new acting attorney general.
“It may well had spiraled us into a constitutional crisis,” testified Richard Donoghue, the former acting deputy attorney general.
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‘WHAT DO I HAVE TO LOSE?’
During a meeting at the White House days before the riot, Justice Department leaders told Trump they would resign if he tried to install Clark and put his scheme in motion to reject electors.
Trump had called the officials to an unexpected Sunday meeting to lay out his plan. Donoghue described how he was dressed inappropriately in jeans, muddy boots and an Army shirt. Trump had him sit between Rosen and Clark. The president asked Donoghue: What if I replace Rosen with Clark?
“What have I got to lose?” Trump said, as Donoghue recalled.
Donoghue told Trump that the president would have everything to lose: mass resignations at the Justice Department, starting with those arrayed before him at the meeting.
Clark would be left to run a “graveyard” at the department, one of the officials said. Trump’s plan to reject the state electors with those loyal to Trump would never work. It was a “murder-suicide pact,” as his own White House counsel told him, they testified.
Donoghue made the point that “Jeff Clark wasn’t even competent to serve as attorney general.”
When Clark shot back that he had worked on complicated civil and environmental matters, Donoghue retorted: “How about you go back to your office and we’ll call you when there’s an oil spill?”
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BLANKET PARDONS FOR JAN. 6 …
At least five Republican members of Congress, including Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, who had connected Trump and Clark, sought pardons from the president that would shield them from criminal prosecution, according to testimony Thursday.
Perry and Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Mo Brooks of Alabama, Matt Gaetz of Florida and Louie Gohmert of Texas all had been involved in efforts to reject the electoral tally or submit “fake electors.” All sought pardons, according to Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows. Hutchinson testified previously in video shown at the hearing.
Blanket pardons for all those involved in Jan. 6 were also discussed, according to another White House aide, John McEntee.
Gaetz tweeted that the hearing is a “political sideshow.”
Kinzinger said the only reason to ask for a pardon “is if you think you’ve committed a crime.”
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… AND SUBPOENAS SERVED ON ‘FAKE ELECTORS’
The hearing was gaveled in as the department escalated its own investigation, searching Clark’s Virginia home this week as federal agents also served subpoenas across the country related to the scheme by Trump allies to create sets of fake electors with the intention of invalidating Biden’s win.
The purpose of the searches was not immediately clear, but they came as the House committee has pressured the department to step up its investigation.
Among those being investigated are Republican officials in key states, including those working on the fake electors in the run-up to Jan. 6, when Congress would be tallying the election results.
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TRUMP VS. McCARTHY
Trump has decried the proceedings as a “witch hunt” and blamed House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for declining to have Republicans on the committee who could defend Trump.
Trump recently told a conservative talk radio host that McCarthy, R-Calif., had made a “bad decision,” “very foolish decision,” by withdrawing the Republicans from the committee.
The only two Republicans on the committee are Kinzinger and Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming, both Trump critics.
McCarthy has stood by his choice not to seat Republicans after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., rejected two of his choices because they had voted to decertify the results of the presidential election.
Rather than picking alternatives acceptable to Pelosi, McCarthy withdrew the others, refusing to play by Pelosi’s rules and trying to portray the the committee as unfair and illegitimate.
“I do not regret not appointing anybody at all,” McCarthy told reporters Thursday, saying he had said as much in a call with Trump. “The decision is right.”
__ Associated Press writer Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorney Advertising -- Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC notifies investors that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Abbott Laboratories ("Abbott" or "the Company") (NYSE: ABT) and certain of its officers, on behalf of all persons and entities that purchased, or otherwise acquired Abbott securities between February 19, 2021 to June 8, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"). Such investors are encouraged to join this case by visiting the firm's site: www.bgandg.com/abt.
This class action seeks to recover damages against Defendants for alleged violations of the federal securities laws.
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made numerous materially false and misleading statements and omissions concerning what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") called "egregiously unsanitary" conditions at the Company's Sturgis facility. Specifically, the complaint alleges that Defendants repeatedly touted to investors the safety and salability of Abbott's infant formula brands and their contribution to the Company's sales and revenue growth.
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TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Inc. revealed that Pyx Health is No. 1160 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in America. The list ranks the top successful companies within the economy's most dynamic segment—its independent businesses. In its first year of eligibility, Pyx Health is also ranked No. 62 nationally and No. 4 in Arizona for health services, and No. 1 for growth overall in Tucson, Ariz., the location of its headquarters. The Inc. 5000 recognition puts Pyx Health in the top 0.07% of all privately-owned companies in America in terms of multi-year growth.
Pyx Health leads the health care and technology industries as the first and only proven solution to address loneliness and improve health outcomes at scale. From 2018 through 2021, the company increased revenues by 556%, more than double the median of 230% for the entire Inc. 5000 list.
"Loneliness is a pervasive and deadly problem, affecting more than 60% of our population," said Pyx Health founder and CEO, Cindy Jordan. "Our exponential growth is fueled by a health care industry that is demanding a solution for loneliness and our ability to provide measurable, inimitable results and impact for our clients."
The companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 have not only been successful, but have also demonstrated resilience amid supply chain woes, labor shortages, and the ongoing impact of Covid-19. Facebook, Chobani, Under Armour, Microsoft, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000. The top 500 companies are featured in the September issue of Inc. magazine, which will be available on August 23.
"The accomplishment of building one of the fastest-growing companies in the U.S., in light of recent economic roadblocks, cannot be overstated," says Scott Omelianuk, editor-in-chief of Inc. "Inc. is thrilled to honor the companies that have established themselves through innovation, hard work, and rising to the challenges of today."
"In order to support our rapid expansion, maintaining our culture and staying true to our mission is critical for us," said Jordan. "Our culture enhances our ability to attract and retain talent, allows us to scale quickly, supports product innovation, and ensures our clients' success. Together, we're making the world less lonely."
Founded in 2017, Pyx Health now works with nearly 50 health plans nationally to reduce loneliness and social isolation and its health impacts for millions of people. In addition to the Inc. 5000 listing, Pyx Health achieved recertification as a Great Place to Work® for the second year in a row. Jordan is also currently a finalist for Phoenix Business Journal's 2022 Health Care Heroes in the Innovator category.
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Pyx Health offers the first loneliness and social isolation technology focused on helping the most vulnerable populations. Combining a digital platform with a Compassionate Support Center and timely human interventions, Pyx Health provides members and health insurance plans an innovative, scalable solution that effectively addresses the nation's critical loneliness epidemic. Pyx Health is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. More information is available at https://www.pyxhealth.com. Because no one gets better alone.™
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Companies on the 2022 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2018 to 2021. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2018. They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2021. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2018 is $100,000; the minimum for 2021 is $2 million. As always, Inc. reserves the right to decline applicants for subjective reasons. Growth rates used to determine company rankings were calculated to four decimal places. The top 500 companies on the Inc. 5000 are featured in Inc. magazine's September issue. The entire Inc. 5000 can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000.
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The world's most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
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To Support Rapidly Expanding Customer Base, Mirakl's Next Stage of Growth Includes Hundreds of New Hires Over Next Three Years in the Americas, Australia and New Zealand
BOSTON, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirakl, the industry's first and most advanced enterprise marketplace SaaS platform, has appointed Alex Hase as general manager and executive vice president of sales for the Americas. In his new role, Hase will build on his nearly 30 years of experience scaling technology organizations to lead Mirakl through its next stage of growth and bolster its sales efforts in North America, South America, Australia and New Zealand.
Today, two-thirds of global eCommerce sales happen through online marketplaces,1 demonstrating the growing profile of marketplaces in the overall eCommerce landscape. The world's top enterprises partner with Mirakl to build their own online marketplaces, quickly onboard third-party sellers and scale globally on the Mirakl Marketplace Platform. In 2021, Mirakl exceeded $100 million in annual recurring revenue, secured $555 million in series E funding, and signed 80 new customers. More than $4.3 billion was transacted on its marketplaces, which are growing at more than double the rate of eCommerce.2 To meet the growing needs of the market, Mirakl expects to hire hundreds of people across the U.S. organization in the next three years, which has already seen 250% headcount growth since 2020.
Hase will be based in Mirakl's U.S. headquarters in Boston, where Mirakl has significantly expanded with a 50% increase in office space and 47% increase in headcount since the beginning of 2022. He will oversee Mirakl's sales teams in North America, South America and Australia/New Zealand. In his new role, he will be responsible for growing Mirakl's customer base, which already includes leading brands such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, JCrew, Kroger, Macy's, Madewell, Minted, and UNFI.
"Bringing Alex on board is a pivotal moment for Mirakl. He brings decades of enterprise leadership experience to the business, with demonstrated success in scaling exceptional companies that solve the most urgent challenges businesses face in the digital-first economy," said Adrien Nussenbaum, co-founder and co-CEO, Mirakl. "Alex's guidance and expertise in eCommerce will be critical to our growth as we continue to support an expanding bench of market leaders across the U.S. and worldwide in their marketplace ambitions, further bolstering our position as the industry's leading enterprise marketplace SaaS platform."
Hase was most recently chief revenue officer at Flow Commerce, a cross-border SaaS eCommerce platform that was acquired by Global-e earlier this year. In addition, he previously held global sales leadership positions with Numerator, Retail Solutions, and TraceLink. As Mirakl empowers marketplace operators with new tools for international expansion, Hase's leadership will be essential in demonstrating the growth potential that marketplaces offer for operators and third-party sellers alike.
The latest marketplace insight and viewpoints can be found on the Mirakl blog. For more business developments and updates, follow Mirakl on LinkedIn, and Twitter. To learn why the world's most trusted brands choose Mirakl visit www.mirakl.com.
Mirakl offers the industry's first and most advanced enterprise marketplace SaaS platform. With Mirakl, organizations across B2B and B2C industries can launch marketplaces faster, grow bigger, and operate with confidence as they exceed rising customer expectations. Platforms are the new competitive advantage in eCommerce, and the world's most trusted brands choose Mirakl for its comprehensive solution of technology, expertise, and the Mirakl Connect ecosystem to unlock the power of the platform business model for them.
As a result, companies like ABB, Astore by AccorHotels, Best Buy Canada, Carrefour, Catch, Changi Airport, Darty, The Kroger Co., Leroy Merlin, Maisons du Monde, Metro, and Toyota Material Handling gain the speed, scale, and agility to win in the changing eCommerce landscape. For more information: www.mirakl.com
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Illumina Reports Financial Results for Second Quarter of Fiscal Year 2022
Published: Aug. 11, 2022 at 3:05 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
Revenue of $1.16 billion for Q2 2022, up 3% from Q2 2021, and up 5% on a constant currency basis
GAAP diluted loss per share of $(3.40) for Q2 2022, compared to GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.26 for Q2 2021; GAAP diluted loss per share for Q2 2022 includes $609 million in legal contingencies
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.57 for Q2 2022, compared to non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $1.87 for Q2 2021
Expect full year revenue for fiscal year 2022 to grow 4% to 5% from fiscal year 2021, primarily reflecting the ongoing negative impact of foreign exchange rates, customer lab expansion delays, and macroeconomic-driven conservatism around immediate capital and inventory commitments, including in Greater China
Expect GAAP diluted loss per share of $(2.93) to $(2.78) for fiscal year 2022
Expect non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $2.75 to $2.90 for fiscal year 2022
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN) today announced its financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, which include consolidated financial results for GRAIL.
"Our second quarter results did not meet our expectations as challenges in a complex macroeconomic environment more than offset the growth we continue to see in sequencing runs on our platforms," said Francis deSouza, Chief Executive Officer. "As we strategically navigate these dynamics, we continue to advance our innovation roadmap in support of our long-term growth trajectory. At our upcoming Illumina Genomics Forum and Investor Day events, we look forward to showcasing our breakthrough technologies that demonstrate the power and potential of genomics."
Second quarter consolidated results
During the second quarter of 2022, Illumina recognized $609 million in legal contingencies, including an accrual of $453 million, recorded in Q2 2022, for the potential fine that the European Commission may impose of up to 10% of our consolidated annual revenues and an estimated accrual of $156 million, also recorded in Q2 2022, related to the settlement of our litigation with BGI in July 2022.
Capital expenditures for free cash flow purposes were $71 million during the second quarter of 2022. Cash flow from operations was $125 million, compared to $253 million in the prior year period, with the year-over-year decrease primarily attributable to GRAIL's operating loss. Free cash flow (cash flow used in operations less capital expenditures) was $54 million for the quarter, compared to $209 million in the prior year. Depreciation and amortization expenses were $93 million during the second quarter of 2022. At the close of the quarter, the company held $1,327 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments, compared to $1,339 million as of January 2, 2022.
Second quarter segment results Following the acquisition of GRAIL on August 18, 2021, Illumina has two reportable segments, Core Illumina and GRAIL. GRAIL financial results are reflected for the period after the acquisition.
Core Illumina
GRAIL
Key announcements by Illumina since Illumina's last earnings release
Unveiled DRAGEN v4.0, Illumina's most accurate and comprehensive secondary analysis platform, boosting capabilities in key areas including oncology, pharmacogenomics, single-cell sequencing, and population genomics with a single platform
Launched Research Use Only (RUO) TruSight™ Oncology 500 HRD test codeveloped with Merck to enable researchers to unlock deeper insights about the tumor genome, and introduced new pan-cancer companion diagnostic (CDx) for TSO Comprehensive EU, codeveloped with Bayer, to match patients with rare genetic mutations to targeted therapies
Partnered with Allegheny Health Network to assess in-house comprehensive cancer genomic profiling (CGP) to enhance patient care
Announced new 2x300 base pair read lengths on NextSeq™ 1000 and 2000 systems, new data on Infinity long-read technology and developments in informatics solutions at AGBT General Meeting
Announced inaugural Illumina Genomics Forum with 45 speakers, including former U.S. President Barack Obama, technologist, business leader, and philanthropist Bill Gates, and other leaders in genomics and healthcare from around the world
Received validation of net-zero targets by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi), among first companies in the world
Appointed Joydeep Goswami, Chief Strategy and Corporate Development Officer, as Interim Chief Financial Officer
A full list of recent Illumina announcements can be found in the company's News Center.
Key announcements by GRAIL since Illumina's last earnings release
Enrolled 140,000 participants in NHS-Galleri trial, largest study of multi-cancer early detection test
Announced strategic collaboration with AstraZeneca to develop companion diagnostic tests and identify patients with high-risk, early-stage disease who could benefit from novel therapies
Expanded offering of Galleri® across the U.S. through partnerships with Mercy, one of the 25 largest U.S. health systems, Community Health Network in the Midwest, with Ochsner Health, the largest Gulf South health system, and with Intermountain Healthcare in Utah
Partnered with Fountain Health Insurance to offer Galleri® as part of annual wellness benefits
Collaborated with U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs and Veterans Health Foundation to provide Galleri® to 10,000 veterans across the U.S. over next 3 years
Named Best Overall Medical Device Company in 2022 MedTech Breakthrough Awards
A full list of recent GRAIL announcements can be found in GRAIL's Newsroom.
Financial outlook and guidance The non-GAAP financial guidance discussed below reflects certain pro forma adjustments to assist in analyzing and assessing our core operational performance, including our Core Illumina and GRAIL segments. Please see our Reconciliation of Consolidated Non-GAAP Financial Guidance included in this release for a reconciliation of these GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures.
For fiscal 2022, the company now expects consolidated revenue growth in the range of 4% to 5%. We now expect GAAP diluted loss per share of $(2.93) to $(2.78) and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $2.75 to $2.90. The GAAP and non-GAAP diluted (loss) earnings per share guidance ranges continue to assume that the R&D expense capitalization requirement implemented by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 will be repealed or deferred in the fourth quarter of 2022. If the R&D expense capitalization requirement is not repealed or deferred in 2022, the company's tax expense will be negatively impacted.
Core Illumina revenue growth is now expected to be in the range of 3.5% to 4.5%. GRAIL revenue is now expected to be in the range of $50 million to $70 million.
Conference call information The conference call will begin at 2 p.m. Pacific Time (5 p.m. Eastern Time) on Thursday, August 11, 2022. Interested parties may access the live teleconference through the Investor Info section of Illumina's website under the "Company" tab at www.illumina.com. Alternatively, individuals can access the call by dialing 866.409.1555 or +1.313.209.4906 outside North America, both using conference ID 6659694. To ensure timely connection, please dial in at least ten minutes before the scheduled start of the call.
A replay of the conference call will be posted on Illumina's website after the event and will be available for at least 30 days following.
Statement regarding use of non-GAAP financial measures The company reports non-GAAP results for diluted earnings per share, net income, gross margin, operating expenses, including research and development expense, selling general and administrative expense and legal contingencies, operating income (loss), operating margin, gross profit, other income (expense), constant currency revenue growth, and free cash flow (on a consolidated and, as applicable, segment basis for our Core Illumina and GRAIL segments) in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. The company's financial measures under GAAP include substantial charges such as amortization of acquired intangible assets among others that are listed in the itemized reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release, as well as the effects of currency translation. Management has excluded the effects of these items in non-GAAP measures to assist investors in analyzing and assessing past and future operating performance, including in the non-GAAP measures related to our Core Illumina and GRAIL segments. Additionally, non-GAAP net income and diluted earnings per share are key components of the financial metrics utilized by the company's board of directors to measure, in part, management's performance and determine significant elements of management's compensation.
The company encourages investors to carefully consider its results under GAAP, as well as its supplemental non-GAAP information and the reconciliation between these presentations, to more fully understand its business. Reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP results are presented in the tables of this release.
Use of forward-looking statements This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Among the important factors to which our business is subject that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in any forward-looking statements are: (i) the impact to our business and operating results of the COVID-19 pandemic; (ii) changes in the rate of growth in the markets we serve; (iii) the volume, timing and mix of customer orders among our products and services; (iv) our ability to adjust our operating expenses to align with our revenue expectations; (v) our ability to manufacture robust instrumentation and consumables; (vi) the success of products and services competitive with our own; (vii) challenges inherent in developing, manufacturing, and launching new products and services, including expanding or modifying manufacturing operations and reliance on third-party suppliers for critical components; (viii) the impact of recently launched or pre-announced products and services on existing products and services; (ix) our ability to further develop and commercialize our instruments, consumables, and products, including Galleri, the cancer screening test developed by GRAIL, to deploy new products, services, and applications, and to expand the markets for our technology platforms; (x) the risks and costs associated with the integration of, and our ability to integrate, GRAIL's business successfully to achieve anticipated synergies, including the restrictions on integration during any hold separate period or any delay in integration following any hold separate period; (xi) the risk that disruptions from the consummation of our acquisition of GRAIL or any associated legal or regulatory proceedings or obligations will harm our business, including current plans and operations; (xii) potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the consummation of our acquisition of GRAIL; (xiii) the risk of incurring fines associated with the consummation of our acquisition of GRAIL and the possibility that we may be required to divest all or a portion of the assets or equity interests of GRAIL on terms that could be materially worse than the terms on which we acquired GRAIL; (xiv) our ability to obtain approval by third-party payors to reimburse patients for our products; (xv) our ability to obtain regulatory clearance for our products from government agencies; (xvi) our ability to successfully partner with other companies and organizations to develop new products, expand markets, and grow our business; (xvii) our ability to successfully identify and integrate acquired technologies, products, or businesses; (xviii) the application of generally accepted accounting principles, which are highly complex and involve many subjective assumptions, estimates, and judgments and (xix) legislative, regulatory and economic developments, together with other factors detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q, or in information disclosed in public conference calls, the date and time of which are released beforehand. We undertake no obligation, and do not intend, to update these forward-looking statements, to review or confirm analysts' expectations, or to provide interim reports or updates on the progress of the current quarter.
About Illumina Illumina is improving human health by unlocking the power of the genome. Our focus on innovation has established us as a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, serving customers in the research, clinical and applied markets. Our products are used for applications in the life sciences, oncology, reproductive health, agriculture and other emerging segments. To learn more, visit www.illumina.com and connect with us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube.
About GRAIL GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. GRAIL, LLC, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Illumina, which is currently being held and operated separately in order to comply with the interim measures order imposed by the European Commission during the pendency of its ongoing merger review. For more information, please visit www.grail.com.
Illumina, Inc. Reconciliation of Consolidated Non-GAAP Financial Guidance (unaudited)
Our future performance and financial results are subject to risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from the guidance set forth below. Some of the factors that could affect our financial results are stated above in this press release. More information on potential factors that could affect our financial results is included from time to time in the public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022 filed with the SEC on February 18, 2022, and Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 3, 2022. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements or information.
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PITTSBURGH, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ""I thought of this while watching my wife try to hang pictures over the windows in our home," said the inventor from Liberty, Texas. "I wanted to create a device that assists in finding the center point when handing décor in a home."
He invented THE CENTER TAPE that helps take the guesswork out of centering projects or home decorating jobs where an exact center is required. This would provide a center point for marking a location to place or hang an item with the assistance of an LED light beam. It would eliminate the need to use a standard tape measure, multiple tools or math in order to locate the center point. Additionally, the device could save contractors time and money and locate the center point in a safe manner.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-JMC-2316, 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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PHOENIX, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparklight®, a member of the Cable One family of brands, was recently named to PC Magazine's list of the top 10 Fastest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the nation for the second consecutive year.
The leader for rigorous, labs-based comparative reviews of internet products, PC Magazine tested ISPs across the country based on upload and download speeds via PCMag Speedtest from June 1, 2021, to June 7, 2022.
"We're incredibly honored to once again be ranked by PC Magazine as one of the top 10 Fastest ISPs in U.S.," said Julie Laulis, President and CEO. "We continue to invest in our infrastructure to ensure our customers have access to a state-of-the-art network designed to support the high-speed internet needs of our customers and communities – today and in the future. Whether they are working, learning, gaming or streaming from home, we are pleased to provide our customers with a seamless, best in class experience."
Sparklight currently offers speeds up to 1 Gigabit for residential customers and up to 5 Gigabits for business customers over its fiber-powered network. With investments of nearly $950 million over the past three years, the company is laying the groundwork to launch speeds as fast as 10 Gigabits (10G) and beyond. Delivering speed 10 times faster than today's networks, 10G will transform the customer experience, creating new possibilities for smart cities, connected homes, virtual and augmented reality and business.
Earlier this year, Sparklight was named among the top 10 on PC Magazine's Best Gaming ISPs list for 2022.
For more information about Sparklight, visit www.sparklight.com.
Sparklight® is a leading broadband communications provider and a member of the Cable One family of brands, which serves more than 1.1 million residential and business customers in 24 states. Sparklight provides consumers with a wide array of connectivity and entertainment services, including high-speed internet and advanced Wi-Fi solutions, cable television and phone service. Sparklight Business provides scalable and cost-effective products for businesses ranging in size from small to mid-market, in addition to enterprise, wholesale and carrier customers.
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Family rescued from Lake Texoma after going overboard
Updated: 31 minutes ago
CARTWRIGHT, Okla. (KXII) - A family was rescued at Lake Texoma after parents fell off a boat on Sunday.
It happened near Davis Acres around 9:15 last night, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
A trooper reports that a family was boating on Lake Texoma, when the mom slipped off the boat.
The dad jumped into the water with a life jacket, but powerful wind made it impossible for the parents to reach the boat to get back on board.
The boat began drifting away with two children, a 7 year old and a 10 year old, still on board.
OHP and the Army Corp of Engineers recovered the family around 1:30 early this morning.
Troopers said having a life jacket handy and nearby saved the couple’s lives.
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Fintech executive promoted to help lead strategic vision of Finotta's core platform
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. , June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Finotta, provider of embedded fintech for digital banking, announced today that it's promoted Kelsey Houghton as its new Chief Product Officer. She will help lead the strategic vision of Finotta's core platform, Personified, and an expanding portfolio of products.
Finotta empowers financial institutions (FIs) to deliver the right experience, service, or product to users with a gamified Financial Health Level that helps improve their financial life. By combining financial wellness with the fun of gamification, customers have an interactive and engaging way to improve their financial health regardless of their journey.
Before Houghton's promotion, she was Head of Product at Finotta for over three years. Houghton was a founding member, joining in its early startup stages in 2019, where she pioneered the products from conception to market fit.
Previously, she served as Technical Project Manager at Grant Street Group, a tax collection and payment processing platform. Here, she gained experience managing large-scale, complex software and hardware implementations and leading cross-functional teams of software engineers and product professionals. Houghton also worked for UL, a global safety certification company, in the medical device division.
"Finotta is combining the desire for financial guidance with a personalized and gamified digital approach," said Houghton. "Whether customers are building an emergency fund, paying off debt, building wealth, or anything in between. I'm proud of the platform we've built and the positive impact it will have on our FI clients and consumers, and I look forward to my expanded role."
Finotta officially launched earlier this year in partnerships with First United Bank & Trust and with Q2 to integrate Personified with Q2's Digital Banking Platform.
"Consumers want to better understand their finances. With Kelsey's leadership, Finotta is bridging the gap between exceptional digital experiences and financial wellness. She has been instrumental to our company's success, and we are confident she will help us continue growing as more FIs partner with us," said Finotta Founder and CEO, Parker Graham.
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Finotta helps financial institutions personalize their mobile banking experience to increase engagement, combat larger institutions, and create new revenue streams. Finotta empowers financial institutions to deliver customers and members the right experience, service, or product at the right time with a gamified Financial Health Level, all while helping improve their financial life.
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LONDON, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HYPE Sports Innovation announced today that it will be leading the SportsTech innovation showcase at the I-Tech Cup match, produced by MTR7. The match will feature Europa Conference League champions, A.S. Roma, and English Premier League club, Tottenham Hotspur FC on July 30th at Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, Israel.
Amir Raveh, Founder and the President of HYPE Sports Innovation, said: "HYPE is set to drive innovation in the sports industry through our growing portfolio of our 250+ SportsTech startups. This top-tier game is an unprecedented opportunity to showcase their innovative technologies, many that would not be allowed during the regular season, and to show the sports world how SportsTech innovation can impact the future of sports". He also added "We appreciate the commitment and the interest both Tottenham and AS Roma have in sports innovation."
Fabio Paratici – Managing Director, Football at Tottenham Hotspur – said: "We are delighted to be heading to Israel. Taking part in the I Tech Cup allows the Tottenham executives to evaluate new areas of innovation in a 'risk-free POC setting."
Itago Pinto, AS Roma's General Manager added "This match against Tottenham will be an invaluable test.
Holding the I-Tech Cup in Haifa is the perfect setting as Israel is known as the Startup Nation' and is a recognized high-tech hub."
"The I-Tech Cup was born with the aim of connecting the sports world with the technological area in a practical and objective way," added Mauro Rozenszajn - Founder and CEO - MTR7. "We saw that HYPE has the experience, team and portfolio of SportsTech startups to execute the innovation side of our project."
Prior to the game, an "invitation only" SportsTech Innovation Expo featuring 15+ global solutions will take place highlighting innovation that is set to shape the future of the sports industry over the next 5 years.
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Correspondents’ gala offers political normalcy despite COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — Much of Washington is ready to party like it’s 2019, before the coronavirus, when the biggest risk at the annual White House press corps gala was more likely to be jokes that ruffled too many political feathers.
After the pandemic nixed the event in 2020 and 2021, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner returns Saturday night, with Joe Biden as the first sitting president to attend in six years after Donald Trump shunned it while in office.
Comedy is also back, with “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah as headliner. Celebrities are, too: Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson are expected to turn up, and the Funny or Die comedy studio is co-sponsoring an after-party. The event also draws a large swath of government officials and other prominent figures.
“Seeing the president of the United States come back, and the dinner come back, I think signals more than a pause in the pandemic,” said Harold Holzer, author of the book “The Presidents vs. The Press.” “We’re safe to talk to each other again.
“I think this relationship — even if it’s a one-night thing where witticisms are exchanged and people make fun of others and each other — it’s a very healthy thing.”
It feels like the return of a modicum of normalcy for the nation’s capital, but it is also a reminder that COVID-19 remains a threat. Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive this week and Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top coronavirus expert, is skipping the dinner “because of my individual assessment of my personal risk.”
That raised questions about whether the 79-year-old Biden should go. The president is going to pass up the meal and turn up later for the program. He plans to be masked when not speaking.
Biden mentioned the dinner during a speech this week about Russia’s war on Ukraine, saying, “I’ve always had respect for the press but I can’t tell you how much respect I have watching them in these zones where they’re under fire.”
“Imagine if we weren’t getting that information,” the president added. “It would be a different world.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden’s plan to attend “does stand in stark contrast to his predecessor, who not only questioned the legitimacy of the press on a nearly daily basis, but also never attended the dinner.” Trump gleefully boycotted the event and at times branded the media “the enemy of the people.”
After the recent Gridiron Club press dinner in Washington, dozens of attendees, including members of Congress and of Biden’s Cabinet and journalists, tested positive for COVID-19.
The White House is stressing the abundance of the antiviral pill Paxlovid, which has been shown to reduce by 90% severe outcomes from the virus among those at highest risk. Still, Psaki has said of Biden, “We want to be very clear that it is possible he could test positive for COVID, just like any American.”
That’s because the U.S. is experiencing a COVID case spike from a highly contagious subvariant of omicron, with confirmed infections rising to about 44,000 per day, up from 26,000 a month ago. Though well below the maximum of 800,000-plus cases per day nationwide during the height of the omicron wave earlier this year, current statistics are probably undercounts given the increased availability of at-home COVID-19 tests whose results may not be reported to health authorities.
The White House Correspondents’ Association said it would require same-day antigen testing for its dinner attendees even before the Gridiron outbreak. It has since added a vaccination requirement for those attending Saturday’s gala, which will have a capacity exceeding 2,600 and is fully booked.
Despite the latest wave of COVID-19 cases, virus deaths and hospitalizations are near, or at, pandemic lows, with the BA.2 variant proving less severe than earlier virus strains. Just over 300 people are dying in the U.S. each day from the virus, down from more than 2,600 daily earlier this year — with about 1,600 hospitalizations per day, declining from a peak of more than 21,000 daily in January.
The correspondents’ dinner debuted in 1921. Calvin Coolidge became the first president to attend three years later and all have since, except Trump. Jimmy Carter and Richard Nixon opted not to attend every year of their presidencies, however, and Ronald Reagan, then recovering from a assassination attempt, missed the 1981 installment — but called in from Camp David.
“The thing I think this shows is the restoration to the health of the relationship,” said Holzer, director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York. “It’s still barbed, there are still tense moments. But that’s OK.”
After comedian Michelle Wolf’s sharp satire sparked controversy in 2018, the event the following year featured historian Ron Chernow. The return of celebrities this time recalls President Barack Obama’s administration, when the likes of George Clooney, Charlize Theron and Viola Davis attended.
As vice president in 2014, Biden appeared in a comedy video with the star of HBO’s “Veep,” Julia Louis-Dreyfus, which drew big laughs at the correspondents’ dinner. The White House director of speech writing, Vinay Reddy, and longtime Biden adviser Mike Donilon worked on Biden’s remarks for this year, the White House said, tapping material from a variety of people both inside and outside government.
Psaki already acknowledged trying to lower expectations, saying the speech is “not funny at all. Just kidding.” Presidential attempts at humor can be tricky, though.
At the 2011 dinner, Obama skewered an unamused Trump — in his presence — over Trump’s fictitious claims about the then-president’s birth certificate. Obama concluded by musing about Trump taking his job one day, saying, “He certainly would bring some change to the White House” as banquet hall screens flashed a parody image of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue’s grand façade fitted with a Trump logo, golden columns, a digital clock and a sign proclaiming “Hotel, Casino, Golf Course, Presidential Suite.”
That turned out to be prophetic, since Trump of course succeeded Obama — though the overhauls he eventually brought to the presidency stopped short of affixing his name to the White House.
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- UK-based Albumedix Ltd. is a leader in the field of recombinant albumin-based solutions and a highly innovative and profitable company
- Recombinant human albumin is a critical component in the manufacture of innovative biopharmaceuticals, particularly for modalities such as cell therapies, viral therapies and vaccines
- Sartorius will acquire all outstanding shares of Albumedix Ltd. for approximately £415 million
GÖTTINGEN, Germany, Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The life science group Sartorius, through its French listed subgroup Sartorius Stedim Biotech, has agreed to acquire 100 percent of Albumedix Ltd. from private investors. The Nottingham, UK-based company provides best-in-class recombinant albumin-based solutions. Recombinant human albumin is an important component for the biopharmaceutical industry required for various applications, for example as an animal-free additive to cell culture media and for the stabilization of vaccines and viral therapies. The business, founded in 1984, has more than 100 employees and is expected to generate revenue of approximately £33 million in 2022 with a significant double-digit EBITDA margin. The agreed purchase price amounts to approximately £415 million. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close before the end of the third quarter of 2022.
"Albumedix will be an important addition to Sartorius' advanced therapy solutions, particularly regarding our cell culture media business, as it will enable us to strengthen our position as a relevant supplier of innovative chemically defined media and critical ancillary materials. This market offers high growth potential due to the increasing regulatory requirements as well as rising demand for the use of recombinant human albumin in near-patient applications. Albumedix will also add important formulation excipients to our vaccine production solutions, allowing us to expand our existing customer relationships and forge new ones," said René Fáber, member of the Executive Board for the Bioprocess Solutions Division of Sartorius.
"We are delighted to be joining forces with Sartorius and look forward to accelerating our ambitious growth plans in delivering critical solutions to our global customers. We have been highly impressed with Sartorius' knowledge and capabilities in the bioprocessing markets, and we are excited to join this purposeful journey. We believe Sartorius will bring tremendous value in strengthening our market reach and broadening our innovation capacity, as well as significantly scaling up our existing platform. We remain focused on our promise of empowering excellence in the life science industry," said Jonas S. Møller, CEO of Albumedix.
Albumedix will be part of the Bioprocess Solutions Division, and the existing 72,000-square-foot site in Nottingham will be established as a center of excellence for innovation and GMP-compliant production of critical raw materials.
Milbank LLP provided legal counsel to Sartorius in this transaction. William Blair acted as financial advisor to Albumedix, and Eversheds Sutherland provided legal counsel.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about the future development of the Sartorius Group. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. Sartorius assumes no liability for updating such statements in light of new information or future events. This is a translation of the original German-language press release. Sartorius shall not assume any liability for the correctness of this translation. The original German press release is the legally binding version.
A profile of Sartorius
The Sartorius Group is a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry. With innovative laboratory instruments and consumables, the Group's Lab Products & Services Division concentrates on serving the needs of laboratories performing research and quality control at pharma and biopharma companies and those of academic research institutes. The Bioprocess Solutions Division with its broad product portfolio focusing on single-use solutions helps customers to manufacture biotech medications and vaccines safely and efficiently. The Group has been annually growing by double digits on average and has been regularly expanding its portfolio by acquisitions of complementary technologies. In fiscal 2021, the company earned sales revenue of some 3.45 billion euros. At the end of 2021, nearly 14,000 people were employed at the Group's approximately 60 manufacturing and sales sites, serving customers around the globe.
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- letus (previously RentMoola) is bringing Splitit's installment payment option to its award-winning cloud payment platform for the property rental market.
- Tenants can spread the costs of expenses, such as rent or security deposits, over several monthly installments with no additional interest, charges or fees.
- White-label installment platform allows letus to deliver a consistent, branded experience to build stronger tenant-landlord relationships.
ATLANTA, August 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Splitit (ASX:SPT, OTCQX:SPTTY) announced letus has selected Splitit to bring its Installments-as-a-Service to its cloud payment platform for the property rental market, allowing tenants to pay expenses in several interest-free installments on their credit card.
The collaboration brings a first-of-its-kind payment option to letus's award-winning cloud payment platform for property managers and owners. Tenants can spread the costs of expenses such as rent or security deposits over several monthly installments on their preferred credit cards with no additional interest charges.
"Splitit helps us reach our objective to bring innovative technology and tools to alleviate some of the biggest hurdles for tenants and property managers alike," said letus CEO Jean-Francois Brissot. "The ability to integrate Splitit's white-label solution into our platform ensures a seamless and simple experience helping foster a stronger relationship between tenants and landlords."
letus's cloud payment platform offers flexible rent, credit reporting and 360-degree payment solutions that empower our customers to take control of their finances. Property managers can efficiently collect rent and allow tenants to choose how they pay rent while reconciling all payments on one fully integrated, and secure platform backed by a world-class ecosystem of partners.
"letus is a perfect example of the power of Splitit's Installments-as-a-Service platform. We are the technology enabler, helping an innovative company like letus offer installment payments on their terms," said Splitit CEO Nandan Sheth. "Our flexible platform is easily embedded within the existing payment experience without the added complexities of legacy third-party installment payment options."
Splitit's white-label installments solution provides a simple single-point API integration, ensuring letus delivers a consistent and branded experience embedded directly in the platform. Any consumer with the available balance on their credit card is automatically pre-qualified to use Splitit. There's no application, registration or redirects and no additional interest, hidden fees and or credit checks.
To learn more about Splitit's Installments-as-a-Service platform, visit: www.splitit.com
letus is the first fintech company to combine financial services and rental payments in one platform. letus is disrupting the rental industry by empowering tenants and property managers or landlords to take control of their finances through a simple, integrated and secure solution that is powered by a diverse ecosystem of global partners.
Splitit powers the next generation of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) through its merchant-branded Installments-as-a-Service platform. Splitit is solving the challenges businesses face with legacy BNPL while unlocking BNPL at the point of sale for card networks, issuers and acquirers all through a single network API. Splitit's Installments-as-a-Service platform mitigates issues with legacy BNPL like the declining conversion funnel, clutter at the checkout and a lack of control of the merchant's customer experience while putting the power back in the hands of merchants to nurture and retain customers, drive conversion and increase average order value. Splitit's white-label BNPL is the easiest installment option for merchants to adopt, integrate and operate while delivering an uncluttered, simplified experience embedded into their existing purchase flow. Headquartered in Atlanta, Splitit has an R&D center in Israel and offices in London and Australia. Splitit is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) under ticker code SPT and also trades on the US OTCQX under ticker SPTTY (ADRs) and STTTF (ordinary shares).
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Pfizer and BioNTech have submitted their application to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of their bivalent Covid-19 vaccine for use in people age 12 and older, the companies said in a statement on Monday.
This updated formulation will combine the original vaccine with one that targets Omicron sublineages BA.4 and BA.5, and would be administered as a 30 microgram dose.
The companies say they are following "guidance from the FDA" and are including clinical data of their bivalent BA.1 vaccine and pre-clinical and manufacturing data from the bivalent BA.4/5 vaccine for the submission.
"FDA will be using the totality of the available evidence to authorize the fall bivalent boosters," FDA spokesperson Abigail Capobianco said in a statement emailed to CNN last week. "There are data on many millions of individuals who have received the prototype component as a booster. As for the BA.4/5 component, a combination of nonclinical data obtained in mice, data from prior variant vaccines (including those to beta, delta, and omicron BA.1), along with our extensive knowledge of the safety and efficacy of the mRNA platforms will be used for this decision-making."
Pre-clinical data demonstrated that the new BA.4/5 bivalent vaccine "generated a strong neutralizing antibody response against Omicron BA.1, BA.2 and BA.4/BA.5 variants, as well as the original wild-type strain," according to the companies. They said a clinical study is expected to start this month.
Previously, the companies announced data from a Phase 2/3 trial that showed their BA.1 bivalent booster resulted in a substantially higher immune response against the Omicron variant and also appeared to be safe and well tolerated.
White House Covid-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said recently the updated boosters should be available to the public early- to mid-September. but it is ultimately up to the FDA as to when the shot will get the greenlight.
Pfizer and BioNTech say have "rapidly scaled production and stand ready to deliver doses of Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent vaccines for September, and will begin shipping immediately pending authorization."
"The agility of the mRNA platform, together with extensive clinical experience with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, has allowed us to develop, test and manufacture updated, high-quality vaccines that align to circulating strains with unprecedented speed," said Albert Bourla, Pfizer's chairman and chief executive officer, in the statement.
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PITTSBURGH, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a hands-free way to position and hold a heat gun for drying various construction materials," said an inventor, from Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada, "so I invented the HEAT STAND. My design would increase efficiency by eliminating the need for a worker to stand holding the heat gun."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective way to hold a heat gun during drywall/sheetrock drying processes. In doing so, it eliminates the need to manually hold the heat gun. As a result, it saves time and effort and it reduces physical strain. The invention features a portable design that is easy to adjust and use so it is ideal for contractors, drywall/sheetrock installation workers, do-it-yourselfers, etc.
The original design was submitted to the Toronto sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-TRO-623, 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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Expert tips for overcoming corn rootworm, soil compaction issues resulting from a late planting
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Farmers are adept at making the most out of less-than-ideal conditions, whether it's an abridged growing season, pest pressure or marginal acres. This summer, many are facing challenges wrought by a cold start and a late planting, which set the stage for corn rootworm pressure and other issues.
"While no two growing seasons are alike, this one is unfortunately shaping up to be similar to the last few in terms of corn rootworm pressure, which has been trending upwards," says Joe Bollman, NK Seeds Corn Product Manager. "It's a billion-dollar-a-year issue and is arguably the No. 1 challenge that farmers contend with. It's intensified by a late planting, which gives corn rootworm a head start and younger plants to feed on."
The NK Seeds corn portfolio features DuracadeViptera™ trait stacks to protect yield potential from 16 above- and below-ground pests while helping to produce cleaner ears for improved grain quality. The Duracade™ component is a novel Syngenta corn rootworm trait to help farmers limit the effects of corn rootworm and to maximize their yield potential.
"Significant corn rootworm pressure can rob farmers of yield potential," warns Bollman. "On top of that, it limits the plant's ability to take up nutrients, especially in drought conditions. Thus, this increases the risk for stalk lodging in the fall on top of the root lodging risk from the reduced root mass due to corn rootworm feeding. These inefficiencies make corn rootworm a fundamental challenge — one that DuracadeViptera was created to combat."
In addition to recommending hybrids that offer corn rootworm protection, Bollman encourages farmers to monitor and manage corn rootworm this summer. Scouting or trapping corn rootworm beetles with sticky traps can help to determine whether economic thresholds have been surpassed and what future management plans are needed. Farmers should also develop multi-year, field-by-field management plans that, in addition to trait stacks, may consist of crop rotation and soil- or foliar-applied insecticides.
If you planted your 2022 corn crop late, you were likely in a hurry to take to the field when Mother Nature finally allowed. And if you ran your planters or tillage equipment over wet soil last spring, you may be noticing the ramifications of soil compaction this summer.
Running planters or tillage equipment across wet soil can cause soil compaction issues that reduce the size and amount of pore space and decrease water and oxygen movement — causing issues that you'll contend with all season long.
"We now have the ability to plant a crop in a hurry, compared to 10 or 15 years ago, which is both a blessing and a curse," says Bollman. "If you were lucky to get good conditions after planting, you probably got off to a strong start and made up for lost time. But if you were forced to plant into marginal conditions, your acres may now be susceptible to issues like soil compaction. Everyone knows, we only get one chance to plant, and a mistake can affect an entire season."
While the best way to manage soil is to prevent compaction from happening, there are steps farmers can take to make the most out of their compacted soil this summer.
- Diagnose the depth of compaction before deciding on the right compaction management tool.
- In a no-till environment, consider planting an aggressively growing cover crop to break compaction layers.
- A deep tillage pass at an angle to the normal cropping rows may be considered in the fall.
- For late-season management, monitor the fields for any potential stalk or root lodging, and plan to harvest those fields early to help minimize losses.
To see the NK Seeds lineup of corn hybrids with DuracadeViptera, consult the 2023 NK Seed Guide. To get help assessing and managing soil compaction, contact your local agronomist.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Max Scherzer finally could pitch with all his strength now that his right hamstring wasn’t bothering him anymore.
It took a bit for him to figure that out, but when he did, he looked back to his Cy Young self.
Scherzer settled in after working out of an early jam, Pete Alonso drove in five runs with a homer and two doubles and the New York Mets beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-6 Wednesday. It took loading the bases in the first for Scherzer (2-0) to recalibrate how to pitch on his right leg again, then he struck out the next batter, induced a groundout and allowed one run and five hits with seven strikeouts in five innings.
“I just wasn’t completely executing every pitch where it needed to be,” Scherzer said. “Fortunately enough to be able to walk three in an inning to not have that spiral out of control and give up a bunch of runs in that situation. That really set a tone and allowed our offense to get going.”
Alonso and the rest of New York’s offense provided more than enough run support for the 37-year-old three-time Cy Young Award winner. Brandon Nimmo hit a solo home run off Aaron Nola in the third inning — the first Mets hit of the afternoon — before the middle of the order teed off in the fourth and fifth.
“We did an excellent job of pouring it on all day,” said Alonso, who was again the designated hitter instead of his preference to play first base. “We had excellent at-bats one through nine, and that’s what it takes to win these tough, divisional games.”
Alonso’s first RBI double helped knock Nola out of the game. The right-hander also lost command in the fourth, walking a batter and hitting two more to load the bases and get the hook from manager Joe Girardi. Nola (1-1) allowed three earned runs on three hits in 3 1/3 innings.
The Mets also knocked around the Phillies bullpen, which went five relievers deep after Nola’s short start and with an off day coming up. Alonso drilled a three-run homer run to right-center in the sixth to make it 8-1 and close Scherzer’s day after throwing 96 pitches.
“That was a big moment in the game that kind of put us ahead by a bunch, and thankfully that was enough,” Alonso said. “Philly has a great offense. They’re a great team. They started to come back there. But I feel like coming through like that for the team was huge.”
All nine batters who started the game for New York reached base at least once. Philadelphia got to the Mets bullpen in the later innings, with Nick Castellanos hitting an RBI double and reigning NL MVP Bryce Harper launching his first home run of the season to make it interesting before Edwin Diaz closed it out.
SEGURA INJURED
Phillies second baseman Jean Segura left in the sixth after getting hit by a pitch in his left forearm. He walked to first base and was attended to by a trainer before coming out of the game.
PHILIES ROSTER MOVES
After the game, the Phillies optioned right-hander Connor Brogdon and left-hander Damon Jones to Triple-A and activated right-hander James Norwood off the bereavement list.
METS LINEUP FLIP
Manager Buck Showalter flipped Francisco Lindor into the second spot in the lineup with Starling Marte batting third. Lindor doubled and scored in the fifth, while Marte had an RBI single in the sixth.
QUICK CAMEO
Closer Corey Knebel’s return from the COVID-related injured list meant the end of 28-year-old journeyman reliever Jeff Singer’s brief time with his hometown Phillies. The South Jersey native who was working with his father at a Northeast Philadelphia car dealership in 2016 when the team signed him got to sit in the bullpen Tuesday night and had dozens of friends and family in attendance for his first game in a major league uniform.
“He got to fulfill a lifetime dream, and I think that was a special day for him,” Girardi said. “It could be just the start of things to come.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mets: Showalter hopes right-handed reliever Trevor May can dodge the injured list with a minor triceps strain and expects the right-hander to benefit from the team’s day off Thursday.
Phillies: OF Odúbel Herrera (strained right oblique) began a rehab assignment at Single-A Clearwater on Tuesday. Girardi said Herrera got four at-bats in his first game with the Threshers as the designated hitter and was scheduled to play five innings in center field Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Mets: Chris Bassitt is set to start Friday afternoon against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the home opener at Citi Field.
Phillies: Kyle Gibson takes the mound Friday night for the opener of a three-game series at the Miami Marlins.
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In Celebration of International Fairy Day, The Hit Toy Line Expands the Magic of Finding Fairies Everywhere with a New Baby Fairy Finder, Fairy Pet Finders, and a Find The Glowing Fairies Roblox Game.
MONTREAL, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WowWee®, a leading manufacturer of innovative consumer entertainment products and the makers of Fingerlings®, My Squishy Little Dumplings™ and more, today announced major expansions to its hit Got2Glow Fairies brand. To celebrate International Fairy Day today, WowWee is launching the Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder™, two Got2Glow Fairy Pet Finders™, and a Find the Glowing Fairies Roblox game. Building off last year's success of the Got2Glow Fairy Finders™, the hit tech toy that put fairies at kids' fingertips and topped countless hot toy lists en route to becoming a 2022 TOTY Finalist for Collectible Toy of the Year, these enchanting additions make for even more magical experiences as kids explore and discover more virtual fairies than ever before!
The Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder is a smaller variation of the original, with over 20 new baby fairies to find and collect. The all-new, more portable size makes it easier than ever for kids to bring their Baby Fairy Finder along for every adventure. For added magic, lights & sounds guide the way as it detects virtual baby fairies around you..
The enchantment continues with the Got2Glow Fairy Pet Finder, with 40+ fairy pets to collect in each jar and over 80 fairy pets to collect in total. Grow your collection by trading fairy pets with friends and unlock rare fairy pets using the Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder. You can also bond with your new fairy pet companions via the on-screen buttons by giving them hugs, saying hello, and virtually feeding them.
All new Got2Glow Fairy Finder toys are compatible with one another and allow for trading of all different types of fairies. You can grow your collection to over 200 fairies by sharing across all finders. Transfer baby fairies from the Baby Fairy Finder into your Fairy Pet Finder, then watch as your Love Baby Fairy transforms into a Love Dog Fairy - or vice versa!
In addition, WowWee's Find the Glowing Fairies game by popular Roblox game creator Gamefam (Twilight Daycare and the forthcoming My Avastars: RP) is launching on Roblox today, expanding the Got2Glow universe beyond physical play. The online game will recreate the beloved real-life magic of finding fairies, with various in-game environments to explore and a variety of fairies to collect.
"We were inspired by the passion for our Got2Glow Fairy Finder and knew we had to continue building upon this excitement," said Sydney Wiseman, VP of Brand Development & Creative Strategy at WowWee. "We listened closely to our fanbase when expanding this line to ensure we provided even more magical play. Now the Got2Glow brand offers something for everyone - whether you want something more portable to take on the go, more fairies to collect and find, or desire a whole new type of fairy altogether. You can even find fairies in the metaverse, so we're truly delivering on our brand promise of experiencing the magic of finding fairies everywhere!"
Further adding to the Got2Glow universe, WowWee has tapped Striker Entertainment to build a lifestyle licensing program around the brand. The program will initially focus on publishing, home décor, health and beauty, and party goods.
The Got2Glow Baby Fairy Finder (MSRP: $24.99; Ages 5+) and both Got2Glow Fairy Pet Finders in turquoise and pink (MSRP: $44.99ea.; Ages 5+) are available for pre-order starting today on Amazon, and flying onto shelves at major retailers including Walmart and Target later this summer. For more information, please visit the Got2Glow website or join the conversation on social media by following @got2glowfairies.
WowWee® is a global innovator and industry leader in developing, marketing, and distributing hi-tech consumer robotic, toy, and entertainment products. Since its launch in 1988, WowWee has revolutionized the way consumers interact with robotics - fusing technology and imagination to deliver award-winning toys and gadgets such as Robosapien® and MiP®, The Toy Association's Innovative Toy of the Year (TOTY) in 2015. WowWee's Fingerlings®- the first-ever line of animatronic collectible toys - instantly skyrocketed in popularity, topping retail best-selling lists around the world, and won the 2018 Collectible Toy of the Year and overall Toy of the Year awards. The company won Plush Toy of the Year in 2020 for its licensed, official Pinkfong Baby Shark™ Song Puppets with Tempo Control, and Licensing International's Excellence Award for Best Toy of the Year ages 0-8. With offices in Montreal, San Diego, and Hong Kong, WowWee continues to innovate across the toy and entertainment categories. Please visit http://www.wowwee.com
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Bradenton woman charged with embezzling funds from animal clinic
Published: Apr. 27, 2022 at 9:51 AM EDT
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - A Bradenton woman has been charged with fraud after it is alleged that she embezzled over $120,000 from a local animal clinic for almost two decades.
According to arrest records, Catrina Lee Jones is accused of taking money from the Palma Sola Animal Clinic over a 17-year period. An audit uncovered fraudulent hours added using a particular identification belonging to Jones.
Investigators say she admitted to the charges on several controlled phone calls.
Jones, 50, was arrested Thursday and charged with scheming to defraud more than $50,000, a first-degree felony.
She was released on a $50,000 bond and may not work in any capacity with business finances.
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CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.
Kelly, 55, was found guilty on three counts of child pornography but was acquitted of a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him of fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008.
But the jury acquitted him on a fourth pornography count as well as a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge accusing him of fixing his state child pornography trial in 2008. He was found not guilty on all three counts of conspiring to receive child pornography and for two further enticement charges.
His two co-defendants were found not guilty on all charges.
Jurors, who deliberated for 11 hours over two days, wrote several questions to the judge on Wednesday, at least one indicating the panelists were grappling with some of the case’s legal complexities.
One asked if they had to find Kelly both enticed and coerced minors, or that he either enticed or coerced them. Over objections from Kelly’s lawyer, the judge said they only need to find one.
At trial, prosecutors sought to paint a picture of Kelly as a master manipulator who used his fame and wealth to reel in star-stuck fans, some of them minors, to sexually abuse then discard them.
Kelly, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was desperate to recover child pornographic videos he made and lugged around in a gym bag, witnesses said. They said he offered up to $1 million to recover missing videos before his 2008 trial, knowing they would land him in legal peril. The conspiracy to hide his abuse ran from 2000 to 2020, prosecutors said.
Kelly associates Derrel McDavid and Milton Brown were co-defendants at the Chicago trial. Jurors acquitted McDavid, a longtime Kelly business manager, who was accused of conspiring with Kelly to rig the 2008 trial. Brown, a Kelly associate for years, was acquitted of receiving child pornography.
Kelly has already been convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking in New York and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
In Chicago, a conviction of just one count of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years, while receipt of child pornography carries a mandatory minimum of five years. Judges can order that defendants sentenced earlier in separate cases serve their new sentence simultaneously with or only after the first term is fully served. Federal inmates must serve at least 85% of their sentences.
During closing arguments Tuesday, Kelly attorney Jennifer Bonjean likened the government’s testimony and evidence to a cockroach and its case to a bowl of soup.
If a cockroach falls into soup, she said, “you don’t just pull out the cockroach and eat the rest of the soup. You throw out the whole soup,” said told jurors.
“There are just too many cockroaches,” she said.
The three defendants called only a handful of witnesses over four days. Co-defendant McDavid, who was on the stand for three days, may have damaged Kelly’s hopes for acquittal by saying that he now doubts Kelly was truthful when he denied abusing anyone after hearing the superstar’s accusers testify.
In her closing rebuttal, prosecutor Jeannice Appenteng cited testimony that Kelly’s inner circle increasingly focused on doing what Kelly wanted as his fame boomed in the mid-1990s.
“And ladies and gentlemen, what R. Kelly wanted was to have sex with young girls,” she said.
Four Kelly accusers testified, all referred to by pseudonyms or their first names: Jane, Nia, Pauline and Tracy. Some cried when describing the abuse but otherwise spoke calmly and with confidence. A fifth accuser, Brittany, did not testify.
Sitting nearby in a suit and face mask, Kelly often averted his eyes and looked down as his accusers spoke.
Some dozen die-hard Kelly fans regularly attended the trial. On at least one occasion during a break, several made hand signs of a heart at Kelly. He smiled back.
Jane, 37, was the government’s star witness and pivotal to the fixing charge, which accused Kelly of using threats and payoffs to get her to lie to a grand jury before his 2008 trial and to ensure she and her parents wouldn’t testify.
A single video, which state prosecutors said was Kelly abusing a girl of around 14, was the focal point of that trial.
On the witness stand for two days at the end of August, Jane paused, tugged at a necklace and dabbed her eyes with a tissue when she said publicly for the first time that the girl in the video was her aged 14 and that the man was Kelly, who would have been around 30.
Some jurors in the 2008 trial said they had to acquit Kelly because the girl in the video didn’t testify. At the federal trial in Chicago, Jane said she lied to a state grand jury in 2002 when she said it was not her in the video, saying part of her reason for lying was that she cared for Kelly and didn’t want to get him into trouble.
Jane told jurors she was 15 when they first had intercourse. Asked how many times they had sex before she turned 18, she answered quietly: “Uncountable times. … Hundreds.”
Jane, who belonged to a teenage singing group, first met Kelly in the late 1990s when she was in junior high school. She had visited Kelly’s Chicago recording studio with her aunt, a professional singer. Soon after that meeting, Jane told her parents Kelly was going to be her godfather.
Jane testified that when her parents confronted Kelly in the early 2000s he dropped to his knees and begged them for forgiveness. She said she implored her parents not to take action against Kelly because she loved him.
Defense attorneys suggested a desire for money and fame drove some government witnesses to accuse Kelly, and they accused several people of trying to blackmail him. They also suggested that at least one of his accusers was 17 — the age of consent in Illinois — when Kelly began pursing her for sex.
Bonjean implored jurors not to accept the prosecution’s portrayal of her client as “a monster,” saying Kelly was forced to rely on others because of intellectual challenges, and that he was sometimes led astray.
“Mr. Kelly can also be a victim,” she said in her opening statement.
Prosecutors played jurors excerpts from three videos that Jane said featured her. Court officials set up opaque screens around the jurors so journalists and spectators couldn’t see the videos or the jurors’ reactions.
But the sound was audible. In one video, the girl is heard repeatedly calling the man “daddy.” At one point she asks: “Daddy, do you still love me?” The man gives her sexually explicit instructions.
Prosecutors have said Kelly shot the video that was also evidence in the 2008 trial in a log cabin-themed room at his North Side Chicago home around 1998.
Another accuser, Pauline, said Jane introduced her to Kelly when they were 14-year-old middle school classmates in 1998. At Kelly’s Chicago home later that year, Pauline described her shock when she said she first walked in on Kelly and a naked Jane. She said Kelly told her that everyone has secrets. “This is our secret,” she testified he said.
Pauline told jurors she still cares for Kelly. But, as a 37-year-old mom, she said she now has a different perspective.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Earthstone Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ESTE) ("Earthstone" or the "Company"), announced today that its management team will host a conference call on Friday, August 5, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern (9:00 a.m. Central) to discuss the Company's financial results for the second quarter 2022 and its outlook for the remainder of 2022. Prepared remarks by Robert J. Anderson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Lumpkin, Jr., Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Steven C. Collins, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, will be followed by a question and answer session. The Company intends to file its earnings press release for the period ended June 30, 2022, prior to the conference call.
Investors and analysts are invited to participate in the call by dialing 877-407-6184 for domestic calls or 201-389-0877 for international calls, in both cases asking for the Earthstone conference call. A webcast will also be available through the Company website (www.earthstoneenergy.com). Please select "Events & Presentations" under the "Investors" section of the Company's website and log on at least 10 minutes in advance to register.
A replay of the call and webcast will be available on the Company's website and by telephone until 10:00 a.m. Eastern (9:00 a.m. Central), Friday, August 19, 2022. The number for the replay is 877-660-6853 for domestic calls or 201-612-7415 for international calls, using Replay ID: 13731790.
About Earthstone Energy, Inc.
Earthstone Energy, Inc. is a growth-oriented, independent energy company engaged in acquisitions and the development and operation of oil and natural gas properties. Its primary assets are located in the Permian Basin of west Texas and New Mexico. Earthstone is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ESTE." For more information, visit Earthstone's website at www.earthstoneenergy.com.
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Earthstone Energy, Inc.
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WASHINGTON, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 3:30 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 5, to discuss the status of the next wet dress rehearsal test of the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The teleconference will stream live on the agency's website.
The agency plans to conduct another attempt of the wet dress rehearsal in early June to demonstrate the ability to load propellant into the tanks and conduct a full launch countdown ahead of the Artemis I launch this summer.
Teleconference participants include:
- Jim Free, associate administrator, Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters in Washington
- Cliff Lanham, senior vehicle operations manager, NASA Exploration Ground Systems Program, NASA Kennedy
To participate by telephone, media must RSVP no later than two hours prior to the start of the event to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
NASA's SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived back at Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building April 26 after a 10-hour journey from launch pad 39B. Since their arrival, teams have worked to replace a faulty upper stage check valve and repair a small leak within the tail service mast umbilical ground plate housing. The teams also have been performing additional checkouts while the spaceport's supplier of gaseous nitrogen makes upgrades to their pipeline configuration to support Artemis I activities.
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.
For updates, follow along on NASA's Artemis blog at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — As parts of rural Nevada plan to count ballots by hand amid misinformation about voting machines, the Nevada secretary of state’s office on Friday approved regulations for counties to hand count votes starting as soon as this fall’s midterm elections.
But the revised regulations will no longer apply to the one county that has been at the forefront of the drive to count by hand.
That’s because Nye County, in the desert between Las Vegas and Reno, will also use a parallel tabulation process alongside its hand count, using the same machines that are typically used to count mail-in ballots. All ballots in Nye County will resemble mail-in ballots, interim Nye County Clerk Mark Kampf said in an interview earlier this month.
Nye County is one of the first jurisdictions nationwide to act on election conspiracies related to mistrust in voting machines. Nevada’s least populous county, Esmeralda, used hand-counting to certify June’s primary results, when officials spent more than seven hours counting 317 ballots cast.
The long-time Nye County clerk resigned in July after election conspiracies led to a successful push to hand count votes.
Kampf, her replacement, has falsely claimed that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election. He has vowed to bring hand counting to the rural county of about 50,000, alongside the parallel tabulation process using machines.
The Nevada secretary of state’s office changed the hand counting regulations after Kampf and others criticized them during an Aug. 12 feedback session. The state officials changed the definition of “hand count” to apply only when it is the only method of counting ballots.
The rules require bipartisan teams of at least four people to count the votes, mandate spacing between tables and require room for observers, among many other provisions. State officials originally said the teams could count batches of 20 votes at a time but increased the number to 50. Kampf had criticized the lower number of votes per batch, saying it would be more efficient for the teams to count 50-vote batches.
“I think this represents a good partnership with the secretary of state’s office in refining these procedures,” Kampf said Friday.
The regulations take effect Oct. 1 and will last until November 2023, though officials hope to adopt them permanently.
Four voting groups — Brennan Center, All Voting is Local, ACLU Nevada and Silver State Voices — had previously urged the secretary of state’s office to drop the regulations and instead ban hand counting altogether, saying that hand counting leads to more mistakes than machine voting and takes longer.
Several showed up on Friday to again speak against the changes.
Voting rights attorney Sadmira Ramic of ACLU’s Nevada chapter called adopting the regulations “a slippery slope that will have dire consequences for the state,” creating more room for election errors and tampering.
“The secretary of state’s office, by passing these regulations, is condoning the use of hand counting while ignoring the urgency of the issues that such procedures will produce,” she said.
She also criticized a lack of enforcement or consequences for counties that don’t follow the rules.
Deputy Secretary for Elections Mark Wlaschin previously acknowledged in an interview earlier this month that there is no enforcement mechanism outlined in the regulations.
He said his office has considered “a number of contingencies” for noncompliance. Part of ensuring compliance falls on the secretary of state’s office, he said, and part of that role falls on county clerks.
Hand counting supporters have described the old-fashioned method as a way to address distrust in elections, especially unproven claims that voting machines are prone to hacking and are untrustworthy. Experts have said hand-counting is far more time consuming and exposes the process to more errors.
Wlaschin has said the rules will help counties that opt to switch to hand-counting systems, preventing clerks from having to draw up rules from scratch. They would also create a uniform structure so the state can ensure the counting is valid.
But questions remain about the implementation of the regulations and how they will unfold in counties that vary in population, size and differing political leanings.
Humboldt County Clerk Tami Rae Spero said in an interview it would be difficult to follow the guidelines that require finding bipartisan vote counters and the physical space that will be needed for observation of the hand counts.
At a hearing earlier this month, Wlaschin asked Kampf if Nye County planned to eventually phase out the parallel tabulation process, leading to an all-hand count.
Kampf responded: “I hope we can prove to you and to those who are doubting and have significant doubts that it can work, that you’d make that decision at that point in time.”
Some Nevada state lawmakers will discuss next week whether to rein in efforts by rural counties to count votes by hand.
At an interim legislation session Monday for the committee on legislative operations and elections, lawmakers are scheduled to deliberate whether to draft a bill requiring counties that discontinue using voting machines to return state funds given to them for the machines.
The bill would not be voted on until at least February, when Nevada’s next legislative session begins.
The hearing for the hand counting regulations on Friday came as several Nevada Republicans in key races have repeatedly questioned the results of the 2020 election without evidence.
Senate candidate Adam Laxalt led former president Donald Trump’s campaign in Nevada and filed paperwork in an attempt to overturn the state’s 2020 result.
Republican secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant has made election distrust central to his platform and has repeatedly denied the results of the 2020 election.
In February, he told voters that “your vote hasn’t counted in decades.”
He also worked with Kampf to design the hand-counting plan in Nye County and hopes to spread it across the country.
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WASHINGTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Family Research Council (FRC) today is launching a brand-new digital media outlet named The Washington Stand. Like FRC, The Washington Stand is based in Washington, D.C. and is published by FRC, whose mission is to advance faith, family, and freedom in public policy and the culture from a biblical worldview. The platform will feature multiple types of content, including original reporting, news analysis, political and biblical commentary, videos, podcasts among others. The FRC-branded outlet was created to address a void in the lack of a digital news outlet to help inform Christians from a biblical worldview.
The Washington Stand will complement Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, a national daily one-hour TV and radio broadcast program that Family Research Council President Tony Perkins has hosted for the last nine years.
On the launch of The Washington Stand, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins commented:
"The institutional bias of the 'legacy media' has spawned a revolution in news not seen since the advent of cable news. As the anti-Christian, anti-moral bias of the media has reached a fevered pitch, more and more Christians are seeking out news content that is aligned with their biblical worldview rather than attacking it. They are looking for news and information that they can trust and that will enable them to better understand the times in which we live. The Washington Stand is not just something FRC wants to do, this something we have to do because America has found itself at a time when legacy media can no longer be relied upon. And social media is silencing conservative viewpoints, while at the same time claiming to be the town hall of this generation. Biblically-informed Christians need news sources they can trust, and the Washington Stand seeks to meet that need.
"God is our basis for the truth but unfortunately too many Christians have not been trained to go back to the Scripture and dig into the foundation. As a result, they go silent in the face of a world and news media that has intentionally sought to marginalize their views. The Washington Stand is a means to embolden Christians who are motivated to engage and serve the broader culture because of their Christian faith. The Washington Stand is a means to embolden Christians to boldly speak the truth and engage our culture to transform it for God's glory whether it be in their workplaces, public office or anywhere else," concluded Perkins.
The Washington Stand Editor-in-Chief Jared Bridges also commented:
"Our objective with The Washington Stand is to equip followers of Jesus with truth and wisdom so that they can rest assured that they have the truth from a source they can trust."
Visit The Washington Stand at: WashingtonStand.com
Follow the Washington Stand on Twitter @WSHStand and Facebook.
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BURBANK, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Disney Movie Moments program that provides children's hospitals with special access to new movie titles from The Walt Disney Studios is expanding to include nearly 100 additional hospitals, more than doubling the current number of program participants.
Building on a longstanding commitment to help reimagine the patient experience in children's hospitals, the unique program offers opportunities for kids and their families to enjoy first-run movies together – along with other hospitalized children – providing a sense of community during a time in which they may not be able to visit movie theaters.
"We've supported children's hospitals for many years and are committed to fostering special moments for children and families to bring a little joy into their lives during these tough moments," said Alan Bergman, Chairman, Disney Studios Content. "We are proud to continue that work by expanding our Disney Movie Moments initiative and bringing the magic of our stories to more hospitals."
Disney is teaming up with long-time collaborator Starlight Children's Foundation to expand to even more hospitals to deliver on the goal of creating positive memories during a child's time at a hospital.
"Transforming the hospital experience is core to our mission at Starlight of delivering happiness to seriously ill children and their families to reduce the stress of hospitalization and medical procedures," said Adam Garone, CEO of Starlight Children's Foundation. "When kids are hospitalized, they miss out on the most important parts of being a kid, like having fun and going to the movies. That's why we're grateful for our long-term work with Disney to bring these magical Disney Movie Moments to pediatric patients at our network of children's hospitals and facilities."
To celebrate the expansion, new and existing participant hospitals kicked off their programs with a special screening of Disney and Pixar's latest film Lightyear now playing in theaters everywhere. At the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico on June 23, 2022 and at Valley Children's Hospital in Madera, California on June 30, 2022, respectively, children and their families watched the new movie title, received giveaways and met with animators.
To date, the program has streamed 40,000 hours of content. Moving forward, the company will continue to use proprietary technology to deliver first-run titles directly to children's hospitals from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Studios, along with select customized talent video greetings.
Disney Movie Moments was first established in 48 hospitals in 2014 as part of the company's commitment to delivering comfort and joy to children and their families.
The Disney Movie Moments program is part of a larger, global mission to support children's hospitals and pediatric places of care. In 2018, Disney announced a global commitment of $100 million to help reimagine the patient experience in children's hospitals. Other efforts include transforming hospital spaces with interactive murals and digital equipment featuring mesmerizing Disney content and familiar characters; creating personalized moments by delivering Disney-themed Starlight hospital wear, care packages, and products; providing engaging content via complimentary access to Disney+ and other digital content; and supporting children's hospital staff through specially-designed training classes and staff badges globally. This work builds on a legacy of support for kids and families that started in the 1930s when Walt Disney first began visiting hospitalized children.
To learn more about the program and Disney's charitable efforts, please visit https://impact.disney.com/charitable-giving/childrens-hospitals-wish-granting/.
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The Walt Disney Studios
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Expanded product line to bring farmers the largest selection of organic seeds in the U.S.
ALBERT LEA, Minn., July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Albert Lea Seed House, owner of Viking Corn & Soybeans and one of the largest suppliers of organic field seed in the U.S., today announced it has acquired Blue River Organic Seed, the nation's longest-established organic seed corn brand from the Farmers Business Network (FBN).
Founded in 2005 and based in Ames, Iowa, Blue River's product line includes organic corn, silage, soybean, alfalfa, forages and sorghum. Albert Lea Seed is headquartered in Albert Lea, Minn. In addition to organic seeds, its product line also includes small grains, cover crops, wildflowers and native grasses.
"We firmly believe that integrating the Viking & Blue River Organic seed brands will be a real benefit to organic farmers," said Albert Lea Seed President Mac Ehrhardt. "The combined company will provide the best selection of organic-specific genetics, delivered by a farmer-focused team that specializes in organic agriculture and from a family-owned company that is committed to the long-term growth and success of organic agriculture."
- Elevates Albert Lea Seed as the largest organic field seed supplier, producer, and commercialization expert in the U.S.
- Brings experienced industry leaders to the Albert Lea Seed team and will expand the organization's relationships in the organic farming market.
- Adds Blue River's 40,000-square-foot, climate-controlled seed warehouse and office for support and distribution of the combined Viking/Blue River Organic Seed brand.
The combined Viking/Blue River Organic seed brand will operate out of Albert Lea, Minn. and Ames, Iowa.
"We have long admired the success of Albert Lea Seed. We are proud to join forces with them to accelerate our successes and seize the opportunity to further evolve the organic farming industry," said Maury Johnson, co-founder of Blue River Organic Seed. "We cherish our Midwest roots, and we remain committed to ensuring that farmers all across the country will benefit from the responsible production, sale and use of our organic products."
Albert Lea Seed currently serves more than 6,000 customers. The addition of Blue River will double the size of its organic corn and soybean seed business and will enable it to serve customers and dealers across the U.S. more efficiently.
Established in 1923, Albert Lea Seed is an independent, family-owned company that provides conventional non-GMO and organic seed products to farmers across the country under its Viking product line. It also offers cover crops, small grains and forage. Its mission is to partner with dealers and customers to provide the highest quality organic seed genetics available. For more information, visit: www.alseed.com.
In 2005, Blue River Organic Seed was established by a few individuals with a common vision. They wanted to give organic farmers an opportunity to stay true to their organic farming practices and principles without having to sacrifice performance. Blue River's singular mission is to provide high quality seed and exceptional genetics specifically for organic farming environments across the nation. To learn more, visit: www.blueriverorgseed.com.
Farmers Business Network® (FBN®) is an independent ag tech platform and farmer-to-farmer network with a mission to power the prosperity of family farmers around the world while working towards a sustainable future. Its Farmers First® promise has attracted over 43,000 members to the network with a common goal of helping farmers maximize their farm's profit potential with data and technology enabled direct-to farmer commerce, community and sustainability offerings. FBN has set out to redefine value and convenience for farmers by helping reduce the cost of production and maximize the value of their crops. The FBN® network has grown to cover more than 98 million acres of member farms in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Blending the best of Midwestern agricultural roots and Silicon Valley technology, the company has over 900 personnel and principal offices in San Carlos, Calf., Chicago, Sioux Falls, SD, a Canadian Headquarters in High River, Alberta, and an Australian Headquarters in Perth with significant warehouse and logistics, remote and field employees across the U.S., Canada and Australia.
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UPPSALA, Sweden, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Orexo AB (publ.), (STO: ORX) (OTCQX: ORXOY) today announces that the European Patent Office (EPO) has granted the first European patent specifically relating to OX640, Orexo's nasal adrenaline rescue medication based on the amorphOX® drug delivery platform.
The new patent, EP 3 962 455 B1, provides protection for the OX640 product in Europe until May 2041. Orexo has multiple patent applications filed in other territories and expect to continuously strengthen the patent portfolio for OX640.
Nikolaj Sørensen, President and CEO, said: "OX640 is a unique and innovative new product to be used for the emergency treatment of allergic reactions. I am pleased that the innovation has been recognized by the EPO, an important step towards making this life-saving medication available for patients in Europe. In addition to its excellent chemical stability, the clinical data that are anticipated later this year, and its significant market potential, securing strong patent protection for OX640 is clearly important for our discussions with potential partners."
For further information, please contact:
Orexo AB (publ.)
About Orexo
Orexo develops improved pharmaceuticals and digital therapies addressing unmet needs within the growing space of substance use disorders and mental health. The products are commercialized by Orexo in the US or via partners worldwide. The main market today is the American market for buprenorphine/naloxone products, where Orexo commercializes its lead product ZUBSOLV® for treatment of opioid use disorder. Total net sales for 2021 amounted to SEK 565 million and the number of employees was 121. Orexo is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm Mid Cap (ORX) and is available as ADRs on OTCQX (ORXOY) in the US. The company is headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden, where research and development activities are performed.
For more information about Orexo please visit www.orexo.com. You can also follow Orexo on Twitter, @orexoabpubl, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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NEW YORK, June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Steel Connect, Inc. ("Steel Connect" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: STCN), in connection with the proposed transaction with Steel Partners Holdings L.P. (NYSE: SPLP). Upon completion of the transaction, the Company's shareholders will receive $1.35 and one contingent value right ("CVR") to receive their pro rata share of net proceeds, to the extent such net proceeds exceed $80 million plus certain related costs and expenses, if Steel Connect's ModusLink subsidiary is sold during the two-year period following completion of the merger.
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Weiss Law is investigating whether (i) Steel Connect's board of directors acted in the best interests of Company shareholders in agreeing to the proposed transaction, (ii) the $1.35 per-share merger consideration adequately compensates Steel Connect's shareholders, and (iii) all information regarding the sales process and valuation of the transaction will be fully and fairly disclosed.
Weiss Law has litigated hundreds of stockholder class and derivative actions for violations of corporate and fiduciary duties. We have recovered over a billion dollars for defrauded clients and obtained important corporate governance relief in many of these cases. If you have information or would like legal advice concerning possible corporate wrongdoing (including insider trading, waste of corporate assets, accounting fraud, or materially misleading information), consumer fraud (including false advertising, defective products, or other deceptive business practices), or anti-trust violations, please email us at stockinfo@weisslawllp.com
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SAN ANTONIO, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This summer, Taco Cabana is introducing their all-new Carne Asada Street Tacos, new options for Smothered Burritos, a new dessert and a new, limited-time seasonal margarita.
Launching June 8, 2022, TC lovers can visit any Texas location and try the new Carne Asada Street Tacos in a three-pack for $4.29, as a plate with rice and beans for $7.59 or as a combo, with chips & queso and a drink for $8.99. The all-new TC Carne Asada is USDA Choice beef, seasoned with salt and pepper, then seared on a flat top to deliver a delicious traditional charred flavor. The charred carne asada is then placed on corn tortillas, topped with chopped onions and cilantro and served with a wedge of lime on the side.
Taco Cabana is also expanding its burrito offerings with 16 new smothered burrito combinations this summer. Guests first choose their protein including Chicken Fajita for $8.29, Steak Fajita for $9.89, Ground Beef for $8.09 or Shredded Chicken for $7.49, then select one of four homemade sauces to smother their burrito with – choosing from Queso, Queso Blanco, Tex-Mex or Green Sauce.
The new and never-before-served-at-TC Cherry Margarita is a refreshing taste of summer pairing perfectly with any TC meal for those 21 years of age or older and is available for just $4. Guests of legal drinking age can also indulge in TC's variety of classic frozen margarita offerings all day, every day to help quench the Texas summer heat.
To complement any TC meal, guests can indulge in an expanded dessert line including signature TC sopapillas, churros, Tres Leches cake or TC's new chocolate chip cookie, available starting June 18, 2022.
"We are very proud of our industry-leading stature when it comes to great Tex-Mex flavor, the use of quality ingredients and ongoing culinary innovation," continued Camacho. "As a brand, first and foremost, we are committed to always listening to what our guests want from us, innovating, then delivering great menu variety against those asks."
For more information on the latest menu items, visit TacoCabana.com.
Taco Cabana, a subsidiary of YTC Enterprises, LLC, was founded in 1978. The brand specializes in Tex-Mex-inspired food including enchiladas, fajitas, quesadillas, flautas, burritos, tacos, freshly-made flour tortillas and a selection of made-from-scratch salsas and sauces. Restaurants feature open-display cooking, a selection of bottled beer and signature tequila margaritas, patio dining, drive-thru windows, curbside pick-up and delivery. As of June 3, 2022, Taco Cabana operates 143 company-owned restaurants in Texas. For more info, visit www.tacocabana.com.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for TCRT, BSGM, FUTU, HOFV, and VERV.
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TEL AVIV, Israel and SEOUL, South Korea, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CytoReason, a leading developer of computational disease models for efficient drug discovery and development, announced today the signing of a commercial partnership with Helixrus, a leading Korean company focused on biological big data and multi-omics. The partnership will see Helixrus represent CytoReason's unique AI platform and professional services in the Korean market.
CytoReason has established itself as a global leader in computational modeling of human diseases. The company's multidisciplinary team of 65 leading biologists, bioinformaticians and data engineers has developed a technology that enables pharma and biotech companies to speed up drug R&D and bring novel therapies to the patients who most need them.
The alliance will focus on leveraging Helixrus' deep knowledge of the Korean pharmaceutical market, and extensive network of relationships in Asian markets, to highlight CytoReason's capabilities in prioritizing new targets, finding biomarkers, profiling combinations, stratifying patients, and other use cases within the drug lifecycle.
CytoReason has existing collaborations with five of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer and Sanofi. Its proprietary platform has yielded a range of clinically validated results in multiple diseases.
"We're thrilled to enter the Korean market with such an important player in South Korea's pharmaceutical industry," said David Harel, CEO and Co-founder of CytoReason. "Through this collaboration and others in Asian markets, our goal is to establish our computational disease models and professional services as the gold standard for drug discovery, development and portfolio management."
"We are very excited to partner with CytoReason as they expand their footprint into Korea," said Nick Choe, CEO of Helixrus, Inc. "CytoReason offers a unique AI drug discovery platform that already benefits a number of pharmaceutical companies worldwide, and we look forward to working together to improve drug discovery and development in Korea as well."
About CytoReason
CytoReason is a leading technology company developing computational disease models. The company collects proprietary data from pharmaceutical companies and uses it to simulate human diseases – tissue by tissue, cell by cell. With CytoReason's massive database and AI-led platform, pharma and biotech companies can identify new opportunities, shorten trial phases, reduce development costs, and increase the likelihood of approval. To date, five of the world's top ten pharma companies use CytoReason's technology. For more information, visit www.cytoreason.com.
About Helixrus Inc.
Helixrus Inc. is a South Korea-based channel partnership company focused on biological big data and multi-omics. As the entire Korean biopharma market is positioned to expand in cancer diagnostics, Helixrus is providing the complete software and bioscience offerings that accelerate discovery, while saving time and resources. For more information, visit www.helixrus.com.
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NEW YORK, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for IINN, ANVS, TEN, BNTC, and SURF.
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Juneteenth celebrations
The Repository
Alliance
A Juneteenth Community Cookout will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Thompson-Snodgrass Park, 748 E. Cambridge St. The event will include activities, vendors, a DJ and free food. For more information, call 330-581-5815 or 330-472-3966.
Canton
The Juneteenth Community Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at Nimisilla Park, 1075 Mahoning Road NE.
There will be live performances and music, vendors, a kids' play area, children’s activities, a Father’s Fun Day, competitions, giveaways, and community information. For more information, text 330-265-3787. | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/2022/06/15/juneteenth-celebrations-canton-alliance/7622257001/ | 2022-06-15T15:08:11Z |
CALGARY, AB, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Gibson Energy Inc. announced today the voting results for the election of directors at the Company's virtual annual general and special meeting of shareholders that was held on May 3, 2022.
Voting Results
For complete voting results, please see the Report of Voting Results available through SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About Gibson
Gibson Energy Inc. ("Gibson" or the "Company") (TSX: GEI), is a Canadian-based liquids infrastructure company with its principal businesses consisting of the storage, optimization, processing, and gathering of liquids and refined products. Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, the Company's operations are focused around its core terminal assets located at Hardisty and Edmonton, Alberta, and include the Moose Jaw Facility and an infrastructure position in the U.S.
Gibson shares trade under the symbol GEI and are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.gibsonenergy.com.
For further information, please contact:
Mark Chyc-Cies
Vice President, Strategy, Planning & Investor Relations
Phone: (403) 776-3146
Email: mark.chyc-cies@gibsonenergy.com
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Lindsey O'Neill appointed SVP and chief communications and corporate responsibility officer; Tara Leweling named as chief diversity and sustainability officer
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- USAA announced today that Lindsey O'Neill has been appointed to an expanded role as senior vice president and chief communications and corporate responsibility officer. O'Neill, who was named as vice president and chief communications officer in 2020, will now have additional responsibilities leading the company's corporate responsibility function, including The USAA Foundation, Inc., and The USAA Educational Foundation. She will focus on outreach, support and advocacy for military families, core to USAA's company mission since its founding in 1922.
Tara Leweling, who joined the company earlier this year to lead environmental, social and governance (ESG), will serve in an expanded role as vice president and chief diversity and sustainability officer. She will lead enterprise-wide diversity, inclusion and sustainability initiatives to drive meaningful impact for USAA's employees, members and communities. Both executives will report to Ameesh Vakharia, USAA's chief strategy and brand officer.
"There is significant purpose in the work that our employees carry out every day serving military families," said Vakharia. "I'm excited to broaden Lindsey and Tara's roles on my leadership team because they bring incredible experience and passionate leadership. We have a unique opportunity through these concentrated efforts to make an even greater impact on the financial security of the military community as USAA embarks on its second century of service."
Both leaders will work with teams across the organization to create programs that boost innovation, increase empathy and empower employees to better serve members and their communities. This will continue the momentum towards sustainable practices that positively impact society.
O'Neill has previously led communications, events and corporate responsibility, which included volunteerism and corporate giving, at companies across several industries. Since joining USAA in 2014, she has held numerous leadership roles including employee communications, public relations, chief of staff to the CEO and, most recently, vice president of corporate communications. In this new role, O'Neill will lead philanthropic strategy to include employee citizenship and volunteer programs that are implemented throughout the military community and communities where USAA's employees work.
"Being a passionate advocate for the military is at the heart of what we do at USAA every day. The mission to serve America's military community informs everything we do and will continue to be our guiding light," said O'Neill. "It's an incredible privilege to lead these teams and tell the story of USAA."
Leweling proudly served nearly 22 years in the U.S. Air Force, including the U.S. Mission to NATO and National Security Council. She then transitioned to the private sector as a leader in financial services with roles in public affairs, corporate responsibility and sustainability at large banks and insurers. Leweling will help advance the company's diversity, equity, and inclusion and ESG programs. This move recognizes the deep connection that sustainability efforts have in engaging stakeholders, especially diverse communities.
"I'm truly honored to build on USAA's strong history and tradition in diversity and sustainability," said Leweling. "It's inspiring to be part of USAA's next century of anticipating and responding to the changing needs and expectations of our military members, veterans and their families."
About USAA
Founded in 1922 by a group of military officers, USAA is among the leading providers of insurance, banking, and investment and retirement solutions to more than 13 million members of the U.S. military, veterans who have honorably served and their families. Headquartered in San Antonio, USAA has offices in eight U.S. cities and three overseas locations and employs more than 38,000 people worldwide. Each year, the company contributes to national and local nonprofits in support of military families and communities where employees live and work. For more information about USAA, follow us on Facebook or Twitter (@USAA), or visit usaa.com.
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Cesar Quintana agonized for weeks that his 2-year-old son wouldn’t make it out of the battered Ukrainian coastal port Mariupol as Russian troops encircled the city.
Thankfully, he did.
But Alexander and his mother are now in Russia, where Quintana, who has full legal custody of the boy in California, is no closer to seeing him again.
Quintana has been trying to bring his son back to the U.S. since his estranged wife took the child to Ukraine without Quintana’s permission in 2020. He was working to get the boy returned through a Ukrainian court when the war broke out, and he lost communication with them.
Last month, he finally learned that, unlike the millions of Ukrainians who fled to Poland or Moldova, the family and others from Mariupol escaped across the closest international border to Russia.
Russia, however, is not a partner of the United States under an international treaty that governs the return of children abducted overseas by one of their parents, though Ukraine is. That has Quintana hoping the Ukrainian court will take his case back up and he can get Russian authorities to enforce any ruling in his favor. He said he’s also trying to persuade his estranged Ukrainian-American wife, Antonina Aslanova, to return to California on her own.
“I’m not giving up, and my son’s not going to grow up in Russia,” Quintana said.
A WhatsApp message sent to Aslanova seeking comment was not returned.
International parental child abduction cases are complex, and advocates say relatively few children taken from their countries of residence are promptly returned. More than 2,000 applications were filed in 2015 under the international treaty that puts in place a process for resolving these cases, and about 45% resulted in the children being returned, according to a report by the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
Many countries have signed the treaty, but it isn’t in effect between the United States and Russia, which makes getting a child returned very difficult, said Melissa Kucinski, a Washington-based attorney who specializes in these cases.
“With the child now sitting in Russia, my expectation is the father’s California custody order will probably mean very little,” Kucinski said.
Quintana, 35, has been trying for more than a year to get his son back through the treaty process with Ukraine, since a California judge ordered that the boy should be returned to him. Quintana traveled to Ukraine, hired a lawyer and said he got Aslanova to agree to let him bring the boy to California. But he said her mother opposed and filed a complaint with police, which stopped him from doing so.
Then, a critical court hearing in February was delayed to March and put off again because of the war.
Since then, Ukraine has said it won’t be able to uphold its treaty commitments during the war, according to the U.S. State Department’s website. The U.S. embassy in Kyiv is closed, though the State Department said it can assist Americans with consular services once they reach another country.
In Russia, the U.S. government’s ability to provide routine or emergency services to U.S. citizens is “severely limited,” a department official said.
The war drove Quintana to desperation. He sent money to Aslanova when the invasion began, but communication was cut off as the city of Mariupol fell under siege. When he couldn’t reach his son, Quintana asked Ukrainian officials for permission to travel to the war-torn country to find him. He was planning to buy a plane ticket to Europe when he said the State Department confirmed the boy, Aslanova and her family had escaped to Russia.
Quintana said he spoke with Aslanova after she got out of Mariupol. He said she was considering coming back to California but was reluctant because she faces criminal charges for child abduction and also for driving under the influence in a case that prompted Quintana to seek the custody order in 2020.
“She is worried about jail,” he said. “Why does my son have to suffer because of her?”
Noelle Hunter, co-founder of the iStand Parent Network, said a voluntary agreement is typically the best option in these cases. She said Quintana has asked the district attorney’s office to drop the abduction charge if Aslanova returns, but prosecutors have not committed to doing so. State Department officials have offered to expedite documents should Aslanova leave Russia and take the child to another country, she said.
“We can’t just kind of sit on our hands,” said Hunter, whose organization supports parents whose children were taken overseas. “We have to be ready.”
The Orange County district attorney’s office declined to discuss the case.
Quintana and Aslanova were in the process of divorcing when she was arrested for investigation of driving under the influence, according to a letter from Orange County prosecutors to Ukrainian officials.
Quintana was granted a custody order and allowed Aslanova to visit the boy at his home in December 2020. While he was sleeping, she took him to the airport and boarded a flight to Turkey then another to Ukraine, he said. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/from-ukraine-to-russia-boy-safer-but-not-closer-to-us-dad/ | 2022-04-22T21:52:00Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: AWF), a registered closed‑end investment company, today announced earnings for the first quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Total net assets of the Fund on June 30, 2022 were $903,758,607 as compared with $1,036,685,870 on March 31, 2022 and $1,128,170,999 on June 30, 2021. On June 30, 2022, the net asset value per share was $10.48 based on 86,229,677 shares of common stock outstanding.
For the period April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, total net investment income was $14,144,937 or $0.16 per share. The total net realized and unrealized loss was $(130,128,069) or $(1.51) per share for the same period.
AllianceBernstein Global High Income Fund, Inc. is managed by AllianceBernstein L.P.
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ISTANBUL, July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Arçelik, the global household appliance manufacturer, expanded the coverage of its WE-inTech programme works to ensure gender equality in technology and innovation, and welcomed its first cohort of students to its inaugural WE-inTech programme from Turkey, Romania, South Africa and Pakistan.
Arçelik officially welcomed 45 women to a year-long programme to empower and support their career progression in the STEM industry. The programme kicked off with a three-day workshop, focusing on guided coaching to prepare women for a career in various STEM areas, providing access to industry experts for insight and mentorship, and supporting participants' professional development in technology and innovation. The scheme is being delivered together with Arçelik's subsidiary companies Arctic (Romania), Dawlance (Pakistan) and Defy (South Africa).
Earlier this year, Arçelik, along with other Koç Group companies renewed its commitment to gender equality in technology and innovation and announced ambitious goals to increase the number of women working in STEM areas. Arçelik has been supporting women's empowerment in STEM through the 'We-inTech' programme, which has been running locally in Turkey as 'You are an Engineer, You are with Us' since 2019. As part of its Action Coalition commitments, Arçelik expanded the programme's coverage to reach out to young women engineers in Romania, Pakistan and South Africa.
Nihat Bayız, Chief Production & Technology Officer of Arçelik, commented: "Arçelik is committed to empowering women in technology and innovation. Our We-inTech programme supports women currently pursuing an education in STEM, to not only support the career development but also to ensure their full and effective participation in their related educational background."
Additionally, he said: "We share a collective vision to driving real change when it comes to gender equality in the STEM field which is a man-dominated area. It is in service of this vision that we have become a supporter of the Action Coalition platform and committed to advancing gender equality in the fields of technology and innovation, in cooperation with the UN Women's Generation Equality Forum. We know that we have to offer a programme not only supports their education but opens a field to ensure their career start. Following the positive impact, we decided to expand our 3 years old programme, thus, we aim to reach out to young women engineers globally starting with Romania, Pakistan and South Africa. We believe that our leading brands in these countries will help us to support the career progression of young women in STEM."
The WE-inTech programme is aimed at women who are currently in their third or final year of undergraduate studies in STEM areas. The programme structure consists of three full days of workshops, mentoring sessions, and networking events.
During these three days, attendees met industry experts and researchers from all over the world, as well as teams from Arçelik, Arctic, Defy and Dawlance. During the one-year program, participants will also be able to work on ongoing projects, in addition to receiving technical and career development training, mentorship and support within the scope of their mentorship program.
For more information, please visit: We-inTech.
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About Arçelik
With over 40,000 employees throughout the world, Arçelik's global operations include subsidiaries in 52 countries, and 28 production facilities in 9 countries and 12 brands (Arçelik, Beko, Grundig, Blomberg, ElektraBregenz, Arctic, Leisure, Flavel, Defy, Altus, Dawlance, Voltas Beko). As Europe's second-largest white goods company by market share (based on volumes), Arçelik reached a consolidated turnover of 6.5 billion Euros in 2021. Arçelik's 28 R&D and Design Centers & Offices across the globe, are home to over 2,200 researchers and hold more than 3,000 international patent applications to date. In 2021, Arçelik achieved the highest score in the DHP Household Durables category for the 3rd year in a row in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index of the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment. Through its leadership position in sustainability and credible decarbonization roadmap for achieving net zero, Arçelik became the first and only company from its industry to receive the Terra Carta Seal by HRH Prince of Wales. Arçelik's mission is 'Respecting the World, Respected Worldwide.'
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WPBeginner Growth Fund, the leading investment fund focused on WordPress businesses, is pleased to announce that it has acquired an investment stake in India-based WooFunnels, a popular sales funnel builder & marketing automation platform for WooCommerce.
Over 18,000+ eCommerce website owners use WooFunnels to capture more leads, increase average order value, do timely follow-ups with customers, and add other eCommerce automation features that are proven to boost revenue.
"The decision to invest in WooFunnels was a no-brainer. It's a must have tool for all eCommerce websites because it helps you increase profits without increasing traffic or ad spending," said Syed Balkhi, Founder and CEO of WPBeginner & Awesome Motive.
Over 19 million websites use Awesome Motive growth tools including OptinMonster, WPForms, MonsterInsights, AIOSEO, and others. WPBeginner Growth Fund's investment in WooFunnels will help unlock strategic synergy across the portfolio and further Balkhi's mission of helping small businesses grow & compete with the big guys through superior growth tools and training.
"We're excited to be a part of WPBeginner Growth Fund family and to work with Syed as he joins our board," said Daman Jeet Singh, co-founder and CEO of WooFunnels. "WPBeginner has a strong history of helping top-tier WordPress product companies accelerate their business to achieve their full potential. We believe this is a huge opportunity, and we're very pleased to add a partner that can go the distance with us."
WooFunnels has other products including the marketing automation software, Autonami, and a suite of conversion tools on XLPlugins, all of which are part of the investment deal.
About WPBeginner Growth Fund
WPBeginner Growth Fund is a leading investment fund focused on WordPress businesses. Created by Syed Balkhi, founder & chief blogger at WPBeginner, the fund's portfolio boasts an impressive list of WordPress companies including MemberPress, Pretty Links, Formidable Forms, Uncanny Automator, Wholesale Suite, and more. WPBeginner is one of the largest free WordPress resource sites for beginners. Learn more about WPBeginner Growth Fund at wpbeginner.com
About WooFunnels
WooFunnels was launched in 2018 to help store owners easily create high-converting checkouts, add order bumps, and one-click upsells. Today it has become a powerful sales funnel builder & marketing automation tool used by 18,000+ smart eCommerce website owners to capture more leads, increase order value, do timely follow-ups with customers, and add other eCommerce automation features that are proven to boost your revenue. Learn more about WooFunnels at buildwoofunnels.com
About Awesome Motive
Awesome Motive is a technology holding company behind popular web apps and growth tools like AIOSEO, OptinMonster, MonsterInsights, WPForms, and over a dozen others. Over 19 million websites use Awesome Motive tools to get more traffic, subscribers, and sales. Learn more about Awesome Motive at awesomemotive.com.
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