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BUFFALO, N.Y., Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Through an industry-defining partnership established in early 2022, Circuit Clinical and Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, have successfully certified Circuit's team members on Medidata's DCT (Decentralized Clinical Trial) and Rave EDC (Electronic Data Capture) technology, bringing a holistic understanding of the combined value-stack this partnership provides. Medidata's technology and Circuit's national footprint of team members, along with traditional & hybrid care sites, creates a high-touch, high-tech solution that allows for expedited study-startup timelines, better insights, and patient-provider communications through a unified onboarding process for all newly awarded clinical trials.
"The work of the partnership between Circuit and Medidata has been focused on this internal milestone as we merge our research network and skilled individuals of every specialty with the industry's best-in-class technology platform," says Dana Edwards, Chief Commercial Offer at Circuit Clinical. "This partnership enables the integration and standardization of Circuit Clinical sites with Medidata's Rave and Patient Cloud technologies, which will expedite study start-up timelines within the Circuit Clinical Network."
Kelly McKee, Vice President, Patient Registries and Recruitment at Medidata, stated, "We are excited to have all Circuit Clinical staff trained on Medidata's platforms to further our partnership and support our expansion of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs). These certifications help provide the means to transform the way sponsors and sites conduct clinical trials, facilitate expedited study start-up, and, most important, reduce the burden and improve the clinical trial experience for patients."
Team members who completed the training will receive a series of custom badges to celebrate the individual and collective milestone and alert industry partners to a new knowledge base.
To learn more about this strategic partnership between Circuit and Medidata, click here. If you are interested in joining as a Circuit Clinical Conductor, please look through our open positions and contact us.
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Top three winners earn a combined $50,000 in awards.
PHOENIX, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Technical Institute (UTI) has awarded tuition grants to three female students planning to pursue a STEM education and career after they graduate high school. All three applied through a grant program sponsored by UTI and IGNITE Worldwide, a non-profit organization working to change gender and racial equity in STEM. The students earned a combined $50,000 in total grants to cover a significant portion of their future UTI tuition.
Grant applicants were asked to describe a time in their lives when they tried a new, difficult activity that helped them gain more self-confidence. First place winner Katherine West of Clarkson, Mich., earned a $25,000 scholarship grant by describing her experience enrolling in the Collision and Repair program at Oakland Schools Technical Campus in Clarkston, Mich. West said she had to face the fear of beginning a new course and knowing she would be one of the few female students in the program.
"I was terrified initially because I didn't know anything about cars, and I was aware of the stigma surrounding women in a male-dominated industry," said West. "Then, I found out I was not the only girl in my class, and as the class went on, things started clicking."
Liberty Bowman of Stevens Point, Wis., placed second, earning a $15,000 scholarship grant. Bowman's essay recounts her experience trying rugby for the first time, despite knowing nothing about it and receiving a fair amount of doubt from friends and family.
"Although these comments made me have doubts about myself, I didn't let them stop me," Bowman said. "Despite all the fears and negativity, I went for it. After the first few practices, I was told I needed to play more aggressively. So, each day, I tried to work on it more."
Third place winner Denia Gomez from Deerfield Beach, Fla., shared how learning a new instrument, typically played by male students in her school's marching band, taught her the importance of pursuing difficult skills. Gomez believes there was a lesson in her experience she would've passed on to her younger self.
"I would definitely tell my younger self to do whatever makes you happy, no matter what gender norms tell you. The best thing about difficult tasks is that you will gain a lot of experience and grow to be a strong, young woman the more you put yourself out there and do the things most people wouldn't imagine a girl doing," said Gomez.
In addition to scholarship grants, UTI's support of IGNITE Worldwide also includes facilitating on-campus and virtual conferences that give female students across the country the opportunity to hear from women who are paving the way in the skilled trades.
"On behalf of UTI, I want to congratulate the winners and thank all the participants who shared important moments in their lives that led to their personal growth," said UTI CEO Jerome Grant. "We look forward to welcoming these motivated students to our campuses after high school, where they will see the steps we are taking to diversify our student body and, ultimately, the transportation industry. Our employer partners look to us to help meet their need for skilled workers, and we know that a diverse workforce benefits those employers as well as the economy."
West and Bowman plan to attend the UTI-Lisle campus near Chicago. Gomez has chosen to stay in her home state by attending UTI-Orlando.
Founded in 1965 and headquartered in Phoenix, Universal Technical Institute's (NYSE: UTI) mission is to serve our students, partners, and communities by providing quality education and support services for in-demand careers. Approximately 250,000 students have graduated from one of UTI's 16 campuses located across Arizona, California, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Texas. UTI's campuses are accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges (ACCSC), while its employer-aligned technical training programs are offered under four brands: Universal Technical Institute, Motorcycle Mechanics Institute / Marine Mechanics Institute, NASCAR Technical Institute, and MIAT College of Technology. For more information and a complete list of all programs offered, please visit www.uti.edu or follow on LinkedIn @UniversalTechnicalInstitute and on Twitter @news_UTI.
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Court ruling extends uneven treatment for asylum-seekers
EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — As the sun set over the Rio Grande, about 120 Cubans, Colombians and Venezuelans who waded through waist-deep water stepped into Border Patrol vehicles, soon to be released in the United States to pursue their immigration cases.
Across the border in the Mexican town of Piedras Negras, Honduran families banded together in a section of downtown with cracked sidewalks, narrow streets and few people, unsure where to spend the night because city’s only shelter was full.
The opposite fortunes illustrate the dual nature of U.S. border enforcement under pandemic rules, known as Title 42 and named for a 1944 public health law. President Joe Biden wanted to end those rules Monday, but a federal judge in Louisiana issued a nationwide injunction that keeps them intact.
The U.S. government has expelled migrants more than 1.9 million times under Title 42, denying them a chance to seek asylum as permitted under U.S. law and international treaty for purposes of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
But Title 42 is not applied evenly across nationalities. For example, Mexico agrees to take back migrants from Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Mexico. For other nationalities, however, high costs, poor diplomatic relations and other considerations make it difficult for the U.S. to fly migrants to their home countries under Title 42. Instead, they are typically freed in the U.S. to seek asylum or other forms of legal status.
Hondurans in Piedras Negras ask Cubans arriving at the bus station for money, knowing Cubans will have no use for pesos because they will go directly across the border. While Mexico agreed in April to take some Cubans and Nicaraguans expelled under Title 42, the vast majority are released in the U.S.
“It was in an out,” Javier Fuentes, 20, said of his one-night stay in a rented house in Piedras Negras. On Sunday morning, he and two other Cuban men walked across the Rio Grande and on a paved road for about an hour until they found a Border Patrol vehicle in Eagle Pass, a Texas town of 25,000 people where migrants cross the river to the edge of a public golf course.
Overnight rains had raised water to about neck-level for most adults, a possible explanation for the absence of groups numbering in the dozens, even over 100, that frequent the area many days.
“Slow start to the morning,” a Border Patrol agent said as he greeted Texas National Guard troops watching four Peruvians, including a 7-month-old boy who crossed with his parents after several days crammed into a rented room in Piedras Negras with 17 migrants.
As the water dropped again to waist-level, about three dozen migrants gathered at a riverfront public park that also drew local residents in Piedras Negras, which considers itself the birthplace of nachos. Infants and young children joined a largely Honduran crowd to cross. One Honduran woman was eight months’ pregnant in obvious pain.
Eagle Pass, a sprawling town of warehouses and decaying houses that many major retailers have overlooked, is one of the busiest spots in the Border Patrol’s Del Rio sector, which includes about 250 miles (400 km) of sparsely populated riverfront. Last year, about 15,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, assembled in nearby Del Rio, which isn’t much larger than Eagle Pass. Grain fields are about all that separates either town from San Antonio, about a three-hour drive to the east.
The relative ease of crossing — migrants walk across the river within a few minutes, often without paying a smuggler — and a perception that it is relatively safe on the Mexican side has made the remote region a major migration route.
Texas’ Rio Grande Valley has long been the busiest of nine Border Patrol sectors on the Mexican border, but Del Rio has surged to a close second this year. Yuma, Arizona, another spot known for relative safety and ease of crossing, has jumped to third-busiest.
Del Rio and Yuma rank sixth and seventh in the number of agents among the nine sectors, a reflection of how Border Patrol staffing has long lagged shifts in migration flows.
Other parts of the border are less patrolled than Del Rio, a plus for migrants trying to elude capture, but are more rugged and remote, said Jon Anfinsen, president of the National Border Patrol Council’s Del Rio sector chapter.
Anfinsen calls the Del Rio sector “sort of a happy medium” for migrants seeking to balance the appeal of remote areas with safety.
Cristian Salgado, who sleeps on streets of Piedras Negras with his wife and 5-year-old son after fleeing Honduras, said the Mexican border town is “one of the few places where you can more or less live in peace.”
But his excitement about the Biden administration’s plans to lift Title 42 on Monday evaporated with the judge’s ruling. “Now there is no hope,” he said.
Hondurans were stopped nearly 16,000 times on the border in April, with slightly more than half resulting in expulsion under Title 42. The rest could seek asylum in the U.S. if they expressed fear of returning home.
But Cubans fared far better. They were stopped more than 35,000 times in April, and only 451, or barely 1%, were processed under Title 42.
“Cubans get in automatically,” said Joel Gonzalez, 34, of Honduras, who tried eluding agents for three days in Eagle Pass before getting caught and expelled. Agents told him asylum the U.S. was no longer available.
Isis Peña, 45, had turned down an offer from a fellow Honduran woman to cross the river. The woman called from San Antonio, saying she was freed without even being asked if she wanted to claim asylum. The woman now lives in New York.
Peña tried crossing herself the next day, an experience she doesn’t want to repeat for fear of drowning. After about four hours in custody, an agent told her, “There is no asylum for Honduras.”
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AllianceBernstein L.P. ("AB") and AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. ("AB Holding") (NYSE: AB) today announced that preliminary assets under management decreased to $647 billion during June 2022 from $687 billion at the end of May. The 6% decrease was primarily attributed to negative markets, coupled with modest firm-wide net outflows. By channel, net inflows to Private Wealth were offset by net outflows from Retail and Institutions. June month-end AUM reflected $0.5 billion of outflows resulting from AXA S.A's ongoing redemption of certain low-fee fixed income mandates, of which approximately $4.0 billion remains outstanding and is expected to be redeemed by year-end. Excluding these AXA outflows, Institutional net flows were positive for the month of June.
Certain statements provided by management in this news release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The most significant of these factors include, but are not limited to, the following: the performance of financial markets, the investment performance of sponsored investment products and separately-managed accounts, general economic conditions, industry trends, future acquisitions, integration of acquired companies, competitive conditions, and government regulations, including changes in tax regulations and rates and the manner in which the earnings of publicly-traded partnerships are taxed. AB cautions readers to carefully consider such factors. Further, such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statements are made; AB undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of such statements. For further information regarding these forward-looking statements and the factors that could cause actual results to differ, see "Risk Factors" and "Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" in AB's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 or form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. Any or all of the forward-looking statements made in this news release, Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, other documents AB files with or furnishes to the SEC and any other public statements issued by AB, may turn out to be wrong. It is important to remember that other factors besides those listed in "Risk Factors" and "Cautions Regarding Forward-Looking Statements", and those listed above, could also adversely affect AB's financial condition, results of operations and business prospects.
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As of June 30, 2022, including both the general partnership and limited partnership interests in AllianceBernstein, AllianceBernstein Holding owned approximately 35.7% of AllianceBernstein and Equitable Holdings, Inc. ("EQH"), directly and through various subsidiaries, owned an approximate 65.0% economic interest in AllianceBernstein.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. (OTCMKTS: CMGR) ("CMGR"), an influencer-based social media firm and digital talent management agency, today announced Whitney Johns, fitness and cover model, has joined the HoneyDrip.com platform. Honeydrip.com is a digital platform designed and owned by Clubhouse Media Group with a focus on the empowerment of creators. The site allows creators to connect with fans and sell exclusive photo and video content.
"I love Whitney's passion and energy" said Danche Prokopov, General Manager of HoneyDrip.com. "HoneyDrip allows our creators to post their most exclusive content and interact directly with their fans. The site empowers the creators to express themselves without the negative stigma associated with some of our competitors, such as OnlyFans."
Whitney Johns is a fitness and print cover model. She has been featured in Forbes, Muscle and Fitness, and Muscle and Fitness Hers magazines. In 2022 alone she graced the covers of Strong Fitness Magazine (June) and Vitality Magazine (May). She is also a two-time winner of "Physique of the Year" by Fitness Gurls magazine. Whitney is not only a model, but an entrepreneur. She's created Whitney Johns Nutrition which is a line of naturally derived, non-GMO, and gluten-free health supplements.
"I'm very excited to join this platform" said Johns. "HoneyDrip.com seems to be doing so much for their creators and subscribers. They are elevating the exclusive content game!"
Follow Whitney on Instagram @whitneyjohns
CMGR offers management, production, and deal-making services to its handpicked influencers, a management division for individual influencer clients, and an investment arm for joint ventures and acquisitions for companies in the social media influencer space.
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Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements relating to future sales, earnings, cash flows, results of operations, uses of cash and other measures of financial performance.
Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause CMGR's actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others such as, but not limited to economic conditions, changes in the laws or regulations, demand for CMGR's products and services, the effects of competition and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or represented in the forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking information provided in this release should be considered with these factors in mind. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this press release.
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Which Nike sports bra is best?
The right sports bra helps people exercise in comfort, reducing back and chest pain. Nike sports bras are well-made and offer different support levels so that you can choose according to your activity.
An ideal bra offers the right amount of support while still being comfortable to wear. The Nike Victory Compression Sports Bra is a versatile medium-support choice that suits most wearers and activities.
What to know before you buy a Nike sports bra
Support
Nike sports bras come in three support levels: low, medium and high. Which is the right choice depends on the type of activity, the size of your chest and how supported you like to feel while you exercise.
- Low support: These offer slightly more support than the average bralette, giving you comfort and flexibility. They’re great for walking and gentle activities, such as yoga and Pilates. You can also wear them for strength training, which isn’t gentle but doesn’t call for moving in a way that requires extra chest support.
- Medium support: They’re perfect for activities such as dancing, cycling and golf, thanks to there being more support than low-support options while also not being too restrictive. Some people with smaller chests also find them supportive enough for high-impact activities.
- High support: These bras fit extra-snugly to provide ample support for high-impact activities, such as running or playing soccer. Some people with larger chests find high support bras more comfortable for medium-impact activities, as well.
Construction
Sports bras are further divided into compression and encapsulated versions.
- Compression: As the name suggests, these bras offer support by compressing the breasts. They usually have pull-on designs and are fairly tight-fitting to provide the right degree of support. Most compression versions are suited to low-impact or medium-impact activity.
- Encapsulated: These have individual cups that encapsulate each breast. As such, they provide support for the chest in all directions. They’re great for high-impact activity and for people with larger chests.
Size
You can find Nike bras in sizes from X-small to 3X-large or 4X-large. However, not all bras are available in all sizes and you’ll need to look to the plus-size range to find the largest options.
If you’re used to buying bras using a standard size with a band and cup measurement, you might wonder which size fits you. The easy way to find out is by looking at Nike’s sizing chart. As long as you know your bra size, you can quickly find the right sports bra size.
What to look for in a quality Nike sports bra
Padding
Some bras from Nike have padding, and some don’t. Whether or not you want it is largely a matter of preference as it doesn’t affect how the bra performs. In most cases, the padding is removable, so you can take it out whenever you want.
Dri-FIT
Nike’s “Dri-FIT” fabric has moisture-wicking properties to help you exercise more comfortably.
Zipper front
You can find some versions that fasten with a zipper down the front. They’re easier for some people to get on and off than pull-on bras or those that fasten with a snap at the back.
How much you can expect to spend on a Nike sports bra
Depending on the style, support and design, they can cost anywhere from $15-$75.
Nike sports bra FAQ
Are Nike sports bras supposed to be tight?
A. They should feel snug but not uncomfortably tight. A too-tight sports bra can restrict your breathing and range of motion, while one that’s too loose won’t offer adequate support.
A well-fitting sports bra should have a band that stays put when you lift your arms but doesn’t constrict your breathing. The straps should be tight enough to offer support, but you should be able to fit two fingers between them and your skin. If any chest tissue spills out over the top of the cups, your bra is likely too small.
Do Nike sports bras stretch out?
A. As long as you wash them correctly, they shouldn’t stretch or shrink to any noticeable degree. Therefore, buy a bra that fits correctly straight out of the package. You should not buy one that’s too small for you, even if you assume that it will stretch.
What’s the best Nike sports bra to buy?
Top Nike sports bra
Nike Victory Compression Sports Bra
What you need to know: Offering medium support with a racerback, it’s a versatile choice for various sporting activities.
What you’ll love: It comes in a good range of sizes from X-small to 3X-large. You can choose from 13 colors, including black, gray and vivid pink. It’s designed to wick sweat away from the skin.
What you should consider: The material takes a while to dry.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top Nike sports bra for the money
What you need to know: This light support sports bra is great for a gentle activity or everyday wear as a bralette.
What you’ll love: It’s made from Dri-FIT fabric to wick away sweat and has a mesh back for ventilation. The padding in each cup is removable, so you can easily take it out if you prefer.
What you should consider: Some buyers find it small, so check the sizing chart before ordering.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: This medium support bra has a simple design with the iconic Nike swoosh on the front.
What you’ll love: The longline style is great for tall people, gives a smooth silhouette under clothes and provides slightly more coverage when worn as a top. You can choose from three colors: black, gray and white.
What you should consider: The band can roll up if you don’t get the sizing just right.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumigo, the modern cloud application observability platform, announced today the addition of Lee Leibovich as VP of People. Lee will lead the expansion of Lumigo's team as the company rapidly scales its R&D, Marketing and sales efforts. This follows Lumigo's announcement last month that the platform now supports observability of container and Kubernetes based applications in addition to serverless.
Lee Leibovich has nearly two decades of experience in global HR management, including organizational development, recruitment, leading and executing strategic processes, as well as establishing employee retention and training programs. She has a proven ability to build robust development strategies for rapidly growing organizations.
Before her appointment as VP of People at Lumigo, Lee worked at Cellebrite as HR Director for EMEA and APAC. She was responsible for designing and implementing human resources strategy, leading organizational change, management development, and building new teams to support business goals. Prior to Cellebrite, Lee was the R&D HR business partner in Check Point.
"Lumigo has built an exceptional engineering culture, with a team from diverse backgrounds who are united by their passion for solving tough technical problems for developers," Leibovich said. "As the company expands its product offering to address the needs of a larger swath of cloud application developers, we'll continue to grow the team while doubling down on building out a broad range of deep technical expertise. I'm excited to join such a passionate and talented team, and I'm looking forward to the rapid growth to come."
"Lee has an incredible ability to quickly scale teams while maintaining a high standard of professionalism and expertise," said Erez Berkner, co-founder and CEO of Lumigo. "She has a proven track record of growing an organization, forming new departments and building winning executive teams. My co-founder Aviad Mor and I had the pleasure of working together with Lee at Check Point and have seen firsthand her knack for attracting highly talented individuals, helping them integrate into cohesive teams, and maintaining passion and motivation in the long term. Lee's skills and experience will be a huge asset to Lumigo as we expand our product and grow our user base, improving the visibility of modern cloud applications for every developer."
About Lumigo:
Lumigo is an observability platform for modern cloud applications that uses automated distributed tracing to allow developers to quickly navigate to the root cause of issues with visual debugging, resolve performance bottlenecks with a clear breakdown of each component's execution duration, and receive notifications on issues before they impact the business with smart alerts. Lumigo specializes in connecting the dots to present an end-to-end view across the full spectrum of modern cloud services, including Amazon DynamoDB, API Gateway, Step Functions, Lambda, Fargate, ECS, EventBridge, S3, Kinesys, and many more. The platform is used by hundreds of leading companies, including Medtronic, Sonos and Vimeo. Lumigo has raised $37 million in funding to date.
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Test ride Addmotor's newest electric bikes, browse e-bikes and accessories, and schedule service and support.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Addmotor, which offers a wide selection of electric bikes and trikes in stock for shipment, celebrated the grand opening of its new showroom expansion in Florida in August 2022. The new showroom allows Addmotor to pick, pack, and ship packages to customers in more than ten states around the USA, which includes Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, etc. Customers from these states can receive their e-bikes within 1-3 days after placing the order online.
Debuting Addmotor Florida Showroom
With the steady growth and operation of the first showroom established in California in 2018, the opening of the Florida showroom comes at a time of record growth for the company - Addmotor boasts rapid growth rates in the first and second quarters of 2022. Additionally, new e-bikes and e-trikes will be launched in the fourth quarter. This new showroom & warehouse expansion will greatly shorten the delivery time to many customers living in the eastern parts of the country and provide opportunities for future growth.
The new showroom is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It features multiple common work areas and reception rooms with oversized windows for optimal natural sunlight, as well as a maintenance area that provides after-sale service and support to Addriders. Not only that but there is a spacious place in front of the building for employees to take their breaks and relax.
What can people expect from the showroom?
Sales: Shop Addmotor's full product lineup of electric bikes, electric trikes accessories, replacement parts, and merch.
Coming Test Rides: Passionate Addmotor staff put their hearts into helping customers find the perfect electric bike and provide tips on how to get the most out of it for many years to come. They will guide customers in learning how to operate and use the e-bike. Addmotor will start test ride service soon. If customers are new to e-bike cycling and have no idea on how to choose the right e-bike, just go for a test ride.
Service & Support: Addmotor's professional mechanical team will assist Addriders in troubleshooting and diagnosing any problems that they may have with their e-bikes. This service will be improved in the fourth quarter.
To know the specific location of the Florida Showroom, please visit Addmotor's website.
About Addmotor
Addmotor is a fast-growing USA-based electric bike and trike company. Focusing on providing stylish, long-lasting, and efficient electric bicycles and tricycles for commuting and recreation for more than ten years, Addmotor's e-bikes are sold directly to customers online. Additional information can be found at Addmotor.com and on Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram.
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NEW YORK, May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Oscar Health, Inc. (NYSE: OSCR) pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and prospectus (collectively, the "Registration Statement") issued in connection with the Company's March 2021 initial public offering ("IPO" or the "Offering"), of the important July 11, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
SO WHAT: If you purchased Oscar 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 Oscar class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6200 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 11, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.
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DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, the Registration Statement was materially false and misleading and omitted to state that: (1) Oscar was experiencing growing COVID-19 testing and treatment costs; (2) Oscar was experiencing growing net COVID-19 costs; (3) Oscar would be negatively impacted by an unfavorable prior year Risk Adjustment Data Validation (RADV) result relating to 2019 and 2020; (4) Oscar was on track to be negatively impacted by significant Special Enrollment Period (SEP) membership growth; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about Oscar's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pomerantz LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Enochian Biosciences Inc. ("Enochian" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ENOB) and certain of its officers and directors. The class action, filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, and docketed under 22-cv-01374, is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired Enochian securities between September 24, 2020 and May 31, 2022, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants' violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.
If you are a shareholder who purchased or otherwise acquired Enochian securities during the Class Period, you have until September 26, 2022 to ask the Court to appoint you as Lead Plaintiff for the class. A copy of the Complaint can be obtained at www.pomerantzlaw.com. To discuss this action, contact Robert S. Willoughby at newaction@pomlaw.com or 888.476.6529 (or 888.4-POMLAW), toll-free, Ext. 7980. Those who inquire by e-mail are encouraged to include their mailing address, telephone number, and the number of shares purchased.
Enochian is a pre-clinical stage biotechnology company that purportedly researches and develops pharmaceutical and biological products for the human treatment of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, influenza and coronavirus infections, and cancer.
Enochian and its top management have credited Serhat Gumrukcu ("Gumrukcu"), Enochian's co-founder and largest shareholder, as a "genius" and the "inventor" of the technology and science behind the Company's product pipeline.
Enochian has multiple consulting and licensing agreements with G-Tech Bio, LLC, a California limited liability company ("G-Tech"), and G Health Research Foundation, a not-for-profit entity organized under the laws of California doing business as Seraph Research Institute ("SRI"), both of which are controlled by Gumrukcu.
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Gumrukcu was not a licensed doctor and had no verifiable degrees beyond high school; (ii) accordingly, the scientific and technological underpinnings of Enochian's product pipeline, purportedly invented by Gumrukcu, were dubious at best; (iii) accordingly, the Defendants had significantly overstated the commercial prospects for the Company's product pipeline; (iv) Enochian's senior leadership knew Gumrukcu had a criminal history that included fraud; (v) accordingly, Enochian's reliance on Gumrukcu, and its consulting and licensing agreements with G-Tech and SRI, subjected the Company to a heightened risk of reputational and financial harm, as well as threatened the integrity of the Company's scientific findings; and (vi) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
On May 25, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Gumrukcu had been arrested and charged in a murder-for-hire conspiracy.
On this news, Enochian's stock price fell $2.17 per share, or 36.97%, to close at $3.70 per share on May 25, 2022.
Then, on June 1, 2022, Hindenburg Research ("Hindenburg") published a report on Enochian entitled "Miracle Cures and Murder For Hire: How A Spoon-Bending Turkish Magician Built A $600 Million Nasdaq-Listed Scam Based On A Lifetime Of Lies" (the "Hindenburg Report"). The Hindenburg Report noted that the individual in whose murder Gumrukcu was implicated, Gregory Davis, "was murdered . . . just 19 days before Gumrukcu was scheduled to appear in court to defend himself against felony fraud allegations related to a 2016 deal with Davis" and that "[f]ederal prosecutors argued that the prospective merger deal that eventually resulted in Enochian going public served as a key motive for the murder." The Hindenburg Report also stated that "[u]nbeknownst to investors (but known to Enochian's senior leadership) Gumrukcu's latest arrest for a murder conspiracy is simply the most recent in a string of alleged crimes by Gumrukcu," who "was arrested based on accusations of falsely posing as a doctor" in his native Turkey in 2012 and "[i]n February 2017, Gumrukcu was arrested by authorities after the State of California accused him of a slew of white-collar crimes, including fraud, identity theft, and check kiting – a total of 14 felonies." The Hindenburg Report further stated that "[w]e have been unable to find any jurisdiction in which Gumrukcu is licensed as a medical doctor" and that "Gumrukcu looks to have purchased a fake Russian medical degree on the black market[.]"
On this news, Enochian's stock price fell $1.495 per share, or 28.42%, to close at $3.765 per share on June 1, 2022.
Pomerantz LLP, with offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Paris, and Tel Aviv, is acknowledged as one of the premier firms in the areas of corporate, securities, and antitrust class litigation. Founded by the late Abraham L. Pomerantz, known as the dean of the class action bar, Pomerantz pioneered the field of securities class actions. Today, more than 85 years later, Pomerantz continues in the tradition he established, fighting for the rights of the victims of securities fraud, breaches of fiduciary duty, and corporate misconduct. The Firm has recovered numerous multimillion-dollar damages awards on behalf of class members. See www.pomlaw.com
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Donors can now invest a portion of contributed cryptocurrency donations in their donor-advised fund
AUSTIN, Texas, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ren, North America's leading independent philanthropic solutions provider, and The Giving Block, the leading Crypto Philanthropy platform connecting nonprofits with crypto donors, today announced that they have jointly launched one of the country's first donor-advised funds that allows donors to invest a portion of contributed cryptocurrency.
General availability begins today and is highlighted in The Giving Block booth (#529)s at Consensus 2022, the world's biggest and longest-running crypto festival, held June 9-12 this year at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas.
Until today, donor-advised funds, which are giving accounts where donors contribute assets and recommend grants to qualified charities, could receive crypto, but the crypto was liquidated upon receipt. Today's announced partnership harnesses The Giving Block's platform, which allows charities to accept crypto, and combines it with a donor-advised fund through Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc. (RCF), a public charity.
"Crypto will play an ever-growing role in the changing philanthropic landscape – and this new donor-advised fund offering, an industry first, stands as a game-changer in the crypto world just as it does for non-profits," said Kelly Palmer, EVP of Strategic Growth Operations at Ren. "We are honored to work with a fellow driver for good such as The Giving Block to bring an entirely new way to not only leave a legacy but recognize an immediate tax deduction. By investing crypto in a donor-advised fund, you can further organize your philanthropy and even recommend grants anonymously while also giving your heirs the ability to make future grant recommendations."
"We're frequently asked by donors and advisors why a donor-advised fund must liquidate the entire gift and if it's possible to maintain a portion of contributed cryptocurrency inside the DAF," said Mike McLean, Head of The Giving Block Institutional. "The cryptocurrency market is maturing and we're seeing more sophistication at both the user base and with crypto product providers such as Ren. With the launch of this new offering for DAF users, we can empower donors and advisors to harness the full power of cryptocurrency to ensure their philanthropic goals are met and the nonprofits they are passionate about supporting can benefit from the growth of the cryptocurrency industry."
Once the donor-advised fund account is established, RCF creates a unique wallet address that is sent to the donor to transfer their crypto assets. Investments of both Bitcoin and Ethereum are currently accepted with the minimum value to open the new donor-advised fund starting at $100,000. Fifteen-percent of the donor-advised fund's value is required to be invested in traditional assets and will be evaluated on a quarterly basis. Therefore, donors can either contribute cash or other traditional assets to their donor-advised fund account alongside their crypto donation. RCF can also convert a portion of the contributed crypto into cash which can then be used to invest in traditional assets within the donor-advised fund. RCF staff work with the donor to help develop a plan to meet the objectives of the donor-advised fund.
For more information on establishing a new donor-advised fund, visit reninc.com/investcrypto.
Today's announcement significantly builds upon the strategic partnership between The Giving Block and Ren, which was announced in September 2021 and began the acceptance of crypto for philanthropic giving at Ren, previously named RenPSG.
Founded in 2018, The Giving Block, a Shift4 company, is turning Crypto Philanthropy into one of the greatest forces for good on the planet by making cryptocurrency fundraising easy for nonprofits while empowering donors to give Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to their favorite causes. The Giving Block currently enables more than 1,000 mission-driven organizations, charities, universities, and faith-based organizations of all sizes to accept cryptocurrency donations and helps them maximize their fundraising outcomes with strategic consulting and personal support. Learn more and discover why cryptocurrency is the fastest growing donation method for Millennial and Gen-Z donors, at www.TheGivingBlock.com.
Ren is a driving force for powering people, ideas, and institutions for good. As a leading independent philanthropic solutions provider in North America, Ren supports more than $20 billion of assets, delivering the expertise, standards, and technology necessary to power growth and scale throughout the philanthropic economy. The country's most elite financial services firms, nonprofit organizations, and community foundations rely on Ren to provide online access for donors, professional advisors, and staff, to manage their planned gifts, including charitable trusts, donor-advised funds, pooled income funds, endowments, and private foundations. Founded in 1987 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Ren holds an SOC 2 Type 1 certification that underscores its commitment to trust, security, compliance, and transparency. Visit www.reninc.com.
Note: It is important to seek advice from your CPA regarding the characterization and tax treatment of any gains or losses before donating virtual currency.
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Grove of giant sequoias threatened by California wildfire
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park was closed Friday and hundreds of people ordered evacuated nearby as a wildfire burning through dense forest became the latest in recent years to threaten the world’s largest trees.
A team was being sent to the Mariposa Grove to wrap some of the massive trunks in fire-resistant foil to protect them as the blaze burned out of control, said Nancy Phillipe, a Yosemite fire information spokesperson.
More than 500 mature sequoias were threatened but there were no reports of severe damage to any named trees, such as the 3,000-year-old Grizzly Giant.
The cause of the fire was under investigation and the rest of the park remained open as nearly 300 firefighters tried to control the flames with the help of two water-dropping helicopters and an air tanker dumping flame retardant, Phillipe said.
The giant sequoias, native in only about 70 groves spread along the western slope of California’s Sierra Nevada range, were once considered impervious to flames but have become increasingly vulnerable as wildfires fueled by a buildup of undergrowth from a century of fire suppression and drought exacerbated by climate change have become more intense and destructive.
Lightning-sparked wildfires over the past two years have killed up to a fifth of the estimated 75,000 large sequoias, which are the biggest trees by volume.
There was no obvious natural spark for the fire that broke out Thursday next to the park’s Washburn Trail, Phillipe said. Smoke was reported by visitors walking in the grove that reopened in 2018 after a $40 million renovation that took three years.
The grove, which is inside the park’s southern entrance, was evacuated and no one was injured.
The fire had grown to 466 acres (188 hectares) by Friday evening, authorities said.
Evacuation orders were issued Friday for the grove along with the nearby community of Wawona — which is surrounded by the park — and the Wawona Campground, where about 600 to 700 people were staying in a campground, cabins and an historic hotel.
A fierce windstorm ripped through the grove a year-and-a-half ago and toppled 15 giant sequoias, along with countless other trees.
The downed trees, along with massive numbers of pines killed by bark beetles, provided ample fuel for the flames, but winds Friday were calm and the fire was not spreading rapidly.
The park has used prescribed burns to clear brush around the sequoias, which helps protect them if flames spread farther into the grove.
“When the unwanted fires hit those areas, it tends to slow the rate of spread and helps us gain some control,” Phillipe said.
In the Sierra foothills, 80 miles (128 kilometers) to the northwest of the Yosemite fire, some evacuation orders were lifted as containment grew to 70% on the Electra Fire that had burned 7 square miles (18 square kilometers).
The fire broke out near Jackson on Monday and temporarily forced about 100 people celebrating the July 4th holiday along a river to seek shelter in a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. facility.
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The travel photo project that aims to change the meaning of ‘all-inclusive’
Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN
Some of the world’s most innovative artists and photographers have teamed up with a cruise line in a bid to help change the face of travel marketing.
Celebrity Cruises has simultaneously launched a new campaign featuring images by the likes of Annie Leibovitz, and the world’s first free to use, “open source” travel image library, with the aim of changing the meaning of “all-inclusive” in the travel industry.
The work of Leibovitz, along with Black LGBTQ artist Naima Green, Jarrad Seng, an Australian photographer and filmmaker of Malaysian-Chinese descent, as well as photographer and triple amputee Giles Duley, is featured in the stunning collection, which is part of the “All-Inclusive Photo Project.”
Stunning collection
Among the standouts are a photograph of author and transgender activist Abby Chava Stein relaxing on board a cruise ship, an image of paralympic basketball player Amy Conroy playing volleyball on the beaches of Spain, and Sikh-American actor and designer Waris Ahluwalia meditating in a cruise ship stateroom.
Celebrity Cruises, owned by Royal Caribbean Group, says it will make many of the images available through its newly launched “diversity focused” travel image library.
“For far too long, ‘all-inclusive’ in the travel industry has meant everything on your vacation is included in one price. We set out to challenge this conventional thinking by imagining the phrase through the lens of others,” says Celebrity Cruises President and CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo.
“What Annie [Leibovitz] and all of the talented artists involved in this project have captured so beautifully, is that for vacations to really live up to the marketing moniker ‘all-inclusive,’ then they should start by using images that are inclusive of all, not just a few.”
‘Diversity focused’
The collection also features disability advocate and model Jillian Mercado, Grammy-nominated musician John Forté, who currently works with at-risk youth, and Sudanese-born domestic violence advocate Esther Onek.
Celebrity Cruises hope to “start a movement,” with the All-Inclusive Photo Project (AIPP) and is calling on travel companies to help to tackle the lack of diversity in travel marketing imagery.
“As global brands, we have a powerful platform to act as a catalyst of positive change. We know we have more work to do and we hope we inspire others to join us on this important journey,” adds Michael Scheiner, Chief Marketing Officer for Celebrity Cruises.
The AIPP comes as the US city of Boston, Massachusetts launches the second phase of its “All Inclusive Boston” campaign, which aims to showcase its diversity, as well as attract a wider range of visitors.
Meanwhile, in 2021, online travel company Orbitz’s launched the “Travel As You Are” campaign aimed at LGBTQ travelers, which encouraged travelers to “see the world on your terms.”
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LAVAL, Quebec, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) ("Bausch Health") will release its second-quarter financial results on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Bausch Health will host a conference call and live web cast at 8:00 a.m. ET to discuss the results and provide a business update. All materials will be made available on the Investor Relations section of the Bausch Health website prior to the start of the call.
Conference Call Details
Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX: BHC) is a global diversified pharmaceutical company whose mission is to improve people's lives with our health care products. We develop, manufacture and market a range of products primarily in gastroenterology, hepatology, neurology, dermatology, international pharmaceuticals and eye health, through our approximately 90% ownership of Bausch + Lomb Corporation. With our leading durable brands, we are delivering on our commitments as we build an innovative company dedicated to advancing global health. For more information, visit www.bauschhealth.com and connect with us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a convenient cooler that can be used to store food and drinks as well as provide a bar-style workstation for picnics, tailgating and camping," said an inventor, from Coquitlam, BC, Canada, "so I invented ANYBAR. My design would be easy to set up, use and transport over sand, gravel, grass and pavement."
The patent-pending invention provides a versatile cooler for storing and transporting food and drinks. It also offers a convenient station for mixing and serving drinks. As a result, it ensures that stored items are chilled and organized and it eliminates the need to find or create a makeshift bar. The invention features a portable and durable design that is easy to use and transport so it is ideal for outdoor enthusiasts. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
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-630, 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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VERNON Calif., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bender CCP, a leading provider of turnkey machining and repair services for engineered rotating equipment, announced today a new 36,000 machining facility in Portland Oregon. The new facility is the next step in Bender CCP's overall strategy to expand capabilities in the Northwest region to serve a growing customer base for machining and repair services across industries such as power generation, ship repair and other industries.
"Demand for our services in the Northwest has continued to grow," said Michael Potter, President and CEO of Bender CCP. "Adding the Portland facility expands our existing customer relationships as well as forges new ones with the same level of expertise and responsiveness that we are known for. We've also added capacity in SoCal with a new ship repair facility, and opened our Kent, WA location last year which allows us to serve customers all along the Pacific seaboard."
Bender CCP's Portland facility and equipment brings the company's total footprint to more than 335,000 square feet. The facility is currently on track to be operational by early September.
About Bender CCP
Bender CCP is one of the leading full-service providers of engineered rotating equipment repair, machine shop, and in-place field machining services in the western region. With decades of experience across numerous industries including power generation, ship repair and a broad range of commercial customers. Bender CCP is one of the only companies with the capacity to handle large-scale complex projects in machining, grinding, balancing, equipment overhauls, repairs and restoration. To learn more, email info@benderccp.com or visit www.benderccp.com.
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- Significant Drop in Mobility Due to Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) Demonstrated in New Mobility Index, with Highest Drop Among Those in Their 50s
- Treatment is Deficient with 15% Currently Taking Opioids Despite CDC Guidelines Noting Inadequate Effectiveness and Inherent Risks
- Only 5% Utilizing Recommended Minimally Invasive Treatment Options
NEW YORK, Aug. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Harris Poll, a Stagwell (NASDAQ: STGW) agency, announced today complete results from a landmark survey, "Mobility Matters: Chronic Low Back Pain in America," sponsored by Vertos Medical as part of its national health awareness campaign, Know Your Back Story. The nationally representative survey estimates that more than 72.3 million U.S. adults – 28% of the adult population – suffer from chronic low back pain (CLBP), higher than previously reported1,2, and greater than arthritis (58.5 million),3 diabetes (37.3 million),4 or heart disease (30.3 million).5 More than three-fourths (76%) say CLBP has interfered with their ability to complete everyday tasks. Treatment for CLBP was shown to be deficient, with too many sufferers taking opioids (15%) despite updated guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control noting inadequate effectiveness and inherent risks,6 and only 5% utilizing minimally invasive lumbar decompression treatment options which are now considered appropriate for earlier use.7
Other key findings (Click here for Executive Summary and here for Presentation) include:
CLBP Has Significant Impact on Mobility and Long-term Negative Impact on Life
- More than half (53%) say CLBP has had a major or moderate negative impact on their quality of life
- More than one third of CLBP sufferers (36%) report their CLBP is "severe", "very severe", or the "worst pain possible"
- 44% report that they've been experiencing CLBP for 5 years or more
- New Mobility Index, based on survey data, shows significant drop (~20 points on a scale of 0 to 100) in CLBP sufferers' ability to move, with the highest drop seen among those in their 50s
Lack of Knowledge About CLBP Causes and Need for Better Treatment Options and Hope
- More than one-third of CLBP sufferers (37%) have never been told by a healthcare professional what causes their CLBP, despite 86% strongly or somewhat agreeing that it is important to know the specific cause so their CLBP can be managed effectively
- Only 2 in 5 (39%) have ever been told that CLBP can be caused by lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS), a condition often caused by an enlarged ligament compressing spinal nerves8
- Four out of 5 CLBP sufferers (82%) experience at least one symptom consistent with LSS, yet nearly 4 out of 5 (78%) do not know an enlarged ligament can cause CLBP
- The vast majority (84%) say they wish there were better treatment options for their CLBP
- 78% have accepted CLBP as part of their life, despite treatment advances that might help address the cause of CLBP
"These survey results demonstrate that people with chronic low back pain are suffering greatly over long periods of time, and many have resigned themselves to living in a debilitated state," said Kathy Steinberg, Vice President of Media and Communications Research at The Harris Poll. "The fact that more than a third are not being told what is causing their pain, such as LSS or an enlarged ligament, makes it more difficult to treat that pain. It is also alarming that opioid use is still high in people with back pain while other treatments such as minimally invasive procedures are not playing more of a role given the latest treatment guidelines.7 Taken together, these findings suggest more awareness is needed to help people determine the cause of their pain and an appropriate treatment regimen to help them find relief."
Mobility Index and Findings
The landmark survey data was also used to generate a Mobility Index, based on survey participants' ratings of their overall mobility; ability to do specific physical activities; and level of agreement with statements about mobility, pain, physical limitations, and ability to complete everyday tasks. The scores on the individual items were combined so that the Mobility Index ranged from zero (no mobility) to 100 (the highest level of mobility).
The overall results show that the average Mobility Index is 57.0 for CLBP sufferers vs. 76.4 for adults without CLBP. This approximate 20-point difference is consistent across most decade age groups, with the highest drop among those in their 50s, underscoring that this debilitating disease progresses with age and the importance of early intervention. Further, Harris Poll ran step-wise regression to isolate the individual impacts of nearly a dozen common chronic diseases (e.g., obesity, diabetes, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and stroke), and CLBP was the leading cause of reduced mobility (see chart above; See also Full Report here). As indicated in the chart above, individuals with CLBP have their Mobility Index score reduced by almost 15 points solely due to their chronic low back pain, meaning that, of the 20-point gap in Mobility Index between those with CLBP and those without CLBP, nearly 15 points is due to CLBP alone.
"As people age, it can be difficult to assess what mobility challenges are a normal part of aging or a condition that may be treatable, such as chronic low back pain," said Peter Pryzbylkowski, MD, a contributor to the Mobility Matters Survey and Board Certified Pain Specialist and Anesthesiologist from Relievus Pain Management. "People with CLBP can visit knowyourbackstory.com to learn more about their condition and the Mobility Index. An especially important step is to see a spine health physician to decide on a treatment plan and get moving again."
Methodology for Mobility Matters: Chronic Low Back Pain in America and the First-Ever Mobility Index
The Mobility Matters: Landmark Survey on Chronic Low Back Pain in America and Mobility Index was conducted online in the United States by The Harris Poll on behalf of Vertos Medical among 5,020 adults ages 18+, including 1,521 adults who currently experience chronic low back pain and/or sciatic pain, i.e., back pain that runs into the hips and legs ("CLBP sufferers"). The survey was conducted May 12 – May 20, 2022. Data were weighted where necessary by age, gender, race/ethnicity, region, education, household income, household size, and marital status to bring them in line with their actual proportions in the U.S. adult population, allowing estimates of the prevalence and magnitude of survey responses to be extrapolated to this population.
Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in our surveys. The sampling precision of Harris online polls is measured by using a Bayesian credible interval. For this study, the sample data are accurate to within +/- 1.7 percentage points using a 95% confidence level for the total sample of U.S. adults, and +/- 3.0 percentage points using a 95% confidence level for CLBP sufferers. This credible interval will be wider among subsets of the surveyed population of interest. All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to other multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate, including, but not limited to coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and adjustments. Due to weighting, computer rounding and/or the acceptance of multiple responses, percentages may not add to 100%.
About The Harris Poll
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Vertos Medical Inc. is a medical device company committed to developing innovative, minimally invasive treatments for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS). mild®, its proprietary technology, is a safe and minimally invasive outpatient procedure designed to restore space in the spinal canal through an incision smaller than the size of a baby aspirin. Learn more at www.Vertosmed.com.
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Man arrested after assaulting Little League umpires at baseball game, police say
PISGAH, Ala. (WAFF/Gray News) – An Alabama man was arrested after an altercation at a baseball field Thursday evening involving at least two Little League umpires.
According to Chief Deputy Rocky Harnen of the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, two deputies were called to a baseball field in Pisgah on May 19 in response to verbal arguments between parents and officials during a Little League game. Harnen said the arguments appeared to be over by the time deputies arrived at the field.
As one of the deputies was leaving the scene, he witnessed a person in a physical altercation with a group in another part of the parking lot. The group allegedly being assaulted included two umpires from the Little League game.
Jonathan Henderson, 43, was taken into custody and charged with two counts of second-degree assault on a sports official.
Deputies said the altercation resulted in minor injuries, but no emergency services were required at the field.
Henderson was released on a $5,000 bond.
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Innovative Men's Grooming Brand Partners with Alkeme, Black Men Heal (BHM) and MESS In A Bottle to Raise Awareness and Increase Accessibility to Mental Health Resources
ATLANTA, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Walker and Company, the makers of the award-winning men's grooming brand Bevel, are pleased to announce the launch of its new mental health initiative 'Get Your Mind Right'.
According to the National Institute on Minority Mental Health and Health Disparities, about one in five Americans struggle with a mental illness in any given year, regardless of their race. African-Americans are 20% more likely to develop a mental health illness in their lifetime and additionally, suicide is ranked as the third leading cause of death amongst African-Americans between the ages of 15 – 24 years old. These statistics are staggering. As a Black-founded and led company, Bevel recognizes the growing disparities between the needs and available resources for the Black community and is committed to making lasting changes. Bevel is committed to removing the stigmas and socio-economic barriers that often prevent more Black men from seeking and receiving mental health care and treatment.
As part of the 'Get Your Mind Right' initiative, Bevel is proud to partner with Alkeme, the innovative Black-owned digital mental health platform, and offer free 3-Month passes to Alkeme Health's Gold membership on www.getbevel.com/mindright.
In addition, Bevel is proud to support Black Men Heal (BMH), the renowned non-profit organization on a mission to provide in-person mental health treatment and therapy, psycho-education, resources, and community to Black men nationwide. Black Men Heal subsidizes the cost of in-person and virtual therapy, in addition to providing countless mental health resources. In order to continue this mission, Bevel is proud to raise funds for Black Men Heal through the sale of a limited-edition T-Shirt designed in partnership with MESS in a Bottle. Exclusively available on GetBevel.com for $29.95,100% of the proceeds for the T-Shirt will be donated to Black Men Heal to enable the organization to continue raising awareness and saving lives.
Furthermore, this summer, Bevel will have an in-store display table inside 700 Target stores coast to coast featuring "Get Your Mind Right" signs, select Bevel products, and a strong call to action to learn more about Bevel's commitment to mental health by visiting www.getbevel.com/target.
"Starting today, Bevel is partnering with Alkeme Health to provide 3-months of free mental health & wellness services, whenever you're ready. Look good, and feel better." said Tristan Walker, Founder and CEO of Walker and Company Brands, the makers of Bevel. "Wellness starts from the top and Bevel is committed to supporting our community, from head-to-toe grooming products that keep you fresh physically to getting you access to the mental health and wellness services you need to get your mind right."
"At Alkeme, our purpose is to create generational health anchored in mental wellness." said Alkeme Health Founder and CEO Ryan Mundy. "We are proud to partner with Bevel to provide access to our vast library of culturally centered content programs, helping our community learn, heal, and grow."
"Self care is so important to the mission of Black Men Heal. As we teach men how to manage their mental health, we are so thrilled to partner with Bevel." said Tasnim Sulaiman, Founder of Black Men Heal. "We love the path that Bevel has created, and continues to create for Black and Brown men. The mission of Black Men Heal aligns perfectly with the work and products Bevel develops with Black and Brown men in mind."
The 'Get Your Mind Right' mental health initiative is an extension of Bevel's core values and continued commitment to the needs of Black men, inside and out and head-to-toe.
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For more information on Bevel visit getbevel.com or follow Bevel on Instagram.
Contact: Bevel@firstandlastpr.com
Walker & Company Brands, recently acquired by Procter & Gamble, is a family of brands designing health and beauty solutions for people of color. Our vision is to build the world's most consumer-centric health and beauty products company, inspiring unprecedented customer loyalty. Walker & Company launched with the introduction of its first brand, Bevel, in 2013. Bevel provides grooming products for Black men, including a full Skin Care regimen, a Shave System, and the Bevel Trimmer, and services designed to help reduce skin irritation and razor bumps. To learn more about Walker & Company Brands, visit www.walkerandcompany.com.
Tristan Walker, Founder and CEO of Walker and Company Brands, was an early, individual investor in Alkeme Health.
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Innovative RILA Offering Can Help Clients Prepare for Retirement
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost half of all Americans¹ have questions and concerns about outliving their money. It is a common fear, further exacerbated by growing inflation and factors that seem outside of their control. The new LiveWell Dynamic AnnuitySM, issued by Midland National® Life Insurance Company – a member company of Sammons Financial Group – and made available through Sammons Retirement Solutions®, a division of Sammons Institutional Group®, Inc., can help ease many of these typical client concerns.
"Growing your retirement savings while protecting your money can be difficult to do, considering that growing your money more aggressively results in taking on some level of risk," said Bill Lowe, President of Sammons Institutional Group. "The LiveWell Dynamic Annuity allows clients to seek and find more upside growth potential than a standard fixed index annuity, while limiting the amount of money that may be lost during market downturns."
The LiveWell Dynamic Annuity allows contract holders to choose the level of protection that's right for them. It is designed to help reduce the impact of costly market downswings, while allowing them to capture some of the growth on the upswing through the variable separate accounts and Cycle index account investment options. These options provide a level of protection to help limit losses in a volatile market, and offer flexibility to pivot mid-cycle.2
"Finding a balance of risk and reward can be challenging. If you risk everything, you have no protection. If you protect everything, your growth opportunities are limited," added Lowe. "The LiveWell Dynamic Annuity is designed to meet a client's long-term goals and if their objectives change or the financial market evolves, they can work with their financial professional to reallocate and adjust their investment and risk exposure along the way."
Sammons Retirement Solutions®, a division of Sammons Institutional Group®, Inc. (SIG), administers simple, innovative, and straightforward mutual fund Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) and annuities to help individual investors live well in retirement. Headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, SIG works with a nationwide network of broker/dealers and banks to provide retirement solutions that meet the needs of financial professionals and their clients.
The team at SIG constantly reviews the market to ensure solutions meet the ever-changing challenges faced by financial professionals and investors when planning for retirement. SIG gives financial professionals, and their clients, clear-cut choices for retirement planning by applying original thinking while maintaining traditional values such as trust, transparency, respect and integrity.
The companies of Sammons Financial Group® help families and businesses protect their future to enjoy life's moments today. A subsidiary of Sammons Enterprises, Inc., Sammons Financial Group is privately owned with member companies that are among the most enduring and stable in the financial services industry. Our companies include Midland National® Life Insurance Company North American Company for Life and Health Insurance®; Sammons Institutional Group® (including Midland Retirement Distributors® and Sammons Retirement Solutions®), Sammons Financial Network®, LLC. and Beacon Capital Management, Inc. Together, we offer today's most sought-after life insurance, annuity, and retirement planning products.
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1 Edleson, Harriet. "Almost Half of Americans Fear Running Out of Money in Retirement." AARP, May 21, 2019. www.aarp.org.
2 If you leave a Cycle before maturity, you will get the unit value, which is based on the Cycle's fair value and may be more or less than the original amount invested in the Cycle.
Securities distributed by Sammons Financial Network®, LLC., member FINRA. Insurance products are issued by Midland National® Life Insurance Company (West Des Moines, IA). Sammons Institutional Group®, Inc. provides administrative services. Sammons Financial Network®, LLC., Midland National® Life Insurance Company and Sammons Institutional Group®, Inc., are wholly owned subsidiaries of Sammons® Financial Group, Inc. Sammons Retirement Solutions® is a division of Sammons Institutional Group®, Inc.
An investment in the LiveWell Dynamic AnnuitySM is subject to the risk of poor investment performance and can vary depending on the performance of the investment options you choose. Each investment option has its own unique risks. You should review the investment options before making an investment decision. The prospectus and/or summary prospectus contain this and other information. You or your client can visit srslivewell.com/prospectus, or call 866-747-3421 to obtain a current prospectus for the LiveWell Dynamic Annuity and its underlying investment options.
Variable annuities are designed for long-term investing, such as retirement investing and are subject to market risk including loss of principal.
Investing in the LiveWell Dynamic AnnuitySM is subject to the risks related to the Company. Any obligations, guarantees, or benefits are subject to the claims-paying ability of Midland National® Life Insurance Company, their long term ability to make such payments, and are not guaranteed by any other party. There is no guarantee they will be able to meet our claims paying obligations; there are risks to purchasing any insurance product.
The LiveWell® suite of variable annuities (AS135A, AS204A, ICC11-AS135A, AS153A, ICC18-AS153A (contract) and AR394A, AR276A, ICC14-AR276A, AR346A, ICC16-AR346A, AR381A, ICC20-AR381A (riders and endorsements) is issued by Midland National® Life Insurance Company, 8300 Mills Civic Parkway, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266. The LiveWell® suite of variable annuities is not available in New York. Variable products are distributed by Sammons Financial Network®, LLC., member FINRA.
Product and feature availability may vary by state and broker/dealer.
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VANCOUVER, BC, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Yumy Candy Company Inc., (CSE: TYUM) ("Yumy" or the "Company") has partnered its low-sugar better-for-you confectionery with Concierge Connection, a hotel food and beverage supplier and distributor for luxury hotels Canada wide. Concierge Connection is known for providing high quality, innovative, and sustainable products to its hotel partners. A few of the prominent partners at Concierge Connections include Hilton Hotels and Resorts, Marriott Hotels and Resorts, Pacific Reach Properties, Hyatt Hotels, the Ritz-Carlton, Best Western, and many more. Concierge Connections partners has begun rolling out Yumy Candy to its prominent partners.
Highlighting a few of Concierge Connection partners are Hilton Hotel and its subsidiaries such as Homewood Suites, Marriott Hotels and Pacific Reach Properties. Homewood suites, a chain of 505 hotels owned by Hilton Hotels operating in Canada, United States and Mexico; the Hilton Brand which operates 6,800 properties in more than 122 countries worldwide is one the largest hoteliers in the world. In addition to Homewood Suites by Hilton, Concierge Connections partners with Marriott Hotels which operates 30 Brands and 340 hotels in North America. Pacific Reach Properties which include luxurious properties such as Rosewood Hotel Georgia; a 5-star rated hotel by Forbes travel guide 2021 located in Vancouver Canada and is considered one of the best hotels in North America. In addition to The Rosewood Hotel Georgia, Pacific Reach Properties owns and operates a portfolio which includes the Westin Grand Vancouver, Radisson Vancouver Airport, and Toronto's Maple Leaf Quay. Furthermore, Pacific Reach owns Retirement Concepts, one of the largest seniors' housing operators in Western Canada and the largest in BC. Yumy Candy's roll out to Concierge Connections partners has begun.
Concierge Connection has been serving the hotel industry for over 20 years. It started with a passion for helping hoteliers thrive and a love of chocolate. In 2001, it introduced In Room Retail to elevate the guest experience in a whole new way. The company cares deeply about health, well-being, the communities they serve, and the planet. Each of their leading brands are on a mission to do good in the world with every product they sell. Similar to the pledge Yumy Candy has to help orphaned wildlife at the Northern Lights Wildlife Society.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Erica Williams states, "Concierge Connection is known as a premium distributor and supplier to the largest hotel chains across Canada and the world. As our brand has grown over the years and gained more recognition, we see ourselves partnering with an increased number of distributors throughout North America. By getting our products into Concierge Connection, we see this as a stepping stone to reaching even more customers not only locally but internationally and entering even more hoteliers such as Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriot."
The Yumy Candy is an affordable health-conscious low-sugar plant-based confectionery company based in Vancouver, British Columbia and it has developed a portfolio of healthier gelatine-free candies made from non-GMO ingredients with proprietary recipes. All of its products are free of gelatin, soy, gluten, nuts, dairy, eggs, sugar alcohols, artificial sweeteners and genetically modified organisms.
Except for the statements of historical fact, this news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of the applicable securities legislation. The information in this news release about future plans and objectives of the Company, are forward-looking information. This forward-looking information is based on reasonable assumptions and estimates of management of the Company at the time it was made, and involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Such factors include, among others: general business, economic and social uncertainties; local and global market and economic uncertainties arising in respect of the COVID-19 pandemic; litigation, availability of key product ingredients, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; the ability to effectively expand manufacturing and production capacity; the ability to obtain retail partners to distribute Company products, the success of market initiatives and the ability to grow brand awareness; the ability to attract, maintain and expand relationships with key strategic vendors; our ability to predict consumer taste preferences; delay or failure to receive regulatory approvals; the sufficiency of our cash to meet liquidity needs; those additional risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com; and other matters discussed in this news release. Accordingly, the forward-looking statements discussed in this release may not occur and could differ materially as a result of these known and unknown risk factors and uncertainties affecting the Company. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking statements are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which only apply as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. Except where required by law, the Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward- looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTX)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TPTX), in connection with the proposed acquisition of TPTX by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company via a tender offer. Under the terms of the merger agreement, TPTX shareholders will receive $76.00 in cash for each share of TPTX common stock owned. If you own TPTX shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/tptx
PCSB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: PCSB)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of PCSB Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: PCSB) in connection with the proposed acquisition of PCSB by Brookline Bancorp, Inc. ("Brookline"). Under the terms of the merger agreement, PCSB shareholders will receive $22.00 cash or 1.3284 shares of Brookline common stock for each share of PCSB common stock owned, subject to a maximum 60% stock/40% cash consideration mix. Using current market prices, however, the implied per-share merger consideration is approximately $17.44 based on Brookline's June 16, 2022 intraday price of $13.13 per share, or total value of approximately $200 million. If you own PCSB shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/pcsb
ServiceSource International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SREV)
Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of ServiceSource International, Inc. (NASDAQ: SREV), in connection with the proposed acquisition of SREV by Concentrix Corporation. Under the terms of the merger agreement, SREV shareholders will receive $1.50 in cash for each share of SREV common stock owned. If you own SREV shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us at one of the numbers listed above or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/srev
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Weiss Law is investigating possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law by the board of directors of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HMTV), in connection with the proposed acquisition of HMTV by a subsidiary of Gato Investments LP. Under the terms of the merger agreement, HMTV shareholders will receive $7.00 in cash for each share of HMTV common stock owned. If you own HMTV shares and wish to discuss this investigation or your rights, please call us or visit our website: https://www.weisslaw.co/news-and-cases/hmtv
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DALLAS, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas-based Tri Global Energy (www.triglobalenergy.com) has strengthened its leadership position in developing clean, renewable wind energy, based on the Q2 2022 analysis recently released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP). Each quarter, ACP provides a snapshot view of the latest U.S. utility wind, solar and battery storage projects under construction and in advanced development submitted by renewable energy companies operating in the U.S.
For the period April-June 2022, the data shows that Tri Global Energy now ranks:
- Number 10 for overall renewable energy development nationwide (includes onshore wind, offshore wind, solar and battery storage projects)
- Number three for onshore wind development in the U.S. (up from number four during the first quarter of 2022)
- Number one for onshore wind development in Texas (a position Tri Global Energy has held for 10 years)
Tri Global Energy is the only company listed in the top 10 developers with headquarters in Texas.
"Despite the headwinds faced this year by all segments of renewable energy – wind, solar, and battery storage – the industry is strong and growing," said Tri Global Energy Chairman and CEO John Billingsley. "No matter what your position is on renewable energy, clean power is here to stay.
"For a sustainable future, our planet needs 100% acceptance of renewable energy," Billingsley said. "This doesn't mean the elimination of fossil fuels, but it does mean that companies around the globe need to adopt practices to reduce their carbon footprints."
Tri Global Energy currently originates and develops utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage projects in Texas, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wyoming. American Clean Power is the voice of the clean power industry, uniting the power of America's renewable energy industry to transform the U.S. power grid to a low-cost, reliable and renewable power system.
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New Carnation Cup raises thousands for Alliance Area Habitat for Humanity
ALLIANCE − More than $8,000 was raised for Alliance Area Habitat for Humanity at the recent Carnation Cup golf outing.
Hosted by ForeverLawn NEO and K Palmer Insurance, the July 29 charitable event was at Alliance Country Club. Seventeen teams signed on for the event organized by Jacob Domer and Hunter Palmer.
A meal was provided and awards were given out.
Here were the results:
- Paris & Washington Insurance earned first place.
- Robertson Heating Supply finished second.
- Consumers National Bank placed third.
A press release stated the event started with a prayer and opening remarks from Domer:
"Thank you for joining us to support Alliance Area Habitat for Humanity. Their mission and work are so important to our community; we appreciate you being here today."
Hole sponsors were: Cope Powersports, Wally Armour CDJR, Alliance Lions Club, KWGD Attorneys at Lage, 415 Group, McCrea Manor, Cassidy-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, Albright Electric, ForeverLawn NEO, ForeverLawn Inc., Computek, Taylor Kia of Alliance, Robertson Heating Supply, Paris & Washington Insurance, Consumers National Bank, Herb Spear, 1899 Golf, and Burgess Insurance Group.
The event also featured the chance to win a car by sinking a hole in one on the 10th hole, provided by Taylor Kia of Alliance, and other opportunities for additional prizes throughout the event.
Domer and Palmer said the plan is to make the Carnation Cup an annual event to benefit various non-profit agencies in the area. "We are looking forward to watching this grow," Palmer said in the release.
Alliance Area Habitat for Humanity provides safe, affordable homes in the greater Alliance area. The homes are sold to local families with a zero-interest mortgage.
“We can’t thank Jacob and Hunter enough,” Niki McIlvain, executive director of Alliance Area Habitat for Humanity, said in the news release. “This was their idea, they put in the work, and they’ve made a huge impact with this event.” | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/alliance/2022/08/22/carnation-cup-golf-outing-alliance-habitat-humanity-ohio/65413679007/ | 2022-08-22T15:34:44Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attention Outset Medical, Inc. ("Outset Medical") (NASDAQ:OM) shareholders:
The Law Offices of Vincent Wong announce that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors. This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased Outset Medical common stock between September 15, 2020, and June 13, 2022.
If you suffered a loss on your investment in Outset Medical, contact us about potential recovery by using the link below. There is no cost or obligation to you.
ABOUT THE ACTION: The class action against Outset Medical includes allegations that the Company made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's flagship product, Tablo Hemodialysis System ("Tablo"), would require an additional 510(k) application to be filed with The United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), as defendants had "continuously made improvements and updates to Tablo over time since its original clearance"; (2) as a result, the Company could not conduct a human factors study on a cleared device in accordance with FDA protocols; (3) the Company's inability to conduct the human factors study subjected the Company to the likelihood of the FDA imposing a "shipment hold" and marketing suspension, leaving the Company unable to sell Tablo for home use; 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.
DEADLINE: September 6, 2022
Aggrieved Outset Medical investors only have until September 6, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. You are not required to act as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
Vincent Wong, Esq. is an experienced attorney who has represented investors in securities litigations involving financial fraud and violations of shareholder rights. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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RACINE, Wis., Sept. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Modine Manufacturing Company (NYSE: MOD), a diversified global leader in thermal management technology and solutions, today announced that Paul Plourde has been appointed Vice President, Business Development and Corporate Strategy. In this role, Mr. Plourde will be responsible for leading the Company's global implementation of 80/20, overseeing corporate finance, managing strategic planning, and leading the overall business development process to ensure Modine's transformation and future success.
Mr. Plourde has more than 20 years of business leadership experience, most recently leading Gibraltar's business development focus into new markets including the renewables segments. Prior to that, he spent more than 10 years as the General Manager of Construction Products Canada (Paslode, Ramset, Buildex, Redhead and GRK brands) with ITW in Canada.
"It's an exciting and transformative time at Modine as we are shaping the company for a sustainable future," said Modine Chief Financial Officer, Mick Lucareli. "The addition of Paul to our leadership team will enhance our 80/20 implementation while bringing a strong set of acquisitions skills that will help accelerate our growth plans."
About Modine
At Modine, we are engineering a cleaner, healthier world. Building on more than 100 years of excellence in thermal management, we provide trusted systems and solutions that improve air quality and conserve natural resources. More than 11,000 employees are at work in every corner of the globe, delivering the solutions our customers need, where they need them. Our Climate Solutions and Performance Technologies segments support our purpose by improving air quality, reducing energy and water consumption, lowering harmful emissions and enabling cleaner running vehicles and environmentally-friendly refrigerants. Modine is a global company headquartered in Racine, Wisconsin (USA), with operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. For more information about Modine, visit www.modine.com.
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Here’s what Biden has done on guns and what advocacy groups say he can still do without Congress
By Kate Sullivan, CNN
President Joe Biden has acknowledged there is little he can do without the support of congressional Republicans to stop the horrific mass shootings that happen with alarming frequency in the United States.
The President said last week during a trip to Buffalo, New York, after a mass shooting took place at a grocery store there that there was “not much on executive action” that he could do to further strengthen gun control measures. He said he needed to instead “convince Congress” to pass legislation like the 1994 assault weapons ban.
After 19 children and two teachers were killed Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, a visibly shaken Biden pleaded with Congress to “turn this pain into action.” But proposals to overhaul gun laws face steep odds due to Republican opposition.
“Will there be more executive actions and will we do more? We’ll look into that. We’re always looking to do more,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Thursday. “But right now we need the help of Congress. We need them to step in.”
Gun violence prevention organizations like Everytown for Gun Safety and Brady have praised the numerous executive actions the President has taken on guns since taking office, including to curb the use of so-called ghost guns and bolster community violence intervention programs.
But there are several further actions they say they would like to see the President take:
Clarification from the Department of Justice
Federal law requires anyone “engaged in the business” of dealing in firearms to obtain a federal firearms license and run background checks on potential firearms purchasers. One option available to Biden is directing the Department of Justice to clarify that those “engaged in the business” also includes people selling guns at gun shows or online marketplaces in order to close loopholes.
“Just like we don’t have one airport line for people willing to be screened and another for those who would rather skip it, we can’t allow individuals selling multiple guns for profit to continue peddling guns to complete strangers with no questions asked,” John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, told CNN.
New White House office and coordinator on guns
Several groups, including the gun violence prevention organization Brady, have been advocating for the creation of an office of gun violence prevention within the White House and the appointment of a coordinator within the Department of Justice to oversee all administration efforts to curb gun violence.
“So many of this administration’s executive actions and directives have required DOJ to be focused on the impact of gun violence in America. There should be a coordinator within DOJ that is solely focused on working to end gun violence,” the vice president of policy at Brady, Christian Heyne, told CNN.
Making more data public
Heyne said he would like to see the Biden administration issue language making it clear that firearm trace data should be made public in order to better understand how to stop the flow of illegal guns. He said “harmful interpretations” of the 2003 Tiahrt Amendment restricts the public’s ability to obtain information about trace data. Because of restrictions in the amendment, the ATF cannot publish detailed tracing data.
“It is a basic accountability issue,” Josh Horwitz, the co-director of the Center for Gun Violence Solutions at Johns Hopkins, told CNN.
Enforcement of existing “red flag” laws
Horwitz said the Biden administration could also prioritize funding to support the enforcement of extreme risk protection orders, which are also known as “red flag” law. The orders allow the temporary removal of guns from people deemed at high risk of harming themselves or others. He noted the effectiveness of the orders to prevent acts of violence depends completely on implementation and enforcement.
Action Biden has already taken on guns
Since taking office, the White House has unveiled several packages of executive actions to rein in so-called ghost guns, promote safe storage of firearms, bolster police forces and expand community violence intervention programs:
Ghost guns
Biden announced a new regulation to contain the use of so-called ghost guns, which are self-assembled firearms that do not have serial numbers and are difficult to track and regulate. Ghost gun kits can be bought online and the weapon can be assembled in as little as 30 minutes.
The rules require anyone purchasing a kit to undergo a background check and requires those selling the kits to mark components with a serial number. It also mandates firearm dealers add a serial number to ghost guns that have already been assembled.
Ghost guns make up a relatively small share of the guns recovered by law enforcement but officials say the weapons have become more common at crime scenes in recent years.
Promoting safe storage of firearms
Biden unveiled a new military and veteran suicide prevention strategy last year that includes promoting safe firearms storage and outlining best practices for firearm dealers.
The plan includes a federal focus on improving lethal means safety, which is a voluntary practice to reduce one’s suicide risk by limiting access to objects that can be used to cause self-harm, including medications, firearms or sharp instruments.
The President directed the Department of Justice to announce a new rule clarifying the obligations firearm dealers have to make secure gun storage or safety devices available for purchase. Biden also directed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to issue a best practices guide to all federal firearm dealers to remind them about steps they are legally required to take to keep communities safe.
Other Justice Department actions
Last summer, the Justice Department launched an anti-gun trafficking initiative focused on Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, DC, which are known corridors in which illegal guns are being trafficked and used in deadly shootings and other crimes. The goal of the strike forces is to better coordinate law enforcement agencies across jurisdictions to disrupt trafficking networks.
The Justice Department proposed to clarify the restrictions on stabilizing braces that transform a pistol into a short-barreled rifle. The makeshift short-barreled rifles were used in two mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado, and in Dayton, Ohio.
Biden directed the Justice Department to publish model “red flag” laws for states that allow the temporary removal of guns from people deemed at high risk of harming themselves or others.
Bolstering law enforcement and community violence intervention programs
The $1.9 trillion Covid relief law, or the American Rescue Plan, allocated $350 billion to states, local governments, territories and tribes. The administration says that funding is available for law enforcement purposes as well as to expand community violence intervention programs.
The White House in July also established the White House Community Violence Intervention Collaborative, which is a group that includes mayors, law enforcement and community violence intervention experts. The group says it is examining how to best use American Rescue Plan funding and other public funding to increase investments in “community violence intervention infrastructure.”
ATF nominee
Several groups have praised the President’s appointment of Steve Dettelbach, a former federal prosecutor, to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. If confirmed by the Senate, Dettelbach would be the nation’s top gun regulator.
During a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, the day after the shooting at the elementary school in Uvalde, Dettelbach vowed to lawmakers that he would not be influenced by political considerations if he secures the job.
The President argues Dettelbach’s confirmation by the Senate to the ATF is key to enforcing gun laws and curbing gun crime. The ATF has operated under a series of acting directors since its last Senate-confirmed leader stepped down in 2015, and the Senate last confirmed an ATF nominee in 2013.
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Robinson’s 42 in Dodger blue for all uniforms on April 15
NEW YORK (AP) — All major league players, managers, coaches and umpires will wear Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 in Dodger blue for the first time on April 15, the 75th anniversary of his breaking the major league color barrier. Major League Baseball retired Robinson’s number in 1997 and all uniformed personnel have worn 42 on Jackie Robinson Day since 2009, but this will be the first time the numbers all will be in the color of Robinson’s Dodgers. | https://localnews8.com/sports/ap-national-sports/2022/04/04/robinsons-42-in-dodger-blue-for-all-uniforms-on-april-15/ | 2022-04-04T20:24:06Z |
AMBIA, Ind. (WXIN) — An Indiana man revealed to investigators that he cut off his girlfriend’s legs with a chainsaw after she died and then placed her body in trash bags, according to an affidavit from a detective with the Indiana State Police.
The Benton County Sheriff’s Office was called to a home in Ambia, Indiana, on July 3 after a woman reported that Eric Bagwell, a man who was living there, told her his girlfriend’s body was in trash bags at the house, the detective was told by Benton County deputies, per the detective’s written statements.
The deputies said that when they showed up at the house, Bagwell, 60, “immediately asked if he was going to prison” before admitting to mutilating the body of his girlfriend, Rita Spigner, according to court documents.
Deputies searched the home and found two large garbage bags; one deputy said the bags felt like they contained a human corpse, the detective was told.
Indiana State Police were called in to assist with the investigation and interviewed Bagwell at the Benton County Jail.
The suspect told detectives that Spigner lived with him at his home for the past eight years. Bagwell also said he and Spigner smoked an eight-ball of meth on June 18.
Court documents show he initially told police he had never smoked meth before June 18, but claimed he was still high during the interview on July 4.
After he and Spigner smoked, Bagwell said she started scratching at his legs, and he claimed he hit her “with an open hand” to get her to stop, according to the affidavit. He then claimed she fell and began convulsing, at which point he went to get his phone. Bagwell said he didn’t call 911 because Spigner wasn’t breathing when he came back with his phone, and he believed she was already dead.
The detective said Bagwell admitted to cutting off Spigner’s legs with an electric chainsaw and putting her body into two trash bags.
In the affidavit, the detective said a nurse viewed photos of scratches on Bagwell’s legs’ and determined they appeared too shallow and narrow to come from fingernails.
Bagwell was questioned again by detectives and said he didn’t remember how he got the scratches on his legs, and “said it is possible he did it to himself.”
An autopsy on Spigner found she had severe heart trouble. The cause and manner of her death is pending toxicology results.
As of July 14th, Bagwell was only charged with abuse of a corpse and failure to report remains. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/indiana-man-accused-of-cutting-off-girlfriends-legs-with-chainsaw-stuffing-body-in-trash-bags/ | 2022-07-15T21:16:37Z |
FREMONT, Calif., Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading solar power technology solution provider, Jackery, has released plans to unveil a new flagship product at IFA 2022 in August in Berlin. Under the banner of 'JACKERY SOLAR WAY. MORE THAN FAST', Jackery emboldens campers to go further outdoors without compromise, supporting a range of power needs from generators to chargers and cooking equipment. The incoming Solar Generator 1000 Pro is a testament to the brand's commitment to technical innovation and design and will serve as a flagship product moving forward.
Jackery will be celebrating the launch of its new flagship product from 15:00 - 16:00 on August 31st at Hall 3.2 Booth 111. For other IFA participants, the Jackery exhibition booth will be available to explore the possibilities of a life more outdoors with products from across the entire range between September 2 - 6. As one of the world's most significant technology marketplaces, the IFA is a meeting place for key retailers, buyers, and experts from the industry and the media. For Jackery, the event will be an opportunity to further develop the brand as being global industry leaders and connect with potential partners.
The Jackery Solar Generator is a solar solution that combines a portable Explorer Powerstation with SolarSaga solar panels. The all-new Solar Generator 1000 Pro from Jackery features a range of upgrades from the very popular Jackery Solar Generator 1000. The Pro edition enables users to enjoy endless green power wherever they go by offering the fastest-yet solar and wall recharging. More details about the product, including charging rate, size, and extra functionality, are set to be released with the official unveiling on August 31st.
Providing a complete power generation, storage, and output system, the Jackery range features durable high conversion-efficiency solar panels and a number of different portable power stations. As well as the Solar Generator 1000, Jackery also offers hefty 200W solar panels, suitable for off-road camping, fishing, or hunting but also small enough to fit neatly in the trunk of a car. At the top of the range, the Jackery Solar Generator 2000 Pro package, which was launched in New York in May 2022, is capable of powering a majority of appliances and tools for outdoor activities and home emergency use - pellet smokers, mini coolers, bikes, refrigerators, air conditioners, and more.
Initially designed and manufactured by renewable energy enthusiasts, Jackery has firmly established itself as a pioneering brand in the solar generation industry. Since 2012, Jackery has recorded top sales across a number of major e-commerce platforms, including Best Sellers on Amazon, and Amazon's Choice, and recognition by over 100 authorized media and organizations worldwide. The brand has sold more than 2 million units worldwide and boasts a global footprint spanning from the U.S. to Europe, Japan and China Since 2018.
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About Jackery
Jackery, the world's leading innovative portable power and green outdoor energy solution provider founded in California in 2012, is a global top-selling solar generator brand recognized by over 100 authorized media and organizations worldwide. Since 2018, Jackery has sold more than 2 million units globally and a footprint spanning from the US to Europe, Japan and China.
As the pioneer of the Solar Generator concept and products, Jackery offers a range of portable, versatile green generators that meet all outdoor needs, from charging a cellphone or laptop to powering large devices like electric cooking equipment, heaters, and lights. Its products have been consistently selected as Best Sellers on Amazon and have been included in Amazon's Choice lists since 2020.
To date, Jackery has received 21 prestigious international awards, including the Red Dot Design Award, the iF Design Award, the A' Design Award and Competition, and the CES Innovation Award. The New York Times, CNET, Digital Trends, Forbes, Tom's Guide, and other publications have ranked it among the best solar generators on the market.
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Manchester brings back an experienced baseball team
NEW FRANKLIN – The Manchester baseball team is fresh off a strong season and returns many of the top contributors from a squad that went 15-9.
On paper, the Panthers have a chance to post another strong campaign. To this point, however, paper is all they have because the erratic Northeast Ohio weather hasn’t allowed them to play a single regular-season game. In fact, nature has scarcely permitted the Panthers to practice outdoors.
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"We had a doubleheader against Chippewa scheduled, but it snowed and actually, we've only been on the field to practice once," head coach Shawn Johnston said. "We just want to get out this week, but it's not looking promising with the weather."
Johnston is eager to see what an experienced roster led by one of the area’s best players, senior Kenton Duty, can do. Duty, a multi-sport athlete who plays multiple positions not just on the baseball diamond, but on the football field, is expected to do big things this spring.
The biggest question with Duty isn’t whether he'll contribute on defense and at the plate, but where he'll play defensively.
"He's one of the better players in Northeast Ohio, period. He hit over .500 last year and even when he did get out, he still hit the ball hard," Johnston said. "He could play catcher or shortstop and be our best guy at those positions, but he’s also one of our best pitchers."
With Duty helping lead the rotation, Manchester returns most of its key arms from last season. Along with Duty, junior Owen Canter will be tasked with eating innings and holding opposing offenses in check. Both players are also central in the batting order, with Duty bringing more of the power and Canter hitting well for average and making contact.
Senior Cooper Briggs is a third solid bat, with Johnston describing him as a line drive hitter adept at finding gaps and seams in the defense. With its veteran leaders set, Manchester’s biggest question once it does get on the field is how the younger players will round into form at the bottom of the lineup.
Sophomore Brady Johnson is one of those younger players who will have a chance to shine. The young outfielder hit over .300 as a freshman and is expected to continue to excel this spring.
If they can settle in and compete well, the balanced offense should pair well with the strong pitching rotation. However, Johnston noted that as one of the smaller teams in the Principals Athletic Conference, the Panthers need to be ready to compete with larger programs such as Triway, Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy and Fairless.
But getting ready to take on those top rivals is, for now, confined largely to the school’s gymnasium. There, Manchester does what it can to get ready while working out on a hardwood surface that’s completely different than the grass and dirt it'll compete on when games finally begin.
"We're getting a lot of reps in working on the fundamentals — hitting, fielding and footwork," Johnston said. "The situational stuff you can work on in the gym, we're trying to get as much of that in as possible." | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/sports/2022/04/04/manchester-baseball-team-brings-back-experienced-squad/7267871001/ | 2022-04-05T10:13:53Z |
Challenge to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s candidacy can move forward, federal judge rules
By Marshall Cohen, CNN
A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for a coalition of liberal groups to move forward with their attempt to disqualify controversial GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from running for reelection, based on claims that she aided the January 6 insurrectionists.
The ruling means a scheduled hearing in front of a Georgia state judge will take place as planned on Friday morning. That judge will hear arguments from both sides and will ultimately decide whether the Constitution’s “disqualification clause” applies to Greene. The Civil War-era provision says officeholders who support an insurrection are prohibited from serving again.
“This case involves a whirlpool of colliding constitutional interests of public import,” District Judge Amy Totenberg of the Northern District of Georgia wrote in the ruling. “Upon a thorough analysis of each of the claims asserted in this case, the Court concludes that [Greene] has not carried her burden of persuasion with respect to this important and essential prerequisite to [Greene’s] demonstration of an entitlement to injunctive relief.”
Totenberg’s ruling could reverberate beyond Greene and her reelection campaign in Georgia. That’s because similar constitutional challenges are pending against other Republican officials and could even be lodged against former President Donald Trump if he runs again in 2024.
The outcome is a major victory for the liberal activists and legal advocacy groups that initiated the anti-Greene challenge, though they are still many steps away from removing her from the GOP primary ballot. If the state judge recommends her disqualification, Greene can file appeals and the matter may not be resolved before ballots are printed for the May 25 primary election.
“The Constitution disqualifies from public office any elected officials who aided the insurrection, and we look forward to asking Representative Greene about her involvement under oath,” said Ron Fein, the legal director of Free Speech for People, a legal advocacy group that is backing the challengers.
So far, two GOP lawmakers have filed federal lawsuits to shut down January 6-related candidacy challenges, with mixed results. Totenberg, an Obama appointee, let the constitutional challenge proceed against Greene. But Judge Richard Myers, a Trump appointee in the Eastern District of North Carolina, blocked a similar effort to remove GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn from the ballot.
The voters who want to disqualify Greene say she coordinated with January 6 protesters and fueled the violence with her militant rhetoric, including one comment where she explicitly said she opposed the peaceful transfer of power. She has denied wrongdoing, says she opposes political violence and claims that the disqualification attempt is an unconstitutional witch hunt.
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Stormont Vail research team aids in approval of Crohn’s disease treatment
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A local clinical research team has had a hand in the recent approval of Skyrizi to treat Crohn’s disease.
Stormont Vail Health says that its Clinical Research team at Digestive Health recently contributed to the FDA approval of Risankizumab - or Skyrizi.
Stormont Vail said the team participated in Phase 3 trials which involved the compound.
The Health Network noted that Skyrizi applied in the treatment of plaque psoriasis - a disease that causes dry, itchy, raised skin patches covered with scales - is an IL-23 blocker.
Stormont Vail indicated that the drug has also been successful in providing efficient and safe treatment of Crohn’s disease in recent Phase 3 trials.
In the trail facilitated by Stormont Vail’s Clinical Research team, it said patients have had a positive experience with treatment which has proven to be incredibly effective with a good safety profile.
“We are excited to participate and offer a contribution to the work required to get this drug to the market while successfully treating these patients in need,” says Dr. Curtis Baum, gastroenterologist and primary investigator for this clinical trial. “This approval enables us as providers to utilize Risankizumab as a primary option when considering those patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease. Additionally, it expands the possibilities of treatment for those who have failed other biologics and are still in need of effective therapy for their disease.”
The Health Network noted that it wants to congratulate everyone involved in the trial.
“Your hard work and dedication has helped provide a new option in the somewhat limited field of treatment for moderate to severe Crohn’s disease,” said the network.
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Biden health secretary pledges medication abortion access
(AP) - President Joe Biden’s top health official said Tuesday that “every option is on the table” when it comes to helping women access abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
But the administration’s options are limited despite its strong criticism of the Supreme Court’s decision Friday. Biden called the ruling “a sad day for the court and the country.” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra called it “despicable” on Tuesday.
The decision puts abortion rights smack in the middle of the November elections, both for Congress and in the states.
At a news conference Tuesday, Becerra acknowledged that there was “no magic bullet” to ensure abortion access for those who want it. But he pledged that “if there is something we can do, we will find it and we will do it at HHS.”
He said the administration would work to ensure that medication abortions remain available, that patient privacy is preserved and family planning care like emergency contraceptives is protected.
“Medication abortion has been approved by the FDA for years and is safe for patients,” he said. “It is the gold standard for care when someone who’s pregnant experiences a miscarriage, which is all too real for many expectant mothers across the country.”
The HHS secretary noted that federal law requires the providing of medication abortion in cases involving rape or incest or to protect the life of the mother.
“Now more than ever, it is imperative that all federally supported programs and services are complying with the law,” he said.
Becerra said he also wants his department to examine its authority to ensure that the judgment of doctors and hospitals is supported in treating pregnant patients, “including those experiencing pregnancy loss or complications and reaffirming that abortion care can be appropriate to stabilize patients.
Despite the ruling, he said, “the rights continue forward, whether it’s family planning, whether it is in birth control services, and we want to make sure that there’s no misunderstanding and that we will enforce any violations of those rights.”
Asked if the administration was considering setting up abortion clinics on federal land, as some Democrats have suggested, Becerra didn’t rule it out, saying no decision had been made yet.
“Every option is on the table,” he said. “We will take a look at everything we can, and everything we do will be in compliance with the law.”
But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that such an option could put women and care providers who are not federal employees at risk for prosecution in states where abortion is now illegal.
Jean-Pierre, speaking aboard Air Force One — where Biden was flying between summits in Germany and Spain — called that proposal “well intentioned” but also noted that “there’s actually dangerous ramifications to doing this.”
Becerra on Tuesday also was asked about the prospect of providing transportation to women who travel to another state to get an abortion and how the government would ensure that doesn’t conflict with the Hyde Amendment, which bans federal funding for abortions except in cases of rape, incest or to protect the life of the mother.
“Once we tell you exactly what we believe we are able to do, have the money to do, we will let you know,” he said.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Missfresh Limited (NASDAQ: MF).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of persons who purchased or otherwise acquired Missfresh securities pursuant and/or traceable to the registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with Missfresh's June 2021 initial public offering.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until September 12, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Missfresh Limited issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Missfresh provided false financial figures in its registration statement and related prospectus issued in connection with the Company's June 2021 initial public offering; (2) Missfresh would need to amend its financial figures; (3) Missfresh, among other things, had lesser net revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2021; and (4) as a result, defendants' public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times and negligently prepared.
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CALGARY, AB, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Universal Ibogaine Inc. (TSXV: IBO) (OTCQB: IBOGF) (FSE: JC4) ("UI" or the "Company") a life sciences company with a mission to transform addiction treatment through the use of medicalized ibogaine and a global licensing model is pleased to announce that UI Co-Founder Dr Alberto Sola will present at the May 27 to 29 event: From Research to Reality: Global Summit on Psychedelic Assisted Therapies and Medicine which will be held in Toronto, Canada from May 27 to 29, 2022.
The Research to Reality event is presented by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the Center for Addiction and Mental Health ("CAMH") and the Canadian Center on Substance Abuse and Addiction.
The event will be attended by researchers, clinicians' policy makers including representatives from Health Canada the FDA and the Mexico Ministry of Health ("COFEPRIS").
Dr. Sola, is a co-founder of Universal Ibogaine and a member of the Board of Directors, and he is the founder of the Clear Sky Recovery ibogaine clinic operating in Cancun, Mexico. Alberto is a global leader in ibogaine detox treatments. He will present his latest findings in a panel titled "Ibogaine Hydrochloride and Acute Opioid Detox., which will take place on Saturday May 28 at 4:15 PM EST"
UI CEO Nick Karos noted: "The importance of this event cannot be overstated. This is the first event of its kind to bring together academic researchers, real world technicians and government policy makers. We believe this event will be an important catalyst for the industry and a significant milestone for our company. This event will create awareness at the highest levels of the incredible potential of ibogaine."
UI is a life sciences company, with a mission to transform addiction treatment through the use of medicalized ibogaine and a global licensing model through a planned Canadian Clinical Trial (focused on opioid use disorder), and ultimately to utilize that protocol around the globe through planned future licensing agreements. UI is concurrently developing a state of the art holistic addiction treatment protocol at its Kelburn Recovery Centre that, when paired with the planned ibogaine detox protocol, is intended to revolutionize the way we treat addiction and drastically improve the lives of individuals and families affected by addiction.
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TORONTO, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - SoftwareReviews, a leading source for insights on the software provider landscape, has published its 2022 Manufacturing Execution Systems Data Quadrant, naming the highest scoring three providers as Gold Medalists for the year.
Manufacturing execution systems (MES) connect and monitor the different manufacturing processes and data flows on the shop floor. For example, logistics, production, customer relationship management (CRM), and workforce management can all be implemented and monitored in one system. The goal is effective execution of the different stages of manufacturing by connecting the inputs and outputs of the different systems involved in the process to increase production performance.
In today's market, an MES can help increase customer satisfaction, improve compliance requirements, and, most importantly, allow a shop floor to be more agile, making for a shorter time to market.
The top manufacturing execution system providers for 2022 have been identified based on verified survey data collected from users. These providers have received high scores on SoftwareReviews' Data Quadrant.
Providers are ranked by a composite satisfaction score, called a Composite Score (CS), that averages four different areas of evaluation: Net Emotional Footprint, Vendor Capabilities, Product Features, and Likeliness to Recommend.
The 2022 Manufacturing Execution System Gold Medalists are as follows:
- TilliT Digital Operations, 8.2 CS, excelled in usability and intuitiveness.
- Plex MES from Rockwell Automation, 7.9 CS, excelled for ease of implementation and ERP integration.
- iBASEt MES, 7.7 CS, excelled in creating business value for end-users.
SoftwareReviews' comprehensive software reviews provide the most accurate and detailed view of a complicated and ever-changing market. The data comes from real end users who use the software day in and day out and IT professionals who have worked with it intimately through procurement, implementation, and maintenance.
To compare and evaluate manufacturing execution system providers using the most in-depth and unbiased analyst reports available, visit SoftwareReviews' dedicated category page.
For more information about SoftwareReviews, the Data Quadrant, or the Emotional Footprint, or to access resources to support the software selection process, visit softwarereviews.com and connect via LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
SoftwareReviews is the most in-depth source of buyer data and insights for the enterprise software market. By collecting customer experience data from business and IT professionals, the SoftwareReviews methodology produces detailed and authentic insights into the experience of evaluating and purchasing enterprise software.
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Innovative Succession Planning Program Offers Advisors Contemplating Retirement Within Five Years a Bridge to Succession
Average $896,000 Payout for Inaugural Group of Financial Advisors
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The AmeriFlex Group®, a rapidly growing, advisor-owned hybrid RIA that puts financial planning first, today announced the payout of $8.065 million to nine financial advisors as part of SuccessionFlex™, an innovative program created to mitigate some of the risk and uncertainty around succession planning for financial advisors planning to retire within five years.
Participants in the first SuccessionFlex™ group are mostly in their mid-to-late 60s and looking to take their first steps toward transitioning to the next phase of their professional lives . While the average payout was $896,000, actual amounts varied based on the size of the practice and the amount of cash the advisors were looking to take out of their businesses.
Launched in November 2021, SuccessionFlex™ allows advisors to authorize a succession and continuity agreement that includes an option, before retirement, to sell 30% to 40% of their current revenue stream to The AmeriFlex Group®, with no minority ownership discount. No equity changes hands at the time of the agreement, and the only requirement is that the advisor remains affiliated with AmeriFlex. Advisors can agree to sell to either The AmeriFlex Group®, or to another affiliated partner advisor.
Thomas Goodson, President & CEO of The AmeriFlex Group®, said, "SuccessionFlex™ is working exactly as we envisioned. It gives advisors the financial flexibility and peace of mind they need as they navigate toward retirement and succession. We worked with these nine advisors over the past few months to ensure that we developed unique deals that would allow each to continue growing their businesses and providing exceptional services to their clients."
Longboat Key, Florida-based Henry Kochan, an AmeriFlex Group® financial advisor with 41 year of industry experience was one of the first participants in SuccessionFlex™. He said, "The AmeriFlex Group® has created a great program for advisors like me who are looking to make a graceful exit from a business they devoted the better part of their lives to building. SuccessionFlex™ allows me to expand my strong relationship with The AmeriFlex Group®, taking it from the back office to the near office. It's been a true win-win situation for all involved."
SuccessionFlex™ was created by Mr. Goodson and his senior leadership team in collaboration with strategic advisor Larry Roth, the former Cetera and Advisor Group CEO and Managing Partner of RLR Strategic Partners, a boutique M&A and strategic advisory firm.
"With reports of 40% of the financial advisor population looking to retire over the next 10 years, I believe SuccessionFlex™ is the right program at the right time," said Mr. Roth. "Exiting the business is a decision that shouldn't be made in a vacuum, since it has wide-ranging implications for an advisor's family, staff and clients. We developed SuccessionFlex™ to take some of the uncertainty out of the succession process, relieve much of the burden and allow advisors to start monetizing their practices while still working."
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‘Blacks only,’ ‘whites only’ signs posted on Ohio high school water fountains, parents say
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) – Signs recently appeared on the water fountains at a high school in Ohio appearing to segregate the water fountains along racial lines, according to parents.
According to WXIX, school officials at Colerain High School confirmed the signs were posted May 5 and then shared on social media.
The school’s principal sent a letter to parents saying, “The administration is taking this incident very seriously, as matters of racial insensitivity are not condoned or tolerated.”
“We will not stand for intolerance of any kind and will discipline any student who participates in displaying intolerant behavior,” Principal Erin Davis said in the letter.
Some parents take issue with the part of Davis’ letter that says even students who share the post online will be subject to disciplinary action.
They argue that some students wanted to let others know they were hurt, but the school is trying to silence them.
“These water fountains were labeled ‘blacks only,’ ‘whites only,’ which pushed us back so many generations,” said one parent who preferred to remain anonymous. “My heart dropped. I could not believe it. It was so offensive.”
The parents say in order for students to process information like this, they need to be able to talk about it openly without the chilling threat of censure from above.
A spokesperson for the school district called the signs “unacceptable on all levels” and a deviation from the district’s “culture of inclusivity, respect, kindness and compassion for everyone.”
According to the school’s spokesperson, an investigation into the matter revealed the signs were posted over the water fountains for 30 seconds and “were never seen by other students or staff members.”
“The three students involved in the incident posted the signs, took photos and removed the notes before posting the photos online,” the spokesperson explained.
The school district said the students involved have been disciplined for their actions.
Here is a full copy of the letter sent to parents:
CHS Families,
Earlier today, Colerain High School (CHS) Administration was made aware of an inappropriate and racist message that was displayed at CHS. The administration is taking this incident very seriously, as matters of racial insensitivity are not condoned or tolerated. We are currently in the process of investigating this matter. At this time, we have identified two students who were involved. Additionally, we have been made aware that the posting has been shared on social media. Any student, including those who are found to have taken part in sharing the post online will also be subject to disciplinary action.
The actions that were displayed do not reflect the values and culture of Colerain High School or the Northwest Local School District. CHS stands firm on creating a culture of inclusivity, respect, kindness and compassion. As a school community it is our responsibility to make sure that our CHS family uphold and live out these values. We will not stand for intolerance of any kind and will discipline any student who participates in displaying intolerant behavior.
Erin Davis
Principal
Colerain High School
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Searchers have found the bodies of three missing boaters after two boats collided on a Georgia river, bringing the crash’s death toll to five people.
Two people had been found dead shortly after the Saturday collision on the Wilmington River near Savannah, authorities said. The bodies of the three boaters still missing were recovered Sunday morning, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Sgt. Cindy Miller told WTOC-TV. They were found in water about 14 feet (4.3 meters) deep, and in close proximity to each other, authorities said.
One of the boats had six people aboard and the other carried three people, the U.S. Coat Guard said in a statement. At least four people were taken to hospitals, authorities said. The names of those involved were not immediately made public.
The incident is the second involving a boat and serious injuries on the Wilmington River this month. A local businessman was killed May 5 when a boat he was aboard struck an unlit channel marker near the Savannah Yacht Club and he was struck on the head by an unknown object, authorities said.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died. He was 87.
Lewis is revered in jazz circles for 1960s hits like “The ‘In’ Crowd,” “Hang on Sloopy” and “Wade in the Water.” He earned three Grammy awards and seven gold records. The trio’s first record in 1956 was “Ramsey Lewis and the Gentlemen of Swing.”
Lewis died Monday in his sleep at his Chicago home, according to his son, Bobby Lewis.
“He was just at peace,” Bobby Lewis told The Associated Press on Monday night. “Most people say when they met dad that he was a class act. He was that way even through his last breath.”
Ramsey Lewis described his approach to composing and performing in a 2011 interview with the AP.
“Life is a solo, and it continues,” Lewis said, sitting at the dining room table in his downtown Chicago home. “I just know that when I put my hands on the piano it’s going to flow.”
Lewis first took piano lessons at age 4. He spent his early days in Chicago using his gospel and classical roots to create his own jazz style in the many neighborhood venues that hired young jazz musicians.
“It gave us a lot of opportunity to try our ideas and learn what it means to perform in front of an audience,” Lewis said as he was named National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master in 2007. He accepted the award from his mentor and fellow Jazz Master, pianist Billy Taylor.
During his career, Lewis performed with musical stars such as Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Al Jarreau and Pat Metheney. Lewis had more than 80 albums to his credit — three dozen of them with Chicago-based Chess Records. He toured around the world and performed at the 1995 state dinner that then-President Bill Clinton hosted for President Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil.
“I believe that my father — his love for the piano and his passion for the piano and how he coveted this love and how he protected it — that gave him longevity,” Bobby Lewis said. “He recognized the gift God had given him.”
The Chicago native began composing large-scale musical works later in his career. His first was an eight-movement piece for Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet. He also completed a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln — “Proclamation of Hope: A Symphonic Poem by Ramsey Lewis.”
Lewis also hosted radio shows in the 1990s and 2000, including “The Ramsey Lewis Morning Show,” on WNUA-FM and the syndicated “Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis.” In 2007, he hosted “Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis,” a weekly program that aired on public television stations nationwide.
The show’s creators said it was the first time jazz was featured on a weekly basis on network television in 40 years. It featured jazz greats and up-and-comers.
Lewis also spent time working on behalf of charities that brought music to young people.
“Ramsey’s passion for music was truly fueled by the love and dedication of his fans across the globe,” his wife, Janet Lewis, said in a Facebook post. “He loved touring and meeting music lovers from so many cultures and walks of life. It was our family’s great pleasure to share Ramsey in this special way with all those who admired his God-given talents.”
Brett Steele, whose Tampa, Florida-based Steele Management represented Lewis since 2011, said Lewis spent the last year of his life working on his memoirs which are completed and scheduled to be published next year.
In addition to his wife and son, Lewis also is survived by daughters Denise Jeffries and Dawn Allain; two other sons Kendall Kelly Lewis and Frayne Lewis; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Former Associated Press writer Caryn Rousseau was the primary contributor to this report. AP writer Corey Williams contributed from Detroit. | https://cw33.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/ap-renowned-jazz-pianist-ramsey-lewis-has-died-age-87/ | 2022-09-13T23:48:05Z |
NEW YORK, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until August 29, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Wells Fargo & Company issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Wells Fargo had misrepresented its commitment to diversity in the Company's workplace; (ii) Wells Fargo conducted fake job interviews in order to meet its Diverse Search Requirement; (iii) the foregoing conduct subjected Wells Fargo to an increased risk of regulatory and/or governmental scrutiny and enforcement action, including criminal charges; (iv) all of the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to negatively impact Wells Fargo's reputation; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Judge Denies Haart's Claims to 50% Ownership of Scaglia Companies & Property
"It's time for Ms. Haart to acknowledge her lies regarding 50% ownership," Davis said. "She must retract all inaccurate statements made to the media and business community that she owned 50% of Freedom, EWG or associated properties." Scaglia's attorney Lanny J. Davis said. "We also plan to challenge Netflix's right to continue filming My Unorthodox Life in what is now proven company property – which I believe Ms. Haart is no longer entitled to use."
NEW YORK , May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned tech entrepreneur and global talent agency chairman Silvio Scaglia received a major win in Delaware when a judge ruled Scaglia to be the controlling owner of Elite World Group ("EWG") and its parent company, Freedom Holding, Inc. This decision comes in response to a petition filed by Julia Haart, Scaglia's estranged wife, on February 11, 2022, claiming equal ownership of the company – just two days after being terminated as CEO of EWG.
"I always had faith that 'fake it till you make it,' would not hold up in a court of law," Scaglia said. "The challenge to my ownership of Freedom and EWG was always based on lies, and I'm happy to have this behind me."
Vice Chancellor Morgan T. Zurn ruled on May 26, 2022, in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, in a final order, "Haart is therefore not entitled to the relief she seeks in Counts I, II, III, and IV" – i.e., the four counts relating to her lie about owning 50% of all of Scaglia's properties and businesses.
"It's time for Ms. Haart to acknowledge her lies regarding 50% ownership," Davis said. "She must retract all inaccurate statements made to the media and business community that she owned 50% of Freedom, EWG or associated properties. Even after Vice Chancellor Zurn's final order, Ms. Haart could not resist trying to 'fake it,' saying that the court's decision wasn't 'final.'"
The Hon. Vice Chancellor Zurn wrote that her forthcoming memorandum opinion would include the "reasons detailed" for the final order rejecting Haart's four false claims that she owned 50% of Scaglia's companies and property. Vice Chancellor Zurn also wrote she "has made her key factual findings and legal conclusions," and issued the order to "expedite finality and steady Freedom and EWG."
Additionally, Mr. Davis plans to challenge Netflix's right to continue filming My Unorthodox Life at 70 Vestry Street. "The apartment is in what is now proven company property – which I believe Ms. Haart is no longer entitled to use," Davis said. "She signed a contract with Netflix, saying that she 'owned' the apartment – a lie." Davis had previously sent a cease-and-desist demand to Netflix and its producers, asking them to stop filming the series My Unorthodox Life at 70 Vestry Street.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today, Oscium is announcing WiPry Clarity, a tri-band Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer that visualizes wireless activity on Wi-Fi 6/6E as well as legacy bands (2.4 & 5 GHz).
The WiPry Clarity is the 6th generation of the award-winning WiPry product line, and it improves on an already impressive history of innovation and recognition. Since the first WiPry was released in Sept 2011, the product line has won the following major awards: ACE Awards winner, R&D Finalist, ECN Impact Award, Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award.
With WiPry Clarity, Oscium has focused on hardware performance as the target. Matt Lee, Co-Founder & CTO of Oscium, said, "as we evolve into a tri-band world, the marketplace needs 6E visibility. And we've worked hard to deliver to our customers exactly what they've asked of us: a tri-band Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer."
Bryan Lee, President at Oscium, added, "I'm very proud of what our team has accomplished. Not only have we built a professional grade spectrum analyzer for Wi-Fi 6/6E, but we have a number of software partners that are already integrating their solution into our hardware, extending and increasing the value this tool to the marketplace. And that just means more options for the community!"
Here are some examples of how the WiPry Clarity delivers exceptional value:
On the hardware side, the WiPry Clarity has a frequency range of 2.2 – 7.25 GHz (although the initial software release only supports Wi-Fi bands). The unit is ~50% smaller than the previous version; no batteries are needed as the USB draws power from the host device (PC / Mac). And the performance is clean and crisp with 25 KHz frequency resolution & 0.5 dBm amplitude resolution.
On the software side, Oscium offers a fully featured Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer with the following application ranges:
- 2.4-2.5 GHz (390 KHz resolution)
- 5.145-5.860 GHz (1.396 MHz resolution)
- 5.925-7.125 GHz (1.786 MHz resolution)
As always, no software subscriptions are required to access the Oscium software.
WiPry Clarity hardware can be ordered today for $1,000. Visit us at oscium.com to purchase or for more information. WiPry software is free on the PC and Mac. Compatible devices as of this press release are listed by operating system:
- Windows 8 and higher – all PC's with USB 2.0 port.
- Mac OS 10.10 (Yosemite and higher) – all Mac's. (Support coming soon.)
Through the evolution of our company, we released the first tri-band Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer to ship in 2022. This USB tool, called WiPry Clarity, is built for PC / Mac and offers professional grade performance for the wireless pro. WiPry Clarity visualizes all RF spectral activity for Wi-Fi 6/6E as well as legacy bands (2.4 & 5 GHz).
- WiPry Clarity (Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer 2.2 - 7.25 GHz)
Oscium also delivers innovative test equipment accessories that connect to a smartphone or tablet transforming the host device into a portable troubleshooting tool for field technicians. Hardware can be purchased from Oscium and free software apps are downloaded on either Google Play or in the Apple App Store. Oscium has been delighting customers since 2010 and currently offers the following products for purchase:
- WiPry 2500x (Wi-Fi Spectrum Analyzer 2.4 & 5 GHz)
- WiPry 790x (handheld spectrum analyzer 755-928 MHz)
- WiPry 340x (handheld spectrum analyzer 300-464 MHz)
- iMSO-204x (handheld oscilloscope)
The Future of Test Equipment is Here.
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NEW YORK, June 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV).
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According to a filed complaint, AbbVie Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) safety concerns about Pfizer Inc.'s drug Xeljanz extended to Abbvie's drug Rinvoq and to other Janus kinase enzyme inhibitor drugs; (2) as a result, it was likely that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would require additional safety warnings for Rinvoq and would delay the approval of additional treatment indications for Rinvoq; and (3) therefore, defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes edged higher on Wall Street in afternoon trading Friday while Treasury yields soar, after a healthy report on the U.S. job market strengthened expectations for coming interest rate hikes.
The S&P 500 was up 0.2% after wavering between small gains and losses. The benchmark index is on track for a weekly loss following two weeks gains amid lingering concerns about high inflation, higher interest rates from the Federal Reserve and the economic effects of the war in Ukraine.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average bounced back from an early slide and was up 116 points, or 0.3%, at 34,794, as of 2:31 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.1%.
The sharpest action was again in the bond market, where the yield on the two-year Treasury approached its highest level in more than three years.
Yields jumped after a U.S. government report showed employers added 431,000 jobs last month. That was slightly below economists’ expectations for 477,500, but the report also revised earlier months’ data to reflect more strength. It showed raises for workers accelerated last month but at a slower pace than overall inflation, while the unemployment rate improved to 3.6% from 3.7%.
“This was a solid report,” said Brian Jacobsen, senior investment strategist at Allspring Global Investments.
“You can see the worries about COVID fading. Fewer people are working remotely. Fewer people are saying they can’t work due to the pandemic.”
A separate report showed that U.S. manufacturing is continuing to grow, though at a slower rate than in February.
A strong jobs market and economy give the Federal Reserve more leeway to raise interest rates sharply in order to beat down the high inflation that’s sweeping the country. The Fed has already raised its key overnight rate once, the first such increase since 2018. Following Friday’s jobs report, traders increased bets that the Fed will raise rates at its next meeting by double the usual amount.
Such expectations drive shorter-term Treasury yields in particular, and the two-year yield leaped to 2.43% from 2.28% late Thursday.
The two-year yield again rose slightly above the 10-year yield, which was also climbing but not as quickly. The 10-year yield rose to 2.38% from 2.33%. On Tuesday, the two-year yield briefly topped the 10-year yield for the first time since 2019, a potentially ominous sign.
Such a flip of the usual relationship between two- and 10-year yields has preceded many recessions in the past, though it hasn’t been a perfect predictor. Some market watchers caution the signal may be less accurate this time, because of distortions in yields caused by extraordinary measures by the Federal Reserve and other central banks to keep interest rates low.
Shares of GameStop initially rose sharply after it said it plans to split its stock, pending approval from shareholders for an increase in the number of its authorized shares. Such splits can bring down the price of a share of stock, potentially putting it in reach of more smaller-pocketed investors. The stock was down 2.6% in afternoon trading.
GameStop’s stock has more than doubled since sitting at $78.11 in mid-March. But it’s still well below the $483 peak reached in early 2021 amid the “meme stock” craze. Then, bands of smaller-pocketed investors joined together to pump prices to levels seen as irrational by many professional investors.
Other meme stocks have also shown renewed strength in recent weeks, though AMC Entertainment fell 8% Friday.
In overseas markets, European stocks were modestly higher despite a report showing consumer prices in the 19 countries that use the euro currency rose by an annual rate of 7.5% in March, the fifth straight monthly record.
France’s CAC 40 rose 0.4%, Germany’s DAX returned 0.2% and the FTSE 100 in London added 0.3%.
Oil and gas prices had already been rising because of increasing demand from economies recovering from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic. They jumped higher after Russia, a major oil and gas producer, invaded Ukraine, on fears that sanctions and export restrictions could crimp supplies.
Crude prices slipped modestly on Friday, with a barrel of U.S. oil dipping 1% to settle at $99.27. Early last month, when disruptions to crude supplies were at their height, it briefly touched $130.
Brent crude, the international standard, fell 6% to settle at $104.71 per barrel.
In Asia, stocks were mixed.
The Nikkei 225 fell 0.6% after the Bank of Japan’s closely watched quarterly gauge of business sector sentiment, the “tankan,” showed the benchmark indicator for large manufacturers dropped for the first time in seven quarters.
South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.6%, while stocks in Shanghai rose 0.9%.
Rising COVID-19 cases in China are adding to the worries of a regional slowdown. The lockdown in Shanghaientered its second phase of extended restrictions, while restrictions were lifted in hard-hit Jilin.
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AP Business Writer Yuri Kageyama contributed. Veiga reported from Los Angeles. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/global-shares-mixed-as-japan-tankan-shows-weaker-outlook/ | 2022-04-01T19:15:07Z |
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Tennessee marks fourth state where IGT and SuperBook Sports have teamed up to deliver world-class sports betting
LONDON, June 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC ("IGT") (NYSE: IGT) announced today that it extended its successful partnership with SuperBook® Sports to Tennessee, where the IGT PlaySports platform is powering the SuperBook Sports mobile betting app.
Tennessee marks the fourth state where IGT and SuperBook Sports have teamed up to deliver a performance-driving sports betting solution. SuperBook Sports is currently leveraging IGT PlaySports technology to power retail and mobile betting in Colorado, and mobile betting in New Jersey and Arizona.
"Over the last two years, IGT PlaySports has played a strategic role in helping SuperBook Sports engage sports fans across the U.S. and achieve our growth goals," said Jay Kornegay, SuperBook Executive Vice President. "We're excited to bring the SuperBook Sports mobile betting app to Tennessee and to introduce players throughout the State to our signature promotions and highly competitive, localized sports betting offering."
"Given SuperBook Sports' roots and legacy in Nevada, we've had an opportunity to watch the enterprise grow from a single, iconic location in Las Vegas, to a growing multi-state sportsbook operator," said Joe Asher, IGT President of Sports Betting. "The IGT PlaySports-powered sportsbook that SuperBook Sports created for Tennessee can scale for any market opportunity and evolve in parallel with player preferences and behaviors."
IGT was recently named Sports Betting Platform Provider of the Year in the 2021 SBC North America Awards. IGT's sports betting footprint spans 20+ U.S. states and into Canada.
For more information about IGT PlaySports, visit igt.com/PlaySports or visit us on LinkedIn.
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IGT (NYSE:IGT) is a global leader in gaming. We deliver entertaining and responsible gaming experiences for players across all channels and regulated segments, from Lotteries and Gaming Machines to Sports Betting and Digital. Leveraging a wealth of compelling content, substantial investment in innovation, player insights, operational expertise, and leading-edge technology, our solutions deliver unrivaled gaming experiences that engage players and drive growth. We have a well-established local presence and relationships with governments and regulators in more than 100 countries around the world, and create value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. IGT has approximately 10,500 employees. For more information, please visit www.igt.com.
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SuperBook Sports has earned its reputation as the most well-respected and well-known brand in American sports betting. The company launched its first sports betting operation in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1986. Now, with over 35 years of operating experience, SuperBook Sports has become the go-to source for leading sports media outlets, other bookmakers and a favorite place to wager for both novice and knowledgeable bettors alike. SuperBook Westgate Las Vegas boasts the largest sportsbook in the world at over 35,000 sq ft, featuring the world's largest video wall and 4K screen. In October 2020, SuperBook Sports officially launched their Colorado mobile app. In June of 2021, they celebrated a grand opening of The SuperBook at The Lodge Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado. SuperBook Sports continued their expansion to New Jersey in August 2021, Arizona in December 2021, and Tennessee in April 2022. Visit SuperBook.com for additional details.
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ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Graybar, a leading distributor of electrical, communications and data networking products and provider of related supply chain management and logistics services, today reported that it set new quarterly records for net sales and net income in the second quarter of 2022.
Graybar's net sales for the second quarter of this year totaled $2.7 billion, an increase of 19.7 percent compared to the same period last year. Net income attributable to Graybar for the quarter finished at $127.6 million, a 59.3 percent increase from the second quarter of 2021.
For the first half of the year, the company reported net sales of $5.1 billion, a 22.3 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Net income attributable to Graybar for the first six months of 2022 increased 80.5 percent to $229.8 million.
"I am proud of Graybar's performance through the first half of 2022," said Kathleen M. Mazzarella, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Graybar. "Amid changing economic conditions and ongoing global disruption, our business remains strong. We continue to focus on delivering an exceptional customer experience, while we invest in growth and supply chain innovation that will broaden our reach, expand our capabilities and drive our long-term success."
Graybar, a Fortune 500 corporation and one of the largest employee-owned companies in North America, is a leader in the distribution of high quality electrical, communications and data networking products, and specializes in related supply chain management and logistics services. Through its network of more than 300 North American distribution facilities, it stocks and sells products from thousands of manufacturers, helping its customers power, network, automate and secure their facilities with speed, intelligence and efficiency. For more information, visit www.graybar.com or call 1-800-GRAYBAR.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- InvestorsObserver issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for QNRX, LIAN, REDU, WBEV, and BLBX.
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BEIJING (AP) — Elon Musk’s ties to China through his role as electric car brand Tesla’s biggest shareholder could add complexity to his bid to buy Twitter.
Other companies that want access to China give in to pressure to follow Beijing’s positions on Taiwan and other issues. But Twitter is shut out by internet barriers that block most Chinese users from seeing global social media, which gives Beijing no leverage over the company, though the ruling Communist Party uses it to spread propaganda abroad.
Tesla Inc.’s ambitions in China might give Beijing that leverage to pressure Twitter to silence human rights activists and other critics or ease its rules on propaganda if Musk’s $44 billion purchase goes ahead, some experts suggest. Chinese customers bought half the Teslas sold last year. Its busiest factory and “main export hub” is in Shanghai.
“The Chinese exert tremendous leverage over businesses,” said Anne Stevenson-Yang of J Capital Research. “If you care about the Shanghai operation (of Tesla), then you’re going to put everything else in service to that.”
Musk says he sees “no indications” Beijing might use Tesla as leverage, but other companies don’t wait for government orders. Automakers, clothing brands and others take pre-emptive action to protect their access to China by changing marketing or products sold worldwide to reflect official positions such as the ruling party’s claim that self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory.
Whether the Twitter deal will go ahead remains an open question. Musk tweeted Tuesday that it can’t happen unless the company shows public proof that the number of Twitter accounts without real users behind them is below 5% of the total.
On Monday, he said at a business conference in Miami that a deal at a lower price wasn’t “out of the question,” Bloomberg News reported. That supported suggestions by industry analysts that Musk wants out of the deal or a lower price due to a fall in the value of Tesla sock, some of which he has pledged to finance the purchase.
Trying to use an investor’s stake in one company to pressure a different company outside China would be a new tactic. But foreign investors know the ruling party is increasingly assertive about defending its “core interests” worldwide and attacks global brands even when that imposes costs on China and its public.
Officials have warned companies must “respect the feelings of the Chinese people” and avoid “eating Chinese rice while smashing Chinese bowls.”
A handful have given up opportunities in China to avoid cooperating with official censorship or surveillance or suffering a consumer backlash abroad over human rights or other issues. More common are companies such as hotel operator Marriott, which in 2018 fired an employee who “liked” a Twitter post praising a customer survey outside China that called Tibet a country.
Regulators can pressure automakers by blocking them from expanding output while ordering them to stay silent about the reason. More openly, state media have called for boycotts of Japanese, South Korean and other brands during disputes with their governments.
Tesla’s sales in China rose 226% last year to 473,600 vehicles, according to LMC Automotive. That was about half of its 935,222 global deliveries.
Musk, who is Tesla’s chairman, was asked about the possibility the automaker might be used by Beijing as leverage over Twitter while appearing virtually at a May 11 event hosted by The Financial Times newspaper on the auto industry’s future.
“I’ve seen no indications to that effect,” Musk replied.
Musk said he expects China to be 25% to 30% of Tesla’s market in the long term.
The South African-born billionaire said he doesn’t see another Tesla factory in China in the near term but the company will expand in Shanghai.
The company, headquartered in Austin, Texas, didn’t respond to questions by email about its expansion plans.
Human rights activists criticized Tesla after it opened a showroom in Xinjiang in the northwest last year despite complaints of abuses against ethnic Muslim groups living there. The company isn’t alone: Volkswagen AG operates a factory in the region and Chinese partners of other global brands have sales outlets there.
Musk says he wants to make Twitter a “politically neutral” forum for as much free speech as each country’s laws allow.
He hasn’t said what he might do about Twitter’s requirement that accounts of China’s state media and officials must be labelled “state-affiliated.” Scrapping that or curbs on inflammatory speech might make it easier for Beijing or other governments to influence American public opinion during elections.
A reporter for the official China Daily newspaper wants the tag dropped.
“Elon Musk should remove my label,” Chen Weihua wrote on Twitter on April 30. “This is totally discriminatory and suppression of free speech.”
Some companies fail to find a compromise between Chinese pressure and public outrage abroad over accusations of forced labor in Xinjiang and other abuses.
Last year, state media called for a boycott of Swedish clothing retailer H&M and other brands that stopped using cotton from Xinjiang. Most stuck to their position despite a hit to sales, possibly fearing bigger losses from a consumer backlash abroad.
Some companies don’t want to be seen to “carry the water for the government,” said Lester Ross, head of the Beijing office of Washington law firm WilmerHale.
China has the biggest population of internet users at just over 1 billion, according to official data. But most cannot see Twitter, other social media abroad and thousands of websites run by news outlets, human rights or pro-democracy activists and others.
China has its own popular but heavily censored social media. They are required to delete material deemed subversive or pornographic.
Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog service, says it has 573 million active monthly users, or more than double Twitter’s 229 million. Tencent’s WeChat message service says 1.2 billion people use it every day.
Censorship has tightened steadily since President Xi Jinping took power in 2012.
Accounts run by support groups for young gays and lesbians have been closed. Complaints about food shortages when Shanghai was shut down to fight virus outbreaks were deleted.
In 2018, Tesla became the first foreign automaker to set up its own factory in China after ownership restrictions in the industry were scrapped. Until then, global automakers had to work through state-owned partners that assembled their vehicles.
Tesla’s honeymoon included access to subsidies for buyers of electrics and an exemption from sales tax. But when subsidies were extended in 2020 to help the industry through the pandemic, Tesla was excluded, while its closest Chinese rival, luxury electric brand NIO, remained eligible.
Musk is known for flamboyant gestures that include smoking marijuana during a radio interview. But he is alert to Chinese sensitivities.
He complained anti-virus measures in California disrupted Tesla production but said nothing in public after the shutdown of Shanghai forced his company’s factory to close. | https://cw33.com/technology/ap-technology/musks-china-ties-add-potential-risks-to-twitter-purchase/ | 2022-05-17T14:36:00Z |
BOSTON, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The five John Hancock closed-end funds listed below declared their monthly distributions today as follows:
Premium Dividend Fund (the "Fund") declared its monthly distribution pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "PDT Plan"). Under the PDT Plan, the Fund makes monthly distributions of an amount equal to $0.0975 per share. This amount will be paid monthly until further notice.
Distributions under the PDT Plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital.
The Fund may also make additional distributions (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gain of the Fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular monthly distributions.
The Board may amend the terms of the PDT Plan or terminate the PDT Plan at any time.
Tax-Advantaged Dividend Income Fund (the "Fund") declared its monthly distribution pursuant to the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "HTD Plan"). Under the HTD Plan, the Fund makes monthly distributions of an amount equal to $0.1380 per share. This amount will be paid monthly until further notice.
Distributions under the HTD Plan may consist of net investment income, net realized long-term capital gains, net realized short-term capital gains and, to the extent necessary, return of capital.
The Fund may also make additional distributions (i) for purposes of not incurring federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gain of the Fund, if any, not included in such regular distributions and (ii) for purposes of not incurring federal excise tax on ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, not included in such regular monthly distributions.
The Board may amend the terms of the HTD Plan or terminate the HTD Plan at any time.
A portion of a Fund's current distribution may include sources other than net investment income, including a return of capital. Investors should understand that a return of capital is not a distribution from income or gains of a Fund. As required under the Investment Company Act of 1940, a notice with the estimated components of the distribution will be sent to shareholders at the time of payment if it does not consist solely of net investment income. Such notice will also be posted to the Funds' website at www.jhinvestments.com. The notice should not be used to prepare tax returns as the estimates indicated in the notice may differ from the ultimate federal income tax characterization of distributions. After the end of each calendar year, investors will be sent a Form 1099-DIV informing them how to report distributions received during that year for federal income tax purposes.
Statements in this press release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements as defined by the United States securities laws. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they are subject to uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Fund's control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements.
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Manulife Investment Management is the global brand for the global wealth and asset management segment of Manulife Financial Corporation. We draw on more than a century of financial stewardship and the full resources of our parent company to serve individuals, institutions, and retirement plan members worldwide. Headquartered in Toronto, our leading capabilities in public and private markets are strengthened by an investment footprint that spans 18 geographies. We complement these capabilities by providing access to a network of unaffiliated asset managers from around the world. We're committed to investing responsibly across our businesses. We develop innovative global frameworks for sustainable investing, collaboratively engage with companies in our securities portfolios, and maintain a high standard of stewardship where we own and operate assets, and we believe in supporting financial well-being through our workplace retirement plans. Today, plan sponsors around the world rely on our retirement plan administration and investment expertise to help their employees plan for, save for, and live a better retirement. Not all offerings are available in all jurisdictions. For additional information, please visit manulifeim.com.
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TOKYO, July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLab Inc., a leader in online mobile games, announced that its head-to-head football simulation game Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team will hold the worldwide Dream Championship 2022 tournament starting Friday, September 9th. Additionally, the official website (https://www.tsubasa-dreamteam.com/dcs/en/) is now open. See the original press release (https://www.klab.com/en/press/) for more information.
The Dream Championship is an official tournament for Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team hosted by KLab Inc. for players 18 years old and above. The tournament will use the mobile game Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team, which is available on the App Store, Google Play Store, and HUAWEI AppGallery.
The first Dream Championship was held in 2019 and this year marks its fourth installment which will be held exclusively online. The tournament was created as the ultimate chance for players to face off against strong opponents from all over the world to decide who is number one.
Dream Championship 2022 Overview
The Online Qualifiers will be held in-game from Friday, September 9th. After that, the Final Regional Qualifiers will be held online and will consist of 4 blocks representing different regions of the world.
The top 7 rated players as of November 2022 will advance to the Finals in addition to the top 8 players who win the Final Regional Qualifiers and the winner of Dream Championship 2021. There will be a total of 16 players who will compete in the Finals to decide this year's champion.
Overview of Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team
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Debuts at Riviera Maya With up to 43% In Savings, up to $400 in Resort Credits and New Character Appearances At Both Locations
MIAMI, Aug. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Nick Jr. Friends Event, the highly anticipated annual fall event uniquely crafted for preschoolers, is returning to Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana and launching for the first time at Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Riviera Maya with exclusive discounts, dedicated programming, and special Nickelodeon character appearances at both locations. This top preschooler event gives guests the opportunity to meet some of their favorite Nick Jr. friends including Chase, Marshall and Skye from PAW Patrol, Blue from Blue's Clues & You!, Dora the Explorer, Shimmer and Shine, and for the first time ever, Santiago of the Seas. Having made its mark as a top event in the Caribbean for families with little ones over the last four years, this popular seasonal programming is back with brand new experiences and savings. Families looking for endless summers can level up their autumn vacation and take advantage of major savings with up to 43% off starting at $203 per person per night + up to $400 in Resort Credits when they book now through October 30 and travel September 8 through October 31, 2022.
While both resort locations will offer unforgettable experiences that are true to the heart of the Nickelodeon brand, each destination will welcome unique experiences that set the stage for an unmatched Nick Jr. Friends Event. Little guests staying at Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Punta Cana will have the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hang out with Santiago from Santiago of the Seas, who is making a debut appearance just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, while those staying at Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts Riviera Maya will get the chance to play with Chase and Skye from PAW Patrol and Shimmer & Shine from Shimmer and Shine.
"We are beyond excited to bring back our Nick Jr. Friends Event to our resorts this fall after continued overwhelming success," said Daniel Lozano, Vice President of Operations at Karisma Hotels & Resorts. "Families can expect signature experiences coupled with new playful surprises that will make this year's event bigger and better than ever."
Families can enjoy a 5-star luxury all-inclusive vacation with gourmet dining, thrilling adventure at the Aqua Nick water parks, expansive accommodations, and all kinds of exclusive, limited edition events and experiences taking place throughout the week — from exciting character meet and greets to interactive activities including searching for clues left behind by Blue, making Dora's backpack and creating their own adventure map, dancing the Pup Pup Boogie with PAW Patrol, making their own Blue & Magenta ears, themed menus with fun mocktails and sweets, dance parties and much more. Little ones can even get inspired to help their friends, families and communities with Paw Patrol's "Calling All Heroes" program as they receive a Big Hero Book of hero tips when participating in the activities onsite.
With two locations, one in Mexico and the Dominican Republic, the 5-star family experiential resorts are designed to ignite the spark of play for guests of all ages with signature seasonal events throughout the year including the Nick Jr. Friends Event this fall. Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts offer spacious and themed family suites, Nickelodeon™ Place, Aqua Nick themed water park, Club Nick for kids, and the renowned Gourmet Inclusive® Experience by Karisma.
For information about the Nick Jr. Friends Event or to book, visit www.karismahotels.com/nickelodeon-hotels-resorts.
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Karisma Hotels & Resorts is an award-winning luxury hotel collection that owns and manages an impressive portfolio of properties in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Property brands include Margaritaville Island Reserve by Karisma; El Dorado Spa Resorts by Karisma; Azul Beach Resorts by Karisma; Generations Resorts by Karisma; Hidden Beach Resort by Karisma; Nickelodeon Hotels & Resorts; and Margaritaville St. Somewhere by Karisma. Properties have been honored with the industry's top accolades, including Conde Nast Traveler's "Top 100 Hotels in the World," Conde Nast Traveler's "Top 30 Hotels in Cancun," TripAdvisor® Traveler's Choice "Best Hotels for Romance," and AAA's "Five Diamond Award'' and "Four Diamond Award." Karisma Hotels & Resorts is committed to employee and community support while delivering authentic experiences to guests, receiving worldwide recognition for its compassionate and creative approach to hospitality management and product innovations.
Nickelodeon, now in its 43rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing, and feature films. Nickelodeon is one of the most globally recognized and widely distributed multimedia entertainment brands for kids and family, available in more than 400 million households across 170+ countries and territories via more than 100+ locally programmed channels and branded blocks. Outside of the United States, Nickelodeon is part of Paramount Networks International, a division of Paramount (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA). For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters, and logos are trademarks of ViacomCBS Inc.
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STAMFORD, Conn., June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) (the "Company" or "Charter") will host a webcast on Friday, July 29, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) to discuss financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. A press release reporting such results will be issued at 7:00 a.m. ET that day.
The webcast can be accessed live via the Company's investor relations website at ir.charter.com. The webcast will be archived at ir.charter.com approximately two hours after completion of the webcast.
About Charter
Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR) is a leading broadband connectivity company and cable operator serving more than 32 million customers in 41 states through its Spectrum brand. Over an advanced communications network, the company offers a full range of state-of-the-art residential and business services including Spectrum Internet®, TV, Mobile and Voice.
For small and medium-sized companies, Spectrum Business® delivers the same suite of broadband products and services coupled with special features and applications to enhance productivity, while for larger businesses and government entities, Spectrum Enterprise provides highly customized, fiber-based solutions. Spectrum Reach® delivers tailored advertising and production for the modern media landscape. The company also distributes award-winning news coverage, sports and high-quality original programming to its customers through Spectrum Networks and Spectrum Originals. More information about Charter can be found at corporate.charter.com.
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The maker of a gun used in the Texas shooting pulls out of the NRA convention
By David Goldman, CNN Business
The manufacturer of a firearm used in the Robb Elementary School shooting said it will not attend the National Rifle Association convention Friday.
“Daniel Defense is not attending the NRA meeting due to the horrifying tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, where one of our products was criminally misused,” said Steve Reed, vice president of marketing for Daniel Defense, in a statement. “We believe this week is not the appropriate time to be promoting our products in Texas at the NRA meeting.”
A gunman fatally shot 19 children and two teachers at the school earlier this week. Investigators found one of the suspect’s AR15-style rifles, manufactured by Daniel Defense, in the school, according Texas state Sen. John Whitmire, who received a briefing from law enforcement.
The NRA is set to hold its annual meeting in Houston Friday, the gun lobby’s first convention in three years. The organization canceled the previous two meetings because of the Covid pandemic.
Top NRA officials and Republican politicians, including former President Donald Trump and NRA head Wayne LaPierre, will address attendees.
Gunmakers will also show off their products at an exposition. But Daniel Defense will not be among them. In a statement on its website, the company called Tuesday’s school shooting “evil.”
“We are deeply saddened by the tragic events in Texas this week,” the statement said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and community devastated by this evil act.”
The AR15-style rifle was discovered with suspect, Salvador Ramos, who was fatally shot by a Border Patrol officer.
State Sen. Ronald Gutierrez, who represents Uvalde, said the guns were bought legally from a federally authorized dealer in the area for Ramos’ 18th birthday.
Daniel Defense wasn’t the only NRA convention participant to pull out.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott canceled his in-person appearance but will address NRA members “through prerecorded video.” And at least three musicians who were set to sing in a concert at this weekend’s convention have canceled their performances. Don McLean, Larry Gatlin and Larry Stewart cited the shooting in Uvalde as the reason for their cancellations.
The NRA condemned the shooting in a statement Wednesday, calling it a “horrific and evil crime.” The organization filed for bankruptcy last year after New York Attorney General Letitia James sued to dissolve the NRA. The lawsuit accuses the NRA’s senior leadership of using millions of dollars from the organization’s reserves for personal use and tax fraud.
— CNN’s Paradise Afshar and Jordan Valinsky contributed to this report
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GREENSBORO N.C., June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Honda Aircraft Company's latest model, the HondaJet Elite S, was named the Best Light Jet in the Robb Report's 34th annual Best of the Best issue. Through the Best of the Best Awards, Robb Report celebrates the finest products from around the world of the last 12 months.
This marks the second time the HondaJet has won the Best of the Best award, having previously won in 2007 when it was an experimental aircraft. This repeat recognition demonstrates that the upgraded model has once again exceeded expectations and continues to set new industry standards.
"Our team at Robb Report has followed HondaJet since it was first introduced in 2003, and we feel the Elite S model is a particularly strong addition to the HondaJet family due to the step changes in this model over the previous generation, including 200 extra pounds of payload, improved avionics and new color options," said Paul Croughton, Editor in Chief of Robb Report.
"We are honored that the HondaJet Elite S has been recognized with another prestigious award for our continuous innovation in technology, performance, and exceptional design since the foundation of the HondaJet," said Hideto Yamasaki, President and CEO of Honda Aircraft Company. "The HondaJet Elite S represents not only our dedication to offer products of impeccable quality, but our continued effort to improve lives through personal mobility."
The HondaJet Elite S was revealed in May of 2021 at Honda Aircraft Company's first ever virtual product launch. This award-winning aircraft is the fastest, highest, and farthest flying business jet in its category.
Inheriting the numerous aeronautical breakthroughs from its predecessor, the HondaJet Elite S incorporates many technological innovations, including the unique Over-The-Wing Engine Mount (OTWEM), Natural Laminar Flow (NLF) nose and wings, and composite fuselage. All of these advancements contribute to the aircraft's superior performance, unparalleled efficiency and maximized fuselage space, making the aircraft's cabin the largest in its class. The HondaJet Elite S remains significantly more fuel efficient and emits less greenhouse gases than all other similarly sized twin-engine business jets.
Other new features of this upgraded model can be found in the cockpit and include safety features which offer operators greater confidence in flight. The Elite S further reduces pilot workload with new avionics features including FAA DataComm and ACARS, replacing traditional voice commands with text-based messaging to improve the clarity and efficiency of communications. Additionally, the Advanced Steering Augmentation System (ASAS) is the new system implemented through nose wheel steering; this helps reduce pilot workload during landing, expands operational limit and enhances safety for missions especially under adverse weather conditions.
Currently, the HondaJet global fleet comprises over 210 aircraft with over 100,000 flight hours recorded. Furthermore, it continues to be the most delivered jet in its category, with 2021 marking the fifth consecutive year HondaJet earned this recognition in the aviation industry.
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BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors on Monday arrested a right-wing extremist over an arson attack on a home for asylum-seekers more than 30 years ago in which a Ghanaian man was killed.
Federal prosecutors said the suspect, a German citizen identified only as Peter S. in line with local privacy rules, is accused of murder, attempted murder and arson leading to death.
They said that, on the evening of Sept. 18, 1991, the suspect and far-right acquaintances discussed racist attacks in the eastern town of Hoyerswerda and agreed that they would approve of similar attacks in their own town, Saarlouis in western Germany.
After the bar where he met his acquaintances closed, prosecutors said, the suspect went to the residence for asylum-seekers, poured gasoline on the staircase and set it alight.
The fire spread quickly. A 27-year-old Ghanaian resident, Samuel Kofi Yeboah, suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation, and died hours later. Two other residents escaped the fire by jumping out of windows, leaving them with broken bones. The other 18 people living in the building escaped unhurt.
An initial investigation against persons unknown was dropped after local authorities couldn’t find a perpetrator. Years later, new evidence let to the investigation being reopened and being taken over by federal prosecutors, who handle national security cases in Germany.
The police chief in Saarland, a region on the French border, said he was relieved that the case now appears to have been solved but the police still have work to do to determine what went wrong in the probe.
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NEW YORK, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Elevation Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELEV), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of precision medicines for patients with genomically defined cancers, today announced that Shawn M. Leland, PharmD, RPh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Elevation Oncology, will participate in a fireside chat at Cowen's 3rd Annual Oncology Innovation Summit, taking place on Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 9:30 am ET
A live webcast and replay of the event will be available on the Events page of the Company's Investor Relations website at https://investors.elevationoncology.com.
About Elevation Oncology, Inc.
Elevation Oncology is founded on the belief that every patient living with cancer deserves to know what is driving the growth of their disease and have access to therapeutics that can stop it. We aim to make genomic tests actionable by selectively developing drugs to inhibit the specific alterations that have been identified as drivers of tumor growth. Together with our peers, we work towards a future in which each tumor's unique genomic test result can be matched with a purpose-built precision medicine to enable an individualized treatment plan for each patient. Our lead candidate, seribantumab, is intended to inhibit tumor growth driven by NRG1 fusions and is currently being evaluated in the Phase 2 CRESTONE study for patients with solid tumors of any origin that have an NRG1 gene fusion. Details on CRESTONE are available at www.NRG1fusion.com. For more information visit www.ElevationOncology.com.
Elevation Oncology Investor and Media Contact
Candice Masse, 978-879-7273
Senior Director, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
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RCPD closes busy Manhattan intersection following rollover accident
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 1:38 PM CDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - Officials have closed a busy Manhattan intersection following a rollover accident.
The Riley County Police Department says officials closed southbound Scenic Dr. just north of the roundabout at Anderson Ave. around 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 16, to clear a rollover accident.
RCPD said drivers should be advised of the closure as they travel through the area.
As the incident remains ongoing, officials have not yet released details.
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TOKYO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Investor Communications Japan (ICJ), a joint venture by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), a global Fintech leader, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc. (TSE), announced today that the number of share-issuing companies on its electronic proxy voting platform (the Platform) has exceeded 1,700 listings, an increase of 499 companies since June 2021.
As of June 2022, over 1,600 companies listed on the Prime Market of the TSE participate in the Platform, representing 87% of the companies in that market or 98% by market capitalization. In addition, over 100 companies listed on the Standard Market and over 20 companies listed on the Growth Market participate in the Platform, and in June of this year, over 1,200 of all companies listed on the TSE that held general meetings of shareholders participated in the Platform (up by over 300 companies).
"Increasing numbers of listed companies and institutional investors are seeking to ensure sufficient time to exercise voting rights based on constructive dialogue and the Platform better enables this process," said ICJ President, Shigeo Imakiire. "This increase in companies joining the Platform is proof that the voting environment has dramatically improved to facilitate the objectives of Japan's Corporate Governance and Stewardship codes."
"ICJ will continue working to strengthen the competitiveness of Japan's capital markets and advance corporate governance through the digitalization of general shareholder meeting processes. ICJ aims to support effective dialogue between companies and investors, and the realization of greater operational efficiency and provision of valuable services for general shareholder meeting participants."
Digitizing and Streamlining
"Broadridge is proud to support the ongoing growth of electronic proxy voting in Japan, by providing innovative digital technology solutions to benefit issuers and investors and help modernize the industry," said Demi Derem, managing director of International Investor Communication Solutions at Broadridge. "Through our collaboration in the Japan market, we enable greater issuer and shareholder participation, market wide transparency, and set the standard for proxy communications and voting."
The ICJ Platform digitizes the processes of general shareholders meetings to streamline operations and contribute to the competitiveness of Japan's capital markets. It helps listed companies engage constructively with institutional investors by providing the opportunity for well-informed engagement before, during, and after shareholder meetings.
Increased Interest
Listed Japanese companies using the platform increased substantially following its March 2006 launch and accelerated after the implementation of the Corporate Governance Code in 2015 and the recommendation to use the Platform by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry's Study Group on Promoting Electronification of Processes for Shareholder Meetings in 2016.
More recently, a revision made to the Corporate Governance Code in 2021 that requests Prime Market-listed companies promote the use of electronic voting platforms further accelerated this trend. After almost 18 years, the Platform has become a key part of the infrastructure of Japan's capital markets.
ICJ is part of Broadridge's local market commitments to enhance corporate governance and increase shareholder democracy at a national level in markets around the world. Broadridge's infrastructure serves as a global communications hub, enabling higher standards of corporate governance and investor stewardship by linking thousands of public companies and mutual funds to tens of millions of individual and institutional investors around the world.
About Broadridge
Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader with $5 billion in revenues, provides the critical infrastructure that powers investing, corporate governance, and communications to enable better financial lives. We deliver technology-driven solutions that drive business transformation for banks, broker-dealers, asset and wealth managers and public companies. Broadridge's infrastructure serves as a global communications hub enabling corporate governance by linking thousands of public companies and mutual funds to tens of millions of individual and institutional investors around the world. Our technology and operations platforms underpin the daily trading of more than $9 trillion of equities, fixed income and other securities globally. A certified Great Place to Work®, Broadridge is part of the S&P 500® Index, employing over 13,000 associates in 21 countries. For more information about us, please visit www.broadridge.com.
About ICJ
Investor Communications Japan, Inc. (ICJ) is exclusively providing electronic proxy voting platform services for Japanese issuers and global institutional investors. The participants on ICJ platform are: 1,738 Japanese issuers, 6 transfer agents, 3 master trusts banks, 6 subcustody banks, 17 global custody banks and about 4,500 institutional investors worldwide. ICJ delivered 36 % of all voting shares of ICJ participating issuers in June 2022 AGM peak season. For more information of ICJ and participating issuers, please visit www.icj-co.jp.
Media contact:
Ashton Consulting: broadridgejapanpr@ashton.jp
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Stephen Colbert announced that bandleader Jon Batiste is leaving "The Late Show" after seven seasons to pursue other interests. Musician Louis Cato will step in to lead the house band.
Colbert thanked the Oscar and Grammy Award-winning Batiste on Thursday's episode of "The Late Show."
"We've been so lucky to have a front row seat to Jon's incredible talent for the past seven years. And will we miss him here? 'Yeaaa!' But we're happy for you, Jon, and I can't wait to have you back on as guest with your next hit record," Colbert said.
Cato, who has worked with artists including Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, John Legend, and Talib Kweli, has served as interim bandleader this summer and will take over on a permanent basis.
"Louis has done a great job this summer, and he is very humble, so he won't say this. But I will. He's a musical genius. He can play basically every instrument over there. Give him an afternoon, he'll learn how to play Mozart on a shoehorn," Colbert said.
Cato, who has been with the show since its launch, will be joined by Joe Saylor and longtime house band members Louis Fouché, Jon Lampley, Endea Owens and Nêgah Santos.
"It has been one of the great honors of my life to work on this show, alongside some of the most talented musicians and creatives I know," Cato aid. "Watching and learning from both Jon and Stephen for these past seven years, I'm genuinely excited to continue the tradition of excellence they've established."
The eighth season of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" will premiere Tuesday, Sept. 6.
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Three K-State football players named to preseason All-America teams
Published: Jun. 21, 2022 at 11:15 PM CDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas State’s football program released some players to watch out for this campaign.
According to Phil Steele’s College Football Preview, Deuce Vaughn was selected as a first team All-American while Felix Anudike-Uzomah and Malik Knowels were selected to be third team All-Americans.
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MEXICO CITY, June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Controladora Mabe, S.A. de C.V. (the "Company" or "we") announced today that it has amended certain terms (including the Total Consideration and Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline, as detailed below) of its previously announced offer to purchase for cash (the "Offer") any and all of its outstanding 5.600% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2028 (the "Notes") and the related solicitation of consents (the "Consents") from the holders of Notes to certain amendments to the indenture governing the Notes (the "Consent Solicitation").
The Offer and the Consent Solicitation are being made on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement dated June 15, 2022 (the "Statement"), as amended by this press release. Capitalized terms used in this release but not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the Statement.
The Company hereby amends the terms of the Offer and Consent Solicitation as follows:
(a) The method of determination of the Total Consideration per Note is changed from the price calculated pursuant to Schedule I to the Statement to a fixed price total consideration of $1,042.50 for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes tendered (which includes the Consent Payment of $50.00, which remains unchanged) (the "New Total Consideration"), plus Accrued Interest thereon to the Final Settlement Date.
The following table summarizes the changes to the pricing terms of the Offer:
The Company is changing the method of determination of the original Total Consideration as a result of the volatility of the Reference Security (which is the 2.625% U.S. Treasury Note due May 31, 2027) since the date of commencement of the Offer and the Consent Solicitation. The original Total Consideration for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes was equal to the following (as calculated pursuant to Schedule I to the Statement): (i) the present value on the Initial Settlement Date of (x) $1,000, the principal amount payable on the Notes on the Reference Date, and (y) all scheduled interest payments on the Notes from the Initial Settlement Date up to and including the Reference Date, in each case discounted on the basis of a yield to maturity equal to the sum of (a) the yield to maturity of the Reference Security, based on the bid-side price of the Reference Security at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 29, 2022, as displayed on the Bloomberg Government Pricing Monitor Page FIT1, plus (b) 145 basis points, minus (ii) accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes from, and including, the last interest payment date to, but not including, the Initial Settlement Date.
(b) The payment of the New Total Consideration will be made available to all Holders who have validly tendered their Notes and delivered the related Consents as of the date hereof and to all Holders who may validly tender their Notes and deliver the related Consents on or prior to the Offer Expiration Time, which is 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on July 14, 2022, in each case, provided that such Holders do not validly withdraw such Notes and revoke such Consents at or prior to the Extended Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline (as defined below).
(c) The Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline is extended through the Offer Expiration Time. As a result, (i) all references in the Statement to the "Initial Settlement Date" shall be deemed to refer to the "Final Settlement Date", and (ii) all references in the Statement to the "Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline" shall be deemed to refer to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on July 14, 2022 (the "Extended Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline").
Holders who have validly tendered (and not withdrawn) their Notes on or prior to the original Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline will be able to withdraw their Notes at or prior to the Extended Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline if they no longer wish to participate in the Offer and the Consent Solicitation. Holders who have previously validly tendered (and not withdrawn) their Notes and wish to continue to participate in the Offer and the Consent Solicitation will not be required to re-tender their Notes and re-deliver their Consents to be eligible to receive the New Total Consideration.
Except as described above, the terms of the Offer and the Consent Solicitation remain unchanged, including, without limitation, the Offer Expiration Time and the Final Settlement Date. The terms and conditions of the Offer and the Consent Solicitation are described in the Statement, as amended by this press release.
According to information received from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the Tender Agent and Information Agent, as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 29, 2022 (the original Consent Payment and Withdrawal Deadline), the Company had received valid tenders of Notes for an aggregate principal amount equal to U.S.$328,285,000, representing 88.73% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes as of the date hereof.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer or the Consent Solicitation set forth in the Statement (as amended by this press release), the Company's obligation to accept for purchase, and to purchase, Notes validly tendered pursuant to the Offer (including the Company's obligation to make Consent Payments as part of the New Total Consideration with respect to Consents delivered pursuant to the Consent Solicitation) is conditioned upon the satisfaction or waiver of: (i) the New Debt Condition; and (ii) the General Conditions. See "Conditions to the Offer and the Consent Solicitation" in the Statement.
Global Bondholder Services Corporation has been retained to act as tender agent and information agent for the Offer and Consent Solicitation (the "Tender Agent and Information Agent"). Copies of the Statement are available to holders of Notes from the Tender Agent and Information Agent at +1 (855) 654-2015.
BNP Paribas Securities Corp. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. are acting as dealer managers for the Offer and solicitation agents for the Consent Solicitation. Questions regarding the Offer may be directed to BNP Paribas Securities Corp. at +1 (888) 210-4358 and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at +1 (212) 723-6106 or +1 (800) 558-3745 (toll-free).
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This press release must be read in conjunction with the Statement. This press release and the Statement contain important information which must be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer and the Consent Solicitation. If any holder of Notes is in any doubt as to the action it should take, it is recommended to seek its own legal, tax, accounting and financial advice, including as to any tax consequences, immediately from its stockbroker, bank manager, attorney, accountant or other independent financial or legal adviser. Any individual or company whose Notes are held on its behalf by a broker, dealer, bank, custodian, trust company or other nominee or intermediary must contact such entity if it wishes to participate in the Offer and the Consent Solicitation. None of the Company, the dealer manager, the information and tender agent and any person who controls, or is a director, officer, employee or agent of such persons, or any affiliate of such persons, makes any recommendation as to whether holders of Notes should participate in the Offer and the Consent Solicitation.
Neither the Statement, this press release, nor any related documents have been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, nor have any such documents been filed with or reviewed by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority of any country. No authority has passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the Statement, this press release, or any related documents, and it is unlawful and may be a criminal offense to make any representation to the contrary.
In addition, neither the Statement, this press release nor any related documents have been filed with or been reviewed or authorized by the Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission (Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores, the "CNBV"). The Company has not filed with the CNBV a request for authorization of the Offer and the Consent Solicitation. The Offer and the Consent Solicitation does not constitute a public offering in Mexico and it may not be publicly distributed in Mexico. The Offer and the Consent Solicitation may only be made available in Mexico to investors that qualify as institutional or accredited investors (inversionistas institucionales or inversionistas calificados), solely pursuant to the private offering exemption set forth in article 8 of the Mexican Securities Market Law (Ley del Mercado de Valores) and regulations thereunder. Neither the Statement, this press release nor any related documents may be publicly advertised, marketed, distributed in Mexico. Furthermore, the CNBV has not confirmed the accuracy or determined the adequacy of this Offer.
The Offer and the Consent Solicitation is being made solely on the terms and conditions set forth in the Statement as amended by this press release. Under no circumstances shall this press release constitute an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes or any other securities of the Company or any of its subsidiaries. The Offer and the Consent Solicitation is not being made to, nor will the Company accept tenders of Notes from, holders in any jurisdiction in which the Offer and the Consent Solicitation or the acceptance thereof would not be in compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction.
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Statements in this press release may be "forward-looking statements," which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Other than statements of historical fact, information regarding activities, events and developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections. Many forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "believe, "estimate" and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are predictions only and actual results could differ materially from management's expectations due to a variety of factors. The forward-looking statements that we make in this press release are based on management's current views and assumptions regarding future events and speak only as of their dates and are subject to risks such as described in the Statement. We assume no obligation to update developments of these risk factors or to announce publicly any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements that we make, or to make corrections to reflect future events or developments, except as required by the U.S. federal securities laws.
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PHOENIX (AP) — After a brief hiatus, the Phoenix Suns that bulldozed through the regular-season schedule made an appearance on Monday night.
Deandre Ayton scored 25 points, Devin Booker added 23 and the top-seeded Suns rolled to a 121-114 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals.
The Suns never trailed, jumping to a 9-0 lead in the opening minutes and staying on the gas until the final minutes. They shot 50.5% from the field, won the rebounding edge 51-36 and beat the Mavericks for the 10th straight time, counting regular season games.
Phoenix had a few hiccups late — making the final score a little closer than it should have been — but the Suns looked much more like the team that set a franchise record with 64 wins during the season.
“We’ll take the win,” Suns point guard Chris Paul said. “It’s not always going to be pretty. We played well most of the game. We’ll look at the film tomorrow and see what we need to do differently for Game 2.”
Luka Doncic led the Mavericks with 45 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists. It’s the first time Dallas has advanced to the postseason’s second round in Doncic’s four-year NBA career.
Doncic and Maxi Kleber looked ready for the challenge but the rest of the Mavs didn’t do much until it was too late. Kleber finished with 19 points.
“I thought Maxi and Luka in that first half kept us afloat,” Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said. “We could have easily been down 39 at halftime but Maxi and LD were good. LD was good in the second half, too.
“We’ve just got to get someone to join the party.”
Game 2 is on Wednesday in Phoenix.
Booker missed three games during Phoenix’s tougher-than-expected first-round win over the New Orleans Pelicans because of a strained right hamstring. He returned for the closeout Game 6 and scored 13 points, but looked a little more cautious than usual in his effort to stay healthy.
That hesitancy was gone in the first quarter on Monday: Booker scored 13 points on 4 of 8 shooting and added six rebounds and four assists.
Ayton dominated in the paint and mid-range, hitting his usual array of turnaround jumpers, runners and dunks. The 6-foot-11 center shot 12 of 20 from the field. Paul added 19 points and Cam Johnson had 17 off the bench.
“I liked the fact that we weren’t settling for 3s tonight,” Suns coach Monty Williams said. “A lot of guys were attacking the paint, we were getting floaters and rim shots.”
All five Suns starters scored in double figures.
The Suns’ opening salvo was highlighted by a Jae Crowder 3-pointer and Booker’s lob pass to Mikal Bridges for a dunk. Phoenix extended its lead to 18-6 midway through the first quarter before a discombobulated Dallas called timeout.
The Mavericks stayed in the game for a while thanks to Doncic and Kleber, who hit his first four 3-pointers. The pair helped Dallas pull within 51-47 midway through the second but the Suns finished the half with another run, going into the break with a 69-56 lead.
OUCH
Doncic was slow to get up in the second quarter after taking a knee to the groin from Jae Crowder, who was shooting a 3-pointer and called for the offensive foul.
After an official review, Crowder’s foul was upgraded to a Flagrant 1.
7-FOOT FUN
Suns backup center JaVale McGee brought the crowd to its feet early in the fourth quarter with a rare defensive play on the perimeter.
He stole the ball from Doncic and then dribbled the length of the floor, finishing with a powerful dunk to put the Suns up 21 points.
TIP-INS
Mavericks: Doncic scored 14 points in the first quarter on 5 of 9 shooting. … Kleber hit 5 of 6 3-pointers in the first half and had 16 points before the break. … Kleber took a scary fall in the fourth quarter after being bumped by JaVale McGee while finishing a dunk. Kleber landed on his upper back and was shaken up for a few seconds before taking his free throw.
Suns: Crowder hit a 3-pointer in the second quarter then turned and started celebrating with former Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald, who was sitting courtside. Fitzgerald is a part-owner of the franchise. … It was the 30th consecutive sellout at the Footprint Center, dating back to the regular season. … Improved to 51-0 this season when leading after three quarters, including a 4-0 mark in the playoffs.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will need to continue lifting its short-term interest rate to a level that restricts economic growth and keep it there for an extended period, a top Fed official said Wednesday.
In her remarks to a banking industry conference, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard echoed similarly tough comments about inflation delivered by Chair Jerome Powell late last month in Jackson Hole. Other Fed officials have also in recent weeks emphasized their views that the Fed has to push borrowing costs higher to bring down inflation, currently near a four-decade high.
“We are in this for as long as it takes to get inflation down,” Brainard said in prepared remarks. “Our resolve is firm, our goals are clear, and our tools are up to the task.”
The Fed’s benchmark interest rate “will need to rise further” and stay at a level high enough to slow the economy “for some time to provide confidence that inflation is moving down” to the Fed’s 2% target, Brainard said. In July, prices were 8.5% higher than a year earlier.
The stream of tough rhetoric on inflation from Fed policymakers has led many economists to anticipate a third sharp rate hike of three-quarters of a point at the Fed’s next meeting in two weeks. If so, it would extend a rapid series of rate increases, the fastest since the early 1980s, that began in March.
At its last meeting in July, Fed policymakers decided to raise their short-term rate by three quarters of a point to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%.
Also Thursday, Loretta Mester, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, reiterated her determination to push interest rates higher to get inflation under control. Higher borrowing costs won’t necessarily cause a recession, she said, but they raise the chances of one.
Even if the U.S. manages to avoid an economic downturn, Mester said, higher rates will slow growth, disrupt stock and bond markets, and lift unemployment.
“This will be painful in the near term but so is high inflation,” she said in an online discussion with MNI, a news wire.
But Brainard, by contrast, sketched out a hopeful scenario for the Fed’s policies, suggesting they could achieve an elusive goal known as a “soft landing,” in which growth slows enough to bring down inflation, but not so much as to tip the economy into recession.
Brainard did not warn, as Powell and Mester did, that the Fed’s interest rate hikes would likely cause “pain” and push up the unemployment rate.
Instead, she pointed out that there are signs that supply chain snarls are easing, which could boost factory output and bring down prices. And auto makers and retailers enjoyed hefty profit margins when goods were scarce and Americans were spending robustly. But as consumers start to pull back amid high inflation, retailers and car companies may have to cut prices to boost sales, she said.
“I am confident that we will see a return to 2% inflation,” Brainard said. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/ap-feds-brainard-rates-to-rise-higher-stay-elevated-longer/ | 2022-09-08T17:01:11Z |
A BCG Survey of More Than 7,000 Deskless Workers from the US, Australia, France, Germany, India, Japan, and the UK Shows That Almost 40% May Quit Their Jobs in the Coming Months
BOSTON, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Deskless" workers include construction, distribution, factory, health care, retail, and transportation employees, and comprise approximately 75% to 80% of all workers. And unlike the 20% to 25% of desk-bound or office workers, deskless workers don't have the option of working hybrid.
With many organizations already struggling with deskless talent shortages, the latest study from Boston Consulting Group (BCG), titled "Why Deskless Workers Are Leaving—and How to Win Them Back," shows that the problem could worsen significantly in the months ahead if company leaders don't act quickly.
Based on a seven-nation BCG survey conducted this spring, the research showed that employers are at risk of losing as many as 37% of their deskless workers within the next six months (see exhibit). Nearly a third of those workers already are planning to leave. A similar percentage said they haven't yet decided whether they want to stay or go. And a slightly higher percentage said they expect to stay in their jobs for the next six months but aren't ready to make a commitment beyond that.
The study found that Gen Z and hourly paid staff are more likely to leave their jobs than other deskless workers, with 48% of younger employees at risk of leaving within the next six months.
Uptick in Resignations Could Exacerbate Talent Shortages
BCG's latest employment survey results were released against the backdrop of widespread global talent shortages that threaten to further disrupt global labor markets and supply chains.
Persistent talent shortages now rank among the greatest challenges facing many companies. The US has millions more job vacancies than people looking for work. Germany reports record-high shortages of skilled workers. France and the other countries included in the survey face similar challenges.
Globally, Japan's deskless workers indicated the weakest attachment to their current jobs, with 42% either planning to leave (11%), undecided (24%), or unwilling to make a commitment beyond six months (7%). Workers in the UK followed closely behind at 41%, with a higher percentage (15%) already having decided to leave their current jobs in the next six months, another 15% unwilling to commit beyond six months, and 11% undecided. At the other extreme, German and US deskless workers were the least at risk of leaving, the survey showed—but not by much, with 13% and 12%, respectively, already planning their exits. Among the seven countries surveyed, France had the lowest percentage of deskless workers already planning to quit—although they comprised a still-significant 10% of employees.
"The costs of open positions are only going to get worse unless leaders start to materially address the reasons why employees are leaving," said Debbie Lovich, BCG's global leader for the future of work. "The good news is that when leaders take the time to walk in the shoes of and listen to their 'deskless' talent they will find ideas—often low-cost ones—for how they can immediately make their employees lives better. And they will also surface more innovative ideas (e.g., shift marketplaces, upskilling, expanded and differentiated benefits) that will enhance the work and lives of these critical colleagues."
What Workers Want
When asked to identify the main factors driving their decision to leave their current job, more than four in ten respondents (41%) identified a lack of career advancement opportunities. Thirty percent cited pay, 28% said they want more flexibility in where and when they work, 22% said improving work-life balance, and 15% highlighted a lack of enjoyment in their current position.
Among the respondents who said they plan to stay in their current job for at least another year, nearly half (48%) identified satisfaction with pay as one of the top reasons. The next most common reasons included enjoyment of their current role (30%), job security (27%), an easy commute (23%), and career advancement (23%).
Satisfaction and Pain Points
The benefits for employers who understand and act on their deskless workers' needs are clear. Satisfied workers are eight times as likely to stay in their roles for over two years than unsatisfied workers.
Overall, deskless workers identified five challenges when asked about pain points: their work schedules (56%, applicable mostly to shift workers), benefits package (49%), a lack of opportunity for career growth and advancement (48%), a lack of opportunity to learn new skills (46%), and feeling that their contributions go unnoticed (42%).
Avoiding the Next "Great Resignation"
The BCG research points to several bolder steps leaders can pursue to address the concerns of unsatisfied employees and strengthen their bonds with satisfied employees. Compensation clearly needs to be addressed, but other factors are also critical:
- Flexible scheduling. Consider each worker's lifestyle and needs when designing and scheduling shifts, create shift "marketplaces" where and when it's possible, and use technology to creatively design workers' schedules.
- Expanded benefits. Consider expanding benefits to entire households, offering on-site or subsidized daycare, providing financial planning assistance, and other job and life-enhancement perks.
- Career growth and upskilling. Invest in upskilling and/or retraining all workers, including frontline managers, to support career growth, actively identifying career pathways for workers.
- Demonstrated support of and commitment to deskless workers. Build a "frontline-first culture" with leaders committed to spending time listening to and acting on their deskless employees' views.
Learn more about key findings from the report here: https://www.bcg.com/publications/2022/why-deskless-workers-are-leaving-and-how-to-win-them-back
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Browns' advice to USFL after dumping Sam Mills: 'Don't cut him until you see him hit.'
If there's a prize for being the first pro team to tell Class of 2022 Hall of Famer Sam Mills to his face that he was too short, Cleveland wins.
But don't be too hard on the Browns. Of the 28 teams in the NFL back then, they were the ones that brought Mills in, not once, but twice in the 1980s.
The 5-foot-9 linebacker played his senior year at Montclair State in 1980, then went undrafted in 1981. Not surprising. Even now, only one player in the history of the New Jersey college has been drafted, quarterback Mark Casale by the Bears at No. 244 overall in 1984.
Montclair State is 17 miles west of the Empire State Building in New York City and a million miles from big-time football. In 2021, the Red Hawks opened with losses to Rensselaer Polytechnic, Delaware Valley and Salve Regina, beat Worcester Polytechnic, then fell to Salisbury en route to a 3-7 season.
Little Sam made 501 tackles for Montclair State. The game to see was a 7-0 win over Central Connecticut in which he cranked out 25 tackles and returned an interception for a touchdown.
Cleveland Browns history includes a few beloved kick returners who were in the 5-foot-7 range, Walter "The Flea" Roberts, Dino Hall and Gerald "Ice Cube" McNeil.
Hall played against Mills when Hall was at Glassboro State (now Rowan). Then-Browns head coach Sam Rutigliano liked a good underdog story. Brian Sipe, his 6-foot starting quarterback and a former 13th-round draft pick, was MVP of the NFL for Cleveland in 1980.
Rutigliano, from Brooklyn, had copious East Coast connections, caught wind of Mills, and brought him in.
Browns fans never really learned his name, although some vaguely recall an entertaining little linebacker who flew to the football in camp and in preseason games.
He was part of the Browns' last training camp at Kent State University in 1981, and their first camp at Lakeland Community College in 1982.
Mills was married, but his wife, Melanie, remained in New Jersey, where they had begun a family.
"He was very disappointed when he came home," she told The Canton Repository recently. "He was up for the challenge, and right up to the ninth hour, he thought he had a really, really good chance of making the team.
"When he did come home, he got love and support from friends and family and myself. We encouraged him keep trying, and that's what he did."
Current Montclair State head coach Rick Giancola, who was an assistant when Mills played, told Montclair magazine, "Sam was frustrated the Browns let him go. He had confidence in his ability. He just wanted a shot."
A new league, the USFL, was in the works in 1982 to begin play in 1983. Carl Peterson, general manager of the Philadelphia Stars, got a call from Rutigliano after the Browns cut Mills late in the '82 preseason.
Peterson shared this story with the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2014:
"Sam told me the Browns were letting a guy go that he didn't think they should be letting go. He said, 'If you bring him in, don't cut him until you see him hit.'"
When Peterson signed Mills, the Stars' original head coach, George Perles, didn't care to see him.
"George said, 'We can't play football with a 5-9 middle linebacker ... it's not going to work,'" Peterson said
Perles never made it to the Stars' first season. His replacement, Jim Mora, was nearly as skeptical as Perles.
Peterson stuck to Rutigliano's advice, telling Mora, "We aren't going to cut him until we see him hit."
The Browns were overcrowded with linebackers.
Veterans Clay Matthews, Dick Ambrose, Robert L. Jackson and Don Goode started in coordinator Marty Schottenheimer's 3-4 alignment in 1981, with rookie draft pick Eddie Johnson making an impression. In 1982, Bill Cowher returned from an injury, Chip Banks got drafted at No. 3 overall, and Tom Cousineau, a former No. 1 overall draft pick by Buffalo, arrived in a trade.
There was no room at the inn for Mills.
Before his death in 2005, Mills often talked about the Browns.
"Sam would always makes jokes about Cleveland," Melanie Mills said. "But when you do get to the NFL and are successful, you just look back on it as a steppingstone.
"You can't be mad about it. That was the way things were meant to be."
Mills played for Mora in the USFL for three years, convincing the coach beyond a shadow of a doubt he was NFL material. They spent nine years together in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints.
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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA).
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Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 18, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Pegasystems Inc. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) PEGA had engaged in corporate espionage and misappropriation of trade secrets to better compete against Appian, a principal competitor; (2) defendants' product development and associated success was, in significant part, not the result of its own research and product testing but rather the result of such corporate espionage and trade secret theft; (3) defendants had engaged in a scheme to steal Appian trade secrets, which was not only known to, but carried out through, the personal involvement of the Company's CEO; (4) the Company's CEO and other officers and employees did not comply with the Company's written Code of Conduct, including its express prohibition on "stealing" confidential information from a competitor and "misrepresenting your identity in hopes of obtaining confidential information"; (5) the Company was "unable to reasonably estimate damages" in the lawsuit filed by Appian as a result of the foregoing misconduct (the "Appian Litigation"); and (6) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements about PEGA's business, operations, prospects, legal compliance, and potential damages exposure in the Appian Litigation were materially false and/or misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis when made.
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ORLANDO, Fla., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- We are excited to announce that CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living Communities have been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a 2022-23 Best Memory Care.
All locations, Mount Dora, Orange City, Vero Beach, and Waterford Lakes (East Orlando) have earned "Best" status by achieving the highest possible rating for Memory Care. U.S. News awards the designation of Best Senior Living only to those communities that satisfy U.S. News's objective statistical assessment of each memory care community's performance from consumer satisfaction surveys administered between March 2021 and February 2022, reflecting the viewpoints of more than 200,000 current residents and family members of residents living in thousands of senior living communities nationwide.
The inaugural U.S. News Best Senior Living ratings and profiles offer comprehensive information and exclusive analysis of consumer satisfaction data evaluating such factors as community & activity, food & dining, caregiving, and management & staff for nearly 2,500 communities in the continental U.S. and Hawaii. For more than 30 years, U.S. News has served the American public as an unbiased arbiter of quality across a variety of important choices.
"Until now, families have had limited information when comparing providers of independent living, assisted living, memory care or continuing care," said Ben Harder, managing editor and chief of health analysis at U.S. News. "The Best Senior Living ratings fill this informational gap with comprehensive and transparent data to help older consumers and their families identify high-quality senior living communities that meet their needs and preferences."
For more information behind the data analyzed in the U.S. News ratings for Senior Living, please refer to the methodology.
For more information on CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living, visit https://health.usnews.com/best-senior-living/search?memory_care=true&name=certus&int=hero_search.
"Our team at CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living is beyond honored to be recognized by U.S. News & World Report as The Best in Memory Care," said Glen Pawlowski, Chief Executive Officer. "It's especially meaningful as the data acquired to designate this recognition was collected for over a year and included input from our CERTUS family members."
"We are honored to serve those on their journey with memory care and we know in our hearts that our communities truly improve residents' lives," Joshua Freitas, Vice President of Program Development, said. "The CERTUS team strives for excellence every day and we are proud to be distinguished as the best from a reputable organization."
This amazing award would not have been possible without the exceptional service provided by our associates and the support we receive from our residents and families.
CERTUS Premier Memory Care Living specializes in owning and operating memory care communities through a research-based and purposeful approach to design. With an emphasis on whole person wellness in its care and services, the communities cater to the social, physical, intellectual, and nutritional wellbeing of their residents along with the daily peace of mind for their families. Founded in 1999, CERTUS has four communities with several sites at various stages of development throughout the state of Florida. For more information, visit www.CERTUSseniorliving.com
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RICHMOND, Va., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hilb Group announced today that effective August 1, 2022, it has partnered with Massachusetts-based Cook & Company Insurance Services, further building on the company's employee benefits offerings and presence throughout New England.
Based in Hanover, Massachusetts, Cook & Company features decades of experience providing unique health plan consulting solutions and brokerage services to employers throughout the market, including a specialized focus on medical stop-loss and serving municipalities. Agency Principal Sue Shillue, an expert in her field, and her team of insurance professionals will join Hilb Group's New England regional operations.
"Cook & Company is proud of the reputation for excellent service and results that we have established with our clients," stated Sue Shillue. "We are excited to join Hilb Group as this partnership will provide us the opportunity to continue our growth while presenting greater product offerings and nationwide resources to our customers."
"We are pleased to welcome Cook & Company Insurance Services," Hilb Group CEO Ricky Spiro said. "The team has an established history of delivering innovative, customized solutions to their clients and represents a great addition to our company and strategic vision. I look forward to collaborating for the future."
About Hilb Group: The Hilb Group is a leading property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and advisory firm headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Hilb Group is a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, a global investment firm. Hilb Group seeks to grow through strategic acquisitions and by leveraging its resources and expertise to drive organic growth in its acquired agencies. The company has completed more than 140 acquisitions with over 100 offices in 22 states. Hilb Group is rated as one of the Fastest Growing Brokers by Business Insurance, a Top P/C Agency by Insurance Journal, and one of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Inc. 5000. For more information on Hilb Group's growth as well as career opportunities, please visit our website at http://hilbgroup.com.
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BLUE BELL, Pa., Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Columbus Organization, the nation's largest provider of care coordination services and a leading professional clinical staffing agency for individuals living with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) and complex health concerns, today announced their selection by the California Department of Developmental Services to provide expanded staffing for the Porterville Developmental Center. The Center, located in Bakersfield, California is one of four in the state dedicated to transitioning individuals back into the community rather than face institutionalization. Between now and June 30, 2023, The Columbus Organization will be staffing eight professionals in each of the following areas: psychiatric technicians, registered nurses, respiratory therapists, physicians, and psychologists. Available positions can be accessed on the Columbus careers portal found at https://bit.ly/3p73eUz.
The Columbus Organization has a long history providing professional clinical staff in the state, and the newest contract is a testament to the strong reputation the organization has developed. Eric Miller, Vice President, Professional Clinical Staffing for Columbus, commented, "This is quite an opportunity for Columbus, and we are thrilled that this allows us to expand our service offerings in Bakersfield. We recognize that the Porterville Developmental Center does an incredible job helping individuals transition back to community settings, but there is a segment of individuals whose complex healthcare needs make that prospect difficult. As experts in healthcare for the IDD and complex care communities, we feel perfectly suited to bring the highest quality health professionals to the Center and make a significant impact on this unique population."
Hiring for the one-year contract will begin immediately.
For 38+ years, The Columbus Organization has been a national leader and pioneer in care coordination specifically for individuals living with intellectual/developmental disabilities, behavioral concerns, or complex care needs. Having served over 100,000 families, the company continues to be at the forefront of innovation, developing and implementing revolutionary outcomes-based models for early identification and holistic management of health risks among individuals with intellectual, developmental, behavioral, medical, and/or complex care needs. In addition to its team of almost 500 highly-experienced care coordinators, dedicated Quality Assurance division, and unparalleled national infrastructure, Columbus is also a recognized leader in clinical staffing and quality improvement services for organizations that serve the behavioral health community. The company delivers an unmatched depth of expertise, breadth of resources, diversity of thinking, and dedication to ensuring everyone can achieve their meaningful-life goals through transformative approaches to healthcare. For more, visit www.ColumbusOrg.com, follow @TheColumbusOrg on Twitter, like The Columbus Organization on Facebook, or follow The Columbus Organization on LinkedIn.
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FORMER VELOCITY CEO TO JOIN DATA INTENSITY LEADERSHIP BOARD AS AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR TO BOLSTER ORACLE MANAGED SERVICES STRATEGIC GROWTH
COVINGTON, Ky., May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Data Intensity, LLC, a trusted Oracle Partner, today announced the expansion of its Board of Directors with the appointment of Steve Kloeblen as an Independent Director, effective April 1, 2022. Mr. Kloeblen is a skilled executive officer, business advisor, and board member with over 30 years of highly effective management experience in Information Technology (IT) and Professional Services.
"We are pleased to welcome Steve Kloeblen as an independent director on our board. Steve is a veteran application managed services hand and an immensely bright business mind. Steve brings 'been there, done that' data points to our Board discussions. He will have a strong voice in guiding Data Intensity along our strategic path," said Philip LaForge, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Data Intensity.
Andrew Steuerman, Vice Chair of Direct Lending and Late Stage Lending at Golub Capital, and Chair of the Data Intensity Board of Directors, remarked, "The blend of Steve's hands-on operational experience and strategic track record at high-growth services businesses adds depth and capabilities to the Board of Directors at Data Intensity."
Mr. Kloeblen previously was the President, CEO, and a Director of Velocity Technology Solutions, Inc., now part of Navisite, where he led the company through substantial pre-acquisition transformation and growth. Prior to his role as Velocity CEO, Steve consulted as an operating partner for private-equity firms including Silver Lake Sumeru. His career also includes executive roles at IBM IT Services, where he managed operating divisions, led the M&A function, and served as a divisional CFO. Steve embraces corporate diversity and inclusion programs to stimulate purpose-driven cultural transformation resulting in corporate innovation, customer success, and strategic growth.
"I am honored to join the Data Intensity Board. In today's IT Services markets, customers place a premium on partners who can deliver business value sooner; they want to be shielded from the risk and complexity of accelerating technology cycles. Data Intensity excels at providing solutions that fulfill customers' most pressing needs with high quality and speed, seamlessly enabling customer journeys from data center to cloud to SaaS. Its rich, productized menu of cloud-enabled solutions, SaaS and functional support coupled with its deep bench of skilled professionals who share a passion for customer success have solidified its role as a top-tier Oracle partner," said Steve Kloeblen.
Mr. Kloeblen holds undergraduate, MBA, and post-graduate degrees in Accounting, Finance, and Management from Villanova, Pace, and Harvard Universities. He also is a Certified Management Accountant. In addition to his role as a Velocity director, Steve's board experience includes the Harvard Business School Club of Jacksonville, the Herreshoff Marine Museum, and the Global Citizenship Initiative.
For more about Data Intensity, visit https://www.dataintensity.com/
About Data Intensity
Data Intensity is an industry-leading Oracle Managed Services Provider delivering world-class, expert, managed services for the complex lifecycle of your Oracle-powered workloads. We provide full-stack, SLA-backed, technical and functional application services on any cloud. We future-proof your Oracle investments and optimally power your business with effective license position assessments, secure migration, 24x7 technical operational services, and functional adaptation of your E-Business Suite.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Woodforest National Bank® (Woodforest) headquartered in Montgomery County, Texas, with 760+ branches nationwide recently opened its newest branch in Decatur, TX located in Wise County, part of Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington.
The new Woodforest branch located inside Walmart® at 800 S Hwy 287, Decatur, TX 76234, will be the 209th branch for Woodforest in its home state, and its first location in Decatur. The new in-store branch offers full-service banking with lobby and ATM services for shoppers and area consumers.
"Woodforest National Bank continues to be committed to our home state of Texas. We have proudly served Texas families, provided jobs for our neighbors, and helped our thriving communities remain Texas strong for over 40 years. We look forward to providing exceptional service for our new customers in Decatur," said Julie Mayrant, President and Chief Retail Officer, Woodforest National Bank.
About Woodforest National Bank
Celebrating over 40 years of community banking service, Woodforest National Bank has successfully stood among the strongest community banks in the nation, proudly offering outstanding customer service since 1980. Woodforest currently operates over 760 branches in 17 states across the United States and is an Outstanding CRA rated institution. For more information about Woodforest National Bank, please visit www.woodforest.com
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SEATTLE, June 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CTI BioPharma Corp. (Nasdaq: CTIC) today announced two scientific poster presentations from the Company's pacritinib clinical program at the European Hematology Association (EHA) 2022 Congress, being held in Vienna, Austria, June 9-12, 2022.
"Our presentions today demonstrate that full dose pacritinib achieved higher response rates and a similar, manageable safety profile compared to lower-dose ruxolitinib in patients with myelofibrosis who have moderate or severe thrombocytopenia," said Adam Craig, President and Chief Executive Officer of CTI BioPharma. "As the commercial launch of VONJOTM (pacritinib) in the U.S. continues to exceed our expectations, we are pleased to highlight VONJO's clinical value as a potential best in class treatment for patients with cytopenic myelofibrosis with platelet counts below 50 × 109/L."
Presentation materials will be available at ctibiopharma.com.
Retrospective Comparison of Patient Outcomes on Pacritinib Versus Ruxolitinib in Patients with Myelofibrosis and Thrombocytopenia (New)
Poster Number: P1069
Session Name: Poster session
Session Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
Presentation Time: 16:30 – 17:45 p.m. CEST (10:30 – 11:45 a.m. ET)
Presenter: Prof. Claire Harrison
Pacritinib is a novel JAK2/IRAK1 inhibitor approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for patients with myelofibrosis and thrombocytopenia. Unlike the JAK 1/2 inhibitor ruxolitinib, which must be dose-reduced or held in patients with thrombocytopenia, pacritinib has been studied at full dose regardless of platelet count. In this part of of the Phase 3 PERSIST-2 study, which focuses on retrospectively analyzing outcomes in patients treated with pacritinib versus ruxolitinib, patients were randomized 1:1:1 to pacritinib 200 mg twice daily (BID), pacritinib 400 mg once daily (QD) or best available therapy (BAT), with 45 percent of patients on BAT receiving ruxolitinib.
This analysis demonstrates overall and fatal adverse events occurred at similar rates on pacritinib versus ruxolitinib, as did bleeding events. Cardiac events occurred more commonly on pacritinib, though the difference was largely due to higher rates of grade 1 peripheral edema on pacritinib. There were lower rates of herpes zoster reactivation (n=0 vs. 1), pulmonary aspergilosis (n=1 vs. 0), deep venous thrombosis (n=0 vs. 1) and pulmonary embolism (n=1 vs. 0) on pacritinib and ruxolitinib, respectively. These results show that pacritinib, administered at the full dose of 200 mg BID, yielded higher response rates and a similar safety profile compared to lower-dose ruxolitinib, in patients with myelofibrosis who have moderate or severe thrombocytopenia.
Risk-Adjusted Safety Analysis of Pacritinib in Patients with Myelofibrosis (Encore)
Poster Number: P1068
Session Name: Poster session
Session Date: Friday, June 10, 2022
Presentation Time: 16:30 – 17:45 p.m. CEST (10:30 – 11:45 a.m. ET)
Presenter: Dr. Naveen Pemmaraju
Pacritinib is a novel JAK2/IRAK1 inhibitor that has shown significant activity in patients with myelofibrosis, including those with platelet counts <50 × 109/L. This safety analysis focuses on toxicities of interest for patients treated with pacritinib 200 mg twice daily (BID) and best available therapy (BAT), including ruxolitinib, on the Phase 3 PERSIST-2 and Phase 2 PAC203 studies. Because the average treatment duration was longer for patients on pacritinib 200 mg BID on PERSIST-2 and PAC203 compared to BAT on PERSIST-2, this analysis presents adverse events rates in these patients corrected for duration of exposure.
This risk-adjusted analysis demonstrates that the safety profile of pacritinib 200 mg BID is comparable to BAT. In particular, rates of bleeding were not elevated on pacritinib 200 mg BID compared to BAT, both overall and in patients with PLT <50 x 109/L. Rates of fatal events, thrombosis, major adverse cardiac events (MACE) and non-melanoma skin cancer were higher on ruxolitinib than pacritinib. These results indicate that pacritinb 200 mg BID may represent a full-dose therapeutic option for patients with myelofibrosis, including those with thrombocytopenia.
About VONJO (pacritinib)
Pacritinib is an oral kinase inhibitor with activity against wild type Janus Associated Kinase 2 (JAK2), mutant JAK2V617F form and FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 (FLT3), which contribute to signaling of a number of cytokines and growth factors that are important for hematopoiesis and immune function. Myelofibrosis is often associated with dysregulated JAK2 signaling. Pacritinib has higher inhibitory activity for JAK2 over other family members, JAK3 and TYK2. At clinically relevant concentrations, pacritinib does not inhibit JAK1. Pacritinib exhibits inhibitory activity against additional cellular kinases (such as CSF1R and IRAK1), the clinical relevance of which is unknown.
VONJO is indicated for the treatment of adults with intermediate or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis with a platelet count below 50 × 109/L. This indication is approved under accelerated approval based on spleen volume reduction. Continued approval for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in a confirmatory trial(s).
Important VONJO Safety Information
Hemorrhage:
Serious (11%) and fatal (2%) hemorrhages have occurred in VONJO-treated patients with platelet counts <100 × 109/L. Serious (13%) and fatal (2%) hemorrhages have occurred in VONJO-treated patients with platelet counts <50 × 109/L. Grade ≥3 bleeding events (defined as requiring transfusion or invasive intervention) occurred in 15% of patients treated with VONJO compared to 7% of patients treated on the control arm. Due to hemorrhage, VONJO dose-reductions, dose interruptions, or permanent discontinuations occurred in 3%, 3%, and 5% of patients, respectively.
Avoid use of VONJO in patients with active bleeding and hold VONJO 7 days prior to any planned surgical or invasive procedures. Assess platelet counts periodically, as clinically indicated. Manage hemorrhage using treatment interruption and medical intervention.
Diarrhea:
VONJO causes diarrhea in approximately 48% of patients compared to 15% of patients treated on the control arm. The median time to resolution in VONJO-treated patients was 2 weeks. The incidence of reported diarrhea decreased over time with 41% of patients reporting diarrhea in the first 8 weeks of treatment, 15% in Weeks 8 through 16, and 8% in Weeks 16 through 24. Diarrhea resulted in treatment interruption in 3% of VONJO-treated patients. None of the VONJO-treated patients reported diarrhea that resulted in treatment discontinuation. Serious diarrhea adverse reactions occurred in 2% of patients treated with VONJO compared to no such adverse reactions in patients in the control arm.
Control pre-existing diarrhea before starting VONJO treatment. Manage diarrhea with antidiarrheal medications, fluid replacement, and dose-modification. Treat diarrhea with anti–diarrheal medications promptly at the first onset of symptoms. Interrupt or reduce VONJO dose in patients with significant diarrhea despite optimal supportive care.
Thrombocytopenia:
VONJO can cause worsening thrombocytopenia. VONJO dosing was reduced due to worsening thrombocytopenia in 2% of patients with pre–existing moderate to severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count <100 × 109/L). VONJO dosing was reduced due to worsening thrombocytopenia in 2% of patients with pre–existing severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count <50 × 109/L).
Monitor platelet count prior to VONJO treatment and as clinically indicated during treatment. Interrupt VONJO in patients with clinically significant worsening of thrombocytopenia that lasts for more than 7 days. Restart VONJO at 50% of the last given dose once the toxicity has resolved. If toxicity recurs hold VONJO. Restart VONJO at 50% of the last given dose once the toxicity has resolved.
Prolonged QT interval:
VONJO can cause prolongation of the QTc interval. QTc prolongation of >500 msec was higher in VONJO-treated patients than in patients in the control arm (1.4% vs 1%). QTc increase from baseline by 60 msec or higher was greater in VONJO-treated patients than in control arm patients (1.9% vs 1%). Adverse reactions of QTc prolongation were reported for 3.8% of VONJO-treated patients and 2% of control arm patients. No cases of torsades de pointes were reported.
Avoid use of VONJO in patients with a baseline QTc of >480 msec. Avoid use of drugs with significant potential for QTc prolongation in combination with VONJO. Correct hypokalemia prior to and during VONJO treatment. Manage QTc prolongation using VONJO interruption and electrolyte management.
Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE):
Another Janus associated kinase (JAK)-inhibitor has increased the risk of MACE, including cardiovascular death, myocardial infarction, and stroke (compared to those treated with TNF blockers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated.
Consider the benefits and risks for the individual patient prior to initiating or continuing therapy with VONJO particularly in patients who are current or past smokers and patients with other cardiovascular risk factors. Patients should be informed about the symptoms of serious cardiovascular events and the steps to take if they occur.
Thrombosis:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of thrombosis, including deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and arterial thrombosis (compared to those treated with TNF blockers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated.
Patients with symptoms of thrombosis should be promptly evaluated and treated appropriately.
Secondary Malignancies:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of lymphoma and other malignancies excluding non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) (compared to those treated with TNF blockers) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, a condition for which VONJO is not indicated. Patients who are current or past smokers are at additional increased risk.
Consider the benefits and risks for the individual patient prior to initiating or continuing therapy with VONJO, particularly in patients with a known malignancy (other than a successfully treated NMSC), patients who develop a malignancy, and patients who are current or past smokers.
Risk of Infection:
Another JAK-inhibitor has increased the risk of serious infections (compared to best available therapy) in patients with myeloproliferative neoplasms. Serious bacterial, mycobacterial, fungal and viral infections may occur in patients treated with VONJO. Delay starting therapy with VONJO until active serious infections have resolved. Observe patients receiving VONJO for signs and symptoms of infection and manage promptly. Use active surveillance and prophylactic antibiotics according to clinical guidelines.
Interactions with CYP3A4 Inhibitors or Inducers:
Co-administration of VONJO with strong CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers is contraindicated. Avoid concomitant use of VONJO with moderate CYP3A4 inhibitors or inducers.
Drug interruptions due to an adverse reaction occurred in 27% patients who received VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 10% of patients treated with BAT. Dosage reductions due to an adverse reaction occurred in 12% of patients who received VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 7% of patients treated with BAT. Permanent discontinuation due to an adverse reaction occurred in 15% of patients receiving VONJO 200 mg twice daily compared to 12% of patients treated with BAT.
Please visit http://www.ctibiopharma.com/vonjo_prescribing_information for full Prescribing Information and the Medication Guide.
About Myelofibrosis
Myelofibrosis is bone marrow cancer that results in formation of fibrous scar tissue and can lead to thrombocytopenia and anemia, weakness, fatigue and an enlarged spleen and liver. Within the United States, there are approximately 21,000 patients with myelofibrosis, 7,000 of which have severe thrombocytopenia (defined as blood platelet counts of less than 50 x109/L). Severe thrombocytopenia is associated with poor survival and high symptom burden and can occur as a result of disease progression or from drug toxicity with other JAK2 inhibitors, such as JAKAFI and INREBIC.
About CTI BioPharma Corp.
We are a commercial biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel targeted therapies for blood-related cancers that offer a unique benefit to patients and their healthcare providers. CTI has one FDA-approved product VONJOTM (pacritinib), a JAK2 and IRAK1, that spares JAK1. VONJO is approved for the treatment of adults with intermediate or high-risk primary or secondary (post-polycythemia vera or post-essential thrombocythemia) myelofibrosis with a platelet count below 50 × 109/L. CTI is conducting the Phase 3 PACIFICA study of VONJO in patients with myelofibrosis and severe thrombocytopenia as a post-marketing requirement.
VONJOTM is a trademark of CTI BioPharma Corp.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included in this press release that are not historical in nature are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements, including statements that pacritnib may be a potential best in class treatment for patients with cytopenic myelofibrosis with platelet counts below 50 × 109/L, are based on current assumptions that involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, events or developments to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to those risks more fully discussed in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. "CTI BioPharma" and the CTI BioPharma logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of CTI BioPharma Corp. in various jurisdictions. All other trademarks belong to their respective owner.
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The platform helps companies navigate the complexities of highly dynamic and distributed cloud applications with confidence
TEL AVIV, Israel, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumigo, the modern cloud application observability platform, announced today the extension of its core product to support containers and Kubernetes. Lumigo now offers complete end-to-end observability covering the full spectrum of cloud services used in modern applications, from AWS Lambda to serverless services like DynamoDB to containers.
Modern cloud applications are primarily built using microservices, with many core services neither coded nor controlled by the app developers, but rather fully managed by cloud providers or third parties. With this architecture, a single user request usually spans many different services. Understanding the full path of a request, or debugging why one failed, is dependent on distributed tracing — correlating the executions from a request so that a single continuous path can be followed across services.
Lumigo developed best-in-breed distributed tracing algorithms to contend with highly distributed serverless applications. The same technology can now be utilized to monitor and trace applications built on containers or Kubernetes. "Observability solutions that aren't built from the ground up for modern cloud environments struggle to deal with today's highly distributed applications," said Erez Berkner, Lumigo's CEO and co-founder. "Lumigo is the first solution to ensure you always get a unified end-to-end story of the request, even across asynchronous managed services, for example AWS Step Functions or EventBridge."
In most modern environments, Lumigo's solution can be deployed without any code changes. This enables the correlation of executions across fully managed services, where app developers don't have the ability to deploy an agent, alter the code or change the API. Lumigo's team, who have deep expertise in cybersecurity, opted for an approach inspired by this domain. It utilizes existing information (raw data, calculated metadata and additional signals from the dataflow of the services) to generate "virtual unique identifiers" which are used for the correlation of executions. The typical method of propagating trace context fails with cloud managed services, like S3 buckets, whose code or APIs cannot be modified.
"Developers prefer to focus on building their unique app logic and not reinvent the wheel," said Aviad Mor, CTO of Lumigo. "In the past, fully managed services were mostly found at the edge of a request, like when using Stripe for managed payments. It's now common for multiple managed services to be at the core of nearly every request, as is the case with apps that use the managed database DynamoDB. Inadequate observability solutions leave developers attempting to manually piece together four or five separate parts of a request, costing precious time during critical production issues. With Lumigo, you go from an alert to debugging the error in a single click, and can reliably follow the request upstream to get to the root cause, cutting resolution time from hours to minutes."
About Lumigo:
Lumigo is an observability platform for modern cloud applications that uses automated distributed tracing to allow developers to quickly navigate to the root cause of issues with visual debugging, resolve performance bottlenecks with a clear breakdown of each component's execution duration, and receive notifications on issues before they impact the business with smart alerts. Lumigo specializes in connecting the dots to present an end-to-end view across the full spectrum of modern cloud services, including Amazon DynamoDB, API Gateway, Step Functions, Lambda, Fargate, ECS, EventBridge, S3, Kinesys and many more. The platform is used by hundreds of leading companies, including Medtronic, Sonos and Vimeo. Lumigo has raised $37 million in funding to date.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Sargent, Ricardo Pepi and Jesús Ferreira are in at forward, while Jordan Pefok, Haji Wright and Brandon Vazquez are out.
U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter announced his 26-man roster Wednesday for the Americans’ final two World Cup warmups, and he emphasized time remains for players to move on and off before he reveals his final Cup roster on Nov. 9.
“I know we’re not going to be the most talented team at the World Cup and we’re going to have to compensate for that by being a cohesive unit, by working for each other, fighting for each other and having a great team spirit,” Berhalter said. “So part of it is leaning on guys that have been there before and been around the group before and understand the team culture and understand their teammates extremely well.”
Like Sargent and Pepi, defenders Sergiño Dest, Chris Richards and Sam Vines, and winger Gio Reyna were picked after missing the four previous matches in May and June.
The 13th-ranked Americans face No. 23 Japan on Sept. 23 in Düsseldorf, Germany, and 53rd-ranked Saudi Arabia four days later in Murcia, Spain. Berhalter plans to announce his 26-man roster for the tournament in Qatar five days before the FIFA deadline.
Six players from the late spring games were dropped: defenders George Bello, Erik Palmer-Brown and Antonee Robinson, midfielder Cristian Roldan, winger Tim Weah and Wright.
Robinson, Roldan, Weah and goalkeeper Zack Steffen have been sidelined by injuries.
Other notable omissions included defenders John Brooks, Tim Ream and Shaq Moore, midfielder/defender James Sands and midfielder Djordje Mihailovic.
“There’s still some time that they can try to earn their way onto the team,” Berhalter said.
Back in the World Cup after missing the 2018 tournament, the U.S. opens against 20th-ranked Wales on Nov. 21, plays No. 5 England in a Black Friday matchup four days later and closes group play on Nov. 29 against 21st-ranked Iran.
Sargent appeared in the first three qualifiers last September but was dropped by the U.S. during a scoring slump at Norwich, which was relegated from the Premier League to England’s second tier. He has revived his play this season, scoring six goals in his last six matches.
Ferreira is fourth in Major League Soccer with 18 goals for Dallas. Pepi was left off the spring roster to rest, and he is scoreless in 30 games for club and country since Oct. 7.
“Keep in mind, this is a guy that scored three goals for us in World Cup qualifying and has had a tough time since then,” Berhalter. “We’re trying to get him confidence. We’re trying to get him into the group and see if he can make a push for the final roster.”
Pefok had three goals in six games with Union Berlin.
“It may not be the best forward that is in the group. It’s a guy that fits what we’re doing the best,” Berhalter said.
Injuries and lack of playing time remain a concern.
Central defender Miles Robinson will miss the tournament after tearing his left Achilles on May 7. Steffen, loaned to second-tier Middlesbrough by Manchester City, has been out since Aug. 20 due to a knee injury that required a PRP injection.
Weah has not played in the French league this season because of a sprained ankle but could return to team training by the end of next week, Berhalter said. Left back Antonee Robinson sprained his right ankle on Sept. 3.
“At this stage, it’s probably better not to rush it and give him the proper recovery time,” Berhalter said.
Roldan has been out with a groin injury since Aug. 23.
Goalkeeper Matt Turner has played just once this season at Arsenal, where he is Aaron Ramsdale’s backup.
“Maybe a little bit of rhythm and rust could come into play,” Berhalter said. “Would I like him to be playing every week in the Premier League? Yes, but that’s not the case.”
Christian Pulisic has one start this season for Chelsea, and Luca de la Torre has played just 12 minutes over two games in his first season with Celta Vigo.
Reyna, coming back from leg injuries that decimated his 2021-22 season, was limited to four second-half substitute appearances since April 8 before starting at Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday night. Dest has only a pair of substitute appearances since April 24 and Richards has made three substitute Premier League appearances totaling 47 minutes in his first season with Crystal Palace.
Berhalter’s roster will average 24 years, 201 days as of the start of training on Monday. Nine players have changed clubs in recent months. Eight players are in MLS and nine each in Europe, and and in England and Scotland. Berhalter plans a training camp for MLS players as their teams are eliminated.
The roster:
Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath (Luton Town, England), Sean Johnson (New York City), Matt Turner (Arsenal, England)
Defenders: Reggie Cannon (Boavista, Portugal), Cameron Carter-Vickers (Glasgow Celtic, Scotland), Sergiño Dest (AC Milan, Italy), Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace, England), Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany), Sam Vines (Royal Antwerp, Belgium), DeAndre Yedlin (Miami), Walker Zimmerman (Nashville)
Midfielders: Kellyn Acosta (Los Angeles), Tyler Adams (Leeds, England), Luca de la Torre (Celta Vigo, Spain), Weston McKennie (Juventus, Italy), Yunus Musah (Valencia, Spain), Malik Tillman (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland)
Forwards: Brenden Aaronson (Leeds, England), Paul Arriola (Dallas), Jesús Ferreira (Dallas), Jordan Morris (Seattle), Ricardo Pepi (Groningen, Netherlands), Christian Pulisic (Chelsea, England), Gio Reyna (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Josh Sargent (Norwich, England).
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Topeka Planning Commission seeks public input on zoning code amendments
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Topeka Planning Commission initiated a process to consider changes to the City’s zoning regulations and policies.
The changes would help remove barriers to develop a greater supply of “missing middle” housing, which is defined as any property with two to 20 dwelling units.
Officials say the purpose of this process is to see how the City’s regulations can:
- Open up a greater supply of naturally occurring affordable housing choices.
- Attract a larger pool of property owners, developers, and sites to provide marketable housing solutions across all incomes and demographics.
- Encourage equitable and compatible “hidden density” within our existing neighborhoods.
A potential consideration for the change, is the allowance for Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) within single-family dwelling zoning districts, which make up 88% of the City’s residential zoning.
An ADU is a smaller, independent residential dwelling unit located on the same lot as a stand-alone (detached) single-family home. Currently, Topeka allows ADUs in two-family and multiple-family zoning districts.
The Planning Commission also developed a brief survey to gauge community interest in ADUs. To access the survey, click here.
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Nation's Leading Retail Franchise Offering Home Backup Systems at California Locations
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In anticipation of rolling blackouts across California, Batteries Plus, the nation's largest and fastest-growing battery, light bulb, key fob and repair franchise, is pleased to announce a partnership with solar generator company Goal Zero to provide Californians with a safe and reliable energy source during any emergency. Goal Zero products are now available in Batteries Plus stores across California, where buyers can also seek expert advice on how to select, set up, and use their new backup system.
Batteries Plus' expertise in battery-powered necessities paired with Goal Zero's dedication to keeping homes powered up will ensure homes and businesses across California are prepared for any emergency. The state of California is looking to eliminate gas-powered outdoor appliances by 2028. So, as Californians look to find a reliable source of backup power this essential partnership comes at the right time. Charged from solar energy with additional power gained through a typical wall outlet, the gasless Goal Zero backup system can keep crucial circuits running during a blackout with a simple flip of a switch. Batteries Plus and Goal Zero formed this partnership to show their commitment to empowering consumers through expert advice, best-in-class service and eco-friendly solutions.
"At Batteries Plus we have been and always will be focused on one simple mission – to provide world-class products and services with unrivaled expert advice to our customers," said Derek Detenber, Chief Marketing and Merchandising Officer of Batteries Plus. "The opportunity to partner with Goal Zero to launch a lineup of products aimed at helping Californians prepare for future challenges with a sustainable power source was one that we are extremely excited about. Goal Zero has been the category leader in this industry for years and the alignment with our brand's values and commitment to quality made the partnership a no-brainer for us."
In an alternative to gas generators, Goal Zero portable power systems offer a clean and quiet solution at an affordable price. Goal Zero products are built to last, and are being stocked in Batteries Plus stores across the state of California today. Consumers can see and feel the quality of their backup power systems, while getting advice on what system and setup is right for their needs.
"Goal Zero offers a variety of sustainable energy products, from portable power sources for outdoor adventures, to backup systems for homes and businesses in case of any emergency," said Trevor Lambert, Head of Marketing for Goal Zero. "This wide range of products fits perfectly with the Batteries Plus brand and gives consumers easy-access to reliable sources of energy, no matter what their needs are."
In addition to generators, Batteries Plus offers a variety of other products to help homeowners be prepared for any outage or natural disaster, including flashlights and headlamps, power converters, and car batteries.
To learn more about the Goal Zero products carried at Batteries Plus stores, visit batteriesplus.com/brand-shops/goal-zero.
ABOUT BATTERIES PLUS:
Batteries Plus, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Hartland, WI, is a leading omnichannel retailer of batteries, specialty light bulbs and phone repair services for the direct-to-consumer and commercial channels. The retailer also offers key programming, replacement and cutting services. Through a nationwide network of stores, the company offers a differentiated value proposition of unrivaled product selection, in-stock availability and customer service. Batteries Plus is owned by Freeman Spogli, a private equity firm based in Los Angeles and New York City. To learn more about one of Forbes®' Best Franchises to Buy in America, visit https://www.batteriesplusfranchise.com.
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DETROIT, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WEVOLVE, Detroit's leading suicide awareness initiative, announces its second self-titled event dedicated to fundraising for suicide and mental health awareness. The event will take place on August 12, 2022 from 4:00-8:00PM at one of the hottest new venues in Detroit, Spot Lite.
Designed as a pop-up art fundraiser, WEVOLVE came to life as an outlet for a community suffering from the loss of a friend, brother, and son – Deon Santiago. "Suicide creates this ripple effect of heartache that is difficult to describe if you haven't felt it," said Kelsey Hatley, Co-Founder of WEVOLVE. "WEVOLVE is a space for people to grieve, heal, and remember their loved ones in a positive way."
In August of 2021, WEVOLVE's inaugural event raised nearly $5,000 for Suck It Suicide, a non-profit dedicated to suicide prevention and providing support for families suffering from loss by suicide.
This year, WEVOLVE will benefit Mood Lifters, a local wellness program that is changing the way mental health resources can be accessed. Mood Lifters utilizes science-based strategies in peer-led groups to provide support for common mental health challenges. Art proceeds, event-related merchandise, and a portion of the venue's bar will go towards sponsoring community participation in their program.
WEVOLVE will host 20+ artists in a range of mediums, including photography, painting, and jewelry. Artists participating include Patricia Izzo, Loralee Grace, DaJanier Rice, and more. Sya Anderson will also be live painting for the evening. All artists are given the option to fully donate or split the profits from their work with the fundraiser. "We understand the value of each artists' work and want to provide opportunities for the creative community to grow in a sustainable way," said Hatley.
Spot Lite hosts a full bar and music for the evening, while Cairo Coffee is available until 6PM. Additionally, Corner Boy Cafe will be serving a fantastic dinner menu from 6:00-8:00PM.
WEVOLVE is a community dedicated to breaking mental health stigmas while providing a space for art, community, and connection.
Mood Lifters is a peer-led wellness program designed to be accessible to a broad range of people facing common mental health challenges. In a supportive group setting, you will learn how to use evidence-based strategies to improve mental health and live the life you want.
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Oral presentation confirms patients achieved clinically meaningful nadir serum asparaginase activity throughout the course of Rylaze treatment with intramuscular dosing regimen administered 25/25/50 mg/m2 on Monday/Wednesday/Friday
DUBLIN, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) today announced positive results from a Phase 2/3 trial, developed and conducted in close collaboration with the Children's Oncology Group (COG), evaluating the intramuscular (IM) administration of Rylaze® (asparaginase erwinia chrysanthemi (recombinant)-rywn) in adult and pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) who have developed hypersensitivity to an E. coli-derived asparaginase. These results will be presented as an oral presentation today at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2022 Annual Meeting.
These results confirm the interim trial analysis presented in December 2021 at the 63rd American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting, and demonstrated that ≥90% of patients in Cohort 1c receiving the IM dosing regimen of 25/25/50 mg/m2 administered Monday/Wednesday/Friday (MWF) achieved nadir serum asparaginase activity (NSAA) levels ≥0.1 IU/mL at 48 and 72 hours, with a safety profile consistent with what has been described for other asparaginases.
"We are excited to share these results from the Phase 2/3 trial of Rylaze highlighting the clinically meaningful nadir serum asparaginase activity from the Monday/Wednesday/Friday dosing regimen, which supports a new dosing schedule that aligns with current clinical practice," said Rob Iannone, M.D., M.S.C.E., executive vice president, global head of research and development of Jazz Pharmaceuticals. "Rylaze is an example of how Jazz and the Children's Oncology Group have advanced a critically needed treatment from development through FDA approval, and then continue to explore additional dosing and administration options to address the needs of patients."
"Asparaginase-based therapies remain a cornerstone in ALL and LBL treatment, and Rylaze has been an important option for patients who develop a hypersensitivity to an E. coli-derived asparaginase since its approval last year," said trial primary investigator Dr. Luke Maese, associate professor of pediatric hematology-oncology at the University of Utah, Primary Children's Hospital and Huntsman Cancer Institute. "It's encouraging to see these data further support an IM Monday/Wednesday/Friday dosing schedule for Rylaze, which is more in line with clinical practice in the U.S., in addition to the currently approved schedule of every 48 hours."
Rylaze was approved in the U.S. in 2021 for use as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of ALL and LBL in adult and pediatric patients one month or older who have developed hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived asparaginase. It was approved with an IM dosing schedule of 25 mg/m2 every 48 hours based on observed data from the Phase 2/3 trial, in conjunction with data produced by a population pharmacokinetic (PPK) model. Data from the Phase 2/3 trial supported additional regulatory filings for Rylaze, including two supplemental Biologics Licensing Applications (sBLA) to the U.S. FDA to support MWF IM dosing completed in January 2022 and IV administration options completed in April 2022.
Data presented at ASCO include efficacy and safety results from the Phase 2/3 open-label, multicenter, pharmacokenitic (PK) trial of Rylaze (also known as JZP458) in patients with ALL/LBL who developed hypersensitivity or silent inactivation to a long-acting E. coli-derived asparaginase. These results are from Part A of the trial, which investigated three cohorts via IM administration:
- Cohort 1a (n=33): studied a dose of 25 mg/m2 Monday/Wednesday/Friday
- Cohort 1b (n=83): studied a dose of 37.5 mg/m2 Monday/Wednesday/Friday
- Cohort 1c (n=51): studied a dose of 25 mg/m2 on Monday and Wednesday and 50 mg/m2 on Friday
The primary efficacy endpoint of the trial was the proportion of patients with NSAA levels ≥0.1 IU/mL at the last 72-hours during the first treatment course.
The key secondary endpoint was the proportion of patients with NSAA levels ≥0.1 IU/mL at the last 48-hours during the first treatment course.
A population PK (PPK) model was developed based on SAA data from the clinical trial to characterize the PK of JZP458 when given IM and to inform dosing decisions. Simulated data from the PPK model matched the observed data well.
Based on a PPK modeling and simulation analysis, the proportion of patients predicted to achieve NSAA levels ≥0.1 IU/mL with a 95% CI in Cohort 1c at the last 72- and 48-hour in Course 1 were 92% (91%, 93%) and 94% (93%, 95%) respectively, based on modeled data.
In Cohort 1c in this trial, the following treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) leading to discontinuation were observed:
There were no TRAEs leading to death.
The safety profile of JZP458 is consistent with the published literature on asparaginase given as a component of a multiagent chemotherapeutic regimen.1,2,3,4,5
Rylaze, also known as JZP458, is approved in the U.S. for use as a component of a multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimen for the treatment of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and lymphoblastic lymphoma (LBL) in adult and pediatric patients one month or older who have developed hypersensitivity to E. coli-derived asparaginase. Rylaze has orphan drug designation for the treatment of ALL/LBL in the United States. Rylaze is a recombinant erwinia asparaginase that uses a novel Pseudomonas fluorescens expression platform. JZP458 was granted Fast Track designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in October 2019 for the treatment of this patient population. Rylaze was approved as part of the Real-Time Oncology Review (RTOR) program, an initiative of the FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence designed for efficient delivery of safe and effective cancer treatments to patients.
The full U.S. Prescribing Information for Rylaze is available at: <https://pp.jazzpharma.com/pi/rylaze.en.USPI.pdf>
Important Safety Information
RYLAZE should not be given to people who have had:
- Serious allergic reactions to RYLAZE
- Serious swelling of the pancreas (stomach pain), serious blood clots, or serious bleeding during previous asparaginase treatment
RYLAZE may cause serious side effects, including:
- Allergic reactions (a feeling of tightness in your throat, unusual swelling/redness in your throat and/or tongue, or trouble breathing), some of which may be life-threatening
- Swelling of the pancreas (stomach pain)
- Blood clots (may have a headache or pain in leg, arm, or chest)
- Bleeding
- Liver problems
Contact your doctor immediately if any of these side effects occur.
Some of the most common side effects with RYLAZE include: liver problems, nausea, bone and muscle pain, tiredness, infection, headache, fever, allergic reactions, fever with low white blood cell count, decreased appetite, mouth swelling (sometimes with sores), bleeding, and too much sugar in the blood.
RYLAZE can harm your unborn baby. Inform your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or nursing. Females of reproductive potential should use effective contraception (other than oral contraceptives) during treatment and for 3 months following the final dose. Do not breastfeed while receiving RYLAZE and for 1 week after the final dose.
Tell your healthcare provider if there are any side effects that are bothersome or that do not go away.
These are not all the possible side effects of RYLAZE. For more information, ask your healthcare provider.
You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088 (1-800-332-1088).
ALL is a cancer of the blood and bone marrow that can progress quickly if not treated.6 Leukemia is the most common cancer in children, and about three out of four of these cases are ALL.7 Although it is one of the most common cancers in children, ALL is among the most curable of the pediatric malignancies due to recent advancements in treatment.8,9 Adults can also develop ALL, and about four of every 10 cases of ALL diagnosed are in adults.10 The American Cancer Society estimates that about 6,600 new cases of ALL will be diagnosed in the United States in 2022.10 Asparaginase is a core component of multi-agent chemotherapeutic regimens in ALL.11 However, asparaginase treatments derived from E. coli are associated with the potential for development of hypersensitivity reactions.1
LBL is a rare, fast-growing, aggressive subtype of Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, most often seen in teenagers and young adults.6 LBL is a very aggressive lymphoma – also called high-grade lymphoma – which means the lymphoma grows quickly with early spread to different parts of the body.12,13
Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: JAZZ) is a global biopharmaceutical company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases –often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines and novel product candidates, from early-to late-stage development, in neuroscience and oncology. Within these therapeutic areas, we are identifying new options for patients by actively exploring small molecules and biologics, and through innovative delivery technologies and cannabinoid science. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland and has employees around the globe, serving patients in nearly 75 countries. For more information, please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com and follow @JazzPharma on Twitter.
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Jazz Investor Contact:
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1 Hijiya N, van der Sluis IM. Asparaginase-associated toxicity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leuk Lymphoma. 2016;57(4):748–757.
2 Raetz EA, et al. Tolerability and efficacy of L-asparaginase therapy in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010;32(7):554-563
3 Vrooman LM, et al. Activity and Toxicity of Intravenous Erwinia Asparaginase Following Allergy to E. coli-Derived Asparaginase in Children and Adolescents With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016;63(2):228-233.
4 Avramis VI, et al. A randomized comparison of native Escherichia coli asparaginase and polyethylene glycol conjugated asparaginase for treatment of children with newly diagnosed standard-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a Children's Cancer Group study. Blood. 2002;99(6):1986-1994.
5 van der Sluis IM, et al. Efficacy and safety of recombinant E. coli asparaginase in children with previously untreated acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A randomized multicenter study of the Dutch Childhood Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018;65(8):e27083.
6 National Cancer Institute. Adult Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment (PDQ®)–Patient Version. Available at: www.cancer.gov/types/leukemia/patient/adult-all-treatment-pdq. Accessed May 5, 2022.
7 American Cancer Society. Key Statistics for Childhood Leukemia. Available at https://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-in-children/about/key-statistics.html. Accessed Accessed May 5, 2022.
8 American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts & Figures 2022. Available at: https://www.cancer.org/research/cancer-facts-statistics/all-cancer-facts-figures/cancer-facts-figures-2022.html. Accessed May 5, 2022.
9 Pui C, Evans W. A 50-Year Journey to Cure Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Seminars in Hematology. 2013;50(3), 185-196.
10 American Cancer Society. Key 2022 Statistics for Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). Available at: https://www.cancer.org/cancer/acute-lymphocytic-leukemia/about/key-statistics.html#references. Accessed May 25, 2022.
11 Salzer W, Bostrom B, Messinger Y et al. 2018. Asparaginase activity levels and monitoring in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia & Lymphoma. 59:8, 1797-1806, DOI: 10.1080/10428194.2017.1386305.
12 Leukemia Foundation. Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. Available at https://www.leukaemia.org.au/disease-information/lymphomas/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/other-non-hodgkin-lymphomas/lymphoblastic-lymphoma/. Accessed May 5, 2022.
13 Cancer Research UK. High-Grade NHL. Available at https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/non-hodgkin-lymphoma/types/high-grade. Accessed May 5, 2022.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LINKBANCORP, Inc. (OTC Pink: LNKB), announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.075 per share of common stock to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2022, payable on September 15, 2022.
Chief Executive Officer Andrew Samuel commented, "Our shareholders are a critical piece in our company's growth trajectory and helping us further our mission of positively impacting lives. We are pleased by the opportunity to consistently deliver additional value to our shareholders through a regular quarterly dividend."
ABOUT LINKBANCORP, Inc.
LINKBANCORP, Inc. was formed in 2018 with a mission to positively impact lives through community banking. Its subsidiary bank, The Gratz Bank, is a Pennsylvania state-chartered bank serving individuals, families, nonprofits and business clients throughout Central and Southeastern Pennsylvania through 10 client solutions centers of The Gratz Bank and LINKBANK, a division of The Gratz Bank. LINKBANCORP, Inc. common stock is traded over the counter (OTC Pink) under the symbol "LNKB".
CONTACT:
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LAS VEGAS, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GNCC Capital, Inc. (GNCP.PK) ("The Company", "GNCC" or "GNCP") acknowledges the innumerable E Mail from our shareholders.
We recognize that our shareholders appear very eager to receive an update on a number of issues including the completion of our new corporate website and interim exploration strategy for our recent transaction of "Silverpeak"; those being the Lithium and Uranium Properties in Nevada.
Your Directors are preparing an update to address these issues and will disseminate a detailed Press Release.
Shareholders are asked to please respect that your Directors have been inundated in work pertaining to the new website, detailed Reports and the exploration planning for "Silverpeak".
Exploration planning for the "Silverpeak" Project is complex and we are retaining both a Geologist and a "turnkey" exploration company that both specialize in both Lithium and Uranium Exploration and Extraction and in that area of Nevada. The same Geologist and firm are currently dealing with our partners exploration work in the same geographical area; which was one of our main attractions to close these transactions as we successfully achieved.
Shareholders are encouraged to E Mail issues of concern or of interest to ourselves. If pertinent, we will address in this Update.
We will also be addressing and will dispel a number of false rumors being disseminated on the Internet Stock Chat Forums that are serving to mislead and to sow confusion amongst our shareholders.
We trust that this will provide clarity and reassurance to our shareholders.
Forward Looking Statements:
This press release may contain forward-looking statements. The words "believe," "expect," "should," "intend," "estimate," "projects," variations of such words and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements, but their absence does not mean that a statement is not a forward-looking statement. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Among the important factors that could cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements are risks that are detailed in the Company's filings, which are on file with the OTC Markets Group.
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Group announces new commitments in response to the U.S. Surgeon General's call to action
CHICAGO, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This morning, the United States Surgeon General delivered an advisory at the 2022 Youth Mental Health Summit, calling on individuals, organizations & communities to take action on the mental health crisis afflicting our nation's youth. In response, The Vistria Group and companies Edmentum and Media Source Inc. (MSI) announced an expansion of their existing commitments toward addressing the U.S. mental health crisis.
"The mental health crisis among youth is escalating across the nation, and it's become increasingly imperative for the private sector to step up and help address it," says Jon Samuels, Partner and co-Head of Vistria, PRG, at The Vistria Group. "Our team is proud to be part of an ecosystem of stakeholders that are answering the Surgeon General's call, utilizing private capital and outside resources to address this complex, societal problem."
As part of their commitment, The Vistria Group has pledged $250 million towards investments in U.S. providers of youth mental health services over the next three years. In line with the firm's foundational impact investing thesis, this capital will help quality platforms provide greater access to critical treatments aimed at driving better outcomes for patients across the United States.
Joining The Vistria Group, Edmentum and MSI announced their commitments to amplify these efforts. Edmentum is committing to bolster mental health curriculum and support services to over 250,000 students and 100,000 educators over the next three years while MSI will enhance the availability of both resources and educational tools through schools and public libraries nationwide.
"We consider it our duty to not only engage in issues afflicting our communities but to help provide practical solutions that will make a real difference," says Jamie Candee, CEO at Edmentum. "We're on a mission to ensure students everywhere thrive by first recognizing the challenges they face, both inside the classroom and out, so we can help create the best possible outcomes for them, their educators and the communities we all serve."
Following today's announcement, MSI will provide dedicated in-kind public service announcement space across MSI's digital channels and in print in the School Library Journal and Library Journal to carry the Surgeon General's message and key youth mental health resources to public and school librarians and educators. MSI will also extend an invitation to feature Dr. Murthy's message as part of two leadership events in the Fall, allowing him to advance this message and key information to leading educators and librarians across the nation.
"For decades, mental health has been a blanketed issue that seemingly was uncovered and exacerbated during the pandemic and unfortunately, our nation's youth have been deeply impacted," says Etienne Veber, CEO & President of MSI. "We know this issue has layers but with every corner of society taking the initiative, we can help alleviate the problem and illuminate resources to help address the mental health of our young people."
This week's two-day Youth Mental Health Summit is purposed around building momentum and galvanizing external partners to pledge their commitments to furthering research, providing meaningful investments, and facilitating impactful discussions about mental health in the United States. The U.S. Surgeon General has defined a number of actions that every community can take, outlined in the 2021 Protecting Youth Mental Health advisory.
The Vistria Group is building a new kind of private investment firm that delivers both financial returns and societal impact. It invests in essential industries like healthcare, education and financial services that deliver value for investors as well as communities, employees, and consumers. The Vistria Group works as a true partner with its portfolio companies, drawing on its deep sector knowledge, operational expertise, unique network, diverse team, and impact orientation to achieve transformational growth. With nearly $7 billion in AUM, The Vistria Group has delivered attractive returns for its investors while achieving positive outcomes for its portfolio companies, and the lives and livelihoods it supports. For more information, please visit www.vistria.com.
Edmentum is the leading provider of K-12 digital curriculum, assessments, and services to over 43,000 schools, 400,000 educators, and 6 million students in all 50 states and 100 countries worldwide. Building on our 60-year history of impact, we create innovative, proven learning technology, partnering with educators to ignite student potential. For more information, visit edmentum.com.
Media Source Inc. is a market leader in providing curated content, information, and expert advice to the K-12 and public library market. MSI operates leading brands providing book selection services and expert advice to over 20,000 K-12 schools and public libraries, with offerings including print and digital collection development services, book and multimedia reviews, trade journals, and professional development.
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STOCKHOLM, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (Nasdaq: WAVE) (Nasdaq First North: ECOWVE) -The shareholders in Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ), reg. no. 559202-9499 (the "Company" or "EcoWave"), are hereby given notice to attend the annual general meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 30, 2022. The meeting will be held through postal voting only (see below).
Pursuant to the Swedish Act (2022:121) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations, the board of directors of the Company has decided that the annual general meeting shall be held without physical presence of shareholders, proxies and/or external parties and that the shareholders shall have only the opportunity to vote by mail prior to the annual general meeting.
EcoWave welcomes all shareholders to exercise their voting rights at the annual general meeting through postal voting as described below. Information on the resolutions passed at the annual general meeting will be published on Thursday, June 30, 2022, as soon as the result of the postal voting has been finally confirmed.
Notice
Shareholders wishing to participate at the meeting must:
i. be entered in the shareholders' register, kept by Euroclear Sweden AB (the Swedish Central Securities Depository & Clearing Organisation), on the record day which is Tuesday, June 21, 2022; and
ii. notify the Company of their attendance no later than Wednesday, June 29, 2022 by casting their postal vote in accordance with the instructions under the heading "Postal voting" below so that the postal voting form is received by Setterwalls Advokatbyrå AB no later than that day. Please note that a notification to attend the general meeting can only be done by a postal vote.
A shareholder represented by proxy shall issue a power of attorney. Further instructions regarding this are available below under the heading "Proxy voting".
Nominee registered shares
Shareholders who have their shares registered in the name of a nominee must request temporary entry in the transcription of the share register kept by Euroclear Sweden AB (so-called voting rights registration) in order to be entitled to participate and vote for their shares at the meeting through postal voting. The shareholder must inform the nominee well in advance of Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at which time the register entry must have been made. Voting rights registration that has been requested by the shareholder at such time that the registration has been completed by the nominee no later than Thursday, June 23, 2022, will, however, be taken into account in the preparation of the share register.
Postal voting
The shareholders may exercise their voting rights at the annual general meeting only by voting in advance, so-called postal voting, in accordance with Section 22 of the Swedish Act (2022:121) on temporary exceptions to facilitate the execution of general meetings in companies and other associations.
A special form shall be used for postal voting. The form will be available on the Company's website, www.ecowavepower.com. The postal voting form is considered as the notification of participation at the annual general meeting.
The completed voting form must be received by Setterwalls Advokatbyrå AB no later than Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The form may be submitted by post to Setterwalls Advokatbyrå AB, Attn: Hugo Lemaire Månsson, P.O. Box 1050, 101 39 Stockholm, Sweden or via e-mail to hugo.lemairemansson@setterwalls.se.
The shareholder may not provide special instructions or conditions in the voting form. If so, the vote (i.e. the postal vote in its entirety) is invalid. Further instructions and conditions are included in the form for postal voting.
The shareholders may request in the postal voting form that a resolution on one or several of the matters on the proposed agenda below should be deferred to a so-called continued general meeting, which cannot be conducted solely by way of postal voting. Such general meeting shall take place if the annual general meeting so resolves or if shareholders with at least one tenth of all shares in the Company so requests.
Proxy voting
A shareholder represented by proxy shall issue a power of attorney which shall be dated and signed by the shareholder. If the shareholder postal votes by proxy, the power of attorney shall be enclosed to the form. If issued by a legal entity, the power of attorney shall also be accompanied by registration certificate or, if not applicable, equivalent documents of authority. Power of attorney forms for those shareholders wishing to postal vote by proxy will be available on the Company's website www.ecowavepower.com.
Processing of personal data
For information regarding how your personal data is processed in connection with the annual general meeting, please refer to the privacy policy on Euroclear Sweden AB's website, https://www.euroclear.com/dam/ESw/Legal/Privacy-notice-bolagsstammor-engelska.pdf.
Proposed agenda
1. Opening of the meeting and election of chairman of the meeting;
2. Preparation and approval of the voting list;
3. Election of one or two persons who shall approve the minutes of the meeting;
4. Approval of the agenda;
5. Determination of whether the meeting has been duly convened;
6. Submission of the annual report and the auditor's report as well as of the financial statements and the auditor's report;
7. Resolution in respect of adoption of the profit and loss statement and the balance sheet;
8. Resolution in respect of allocation of the Company's result according to the adopted balance sheet;
9. Resolution in respect of the members of the board of directors' and the CEO's discharge from liability;
10. Determination of the number of members of the board of directors as well as of the number of auditors;
11. Determination of the fees payable to the members of the board of directors and the auditors;
12. Election of members of the board of directors and auditors;
13. Resolution on an authorization for the board of directors to increase the share capital;
14. Resolution on an authorization for the board of directors to increase the share capital in the event of an impending takeover bid;
15. Resolution on changes to the articles of association;
16. Resolution on change of terms regarding issued warrants series 2020/2024:A;
17. Resolution on change of terms regarding issued warrants series 2020/2024:B;
18. Closing of the meeting.
Proposed resolutions by the board of directors
Item 1. Election of chairman
Marcus Nivinger (lawyer at Setterwalls Advokatbyrå) is proposed as chairman of the meeting, or if he is unable to attend the meeting, any other person proposed by the board of directors.
Item 2. Preparation and approval of the voting list
The voting list that is proposed for approval is the voting list to be prepared by Setterwalls Advokatbyrå AB on behalf of the Company, based on the shareholders' register for the general meeting kept by Euroclear Sweden AB, and postal votes received, and approved by the person(s) appointed to approve the minutes.
Item 3. Election of one or two persons who shall approve the minutes of the meeting
The board of directors proposes that Mats Andersson is to be appointed as person verifying the minutes together with the chairman of the general meeting, or in the event he is prevented from doing so, the person the board of directors appoints instead. The person appointed to verify the minutes shall, apart from approving the minutes of the general meeting together with the chairman of the general meeting, check the voting list and that the result of received votes are correctly reflected in the minutes of the general meeting.
Item 8. Allocation of the Company's result
The board of directors proposes that the Company's result shall be carried forward in new account and that no dividend shall be paid for the financial year 2021.
Item 13. Resolution on an authorization for the board of directors to increase the share capital
The board of directors proposes that the general meeting resolves on an authorization for the board of directors to – for the period up to the next annual general meeting, with or without deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights and at one or more occasions – resolve upon issuance of new shares, warrants and/or convertible debentures. Payment may be made in cash, in kind, through set-off of claims or otherwise be conditional. Deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights shall be allowed in situations where a directed issue is deemed more appropriate for the Company due to timing, commercial or similar reasons, and in order to enable acquisitions.
The chairman of the board of directors, the CEO or a person appointed by the board of directors shall be authorized to make any minor adjustments required to register the resolution with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. A valid resolution requires that the proposal is supported by shareholders representing at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast as well as of all shares represented at the meeting.
Item 14. Resolution on an authorization for the board of directors to increase the share capital in the event of an impending takeover bid
The board of directors proposes that the general meeting resolves on an authorization for the board of directors to – for the period up to the next annual general meeting, with or without deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights and at one or more occasions – resolve upon issuance of new shares, warrants and/or convertible debentures. Payment may be made in cash, in kind, through set-off of claims or otherwise be conditional. Deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights shall be allowed in order to prevent an impending takeover bid for shares and / or other share-related instruments in the Company, whereby the subscription price may fall below the market value. The authorization may only be used after completion of the planned delisting of the Company's shares from Nasdaq First North and provided that it does not contravene the Swedish Companies Act (the "Companies Act") or other applicable laws.
The chairman of the board of directors, the CEO or a person appointed by the board of directors shall be authorized to make any minor adjustments required to register the resolution with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. A valid resolution requires that the proposal is supported by shareholders representing at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast as well as of all shares represented at the meeting.
Item 15. Resolution on changes to the articles of association
The board of directors proposes that the general meeting resolves on amendments to § 6 of the articles of association with regard to the election of the board of directors members. The proposed changes consist of:
i. a right for Inna Braverman and David Leb to, in connection with the annual general meeting, each appoint one (1) ordinary board member for the period until the end of the next annual general meeting, provided that the board subsequently consists of at least five members, as more than half of the members according to the Companies Act shall be appointed by the general meeting, and
ii. a requirement for consent from both David Leb and Inna Braverman for a valid resolution to amend § 6 of the articles of association.
The chairman of the board of directors, the CEO or a person appointed by the board of directors shall be authorized to make any minor adjustments required to register the resolution with the Swedish Companies Registration Office. A valid resolution requires that the proposal is supported by shareholders representing at least two-thirds (2/3) of the votes cast as well as of all shares represented at the meeting.
Item 16. Resolution on change of terms regarding issued Warrant series 2020/2024:A
On the annual general meeting held on June 26, 2020, it was resolved to implement Warrant series 2020/2024:A for employees, consisting of 1,055,845 warrants. Warrants under 2020/2024:A entitle the holder to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company at an exercise price of SEK 0.02 during the period from June 26, 2024 up to and including December 31, 2024.
The board of directors proposes that the general meeting resolves on changes to the terms of Warrant series 2020/2024:A entailing an extension of the time period during which the warrants may be used for subscription of new shares from June 26, 2024 until and including December 31, 2032.
Complete terms and conditions for Warrant series 2020/2024:A will be available on the Company's website www.ecowavepower.com.
A valid resolution requires that the proposal is supported by shareholders representing at least nine-tenths (9/10) of the votes cast as well as of all shares represented at the meeting. The resolution is subject to the majority requirements in Chapter 16 of the Companies Act.
Proposed resolutions by shareholders
Items 10-12. Election of and remuneration to the board of directors and auditors
The board of directors today consists of the following four (4) ordinary members without deputy members: Mats Andersson (chairman), Elias Jacobson, David Leb and Inna Braverman. It is proposed that the board of directors shall consist of five (5) ordinary members without deputy members until the end of the next annual general meeting. Furthermore, it is proposed that one registered accounting firm shall be elected as auditor.
It is proposed that the fees payable to the board of directors for the period until the end of the next annual general meeting shall amount to a total of SEK 900,000 out of which SEK 300,000 shall be paid to the chairman and SEK 200,000 to each of the other ordinary members, except for Inna Braverman who will receive no board fee. It is proposed that the Company's auditor shall be paid in accordance with approved quotes and invoices.
All current board members are proposed to be re-elected until the end of the next annual general meeting. Mats Andersson is proposed to be re-elected as chairman of the board of directors. Furthermore, an additional board member will be proposed for new election on the meeting. The full list of proposed board members will be included in the postal voting form on the Company´s website at the latest three weeks prior to the meeting.
It is proposed to re-elect the accounting firm Ernst & Young AB (E & Y) as the Company´s auditor. The auditor has notified that Nils Andreas Nyberg will continue as chief auditor.
Item 17. Resolution on change of terms regarding issued Warrant series 2020/2024:B
On the annual general meeting held on June 26, 2020, it was resolved to implement Warrant series 2020/2024:B for board members, consisting of 527,922 warrants. Warrants under 2020/2024:B entitles the holder to subscribe for one (1) new share in the Company at an exercise price of SEK 9.38 during the period from June 26, 2024 up to and including December 31, 2024.
It is proposed that the general meeting resolves on changes to the terms of Warrant series 2020/2024:B, entailing an extension of the time period during which the warrants may be used for subscription of new shares from June 26, 2024 until and including December 31, 2027.
Complete terms and conditions for Warrant series 2020/2024:B will be available on the Company's website www.ecowavepower.com.
A valid resolution requires that the proposal is supported by shareholders representing at least nine-tenths (9/10) of the votes cast as well as of all shares represented at the meeting. The resolution is subject to the majority requirements in Chapter 16 of the Companies Act.
Number of shares and votes in the Company
The total number of shares in the Company at the time of issuance of this notice is 44,394,844. The Company does not hold any of its own shares.
Shareholders' right to request information
The board of directors and the CEO shall, if any shareholder so requests and the board of directors believe that it can be done without material damage to the Company, provide information regarding circumstances that may affect the assessment of an item on the agenda or of the Company's economic situation. Such duty to provide information also comprises the Company's relation to the other group companies, the consolidated financial statements and such circumstances regarding subsidiaries which are set out in the foregoing sentence. A request for such information shall be made in writing no later than on Monday, June 20, 2022. The information will be made available at the Company's office from Saturday, June 25, 2022, at the latest. The information will, from the same date, also be available on the Company's website www.ecowavepower.com. The information will also be sent, within the same period of time, to the shareholder who has requested it and stated its address.
Documentation
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About Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ)
Eco Wave Power is a leading onshore wave energy technology company that developed a patented, smart and cost-efficient technology for turning ocean and sea waves into green electricity. Eco Wave Power's mission is to assist in the fight against climate change by enabling commercial power production from the ocean and sea waves.
Eco Wave Power is recognized as a "Pioneering Technology" by the Israeli Ministry of Energy and was labeled as an "Efficient Solution" by the Solar Impulse Foundation. Eco Wave Power's project in Gibraltar has received funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund and the European Commission's Horizon 2020 framework program. The company has also received the "Global Climate Action Award" from the United Nations.
Eco Wave Power's common shares (ECOWVE) are traded on Nasdaq First North and its ADSs (WAVE) are traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
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Complete Remission in Advanced Epithelial Ovarian Cancer is Predicted by Metabolic Signatures Measured in the Media of Patient's Primary Culture 3D Tumor Explants
LONG BEACH, Calif., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Investigators at the Nagourney Cancer Institute and Metabolomycs, Inc. will report today at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting in New Orleans that they predicted the survival of ovarian cancer patients by measuring metabolic signatures in a tumor microenvironment. The results could harken a future in which oncologists could determine in advance how a patient will respond to treatment in order to improve survival outcomes.
According to the researchers, human tumor biology reflects a continuum from normality to malignant transformation to drug resistance all driven by global metabolic reprogramming.
"We have previously shown that platinum resistance in gynecologic malignancies is predicted by metabolic changes measured in the plasma of patients at the time of diagnosis," said Dr. Robert Nagourney, Founder and Medical Director of the Nagourney Cancer Institute. "We now show that the tumor microenvironment measured in the media of human tumor 1o culture explants provides similar insights into drug response for platinum-based therapy."
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of gynecologic cancer death. While 80% of ovarian cases respond to platinum-based therapy, the majority of cases recur, and patients succumb within five years. With the growing interest in human metabolism as an important component of cancer biology, this report on ovarian cancer is the most recent of several of the team's analyses in several advanced cancers that confirms metabolomics' role in determining survival.
The investigators conducted quantitative tandem Mass Spectrometry (MS/MS) on the tissue culture media of human ovarian cancer explants to examine metabolic signatures of the tumor microenvironment following 3 days of culture in modified RPMI 1640.
The Mass Spectrometry conducted on 11 patients' tissue culture media compared 8 patients who achieved pathologic complete remission (pCR) with three patients with residual disease all following induction chemotherapy with Carboplatin plus Paclitaxel. Analyses included amino acids, biogenic amines, hexoses, phosphatidylcholines, lyso-phosphatidylcholines and sphingomyelins.
"With such insight, we are on the verge of more accurately determining the best course of treatment for those with ovarian tumors," said Dr. Nagourney.
About the Nagourney Cancer Institute and Metabolomycs
The Nagourney Cancer Institute is a clinical research center that has pioneered the study of human tumor tissue for individualized cancer patient drug selection and has facilitated cancer drug discovery. Metabolomycs, Inc is a California-based corporation that applies metabolic signatures measured by mass spectrometry to study human health and disease. Visit www.nagourneycancerinstitute.com and www.metabolomycs.com for more information.
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Euclid Chemical, a leading manufacturer of concrete and masonry construction products, introduces PSI Fiberstrand REPREVE 225, an innovative new synthetic microfiber for concrete reinforcement that offers unique sustainability benefits.
Euclid partnered with Unifi—maker of REPREVE, the world's number-one branded recycled fiber—to develop this new product for its PSI Fiberstrand line of synthetic microfibers. With a low environmental impact, PSI Fiberstrand REPREVE 225 is a fine denier monofilament synthetic microfiber that is manufactured using resourced polyester material from plastic bottles. In fact, for every pound of PSI Fiberstrand REPREVE 225 that is used to reinforce concrete, nearly 10 plastic bottles are diverted from landfills.
Typically used at a dosage rate of 0.5 lb/yd³ (0.3 kg/m³), these microfibers are designed to significantly reduce the formation of plastic shrinkage cracking and spalling in concrete, as well as minimize segregation and bleed water. They also enhance the durability of concrete surfaces, improving their fire, impact and abrasion resistance.
PSI Fiberstrand REPREVE 225 can be easily added to a concrete mixture at any time prior to placement. It is ideal for a variety of applications, including pavements, slabs-on-grade, overlays and toppings, wall systems, foundations, shotcrete, precast and prestressed structures, composite steel decks and decorative concrete.
Available in a ¼" (6 mm) length, PSI Fiberstrand REPREVE 225 microfibers comply with ASTM C1116, ASTM D7508 and applicable portions of the International Code Council's (ICC) Acceptance Criteria AC32 for synthetic fibers.
For more information, visit www.euclidchemical.com/products/concrete-fibers/synthetic-microfibers/psi-fiberstrand-repreve-225.
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Euclid Chemical has served the global building market for more than a century as a leading manufacturer and supplier of specialty products and technical support services for the concrete and masonry construction industry. Euclid Chemical's expansive product line includes admixtures, fiber reinforcement, concrete repair products, flooring materials, decorative concrete systems and more. Learn more at www.euclidchemical.com.
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‘We forgot’: Several special education students left off graduation program
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) - Several graduates at a California high school are devastated after they were left off the graduation ceremony program and are now having their diplomas delayed.
At least three of the six students were in special education classes, and some say they feel discriminated against.
June 9 was a day high school seniors were looking forward to, including Joseph Sanchez Munoz, Jesse Haro Belmontes and Mario Juarez.
However, their excitement quickly shifted after realizing their names were not part of the graduation program for the class of 2022.
“I felt left out,” Joseph Sanchez Munoz said.
“Discriminated,” Jesse Haro Belmontes said.
The Munoz family said seeing Joseph’s name on the program with the rest of the high school was a milestone they never thought he would accomplish.
He was born with special needs and is a cancer survivor with liver and kidney transplants. His mom says he’s a miracle.
“I live day by day with him. I never know if one of his organs is going to fail and he’s going to die, and now I’m going to have this memory. They shattered this beautiful memory for us,” Elena Munoz said.
For Mario Juarez, walking in graduation was a moment of pride, but his siblings not finding him on the list was hurtful. According to his mother, he was the first of his siblings to graduate high school.
The parents went up to the San Leandro High School principal to question why several special education students were excluded from the program.
“He [the principal] told me they treat all the kids the same, but that’s not true,” Yesenia Belmontes said.
The Munoz family said they learned from the school that the student’s diplomas would also be delayed.
“I said, ‘We are here to pick up the certificates,’ and she looked at us and said, ‘Oh, we forgot to order the certificates,’” Elena Munoz said.
The school gave the students programs with their names and released the following in a statement:
“We are profoundly sorry that this omission occurred, and we are conducting a full review of our graduation processes to ensure that a critical error like this does not occur again in the future.”
The school’s principal also said the student’s diplomas would be hand-delivered, but some parents said they had already missed out.
“I really hope this will not happen to anybody else,” Elena Munoz said.
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NEW YORK, April 8, 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 AbbVie Inc. (NYSE: ABBV) between April 30, 2021 and August 31, 2021, inclusive (the "Class Period"). A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 6, 2022.
SO WHAT: If you purchased AbbVie 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 AbbVie class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5119 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 June 6, 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, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) safety concerns about Xeljanz and Xeljanz XR extended to Rinvoq and other Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors; (2) as a result, it was likely that the FDA would require additional safety warnings for Rinvoq and would delay the approval of additional treatment indications for Rinvoq; and (3) therefore, defendants' statements about AbbVie's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.
To join the AbbVie class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=5119 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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EAST LONDON, South Africa (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to attend the funeral in East London Wednesday for 21 teenagers who died in a mysterious tragedy at a tavern almost two weeks ago.
A large tent has been erected for the service, which is expected to be attended by hundreds of grieving family members and residents of East London’s Scenery Park township.
“We expect them (the community) to be there. We expect them to mourn,” said Ondela Sokomani, regional chairman of the Youth League of South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress.
“There is deep-seated frustration about how matters are run in Scenery Park,” said Sokomani, referring to the problems of underage drinking of alcohol, substance abuse, crime and the government’s failure to provide basic services to the poor residential area.
It is still not known what caused the deaths of the young people, aged between 13 and 17, whose bodies were found in the Enyobeni tavern. All were under the legal drinking age of 18 in South Africa. Pathologists are studying the cause of death from blood samples. A stampede has been ruled out because the victims’ bodies did not show serious injuries, said police.
A somber mood hangs over the neighborhood surrounding the rundown tavern, where some residents have placed wreaths and flowers. Authorities have closed the bar, amid questions of how so many underage teenagers could have gathered in an establishment selling alcohol after midnight on June 26.
Community members say there is a well-known problem of underage drinking.
The stench of alcohol still lingers inside the club where the floor is littered with broken bottles of beer, cider and wine. Police have finished investigations at the bar so it is no longer cordoned off as a crime scene and security allowed journalists to briefly view the premises.
Handbags, sneakers, and hair weaves are also strewn across the floor, an indication of the chaos on the deadly night.
Ramaphosa will be attending the service amid several challenges including South Africa’s extended power cuts, wide-ranging allegations of corruption and questions about large amounts of cash reportedly found hidden in furniture in the president’s game farm.
In addition to a speech by Ramaphosa, the funeral service is to include hymns by local choirs and addresses by religious and community leaders.
Following the service, the families will bury the teens’ bodies in various cemeteries around the area. | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/south-african-president-to-attend-funeral-for-21-teenagers/ | 2022-07-06T10:35:48Z |
KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2022 Creative Expo Taiwan, the largest cultural and creative event in Asia, is holding in Kaohsiung, at the Kaohsiung Exhibition Center and the Kaohsiung Music Center between Aug. 5-14, organized by Taiwan Design Research Institute. The theme of this year's exhibition is "Resonance Island," representing a to call to place the island experience at the forefront. In recent years, the cultural and creative industry has been regarded as an important indicator of competitiveness and become an industry that many young people flock to. Many enterprises and brands in Taiwan have used cultural and creative elements in many aspects such as events, competitions, etc., to enhance the brand value and show Taiwan's unique soft power.
The Creative Expo Taiwan presents two main sections—"Cultural Concepts" and "Trade Platform" covering three major exhibitions of cultural curatorial exhibition, Cultural and Creative Brands, and IP Licensing.
The Cultural section is themed "Island of Passion," and has five areas each symbolizing personal experiences. The Main pavilion, "Resonance Island," immerses visitors in experiences, as well as enabling the virtual co-creation of new experiences with artists residing in in remote islands. The Craft pavilion, "The Craft SHOP," enable visitors to experience journeys taken through objects. The Chiayi pavilion showcases the evolution of a contemporary modern city, Chiayi. The Matsu pavilion leads audiences wandering around islands and tracing back to the past of Matsu. The Response pavilion is launched by co-host city, Kaohsiung to present a vision where visitors take a dream-like flight over Taiwan.
The Creative section has the theme of "Ideal Adventure," gathering cultural and creative brands from across Taiwan and showcases the discerning tastes through a journey through curated selection of classic fashion, while also exploring local original creations through local revitalization through new perspectives. The Licensing section showcases "Super IPs," gathering innovative vocabularies of the new generation, original IPs, illustrated stories, digital entertainment, and other original intellectual properties to transport visitors through a world of co-branding in the digital realm, with the hope of unlocking boundless and interlinked markets.
The Creative Expo Taiwan enhances virtual-real integration and connection and expand its reach on virtual channels through 5G technology. In addition to the physical exhibition, the Creative Expo Taiwan has launched a new online platform, CET+, in order to provide all the participating brands a channel to promotes to both domestic and foreign buyers through the integration of online and offline. Besides CET+, the Creative Expo Taiwan has also partnered Pinkoi, one of Asia's leading online marketplaces for original design goods, digital creations and workshop experiences, to launch an online Creative Expo section to help domestic exhibitors to open up new markets and business opportunities.
This year the Creative Expo Taiwan also partners with XRSPACE, the pioneer of the Metaverse, to cooperate with the "GOXR Metaverse Creators Project to provide creators participating in "IP licensing brands" and "Talent 100" which includes 100 emerging brands and creators in Taiwan and abroad this year to have a multiverse experiential space.
The 2022 Taiwan Creative Expo "Resonance Island-Together, we sound in vibrant harmony." is based creating links in the cultural and creative industry to create a perspective in shared culture and lifestyles to show "It's All Connected." As participants of the co-creation process, people embark on an adventure to reexamine Taiwan through a macro lens, and the humanities from a micro lens to create more connections and views to reshape the island through resonance.
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Jackson area boys soccer rankings: Meet the new No. 1
Here is a look at the top 10 Jackson area high school boys soccer teams entering Week 8.
1. Madison (12-2): The Mustangs went 5-0 over the past week and won the Best of the West tournament. They defeated Peabody 6-0 behind Jossemar Marcos' hat trick on Monday. Last week: No. 2. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. Crockett County.
2. South Gibson (10-2): The Hornets went 1-1 last week, after losing to Madison and defeat Dyer County. Ross Crenshaw had two goals versus Dyer County. Last week: No.1 Upcoming games: idle.
3. Dyersburg (10-2-1): The Trojans went 3-0, after defeating Crockett County, Sacred Heart and USJ. Last week: No. 3. Upcoming games: TBD.
SOFTBALL RANKINGS:Jackson area high school softball rankings: 3 new teams enter this week
BASEBALL RANKINGS:Jackson area high school baseball rankings: 3 new teams join the top 10
4. USJ (11-3): The Bruins went 1-1 last week by defeating Crockett County and losing to Dyersburg. Last week: No. 4. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. TBD.
5. Westview (6-2): The Chargers won their lone game over Union City 4-2 behind Enrique Gray's goal and assist. Last week: No. 7. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. South Side.
6. South Side (8-3-1): The Hawks defeated North Side, Jackson Christian and Lexington to extend their winning streak to five games. Mekhi Uqdah had a pair of goals in the 4-3 win over Jackson Christian. Last week: No. 9. Upcoming games: Tuesday at Westview.
7. North Side (10-3): North Side lost to South Side and rebounded with wins over Ripley and Augustine. Antony Santos had a hat trick versus Ripley. Last week: No. 6. Upcoming games: Thursday vs. McNairy Central.
8. McKenzie (8-2-1): The Rebels got wins over Gibson County and Peabody. Last week: No. 8. Upcoming games: idle.
9. Crockett County (8-4): The Cavaliers loss three games last week to Dyersburg, USJ and TCA. Last week: No. 5. Upcoming games: Thursday at Madison.
10. Union City (5-4-1): The Tornadoes have went 1-1-1 in their last three games. Chandler Adams had a hat trick in the 10-1 win over Ripley. Last week: Not ranked. Upcoming games: Tuesday vs. South Fulton. | https://www.jacksonsun.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/05/03/jackson-area-boys-soccer-rankings-entering-week-8/9586572002/ | 2022-05-03T21:46:17Z |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a string of attacks Monday against rail and fuel installations deep inside Ukraine, far from the front lines of Moscow’s new eastern offensive, in a bid to thwart Ukrainian efforts to marshal supplies for the fight.
The U.S., meanwhile, moved to rush more weaponry to Ukraine and said the assistance from the Western allies is making a difference in the 2-month-old war.
“Russia is failing. Ukraine is succeeding,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared, a day after he and the U.S. secretary of defense made a bold visit to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Blinken said Washington approveda $165 million sale of ammunition — non-U.S. ammo, mainly if not entirely for Ukraine’s Soviet-era weapons — and will also provide more than $300 million in financing to buy more supplies.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin took his comments further, saying that while the U.S. wants to see Ukraine remain a sovereign, democratic country, it also wants “to see Russia weakened to the point where it can’t do things like invade Ukraine.”
Austin’s comments about weakening Russia appear to represent a broader U.S. strategic goal. Previously, the U.S. position had been that the goal of American military aid was to help Ukraine win and to defend Ukraine’s NATO neighbors against Russian threats.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the U.S. and its allies of trying to “split Russian society and to destroy Russia from within.”
In other developments, fires were reported at two oil facilities in western Russia, not far from the Ukrainian border. Their cause was not immediately known.
When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, its apparent goal was the lightning capture of Kyiv, the capital. But the Ukrainians, with the help of Western weapons, thwarted the push and forced Putin’s troops to retreat.
Moscow now says its goal is to take the Donbas, the mostly Russian-speaking industrial region in eastern Ukraine. While both sides say the campaign in the east is underway, Russia has yet to mount an all-out ground offensive and has not achieved any major breakthroughs.
On Monday, Russia focused its firepower elsewhere, with missiles and warplanes striking far behind the front lines.
Five railroad stations in central and western Ukraine were hit, and one worker was killed, said Oleksandr Kamyshin, head of Ukraine’s state railway. The bombardment included a missile attack near Lviv, the western city close to the Polish border that has been swelled by Ukrainians fleeing the fighting elsewhere around the country.
Ukrainian authorities said that at least five people were killed by Russian strikes in the central Vynnytsia region.
Russia also destroyed an oil refinery in Kremenchuk, in central Ukraine, along with fuel depots there, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said. In all, Russian warplanes destroyed 56 Ukrainian targets overnight, he said.
Philip Breedlove, a retired U.S. general who was NATO’s top commander from 2013 to 2016, said the latest strikes against fuel depots are part of a strategy to deplete key Ukrainian war resources. The strikes against rail targets, on the other hand, are a newer tactic, he said.
“I think they’re doing it for the legitimate reason of trying to interdict the flow of supplies to the front,” he said. “The illegitimate reason is they know people are trying to leave the country, and this is just another intimidation, terrorist tactic to make them not have faith and confidence in traveling on the rails.”
Phillips P. O’Brien, professor of strategic studies at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, said the war is, for now, settling into a campaign of incremental battlefield losses and gains.
“The two sides are sort of every day weakening each other,” he said. “So it’s a question of what can you bring in that’s new” and “what can you destroy on the other side.”
In Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova that sits along the Ukrainian border, several explosions believed caused by rocket-propelled grenades hit the territory’s Ministry of State Security. There was no immediate claim of responsibility or reports of injuries. Transnistria is a strip of land with about 470,000 people and about 1,500 Russian troops based there.
Moldova’s Foreign Ministry said “the aim of today’s incident is to create pretexts for straining the security situation in the Transnistrian region.” The U.S. warned previously that Russia may launch “false-flag” attacks against its own side to create a pretext for invading other nations.
Last week, Rustam Minnekayev, a Russian military commander, said the Kremlin wants full control of southern Ukraine, which he said would open the way to Transnistria.
An estimated 2,000 Ukrainian troops holed up in a steel plant in the strategic southern port city of Mariupol are tying down Russian forces and apparently keeping them from being added to the offensive elsewhere in the Donbas. Over the weekend, Russian forces launched new airstrikes on the Azovstal plant to try to dislodge the holdouts.
Some 1,000 civilians were also said to be taking shelter at the steelworks, and the Russian military pledged to open a humanitarian corridor Monday for them to leave.
The Russian offer was met with skepticism by Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said on the Telegram messaging app that Ukraine does not consider the route safe and added that Russia had breached agreements on similar evacuation routes before. She called on the United Nations to oversee an evacuation.
The city council and mayor of Mariupol said a new mass grave has been identified about 10 kilometers (6 miles) north of the city. Mayor Vadym Boychenko said authorities were trying to estimate the number of victims. It was at least the third new mass grave discovered in Russian-controlled areas near Mariupol in the last week.
Mariupol has been gutted by bombardment and fierce street fighting over the past two months. In addition to freeing up Russian troops, the capture of the city would deprive Ukraine of a vital port and allow Moscow to establish a land corridor to the Crimean Peninsula, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014.
In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said that after two months of war, “The life of peaceful cities and villages has been turned into hell.”
“A part of Ukrainian cities and communities has been destroyed down to stone.” He said his country’s goal is to maintain resistance and “make the occupiers’ stay in our land even more intolerable,” while Russia drains its resources.
Britain said it believes 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine since Moscow began its invasion. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said 25% of the Russian combat units sent to Ukraine “have been rendered not combat effective.”
Ukrainian officials have said about 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian troops had been killed as of mid-April.
Meanwhile, fires erupted at two oil storage facilities in Bryansk, in western Russia, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the Ukrainian border. One of the fires was at a depot owned by a subsidiary of the Russian state company Transneft, Russian authorities said.
Last month, Russia charged that two Ukrainian helicopter gunships hit an oil depot in Russia’s Belgorod region, close to the Ukrainian border.
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Associated Press journalists Yuras Karmanau and Jon Gambrell in Lviv, Ukraine, and AP staff around the world contributed.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/us-promises-new-aid-to-ukraine-in-fight-against-russia/ | 2022-04-25T23:09:26Z |
Former Jayhawks come together for annual Roundball Classic
LAWRENCE, Kan. (WIBW) -
The 14th annual Rock Chalk Roundball Classic at Lawrence Free State featured names like Frank Mason, Sherron Collins, and “Downtown” Terry Brown.
The sidelines were star-studded too, with head coaches Brett Ballard and Wayne Simien, and Udoka Azubuike as an assistant.
“It’s a blast. One, to get all the former KU guys back together is amazing. The brotherhood and the family and all that. And then obviously big picture wise, helping out these families who have been through a lot,” said Ballard. “I have kids of my own, I know how it feels when one of my kids has a cold, let alone going through cancer. I can’t even imagine what these families are dealing with.”
Highlights aside, everyone both in the stands and on the court were thrilled to give back to these kids and families, all in an effort to lessen the financial burden places on them by cancer.
RCR Classic Director Brian Hanni said, “You know for the family it’s obviously a huge relief from financial burden. I mean we hope to be able to raise enough this weekend over the three days to give each family about 30 thousand dollars of our five families. But I think for the kids, it’s more about having that night of being celebrated, having that night of realizing the support and love that is around them.”
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Mayor London Breed to Kick Off Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on May 20th; Highlights Include a Fully Redesigned Interior, Hand-Made Hot Fudge, and the World's Largest Pick & Mix of Ghirardelli Squares
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company announced it will soon reopen its flagship Chocolate Experience Store, located in San Francisco's Ghirardelli Square. The space is designed to elevate the customer experience and provides new and exciting ways to celebrate the true craftmanship of chocolate making. Visitors can expect to be delighted by the delicate taste and aroma of fresh chocolate, warm waffle cones and hand-made hot fudge. San Francisco Mayor London Breed will attend the official ribbon cutting ceremony at a grand reopening celebration on May 20 starting at 11:30 a.m. PST.
"We are thrilled to unveil the Chocolate Experience Store to our community of chocolate lovers and hometown of San Francisco," said Justin Reese, VP of Retail and eCommerce at Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. "Our premium chocolate, the historic architecture and the stunning views, have made Ghirardelli Square a favorite San Francisco destination. The interior re-design brings a new vibrant experience to the classic space."
Reopening day festivities will include family friendly entertainment for all with live music, balloon art, and face painting. The first 170 lucky customers in line will receive a free World Famous Hot Fudge Sundae to celebrate the brand's 170th anniversary. Ghirardelli executives, Eight Inc. and Jamestown property management representatives, along with Kate Sofis, Executive Director of San Francisco's Office of Economic and Workforce Development, will join Mayor Breed in kicking off the event.
"Ghirardelli Square is one of our city's most beloved destinations that tourists and residents always come back to," said Mayor Breed. "We know that COVID had a significant impact on our tourism industry, and as we continue to recover, it is critical to establish new experiences for everyone to enjoy. Ghirardelli has helped bring people to San Francisco's waterfront for almost 130 years, and they will continue to do so with the reopening of their Chocolate Experience Store."
The renovated space sits within the Pioneer Woolen Mill building which was built in 1864 and is on the National Register of Historic Places. As guests walk through the Chocolate Experience Store, they will have the unique opportunity to watch Ghirardelli chocolatiers hand crafting the brand's signature hot fudge from only three ingredients: pure Ghirardelli chocolate, milk, and vanilla. Guests can also personalize a tin of signature chocolate squares selected from the brand's largest Pick & Mix yet and enjoy a World Famous Hot Fudge Sundae in the store's Alcatraz room while taking in the unobstructed and breathtaking view of San Francisco Bay.
Other store offerings include fresh chocolate bars made with almonds and hazelnuts roasted in-house and pure Ghirardelli chocolate flowing from tempering taps, ice cream served in hand-made waffle cones and bowls, and hand-dipped chocolate covered strawberries. See the full store menu here.
The redesigned Chocolate Experience Store perfectly blends modern design elements, like a custom inlay of the Ghirardelli golden eagle and tile work from SF-based company Heath Ceramics, with core elements of the historic structure, like the original red brick walls and timber beams. Also newly on display are hand painted murals and a collection of vintage Ghirardelli advertising dating back to the company's beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century.
"In collaboration with the Ghirardelli team, we aimed to blend historic elements of the iconic space with new and engaging components of the Ghirardelli retail environment," said Edmond Kuan, managing principal of Bay Area-based design firm Eight Inc. "The space captivates visitors with incredible views, interactive features, and a bit of nostalgia—all a great backdrop for enjoying Ghirardelli chocolate."
The Chocolate Experience Store reopening marks the conclusion of phase one of three for the storied chocolate company's space renovations at its namesake Ghirardelli Square. The second phase of the project—a renovation of Ghirardelli's Original Ice Cream and Chocolate Shop—is slated to begin in January 2023 and wrap up by May. A pop-up store at the square in place during the renovation process has helped to limit disruption to the visitor experience and Ghirardelli's business operations.
The Ghirardelli Chocolate Experience Store is located at 900 North Point Street, San Francisco CA 94109. The store will be open Sunday through Thursday, 9:00 AM – 10:00 p.m. and Friday through Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m. For updates on the renovation, please visit www.ghirardelli.com/StoreLocations-SanFranciscoSquare and for media assets please see here.
About The Ghirardelli Chocolate Company
Ghirardelli is passionate about quality bean to bar chocolate, and all of the ways our fans enjoy it. Founded in San Francisco in 1852, we take pride in producing premium chocolate products with high quality ingredients. Ghirardelli is one of the few companies in America that controls the entire chocolate manufacturing process, from cocoa bean to finished product. This oversight of the manufacturing process combined with Ghirardelli's proprietary bean blend and unique methods of roasting and processing, ensures that you are rewarded with high quality products. Ghirardelli makes life a bite better! For more information, visit http://www.ghirardelli.com/.
About Eight Inc.
Founded in 1989, the globally recognized and award-winning strategic design firm Eight Inc. has been the forefront of innovation creating ground-breaking experiences for the most beloved brands. With studios in 11 locations, Eight Inc. is organized to provide a holistic understanding of the factors that drive the success of projects at all scales. Through design, Eight Inc. continues to investigate changes in attitudes and lifestyles, changes within the global community, as well as the social and architectural conditions that influence human interaction and aspirations.
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Retail sales up 1% in June as shoppers show resilience
NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers picked up their spending in June from May despite surging prices in gas and food.
U.S. retail sales rose 1% last month, from a revised decline of 0.1 % in May, the Commerce Department said Friday.
Sales at furniture stores rose 1.4%, while consumer electronics stores rose 0.4%. Department stores took a hit, posting 2.6% decline. Online sales showed resurgence, posting a 2.2% increase. Business at restaurants was up 1%.
The report comes as U.S. inflation surged to a new four-decade high in June because of rising prices for gas, food and rent, squeezing household budgets and pressuring the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively -- trends that raise the risk of a recession.
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‘You don’t know what he’s capable of’: Midnight prowler has neighbors on edge
By Steve Large
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WEST SACRAMENTO, California (KOVR) — People in an upscale West Sacramento community are on edge after a prowler was caught on a home surveillance camera creeping through a backyard, hopping onto a roof and breaking a window.
It happened in a gated community called “The River” and West Sacramento police are actively investigating the case and looking for the suspect.
Pictures from the surveillance video show the creepy suspect dressed in a dark hoody, a facemask, and carrying something in his hand — possibly shoelaces from the black converse that he appears to be wearing with the laces removed.
The suspect is seen walking around the house’s pool and eventually around a side of the house where he then jumped onto a roof and spent twenty minutes, breaking a window in the process.
He left on his own.
The video has circulated in online posts in this upscale tight-knit community where outdoor activities are part of everyday life.
“It’s pretty scary because you don’t know what he’s capable of,” Joshua Santos said.
“Somebody walking around with something in their hand like that, late at night, it kind of lends itself to some kind of negativity,” John Sheldon said.
Photos posted by Sacramento Valley Crime Watch show more images of the prowler. He was captured on camera at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. The neighborhood has 24-hour security.
The homes are next to an open area that extend down to the Sacramento River.
“As a gated community I’d like to think that it’s going to be a safer environment,” Sheldon said.
The West Sacramento Police Department has assigned its special investigation unit to the case. The group typically focuses on crimes that need a rapid response.
This scary sight caught on camera is making some people feel unsafe in their own homes.
Who is this midnight prowler?
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Fred Ward, ‘The Right Stuff’ and ‘Short Cuts’ actor, dead at 79
By Marianne Garvey
Fred Ward, a veteran character actor in film and television, has died, according to his publicist Ron Hofmann.
Ward, known for his work in “The Right Stuff,” “Short Cuts,” and numerous other films, died on May 8 at age 79.
No cause of death was given.
Ward started acting in the early 1970s, following three years of service in the U.S. Air Force. A renaissance man, Ward also did stints as a short-order cook, a boxer, and worked as a lumberjack in Alaska. His first major role came in the Clint Eastwood film “Escape from Alcatraz” in 1979.
In “The Right Stuff,” Ward portrayed real-life Mercury 7 astronaut Virgil “Gus” Grissom. He switched gears in “Henry & June,” playing chain-smoking, hard-drinking author Henry Miller, who travels to Paris in 1931 to finish his book “Tropic of Cancer.”
In 1988, Ward bought the film rights to “Miami Blues,” which showcased Ward as Hoke Mosely, a veteran Miami detective trying to corral a slick ex-con.
Ward later joined forces with Robert Altman in “The Player,” played a gangster in Alan Rudolph’s “Equinox,” and was a TV news anchor in Tim Robbins’ “Bob Roberts.” In 1993, he played one of three friends who find a corpse while fishing in “Short Cuts.”
“The unique thing about Fred Ward is that you never knew where he was going to pop up, so unpredictable were his career choices,” Hofmann said in an emailed statement.
Some of Ward’s other film credits include “Summer Catch,” “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Abandon.” In television, Ward appeared in “The United States of Tara,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Leverage,” “True Detective” and among other series.
Also an artist, in recent years Ward directed some of his creative talent to painting.
He is survived by his wife of 27 years, Marie-France Ward and his son Django Ward.
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The 2020 census questionnaire drove Scout crazy. With no direct questions about sexual orientation and gender identity, it made him feel left out of the U.S. head count.
Among LGBTQ people, the census only asked about same-sex couples living together, and Scout didn’t live with his partner. So to compensate, he hounded his gay, cohabiting neighbors in Providence, Rhode Island to respond and provide at least some visibility for the community.
“I was stalking them to fill out the census form because mine didn’t make a difference,” said Scout, a transgender man who uses one name. “There’s no question I’m absolutely made invisible by the census.”
This could change soon. Recognizing the difficulty of persuading people to reveal information many find sensitive, the U.S. Census Bureau is requesting millions of dollars to study how best to ask about sexual orientation and gender identity. The results could provide much better data about the LGBTQ population nationwide at a time when views about sexual orientation and gender identity are evolving.
“Change is in the air,” said Kerith Conron, research director at the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute, which researches these issues. “It’s exciting.”
The Census Bureau’s request comes as President Joe Biden declared June as LGBTQ “Pride Month,” and as U.S. passports now offer an “X” in addition to “M” or “F”, for non-binary or intersex individuals. It is taking place as some Republican-dominated state legislatures restrict what can be discussed about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools and banned transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports.
“We are seeing that numbers matter when politicians are demeaning and conducting culture wars against people,” said Gina Duncan, a transgender woman who advocates in Orlando with Equality Florida.
As the nation’s largest statistical agency, the bureau sets an example for how other agencies and businesses ask these questions, she noted.
The most common terms used for sexual orientation are lesbian, gay, bisexual or straight. Gender norms are typically understood as male, female, both or neither.
The $10 million would be spent over several years to fund Census Bureau field tests of different wording and placement of questions that would appear on its annual American Community Survey.
The bureau is particularly interested in examining how answers are provided by “proxies” such as a parent, spouse or someone else in a household who isn’t the person about whom the question is being asked.
Other federal agencies already ask about sexual orientation, primarily in health surveys conducted by trained interviewers with respondents answering for themselves. The much more widely circulated Census Bureau surveys tend to rely on proxies more.
Wording and design matter since they can affect accuracy.
A confusing layout on the 2010 census form led some census takers to misreport the genders of opposite-sex couples, falsely inflating the number of same-sex households. Studies also have shown that some transgender people are more likely to leave gender questions blank or check both “male” and “female.”
Some respondents might not want to share such personal information, or may be unsure of how to answer. And some proxies might not know the sexual orientation and gender identity of everyone in their household. In places like New Zealand and the United Kingdom, surveys don’t allow proxy reporting for sexual orientation questions because of concerns about accuracy and confidentiality.
The federal statistical system currently is unable to provide high-quality information about sexual and gender minorities without improving and expanding data gathering on this topic, the Census Bureau said in its 2023 budget submission.
“This research can help us measure the growing and diverse LGBTQ population in the United States,” a Census Bureau statement said.
Next week, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform is discussing legislation that would require data on sexual orientation and gender identity to be collected voluntarily in federal surveys.
Federal data collection traditionally has treated sexual orientation and gender identity as binary — gay or straight, male or female — but this can mask greater complexities and wide-ranging identities, according to a report the National Academies of Sciences, Medicine and Engineering released this spring.
The once-a-decade census, the yearly American Community Survey and the annual Current Population Survey now allow same-sex couples a chance to answer if they are in a marriage or domestic partnership. But that omits LGBTQ people who are single or not living in the same household with their partner, and for the gender question, “male” and “female” are the only options.
Because the same-sex response is limited to individuals living together, it captures only a fifth of the nation’s LGBTQ population, Conron said.
Only the bureau’s online Household Pulse Survey, created at the start of the coronavirus pandemic, includes “transgender” and “none of these” alongside the “male” and “female” options. It also allows respondents to identify as gay, straight, bisexual, “something else” and “I don’t know.” However, the Household Pulse Survey is categorized as experimental and may not meet some of the bureau’s statistical quality standards.
Other nations that already ask about sexual orientation in their data collection include Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the countries of the United Kingdom.
A report from a working group of U.S. agencies recommends that sexual orientation be asked separately from gender identity and that language used for older adults be tweaked when asking teens questions, since their preferred terminologies, like “queer,” may be different. Cultural, regional and language differences also must be considered. Some Native Americans may identify as “two-spirit” rather than gay or bisexual, and in Spanish, “heterosexual” was found to reduce confusion over “straight, that is, not gay” which doesn’t translate directly, the report said.
“Each new generation is more diverse in its sexuality and gender,” Duncan said. “The Census Bureau should stay up to date with that evolution.”
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