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MELBOURNE, Australia and INDIANAPOLIS, June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited (ASX: TLX, Telix, the Company) today announces its presence at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting to be held in Vancouver from June 11-14.
Gallium-based prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) (PSMA-PET) will be a highlight of the meeting, where Telix is showcasing its PSMA-PET imaging agent, alongside presentations on clinical programs across prostate and breast cancers.
Telix Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Colin Hayward said, "I am pleased to see Telix's collaborative therapeutic and diagnostic research being recognised and presented at major international oncology and nuclear medicine conferences. Advancing care with a theranostic approach in patients with multiple cancer types, I am particularly looking forward to Telix's sponsored symposium on how the introduction of PSMA-PET has changed the landscape of prostate cancer management, featuring an expert panel moderated by Dr. Delphine Chen from Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington."
SNMMI presentation details are as follows:
- Sponsored Symposium: PSMA: the next frontier in Theranostics - transforming PCa care. Don't get left behind…
A renowned panel of Nuclear Medicine thought leaders moderated by Dr. Delphine Chen, Professor of Radiology, Director of Molecular Imaging, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, University of Washington will explore how the introduction of PSMA-PET has changed the landscape of Prostate Cancer Management including extensive Case Review.
Date & Time: Monday, 13 June, 11:45 am – 12:45 pm PDT (4.45 am – 5:45 am AEST). - Poster Presentation: Added diagnostic confidence of identifying prostate cancer metastases with Ga-68 PSMA-11 PET.
Date & Time: Saturday, June 11, 2022, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm PDT.
Presenter: Dr. Delphine Chen, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
Poster ID: 3605. - Oral Presentation: 18F-Fluciclovine and 68Ga-PSMA-11 PET/CT for Detection of Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer: Interim Report from an Exploratory Trial.
Date & Time: Sunday, June 12, 2022, 1:10 pm – 1:20 pm PDT (6:10 am – 6:20 am AEST).
Presenter: Dr. David Schuster, Emory University.
Presentation ID: 2592.
About Telix Pharmaceuticals Limited
Telix is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of diagnostic and therapeutic products using Molecularly Targeted Radiation (MTR). Telix is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia with international operations in Belgium, Japan, Switzerland, and the United States. Telix is developing a portfolio of clinical-stage products that address significant unmet medical need in oncology and rare diseases. Telix is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: TLX). For more information visit www.telixpharma.com and follow Telix on Twitter (@TelixPharma) and LinkedIn.
Telix's lead product, gallium-68 (68Ga) gozetotide (also known as 68Ga PSMA-11) injection, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),[1] and by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).[2] Telix is also progressing marketing authorisation applications for this investigational candidate in Europe[3] and Canada.[4]
This announcement has been authorised for release by Dr. Christian Behrenbruch, Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer.
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Citing systemic safety failures, Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky alleges wrongful death and negligence
PHILADELPHIA, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Attorneys at Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky today sued Philadelphia's Thomas Jefferson University Hospital alleging systemic security failures resulted in last October's execution-style murder of Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Anrae T. James, who was killed by a heavily armed, off-duty co-worker, according to the lawsuit. After the attack, murderer Stacey Hayes, who had a history of violence, fled the hospital and wounded two Philadelphia police officers in a shootout before his capture.
Attorney Steven G. Wigrizer, of SMB, said the complaint (James v. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital et al., Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas) was filed this morning on behalf of Mr. James' widow and their three children. "Our pre-suit investigation concluded that the defendants are responsible for the litany of outrageous security failures that Jefferson officials admitted to only after this heinous killing. Justice now demands they be held accountable for their reckless inaction that put Mr. James and others – including staff, patients, visitors and medical Jefferson's own medical students - at risk. When Hayes entered Jefferson Hospital's S. 10th St. building, he was carrying a large bag containing assorted guns and wearing body armor. He walked uncontested through an unsecured main entrance without being stopped because there were no guards at their assigned stations." Besides asserting claims of wrongful death and negligence, the lawsuit seeks a jury trial, along with unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
According to the complaint, the heavily armed shooter – his weapons reportedly included an AR-15 assault rifle – did not have to pass through a metal detector. He was not scheduled to work that night, and due to the lax security, did not have to justify his surprise appearance. It is asserted that had the full range of necessary security measures been in place, Hayes would have been denied entry, detained, and Mr. James would be alive today.
"The detailed record shows that this was a tragedy in the making that could have and should have been averted if only hospital management had acted in the best interest of its heroic health care employees who, like Anrae James, devote their lives to helping others," explained Mr. Wigrizer. "We vehemently disagree with Jefferson's public relations position that the sweeping corrective measures Jefferson implemented after this tragedy would have been insufficient to prevent Mr. James's murder. Jefferson knew for years that violent crime was regularly occurring at its Hospital and, in fact, hardened security in other parts of its campus, and that the same type of enhanced security measures were not only feasible, but also necessary in the building where Mr. James and hundreds of his other heroic co-workers worked 24/7."
Barbara James, who was married to Anrae James for 11 years, said, "Anrae loved everyone, especially our three children, and loved his work, helping people every day. Like everyone else at the Hospital, Anrae relied on Jefferson to protect him while at work. He was supposed to feel safe there. We have so many questions and can only hope and pray they're finally answered at trial."
SMB attorney Jason S. Weiss, representing Ms. James along with Mr. Wigrizer and attorney Aidan B. Carickhoff, stated this was the latest in a string of violent incidents in and around the Jefferson campus. "This was not an isolated violent incident. To the contrary, there were so many past crimes that Jefferson created and publicly shared online a 'Crime Log', where Jefferson publicly documented the violent criminal activity at its facilities until Jefferson discontinued its reporting practice in 2018. But the violence continued. This attack was preventable and foreseeable." SMB attorney Carickhoff added, "For all of us, work should be a safe space to do what we love. And until October 4, 2021, that was true for Anrae James. He dedicated his life to helping others. But Jefferson failed to help Anrae when he needed it most. We look forward to telling his story at trial."
Contacts:
Steven G. Wigrizer / swigrizer@smbb.com / 215-738-1722
Steph Rosenfeld / steph@idadvisors.com / 215-514-4101
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SAN DIEGO, July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lug, the popular lifestyle brand of handbags and accessories, is pleased to announce its recent support of the Her Universe Fashion Show at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 21st, co-hosted by Nina West and Ashley Eckstein.
The Her Universe Fashion Show was held on Thursday, July 21st at 6 pm PST at the Harbor Ballroom, Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel. Lug is proud to support the budding designers and be the Official Bag of the event, where 300 VIPs/Designers/Influencers were gifted with an exclusively designed iconic Lug Puddle Jumper tote bag in Violet to match the HER Universe branding. Additionally, 3,000 general admission attendees received a HU branded Lug luggage tag.
"We are excited to support our good friend, Ashley Eckstein, and Her Universe with one of our brand's signature bags, the Puddle Jumper. It's the perfect carry-all bag loaded with pockets that we know recipients will find useful as they carry their goodies throughout Comic-Con. We look forward to furthering our relationship with HU with some exciting collaborative projects that are on the horizon!" said Ami Richter, Lug Co-founder and Designer.
About Lug
Founded in 2005 by Ami and Jason Richter, Lug's unique silhouettes and thoughtful designs keep you organized throughout your day. Featuring fashionable bags and accessories in brilliant colors and novelty patterns, Lug provides solutions to everyday life with both function and fashion in mind.
The following year, Lug's Puddle Jumper bag caught Oprah's attention, and it was featured on the "O List" in O Magazine, popularizing the brand among female travelers.
In 2015, Lug launched on QVC to great success, where its products are featured in broadcasts that reach over 100 million American households. Lug received the QVC Star Award for Customer Experience in 2016 and the QVC Star Award for Customer Experience in 2017.
Lug was chosen as the official bag of the 2018, 2019, and 2020 SAG Awards Gala Gift Bags.
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Initiatives expanded telehealth to California's most vulnerable residents; extended physical and mental health care to those without shelter; promoted healthy child development; and improved food access and education.
SACRAMENTO, Calif., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Net, one of California's longest serving and most experienced Medi-Cal partners, has been recognized by the Institute for Medicaid Innovation (IMI) for their various initiatives throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to address social determinants of health and to reduce inequities.
"The pandemic meant we needed to rapidly pivot how we do our work to continue meeting the needs of our members," said Dr. Pooja Mittal, Chief Health Equity Officer at Health Net. "We are proud of the work our teams have done to help members stay connected to care and services, whether through telehealth or community outreach. We will continue these efforts for years to come."
When the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, many providers halted outpatient care for days, weeks or longer to decrease the risk of transmitting the virus to patients or health care workers. But Californians continued to need food, information and support. Health Net stepped in and listened, adapting existing initiatives and developing new ones to meet the health and social needs of the communities they serve.
IMI hosted a webinar to examine and highlight initiatives that addressed social determinants of health and health inequities exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them, Health Net had four programs that were showcased to attendees, including their COVID-19 Telehealth Capacity Support, MLKCH Street Medicine Program, Family Hui Initiative and Los Angeles Food Bank Pilot.
COVID-19 Telehealth Capacity Support
As medical appointments quickly shifted to virtual visits during the pandemic, Health Net launched its COVID-19 Telehealth Capacity Support program to establish and expand telehealth services for Medi-Cal enrollees. In 2020, Health Net awarded 138 Telehealth Capacity grants, totaling $13.4 million, to Medi-Cal providers across California. Grantees identified the following benefits of providing telehealth services:
- 31% said funding allowed them to conduct routine checkups and wellness visits.
- 42% indicated that telehealth was an important tool for patient screenings.
- 17% provided health education, including nutrition, physical activity counseling, and smoking-cessation programs.
- 16% reported success in providing mental health services.
MLKCH Street Medicine Program
The effects of the pandemic have been particularly difficult for individuals who are experiencing homelessness. That's why Health Net funded the MLKCH Street Medicine program, a collaboration between Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH) and University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. The program engages experts in street medicine to help reduce disparities in health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness in South Los Angeles by achieving the following outcomes:
- Increased connection to primary and specialty medical care;
- Increased access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment;
- Improved sanitation and nutrition;
- Decreased avoidable hospital and emergency department visits;
- Reduced disparities in hypertension and diabetes control.
Family Hui Initiative
Recognizing the challenges of parenting throughout the pandemic, Health Net funded the community-based organization, Lead4Tomorrow, to provide Family Hui parental, peer-led support groups in Imperial, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Bernardino and San Joaquin counties. Named for the Hawaiian term "Hui" (hoo'ee), a cooperative group working together for a shared purpose, Family Hui aims to promote healthy child development. The program supports and empowers parents and caregivers in the joys of raising their children and addresses the challenges in healthy ways through providing:
- A trauma-informed parenting curriculum;
- Leadership training for peer facilitators;
- Resilience-building activities;
- Connections for parents to services to build a strong support community.
Los Angeles Food Bank Pilot
With inflation making food more costly, food banks and community organizations need help feeding families who struggle to put food on the table. Health Net awarded the Los Angeles (LA) Regional Food Bank a grant to assist members in managing their health through increased food access and nutrition awareness. The LA Food Bank Pilot program provided home-delivered groceries and went beyond food distribution to sponsor an interactive, educational webinar series on nutrition and its role in managing chronic illness. The pilot worked to accomplish the following objectives:
- Encourage a relationship between the health plan and its members;
- Promote healthy lifestyle changes;
- Provide education on healthy food options and practices;
- Provide healthy foods to individuals experiencing financial or transportation barriers.
With more than 40 years of experience providing care for the state's most vulnerable residents, Health Net continues to lead the charge to improve health equity with multi-faceted, collaborative and culturally relevant programs and interventions at the statewide and local level. To learn more about Health Net's industry-leading efforts to drive health equity, visit BridgingtheDivideCA.com and follow Health Net on Facebook and Twitter.
About Health Net:
Founded in California more than 40 years ago, Health Net believes every person deserves a safety net for their health, regardless of age, income, employment status or current state of health. That's why we provide health coverage for every stage of life and advance health equity with innovative approaches to care. Today, Health Net's 2,600 employees and 90,000 network providers serve three million members throughout California. We offer an array of health plans, including Medi-Cal, Medicare and individual and family plans. We offer these health plans and other services through Health Net, LLC and its subsidiaries: Health Net of California, Inc., Health Net Life Insurance Company and Health Net Community Solutions, Inc. These entities are wholly owned subsidiaries of Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC), a Fortune 25 company. For more information, visit www.HealthNet.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — As if their job weren’t hard enough at a time of raging inflation, Chair Jerome Powell and his Federal Reserve colleagues have to do more these days than decide just how much to raise interest rates without triggering a recession.
They also have a sales job on their hands: Convincing the public that they will succeed in reducing inflation — now at 8.6%, a four decade high — to the central bank’s goal of 2% a year.
And on Thursday, Powell told Congress that Americans do seem reassured, at least for now: Measures of consumer sentiment show that people generally think inflation will eventually subside.
“People do expect inflation to come back down to levels that are consistent with our price stability mandate,” Powell told the House Financial Services Committee on the second of two days of testimony as part of the Fed’s semiannual report to Congress. “But we haven’t had a test like this. We haven’t had an extended period of high inflation for a long time. So it’s not a comfortable place to be.″
If the Fed failed to reassure the public that it can curb inflation, many Americans would assume that prices were heading ever higher. Their likely responses — demanding increasingly higher wages or rushing to make purchases now before prices go even higher — could make inflation even worse.
Powell and the Fed are in the hot seat because inflation, which had been an economic afterthought for decades, has shot to the top of threats to the economy and concerns of American households. Average wages are rising, but not nearly enough to keep up with accelerating prices. On Thursday, committee members repeatedly reminded Powell that their constituents are feeling pain at the grocery store and the gasoline station.
Economists blame a confluence of factors for the inflationary surge. Fueled by super-low interest rates and vast government aid programs, the economy rebounded with surprising speed from the pandemic recession in the spring of 2020. Businesses scrambled to recall laid-off workers and buy enough supplies to keep up with soaring customer demand. The result was shortages of labor and materials, delays and higher prices. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drove energy and food prices even higher.
President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus last year added heat to an economy that was already boiling, as many committee Republicans emphasized in Thursday’s hearing.
After being slow to recognize the inflation threat, the Fed has been moving aggressively. Last week, it raised its benchmark short-term interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point — its biggest hike since 1994 — and has signaled that more sizable rate hikes are coming. It also raised rates in March and May. Those rate increases will make it costlier for consumers and businesses to borrow, for homes, cars and other long-lasting goods.
The Fed is pursuing the high-risk challenge of gliding the U.S. economy in for a so-called soft landing — raising rates and slowing the economy enough to tame inflation without sending it tumbling into a recession. On Wednesday, Powell had acknowledged to the Senate Banking Committee that as the Fed drives rates higher, a recession remains possible.
“It’s not our intended outcome,’’ he said. “But it’s certainly a possibility.’’
Reassuring the public that inflation can be conquered is critically important, Powell stressed Thursday.
“Inflation expectations are anchored,” he told the House committee. “That’s good, but it’s not enough. We need to get inflation down because inevitably, over time, these expectations are going to be under pressure.”
He repeated a pledge that the Fed would do whatever it takes to succeed.
“We can’t fail on this,” he said. “We really have to get inflation down to 2%.″ | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/powell-fed-must-convince-public-it-can-tame-inflation/ | 2022-06-24T15:02:08Z |
Opening statements set in trial linked to Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening statements are set for Tuesday in the trial of a lawyer for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign who is accused of lying to the FBI as it investigated potential ties between Donald Trump and Russia in 2016.
Prosecutors and defense lawyers in the case of Michael Sussmann spent all day Monday picking a jury for the trial, the first arising from special counsel John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.
Sussmann is accused of misleading the FBI’s then-general counsel, James Baker, during a September 2016 meeting in which he presented research showing what he said might be a suspicious backchannel of communications between computer servers of the Trump Organization and Russia-based Alfa Bank. Baker is among the witnesses set to testify.
Prosecutors allege Sussmann lied by saying he wasn’t attending the meeting on behalf of any particular client when they say he was actually acting on behalf of two clients: the Clinton campaign and a technology executive who had helped assemble the computer data.
Durham’s team says had the FBI been told the truth, it would have factored into the bureau’s assessment of the credibility of the Alfa Bank claims as it weighed whether to begin investigating. The FBI did look into the matter but ultimately found nothing suspicious.
Sussmann’s lawyers deny he lied but say the alleged misstatement isn’t relevant in any event since there’s no evidence that what the FBI knew or didn’t know about his political affiliations had any bearing on its decision-making about whether to investigate.
Durham was appointed in 2019 by then-Attorney General William Barr to look for any misconduct as the U.S. government was examining potential coordination between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign to tip the outcome of the election. An investigation by an earlier special counsel, Robert Mueller, did not find a criminal conspiracy between Russia and the Trump campaign though it did find that Russia sought to aid Trump’s election bid.
The Alfa Bank matter was a peripheral part of the FBI’s investigation, and the allegations of furtive contact were not even mentioned in Mueller’s 2019 report.
Durham’s work has resulted in three criminal cases, but only the one against Sussmann has reached trial.
In 2020, a former FBI lawyer named Kevin Clinesmith pleaded guilty to altering an email related to secret FBI surveillance of an ex-Trump campaign adviser, Carter Page. In applying for warrants to eavesdrop on Page, the FBI relied on research files of anti-Trump information known colloquially as the “Steele dossier” that contained rumors and uncorroborated claims.
Last year, Durham charged a Russia analyst who was a source for that dossier with lying to the FBI about his own sources of information — among them, a longtime Hillary Clinton supporter. Igor Danchenko has pleaded not guilty. The case is pending.
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Dudes Living the Creative Inspired Life – Join TDSC Waitlist
TORONTO, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A brand new PFP NFT called Throwing Dude Space Camp (TDSC) is coming in the Fall. 10,000 NFTs will be available. TDSC features next level art, astonishing rarity, and a ground-breaking road map. Click here to join the waitlist.
Gyro Plasmic (pseudonym), Founder of TDSC says; "Velocity Man is based in Africa and has a design and art background rooted from University in African futurism and sci-fi. I am from North America, and I am a massive fan of all the throwing sports, sci-fi and space science. Our backgrounds and where we live, compliment, and effect our creative approach and how we came together for TDSC. Our ethos for our Dudes and ourselves, is to live the creative inspired life. There's nothing better than working on 10,000 unique and different digital art pieces in such a way that each one is truly unique, different, and special from the other."
Gyro Plasmic and Velocity Man have been iterating for a long time and have achieved over 650 traits. We discovered how to create different gender identities within our universe of Dudes. https://throwingdudespacecamp.com/
Since our Dudes are from across our Universe, some of their capabilities go way beyond just throwing mere earthly objects and include galactic and even mythical throwing. Click for TDSC waitlist.
No matter your skill level, or where you come from in our universe, Throwing Dude Space Camp galactically celebrates the comradery of Space Camp and throwing.
We are in it for the long haul and as TDCS gets resourced through revenue, we plan to introduce many benefits to the Throwing Dude Space Camp membership, which may include: our 57 planets art reveal, exclusive member merchandise, space camping festival under our aurora borealis, release of space camp song anthem and more. TDSC will push the boundaries of what is possible for a PFP NFT and will have a lot of fun doing it.
Click here to join the Throwing Dude's waitlist.
Throwing Dude Space Camp (TDSC) is owned and operated by QaQaQ Inc.
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(NerdWallet) – Sure, you want to feel joy and love upon receiving a wedding invitation. But one little postcard or email can also pack loads of pricey pressure.
Perhaps you must secure travel and lodging, buy gifts and attire, or call off work. Or maybe you have the honor — and extra expense — of being in the wedding party.
This may be your reality soon, as wedding season looms and events that were postponed or rescheduled because of COVID-19 reappear on the calendar.
Before stressing about these upcoming weddings, take comfort from Crystal L. Bailey, director of The Etiquette Institute of Washington, in D.C.: “Your loved one would not want you to spend in a way that would make you financially struggle.”
For less struggling and more celebrating, here’s how to handle the financial load of attending weddings.
Check your finances — and feelings
As you learn about upcoming weddings, “map out your year,” Bailey says.
This planning is useful if you’re invited to multiple weddings, or bridal showers, bachelor or bachelorette parties and rehearsal dinners. If you’re inclined to say yes to everything, this mapping could show how much time (and money) “everything” will cost.
Also check your bank account balance or your budget to understand what’s available to spend after accounting for needs. Ideally, this financial reality check helps you prioritize expenses, says Landis Bejar, a New York City-based licensed mental health counselor and founder of AisleTalk, which provides therapy to individuals getting married.
For example, maybe you realize you can’t swing the out-of-state bachelorette party but can attend the wedding.
If you still feel compelled to overspend, “take inventory of where that expectation is coming from,” Bejar says. “That can usually help you navigate what’s important in your decision making.”
For example, perhaps this reflection shows that you simply yearn to get out of the house and celebrate after so much quarantining. So you prioritize attending the wedding and feel less pressure to buy a new outfit for it.
Find ways to cut costs
Prioritizing your values may help you save money. So, if being present at the wedding is most important, you may be able to trim expenses in these categories:
- Lodging and travel: If possible, choose a cheaper accommodation than what the couple suggested, or crash with a local connection. Split costs with other guests by sharing a vacation rental or driving together. Pay for fewer nights by skipping the night-before dinner and arriving the day of the wedding.
- Bachelor and bachelorette parties, showers and other related events: It’s OK to politely pass on these events if you give plenty of heads-up.
- Gifts: Matt J. Goren, a Chicago-based certified financial planner, suggests simply giving what you can, which will be easier to determine after checking your finances. “If someone is going to think you’re a bad friend because you only gave them what you could afford, then they’re not that good of a friend,” says Goren, who’s the CFP program director at The American College of Financial Services.
Consider declining
The most effective way to cut wedding costs? Decline the invitation. That’s fine, particularly if you’re more of an acquaintance than a close friend or family member, or if you don’t want to go.
If you must pass up the wedding of someone you’re close with, Bailey recommends calling or writing a note. Thank them for the invitation and consider sending a gift.
Bejar suggests seeing if you can participate in other ways. For example, if you can’t make the destination wedding or shower, maybe you can have champagne delivered to the couple.
Remember: If you can’t afford the event, “it doesn’t mean you’re a bad friend or a bad person,” Goren says.
If you wanted to go but couldn’t come up with a relatively small amount of money — say, for a local event — aim to see the situation as a “wake-up call,” he says. After all, how would you handle an urgent expense, like an emergency room visit? Use this experience as motivation to build financial security, Goren says, so you can afford emergencies and weddings alike.
You could also track your money so you know where it goes, and explore ways to spend less and make more.
Talk with the engaged couple
Say you’re close with the betrothed and can’t afford the wedding or a related obligation, like being in the bridal party. “The worst thing you can do is have the money fears override the friendship,” Goren says.
So discuss your money concern with the bride or groom — soon, ideally months before the event.
“Good friends will understand if you’re honest and transparent,” Bejar says. Avoid complaining or making the conversation about you. Instead, ask what’s most important to your loved one, then brainstorm and possibly compromise.
For example, maybe your friend most values your presence at the wedding and is OK with you passing on bridesmaid duty (and the hair, makeup and outfit expenses that may come with it).
Whether you find solutions or not, Bejar suggests acknowledging the importance of this milestone. “Brides and grooms want to feel special,” she says. | https://cw33.com/news/please-dont-go-broke-attending-weddings/ | 2022-04-11T23:39:31Z |
Landslide buries primary road connecting Alaska resort community to city of Seward
By Hannah Sarisohn and Sara Smart, CNN
An area outside the Lowell Point community near Seward, Alaska, was still unstable Sunday, following a Saturday landslide which blocked access to the primary road connecting the resort area and the city of Seward.
Brenda Ballou, a spokesperson for the city, told CNN a few hundred people live in Lowell Point, an unincorporated, heavily-visited tourist area on the Kenai Peninsula south of Anchorage.
Marissa Beck, who owns a rental property in Seward, told CNN there are many cabins and rental houses in the area, and guests are now stuck in town or cannot get to their rentals. Many people are taking water taxis or their own boats to get to the other side of the slide.
No one was hurt when the slide occurred, Seward City Manager Janette Bower said in a Facebook post Saturday, and Ballou confirmed.
Nathaniel Caole was headed to walk his dogs on Saturday evening when he noticed a commotion on Lowell Road and pulled off to the side of the road to see what was happening. He noticed a boulder was blocking a part of the road, and cops were stopping traffic from passing by.
“Rocks would fall continuously and once in a while some bigger rubble would come down, but there were no signs that the slide was going to be that extensive.” Caole said.
“When the slide first started I noticed the first tree came down and then quickly after that I could see all the trees upwards falling in unison,” Caole said.
The slide is about 300 feet wide, CNN affiliate KTUU reported, citing Ballou.
It’s unclear what triggered the landslide, but Lowell Road frequently has falling rocks and avalanches, according to Beck.
Last month, an avalanche 60 to 80 feet deep and 300 to 400 feet wide cut off nearly 100 houses in Anchorage, about 2.5 hours north of Seward.
A local company is mobilizing to begin recovery efforts once geologists deem the area to be stable. The state is sending geologists with drone equipment to assist in assessment efforts, Ballou said.
According to Ballou, no utility functions were damaged in the landslide and communication remains open with Lowell Point.
CNN has reached out to the Seward police and fire departments for more information.
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Avalanche dethrone Lightning to win Stanley Cup for 3rd time
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Nathan MacKinnon could not find the words. Gabriel Landeskog cracked a smile and a joke.
After years of playoff disappointments, the Colorado Avalanche are back atop hockey’s mountain after dethroning the two-time defending champions.
Behind a goal and an assist from MacKinnon, the Avalanche won the Stanley Cup for the third time in franchise history and first in more than two decades by beating the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 in Game 6 of the final Sunday night.
“It was all leading up to this,” playoff MVP-winning defensman Cale Makar said about the Avalanche’s journey.
It’s the first title for this core group led by MacKinnon, captain Gabriel Landeskog, Mikko Rantanen and Makar and it follows several early postseason exits — in the second round each of the past three seasons and the first in 2018.
“It feels unbelievable,” MacKinnon said. “Some tough years mixed in there, but it’s all over now. We never stopped believing.”
With a mix of speed, high-end talent and the experiences gained from those defeats, Colorado broke through this time — earning every bit of the championship by knocking off the team that hoisted the Cup the past two years. Like the Avalanche fully expected, it wasn’t easy.
After an early turnover by Makar leading to Steven Stamkos’ goal that put them in a hole and several more bumps and bruises, the Avalanche tied it when MacKinnon beat 2021 playoff MVP Andrei Vasilevskiy with a near-perfect shot and went ahead on another big goal by trade deadline acquisition Artturi Lehkonen. They locked things down by holding on to the puck and not letting Tampa Bay even shoot the puck on Darcy Kuemper in the third period.
When they did, he was there. Brought in from Arizona in a trade last summer to shore up the sport’s most important position, Kuemper was solid again and made his most important save with under seven minutes left when he slid over to deny skilled winger Nikita Kucherov.
His teammates finished the job.
“That’s 20-plus years of just dreaming and wanting and working for it and just finally coming to fruition after a lot of crazy years and a lot of hard work,” Landeskog said. “This group is just amazing, all the way from the top to our third massage therapist to the wives to the fans to everybody working in Ball (Arena) right now. It’s incredible.
Much like the Lightning went all in multiple times by trading high draft picks and prospects to load up for the best chance to win the Cup, Avalanche general manager Joe Sakic was not afraid to ante up in March to acquire Lehkonen, defenseman Josh Manson and veteran forward Andrew Cogliano. They became the perfect complement to Colorado’s core that had showed plenty of playoff promise and until now hadn’t produced a championship.
Sakic, who captained Colorado’s first two title-winning teams in 1996 and 2001, used a familiar recipe to get his team over the hump. Much like Pierre Lacroix, the architect of those Avalanche teams that had so much success after the organization moved to Denver, Sakic prioritized skill, speed and versatility.
That speed overwhelmed every opponent along the way, from an opening sweep of Nashville through a hard-fought, six-game series against St. Louis, another sweep of Edmonton and then Tampa Bay, which staved off elimination once but ended up two victories short of becoming the NHL’s first three-peat champions since the early 1980s New York Islanders dynasty.
“They’re a team that’s looking to become a dynasty,” Makar said. “We’re a team that’s looking to start a legacy.”
That legacy finally involves a championship, thanks in large part to steady coach Jared Bednar, who in his sixth season found a way to focus his team on the mission at hand from the start of training camp. That mentality helped the Avalanche get over the hump, and Bednar became the first coach to win the Stanley Cup, American Hockey League’s Calder Cup and ECHL’s Kelly Cup.
Bednar won the chess match with Jon Cooper, also a Stanley and Calder Cup champion who is considered one of the best tacticians in the NHL. But things began to stack up against the Lightning facing their stiffest competition since their run of success began in 2020.
Asked how other teams might be able to copy the Avalanche’s success, Landeskog quipped, “Get a Cale Makar somewhere.”
Makar won the Conn Smythe after leading Colorado in scoring with 29 points in 20 games.
Injuries that sidelined top center Brayden Point and limited other key contributors proved too much against a stacked opponent built to withstand just about anything. Depth allowed the Avalanche to overcome losing defenseman Samuel Girard to a broken sternum and finish off the Lightning without Cup Final Game 1 overtime Andre Burakovsky sidelined by injury and with standout winger Valeri Nichushkin hobbling around on an injured right foot and center Nazem playing through a broken right thumb.
The Avalanche beat the Lightning before attrition could take too much of a toll and before the scary possibility of facing elimination in Game 7. Instead, they’ll return to Denver to celebrate with the Stanley Cup.
While not as emotional as the past two years when Stamkos got the trophy, Colorado’s series-ending victory marks another completion of an NHL season during a pandemic — the first back to 82 games with a normal playoff format since 2019. It was not without its stumbles, including postponing dozens of games and pulling out of the Olympics — and Commissioner Gary Bettman wasn’t even able to hand the Cup to Landeskog because he tested positive for the coronavirus, leaving deputy Bill Daly to do the honors.
The Avalanche and Lightning dealt with at-times rough ice conditions playing late into June, something that should not happen moving forward as the league gets back to its regular schedule. When that happens, Colorado will get the chance to defend its crown and attempt to follow Tampa Bay in sustaining a perennial Cup contender.
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States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has states with robust firearms restrictions scrambling to respond on two fronts — to figure out what concealed-carry measures they might be allowed to impose while also preparing to defend a wide range of other gun control policies.
The language in the court’s majority opinion heightened concern that other state laws, from setting an age limit on gun purchases to banning high-capacity ammunition magazines, may now be in jeopardy.
“The court has basically invited open season on our gun laws, and so I expect litigation across the board,” said New Jersey acting Attorney General Matt Platkin, a Democrat. “We’re going to defend our gun laws tooth-and-nail because these gun laws save lives.”
The court ruling issued Thursday specifically overturned a New York law that had been in place since 1913 and required that people applying for a concealed carry permit demonstrate a specific need to have a gun in public, such as showing an imminent threat to their safety. The court’s conservative majority said that violated the Second Amendment, which they interpreted as protecting people’s right to carry a gun for self-defense outside the home.
While the ruling does not address any other laws, the majority opinion opens the door for gun rights advocates to challenge them in the future, said Alex McCourt, the director of legal research for the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions.
Pro-firearms groups in several states said they plan to do just that.
Attorney Chuck Michel, president of the California Rifle and Pistol Association, said the group is preparing to expand its legal challenges based on the high court changing the legal standard used to assess whether gun control laws are constitutional.
Courts must now consider only whether a gun control regulation is consistent with the Second Amendment’s actual text and its historical understanding, according to Thursday’s ruling. Before that, judges also could consider a state’s social justification for passing a gun control law.
Michel said the standard will affect three prominent California laws. Legal challenges to the state’s limits on assault weapons, its requirement for background checks for buying ammunition and its ban on online ammunition sales are pending before a federal appellate court.
“All of these laws should be struck down under this new Supreme Court standard,” he said.
The Supreme Court also is considering whether to take up California’s law banning ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 bullets, as well as a similar law in New Jersey. He expects the court may consider those laws under the new standard.
The new restrictive landscape for gun laws outlined in Thursday’s majority opinion is not without escape routes for states, especially those that may want to impose some limits on concealed carry permits.
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, said states still can require people to get a license to carry a gun and condition that on such things as background checks and mental health records. They also can limit where guns are allowed, suggesting that states can prohibit firearms in “sensitive places” such as schools, courthouses or polling places.
That leaves an opening for governors and state lawmakers in New York and the six other states with similar concealed carry laws: California, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island.
In California, lawmakers are amending legislation to expand the qualifications people must have to obtain a concealed carry permit and to define the places where guns would be off-limits. The revised bill will get its first hearing Tuesday, and lawmakers hope to send it quickly to Gov. Gavin Newsom, who called Thursday’s Supreme Court decision shameful.
Other Democratic governors, lawmakers and state attorneys general also vowed to defend or amend their gun laws.
Most state legislatures are finishing their sessions or have already ended for the year, so any response would likely have to wait until next year. Rhode Island Democratic state Rep. Robert Craven, an attorney, said he would study the opinion in the New York case to determine whether or not it creates a concern that Rhode Island’s requirements could be challenged, and whether that can be remedied by legislation.
He questioned whether the high court will now employ a strict interpretation of the Second Amendment — that the right to bear arms is absolute — and apply it to other laws, such as those banning military-style weapons.
“I see the court headed in that direction,” Craven said.
In Hawaii, Democratic state Sen. Chris Lee said lawmakers will try to determine how else they can ensure public safety and will look at screening, training requirements and ways to keep guns out of certain public spaces — provisions the justices said would be permitted.
“Bottom line is Hawaii is about to become a more dangerous place,” said state Sen. Karl Rhoads, a Democrat. “Hawaii will go from a place where the right to carry in public is the exception to a place where not having the right to carry on the street is an exception. I see no restriction on the type of firearm.”
Gun rights groups in Hawaii and elsewhere applauded the ruling. In Maryland, Mark Pennak, president of a gun rights group challenging that state’s concealed carry law, said he’s “absolutely ecstatic” about the high court’s decision because there’s “simply no way” the law can be defended any longer.
The Democratic leaders of the Maryland General Assembly said that if necessary, they will pass legislation that complies with the new precedent but still protects residents.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, criticized the court’s opinion for limiting how states can address the proliferation of firearms in public, but vowed to protect the state’s gun control measures. He said his administration believes the state can still regulate who can carry concealed weapons and where they can take them.
He vowed that his administration “will do everything in our power to protect our residents.”
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Associated Press writers Bobby Caina Calvan in New York; Mike Catalini in Trenton, New Jersey; Jennifer Kelleher in Honolulu; Alanna Durkin Richer in Boston; Don Thompson in Sacramento, California; Marina Villeneuve in Albany, New York; and Brian Witte in Annapolis, Maryland, contributed to this report.
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Renowned Civil Rights Attorney Crump Made Oral Arguments Before Massachusetts Supreme Court on Behalf of Descendants of Enslaved People Exploited to Prove White Supremacy
BOSTON, June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Internationally renowned civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump earned a historic decision this week by the Massachusetts Supreme Court on behalf of Tamara Lanier, the direct descendant of a slave, Congo "Papa" Renty, to uphold their lawsuit against Harvard University. Crump called it a historic victory for Black Americans.
The high court of Massachusetts heard oral arguments from Crump in November of 2021, where he defended the rights of Tamara Lanier, a descendant of slaves who were photographed by a Harvard professor to prove the inferiority of Black people. Harvard continued to use and profit from the offensive photos even after learning of Lanier's lineage and claim to them.
"As a free Black man, I am honored to have been at the forefront of this fight against the lasting remnants of slavery and the very institutions that benefited from the exploitation of Black ancestors. The high court recognized 'Harvard's complicity in the horrific actions surrounding the creation of the daguerreotypes,' which were created to prove the inferiority of Black people, treating these enslaved people like lab rats," said Crump.
The daguerreotypes were commissioned in 1850 to support the research of renowned Harvard professor Louis Agassiz, who was seeking to prove the inferiority of the Black race. Harvard dismissed Lanier's claims of relation to Renty and did not inform her on how the photos were being used by the university. Harvard used Renty's image on the front cover of a book and prominently features the photos in materials used for a conference it hosted.
"Tamara Lanier carefully traced her lineage and then heroically stood up to defend her ancestors and the abuse they endured. It is an honor to have been in Tamara's corner throughout this battle against Harvard and their egregious actions against her family, and I look forward to standing beside Tamara when we prove her case to a jury," said Crump.
"We have no doubt that Agassiz's actions in 1850 – having Renty and Delia taken, stripped, and forced to pose for the dags – would meet these requirements. What is directly at issue her in, however, the separate question whether Harvard's conduct toward a descendant of Renty and Delia nearly 170 years later satisfied these stringent requirements. Nevertheless, as emphasize in connection with Lanier's negligent infliction of emotional distress claim, Harvard's present actions cannot be divorced from its past misconduct."
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BEIJING, May 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pintec Technology Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: PT) ("PINTEC" or the "Company"), a leading independent technology platform enabling financial services in China, today announced that the ratio of its American depositary share ("ADS") representing its Class A ordinary shares ("ADS Ratio") is being amended from one (1) ADS representing seven (7) Class A ordinary share to one (1) ADS representing thirty-five (35) Class A ordinary shares.
There will be no change to the Company's Class A ordinary shares. Furthermore, no physical action by ADS holders will be required to effect the ratio change, as the change will be effected on the books of the depositary. The effect of the ratio change on the ADS trading price on the NASDAQ Global Market is expected to take place at the open of business on May 16, 2022 (U.S. Eastern Time). Any fractional ADSs will be sold and the net proceeds from the sale of fractional ADSs will be distributed to the holders entitled thereto.
As a result of the change in the ADS Ratio, the ADS price is expected to increase proportionally, although the Company can give no assurance that the ADS price after the change in the ADS Ratio will be equal to or greater than five times of the ADS price before the change.
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PINTEC is a leading independent technology platform enabling financial services in China. By connecting business and financial partners on its open platform, PINTEC enables them to provide financial services to end users efficiently and effectively. The Company offers its partners a full suite of customized solutions, ranging from digital retail lending, digital business lending, robotic process automation, to wealth management and insurance products. Leveraging its scalable and reliable technology infrastructure, PINTEC serves a wide range of industry verticals covering online travel, e-commerce, telecommunications, online education, SaaS platforms, financial technology, internet search, and online classifieds and listings, as well as various types of financial partners including banks, brokers, insurance companies, investment funds and trusts, consumer finance companies and other similar institutions.
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WESTPORT, Conn., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Balance Point Capital Advisors, LLC ("Balance Point"), in conjunction with its affiliated fund, Balance Point Capital Partners V, L.P., is pleased to announce an investment in Apollo Intelligence, LLC ("Apollo", or "the Company"). Balance Point provided debt capital as part of a flexible financing solution as part of Frazier Healthcare Partners' ("Frazier") acquisition of the Company.
Founded in 2019, and headquartered in Watertown, MA, Apollo is a market leader in life science research and insights. Apollo's unique integration of healthcare stakeholder access, powerful tech-enabled analytic tools, and domain expertise enables global healthcare organizations to efficiently develop, refine, and deliver life-changing innovations. Through the Company's proprietary, global, healthcare professional (HCP) panels, agile research platform, and expert services, Apollo delivers valuable insights that help life science companies make timely, informed decisions.
"We are thrilled to support an established industry leader such as Apollo, and we are excited to partner for the first time with Frazier Healthcare Partners," said Balance Point Managing Partner Seth Alvord.
"Apollo holds a clear leadership position in today's life sciences research landscape, and we believe that Frazier adds significant experience and resources to help Apollo grow," added Nathan Elliott, Senior Managing Director at Balance Point Capital.
Daniel S. Fitzgerald, CEO and president of Apollo, said, "We are happy to have Balance Point as part of our team. They are constructive, know our industry well, and support our mission to accelerate health innovation to improve life, as well as our strategy for growth."
Balance Point is an alternative investment manager focused on the lower middle market. With approximately $1.7 billion in assets under management, Balance Point invests debt and equity capital in select lower middle market companies across a variety of investment vehicles. Balance Point takes a long-term, partnership approach to investing and is committed to building lasting relationships with its partners, management teams and intermediaries. Balance Point is a registered investment advisor. Further information is available at www.balancepointcapital.com.
Apollo Intelligence's mission is to accelerate health innovation to improve life. In 2019, Apollo launched with the acquisition of InCrowd, the pioneer of real-time, automated insights for the life science industry. To complement InCrowd and strengthen its global reach, in 2020, Apollo acquired Survey Healthcare Global, a global market leader of first-party healthcare data collection and custom survey solutions. Apollo provides access to 2 million healthcare stakeholders worldwide—including physicians, patients, caregivers, and allied healthcare professionals. Apollo's 250+ employees support top global pharmaceutical brands, market research agencies, and consultancies across 13 different countries in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. For more information about Apollo, please visit our website at www.apollointelligence.net.
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Retail Supplier Evaluation extends Oracle's merchandising capabilities to add visibility and transparency into the ethical and environmental practices of all suppliers
AUSTIN, Texas, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Oracle today expanded its merchandising procurement capabilities with the introduction of Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation Cloud Service. The new cloud application enables retailers of all kinds to access and evaluate the governance of suppliers based on their ethical, environmental, safety, and quality performance practices. By being able to make more effective, sustainable, and responsible sourcing decisions as part of the merchandising procurement process, retailers can better manage risk across their supply chain, protect their brand image, and more easily identify greener and more ethical sourcing options.
For example, using its Supplier Evaluation dashboard a fashion retailer realizes its production of denim is resulting in a high level of chemical pollution and consuming 10,000 liters of water per item. By reviewing its suppliers' environmental and ethical credentials, the retailer can adjust its providers to make more responsible sourcing decisions that reduce water waste and chemical pollution.
"Consumers are increasingly prioritizing environmentally friendly and ethically sourced goods. To continue to succeed, responsible and sustainable sourcing needs to be at the forefront of a brands continued innovation efforts," said Mike Webster, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Retail. "Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation will enable businesses to make effective and responsible decisions across their supply chain and confidently communicate this supplier information to their customers, ultimately building brand loyalty and increasing revenue."
Shareholder and consumer expectations are putting a new level of accountability and pressure on executives to bring sustainable products to market. In fact, nearly 60% of consumers recently said it's important that retailers' brand values, such as sustainability and ethically sourced materials, align with their own. McKinsey and Company estimates that two-thirds of the average company's environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) footprint lies with suppliers, and those companies with strong ESG credentials can drive down costs by 5-10%.
Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation augments the Oracle Retail Merchandising procurement process by giving buyers additional data to evaluate existing suppliers or identify new ones. With the cloud service, retailers can enable vendors to report their compliance through scored assessments, audits, certifications, and change management practices. This operationalizes supply chain ESG performance as part of the standard merchandising procurement process. With better visibility and insights across the supply chain, retailers can assess how changes and alterations will impact their ESG score and enact change management processes to help ensure smooth integration of new suppliers with limited disruptions.
"Because consumers expect businesses to operate with people and planet in mind, they expect companies to be transparent related to the impacts of their businesses," said Jordan Speer, research manager, IDC Retail Insights. "To earn loyalty, retailers need to operate ethically and with transparency, pulling back the curtain to allow the consumer to see how the sausage is made. It requires work to provide that visibility, but it unlocks a treasure chest of new opportunity that creates competitive advantage through differentiation. Consumers will pay for products and services that are produced sustainably. They will pay to connect with the brands and people involved in creating and producing their products."
With Supplier Evaluation retailers can help ensure more sustainable products through:
- Assessments: Users create or utilize pre-defined assessments to measure a supplier and their supply chain against various standards, policies, or retailer-defined needs. Suppliers are invited to complete relevant assessment(s) as a part of their onboarding, re-evaluation, or new policy workflow process.
- Audits: Retailers can further evaluate a supplier by scheduling and conducting on-site facility audits and visits, collaborating on non-conformances, monitoring, workflow corrective actions, and determining an overall conformance score.
- Governance: Documents can be tracked for readership and acceptance, and later the adoption of new policies, standards, and regulations. This centralized location can house policies, standards, training material, processes, guidelines, and regulations for employees and external suppliers.
- Changes: The workspace includes news and urgent action notifications to visibly inform all applicable users of changes, expectations, and activities.
- Certification: Once vendors are evaluated, users can register and upload certified evidence, validation, and conformance that the facilities meet the industry standards, specific declaration, and or the criteria set by the organization.
- Performance: Retailers can create critical processes to help ensure that all appropriate steps, activities, and measurements have been completed during registration, re-evaluation, new policy roll-out, and ongoing performance. Performance dashboards enable monitoring each assessment, audit, certification, and adoption against each supplier, facility, and supply chain. Scores can then be aggregated by a supplier, category, standard, and policy.
Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation will be generally available July 14, 2022.
Oracle provides retailers with a complete, open, and integrated suite of best-of-breed business applications, cloud services, and hardware engineered to work together and empower commerce. Leading fashion, grocery, and specialty retailers use Oracle solutions to anticipate market changes, simplify operations and inspire authentic brand interactions. For more information, visit our website at www.oracle.com/retail.
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SEATTLE, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brook Health and UCare, an independent, non-profit health plan, announced today that the Brook Health Companion service will be available for UCare members throughout Minnesota and western Wisconsin.
Greg Hanley, UCare Vice President of Quality Management and Population Health, says: "UCare has identified Brook as a key player in the prevention and management of chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. We are utilizing Brook across all our lines of business to better support our own chronic condition management services."
UCare members now have access to Brook's suite of digitally-led chronic condition management tools, including health and nutrition coaching, health data tracking and insights, and condition management programs. With a focus on personalized member-level guidance, Brook brings new opportunities to reduce preventable health risks and better manage existing conditions.
Mr Hanley says: "We have partnered with Brook because of its unique blend of technology and human health coaching to help members identify, achieve, and maintain their personal health goals. Brook's anytime, anywhere approach supports UCare's core values of flexibility and accessibility by meeting our members where they are and fitting into their individual lifestyle needs."
Working in partnership with health care providers and community organizations, UCare serves a variety of members, including individuals and families with health coverage through MNsure; Medicare-eligible individuals; people enrolled in Minnesota Health Care Programs, such as MinnesotaCare and Medical Assistance; and adults with disabilities.
Brook's Chief Product Officer, Kit Macgillivray, says: "Brook is fully aligned with UCare's mission to de-complicate, advocate, and go the extra mile for its members. The partnership is an integral solution to a growing need inside of UCare's chronic condition and population health management strategies."
"UCare is continuously looking for effective ways to empower their members and support them on their personal health journey. Brook provides the personalized tools and guidance for each member to get and stay healthy and reduce costs. We are excited to be working with UCare and making a positive impact with their members."
For more information about how Brook can enhance your company's health support services, contact Brook at hello@brook.health or visit www.brook.health
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The University School of Milwaukee is pushing back on accusations of discrimination from Craig Robinson, Michelle Obama's brother, and his wife, Kelly Robinson.
The preparatory school filed a motion Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit the couple filed in April that alleged in part, "The School acted impermissibly to silence and to retaliate against those adversely affected by, and raising concerns about, the School's unfair treatment of students of color and underrepresented students."
The Robinsons allege their children -- age 11 and 9 at the time -- were disenrolled from the school at the end of the last school year as retaliation against their parents for raising concerns that were "sensitive to the administration."
The school describes those claims as "part of a media campaign intended to tarnish USM's reputation as one of the nation's premier independent, college-preparatory schools," according to the school's motion to dismiss the civil lawsuit.
"They hope to win not in the court of law, but in the court of public opinion," wrote Joel Aziere, an attorney for the school.
In late April, Craig Robinson told CNN, "The first thing we noticed was a repeated use of racial and ethnic stereotypes in actual classroom assignments," speaking of portions of the 2020-2021 school year.
The Robinsons stressed to CNN their complaint was more about how the school responded to their concerns.
The motion to dismiss is the latest effort from the school to push back on that narrative.
"The Robinsons fail to mention that Mrs. Robinson began regularly attending her older son's virtual classes during the pandemic to observe and critique his teachers," and "sent an incessant series of lengthy, misguided, and often disrespectful emails and text messages asserting unfounded complaints about his teachers," the motion reads.
The motion asserts that USM warned the couple their communications violated the school's Common Trust and Parent School Partnership philosophy.
"They responded by threatening to engage in the campaign that has since followed, asserting baseless claims of 'racial and socioeconomic insensitivities' to garner national attention and shift to USM the blame for their eventual separation from its community," despite "hours each week working with them to address their concerns," it continued.
In response, a spokesperson for the Robinsons told CNN in a statement, "The University School of Milwaukee continues to demonstrate that they are unwilling to accept responsibility for their culpability in fostering a culture of racial insensitivity and bias. The Robinsons remain confident in their case and will continue to vigorously pursue this litigation to vindicate the interests of their children and the countless others they have victimized."
In a message to the school's community Thursday, head of school Steve Hancock wrote, "The family in question was not invited to return to USM due to unacceptable behavior by the parents towards our teachers and staff. The family's children were well-liked by their peers and teachers, which made this exceptionally rare decision very challenging."
The enrollment termination letter made no mention of the behavior of the children in its reasoning and even described them as students who embody the school's "portrait of a graduate."
No decision has been made by a judge on the motion to dismiss, but Hancock believes the claims in the suit aren't valid.
"Numerous false claims were made regarding racial and socioeconomic bias at the school. When initially raised, these concerns were taken very seriously, fully investigated, and ultimately found to be without merit," he wrote to the school community.
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In Pennsylvania, McCormick campaign keeps up attacks over Oz’s Turkish ties
By Michael Warren, CNN
Republican Senate candidate Dave McCormick has honed in on a closing message in the final days before the May 17 Pennsylvania primary: questioning the patriotic loyalties of his main primary opponent, Mehmet Oz.
In a Friday press briefing organized by McCormick’s campaign, former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke about Oz’s “connection to the Turkish government.” Citing the revelation of a photo this week that showed the American-born Oz, a dual citizen of the United States and his parents’ native Turkey, casting a ballot in the 2018 Turkish presidential election, Pompeo called on Oz’s campaign to “explain why he had time and energy and focus to vote in a Turkish election, but not in an American election.”
“Maybe it’s all innocent, maybe it’s all straight up, but we and the people of Pennsylvania and the Americans who he will be representing as one of a hundred members of the United States Senate voting on important national security matters need to understand the scope and depth of his relationship with the Turkish government,” Pompeo said.
Oz campaign spokeswoman Brittany Yanick called the criticisms from McCormick’s campaign “pathetic and xenophobic.” She asserted that his Turkish citizenship posed no security threat to the United States and noted that Oz “has already said when elected to the Senate he would renounce his citizenship.” She did not respond to questions about whether Oz voted in any US elections in 2018.
The 2018 photo, posted on the Facebook page of the Turkish Consulate General in New York, shows Oz placing a paper ballot into a ballot box. The post noted that Turkish citizens registered on foreign electoral rolls were eligible to vote at the consulate. ABC News first reported the existence of the picture.
In February, Oz told Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin that he had “never been politically involved in Turkey in any capacity.”
Yanick confirmed the photo’s authenticity, telling CNN that “voting in an election is far different from being actively engaged in the political work of the Turkish government, which Dr. Oz has never been involved with.”
Going after a candidate’s loyalty to the US may be a page out of the hard-line political playbook — the kind used by former President Donald Trump, who as a candidate in 2016 accused an American-born judge of Mexican descent of being biased against him in a then-class action case against Trump University because of the Republican’s pledge to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.
But despite McCormick taking up this line of attack, Trump has found himself on the other side in the primary. He endorsed Oz last month after direct lobbying by both candidates for Trump’s support.
“Now that (McCormick) lost President Trump’s endorsement, he’s resorted to sad and desperate attacks that are no different than the tropes used against Catholics and Jews,” Yanick said in a statement to CNN.
The Pompeo press conference on Friday follows months of efforts by the McCormick campaign to attack Oz for his ties to Turkey. After the Oz campaign accused McCormick, a former hedge fund executive, of being cozy with China in a TV ad this winter, McCormick campaign spokeswoman Jess Szymanski shot back, “How can he claim to be America First when he has dual loyalties?”
And in one McCormick TV ad released last month, a man speaking directly to the camera said that Oz “was in the Turkish army for cryin’ out loud.”
Oz’s campaign has said he kept his Turkish citizenship in order to care for his ill mother, who lives there. And in a 2011 interview, long before launching his Senate campaign, Oz said that before becoming a television personality, he served in the Turkish military in order to maintain that citizenship. The Oz campaign said his service amounted to 60 days.
“Mehmet Oz chose to serve in the Turkish army over the US army,” Szymanski told CNN. “These are simple facts, not campaign attacks, and his refusal to address these legitimate issues demonstrates why Pennsylvanians can’t trust him.”
During’s Friday’s news conference, Pompeo acknowledged that Oz’s Turkish citizenship does not legally bar him from serving in the US Senate but said the information was still relevant for voters making up their minds.
“This isn’t about whether it’s lawful, it’s about whether he is best suited to be the next United States Senator from Pennsylvania that’s been represented by a patriotic American conservative for an awfully long time,” Pompeo said. McCormick and Oz are among several Republicans competing for the party nomination to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Pat Toomey.
The major GOP candidates — who include former US ambassador to Denmark Carla Sands, businessman Jeff Bartos and conservative commentator Kathy Barnette — have faced off in two debates in recent weeks.
Pompeo’s support for McCormick — a fellow West Point cadet who graduated one year behind the Kansas Republican — represents a notable break with the former President. Pompeo, who has emerged as a potential 2024 candidate, served Trump first as his CIA director and later as secretary of state.
Trump headlined a rally for Oz in Western Pennsylvania on Friday night that also featured other Republicans the former President has endorsed, including Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance, who won his primary earlier this week, and US Rep. Alex Mooney, who faces a competitive GOP House primary in West Virginia on Tuesday.
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TORONTO, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Info-Tech Research Group has published a new industry trends report on the future of casinos and their need for digital transformation. The report is timely, as the effects of the pandemic are still apparent to casino operators, most notably with a shortage of labor and skilled labor, health and safety concerns, and the prominence of online gaming and its effects on brick-and-mortar casino floors.
Info-Tech's findings reveal that the casino industry is at the precipice of significant change. Operators need to consider what is happening in the external environment that directly influences what changes will need to be made within the four walls of the casino.
"Many casinos are going through a slow rate of progress and pace of change," says Larry Fretz, vice president of Gaming and Hospitality Research at Info-Tech Research Group. "Since many casinos are faced with the challenges of the pandemic and meeting the expectations of consumers, the objective is for operators to accomplish the Casino Floor of the Future, taking advantage of the many opportunities that could increase revenue and maximize share of wallet."
The new report details three external environments that have a direct influence on casinos. These changes are:
- Demographic Transition – Operators have an eye on the future, and the future lies with the younger demographics. With Gen X and Baby Boomers aging out, casinos must consider a different audience, enhancing the land-based casino gaming experience to sway this new generation of customers. Strategically planning and investing in young bettors, their expectations, and their needs is an advantageous future-forward approach.
- Digital Consumer Lifestyle - Sports betting and iGaming are incredibly important attributes to the decisions casinos should make around players and assets. This evidential increase in revenue has helped casinos get through the pandemic. Operators must make sure they provide an omnichannel experience that factors in these revenue streams.
- Health and Safety Habits – Casino operators should consider high-tech/low-touch solutions, with manufacturers becoming increasingly focused on innovating products and platforms for the health and safety mindset. In the reopening phase, there was an emphasis on barriers, social distancing, and cleaning investments. Now, the emergence of higher-end technology-related innovations has induced the need and desire for digital transformation and adoption.
"With digital transformation in mind, casinos must understand what innovative products and solutions are on the horizon that will allow for the expansion of operations and survival of the industry," explains Fretz. "It is the role of IT to help their casino adopt technologies with an eye to long-term technical and business impacts."
Six Enabling Trends From Info-Tech's Casino-as-a-Platform Report:
As casinos incorporate new technological innovations, they must remember that hospitality has always been, and will always be, about the people. A casino-as-a-platform strategy begins with the operator's needs but ends with the creation and enhancement of a player-centric experience.
Info-Tech recommends focusing on an analyst's investigation of strategic foresight. This methodology helps the IT department and the business process what is happening in the organization's external environment to guide ideation and opportunity identification.
As a methodology, strategic foresight flows from the identification of signals to clustering the signals together to form trends and uncover what is driving the trends in determining which strategic initiatives are most likely to lead to success on an industry level.
The following six trends outlined in Info-Tech's report should be top of mind for IT leaders in the casino and gaming industry as they navigate the new landscape:
- Brick & Click – The integration of mobile will steer casinos toward an omnichannel approach that opens the doors for an integrated and holistic iGaming and Sports Betting experience. Now is the time to look more seriously at diversifying into the digital world for relevancy, comparative strength, revenue growth, and resiliency.
- Intangible Value Creation – Cryptocurrency and NFTs enable the play-to-earn model, a modern crypto approach that can be leveraged to incentivize play on the casino floor. With casinos hosting gift days and creating unique and collectible chips and cards, NFTs could be the next iteration of this concept. For this to work, casinos and game makers must consider designing and implementing a blockchain-powered gaming machine that enables the play-to-earn model, improving loyalty and retention, increasing time-on-device, and growing revenue.
- Hyper-Personalization 2.0 – Casino marketing is antiquated. It has historically focused on a direct-mail approach, commonly sending promotions and bonuses via email or printed materials weeks after the player has already left the floor. Casinos should be leveraging behavioral attributes and real-time data to tailor offer messages in the moment.
- Smart Pit – In terms of features and improvements, slot machines have received more attention, boasting rich data sets to analyze, 4K resolution, 4D immersion, and large signage. Table games have become the outlaw, excluded from the benefits of technological innovation because of many operators' slow pace of change. Due to the impacts of the pandemic, more and more casinos have started to embrace the elements of the Smart Pit, but it still needs to gain more traction in the industry.
- Consumer Adaptive - Unconventionally, the casino floor is beginning to adapt to the player and their desire for convenience through technology. Casinos need to meet consumer tech expectations and expand options while reducing physical touchpoints, hardware, and interfaces.
- Ready Player Z – The pandemic heightened the millennial-to-Gen-Z cultural transition. The industry is exploring what investments will successfully draw in this sociable and experience-loving demographic of the future.
For each of the trends presented, the report provides case studies and actionable recommendations that IT leaders in the gaming and casino industry can implement immediately.
The comprehensive report is now available. To learn more about each trend, download and read the full Future of Casino-as-a-Platform report.
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As holiday weekend starts, airport crowds top 2019 numbers
(AP) - The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.
Travelers seemed to be experiencing fewer delays and canceled flights early Friday than they did earlier this week.
The Transportation Security Administration screened more than 2.4 million travelers at airport checkpoints on Thursday, 17% more than on the same Friday before July Fourth in 2019.
“We expect that (Friday) is going to be busy, of course, and then Sunday will be very busy,” TSA Administrator David Pekoske said on NBC’s “Today” show.
AAA predicts that nearly 48 million people will travel at least 50 miles or more from home over the weekend, slightly fewer than in 2019. AAA says car travel will set a record even with the national average price for gasoline hovering near $5.
Leisure travel has bounced back this year, offsetting weakness in business travel and international flying. Still, the total number of people flying has not recovered to pre-pandemic levels. TSA screened 11% fewer people in June than it did in the same month of 2019.
Thursday marked the 11th time since the pandemic started that TSA checked more people than it did on the same day in 2019, and just the second time since February.
Airlines could almost surely be carrying more passengers if they had enough staffing. Many U.S. airlines have trimmed their summer schedules after bad weather, air-traffic delays and a lack of enough employees caused widespread cancellations over the Memorial Day weekend.
Airline executives blame their flight problems on the Federal Aviation Administration, which runs the nation’s air traffic control system, but Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg disputes that claim.
By late morning Friday on the East Coast, airlines had canceled about 200 U.S. flights and another 1,400 were delayed. From June 22 through Wednesday at least 600 flights were canceled, and between 4,000 and 7,000 were delayed per day, according to tracking service FlightAware.
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Grant supports study of expanded HyBryte™ treatment, including in the Home Use Setting
PRINCETON, N.J., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Soligenix, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNGX) (Soligenix or the Company), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded an Orphan Products Development grant to support the evaluation of HyBryte™ (synthetic hypericin) for expanded treatment in patients with early-stage CTCL. The grant, totaling $2.6 million over 4 years, was awarded to a prestigious academic institution that was a leading enroller in the recently published positive Phase 3 FLASH (Fluorescent Light Activated Synthetic Hypericin) study in the treatment of early stage cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL).
"We are pleased the FDA is supporting the HyBryte™ program and giving patients an opportunity to access the therapy in an open-label setting," stated Christopher J. Schaber, President and CEO of Soligenix, Inc. "CTCL is an incredibly difficult to treat orphan disease and remains an area of unmet medical need with a very limited number of safe and effective treatment options. The Phase 3 results provide the basis for our upcoming marketing application and this study will serve to embark on potential home-use of the therapy, augment the safety database as well as provide further real-world evidence into the practical use of HyBryte™ once commercially available."
The clinical study RW-HPN-MF-01, "Assessment of Treatment with Visible Light Activated Synthetic Hypericin Ointment in Mycosis Fungoides Patients" is designed as an open-label, multicenter clinical trial enrolling approximately 50 patients at up to six of the highest enrolling clinical centers that participated in the Phase 3 FLASH study. Patients have the potential to be treated for up to 12 months with twice a week dosing (visible light activation to follow ointment application by 24 ± 6 hours). The primary endpoint for the study will be evaluating the number of treatment successes defined as ≥50% reduction in the cumulative CAILS (Composite Assessment of Index Lesion Severity) score from baseline to end of the treatment. Study initiation is planned for the fourth quarter of 2022.
About HyBryte™
HyBryte™ (research name SGX301) is a novel, first-in-class, photodynamic therapy utilizing safe, visible light for activation. The active ingredient in HyBryte™ is synthetic hypericin, a potent photosensitizer that is topically applied to skin lesions that is taken up by the malignant T-cells, and then activated by visible light 16 to 24 hours later. The use of visible light in the red-yellow spectrum has the advantage of penetrating more deeply into the skin (much more so than ultraviolet light) and therefore potentially treating deeper skin disease and thicker plaques and lesions. This treatment approach avoids the risk of secondary malignancies (including melanoma) inherent with the frequently employed DNA-damaging drugs and other phototherapy that are dependent on ultraviolet exposure. Combined with photoactivation, hypericin has demonstrated significant anti-proliferative effects on activated normal human lymphoid cells and inhibited growth of malignant T-cells isolated from CTCL patients. In a published Phase 2 clinical study in CTCL, patients experienced a statistically significant (p=0.04) improvement with topical hypericin treatment whereas the placebo was ineffective. HyBryte™ has received orphan drug and fast track designations from the FDA, as well as orphan designation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
The recently published Phase 3 FLASH trial enrolled a total of 169 patients (166 evaluable) with Stage IA, IB or IIA CTCL. The trial consisted of three treatment cycles. Treatments were administered twice weekly for the first 6 weeks and treatment response was determined at the end of the 8th week of each cycle. In the first double-blind treatment cycle, 116 patients received HyBryte™ treatment (0.25% synthetic hypericin) and 50 received placebo treatment of their index lesions. A total of 16% of the patients receiving HyBryte™ achieved at least a 50% reduction in their lesions (graded using a standard measurement of dermatologic lesions, the CAILS score) compared to only 4% of patients in the placebo group at 8 weeks (p=0.04) during the first treatment cycle (primary endpoint). HyBryte™ treatment in the first cycle was safe and well tolerated.
In the second open-label treatment cycle (Cycle 2), all patients received HyBryte™ treatment of their index lesions. Evaluation of 155 patients in this cycle (110 receiving 12 weeks of HyBryte™ treatment and 45 receiving 6 weeks of placebo treatment followed by 6 weeks of HyBryte™ treatment), demonstrated that the response rate among the 12-week treatment group was 40% (p<0.0001 vs the placebo treatment rate in Cycle 1). Comparison of the 12-week and 6-week treatment groups also revealed a statistically significant improvement (p<0.0001) between the two groups, indicating that continued treatment results in better outcomes. HyBryte™ continued to be safe and well tolerated. Additional analyses also indicated that HyBryte™ is equally effective in treating both plaque (response 42%, p<0.0001 relative to placebo treatment in Cycle 1) and patch (response 37%, p=0.0009 relative to placebo treatment in Cycle 1) lesions of CTCL, a particularly relevant finding given the historical difficulty in treating plaque lesions in particular.
The third (optional) treatment cycle (Cycle 3) was focused on safety and all patients could elect to receive HyBryte™ treatment of all their lesions. Of note, 66% of patients elected to continue with this optional compassionate use / safety cycle of the study. Of the subset of patients that received HyBryte™ throughout all 3 cycles of treatment, 49% of them demonstrated a positive treatment response (p<0.0001 vs patients receiving placebo in Cycle 1). Moreover, in a subset of patients evaluated in this cycle, it was demonstrated that HyBryte™ is not systemically available, consistent with the general safety of this topical product observed to date. At the end of Cycle 3, HyBryte™ continued to be well tolerated despite extended and increased use of the product to treat multiple lesions.
Overall safety of HyBryte™ is a critical attribute of this treatment and was monitored throughout the three treatment cycles (Cycles 1, 2 and 3) and the 6-month follow-up period. HyBryte's™ mechanism of action is not associated with DNA damage, making it a safer alternative than currently available therapies, all of which are associated with significant and sometimes fatal, side effects. Predominantly these include the risk of melanoma and other malignancies, as well as the risk of significant skin damage and premature skin aging. Currently available treatments are only approved in the context of previous treatment failure with other modalities and there is no approved front-line therapy available. Within this landscape, treatment of CTCL is strongly motivated by the safety risk of each product. HyBryte™ potentially represents the safest available efficacious treatment for CTCL. With no systemic absorption, a compound that is not mutagenic and a light source that is not carcinogenic, there is no evidence to date of any potential safety issues.
The Phase 3 CTCL clinical study was partially funded by the National Cancer Institute via a Phase II SBIR grant (#1R44CA210848-01A1) awarded to Soligenix, Inc.
About Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (CTCL)
CTCL is a class of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a type of cancer of the white blood cells that are an integral part of the immune system. Unlike most NHLs which generally involve B-cell lymphocytes (involved in producing antibodies), CTCL is caused by an expansion of malignant T-cell lymphocytes (involved in cell-mediated immunity) normally programmed to migrate to the skin. These malignant cells migrate to the skin where they form various lesions, typically beginning as patches and may progress to raised plaques and tumors. Mortality is related to the stage of CTCL, with median survival generally ranging from about 12 years in the early stages to only 2.5 years when the disease has advanced. There is currently no cure for CTCL. Typically, CTCL lesions are treated and regress but usually return either in the same part of the body or in new areas.
CTCL constitutes a rare group of NHLs, occurring in about 4% of the approximate 700,000 individuals living with the disease. It is estimated, based upon review of historic published studies and reports and an interpolation of data on the incidence of CTCL that it affects over 25,000 individuals in the U.S., with approximately 3,000 new cases seen annually.
About Soligenix, Inc.
Soligenix is a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need. Our Specialized BioTherapeutics business segment is developing and moving toward potential commercialization of HyBryte™ (SGX301 or synthetic hypericin) as a novel photodynamic therapy utilizing safe visible light for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL). With a successful Phase 3 study completed, regulatory approval is being sought and commercialization activities for this product candidate are being advanced initially in the U.S. Development programs in this business segment also include our first-in-class innate defense regulator (IDR) technology, dusquetide (SGX942) for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including oral mucositis in head and neck cancer, and proprietary formulations of oral beclomethasone 17,21-dipropionate (BDP) for the prevention/treatment of gastrointestinal (GI) disorders characterized by severe inflammation including pediatric Crohn's disease (SGX203).
Our Public Health Solutions business segment includes active development programs for RiVax®, our ricin toxin vaccine candidate, and SGX943, our therapeutic candidate for antibiotic resistant and emerging infectious disease, and our vaccine programs targeting filoviruses (such as Marburg and Ebola) and CiVax™, our vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2). The development of our vaccine programs incorporates the use of our proprietary heat stabilization platform technology, known as ThermoVax®. To date, this business segment has been supported with government grant and contract funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
For further information regarding Soligenix, Inc., please visit the Company's website at https://www.soligenix.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter at @Soligenix_Inc.
This press release may contain forward-looking statements that reflect Soligenix, Inc.'s current expectations about its future results, performance, prospects and opportunities, including but not limited to, potential market sizes, patient populations and clinical trial enrollment. Statements that are not historical facts, such as "anticipates," "estimates," "believes," "hopes," "intends," "plans," "expects," "goal," "may," "suggest," "will," "potential," or similar expressions, are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results in future periods to differ materially from what is expressed in, or implied by, these statements, such as experienced with the COVID-19 outbreak. Soligenix cannot assure you that it will be able to successfully develop, achieve regulatory approval for or commercialize products based on its technologies, particularly in light of the significant uncertainty inherent in developing therapeutics and vaccines against bioterror threats, conducting preclinical and clinical trials of therapeutics and vaccines, obtaining regulatory approvals and manufacturing therapeutics and vaccines, that product development and commercialization efforts will not be reduced or discontinued due to difficulties or delays in clinical trials or due to lack of progress or positive results from research and development efforts, that it will be able to successfully obtain any further funding to support product development and commercialization efforts, including grants and awards, maintain its existing grants which are subject to performance requirements, enter into any biodefense procurement contracts with the U.S. Government or other countries, that it will be able to compete with larger and better financed competitors in the biotechnology industry, that changes in health care practice, third party reimbursement limitations and Federal and/or state health care reform initiatives will not negatively affect its business, or that the U.S. Congress may not pass any legislation that would provide additional funding for the Project BioShield program. In addition, there can be no assurance as to the timing or success of any of its clinical/preclinical trials. Despite the statistically significant result achieved in the HyBryte™ (SGX301) Phase 3 clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, there can be no assurance that a marketing authorization from the FDA or EMA will be successful. Further, there can be no assurance that RiVax® will qualify for a biodefense Priority Review Voucher (PRV) or that the prior sales of PRVs will be indicative of any potential sales price for a PRV for RiVax®. Also, no assurance can be provided that the Company will receive or continue to receive non-dilutive government funding from grants and contracts that have been or may be awarded or for which the Company will apply in the future. These and other risk factors are described from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, Soligenix's reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K. Unless required by law, Soligenix assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events.
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NEW YORK, June 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerobic exercise reprograms the immune system to reduce pancreatic tumor growth and amplify the effects of immunotherapy, a new study finds.
Published online in Cancer Cell June 2, the study provides new insight into how the mammalian immune system, designed to attack foreign invaders like bacteria, can also recognize cancer cells as abnormal. Exercise-induced increases in levels of the hormone adrenalin cause changes to the immune system, say the study authors, including in the activity of cells that respond to signaling protein interleukin-15 (IL-15).
Biological systems that fight disease and repair tissue are intertwined, the researchers say, with IL-15 signaling, based on the context, either encouraging the recovery of muscles after exercise or, in the case of the current work, amplifying immune attack on pancreatic cancer cells.
Led by researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Perlmutter Cancer Center, the current study found that exercise promotes the survival of CD8 T cells sensitive to IL-15, and doubles the number of them homing to pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumors in mice. Such "effector" T cells have been shown by other studies to be capable of killing cancer cells. Other tests found that aerobic exercise for 30 minutes five times a week reduced the rate of cancer formation by 50 percent in one mouse model of PDAC, and reduced tumor weight by 25 percent in another model, in which mice ran on treadmills for three weeks.
In collaboration with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the study authors then found that human patients – enrolled in their "Preoperative Rehabilitation During Neoadjuvant Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer" clinical trial – who exercised before surgery to remove their pancreatic tumors had more CD8 effector T cells that expressed a protein called granzyme B, which confers tumor-cell killing ability. Also in that trial, which opened in 2017, those patients who exercised and had more of these cell types had 50% percent higher overall survival over five years than patients with fewer of them.
"Our findings show, for the first time, how aerobic exercise affects the immune microenvironment within pancreatic tumors," says first author Emma Kurz, MD, PhD, a graduate student in the Molecular Oncology & Tumor Immunology PhD Training Program at NYU Grossman School of Medicine's Vilcek Institute of Graduate Biomedical Sciences. "The work helped to reveal that activation of IL-15 signaling in pancreatic cancer might be an important treatment approach in the future."
In the last several years, as the role of the IL-15 signaling in tumors became clear, other researchers attempted to treat cancer by direct infusion of this protein, which unfortunately increased the risk of systemic inflammatory damage. Subsequently, the field designed treatments based on the fact that signaling proteins such as IL-15 fit into receptors proteins (IL-15Rα), like a key into a lock, on the surface of target T or NK cells. New drug candidates mimic these "lock and key" interactions, which transmit a message to activate the target cell.
The pharmaceutical company Novartis has been developing a "super agonist" agent, NIZ985, which is designed to enhance IL-15/IL-15Rα pathway signals with reduced potential for harmful inflammatory effects. This approach has not yet been tested in large numbers of pancreatic cancer patients.
In the current study, Kurz and colleagues showed that either aerobic exercise or treatment with NIZ985 increased the effectiveness of chemotherapy and an existing treatment that blocks the effect of a protein called protein death receptor 1 (PD-1) in mice. To spare normal cells from immune attack, the immune system uses "checkpoints", like PD-1 – sensors, on immune cells that turn them off when they receive the right signal. Cancer cells hijack such checkpoints to inactivate immune responses.
Drugs that block the function of PD-1 can make tumors "visible" again to immune cells, but have had little efficacy against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, which has a five-year survival rate of 10 percent. The PCC research team found that PD-1 blockade increased the number of IL-15-responsive, cancer cell-killing CD8+ T cells in tumors of mice by 66 percent alone, but by 175 percent when combined with exercise. In addition, the authors found that combination of IL-15 superagonist NIZ985 and PD-1-inhibiting therapy increased the survival of mice with advanced pancreatic cancer by 100%.
"Our work demonstrates that exercise, and related IL-15 signals, can prime treatment-resistant, pancreatic tumors for improved responses to immune-based therapeutics," says study senior author Dafna Bar-Sagi, PhD, senior vice president, vice dean for science, and chief scientific officer at NYU Langone Health. "That even mild exercise can profoundly alter the environment in tumors points to the potential of this approach in treating patients with a devastating disease burden and few options."
As a result of the current work, the study team is collaborating with Perlmutter member Paul Oberstein, MD, director of Gastrointestinal Oncology at NYU Langone, as well as members from Rusk Rehabilitation, to launch a clinical trial assessing the immune effects of exercise in pancreatic cancer patients. In addition, the team plans continue exploring the potential efficacy of IL-15 super-agonists in combination with chemotherapy to combat pancreatic tumors.
Along with Kurz and Bar-Sagi, study authors from in the departments of Cell Biology and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology at NYU Langone Health were Carolina Alcantara Hirsch, Sorin Alberto Shadaloey, and Emily Vucic, along with Alireza Khodadadi-Jamayran from the Bioinformatics Core and Rafael Winograd of Perlmutter Cancer Center. Also an author was Tanner Dalton in the Department of Cell Biology at Columbia University's Irving Medical Center. Collaborators from Moffitt Cancer Center and MD Anderson Cancer Center included Sumedha Pareek, Hajar Rajaei, Maria Petzel, Chirayu Mohindroo, Seydra Baydogan, An Ngo-Huang, Nathan Parker, Matthew HG Katz, Keri Schadler, and Florencia McAlister.
The work was funded by National Cancer Institute (NCI) grants P30CA16087, S10 OD021747, F30 CA243205, T32- GM136573, and CA210263; as well as by National Center for the Advancement of Translational Science (NCATS) grant UL1 TR000038, Perlmutter Cancer Center Support Grant P30CA016087, the Wyck Knox Jr. Family Foundation, the Center for Energy Balance in Cancer Prevention & Survivorship, Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) Training Grant/MD Anderson Cancer Prevention Research Training Program (RP170259), the NIH/NCI (R21CA218732 and P30CA016672), NCI (R37CA237384–01A1), CPRIT (RP200173), and a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fellowship.
The IL-15 super-agonist agent (NIZ985) used in the study was provided by Novartis. None of the NYU Langone authors received financial compensation from Novartis. The study collaboration is being managed in keeping with the policies of NYU Langone Health.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - As the U.S. healthcare labor market continues to face unprecedented worker shortages, the nursing workforce pipeline is approaching a crisis point. It is estimated that by 2025, the United States will have a gap of between 200,000-450,000 nurses available for direct patient care.
Lawmakers in several states, including California, have recently passed bills designed to expand funding to incentivize solutions that generate more nursing assistants, vocational (practical) nurses and registered nurses to ensure equitable care. But these solutions are not coming quick enough for many healthcare employers who have been increasing their use of travel nurses, often paying them as much as three times more than their full-time counterparts, driving up labor costs.
"In California, we're seeing higher-than-usual exits of seasoned registered nurses and slow absorption of new graduates, creating a 2021 gap in California of 40,567 RNs," explains Joanne Spetz, PhD, Director, Institute for Health Policy Studies at the UCSF HealthForce Center, and board member of Futuro Health. "We need to groom the nursing pipeline and, until new RNs are grown, other allied health occupations shall be needed to augment the care team."
With plans to generate innovative and comprehensive solutions, healthcare workforce leaders Futuro Health and Dignity Health Global Education (DHGE) have announced a new collaboration to develop healthcare workforce pathways from education-to-employment and advancement. The partnership intends to create more tuition-free entry points into the nursing path for jobs that are strategically aligned with California's future healthcare employer trends and to work closely with those employers to customize student training to meet their organizational skill set requirements.
Both Futuro Health and DHGE represent relatively new entities established by major health systems searching for better solutions to the industry's acute workforce needs. Futuro Health was established by Kaiser Permanente, the largest healthcare plan in the country with 12 million members, and a nonprofit agenda to grow the next generation of allied health workers. Launched in the first year of the pandemic, during a period where higher education enrollment has dropped consistently, Futuro Health has already successfully brought over 7,000 adults back into higher education, with 80% diversity, to train at partner colleges.
DHGE is backed by CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital systems in the U.S. DHGE's nursing residency offering for retention is the largest in the nation and reaches 45,000 nurses across 21 states.
The new partnership will build upon the success of recent collaborations between the two organizations, including co-developing a Community Health Worker with Behavioral Health (CHW/BH) Program. Futuro Health provided inclusive access to flexible and scalable training for more than 200 students debt-free since the CHW/BH program's launch last year.
"Our collaboration will focus on the breakdowns in the workforce pipeline," states Van Ton-Quinlivan, CEO of Futuro Health. "Our best practices can combine in novel ways and surface scalable solutions that pay attention to diversity and the skills needed for workers to be relevant."
With an emphasis on working with employers in diverse, marginalized rural and urban communities, other goals of the new partnership include a focus on developing affordable, flexible training pathways across nursing and additional healthcare professions, while paving the way for students to advance in their career to higher paying positions through supplemental training, licensing, and add on micro-credentialing options.
Futuro Health is a non-profit organization focused on improving the health and wealth of communities by growing the largest network of allied healthcare workers in the nation. Futuro Health makes education journeys into allied health careers possible by growing the talent that employers need and creating a path to the opportunity that workers want.
Dignity Health Global Education (DHGE) is the leading healthcare workforce development company. Dedicated to providing customized educational opportunities and a student-centric experience, we develop online programs and workforce development solutions with industry, for industry. We achieve this goal by partnering with top-ranked academic institutions and thought-leading professionals.
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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping Hand for Relief and Development marks World Refugee Day by highlighting programs that provide safety, humane treatment, and a life of dignity for those forced to flee their homes. The current estimated number of displaced people has surpassed 84 million globally, calling for an equally global effort to provide refugees with life-saving essentials such as food, clothing, shelter, medicine, and clean water.
After escaping oppression and suffering in their home countries, refugees continue to live in dire circumstances as they face the hardships of refugee camps. 42% of displaced people are children, which brings about additional challenges. With an average of 300,000 born into refugee life each year, healthcare, nutrition, and education have a crucial effect on the quality of their adult lives.
HHRD's many assistance programs offer these necessities and more to refugees and internally displaced people, including orphans. Through the generosity of our donors in 2021, HHRD has supported over 1 million refugees worldwide with shelter homes, healthcare, orphan support, education support, youth empowerment, skills development, food support, water filtration projects, sanitation and hygiene centers, winter relief, and seasonal programs. For a complete list of programs and campaigns, please visit www.hhrd.org/DetailDonate
HHRD is a US-based international NGO which provides humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to those in need around the world. Ranked among the top 3% of 9,000+ NGOs, HHRD has received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator over the past 10 years. In addition, HHRD is a member of InterAction and an accredited charity by the Better Business Bureau with an A+ rating.
To donate, please visit www.hhrd.org or call 1-888-808-4357 (HELP). HHRD is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization. Tax ID# 31-1628040
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GUANGZHOU, China, April 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
As China's top comprehensive trade event in terms of scale and turnover, the Canton Fair has prepared well for the 131st session and is ready to welcome international buyers.
Here, we can enjoy the new and chic clothing and joyful modelling displays. In previous Fairs, textiles and apparel have always sit among the most eye-catching sections. Each session, many garment and textile companies flock in from provinces like Shandong, Hebei, Zhejiang, and Fujian. In recent years, technology innovation has revived the quite traditional industry in China. Numerous new products come to the stage featuring new fabrics, design, and manufacturing, dazzling the buyers' eyes. At the 130th Canton Fair, a waterproof beige trench coat made with eco-friendly fabrics is favored by European and American buyers. Another type of popular products is those made by seamless computer knitting machine, which was especially well received among buyers from the U.K., Germany, U.S. and Japan.
The Chinese textile industry has penetrated various fields, from clothing and home textiles to the national defense and military industry, from transportation to medical and healthcare, from environmental protection to new energy development, from artificial blood vessels inside the heart and blades of wind turbines to the metal antenna mesh of the Beidou Satellite System (BDS), as well as the knitted Chinese national flag displayed on the moon.The wide application of Chinese textiles reflect constant innovations of the industry.
According to the reports, China's clothing and textiles have transformed its global targeted market from middle and low-end into high-end with the same share of 60%. Once synonymous with "processing," the Chinese textile industry is embarking on a path of intelligent manufacturing driven by technological innovation.
Hit by COVID-19, more textiles and apparel foreign trade enterprises have switched to online sales. From the 127th Canton Fair, many participant enterprises have arranged live streaming teams. During the Fairs, they advertised their products via 24-hour live streaming to attract buyers. Maggie Pu, Deputy Director General of the Foreign Affairs Office of the Canton Fair, said, with trade promotion activities such as "Discover Canton Fair with Bee and Honey", "Trade Bridge" Virtual Promotion, the 131st Canton Fair will continue to connect buyers and suppliers, and share Chinese intelligent manufacturing products with the world.
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WASHINGTON , May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GoodFirms, the globally recognized research, ratings, and reviews platform, recently revealed the latest list of Top iPhone and Android Mobile App Development Companies worldwide. These indexed iOS and Android mobile app developers worldwide are recognized to develop unique and feature-rich applications for all industry verticals.
"Businesses having mobile apps are utilizing excellent features like push notifications, loyalty schemes to encourage customers, ensure customer satisfaction, boost brand awareness and compete with larger brands," says GoodFirms.
Presently, numerous mobile applications are exceeding and providing varied categories of apps like gaming, social media, corporate, messengers, etc. Android OS is the most preferred and on-demand app development for commercial business enterprise companies and start-ups.
On the other hand, iOS has an upper hand in the United States and European countries due to their fantastic UX and app support functionality. Entrepreneurs can associate with the top Android App Developers and best iOS Developers to build robust and user-friendly apps for their businesses.
Top iPhone and Android Mobile App Developers Worldwide:
HQSoftware, Blue Label Labs, SovTech, CodesOrbit, JetRuby Agency, Fueled, Sunflower Lab, Appinventiv Technologies, Strappberry, NeoITO.
The current scenario in the world has created a positive surge for innovative apps both for Android and iOS and Android platforms. For the same, the demand for skilled developers has also increased in every country, state and city. Here GoodFirms has curated a list of efficient app developers from famous locations in Texas, Chicago, India, and Australia. With their caliber and creativity they are known to deliver the best customized mobile apps for businesses.
OpenXcell, Utility, Cubix, A3logics, Classic Informatics, SPEC INDIA, Zco Corporation, Zealous System, GeekyAnts, NMG Technologies.
3 Sided Cube, Quytech, Dedicated Developers, Alphonic Network Solutions, Promatics Technologies, datarockets, Digital Scientists, MobileCoderz Technologies, WDI, Foxbox Digital.
Top Mobile App Developers in India:
Indus Net Technologies, Steelkiwi, MobileCoderz Technologies, Mutual Mobile, Neebal Technologies, Next Big Technologies (NBT), TechGropse, Mobulous, MindInventory. Pixel Crayons.
Top Australia Mobile App Developers:
Rocketech, Lean Apps GMBH, Appello Software, App Maisters Inc, Sidebench, BrancoSoft, Capermint Technologies, Parangat Technologies, Vrinsoft Technology, CodeBright, Magneto IT Solutions.
GoodFirms assists the service seekers in choosing the right mobile app development company with its advanced filter options such as hourly rates, employees, location, number of reviews, ratings, company certifications, platform, and much more.
GoodFirms assures that the list has been thoroughly assessed based on several qualitative and quantitative metrics. Furthermore, the listed companies are measured considering their unique work methodology, the background of each company, years of experience in the domain areas, online market penetration, client feedback, and much more.
If you are running a mobile app company and wish to get listed, do not hesitate to contact GoodFirms. Gaining the top position among the best service providers will attract the attention of potential prospects, increase productivity, help you generate more sales, and earn more profit.
About GoodFirms:
GoodFirms is a Washington, D.C.-based research firm specializing in identifying the most prominent and efficient IT companies and software providers that can automate the tasks of various industries. GoodFirms' industry-wide research, review & rankings help service seekers leap further and multiply their industry-wide value and credibility.
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The 2021 Sustainability Report is aligned with the GRI Standards and highlights the Company's commitment to addressing the social, resource and environmental challenges facing our world today
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill., Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ANGUS Chemical Company ("ANGUS" or "Company"), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of specialty chemicals for Life Sciences and Industrial markets, today announced the release of its first annual sustainability report developed in accordance with the increasingly adopted Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. The Company's 2021 Sustainability Report highlights significant events, initiatives and progress made by the Company in 2021, including detailed performance metrics in six key areas:
- Ethics, Compliance and Governance
- Stakeholder Engagement
- People, Inclusion and Diversity
- Environmental, Health and Safety
- Natural Resource Management
- Product Stewardship
"For many years, we have embraced the core principles of sustainability through our commitment to operating at the highest levels in environmental, health and safety and corporate social responsibility," said Dr. Pamela Spencer, Senior Vice President, Regulatory, Quality, Product Stewardship and Sustainability. "Today, we have formalized our vision for ANGUS, which serves as the robust foundation for the strategic goals and initiatives that will drive continuous improvement in all aspects of our future sustainability performance."
In 2021, ANGUS established a four-pillar blueprint that uses select United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the underlying principles guiding the Company's focus on innovative solutions supporting the health and well-being of people and the planet:
- Environmental Stewardship: Improve operations' environmental footprint through greenhouse gas (GHG), waste and water management reductions while maintaining zero injuries and process safety incidents.
- Sustainable Innovation: Advancing innovative solutions, grounded in science, that bring value to our customers and improve the world in which we live.
- Culture of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion: Building a culture where every employee feels accepted, valued and able to contribute to their fullest potential.
- Socially Responsible Community Partner: Driving positive change through our local community engagement and support.
"Sustainability is fundamental to the continuous evolution of ANGUS, our customers and the global markets we serve," said David Neuberger, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Our goals are ambitious: maintaining our best-in-class safety performance, dramatically improving our overall environmental footprint, and further expanding our portfolio to directly address our customer's sustainability goals and needs. With this inaugural report, we are making a strong commitment to transparency and accountability around the Company's overall sustainability performance in addressing the social, resource and environmental challenges facing our world today."
To read ANGUS' 2021 Sustainability Report, visit https://www.angus.com/sustainability.
ANGUS is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of specialty ingredients and consumables for biotechnology, pharmaceutical, consumer and industrial applications. The Company innovates through its unique nitroalkane chemistries, including its flagship AMP™ (aminomethyl propanol) multifunctional additives and TRIS AMINO™ (tromethamine) buffers, which are produced at fully integrated, ISO 9001-certified manufacturing facilities in the United States and Germany. ANGUS serves its global customers through six regional Customer Application Centers located in Chicago, Illinois; Paris, France; São Paulo, Brazil; Singapore; Shanghai, China; and Mumbai, India. The Company is headquartered in Buffalo Grove, Illinois. For more information, visit angus.com.
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Los Angeles police officer’s training death ruled accidental
Published: Jul. 28, 2022 at 7:39 PM CDT|Updated: 9 minutes ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An autopsy report says a Los Angeles police officer died from injuries he received in a training accident but wasn’t beaten by fellow officers as his mother alleges.
The report issued last month says 32-year-old Houston Tipping suffered a spinal cord injury after he fell down while holding another officer in a “bear hug” while acting as instructor during a May 26 exercise at the Police Academy.
The report says Tipping fractured his neck. He died three days later after developing a brain injury due to cell death from lack of oxygen.
The death was ruled an accident.
Tipping’s mother has claimed he was beaten by other officers to “simulate a mob.”
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LANSING, Mich., May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fundamental Underwriters, a division of AF Group and a specialty managing general underwriter with expertise in commercial auto insurance, has announced winners of its new Diamond Club award. Recipients of the award represent top-performing brokers who exhibit niche expertise in the trucking industry, strong overall performance and exceptional broker partnerships.
Diamond Club award winners are well-recognized leaders in the industry, with extensive trucking knowledge and expertise. The 2022 Diamond Club award winners include:
- Amwins – Charlotte, NC
- Cline Wood – Kansas City, MO and Dallas, TX
- CRC Group – Dallas, TX
- Maximum – Chicago, IL
- Palomar – Montgomery, AL
"It's an honor to recognize these committed and valued long-term partners with our inaugural award," said Rob Westburg, managing director of Fundamental Underwriters. "These outstanding agencies represent organizations who are committed to providing the highest level of service to our shared customers, and their commitment truly reflects the principles we desire to showcase with our Diamond Club."
Fundamental Underwriters is a specialty-managing general underwriter with expertise in mid-market trucking risks. Offering competitive pricing, coverages, and partnership needed to keep operations in motion, Fundamental delivers individual underwriting solutions, consultative loss control programs, and rapid claims resolutions for risks with superior safety cultures. Fundamental Underwriters is a division of AF Group. All policies are underwritten by a licensed insurer subsidiary. For more information, visit afgroup.com. © AF Group.
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ATHENS -- The citizens of South Carolina will be joining the Great Georgia Pollinator Census for the August 2022 count, expanding the reach of the pioneering project in the Southeast.
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension launched the Great Georgia Pollinator Census in 2019 as a citizen science research project inviting Georgians from across the state to come together for two days in August to document pollinator populations. The annual project encourages Georgians to create sustainable pollinator habitats and to learn about the many types of pollinators throughout the year. The program also offers a no-cost STEM program for educators, with teaching resources available through the program website. The fourth annual count is scheduled for Aug. 19 and 20.
As South Carolina shares many of the same pollinator habitat issues as Georgia, citizens of that state have expressed interest in documenting their pollinator numbers. South Carolinians can use the resource materials on the website to count insects in their own gardens. Participants upload their counts to the project website, noting that they are providing counts taken in South Carolina and indicating the county where the data was collected.
The resulting data will be available to those in South Carolina who are interested in pollinator populations, and South Carolina educators will have access to all program resources to use in their school garden programs.
Amy Dabbs, Clemson University’s statewide school and community gardening coordinator, has worked with UGA Extension on several projects and has been instrumental in making schools and gardens in South Carolina aware of the opportunity to be involved in the census.
“We are all hopeful for a great first census year for everyone," Becky Griffin, UGA Extension community and school garden coordinator and creator of the census, said in a news release. "This year will be a type of pilot for South Carolina. The name of the project, Great Georgia Pollinator Census, will stay the same for now. We are hopeful that the project and all its benefits will continue to expand to the entire Southeast."
For those in South Carolina, or those who are new to the census in Georgia, an introduction webinar is scheduled for 10 a.m. on July 11. The first hour of the webinar will cover the basics of how to participate successfully in the census, followed by a discussion for educators on how to use the census in the classroom.
The webinar is free, but registration is required at eventbrite.com.
“We look forward to seeing everyone’s counts in August," Griffin said. "We are all protecting Georgia’s, and South Carolina’s, pollinators one count at a time." | https://www.albanyherald.com/news/south-carolinians-join-great-georgia-pollinator-census/article_04d8c50a-e33b-11ec-a1e8-171cc1093f95.html | 2022-06-04T13:47:04Z |
FDA advisers back Novavax COVID-19 shots as new US option
(AP) - American adults who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 may soon get another choice, as advisers to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday backed a more traditional type of shot.
Next, the FDA must decide whether to authorize the vaccine made by latecomer Novavax, a protein vaccine that’s made with a more conventional technology than today’s U.S. options.
Novavax shots are already used in Australia, Canada, parts of Europe and dozens of other countries. But U.S. clearance is a key hurdle for the Maryland-based company.
FDA’s vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said another choice in the U.S. may entice at least some vaccine holdouts -- whatever their reason -- to consider rolling up their sleeves.
“We do have a problem with vaccine uptake that is very serious in the United States,” Marks said. “Anything we can do to get people more comfortable to accept these potentially life-saving products is something that we feel we are compelled to do.”
If the FDA authorizes Novavax as the nation’s fourth vaccine, it’s not clear how widely it would be used -- at least right away. Only about 27 million U.S. adults remain unvaccinated. Eventually, Novavax hopes also to become a choice for the millions more who haven’t yet had a booster dose of today’s vaccines. The shots are used elsewhere as a booster, regardless of which vaccine people got originally.
Tuesday’s question: Do the benefits of two primary doses of the Novavax vaccine outweigh any risks? The FDA advisory panel voted that they do, by a 21-0 vote with one abstention.
Large studies in the U.S., Mexico and Britain found two doses of the Novavax vaccine were safe and about 90% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19. One complication: Those studies were done far earlier in the pandemic, well before more contagious coronavirus variants emerged -- including the omicron mutant and its relatives.
Novavax chief medical officer Dr. Filip Dubovsky said the company already has tested a booster dose -- and it revved up virus-fighting antibodies that could tackle that mutant.
This type of vaccine “we think generates a broad immune response against a broad array of variants,” he told the FDA advisory panel.
And while the trials showed generally people experienced only mild reactions such as injection-site pain or fatigue, the FDA did highlight a possible concern: six cases of heart inflammation, known as myocarditis, found among the 40,000 people who received the vaccine in studies.
Vaccines are coming under close scrutiny for the possibility of that heart inflammation after the Pfizer and Moderna shots were linked to that rare risk.
Novavax argued there were other potential causes for some of the cases in its trials. COVID-19, as well as other infections, also can cause heart inflammation. The company said more than 744,000 vaccinations in other countries so far support the shots’ safety.
The Novavax vaccine is made of copies of the spike protein that coats the coronavirus, packaged into nanoparticles that to the immune system resemble a virus. Then an immune-boosting ingredient, or adjuvant, that’s made from the bark of a South American tree is added that acts as a red flag to ensure those particles look suspicious enough to spark a strong immune response.
Protein vaccines have been used for years to prevent hepatitis B, shingles and other diseases.
That’s very different than the vaccines currently used in the U.S. The most widely used Pfizer and Moderna vaccines deliver genetic instructions for the body to produce its own copies of the spike protein. J&J uses a cold virus to deliver those instructions.
Manufacturing problems held up Novavax’s vaccine but the company said those problems have been resolved. Novavax, a small biotech company, created the vaccine in its research lab, but the Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest vaccine maker, produces most of its shots including those slated for the U.S.
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WASHINGTON, June 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA has awarded the Mission Enabling Services Contract (MESC), which consists of five individual contracts, to four companies to support highly specialized mission-enabling spaceflight and aircraft management services within the Flight Operations Directorate at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The combined maximum potential value of the contracts, including all options and incentives, is $103.4 million. The work will be broken into three segments:
- The Baseline A segment covers information technology and related support services for the NASA Aircraft Management Information System, which is an integrated, module-based, custom software suite that supports aircraft flight operations across the agency. Baseline A has a potential value of $27.3 million. It has been awarded to SAIC of Reston, Virginia.
- The Baseline B segment covers services and support to the Flight Operations Directorate's information technology system and its predecessor legacy components. The potential value of Baseline B is $41.1 million. It has been awarded to Rothe Development Inc. of San Antonio, Texas.
- The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract segment covers specialized, highly specialized, and advanced research and development information technology, not to exceed $35 million. This award is shared by ASRC Federal Aerospace Services of Beltsville, Maryland, Mathematical Research Inc. of Houston, and Rothe Development Inc.
All five contracts begin Oct. 1. Baseline A and B are cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts, each with a two-year base period, a two-year option, followed by a one-year option. The multiple-award IDIQ contracts have an ordering period of five-years, for issuing firm-fixed-price task orders. Both the Baseline B and IDIQ awards were small business set-asides.
The MESC contracts support NASA Johnson and external partners, including other NASA centers, international partners, other government organizations, and affiliate commercial enterprise partners. The agreements may be used to support requirements at other NASA centers in the future.
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The Red Dot Awards seek out the year's best products and crown those who have achieved design excellence and product innovation
VENICE, CA, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Red Dot Awards, an internationally recognized competition in search of outstanding design achievements and product innovations, recently named The Flex Co. the winner of three awards. For over 60 years, the "Red Dot" award for product design has been highly sought out by companies due to its prestige and credible endorsement. It is the global seal of quality for good design.
The Red Dot Jury consists of an independent panel of 48 experts from 23 countries who assess each product and use their expertise to identify the year's best and most innovative products. Products selected offer functionality, beautiful aesthetics, innovation, and exemplify outstanding design as their universal factor.
"In this year of the competition, I have been particularly struck by the exceptional creativity shown by the award-winning products," said Professor Dr. Peter Zec, founder and CEO of Red Dot."It is really impressive and praiseworthy that there are still designs out there that can surprise us with their form and functionality. This makes it clear that design cannot be restricted or brought to a standstill by unfavorable circumstances. On the contrary: more and more new ideas and creations emerge, and futuristic techniques are developed. The fact that the quality of these products equals their level of innovation makes them well-deserved winners in the Red Dot Award: Product Design 2022."
The Flex Co. created a new category of sustainable menstrual care products that can be worn comfortably for up to 12 hours and produces less waste than traditional tampons and pads. The award-winning Flex products are made of hypoallergenic, body-safe, 100% medical-grade materials and do not disrupt vaginal PH. Manufactured in Canada, Flex products are made without BPA, phthalates, or natural rubber latex.
Flex Plant+ Disc, awarded in the Personal Care, Wellness and Beauty category, is the first and only plant-based disposable menstrual disc on the market. It is also the only plant-based medical device that can be safely worn inside the body for up to 12 hours.
Flex Reusable Disc, awarded in both the Innovative Products and Personal Care, Wellness and Beauty categories, is the only zero-waste disc engineered to be as easy to insert and remove as the best-selling Flex Disc. As an alternative to tampons, Flex Reusable Disc is the world's first 100% reusable menstrual disc made from a dual silicone construction that provides all-day comfort and 12-hour leak protection, with a patented beginner-friendly notch that makes insertion easy.
"We are thrilled to be given these prestigious awards. It is an honor of a lifetime to have the Red Dot Jury recognize Flex for setting new standards in our category," says Lauren Schulte Wang, Founder and CEO of The Flex Co. "Being presented with this award validates our commitment to R&D and creating truly innovative, sustainable, life-changing products for our Uterati community."
Roughly 20,000 design professionals, companies, and organizations globally take part in hopes of receiving a distinction and being named one of the best in the world. Past winners include Apple, Braun, Google, LG Electronics, and Sony. Flex products will be showcased in the Red Dot Design Museum on the Zollverein UNESCO world heritage site in Essen, Germany from June 2022 to May 2023.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration likes to say Russia has become isolated internationally because of its invasion of Ukraine. Yet Moscow’s top officials have hardly been cloistered in the Kremlin. And now, even the U.S. wants to talk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been meeting with world leaders, including Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose country is a NATO member. Meanwhile, his top diplomat, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is jetting around the world, smiling, shaking hands and posing for photos with foreign leaders — including some friends of the U.S.
And on Wednesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he wants to end months of top-level U.S. diplomatic estrangement with Lavrov to discuss the release of American detainees as well as issues related to Ukraine. The call has not been scheduled but is expected in the coming days.
The handshakes and phone calls cast doubt on a core part of the U.S. strategy aimed at ending the Ukraine war: that diplomatic and economic isolation, along with battlefield setbacks, would ultimately force Russia to send its troops home.
Even as he announced plans for the call, Blinken continued to insist Russia is indeed isolated. He argued the travel of its top officials is purely damage control and a reaction to international criticism Moscow is facing for the Ukraine war.
U.S. officials say Russia is trying to shore up the few alliances it has left — some of which are American adversaries like Iran. But countries that are ostensibly U.S. partners, like Egypt and Uganda, are also warmly welcoming top Russians.
And after making the case since February that there’s no point in talking to Russia because Russia is not serious about diplomacy and cannot be trusted, the U.S. has conceded it needs to engage with Moscow as well.
Speaking to reporters in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Friday, Lavrov said he would be open to a call with Blinken but any direct communication would have to wait until he gets back to Moscow. Lavrov said his ministry had not gotten a formal request for the call until after Blinken made his announcement.
“I will listen to what he has to say,” Lavrov said.
The public outreach to Lavrov combined with the announcement of a “substantial proposal” to Russia to win the release of detained Americans Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner took many by surprise.
A Blinken-Lavrov conversation would be the highest-level contact between the U.S. and Russia since Feb. 15, before the Russian invasion, and could set the stage for possible in-person discussions, although administration officials say there are no plans for that.
The Kremlin presumably reveled in the news that the U.S. is now seeking engagement and will likely delay the process of arranging a call to gain maximum advantage.
“They are going to drag this out and try to humiliate us as much as they can,” said Ian Kelly, a retired career diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Georgia in the Obama and Trump administrations. “I don’t think it goes along with (the administration’s) overall policy.”
Kelly said the request for a call is “counterproductive to our broader effort to isolate Russia.”
“Other countries will look at this and say, ’Why shouldn’t we deal with Lavrov or the Russians more broadly?’” he said.
Already, Western appeals to convince Asian, African and Middle Eastern nations to shun Russia appear to have been ignored as Lavrov travels around the world.
Still, Blinken played down the importance of Lavrov’s globetrotting. He said it was a response to the cold reception Russia has gotten to Ukraine-related wheat and grain shortages now plaguing large portions of the developing world, particularly as a United Nations-backed agreement to free up those supplies has yet to be implemented.
“What I see is a desperate game of defense to try somehow to justify to the world the actions that Russia has taken,” Blinken said. “Somehow trying to justify what’s unjustifiable.”
U.S. and European officials point out that Russia has come under heavy criticism for the Ukraine invasion and the food and energy security shortages that have resulted.
Biden administration officials, including Blinken, have noted with satisfaction that Lavrov chose to leave a recent meeting of G-20 foreign ministers in Indonesia after listening to a litany of complaints from counterparts about the global impact of the war.
Despite that, there is no sign Russia will be excluded from major international events such as the ASEAN Regional Forum next week, the United Nations General Assembly in September or a trio of leaders’ summits in Asia to be held in November.
Russia continues to maintain close ties with China, India and numerous developing countries throughout Asia and Africa. Many depend on Russia for energy and other exports, though they also rely on Ukraine for grain.
India hasn’t shunned Russia despite its membership in the so-called Quad with the U.S., Australia and Japan. With a longstanding close relationship with Russia, India has boosted energy imports from Russia despite pressure from the U.S. and Europe, which is moving away from Russian gas and oil.
India, for example, has used nearly 60 million barrels of Russian oil in 2022 so far, compared with only 12 million barrels in all of 2021, according to commodity data firm Kpler.
On the other side of the coin, the Philippines, a U.S. treaty ally, this week scrapped a deal to purchase 16 Russian military transport helicopters due to fears of possible U.S. sanctions.
The Russian foreign ministry has gleefully countered the assertions of Russia’s isolation by tweeting photographs of Lavrov in various world capitals.
Among the photos: Lavrov at the the G-20 meeting in Bali with the Chinese, Indian and Indonesian foreign ministers; in Uganda with President Yoweri Museveni, a longtime U.S. partner; and in Egypt with President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi, also a U.S. partner, whose country every year receives billions in dollars in American aid.
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Vladimir Isachenkov in Moscow, Ashok Sharma in New Delhi and Jim Gomez in Manila contributed. | https://cw33.com/news/politics/ap-politics/isolation-complication-us-finds-its-hard-to-shun-russia/ | 2022-07-29T17:46:13Z |
Sisters killed in fire at family’s summer rental home
NOYAC, N.Y. (WCBS) - A pair of college-aged sisters died when investigators say a fire broke out at their family’s rental home and they couldn’t find their way out.
The Wiener family was asleep in the home they rented in Noyac, New York, when rescuers say glass exploded and flames erupted at 3:35 a.m. Wednesday near the kitchen and spread.
The parents, Lewis and Alisa Wiener, were on the first floor while their three children, 19-year-old Lindsay, 21-year-old Jillian and 23-year-old Zachary Wiener, were on the second.
The two sisters, students at Tulane University and the University of Michigan, became trapped. Attempts by their parents to re-enter were thwarted by dense smoke and crackling hot fire.
Rescuers eventually managed to get in to the sisters. Both were taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest, with CPR in progress, according to Southampton Town Police Lt. Susan Ralph. But they died at the hospital.
Zachary Wiener, who had been in another bedroom, managed to save his life by leaping from the second story. He and his parents survived with burns and were hospitalized.
The family from Potomac, Maryland, was renting the summer home as a family retreat.
“So scary, I can’t even imagine. You come here to have a good time. You would never think about something like that,” said Kristin Saltzberg, a tourist from Pennsylvania.
Family members of the owners of the home, themselves firefighter volunteers, had responded to the fatal fire. Police and fire marshals huddled with them at the scene.
First responders were overcome by the loss.
The exact cause of the fire is being determined, but lead investigators said it is not suspicious, just a horrible tragedy.
Fire officials said the home had smoke detectors but aren’t sure if they were working as designed.
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If you feel like there's less time in the day, you're correct.
Scientists recorded the shortest day on Earth since the invention of the atomic clock.
Our planet's rotation measured in at 1.59 milliseconds short of the normal 24-hour day on June 29, according to the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, an organization in charge of global timekeeping.
A rotation is the length of time the Earth takes to spin once on its axis, which is roughly 84,600 seconds.
The previous record was documented on July 19, 2020, when the day measured 1.47 milliseconds shorter than normal.
The atomic clock is a standardized unit of measurement that has been used since the 1950s to tell time and measure the Earth's rotation, said Dennis McCarthy, retired director of time at the US Naval Observatory.
Despite June 29 breaking a record for the shortest day in modern history, there have been much shorter days on Earth, he said.
When dinosaurs still roamed the planet 70 million years ago, a single day on Earth lasted about 23 1/2 hours, according to a 2020 study published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology.
Since 1820, scientists documented Earth's rotation slowing down, according to NASA. In the past few years, it began speeding up, McCarthy said.
Why is the speed increasing?
Researchers do not have a definitive answer on how or why Earth is turning slightly faster, but it may be due to glacial isostatic adjustment, or the movement of land due to melting glaciers, McCarthy said.
Earth is slightly wider than it is tall, which makes it an oblate spheroid, he said. The glaciers at the poles weigh down on the Earth's crust at the North and South poles, McCarthy said.
Since the poles are melting due to the climate crisis, there is less pressure on the top and bottom of the planet, which moves the crust up and makes the Earth rounder, he said. The circular shape helps the planet spin faster, McCarthy said.
It's the same phenomenon that figure skaters use to increase and decrease their speed, he said.
When skaters stretch their arms away from their body as they spin, it takes more force for them to rotate, he said. When they tuck their arms close to their body, their speed increases because their body mass is closer to their center of gravity, McCarthy said.
As Earth becomes rounder, its mass becomes closer to its center, which increases its rotational speed, he said.
Some have suggested a correlation with the Chandler wobble, McCarthy said. The axis our planet rotates on is not lined up with its axis of symmetry, an invisible vertical line that divides the Earth into two equal halves.
This creates a slight wobble as the Earth rotates, similar to how a football wobbles when it is thrown, he said.
When a player tosses a football, it wobbles slightly as it rotates since it often doesn't spin around the axis of symmetry, he said.
"If you're a really good passer in football, you line up the axis of rotation with the axis of symmetry of the football, and it doesn't wobble," McCarthy said.
However, McCarthy said the Chandler wobble likely does not affect the rotational speed of Earth because the wobble is due to the planet's shape. If the planet's shape changes, it changes the frequency of the wobble, not its rotation frequency, he said.
Removing a leap second
Since researchers began measuring the Earth's rotational speed using atomic clocks, Earth had been slowing down its rotational speed, McCarthy said.
"Our day-to-day existence doesn't even recognize that millisecond," McCarthy said. "But if these things add up, then it could change the rate at which we insert a leap second."
In the instances when the milliseconds build up over time, the scientific community has added a leap second to the clock to slow down our time to match Earth's, he said. There have been 27 leap seconds added since 1972, according to EarthSky.
Because Earth is now rotating faster, a leap second would need to be taken away to catch our timekeeping up with Earth's increasing rotational speed, McCarthy said.
If the planet continues this rotational trend, the removal of a leap second likely wouldn't need to happen for another three to four years, he said.
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Mom of 4 dies after hit-and-run on Mother’s Day
NEW YORK (WCBS) - A mother of four who was pinned by a hit-and-run driver outside her home on Mother’s Day has died from her injuries.
Florence Ngwu’s family and friends are still trying to make sense of the Sunday tragedy. Her niece, Nnenna B., says the 49-year-old was a caring, loving mother of four who worked as a nurse.
“Her heart has stopped,” her niece said. “A very strong woman. She was just a fighter, so we thought maybe she could, you know, but…”
Surveillance video taken on Mother’s Day morning shows a truck hitting a car in New York City’s Queens neighborhood. Neighbors say the car belonged to Ngwu’s daughter, so she and her daughter approached the driver of the truck.
“I just wish that they stayed on the sidewalk and just called police instead of coming in the street and trying to be too vigilant,” neighbor Calvin Williams said.
The driver hit several more parked cars as he made a U-turn on the dead end street, causing one of the vehicles to drag. The video shows Ngwu getting pinned between two cars.
She was taken to the hospital, where she died from her injuries Monday morning.
Police continue to search for the driver of the truck, who fled the scene. They say the vehicle was found unattended not far away, with surveillance video showing what appears to be the driver walking away.
Ngwu’s family says it was inhumane and cowardly to leave the scene.
Police are also looking into why the truck was on the street and hit so many cars. Sources say it was reported stolen earlier that day.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police operation Thursday targeting gang members in Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of favelas, or low-income communities, left at least 18 people dead in one of the deadliest raids the city has seen recently and one already bringing more criticism of police violence.
Rio authorities said 16 suspected criminals were killed in confrontations with police in Complexo do Alemao along with a police officer and an woman. A police spokesman said the raid targeted a criminal group that stole cars and robbed banks, and invaded nearby neighborhoods.
Videos circulating on social media showed intense shootouts between criminals as well as a police helicopter flying low over the small, brick houses. Rio’s police have used helicopters to shoot at targets, even in densely populated residential areas, and video showed shots being fired from the favela at the aircraft.
At the site of the raid, Associated Press reporters saw residents carrying about 10 bodies as bystanders shouted, “We want peace!” Residents said those who attempted to help the injured risked arrest.
“It’s a massacre inside, which police are calling an operation,” one woman told AP, speaking on the condition of anonymity because she feared reprisals from authorities. ”They’re not letting us help (victims),” she added, saying she saw one man arrested for attempting to do so.
A Rio’s police force spokesman said some of the criminals wore uniforms to disguise themselves as police officers.
“I would rather they (the suspects) had not reacted and then we could have arrested 15, 14 of them. But unfortunately they chose to fire at our policemen,” said Ronaldo Oliveira, an investigator of Rio’s police.
Rio state Gov. Cláudio Castro said on Twitter he lamented the police officer’s death.
“I will continue to fight crime with all my strength. We will not back down from the mission of guaranteeing peace and security to the people of our state,” Castro said.
But many disagree with the government’s strategy for tackling violence and organized crime, an approach that regularly sees deadly police operations. A raid in Rio’s Vila Cruzeiro favela in May killed more than 20 people.
Thursday’s operation was aimed at locating and arresting criminal leaders, some from other states, police said in an early statement.
“ENOUGH of this genocidal policy, governor!” Talíria Petrone, a federal lawmaker for Rio, said in response to the governor’s tweet. “This failed public security policy leaves residents and police on the ground, en masse. It’s no longer possible to keep piling up Black bodies and favela residents every day!”
Alemao is a complex of 13 favelas in northern Rio, home to about 70,000 people. Nearly three-quarters of them are Afro-Brazilians, according to a July 2020 study published by the Brazilian Institute of Social and Economical Analyses.
Earlier this year, Brazil’s Supreme Court established a series of conditions for police to conduct raids in Rio’s favelas as a means to reduce police killings and violations of human rights. The court ordered that lethal force be used only in situations in which all other means have been exhausted and when necessary to protect life.
The ruling came in response to a raid on the Jacarezinho favela in 2021 that resulted in 28 people being killed. As was the case Thursday, an officer died during that raid, which some speculated at the time was the cause for subsequent abuse and summary executions.
Thursday’s operation began before dawn and finished around 4 p.m. local time, police said. Nearly 400 police officers were involved, including Rio’s tactical police unit, backed up by four helicopters and 10 bullet-proofed vehicles, according to the police statement.
In a video shared by Voz da Comunidade, a community news outlet focused on Rio’s favelas, residents can be seen calling for peace and waving white cloths from their windows and rooftops.
Fabrício Oliveira, one of the coordinators of the police raid, said authorities fear that Friday could be another violent day at the Complexo do Alemao.
“Our experience has told us that after raids like these police are attacked in every way,” Oliveira said.
____ AP journalist Mauricio Savarese contributed to this report from Sao Paulo. | https://cw33.com/news/ap-top-headlines/rio-de-janeiro-police-conduct-deadly-raid-in-alemao-favelas/ | 2022-07-22T14:26:02Z |
Migrant stabbed to death by Border Patrol agent in altercation, autopsy finds
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD/Gray News) - Authorities say a man from Mexico died in a stabbing incident when he was involved in an altercation with a Border Patrol agent earlier this year.
According to an autopsy report, Mexican national Abigail Roman Aguilar had two run-ins with agents the day he died in May.
KOLD reports Aguilar first got tangled up in barbed wire while running away from an agent. He was released but allegedly was involved in an altercation with another agent.
Aguilar was reportedly stabbed to death in that altercation.
The autopsy report listed Aguilar also suffered multiple blunt force injuries, with his death ruled as a homicide.
Officials say the incident is currently being reviewed and released the following statement:
“On May 24, 2022, at approximately 12:43 a.m., a U.S. Border Patrol agent working near Pan-American Avenue and 5th Street in Douglas, Arizona, was involved in a use of force incident which resulted in the death of an individual in Border Patrol custody.
The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General, Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility, the Douglas Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation responded to the scene. This incident is under investigation by the FBI and any inquiries should be directed to that office.
This incident is under review by CBP’s Office of Professional Responsibility and at the conclusion of that review, it will be presented to CBP’s National Use of Force Review Board. Additional information about the National Use of Force Review Board can be found here.”
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LELYSTAD, the Netherlands, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pepscan, the all-in-one peptide service provider, is excited to announce that it will supply personalized peptide pools for six patients in a phase I trial led by Mayo Clinic principal investigator Yanyan Lou, M.D., Ph.D., in collaboration with Keith L. Knutson, Ph.D. The trial tests the safety and tolerability of an experimental personalized peptide vaccine when given in combination with pembrolizumab in treating patients with a wide range of advanced solid tumors and tumors that have spread to other places in the body (metastases). The vaccine is designed to target certain proteins (neoantigens) on individuals' tumor cells. Combination immunotherapy with monoclonal antibodies, such as pembrolizumab, may help the body's immune system attack the cancer and thereby interfere with the ability of the tumor cells to grow and spread.
"Mayo Clinic is recognized as one of the best hospital groups in the US and we are excited to provide the peptide pools for their investigational phase I study. Supplying top researchers and clinicians worldwide to turn their ideas into better treatment outcomes for patients is what we aim for at Pepscan." says Hans de Backer, CEO of Pepscan.
The primary objective of the study "Personalized Neoantigen Peptide-Based Vaccine in Combination With Pembrolizumab for the Treatment of Advanced Solid Tumors" is to evaluate the safety, side effects, optimal dosages and risks/benefits of a personalized neoantigen peptide vaccine in combination with pembrolizumab in advanced solid cancers. Pepscan will manufacture up to 20 unique peptides and combine them into peptide pools, making up the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) of the vaccine. All within only 5 weeks to shipment (under quarantine). Besides the manufacturing, Pepscan also supported Mayo Clinic with the CMC (chemistry, manufacturing and control) report, which was submitted as part of Mayo's Investigational New Drug (IND) Application and has been approved by the FDA. Manufacturing personalized peptides for neoantigen vaccines requires a very specific set of process development and manufacturing skills, facilities and analytical methods. With 25 years of experience in mastering peptides and flexible manufacturing capabilities, Pepscan reliably delivers individual or pooled peptide sets that fit its customers' timelines.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Globe Life Field in Arlington is gearing up to host the Big 12 Championship starting May 25-29. “𝟏 𝐖𝐄𝐄𝐊 𝐎𝐔𝐓 The @Phillips66Gas@Big12Conference Baseball Championship starts in one week.”
From Wednesday to Sunday Arlington will be filled to the brim with Big 12 tournament baseball with everything getting underway at 9 a.m. on May 25.
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Axon halts plans for Taser drone as 9 on ethics board resign
WASHINGTON (AP) — Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday it was halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone after a majority of its ethics board resigned over the controversial project.
Axon’s founder and CEO Rick Smith said the company’s announcement last week — which drew a rebuke from its artificial intelligence ethics board — was intended to “initiate a conversation on this as a potential solution.” Smith said the ensuing discussion “provided us with a deeper appreciation of the complex and important considerations” around the issue.
As a result, “we are pausing work on this project and refocusing to further engage with key constituencies to fully explore the best path forward,” he said. The development was first reported by Reuters.
The board had voted 8-4 a few weeks ago to recommend Axon not proceed with a pilot of the Taser drone and had concerns about introducing weaponizing drones in over-policed communities of color.
But after the mass shooting at an Uvalde, Texas elementary school, the company announced it was beginning development of the drone. Smith told The Associated Press last week he made the idea public in part because he was “catastrophically disappointed” in the response by police who didn’t move in to kill the suspect for more than an hour.
The board issued a rare public rebuke of the project, saying it was a dangerous idea that went far beyond the initial proposal the board had reviewed for a Taser-equipped police drone. It said it had “pleaded with the company to pull back” before the announcement and that many of them believed it was “trading on the tragedy of the Uvalde and Buffalo shootings.”
Smith had rejected that idea in an interview with the AP last week and said he was pressing ahead because he believed the Taser drone could be a viable solution to save lives. He contended the idea needed to be shared as part of the public conversation about school safety and effective ways for police to safely confront attackers.
On Monday, nine members of the ethics board, a group of well-respected experts in technology, policing and privacy, announced resignations, saying they had “lost faith in Axon’s ability to be a responsible partner.”
“We wish it had not come to this,” the statement said. “Each of us joined this Board in the belief that we could influence the direction of the company in ways that would help to mitigate the harms that policing technology can sow and better capture any benefits.”
“We tried from the start to get Axon to understand that its customer has to be the community that a policing agency serves, not the policing agency itself,” one of the board’s members, Barry Friedman, a New York University law professor, said in an interview. “It has been a painful struggle to try to change the calculus there.”
Friedman said a major concern was Smith’s decision to move forward with the plan and announce it publicly without adequately hearing the concerns of the board members.
“What’s the emergency? School shootings are a crisis. I agree,” Friedman said. “But Axon, on its own best timeline, isn’t going to come up with anything for a couple of years. Why was it necessary to jump ahead like this?”
“What Rick is suggesting is a necessary public dialogue was really just jumping over the head of the board,” Friedman said.
In his statement, Smith said it was “unfortunate that some members of Axon’s ethics advisory panel have chosen to withdraw from directly engaging on these issues before we heard or had a chance to address their technical questions.”
“We respect their choice and will continue to seek diverse perspectives to challenge our thinking and help guide other technology options,” Smith said.
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Gunfire interrupts youth baseball game in South Carolina
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC/Gray News) - A parent’s video shows children ducking for cover Monday night as gunfire erupted during a youth baseball game in North Charleston.
North Charleston Police say they are actively investigating the shooting. Police spokesman Harve Jacobs said police responded to Pepperhill Park in the 7600 block of Brandywine Road where gunshots had been reported.
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“Witnesses indicated that multiple vehicles pulled into the parking lot, where a physical altercation took place, followed by dozens of gunshots,” Jacobs said. “Several youth baseball games were underway when this incident occurred. This incident tonight had nothing to do with the Park, youth athletes, parents or coaches. Thankfully no injuries were reported.”
Blake Ferguson was recording the game as his son was on the pitching mound at Pepperhill Ball Field at approximately 8:45 p.m, WCSC reports. His video captured the sound of multiple shots, sending children and officials running for cover. He said he heard between 50 to 75 shots and believes the gunfire happened in the parking lot.
Lori Ferguson said she heard the booms and initially thought someone was setting off fireworks.
“And then all of a sudden, boom, boom, and ‘Get down, everybody, get down!’ And you’re at a park. My kids are not with me directly and you just see everybody scattering,” she said. “And my son’s on the pitcher mound by himself and it was just the most traumatic thing as a mother, as a citizen of this city, that you just feel helpless. I felt completely helpless.”
After the shooting ended, Blake Ferguson said multiple parents’ vehicles had been struck by gunfire.
North Charleston Police promised to investigate the incident “to the fullest extent of the law and will do everything in their power to locate and arrest the individuals involved in this heinous and reckless act.”
“We will leave no stone unturned in bringing these suspects to justice,” Jacobs said.
Assistant Chief Greg Gomes is shocked by the video and horrified at the events that took place, he said.
“He vehemently denounces this violence and is outraged at those responsible for putting so many innocent lives in danger,” Jacobs said.
Mayor Keith Summey also watched the video of the children on the field during this incident, and was “appalled by what he heard and saw,” Jacobs said.
Lori Ferguson said that police responded to the park to investigate where the shooting occurred, but said officers did not come onto the ball field to check on the families or escort them off the field.
“But nobody ever came and checked like, ‘Hey, are these kids okay?’” she said.
The incident, she said, left her children shaken, even after they were back home.
“Now, I understand we could walk down the street, something could happen. We could be at church, something can happen. One-hundred percent understand that,” she said. “My kids asked me where the police were to protect them. They didn’t want to take a shower, in our own home, because now they’re traumatized by what happened tonight.”
Police planned to meet Tuesday morning with city recreation staff to formulate a safety plan “to ensure that our city’s youth can feel safe when playing on our parks and playgrounds,” Jacobs said.
“We will also make arrangements for the children, parents, coaches, and volunteers who were affected by this event are provided with the resources necessary to assist them in dealing with such a traumatic incident,” Jacobs said.
He said the police department has spoken with the Dee Norton Children’s Advocacy Center to help provide those services.
Games scheduled at the field for Tuesday will be canceled while these plans are finalized.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:CHK) ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") today announced that it has commenced exchange offers (each, an "Offer," and collectively, the "Offers") relating to its outstanding (i) Class A warrants (the "Class A warrants"), (ii) Class B warrants (the "Class B warrants") and (iii) Class C warrants (the "Class C warrants," and together with the Class A warrants and the Class B warrants, the "warrants"), each to purchase shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("common stock"). The warrant structure was originally implemented as part of the Company's restructuring. By reducing the potential dilutive impact of the warrants through the Offers, the Company expects to simplify its capital structure, eliminate complexity and align the interests of all equity holders with minimal increase to the fully diluted share count. The Company intends to resume its $2 billion board authorized share repurchase program following the completion of the Offers.
The Company is offering to all holders of the warrants the opportunity to receive a number of shares of common stock to be determined over a ten trading day volume-weighted average trading price measurement period, in each case, for warrants validly tendered and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Offers, as further described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange.
The offering period for each Offer will continue until 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on September 16, 2022, or such later time and date to which the Company may extend an Offer, as described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange (each such date, an "Expiration Date"). Tendered warrants may be withdrawn by holders at any time prior to the applicable Expiration Date. The Company may extend or amend an Offer without extending or amending any other Offer.
The Offers are being made pursuant to a Prospectus/Offers to Exchange dated August 18, 2022, and Schedule TO, dated August 18, 2022, each of which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and more fully set forth the terms and conditions of the Offers.
Chesapeake's common stock, Class A warrants, Class B warrants and Class C warrants are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbols "CHK," "CHKEW," "CHKEZ" and "CHKEL," respectively. As of August 17, 2022, there were 120,849,113 shares of common stock, 9,751,853 Class A warrants, 12,290,669 Class B warrants and 11,269,865 Class C warrants outstanding.
The Company has engaged Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and Intrepid Partners, LLC as the dealer managers for the Offers. Any questions or requests for assistance concerning the Offers may be directed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1 (212) 723-7914; Cowen and Company, LLC at 1 (646) 562-1010; and Intrepid Partners, LLC at 1 (713) 292-0863. D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been appointed as the information agent for the Offers, and Equiniti Trust Company has been appointed as the exchange agent. Requests for documents should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 1 (877) 732-3617 (for warrant holders) or 1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or via the following email address: chk@dfking.com.
Important Additional Information Has Been Filed with the SEC
Copies of the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange will be available free of charge at the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov. Requests for documents may also be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 1 (877) 732-3617 (for warrant holders) or 1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or via the following email address: chk@dfking.com. A registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the securities to be issued in the Offers has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. Such securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
This announcement is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell the warrants or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares of common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. The Offers are being made only through the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, and the complete terms and conditions of the Offers are set forth in the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange.
Holders of the warrants are urged to read the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange carefully before making any decision with respect to the Offers because they contain important information, including the various terms of, and conditions to, the Offers.
None of the Company, any of its management or its board of directors, or the information agent, the exchange agent or any dealer manager makes any recommendation as to whether or not holders of warrants should tender warrants for exchange in the Offers.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Chesapeake Energy Corporation is powered by dedicated and innovative employees who are focused on discovering and responsibly developing our leading positions in top U.S. oil and gas plays. With a goal to achieve net-zero direct GHG emissions by 2035, Chesapeake is committed to safely answering the call for affordable, reliable, lower carbon energy.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes "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. Forward-looking statements are statements other than statements of historical fact. They include statements that give our current expectations, management's outlook guidance or forecasts of future events, expected natural gas and oil growth trajectory, projected cash flow and liquidity, our ability to enhance our cash flow and financial flexibility, dividend plans, future production and commodity mix, plans and objectives for future operations, ESG initiatives, the ability of our employees, portfolio strength and operational leadership to create long-term value, and the assumptions on which such statements are based. Although we believe the expectations and forecasts reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, they are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. No assurance can be given that such forward-looking statements will be correct or achieved or that the assumptions are accurate or will not change over time.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include those described under "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K and any updates to those factors set forth in Chesapeake's subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K (available at http://www.chk.com/investors/sec-filings). These risk factors include: the ability to execute on our business strategy following emergence from bankruptcy; the impact of inflation and commodity price volatility resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, COVID-19 and related supply chain constraints, along with the effect on our business, financial condition, employees, contractors and vendors, and on the global demand for oil and natural gas and U.S. and world financial markets; the acquisitions of Vine Energy Inc. ("Vine") and Chief E&D Holdings, LP and affiliates of Tug Hill, Inc. (together, "Chief"), including our ability to successfully integrate the businesses of Vine and Chief into the Company and achieve the expected synergies from these acquisitions within the expected timeframes; effects of purchase price adjustments and indemnity obligations; the volatility of oil, natural gas and NGL prices; the limitations our level of indebtedness may have on our financial flexibility; our ability to comply with the covenants under our credit facility and other indebtedness; our inability to access the capital markets on favorable terms; the availability of cash flows from operations and other funds to fund cash dividends, repurchases of equity, to finance reserve replacement costs and/or satisfy our debt obligations; write-downs of our oil and natural gas asset carrying values due to low commodity prices; our ability to replace reserves and sustain production; uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and projecting future rates of production and the amount and timing of development expenditures; our ability to generate profits or achieve targeted results in drilling and well operations; leasehold terms expiring before production can be established; commodity derivative activities resulting in lower prices realized on oil, natural gas and NGL sales; the need to secure derivative liabilities and the inability of counterparties to satisfy their obligations; adverse developments or losses from pending or future litigation and regulatory proceedings, including royalty claims; charges incurred in response to market conditions; drilling and operating risks and resulting liabilities; effects of environmental protection laws and regulations on our business and legislative, regulatory and environmental, social and governance ("ESG") initiatives, addressing environmental concerns, including initiatives addressing the impact of global climate change or further regulating hydraulic fracturing, methane emissions, flaring or water disposal; our ability to achieve and maintain ESG goals and certifications; our need to secure adequate supplies of water for our drilling operations and to dispose of or recycle the water used; impacts of potential legislative and regulatory actions addressing climate change; federal and state tax proposals affecting our industry; potential OTC derivatives regulation limiting our ability to hedge against commodity price fluctuations; competition in the oil and gas exploration and production industry; a deterioration in general economic, business or industry conditions; negative public perceptions of our industry; limited control over properties we do not operate; pipeline and gathering system capacity constraints and transportation interruptions; terrorist activities or cyber-attacks adversely impacting our operations; and an interruption in operations at our headquarters due to a catastrophic event.
In addition, disclosures concerning the estimated contribution of derivative contracts to our future results of operations are based upon market information as of a specific date. These market prices are subject to significant volatility. Our production forecasts are also dependent upon many assumptions, including estimates of production decline rates from existing wells and the outcome of future drilling activity. We caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date of this news release, and we undertake no obligation to update any of the information provided in this release, except as required by applicable law. In addition, this news release contains time-sensitive information that reflects management's best judgment only as of the date of this news release.
INVESTOR CONTACT:
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SHANGHAI, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Electric announced that Phase B of the 900-MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park has entered operation. As part of the world's largest photovoltaic (PV) plant under construction, the project will aid Dubai's push to upgrade and transform its energy mix by providing 2.268 billion kWh of power supply per year upon completion, enough to serve up over 240,000 homes and capable of reducing 1.1 million tonnes of carbon emission annually.
"We are so proud to see the solar park hit another historical milestone after Phase A was connected to the grid in 2021. Now, work on Phase C is well underway and is expected to complete in 2023, " said Meng Chuanmin, Project Manager of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park Phase V.
"The construction process of the fifth phase of MBR Solar Park is marked by a series of challenges, culminating in the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic that severely disrupted global supply chains. The team overcame the difficulties and ensured the procurement and delivery of the raw materials for the project were timely implemented to avoid any delay to the overall progress," Meng added.
Shanghai Electric has also made great efforts to control the costs. Compared to the pre-pandemic period, container shipment has become widely unavailable, with transportation prices for cables having generally increased by a factor of ten. To ensure the project can be completed on schedule, the team decided to ship cables via bulk carriers, despite the new solution driving up the workload.
In addition, due to the natural movement and fluidity of sand dunes, the team later discovered that the construction site was elevated by hundreds of thousands of cubic meters compared to the previously surveyed value, translating to an addition of $3 million to the overall cost. After a thorough investigation and research, Shanghai Electric came up with a plan that helped the team solve the issue while guaranteeing no interruption was caused to the construction progress.
Acwa Power, owner, developer and operator of the fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park, appointed Shanghai Electric as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the project in 2020. Starting in July 2020, the project consisted of Phrase A, B and C, with a total installed capacity of 1050 MW.
With the international team of the project employing over 2,500 workers during the peak period, Shanghai Electric's effort to unite the best global workforces, resources and supplies to build one of the most advanced solar complexes in the country has been recognized by the project owner and its partners. In addition, the project also created over 4,000 direct and 10,000 indirect work opportunities, playing a key role in promoting local employment and economic development.
Shanghai Electric has also participated in the construction of the 950MW fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which includes a 700MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant and a 250MW photovoltaic (PV) plant. The CSP is able to store the thermal energy during the daytime, which can later be used for electricity generation at night, offering a clean, stable and reliable energy supply around the clock.
Since it commenced in 2018, the project has hired over 8,500 workers during the peak period, with the 100 MW CSP tower plant and the 200MW parabolic trough plant-II scheduled to be connected to the grid at the end of 2022. It features the world's most advanced solar technologies that will provide clean energy for around 320,000 households and abate 1.6 million tonnes of carbon emissions every year, going a long way to helping Dubai achieve its 2050 renewable vision.
About Shanghai Electric
Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited (SEHK: 2727, SSE: 601727) is a world-class high-end equipment manufacturer, focusing on smart energy, intelligent manufacturing and smart infrastructure to provide green and intelligent industrial-grade system solutions. It has a global presence in industries such as new energy, efficient clean energy, industrial automation, medical devices, and environmental protection.
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HOULTON, Maine, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Katahdin Bankshares Corp. (OTCQX: KTHN), the parent company of Katahdin Trust Company, a full-service community bank in Maine, has announced its second-quarter earnings of $2.1 million, or $0.65 per common share, exceeding the previous quarter by 21% and down from the second quarter last year by $354,000 or 14.2%.
"We are happy to report our improving results over the first quarter of 2022 as we begin to make up for the extra one-time Paycheck Protection Program loan fees and interest income realized in the prior two years," stated Jon Prescott, President and CEO of Katahdin Trust. "We are also proud to have been recently named one of American Banker's Top 200 Community Banks for the third consecutive year based on our financial performance."
Total assets reached $965 million, an increase over the prior year of $17.6 million. Their branch in Scarborough will be moving to its new location at 136 US Route 1 and plans to open on July 25.
For more detailed information and to view a copy of the Bank's most recent quarterly financial report, visit: KatahdinTrust.com/Shareholder-Relations.
About Katahdin Bankshares Corp.
Katahdin Bankshares Corp. is the bank holding company of Katahdin Trust Company. Founded in 1918, Katahdin Trust is a community bank based in Houlton, Maine with more than $965 million in assets and 16 banking offices that serve Aroostook, Penobscot, and Cumberland counties. The Bank has nearly 180 employees and, in 2021, was named one of the Best Places to Work in Maine for the fourth year in a row and recognized the past three years as one of the Top 200 Community Banks in the country by American Banker magazine. Katahdin Bankshares Corp. common stock is quoted on the OTC Markets (OTCQX) under the symbol KTHN. Learn more about the Company and its subsidiary bank at www.katahdintrust.com and follow Katahdin Trust on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Keegan Bradley hasn’t been to the FedEx Cup finale in four years, and he started the BMW Championship on Thursday like he was in a hurry to get back.
Bradley matched a career low with a 29 on the front nine at Wilmington Country Club and finished with a 7-under 64 to take a one-shot lead over Adam Scott.
Bradley is at No. 44 in the FedEx Cup and likely needs a top 10 — he hasn’t had one since the U.S. Open — to be among the 30 players who advance to the Tour Championship in Atlanta to chase the $18 million prize.
He isn’t willing to consider the scenarios until it matters, which is Sunday. Until then, it’s all about try to do win a tournament, just like any week.
“My plan is I’m going to go home and see my kids no matter what on Sunday night,” Bradley said. “I’d love to go to Atlanta. That’s everyone’s goal to start the year.”
Scott started the postseason at No. 77 and tied for fifth in the playoff opener last week just to make it to the second stage. Now he’s at No. 45, giving him a chance. It also meant being paired with Bradley, and they put on quite a show. They combined for 15 birdies.
“He played beautifully today, and I was really just trying to follow his lead,” Scott said. “He kind of had everything going the way he wanted, and most of the time he was teeing off first and I was just trying to follow.”
PGA champion Justin Thomas put a different putter in the bag and responded with a 66 to leave him in the group with former British Open champion Shane Lowry and Harold Varner III.
Xander Schauffele and Collin Morikawa led the group at 67.
Rory McIlroy was the only player from the afternoon who looked to challenge Bradley, and he was doing just that at 6 under with four holes to play. But then he was between clubs on the par-3 15th, tried to hit a soft cut with a 5-iron and put his tee shot into he water. He took three putts from just short of the green, missing a 3-footer, and made triple bogey.
McIlroy was in the group at 68 that included Jordan Spieth and Patrick Cantlay, who won the BMW Championship last year an hour down the road at Caves Valley on his way to capturing the FedEx Cup.
McIlroy was able to accept one bad swing that cost him three shots, especially having missed the cut last week in the FedEx St. Jude Championship.
“Overall the rest of it was pretty good,” he said. “I knew once I got here last weekend, I knew it was a golf course that was going to suit me better than last week. … Pleased with my game. Disappointed with how I finished, but encouraged with the rest of it.”
The course is new to everyone — Delaware has never hosted a PGA Tour event — though Bradley has reason to feel right at home. He won the BMW Championship in 2018 some 20 miles away at Aronimink when he was No. 52 in the FedEx Cup, sending him to Atlanta.
The courses are nothing alike. If anything, Wilmington reminds several players of a “big brother” to Caves Valley, about the same length (7,534 yards) except playing to a par 71.
Find the fairway, fire at the flag. Miss the fairway, and it’s all about trying to get into position. It doesn’t always work out that way, and Schauffele is thankful for that.
He pulled his tee shot so far left on the par-5 14th that he was in shaggy round just in front of the on No. 3. He could see a portion of the green between a television tower, some video equipment and the trees. Schauffele got line-of-sight relief, and his drop happened to be on one of the forward tees. He belted a 3-wood onto the green for birdie.
Will Zalatoris won his first PGA Tour title last week at an ideal time, moving to the top of the FedEx Cup standings. Three holes into the BMW Championship, he went bunker to rough to bunker and then three-putted for a double bogey.
He rallied with four birdies on the back and escaped with a 70. Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 player in the world coming off a missed cut, still felt scrappy but holed enough putts for a 69.
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I sure could use a vacation about now — but I have no plans to take one this summer. That’s the breaks for self-employed people like me who do not enjoy paid-vacation benefits. When I do not work, I do not get paid.
However, nearly one in four American workers are not taking a summer vacation, either — in part because we’re the only advanced economy in the world that doesn’t mandate employer-paid vacations for them.
This is the time each year when I envy my friends in vacation-rich countries around the world.
In Kuwait, according to Far and Wide, employees receive 30 days of paid vacation. When including days off for religious holidays, employees can enjoy up to 64 days of paid leave — 13 weeks off a year.
In France, the government mandates every employee get at least five weeks of paid vacation. French workers average 37 days of vacation a year — and 22 paid holidays on top of that.
Austria requires employers to give their workers 25 days off and 30 days off to those who have worked 25 years or more. The Austrians also require one of the great job perks of all time: Employees can clock out at 3 p.m. on Fridays rather than suffer on until 5 or 5:30 as we Americans do.
Compare these generous time-off policies to America, where employees average about 15 vacation days a year.
We Americans really can’t complain. We’re world-famous for being a nation of workaholics, even in good times.
In tough economic times, such as now, when costs are soaring and the buying power of our paychecks is shrinking, we have to work even harder to keep revenues coming in. We don’t like our government telling us or our employers how we ought to conduct our business or how many vacation days employers must provide. Our style has been, for the most part, to favor freedom over mandates of any kind.
Goodness knows our government has been so busy handing out goodies to citizens, it’s just a matter of time before the freedom lovers are overrun by the benefit lovers.
It will be a sad day if that ever happens. We’ll have a perpetually anemic economy, and all of us will have to struggle more to find the job opportunities that’ll bring us happiness and wealth.
That said, we Americans could learn a thing or two from our vacationing friends around the world. “Vacating” from the stresses, responsibilities and worries of our daily lives is great for our health.
We know we should take off work and go somewhere with our loved ones or friends and completely get lost for a week at a beach or lake.
We know we should find more time to sit at an outdoor restaurant as the sun goes down, enjoying good wine, conversation and the delicious foods we never have time to prepare.
We know we should step off the earth just for a little while, laugh heartily and sleep until we are fully rested.
Vacating, or vacation, is good for each of us — and America. It restores our equilibrium and helps us become more productive, civil and poised when we return to our daily lives.
Ah, heck, I’ve talked myself into it. I’m going to plan a trip to the ocean this summer and let its powerful waves wash my daily worries away — for a day or two, anyway. | https://www.albanyherald.com/opinion/tom-purcell-we-could-all-use-a-vacation-about-now/article_2018a97c-ff1d-11ec-a9a2-178954f4a2d6.html | 2022-07-09T22:25:00Z |
NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Digital Turbine, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPS) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: August 9, 2021 to May 17, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 5, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in APPS:
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Digital Turbine, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company's recent acquisitions, AdColony and Fyber, act as agents in certain of their respective product lines; (2) as a result, revenues for those product lines must be reported net of license fees and revenue share, rather than on a gross basis; (3) the Company's internal control over financial reporting as to revenue recognition was deficient; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's net revenues was overstated throughout fiscal 2022; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in Digital Turbine you have until August 5, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased Digital Turbine securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the APPS lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/digital-turbine-inc-loss-submission-form?id=29923&from=4.
ABOUT KLEIN LAW FIRM
J. Klein, Esq. represents investors and participates in securities litigations involving financial fraud throughout the nation. The Klein Law Firm is a boutique litigation firm with experience in a wide range of areas including securities law, corporate finance and commercial litigation. Since 2011, our experienced attorneys have achieved superior results for our clients with a personalized focus. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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TIFTON – A new Chest Pain Unit will open Wednesday at Tift Regional Medical Center on the first floor of the new patient tower.
This new unit will be a seven-bed observational unit that will specialize in evaluating and caring for patients who present to ER with acute chest pain and are considered at a low- to intermediate-risk of a heart attack. While in the CPU, patients will receive ECG monitoring, cardiac biomarker testing and other diagnostic tests. This new unit will work closely with the Emergency Department and the Heart and Vascular Center to provide a streamlined system of care to reduce inpatient admissions, decrease length of stay, decrease health care costs and improve patient satisfaction.
“We are excited about this new unit and the possibilities it offers for an improved patient experience,” CPU Nurse Manager RN Eric Morris said in a news release. “This will help take some of the burden off our emergency department and may improve ER wait times. This can also help lower the amount of people we have to admit as inpatients, which will in turn decrease length of stay. This unit will help to streamline our overall patient care and is just another way Southwell is making innovative changes to continue providing quality and compassionate care.”
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As the Utah Jazz spent time talking to candidates to become their next coach, Will Hardy quickly rose to the top of their list. And that’s where he stayed.
Hardy was announced as the coach of the Jazz on Wednesday, a day after the sides came to an agreement in principle. He’ll be a head coach in the NBA for the first time and, at 34, is currently the league’s youngest coach.
“As our search committee went through this process, Will really separated himself among a group of extremely talented candidates,” Jazz general manager Justin Zanik said. “We’re eager to get to work with him as we continue our pursuit of bringing an NBA championship to Utah.”
Hardy goes to Utah after spending this past season as an assistant in Boston, helping the Celtics make the NBA Finals. His previous 11 seasons were spent with the San Antonio Spurs, starting as a basketball operations intern, moving into the video room and eventually becoming an assistant under all-time wins leader and five-time NBA champion Gregg Popovich.
“The Utah Jazz are one of the most respected and successful franchises in the NBA and the fan base here is legendary,” Hardy said. “This opportunity comes with tremendous responsibility. I’m grateful for the trust the Jazz have placed in me and I look forward to the work ahead.”
Also Wednesday, the Jazz announced the hiring of longtime NBA coach David Fizdale as an associate general manager. Fizdale has been a head coach in New York and Memphis, plus an assistant for the Los Angeles Lakers, Miami, Golden State and Atlanta.
Hardy will replace Quin Snyder, who decided to leave the Jazz earlier this month after eight seasons. Snyder and the Jazz made the playoffs in each of the last six seasons — tied for the second-longest current streak of postseason appearances in the league — and Hardy takes over a roster that features an All-Star-level guard in Donovan Mitchell and perennial defensive player of the year candidate Rudy Gobert.
Hardy also assisted Popovich during USA Basketball’s appearances at the 2019 Basketball World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hardy left San Antonio for Boston to work for another former Spurs assistant, Ime Udoka — and now finds himself as the latest branch off the highly successful Popovich coaching tree.
“Will Hardy is one of the brightest young leaders in the NBA,” Jazz CEO of basketball operations Danny Ainge said. “He understands the importance of setting a vision and creating a culture for players. He places great value on communication, player development and creating the most productive environment for players to succeed. His experience on coaching staffs that have made the NBA Finals and with USA Basketball are invaluable and have helped prepare him for this moment.”
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Sally Pofcher to Transition to Non-Executive Chair of the Board of Directors
PORTLAND, Ore., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanna Andersson, the leading DTC childrenswear brand, today announced that Aimée Lapic has joined the Company as Chief Executive Officer. Sally Pofcher, Hanna's former CEO, will transition to become the Non-Executive Chair of Hanna's Board of Directors.
Ms. Lapic is a seasoned digital and marketing executive with over 20 years of experience in growing digital businesses and developing sophisticated go-to-market capabilities. Most recently, Ms. Lapic served as Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at GoPro, where she led the DTC and subscription businesses (GoPro.com) through a time of strategic and transformative growth. Under her leadership, GoPro's DTC business established itself as a key contributor to both top-line and bottom-line performance, delivering $392MM of revenue (34% of total) at the end of 2021. She also helped grow GoPro subscribers five-fold to more than 1.74 million as of March 2022. Prior to her time at GoPro, Ms. Lapic served as the Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Subscriptions at Pandora Media, where she scaled the subscription business to $500MM+, and held multiple leadership roles at Gap, Inc. and Banana Republic, including the CMO of Banana Republic and the GM of BananaRepublic.com.
"Throughout her impressive career, Aimée has established herself as a proven digital and marketing executive, and as a highly skilled leader with a track record of driving results at iconic brands. We are confident that her expertise will accelerate Hanna's digital roadmap and build on the brand's current momentum," said Nikhil Thukral, Managing Partner at L Catterton. "We also want to thank Sally for her dedication to Hanna and steering the Company to record-breaking growth and profitability. She agreed to lead the Hanna team beyond her time as Interim CEO and we are pleased the Company will continue to benefit from her insights."
Ms. Lapic commented, "As a mother of three, I have been a longtime admirer of Hanna and have always loved its unique brand heritage, exceptional product quality, and enduring commitment to sustainability. I am so honored to be a part of this amazing brand and to play a part in bringing the joy Hanna has brought to my family to more families through an unparalleled digital experience."
Ms. Pofcher commented, "Aimée's experience as a digital and marketing leader will take Hanna to new heights, and I am confident that she will be an exceptional steward of the Hanna brand. It is an honor to hand the reigns to Aimée, and I look forward to supporting her and the Board in my new capacity as Non-Executive Chair. As I transition, I want to thank the entire Hanna team for its passion and unwavering dedication. Our team is what makes Hanna so special, and I have tremendous admiration for their fierce commitment to our customers each day."
ABOUT HANNA ANDERSSON:
Hanna Andersson was founded in 1983 and is a leading direct-to-consumer children's apparel and lifestyle brand committed to outfitting the adventure of childhood. Hanna is known for its iconic, globally recognized products with happy designs, Hanna-me-down quality, and construction details built for comfort and play. The company's products are designed for children ages newborn to 12 years, with a complementary assortment of family apparel. Known as the original maker of Family Matching Pajamas, Hanna has built a cult following and is a favorite amongst celebrities including Gabrielle Union, Kristen Bell, Taylor Swift, and Thomas Rhett. (www.hannaandersson.com)
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DALLAS, April 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medecision, a leading provider of digital care management solutions and services, and Clearstep Health, a digital health company powering the next generation of AI chat triage technology, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership. The partnership will bring Clearstep's Smart Care Routing™ to Medecision's current and future health system and health plan customers, enabling an enhanced patient engagement experience. This AI technology will be available through Medecision's HITRUST CSF®-certified, SaaS solution, Aerial™, which optimizes the delivery of personalized, predictive, and prescriptive next best actions for clinicians, physicians, consumers and their caregivers.
Clearstep's Smart Care Routing™️ matches patients to the right care and services within a healthcare system or payer network, driving better patient engagement, acquisition, and retention. Used by leading health systems, payers, digital health providers and other partners including CVS, BayCare Health, HCA Health, Hartford HealthCare and Duly Health & Care, Clearstep technology can convert 50% of web visitors for 10x ROI through increased online booking volume.
Clearstep's Smart Care Routing includes three modules:
- Virtual Triage: Available on any health system or payer's website, Virtual Triage helps patients navigate symptoms and book the right care at the right time across your network.
- Clinical Journeys: Clinical Journeys automates the process of intelligently assessing, monitoring and engaging patients with chronic illness, reducing leakage and readmissions.
- Patient Services: Clearstep Patient Services takes the burden off call centers by leveraging AI chat to automate non-clinical administrative requests such as prescription refills, bill pay, and finding a physician.
"We are committed to providing a dynamic approach to care where everyone in the ecosystem is engaged and empowered to drive the best health outcomes in a seamless, interconnected way," said Jacob Jesson, EVP, Chief Revenue & Experience Officer of Medecision. "By partnering with Clearstep, we will continue to advance our digital and virtual care management capabilities by providing new and effective ways for patients to engage with the right care, at the right time and allow our customers to improve their health advocacy initiatives, care navigation and concierge services using proven and trusted AI technology."
"Empowering healthcare organizations with technology that makes it easy for people to access the most useful, clear next steps for health and care is at the core of what we do," said Adeel Malik, CEO and co-founder of Clearstep Health. "Clearstep's platform is already proven to drive engagement and reduce leakage. Partnering with Medecision will allow us to further complement the most scalable, extensible, and configurable Digital Care Management Platform on the market while extending the reach of our platform."
To learn more about the partnership, please visit: medecision.com/solutions/consumer-engagement/
About Medecision
Medecision® is a digital care management company whose solutions and services are used by leading health plans and care delivery organizations to support more than 42 million people nationwide. Aerial™, a HITRUST CSF®-certified, SaaS solution from Medecision, seamlessly connects the healthcare ecosystem to powerful data and insights that drive meaningful consumer engagement while creating efficiencies to reduce costs and support effective care, case and utilization management. Aveus, our professional services division, helps business leaders solve complex challenges and drive better performance, leaving organizations more capable. To learn more about Medecision, visit medecision.com.
About Clearstep Health
Clearstep's Smart Care Routing uses AI chat to improve patient experience and engagement for healthcare organizations, helping patients navigate virtual triage, clinical journeys, and administrative patient services. Our solution is used by leading health systems, payers, digital health providers and other partners including CVS, BayCare Health, HCA Health and Duly Health & Care, increasing patient loyalty by 4X, growing new patient revenue, and enabling partners to protect their bottom line. To learn more, visit https://www.clearstep.health/
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7-year-old reported missing in Texas found dead inside washing machine
(CNN) - A Texas neighborhood is in shock after a 7-year-old boy was found dead inside of a washing machine at his home.
Before the discovery, his adopted parents reported him missing.
Investigators are now working to see if any foul play was involved.
“Never seen nothing like that before. Not here,” neighbor Rudy Chata said.
The Harris County Precinct 4 Constables Office released Troy Khoeler’s picture and asked the public to be on the lookout for him.
After canvassing the neighborhood, their attention was turned back to Troy’s home.
“Constables got here, did a brief interview for the missing person report, and things that they observed led them to search the house thoroughly,” Lieutenant Robert Minchew said.
Sadly, that search ended with Troy found fully clothed in a washing machine inside the garage of his home around 7:20 a.m. Thursday.
“I don’t even know what to say. It hurts me to my soul that a child would be hurt that way,” neighbor Sherri Barnes said.
CPS confirmed that Troy’s parents had fostered him, then officially adopted him in 2019.
He was enrolled in the Spring Independent School District, as his teacher say he was full of energy, loved his instructors, and was very bright.
Neighbors say Troy had just moved into the house with his parents a couple of weeks ago.
It’s still unclear how the parents discovered Troy was missing or if there’s more to the story, but investigators are interviewing the parents and checking every possibility.
“We don’t know what happened, but we intend to find out,” Minchew said.
The parents were detained and brought in for questioning.
No other children currently live with the family.
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Which coffee gift sets are best?
For many of us, our morning ritual starts with a hot cup of coffee. In fact, 64% of Americans drink coffee every day. And while coffee shops are immensely popular, making your own coffee at home saves a significant amount of money and allows you to experiment with brewing techniques, roast levels and bean-types to create a perfect aroma and taste.
If you are looking for a unique gift for a friend that enjoys their daily brew, the Bean Box – World Coffee Tour includes 16 award-winning coffees from around the world. Each package comes with detailed tasting notes and brewing tips and contains enough coffee for three to six cups.
What to know before you buy a coffee gift set
Beans
Surprisingly, there are only four types of coffee beans in the world: Arabica, Robusta, Liberica and Excelsa. Liberica and Excelsa are very rare and may have sweet, fruity or spicy flavors that differ from traditional expectations. Arabica is characterized by its smooth, complex flavor and lack of bitterness. It is generally considered to be of higher quality than Robusta as it is more difficult to grow. Robusta plants are much more hardy and produce a larger bean with more caffeine and a strong, somewhat bitter flavor.
Roasting
After drying, coffee beans need to be roasted. This brings out the flavors and determines the intensity of the coffee. A light roast produces the most diversity in flavor and gives coffee a vibrant aroma. Medium and dark roast beans produce a richer, more balanced flavor with deeper colors and a heavier body.
Blends
Most high-end coffee producers and baristas choose to mix one or more types of coffee beans. This allows flavors and intensities to be blended together, creating a wide range of coffees to suit individual pallets.
What to look for in a quality coffee gift set
Ground or unground
Coffee beans begin to lose their flavor and aroma within 30 minutes of grinding. If the intended recipient has a coffee grinder, then it is always best to buy whole beans. If you must buy pre-ground coffee, make sure it comes in air-tight packaging to ensure it tastes as fresh as possible.
Coarseness
A key consideration is the coarseness of the grind. Espresso machines can produce many different drinks that use finely-ground coffee, such as cappuccino, latte or mocha. Percolator, French-press or drip coffee requires a much coarser grind, so it is important to know how the coffee will be made before buying it as a gift.
Buying tips
Once you have decided on the best coffee to buy, there are a few more things to think about. First of all, don’t buy too much, as ground coffee tends to lose its flavor after a week. If the coffee has recently been roasted, it needs to rest for a few days before consumption to allow the flavors to balance. Finally, once opened, transfer the coffee to an airtight container and store it in a cool, dark place.
How much you can expect to spend on a coffee gift set
Depending on the source of the coffee and the amount supplied, gift sets can vary from under $20 to well over $100. For a set with four to eight different types of coffee, expect to pay around $35.
Coffee gift set FAQ
Does the roasting change the amount of caffeine in a coffee bean?
A. A common myth is that the darker the roast, the more caffeine the coffee contains. But in truth, the amount of coffee used, the grind size and the method of making the coffee are what affects the amount of caffeine extracted.
Is drinking coffee bad for your health?
A. Actually, quite the opposite. Coffee can increase short-term energy levels, reduce the risk of diabetes and help to prevent liver, kidney and pancreatic cancer. However, drinking too much coffee can be detrimental, leading to restlessness, increased heart rate and insomnia.
What’s the best coffee gift set to buy?
Top coffee gift set
What you need to know: This eclectic gift set includes 16 individual packets of coffee with different levels of roast and intensity.
What you’ll love: Each packet comes with detailed tasting notes and brewing tips. The set is available with either whole beans or pre-ground coffee.
What you should consider: The set is packaged in a simple cardboard box, which may need upgrading for use as a gift.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top coffee gift set for the money
Coffee Masters Around the World in Twelve Coffees
What you need to know: This budget-friendly coffee set contains 12 foil-packed coffees in an elegant display box.
What you’ll love: Each packet contains enough coffee for eight to 10 cups. It includes selected blends from the most famous growing regions with detailed information for each one.
What you should consider: This set is only available with ground coffee.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Bourbon & Whiskey Barrel Aged Coffee
What you need to know: This unique coffee set is produced by a small batch roasting company and is infused with whiskey and rum flavors.
What you’ll love: Each type of coffee has been selected for its characteristics, which blend well with different spirits. The set comes in an eye-catching display box.
What you should consider: This compact set only includes four different coffees.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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LGBTQ display at Jackson Madison County Library leads to controversy
An LGBTQ display installed at the Jackson Madison County Library has sparked controversy among some community members.
There have been demands to take down the display and threats to withdraw library funding, leaving staff members torn about what should be done and which steps to take next.
"We wanted people who are interested in the library to come in and make comments," Jackson Madison County Library Board Director Greg Jordan said. "There are a lot of things we do not have the answers to. Right now, the display still stands and will not be taken down."
Jackson PRIDE 2021:Second annual Jackson Pride focuses on increasing inclusivity, awareness and resources
The display consists of books stacked together and invites readers to discover another choice of material.
It was staged in connection with PRIDE month. An organization formed in 1966 by Steve Ginsburg, PRIDE is an acronym for Personal Rights in Defense and Education.
In Jackson, local lawmakers and concerned citizens filled the library's board room Wednesday to voice their opinions about the display.
Library member Lucy Overstreet was against the display and believed it should be taken down. Her religious beliefs affected her decision, she said.
"God created all of us, but we are all sinners and conceived in sin. But when we come to Jesus, He changes us," Overstreet said. "Marriage is between one man and one woman."
Overstreet also questioned why the library would allow such a display when she pays taxes, expressed her love for the facility and claimed to have been told three years ago that there would be no "homosexual" activities.
Things got heated after Overstreet's remarks, leading City Employee Lauren Kirk to remind those in attendance to address the board with their issues, not each other.
Drag King Colleen Gilroy said the library needs to keep the display up.
"The community is growing and change is happening, so the city should be inclusive of everybody," Gilroy said. "The library is a place for all to learn."
Childhood books such as, "Where the Wild Things Are" or "Goodnight Moon" are books written by authors who identify as queer, Gilroy said, noting that they're read and loved by many regardless of who wrote them.
Madison County Commissioner Claudell Brown said he was a proud family man and supported the library's decision to host the display.
"Be mindful that you are the practitioners who exercise the public's trust," Brown told library board members. "The library is a center of enrichment and enlightenment. Our cultures are what they are today because of what many of us get from our library experience."
Brown told the board he wasn't given the same privileges as a boy because of the color of his skin.
"My heart is heavy because we are here talking about this," Brown said. "I don't have to like you, but because I am born of Jesus, I do love you. I don't necessarily have to agree with you, but like the Apostle Paul said be ye kind to one another, I can live with you because it isn't required for you to be like me.
"Jesus said, 'I am the way, the truth and the life.' Our democracy has expanded, and our country is better. I hope the great job you are doing, you don't let it be drug down with small petty matters such as this. You have a big job. Stay big."
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FIRST EVER BAGEL STORE ON SHELTER ISLAND
SHELTER ISLAND, New York, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Eccentric Bagel announced today that it will be opening its doors for the Grand Opening of the first ever bagel store on the Shelter Island.
The soft opening this past weekend was incredible. Lines out the door with customers waiting to try Darryn Weinstein's unique bagel recipe. Customers seated outside praising the taste "this is the best bagel I ever had, and I live in NYC" one customer said. Over 4000 bagels made, and all sold out! Customers favorites were classic everything, unique za'atar and jalapeno cheddar. Weinstein created on the spot bagel dogs that sold out within 5 minutes of putting them out.
Darryn and his wife Amy have owned a home on Shelter Island for almost 7 years. A Manhattan native, Darryn has always felt the island needed a bagel store. He decided to pair his 30 years of hospitality knowledge with his wife's design experience and bring to the island not just a bagel store, but a gastronomic experience.
Amy is the founder and CEO of Smash Entertainment, an entertainment firm that has provided services for everyone from Beyoncé to Barack Obama. Amy's specialty is cultivating an experience and with the Eccentric Bagel she has set out to do just that. With help of local artist Ricky Teevee, the stores handmade visual experience was created.
The Eccentric Bagel is driven by a desire to create delicious food and a one-of-a-kind bagel experience. Combining a visual uniqueness, delicious food, and a HOLE lot of fun is what makes them ECCENTRIC!
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- Ennismore and ActivumSG's Fund V sign a long-term management agreement to operate the new SLS seafront property currently under construction in Barcelona's fashionable @22 district
- The 490-room property is scheduled to open in the second half of 2024, providing SLS with its first destination in Europe
NEW YORK, April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ennismore and ActivumSG Capital Management have signed a long-term management agreement that will bring Ennismore's lifestyle brand SLS to Europe for the first time, opening a 490-room hotel on the seafront of Barcelona in the second half of 2024.
The 31,326 sqm development is next to the beach and fronts the marina on the northeast side of Barcelona's @22 district - the former industrial area revitalized under a major regeneration program. It is the last seafront plot in metropolitan Barcelona available for hotel development, with the main structural work scheduled to be completed in the coming months.
Chadi Farhat, SLS Brand Chief Operating Officer, Ennismore, said: "Opening in Barcelona is a massive statement of our ambitions to grow the SLS brand in Europe. SLS Barcelona is in a great location that offers so much to guests. We're excited at creating the ultimate luxury destination that guests will be torn to leave if they choose to explore the other delights of this great city."
Saul Goldstein, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ActivumSG, said: "SLS Barcelona will be a distinctive glamorous lifestyle destination, supported by the powerful reach of the Ennismore and Accor's distribution network. We couldn't be happier to have SLS as our operating partner since it's completely aligned with our vision to fill the gap in the lifestyle hotel market in this major European travel destination. It's a fantastic result for our hotel strategy of creating great hotels in the best locations as the industry recovers from the pandemic."
Operated by a modern, lifestyle brand with a playful edge, SLS Barcelona will provide roof-top dining and bars as part of a distinctive food and beverage offer. The hotel will feature three swimming pools, a 772 square-meter ballroom, a spa and beauty salon, and a well-being and fitness center. Each guest room will have a balcony.
The location boasts easy access to the historic center of Barcelona by car or public transport. Under the regeneration program initiated in the 1990s, the @22 district has transformed itself into a hub for innovation, technology and start-ups. It has also become a fashionable place to live, resulting in a vibrant mix of shops, restaurants, and bars. Adjacent to the future SLS Barcelona, is the city's major venue for outdoor music festivals and events, while the university's engineering faculty, the CCIB convention center and the Museu Blau natural science museum are all a short walking distance away.
SLS is the home of an extraordinary experience coupled with a playful ambience. Culinary artistry, theatrical interiors, subversive design touches and unexpected indulgences are at the heart of every SLS property. Collaborations with leading developers, architects, designers and chefs allow SLS to continue anticipating, innovating and shaping the future of luxury lifestyle living. With seven properties in Beverly Hills, Miami, Bahamas, Cancun, and Dubai, SLS is set to open two additional properties in Puerto Madero, Argentina, by May of 2022 and Scottsdale by 2023.
Lifestyle is one of the fastest-growing segments of the hospitality industry and lifestyle brands are recovering faster from the impacts of the pandemic, helped by strong local and domestic demand, in particular for restaurants and bars. Ennismore is leading the way in lifestyle, with its collective of 14 brands representing 92 operating properties across 26 countries, over 150 in the pipeline and over 150 restaurants and bars.
The project is an investment by ActivumSG's fifth real estate fund as part of a pan-European hotel strategy that ActivumSG began in Spain in 2015, initially targeting under-supplied segments of the market in major travel destinations. This strategy has evolved during the Covid-19 pandemic to focus on those segments of Europe's hospitality market that is best placed to recover as leisure and business travel recovers.
ABOUT ENNISMORE
Ennismore is a creative hospitality company with a global collective of entrepreneurial and founder-built brands with purpose at their heart. It curates and manages unique properties and experiences in some of the most exciting destinations around the world.
Founded in 2011 by entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha, Ennismore and Accor entered a joint venture in 2021 to create a new autonomous entity, with Accor holding a majority shareholding. Creating the world's fastest-growing lifestyle hospitality company, it brings together Ennismore's know-how in building brands with creative storytelling, design, and authentic experiences, with Accor's wealth of knowledge in delivering scale, network growth and distribution.
Under the leadership of Sharan Pasricha, Founder & Co-CEO, and Gaurav Bhushan, Co-CEO, Ennismore comprises 14 brands - with 90 operating properties and further 160 in the pipeline - and a collection of over 150 culturally relevant and diverse restaurants and nightlife destinations.
Ennismore puts innovation at the center of everything it does, with four dedicated in-house specialist studios, which obsess every guest touchpoint including Carte Blanched – a fully integrated F&B concept platform; a creative studio of interior and graphic designers; a digital product and tech innovation lab, and a partnerships and collaborations unit.
Ennismore has been included in Fast Company's World's Most Innovative Companies lists in 2020 and 2021; ranked#29 in FT1000: Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies; and is part of FT Future 100 - the UK's fastest-growing businesses that are shaping the future of their sector.
The Ennismore brands: 21c Museum Hotel, 25hours Hotels, Delano, Gleneagles, Hyde, J0&JOE, Mama Shelter, Mondrian, Morgans Originals, SLS, SO/, The Hoxton, TRIBE and Working From_. ennismore.com
ABOUT ACTIVUMSG
ActivumSG Capital Management Ltd. is a Jersey-based private equity investment manager which focuses on opportunities in European real estate that deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns for investors. It has raised seven closed-end funds and several co-investment vehicles to date. For the past 15 years its multi-disciplinary teams have looked across the capital structure to identify the optimal entry point to access compelling real estate themes before they become in vogue. Operating from five offices across Europe, ActivumSG's experienced local teams source opportunities across a wide range of sectors, unlocking real and lasting value through in-house asset management which they crystallize for investors through the most suitable exit. ActivumSG is regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. For more information, visit the website at activumsg.com
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Housing Activity Expected to Soften Through 2023 Due to Higher Mortgage Rates and Home Price Gains
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tightening monetary policy and elevated inflation remain the primary causes of a stagnating economy despite strong job growth, according to the August 2022 commentary from the Fannie Mae (OTCQB: FNMA) Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group. The ESR Group's latest forecast of real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for full-year 2022 and 2023 remained essentially flat compared to last month at 0.0 percent and negative 0.4 percent, respectively. The continued expectation that real GDP growth will be negative beginning in 2023 is due to the combined effects of tighter monetary policy weighing on business and residential investment and still-elevated inflation weighing on consumer spending. The ESR Group does expect inflation to slow gradually, with the headline Consumer Price Index forecast to average 7.2 percent annually by year-end 2022 and 1.8 percent by year-end 2023, but it notes the precariousness of predicting headline inflation due to energy price volatility and the possibility of renewed supply chain or manufacturing disruptions. The core personal consumption expenditure price index, the focus of the Federal Reserve, is expected to end 2023 at 2.9 percent.
The ESR Group expects total home sales to decrease 16.2 percent in 2022. This decline represents a further downward revision from last month's forecast of a 15.6 percent drop, as recent incoming data point to a faster slowdown in near-term sales than previously expected, despite mortgage rates having moved lower over the last few months. The latest forecast also projects total mortgage origination activity at $2.47 trillion in 2022, down from $4.47 trillion in 2021, and then a further reduced $2.29 trillion in 2023.
"The economy is progressing largely as we'd previously forecast," said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae Senior Vice President and Chief Economist. "The near-term decline in gas prices has given consumers a chance to catch their breath and shift some spending elsewhere. Likewise, lower interest rates at the longer end of the yield curve should be supportive of the economy through the end of 2022, which is why we're forecasting modest economic growth in the second half. However, we maintain the view that a modest recession is likely to emerge in the new year as the labor market softens and the effects of tighter monetary policy are more acutely felt."
Duncan continued: "Housing remains clearly on the downtrend – and has been for several months now – due to the combined effects of outsized home price increases and the significant and rapid run-up in mortgage rates. The question for many market observers is how quickly, and with how much additional tightening, the core inflation rate will come down to the Fed's preferred target. In our view, the labor market's continued strength suggests that the Fed is likely to maintain its aggressive posture through the end of the year."
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LONDON, June 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TMF Group, a leading provider of compliance and administrative services, has today launched the ninth edition of its Global Business Complexity Index (GBCI).
The comprehensive report analyses 77 jurisdictions, accounting for 92% of the world's total GDP and 95% of net global FDI flows, by comparing 292 annually tracked indicators, offering data on key aspects of doing business, including incorporation timelines, payroll and benefits, rules, regulations, tax rates, and other compliance factors.
The study confirms that the US, Denmark and Hong Kong are still among the top 10 easiest jurisdictions when it comes to doing business. They are joined by the UK (68th position vs 53rd place in 2021), and Jersey, now in the 72nd place. At the top of the rankings are the Cayman Islands (77th) and Curacao (76th).
The UK has ranked in the ten least complex countries for the first time. The ranking does not relate to trade barriers and any Brexit impacts that now apply. Its position is driven by a simple approach to business incorporation: there is no requirement for resident directors and set up can be achieved in as little as a day, meaning that international businesses can start full operations with ease. The UK is set to remain attractive in the future to compete with its European neighbours. One advantage to operating in the jurisdiction is a highly skilled talent base that is accustomed to working internationally and for foreign businesses.
The US maintains its ranking among the simplest jurisdictions. A key driver of simplicity is that the government actively looks to make it business friendly: in recent years corporate tax rates were reduced in an effort to increase investment. Thanks to its skilled workforce and clear global reach, the US will remain one of the most attractive jurisdictions for foreign businesses.
At the other end of the spectrum, Brazil once again tops the rankings as the most complex jurisdiction globally, followed by France. Mexico, Colombia, Bolivia, Turkey and Poland are still in the 10 least business friendly jurisdictions and are joined by countries where complexity has increased over the past 12 months: Italy (8th position versus 15th in 2021), Greece (6th vs 13th) and Peru (3rd vs 24th).
Key drivers of complexity in Brazil are the volume of regulatory changes each year, as well as the three layers of tax regimes to comply with – federal, state and municipality. Incorporating new companies, at 45 days much longer than most other countries, is a barrier as businesses deal with the three layers of regulation.
TMF Group CEO Mark Weil said: "We hope that the report will help investors pick and manage their destinations with greater confidence. Our message isn't to avoid investing in complex jurisdictions as these are often among the most attractive for talent and customer opportunities. Rather it is to invest with eyes open and ready to manage the rules that might otherwise put your licence to trade at risk".
Moreover, the report identifies key themes shaping the global business landscape and regulatory environment.
Emerging from Covid-19
The study reveals that some of the measures put in place such as tax exemptions, increasing employee rights and the acceleration of digital reporting are in the process of being reversed to pre-pandemic status.
Property tax payments on business premises reduced in frequency during the peak of the crisis. However, in 2022, 14% of jurisdictions require some or all companies to pay the tax at least every three months, compared to 9% of jurisdictions in 2021
On the HR (human resources) and payroll side, the trend for remote working has increased, to the point where it's legal or standard in most industries in 31% of jurisdictions, compared to 10% of 2020. The rise of remote working does have tax implications, however.
Certain HR-related benefits such health insurance (58%), childcare assistance (31%) and housing/social care contributions (27%) have increased compared to previous years. Companies are also required to submit reports and information related to equality, covering areas such as gender pay gap and disabilities, in more jurisdictions – up to 26% in 2022 from 9% in 2020.
Compliance and the flow of FDI
The report highlights a simultaneous growth in both complexity and the flow of FDI. Experts in a larger percentage of jurisdictions (34% in 2022 vs 28% in 2021) are predicting an increase in FDI over the next five years, reflecting post-pandemic optimism at investment opportunities.
Technology continues to play a role in both increasing and curtailing complexity. Digital literacy is an important factor, with 16% of jurisdictions automatically notifying all the relevant authorities following incorporation.
For businesses seeking to incorporate and operate across borders alignment is key, allowing them to operate similarly across multiple jurisdictions. Adoption of international standards such as CRS (86% of jurisdictions in 2022 vs 82% in 2020) and FATCA (82% vs. 76%) has been growing, reflecting a steady global move towards transparency.
ESG on the rise
ESG is becoming more of a focus for business globally. However, despite the increase in interest, legal enforcement of ESG practices is only in place for around 50% of the jurisdictions. This is especially the case outside the EU, demonstrating a lack of international alignment. The impact of ESG is therefore difficult to measure.
ESG is on the rise globally, with jurisdictions such as France leading the way for many years. However, many governments are at an early stage of their engagement by starting to look at adopting environmental initiatives and guidelines.
Top and bottom ten (1= most complex, 77= least complex)
1 Brazil
2 France
3 Peru
4 Mexico
5 Colombia
6 Greece
7 Turkey
8 Italy
9 Bolivia
10 Poland
68 United Kingdom
69 Norway
70 New Zealand
71 United States
72 Jersey
73 British Virgin Islands
74 Hong Kong
75 Denmark
76 Curaçao
77 Cayman Islands
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We work with 60% of the Fortune Global 500 and FTSE 100, and almost half the top 300 private equity firms, covering sectors as diverse as capital markets, private equity, real estate, pharmaceuticals, energy and technology.
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"Anthem to amplify the voices of young people who are anxious about the climate crisis and are demanding that adults do what is right to safeguard their future before it's too late"
NEW YORK, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Julian Marley, son of reggae-music icon Bob Marley, has composed and recorded "Don't Ruin My World (Soil Of Life)" – a new song that will be performed for the first time at Everland's 'Climate for Concert' on June 4 as part of the United Nations Environment Programme's World Environment Day (WED) celebrations. The concert will be at the Fotografiska Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, and live streamed by Looped.
Julian Marley & The Uprising are headlining the concert and will debut the song to encourage the voices of youth activists who are demanding urgent action on the climate crisis. It captures the natural world's beauty and the vital role trees play in our lives:
The medicines in leaves
The histories in trees
The foundation fruit of our life
(Of our life)
Human and nature in harmony
All these tings are part of me
(Yea Yea)
Don't you take her light.
The song has the makings of an anthem with its hook:
So don't ruin my world
Don't trouble my world
Don't ruin my world world world
Don't trouble my world
Children have contributed the least to the climate crisis but will pay the highest price, according to Save The Children:
- Right now, in the U.S. and around the world, children's lives are under threat due to climate change. Nearly 710 million children are currently living in countries at the highest risk of suffering the impact of the climate crisis. However, every child will inherit a planet with more frequent extreme weather events than ever before.
- Extreme events, including wildfires, floods, and hurricanes, have become a frightening new normal. Hotter temperatures, air pollution, and violent storms are leading to immediate, life-threatening dangers for children, including difficulty breathing, malnutrition, and a higher risk of infectious diseases.
- Extreme temperatures leave many families living in poverty with less food, less clean water, lower incomes, and worsening health.
- Children's immune systems are still developing, leaving their rapidly growing bodies more sensitive to disease and pollution.
- Extreme events can destroy homes, schools, childcare centers, and infrastructure critical to children's well-being.
- Droughts and flooding can destroy crops and cut access to clean water.
- The UN warns that many families will have to choose between starvation and migration.
Following in his father's footsteps, the two-time Grammy-nominated artist has centered much of his work around activism. Everland commissioned Julian Marley to create a song to help raise awareness of the need to end deforestation and conserve nature to safeguard life on Earth.
Julian Marley agreed to create the song after learning about the pioneering conservation projects that Everland represents across the globe which are focused on stopping deforestation. The projects are community-based and wildlife-centered where local landowners and communities are directly involved in protecting their forests for their own benefit. This is done under a UN-envisioned mechanism called REDD+ – an acronym for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation.
About working with Everland, Julian Marley said: I was excited to learn from Everland that it's possible to stop deforestation in a way that brings meaningful investments into local forest communities. We're happy to use our voices to support those on the front-line battle to conserve forests and protect wildlife. It's our moral responsibility to do so.
I created this song for Everland to help get the word out about the urgent need to protect nature and life on Earth. It's an anthem to amplify the voices of young people who are anxious about the climate crisis and are demanding that adults do what is right to safeguard their future before it's too late.
On having Julian Marley & The Uprising debut the song at the Concert for Climate, Everland CEO and Co-founder Gerald Prolman said: We asked Julian Marley to do this because he's a lifelong activist who's always stood up for environmental and social justice. We're honored that he agreed and thrilled that he'll be performing the song that is uplifting and perfectly expresses what young people everywhere are feeling. 'Don't Ruin My World' is a rallying cry for a livable world for future generations.
Register here to attend the intimate, in-person concert or here to RSVP for the live-streamed concert on Looped. Details about the concert and Everland's other WED events can be found here.
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About Everland
Everland represents the world's largest portfolio of high-impact forest conservation projects in Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Everland brings forest communities and corporations together in a common cause to protect some of the world's most important and vulnerable forests. Visit https://www.everlandmarketing.com/.
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- Julian Marley & the Uprising, reggae activist, musician, and band
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DALLAS, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dalfen Industrial announced the acquisition of Otay South Logistics Center in San Diego, CA. The building was purchased as a sales leaseback from Royal Flavor, a wholesale produce company, who occupies 100% of the property. This marks Dalfen's second acquisition in Otay Mesa over the last sixty days.
Otay South Logistics Center, is a 66,243 square foot industrial property located in the Otay Mesa submarket of San Diego. Built in 2000, the rear-load property features 24' clear heights, a 128' truck court and 14 dock-high doors. Notable tenants in the area include companies like Fedex, Amazon, Kraft, Honeywell, Bose, Panasonic and Costco.
The property is situated ±1 mile from the 905 freeway, which provides access to both I-5 and I-805 freeways to the west as well as SR-125 and the Otay Mesa Port of Entry to the east. Proximity to the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, the largest commercial land port of entry, and the trade zone are distinct attractions to the area allowing tenants to move product over the border efficiently and realize significant savings, and serves as reliable source of labor. The property is also within 5 miles of the Tijuana Airport, 20 miles from the Port of San Diego, 25 miles from the San Diego International Airport, and near both rail and train transportation.
"Dalfen's acquisition of Otay South Logistics Center provides another last mile location to service San Diego's 3.3 million people," said Rich Weiss, Market Officer at Dalfen. "With a mere 10 miles from the coastline to the mountains, San Diego is highly supply constrained and in conjunction with strong and unique demand drivers fosters very favorable market conditions. We will continue to target building and land acquisitions throughout the metro."
"This acquisition exemplifies our continued focus of adding strategically located west coast industrial assets to our portfolio in order to bolster our last mile fulfillment center footprint in the region," said Sean Dalfen, President and Chief Investment Officer at Dalfen Industrial. Over the past 12 months between development and acquisitions, Dalfen Industrial has added over $1.2 billion worth of assets to its portfolio on the west coast.
Company Info
Dalfen Industrial is one of the nation's largest buyers and developers of industrial real estate and is a leader in the last-mile property sector. Their investment focus is on strategically located urban infill warehouses and distribution buildings. Dalfen, currently owns and operates close to 40M feet of industrial properties across the country.
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Welcome Baby Jubilee prepares moms-to-be, families for bundles of joy
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Stormont Vail is welcoming moms-to-be and all their supporters back inside the Welcome Baby Jubilee.
The 2020 event happened right before the pandemic hit, but the 2021 jubilee was held outdoors in October to make it safer. This year, it returns to its traditional format and location, inside the Pozez Education Center,
Having a baby can be an exciting time, but it’s also filled with unknowns, which is where the Welcome Baby Jubilee can help, according to Melinda Theis, RN, a nurse manager at Stormont.
“There’s no guidebook, and I think when you come in to have your baby, we throw a lot of information at you. A lot of that may not be the perfect time to retain everything, so to prepare yourself as much as possible before you come in is a really good idea, and you’ll have those tools in your back pocket when you to take baby home,” she said.
Theis says the jubilee will include nearly two dozen vendors, showcasing products and services to help moms and babies.
“This is an event where we’re bringing together our entire community,” she said.
Attendees also will be able to tour Stormont’s Birthplace facilities, including the breastfeeding clinic and NICU, with tours offered in both English and Spanish. Plus, certified nurse midwife Kristin Perez says it’s the perfect opportunity to ask questions about things like controlling pain, so you know your options before you go into labor.
“If you want to do this naturally, we’re here to support you; if you want medication in an IV or do you want to walk in the halls? Do you want to sit in the hydrotherapy tub? Do you want an epidural? Do you come in wanting everything, or do you want to come in with, ‘I’ll see what I want to do,’” Perez said.
In addition, the jubilee will offer free Tdap vaccines.
“We can vaccinate dad, grandparents, aunts, uncles - anybody that’s going to be spending time with their newborn because baby can’t get their own pertussis vaccine,” Perez said. “Pertussis is whooping cough, and it is very dangerous for newborns - very ill babies and sometimes even death, so we want to prevent their exposure.”
Attendees also can learn about virtual and in-person childbirth preparation classes, and, since the event falls on May Day, they have some fun surprises planned, too.
The Welcome Baby Jubilee is from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 1, at Stormont’s Pozez Education Center, off SW 8th and Horne, near the emergency entrance. The Pozez doors will be open, so people can enter there if they prefer not to walk through the hospital.
The event is free. Pre-registration is not required, but you can do so if you’d like at Stormont’s web site.
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Blue Water partnering with National Land Lease Capital on this scenic Western Massachusetts property
OCEAN CITY, Md., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ocean City, Maryland-based outdoor hospitality specialist Blue Water continues its rapid expansion with the addition of Prospect Mountain Campground in Granville, Massachusetts to its management portfolio. Blue Water is continuing its partnership with real estate developer National Land Lease Capital for operations of the property.
Nestled at 1,350 feet in the foothills of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, Prospect Mountain Campground overlooks the Pioneer Valley and Connecticut River. The property has 243 sites total including 120 seasonal sites and 14 cabin accommodations. On-site entertainment includes classic camping activities such as hayrides, arts and crafts, bingo, and family dances, as well as a heated pool, mini golf, and laser tag. The resort also hosts special themed weekends such as Christmas in July Weekend, Las Vegas Weekend, Pirate Weekend, and many others. Located 45 minutes from Hartford, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts, the surrounding area offers plenty of additional attractions within an hour drive, including Six Flags New England, the MGM casino in Springfield, and the Basketball Hall of Fame.
"We are thrilled to take over management of a campground that has such a wonderful history and connection with guests," said Todd Burbage, CEO of Blue Water. "We look forward to continuing the traditions Prospect Mountain Campground has built through their events and impressive on-site amenities. We will continue to foster the spirit of this community-driven property with the Blue Water standard of exceptional guest experiences."
The campground has several exciting deals for visitors to save money, including their 5-For-4 Weeknight Discount running all summer, and the Off-Peak Week Discount which includes seven nights for the price of five available September 5th through October 6th. They also offer free early check-in and late check-out between the same timeframe of September 5th through October 6th.
"During this transition, I have had the pleasure of spending time with both the employees and guests of this beautiful campground," said Joanna Bates, Regional Operations Manager of the property. "Their love and dedication to this property is apparent through their hard work and care in how they operate. We are thrilled to add them to our Blue Water Family and look forward to many years of smiling faces."
The property recently hosted a Seasonal Social on Wednesday, June 27 for the Blue Water and property team to better get to know the guests and talk about the future of Prospect Mountain Campground.
Photos of the property and the Seasonal Social event can be viewed here. For more information on Prospect Mountain Campground, please visit https://www.prospectmtncampground.com/.
About Blue Water:
Founded in 2002, Blue Water specializes in investing, developing, and managing RV resorts, campgrounds, hotels, and attractions. Blue Water's integrated approach to marketing, revenue management, and operations has quickly established itself as a hospitality industry leader. With dozens of resort-area properties in East Coast states from Maine to Florida, and new additions out west in Texas, Montana, and Oregon, the Blue Water family is committed to creating elite assets, delivering exceptional guest experiences, and enhancing the communities we serve. To learn more, visit BWDC.com. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-water-development-corp/ | Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BlueWaterDev/
About National Land Lease Capital:
NLLC is a real estate development company specializing in the acquisition, development, management, and repositioning of real estate assets in the outdoor hospitality sector. The firm utilizes a broad base of capital partnerships and prides itself on creating value and direct access to the sector in fund management, strategic joint ventures, and other unique platforms for institutions, investment managers, family offices, and ultra-high net worth individuals and organizations. To learn more, visit nl-lc.com.
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NEW YORK, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brown Rudnick announced today that Vincent Guglielmotti has been elected as the next chief executive officer of the Firm and chair of its management committee, effective today.
Guglielmotti will succeed William Baldiga, who will return full-time to his restructuring practice after leading the Firm since 2019. During his three-year tenure, Brown Rudnick recorded best-ever revenue and profits, grew strategically in key practice areas, and maintained its commitment to pro bono, diversity and inclusion.
Guglielmotti, a tax partner in the New York office, was previously managing director of the Firm's Corporate & Capital Markets Department. At age 41, he will be the youngest partner to serve as CEO of the Firm.
"I am honored and humbled to be chosen for this role," said Guglielmotti. "Bill is leaving big shoes to fill, but I look forward to working with all my colleagues to build upon Bill's achievements. Brown Rudnick is my home and I'm proud of all the lawyers and staff here, and I am honored to lead the Firm in supporting our most important stakeholders – our clients."
During his nearly 40-year career at Brown Rudnick, Baldiga has served in several leadership roles, including as head of the Firm's Litigation and Restructuring Department. After the transition is completed, he will focus on serving his clients. He is currently representing exiled Chinese dissident Guo Wengui in his $376 million Chapter 11 case. Baldiga has also received national attention for his work on other high-profile Chapter 11 cases, including in connection with the NHL Coyotes in 2009, for the creditors of Fisker Automotive in 2013, and for The Boston Herald in 2017.
"When I assumed leadership of the Firm three years ago, I chose Vince to be a managing director because of his energy, emotional intelligence and people skills," Baldiga said. "In the last several years, Vince has demonstrated a keen insight as to what it takes to lead the Firm and his practices to the highest levels, and to compete on a global basis. He instills confidence in others, inspires the best in those around him, and is completely dedicated to the success of the Firm. In short, he is a natural leader. I am thrilled that the future of the Firm is in such good hands."
The leadership change comes as Brown Rudnick continues to make national headlines for its high-profile matters. Two weeks ago, a litigation team won a jury verdict for actor Johnny Depp in his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard. The Firm is also representing the Official Committee of Talc Claimants in the country's largest bankruptcy case: the Chapter 11 filing of LTL Management, the entity created by Johnson & Johnson to discharge the company's talc-related liabilities.
Other notable representations include the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice in the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy proceedings; Victoria plc's acquisition of Gransier Ceramics; and market data solutions provider MayStreet's sale to the London Stock Exchange Group. Last month, Brown Rudnick was ranked among the top 20 law firms advising on venture capital deals in PitchBook's Q1 2022 Global League Tables, including early-stage deals, health care services and systems and pharma and biotech.
Guglielmotti will continue his tax practice, which includes advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, as well as assisting debtors, creditors and investors to restructure, acquire and sell financially troubled entities inside and outside of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
"My clients aren't getting rid of me that easily," Guglielmotti joked. "We still have too much work to do. But I look forward to hearing from them on how we can further improve our service in these rapidly changing times. Our Firm is celebrating its 75th anniversary next year and we've succeeded this long because of our culture, which is based on teamwork, collaboration and a shared passion for providing zealous advocacy, deft commercial representation, and superior service to our clients."
Guglielmotti joined Brown Rudnick as an associate in 2008 and was elevated to partner in February 2013. He received his Master of Laws in Taxation from New York University and his law degree from Wake Forest. He earned his bachelor's degree from Cornell University.
About Brown Rudnick LLP
Brown Rudnick is an international law firm that serves clients around the world from offices in key financial centers across the United States and Europe. We combine ingenuity with experience to achieve great outcomes for our clients. We deliver partner-driven service; we incentivize our lawyers to collaborate in the client's best interest; and we put excellence before scale, focusing on industry-driven, client-facing practices where we are recognized leaders. Our lawyers and government relations professionals work across the United States and Europe, with offices in key financial centers. Beyond the United States and Europe, we serve clients around the world.
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They Might Be Giants singer-guitarist injured in NYC crash
NEW YORK (AP) — They Might Be Giants singer-guitarist John Flansburgh was seriously injured in a car crash this week while being driven home from the alternative rock band’s first gig on a pandemic-delayed tour, prompting the postponement of shows at least until late August.
Meanwhile, the driver of the car that police said instigated the wreck was awaiting arraignment Friday after being arrested on drunken driving and other charges.
The collision happened early Thursday in Manhattan’s East Harlem neighborhood.
Writing from a hospital bed, Flansburgh told fans he was taking a car service home from Wednesday’s show at Manhattan’s Bowery Ballroom when the car was T-boned, flipped onto its side, and started smelling of motor oil and smoke.
According to police, the driver who was arrested ran a red light, jumped a curb and plowed into the gate of a housing complex, hitting two cars along the way.
It’s not immediately clear whether the 26-year-old driver has an attorney who can comment on the charges, and no telephone number could immediately be found for his Bronx home.
Everyone in all three cars were taken to hospitals, police said. Flansburgh, 62, wrote that he suffered seven broken ribs, some of them fractured in multiple places.
Formed in the early 1980s by Flansburgh and John Linnell, They Might Be Giants rose to fame with clever, catchy songs and a not-afraid-to-be-geeky persona. Known for tunes including “Birdhouse in Your Soul,” “Boss of Me” and a version of the quirky 1953 tune “Istanbul (Not Constantinople),” the duo went platinum with the 1990 album “Flood.” The new tour is a belated celebration of the disc’s 30th anniversary.
“It was so wonderful to finally be back up on stage and playing for all of you again,” Lindell wrote to fans in a message announcing that the remaining June dates are postponed. The band hopes to resume the tour Aug. 30 in Asbury Park, New Jersey, he said.
Flansburgh wrote that even as he sat in a CT scanner shortly after the accident, he was thinking about how to get back on the road.
“Someday we will rock again — and for me, that day couldn’t come soon enough,” he wrote. But for now, “I will be watching reruns of ‘Sex in the City’ until I am strong enough to reach the remote.
“Wish me luck,” he added. “I’m going to need it.”
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Associated Press writer Michael Hill contributed from Albany, New York.
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NEW YORK, June 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Verrica Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Verrica" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: VRCA) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Verrica investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between May 28, 2021 and May 24, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
VRCA investors may also contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500.
CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that defendants made false statements and/or concealed that: (1) there were manufacturing deficiencies at the facility where Verrica's contract manufacturer produced a bulk solution for the Company's lead product candidate, VP-102; (2) these deficiencies were not remediated when Verrica resubmitted its New Drug Application for VP-12 for molluscum; (3) the foregoing presented significant risks to Verrica obtaining regulatory approval of VP-102 for molluscum; and (4) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Verrica during the relevant time frame, you have until August 5, 2022 to request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you are a class member, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket costs or fees. There is no cost or obligation to participate.
WHY LEVI & KORSINSKY: Over the past 20 years, the team at Levi & Korsinsky has secured hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders and built a track record of winning high-stakes cases. Our firm has extensive expertise representing investors in complex securities litigation and a team of over 70 employees to serve our clients. For seven years in a row, Levi & Korsinsky has ranked in ISS Securities Class Action Services' Top 50 Report as one of the top securities litigation firms in the United States.
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EXPLAINER: What’s next now that Twitter agreed to Musk bid?
(AP) - Twitter’s acceptance of Elon Musk’s roughly $44 billion takeover bid brings the billionaire Tesla CEO one step closer to owning the social media platform.
The deal is expected to close sometime this year. But before that, shareholders still have to weigh in, as well as regulators in the U.S. and in countries where Twitter does business, before the deal is completed.
OFFER ACCEPTED, NOW WHAT?
The process is off to a good start for Musk, given that Twitter’s board has unanimously approved his offer and is recommending shareholders do the same.
Upon announcing the deal Monday, Twitter noted that the bid, which represents a 38% premium to the company’s closing stock price on April 1, is a “substantial cash premium” and would be “the best path forward for Twitter’s stockholders.”
When Twitter’s board adopted an anti-takeover provision known as a “poison pill” just 10 days ago, the move was widely seen as a telltale sign that the directors were gearing up to rebuff Musk’s opening offer or perhaps seek another suitor willing to pay more.
But the battleground shifted dramatically late last week when Musk disclosed he had lined up $46.5 billion — including $21 billion of his personal fortune — to pay for the purchase. Musk said other investors could contribute to the financing.
The locked-in financing not only underscored the seriousness of Musk’s pursuit, but also appeared to open the door to other large Twitter shareholders interested in hearing more about his plans for the San Francisco company.
The details of those conversations aren’t known, but Musk could point to a more than 20-year history building and running several businesses — most notably as the longtime CEO of Tesla. The electric car maker is currently valued at $1 trillion -- roughly 25 times more than Twitter.
“I think there is nothing better for Twitter than Elon Musk buying it and ideally replacing the board, and also doubling down on investments into products and new revenue-generating sources,” said John Meyer, a technology entrepreneur and investor. “Musk has the track record that he can do the impossible.”
It would be easy to see why other Twitter shareholders might welcome a shake-up, as well as an opportunity to cash out of their investment. Before Musk disclosed his 9% stake in Twitter earlier this month, the shares were trading below $40 — not that much more it its $26 price when Twitter went public in November 2013. Since then, the tech-driven Nasdaq has more than tripled, even after a recent downturn. Twitter has been a laggard because the company has struggled to consistently post profits while generating lackluster revenue growth compared to the two dominant forces in digital advertising, Google and Facebook.
Meanwhile, Tesla’s stock is now worth nearly 300 times more than when it went public in 2010. And after struggling to make money for more than a decade, the automaker is now extremely profitable with net income of $3.3 billion during the first three months of this year alone.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
As is customary once a company agrees to be acquired, the buyer gets to take a closer look at its books to make sure there aren’t any red flags that haven’t come up via the company’s public filings.
This step in the process isn’t likely to cause any obstacles for the deal, said Angelo Zino, tech analyst at CFRA.
“He’s acquiring this company, not from a financial perspective,” Zino said. “He’s going to do what he wants with it and he’s probably going to look to make significant changes to the business model of the company.”
WHAT SAY COULD REGULATORS HAVE?
Last year, Twitter generated $5 billion in revenue, with $2.8 billion from the U.S. and the rest earned overseas, Zino said. The Federal Trade Commission in the U.S., or the European Commission in the EU, are among regulatory agencies that may review the proposed Twitter buyout.
The main issues the agencies generally focus on are how the sale of a company could affect competition in an industry, or whether it violates antitrust laws.
These reviews can take months, or longer, but generally represent more of a potential hurdle when two companies in the same industry are combining, or in the case of a single buyer, whether ownership already has a large stake in companies within the same industry.
Neither Tesla, nor Musk’s other company, Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, are social media platforms, so antitrust concerns are not expected to arise when regulators review the deal, analysts said.
“We do not expect any major regulatory hurdles to the deal getting done as this soap opera now ends with Musk owning Twitter,” Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives wrote in a research note Monday.
WHEN DO SHAREHOLDERS GET TO VOTE?
The deal is expected to close in 2022, subject to the approval of Twitter shareholders. Twitter hasn’t announced the timing of a shareholder vote, though the company’s annual meeting is set for May 25, which could offer a convenient time to poll shareholders.
A company can elect to hold a shareholder vote at any time, even before regulators have finished reviewing a proposed takeover.
WHAT ABOUT TWITTER LEADERSHIP?
At this early stage, it’s unclear what will happen to Twitter’s current board or management team if the deal is completed, but Musk has made it abundantly clear that he believes the company has been poorly run. That assessment is a strong indication that Musk’s makeover will also include a purge of Twitter’s top ranks.
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Podcast series explores awkwardness, anxiety, heartbreak, and self-discovery experienced during adolescence
Initial slate of special guests includes Amy Schumer, Andy Grammer, Ayo Edebiri, Drew Barrymore, Jenna Ortega, Leighton Meester, Rainn Wilson, Shay Mitchell, Tati Gabrielle, Victoria Pedretti
NEW YORK, May 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stitcher, the Triton-ranked #1 podcast company and SiriusXM subsidiary, announced today a new podcast series created and hosted by Penn Badgley (You, Gossip Girl), Nava Kavelin, and Sophie Ansari. Beginning May 18, Podcrushed will explore the awkwardness, anxiety, heartbreak, and self-discovery that defines adolescence.
An audio trailer and an animated teaser video clip for Podcrushed are available now.
Each week, Podcrushed begins with a listener-submitted story, narrated by Penn and enriched with sound design and score. Penn, Nava and Sophie then welcome a special guest to share their own previously unheard and thoroughly embarrassing middle school stories – from childhood crushes, to battles with body hair, to schoolyard scuffles. The result is sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartwarming, and always relatable.
The background each host brings to Podcrushed enhances the experience for guest and listener – Penn, a former child actor who spent his middle school years in Hollywood; Sophie, a former fifth grade teacher who grew up in seven countries around the world; and Nava, a former director of a middle school who spent her adolescence in Puerto Rico.
An initial slate of guests includes Amy Schumer, Andy Grammer, Ayo Edebiri, Drew Barrymore, Jenna Ortega, Leighton Meester, Rainn Wilson, Shay Mitchell, Evan Rachel Wood, Tati Gabrielle, Victoria Pedretti, and more. Each guest's willingness to share some of their most formative moments with humor and poignancy has reaffirmed the universality of Podcrushed's premise.
In a joint statement, the hosts said: "Podcrushed began as a way to dig into people's most awkward and funny moments in middle school, in order to highlight the universality of getting crushed in some way. But as stories started rolling in from all over the world, the humanity of it all floored us -- there weren't only stories of heartbreak, humiliation and delicious comeuppance, but also stories exploring confusion, identity, and loss. What the show makes clear is that these experiences unite us all, and we can't wait for you to hear it."
"Penn, Nava and Sophie are shining a light on the time in our lives that defines who we are," says Peter Clowney, Vice President of Content at Stitcher. "They've created a show that is both funny and serious, and we're excited for people to hear that."
David Ansari (Vallis Alps) co-created Podcrushed and serves as the show's producer and sound designer. The series is executive produced by Stitcher's Nora Ritchie (Unladylike, By the Book, The Katie Couric Podcast).
SXM Media, the combined advertising revenue organization of Sirius XM Holdings Inc., has exclusive global ad sales rights for Podcrushed. SXM Media is the gateway for marketers to the #1 U.S. podcast advertising network in reaching weekly podcast listeners, per Edison Research.
Podcrushed will be available on Stitcher, the SXM App, Pandora, and all major podcast listening platforms.
Penn Badgley | Producer, Actor | Penn never finished middle school, but at twelve years old, began playing characters in movies and TV who did. Having spent the last two decades being rewarded for acting like someone he's not, he still feels pretty ill-equipped for the perils of high school.
Nava Kavelin | Producer, Writer | Nava is the co-founder and CEO of Ninth Mode, a production company dedicated to developing content that shines a light on the brighter side of human nature. In middle school you could find her in Puerto Rico reading Sweet Valley High, listening to Maná, while pining over a pretty boy.
Sophie Ansari | Producer, Artist | Sophie is an illustrator and video-ator based in LA. Having lived her gawkiest years in countries like The Philippines and China, Sophie can confirm that the experience of early-tween dweebiness is truly universal, and that the cathartic effect of a shared cringe transcends barriers of language and culture.
Stitcher, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the best place to listen to, produce and monetize podcasts. The Stitcher app is one of the world's most popular podcast listening platforms, with a growing network of original content and a premium subscription service. Stitcher is home to Stitcher Originals, Black lifestyle and culture network More Sauce, top-ranked comedy podcast network Earwolf, and award-winning documentary network Witness Docs.
SXM Media is the combined sales organization of Sirius XM Holdings Inc., spanning its SiriusXM, Pandora, and Stitcher audio entertainment platforms and services, including that of Midroll, the leading podcast advertising network representing over 300 of the world's largest podcasts. With a reach of more than 150 million listeners, SXM Media gives brands, creators, and publishers access to the largest digital audio advertising platform in North America. SXM Media also serves as the exclusive advertising and sales representative for other platforms and podcasters, including major entities such as SoundCloud (exclusive U.S. advertising representative) and the NBCUniversal News Group (exclusive advertising representative for NBC News and MSNBC podcasts, with additional sales rights to CNBC podcasts).
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Stitcher, Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales arm, SXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization, and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through Sirius XM Canada Holdings, Inc., also offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers. For more about SiriusXM, please go to: www.siriusxm.com.
Source: SiriusXM
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Stitcher
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WASHINGTON, May 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Choon Choi has joined U.S. News & World Report as Sr. Vice President and General Manager of Autos, U.S. News announced today. The Autos platform comprises industry leading rankings and reviews, cars for sale, and best-in-class awards such as Best Cars for the Money and Best Vehicle Brands.
"Choon brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the automotive industry, with a proven track record of achieving clear, measurable results quickly and maximizing the growth potential of a range of businesses," said Bill Holiber, U.S. News president and CEO. "We look forward to leveraging his skills and expertise as we support consumers in every aspect of their car-buying journey."
Choi joins U.S. News with a track record of success building high performing teams to scale growth, and forging connections between digital audiences and marketers. His most recent roles include chief strategy officer of online marketplace iSeeCars.com and chief operating officer of Hearst Autos – with brands such as Car and Driver and Road & Track. Drawing from over 15 years of experience leading and expanding direct-to-consumer and B2B businesses in the digital media space, Choi has also held leadership positions at Jumpstart Automotive Media and Hachette Filipacchi Media.
"We're pleased to welcome Choon to U.S. News where he will be a major asset leading the Autos team," said Chief Product Officer Chad Smolinski. "Choon's hiring underscores our commitment to provide our users with the innovative digital tools they need to make informed decisions about their car-purchasing decisions."
"U.S. News is one of the most well-respected brands in the media landscape with a track record of helping consumers make important decisions in their lives," said Choi. "I'm thrilled to join the team to help guide the consumer journey for in-market car shoppers and enthusiasts as we enter a phase of high growth."
For over 15 years, the industry-leading U.S. News Best Cars rankings have guided consumers looking for the best vehicle. U.S. News has expanded on its advice and analysis over the last decade with data-driven rankings, ratings and news for Vehicle Brands, Families and Teens. U.S. News also offers high-level performance assessment and peer benchmarking tools for vehicles, and presents the Best Cars for the Money awards at the annual Washington, D.C. Auto Show each winter.
For more information regarding U.S. News' Auto offerings, please visit cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks.
About U.S. News Best Cars
Since 2007, U.S. News Best Cars, the automotive channel of U.S. News & World Report, has published rankings of the majority of new vehicles sold in America. Each year, U.S. News also publishes the Best Cars awards, including Best Vehicle Brands, Best Cars for the Money and Best Cars for Families. U.S. News Best Cars supports car shoppers throughout the entire car buying journey, offering advice for researching cars and finding cars for sale near you. U.S. News Best Cars had more than 81 million visitors over the past year, with the majority actively shopping for a car. More than 70% of active shoppers reported that U.S. News influenced their car-purchasing decision, saying that they trust U.S. News' advice to be unbiased and that they would recommend its site to others.
About U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is the global leader in quality rankings that empower consumers, business leaders and policy officials to make better, more informed decisions about important issues affecting their lives. A multifaceted digital media company with Education, Health, Money, Travel, Cars, News and 360 Reviews platforms, U.S. News provides rankings, independent reporting, data journalism, consumer advice and U.S. News Live events. More than 40 million people visit USNews.com each month for research and guidance. Founded in 1933, U.S. News is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
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Bookings for Q1 up 75% year-over-year
VIENNA, and RALEIGH, N.C., April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PSPDFKit, the leading document processing and manipulation platform for tomorrow's developers, today reported record bookings for Q1 2022. The bookings growth in the first quarter of 2022 was primarily driven by new customers, representing an organic year-over-year (YoY) growth of 75%.
"We had a phenomenal quarter, thanks to our incredible team," said Jonathan Rhyne, Co-Founder and CEO of PSPDFKit. "As we continue to see tremendous demand from developers and enterprises looking to innovate and digitize their document workflows, we're accelerating our plans to build on this momentum in 2022 and beyond."
"With developer success driving our financial success, our performance in the first quarter underscores the need for a document technology platform that enables tomorrow's developers and enterprises to innovate on the status quo and bring their ideas to life. As companies face rapid changes and build out their digital transformation strategies, they rely on our document technology to accelerate and execute on their business goals."
Strong New Logo and Customer Momentum
In the first quarter, the company added 30% more net new customers than the same period last year. Some of the top enterprises that partnered with PSPDFKit include: Montblanc International, RedTeam Software, CHU de Québec – Université Laval, and Network Data Rooms.
PSPDFKit's growth will be further accelerated by its acquisition of Muhimbi in February 2022, a leading document software provider for cloud-based and on-premises document management systems. Additional strategic acquisitions are planned for the second quarter of 2022, adding to the momentum of the business.
PSPDFKit Expands Global Talent Base
The first quarter marked a period of record employee growth, with significant additions across all teams to support rapid customer growth. The company expects to grow to more than 100 employees by the end of the second quarter 2022, up from 50 in 2021.
The company recently announced two new additions to its executive leadership team:
"I'm excited to expand on our world-class team as we scale up our business," said Rhyne. "To seize such a unique opportunity to serve developers and the builders who are driving digital transformation across the enterprise, we will continue to invest in growing our incredible team, build awareness in the global market, accelerate our product roadmap, and partner with world-class enterprises on their journey."
To learn more about PSPDFKit visit: www.pspdfkit.com.
About PSPDFKit
PSPDFKit develops software development toolkits and related frameworks that enable document creation, manipulation, collaboration, and innovation within its customers' applications. The company's products cover all major platforms and support a wide range of programming languages, and can be deployed on-premises or in the cloud with ease and at any scale. PSPDFKit has earned its developers-first reputation by pioneering products that are easily integrated, completely customizable to fit any deployment and workflow, and trusted by startups, SMBs, and some of the largest multinational enterprises alike. For more information on PSPDFKit's document processing platform, visit www.pspdfkit.com.
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Britney Spears’ ex ordered to trial on stalking charge
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A California judge found Monday that there is enough evidence against a man once briefly married to Britney Spears who showed up uninvited at the pop star’s wedding to go to trial on a felony stalking charge.
After a two-hour preliminary hearing, Ventura County Judge David Worley ruled that 40-year-old Jason Allen Alexander should be held to answer on the charge, along with misdemeanor counts of trespassing, vandalism and battery, court records showed.
Not guilty pleas to all the charges were entered by an attorney for Alexander, who did not attend and remains jailed.
Spears married longtime boyfriend Sam Asghari at her home in Thousand Oaks, California, on June 9, in front of several dozen guests including Selena Gomez, Drew Barrymore, Paris Hilton and Madonna.
Alexander, a childhood friend of Spears to whom she was married for less than three days in 2004, appeared uninvited at the house before the ceremony, livestreaming his raid on Instagram.
Richard Eubler, a since-fired security guard for Spears, testified at Monday’s hearing that Alexander got inside her house and up to the locked door of Spears’ bedroom while she was inside, according to multiple media reports.
Eubler said Alexander had also tried to enter the property in the days before the wedding.
Alexander’s attorney, Sandra Bisignani, argued there was no evidence he had any intention of harming Spears.
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SHANGHAI, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987, "Yum China" or the "Company") today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2022 at 4:30 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 28, 2022 (4:30 a.m. Beijing/Hong Kong Time on Friday, July 29, 2022).
Yum China's management will hold an earnings conference call at 8:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 28, 2022 (8:00 a.m. Beijing/Hong Kong Time on Friday, July 29, 2022).
A live webcast of the call may be accessed at https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/p39fxxya.
To join by phone, please register in advance of the conference through the link provided below. Upon registering, you will be provided with participant dial-in numbers, a passcode and a unique access PIN.
Pre-registration Link: https://s1.c-conf.com/diamondpass/10023458-dhsy7e.html
A replay of the conference call will be available one hour after the call ends until Thursday, August 4, 2022 and may be accessed by phone at the following numbers:
U.S.: 1 855 883 1031
Mainland China: 400 1209 216
Hong Kong: 800 930 639
U.K.: 0800 031 4295
Replay PIN: 10023458
Additionally, earnings release, accompanying slides and an archived webcast of this conference call will be available at the Company's Investor Relations website http://ir.yumchina.com.
About Yum China Holdings, Inc.
Yum China Holdings, Inc. is a licensee of Yum! Brands in mainland China. It has exclusive rights in mainland China to KFC, China's leading quick-service restaurant brand, Pizza Hut, the leading casual dining restaurant brand in China, and Taco Bell, a California-based restaurant chain serving innovative Mexican-inspired food. Yum China also owns the Little Sheep, Huang Ji Huang and COFFii & JOY concepts outright. In addition, Yum China has partnered with Lavazza to explore and develop the Lavazza coffee shop concept in China. The Company had 12,117 restaurants in over 1,700 cities at the end of March 2022.
In 2021, Yum China has been selected as a member of both Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI): World Index and Emerging Market Index. In 2022, Yum China ranked # 359 on the Fortune 500 list. The Company was also named to the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and was certified as a Top Employer 2022 in China by the Top Employers Institute, both for the fourth consecutive year. For more information, please visit http://ir.yumchina.com.
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BEIJING, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WeTrade Group Inc. ("WeTrade" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: WETG), an emerging growth company engaged in the business of providing software-as-a-services (SAAS) and cloud intelligent systems for micro-businesses, today announced the Company has entered into a strategic cooperation exclusive service agreement (the "Agreement") on August 15, 2022 with MobiLab Medical Innovatives ("MobiLab") to launch a globally unparalleled and one-of-a-kind Monkeypox Virus testing kits with combined insurance coverage products with world-leading insurance companies. MobiLab is in the business of providing smart solutions for individuals and companies of all sizes self-screening tests covering a wide range of majoy diseases, infections, viruses. With MobiLab CEO Andrew Tang's expertise and experience acquired from his more than 20 years career spearheading innovations in over 20 countries in the industry of insurance underwriting and health management, MobiLab has designed two unique insurance coverage products for the Monkeypox testing kits:
1) Infectious disease insurance including losses caused by infectious diseases, covering certain percentage of the hospitalization and inpatient expense in the event of an insured diagnosed with Monkeypox;
2) Emergency care for hospitalization or critical illness covering Monkeypox hospitalization expense.
Pursuant to the Agreement, MobiLab agreed to exclusively conduct in-depth introduction and coordination for WeTrade with several world leading insurance companies in the US, Europe and Asia, and help kicks off designing and structuring of unprecedented insurance products specially covering Monkeypox Virus patients that are tested positive with test kits distributed by WeTrade. MobiLab is committed to helping WeTrade expand into medical area where the cooperation with insurers will not only have a tremendous positive impact on WeTrade's Monkeypox products, but also WeTrade's other products on its own platform.
Wetrade and MobiLab are committed to saving lives and creating a healthier world, providing smart solutions for individuals and companies of all sizes and priding themselves on their unparalleled, dedicated service, including self-screening tests covering a wide range of major diseases, infections, viruses, and beyond. The cooperation between WeTrade and MobiLab will bridge the gap between symptoms and solutions. The cooperation will actively expand as they undergo the FDA approval process for a myriad of new at home tests.
Mr. Pijun Liu, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented, "After claiming our world-wide pioneer position in Monkeypox disease by securing exclusive global sales channel and a $50 million order recently, we are enthusiastic to work with MobiLab, thanks to its groundbreaking business in self-screening tests and its strong capability to help us connect with world-leading major insurance companies for Monkeypox testing kits with combined Insurance coverage products, which further consummates our spearheading position in Monkeypox testing and treatment. We expect the one-of-a-kind insurance coverage offered by Monkeypox testing kit products will bring us over US$100 million in revenue, given the considerable size of the potential market."
About WeTrade Group Inc.
WeTrade Group Inc. is a technical service provider of SAAS and Cloud Intelligent System for micro-businesses, and a pioneer in offering internationalized system in the global micro-business cloud intelligence field and a leader, innovator and promoter of the world's cloud intelligent system for micro-businesses. WeTrade Group independently developed the cloud intelligent system for micro-businesses (Abbreviation: YCloud). YCloud strengthens users' marketing relationship and CPS commission profit management through leading technology and big data analysis. It also helps improve the payment scenarios to increase customers' revenue by multi-channel data statistics, AI fission and management as well as improved supply chain system. As of today, YCloud's business has successfully landed in mainland China and Hong Kong, covering the micro business industry, tourism industry, hospitality industry, livestreaming and short video industry, aesthetic medical industry and traditional retail industry. For more information, please visit https://ir.wetg.group.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains information about the Company's view of its future expectations, plans and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from historical results or those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties associated with its ability to raise additional funding, its ability to maintain and grow its business, variability of operating results, its ability to maintain and enhance its brand, its development and introduction of new products and services, the successful integration of acquired companies, technologies and assets into its portfolio of products and services, marketing and other business development initiatives, competition in the industry, general government regulation, economic conditions, dependence on key personnel, the ability to attract, hire and retain personnel who possess the technical skills and experience necessary to meet the requirements of its clients, and its ability to protect its intellectual property. The Company encourages you to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's annual reports and in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Snapdragon Chemistry today announced that the previously announced acquisition by Asymchem will not proceed. Snapdragon and Asymchem were unable to agree to mitigation terms that would satisfy the U.S. Treasury's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS).
"We are disappointed this deal was unable to be completed," said Snapdragon President and CEO Matthew Bio. "The goal of the deal was to expand domestic manufacturing capacity and be able to deliver a full range of drug development services to our clients. We remain committed to this goal. We have long enjoyed a productive relationship with Asymchem on behalf of our clients. We look forward to continuing to collaborate on current and future client projects."
The news comes at a time of substantial growth for Snapdragon. Snapdragon recently commissioned a new, 51,000 square foot R&D and GMP manufacturing facility.
"These continued investments in facilities and advanced manufacturing technology enable an accelerated path to clinic for our clients," said Bio. "We have an outstanding team, best-in-class technology, and a growing, loyal customer base. Despite the change in plan, I remain excited about our future."
Snapdragon Chemistry is a chemical technology firm providing services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and fine chemical industries. Snapdragon's headquarters, R&D, and manufacturing facilities are in Waltham, MA.
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NANJING, China, April 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In April 2022, the English cultural and tourism magazine "Jiangsu Glimpses", produced by the "Charm of Jiangsu" Global Communication Center, has launched a new spring version which recommends interesting spring folk customs, beautiful museums and fun routes in Jiangsu.
What winter takes from here, spring will give it back. This classic verse by Heine is especially evident in "Charm of Jiangsu". After a winter of dormancy, the flowers on the Meihua Mountain in Nanjing are budding, the Biluochun tea stretches on the Xishan Mountain in Suzhou, the Artemisia Selengensis and Kalimeris Indica emerge from the ground, and the puffer fish also feel the warmth of the spring river. When spring comes to Jiangsu, people will see the beautiful flowers, tea and food of spring.
It has become a habit for Chinese tourists to come to Jiangsu to see flowers in spring. The city flower of Nanjing is the plum blossom, which glows on the Meihua Mountain near the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum; Yuantouzhu scenic spot of the Taihu Lake is one of the three major cherry blossom viewing spots in the world, also a story of Sino-Japanese friendship; Rape Flower in Taizhou Xinghua Duotian is one of the four major flower seas in the world; Yancheng Dafeng Holland Flower Sea is known as the "Best tulip scenic spot"; Yangzhou Marco Polo Flower World has the world's largest flower carpet; "Natian Flower Sea" is located in Santai Mountain National Forest Park, Suqian, Jiangsu, which includes 612 flower fields that are "stitched" together... Spring comes and grows on the branches of these flowers, releasing the unique fragrance of spring in the south of the Yangtze River.
Tea is another gift that comes with the spring of Jiangnan. Every bud sprouting in spring awakens on mountains in Jiangsu, making the spring scenes tastable and admirable. Many teas with poetic names are all from Jiangsu, such as Suzhou's Biluochun tea, Nanjing's Yuhua tea, Liyang's white tea, Yixing's Yangxian tea, Yangzhou's Lvyangchun tea and Maoshan's Changqing tea. During this period, the tea field can not only produce quality teas but also is a nice place for tourists to go for a walk. Tea trees are pickier to choose their planting sites than humans. Nowadays, people follow the footsteps of looking for tea and enjoy one-stop services in Jiangsu including transportation, accommodation, sightseeing, and food. In addition to the tea fields, tourists can also walk into the surrounding tea houses, scenery parks, picturesque villages, modern tea factories and tea museums.
In the spring of Jiangsu, tourists must not miss the fresh food such as Qingtuan and Preserved and Braised Fresh Meat. In addition, Huai'an Kaiyang Cattail, Yangzhou Puffer and River Clam from the "City of Gastronomy" as well as seasonal wild vegetables such as Toona sinensis, Kalimeris Indica and Artemisia Selengensis are very suitable to enjoy in spring.
For the beautiful and interesting spring scenery of charming Jiangsu through appreciating and tasting, please visit the English cultural and tourism magazine "Jiangsu Glimpses": https://www.jnsheji.cn/book/UxknPlftgI.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A jury was selected Monday in the civil trial of a man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love.
A wrongful death lawsuit brought by Love’s mother seeks to hold George Huguely V liable in Yeardley’s killing. Love and Huguely — who also played lacrosse at UVA — were in an on-again, off-again dating relationship. The lawsuit seeks $29.5 million in compensatory damages and $1 million in punitive damages.
Eleven jurors were chosen to hear the case, including seven regular jurors and four alternates. The trial in Charlottesville Circuit Court is expected to last about eight days. Opening statements are expected Tuesday.
Love, of Cockeysville, Maryland, and Huguely, of Chevy Chase, Maryland, were both seniors who were weeks away from graduation. They were known for their play on UVA’s nationally ranked men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, but also for their volatile relationship.
Prosecutors said Huguely kicked a hole in Love’s bedroom door, then beat her after a day of golf and binge drinking, enraged that she had had a relationship with a lacrosse player from North Carolina.
A medical examiner concluded the 22-year-old Love died of blunt force trauma to her head, but defense and prosecution experts offered differing medical opinions on the lethal consequences of her injuries.
During the jury selection process Monday, many of the potential jurors told Judge Richard Moore they had read or heard media reports about the case after Yeardley was killed or during Huguely’s criminal trial in 2012. Moore dismissed three potential jurors who said they had formed an opinion about the case and would be unable to put that opinion aside to serve as jurors in the civil case.
The civil trial is expected to include many of the same witnesses, although many of them are expected to testify in videotaped depositions instead of in person.
Huguely’s attorney, Matthew Green, said the defense will acknowledge that Huguely’s assault and battery caused Love’s death and that her family is entitled to compensatory damages in an amount to be decided by the jury. But he said the defense does not believe punitive damages are appropriate.
Love’s mother and sister, and Huguely’s mother, were present in the courtroom on Monday.
Green said Huguely will be brought to court from prison on the day he is scheduled to testify, but not on the other days of the trial. | https://cw33.com/news/u-s-news/ap-u-s-headlines/trial-to-begin-in-lawsuit-over-death-of-uva-lacrosse-player/ | 2022-04-25T23:12:50Z |
New Facility is One of Four Englewood Health Urgent Care Centers Located Across Northern NJ
ENGLEWOOD, N.J., April 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Englewood Health has opened an urgent care center in Fair Lawn, located at 22-18 Broadway. Englewood Health Urgent Care at Fair Lawn provides adult and pediatric urgent and non-urgent medical care seven days a week, with extended weekday and weekend hours available.
The new facility is one of four Englewood Health urgent care centers where patients with minor injuries and illnesses can conveniently access diagnostic services and treatment with no appointment needed, as well as referrals to other Englewood Health specialists.
"With locations across northern New Jersey, our urgent care centers round out Englewood Health's capacity to care for our communities," said Warren Geller, president and CEO of Englewood Health. "We offer physician office visits, emergency medicine, hospital care, and urgent care."
He adds, "With the addition of our urgent care location in Fair Lawn, we strengthen our ability to provide quality care for every member of the family, at every stage of life."
At Englewood Health Urgent Care at Fair Lawn, healthcare providers care for patients with non-emergent illnesses and injuries; pre-employment, school, and camp physicals; lab tests; and X-rays.
"We are committed to ensuring that our patients have access to quality urgent care in their local communities," said Stephen Brunnquell, MD, president of the Englewood Health Physician Network. "In addition to benefitting our patients, urgent care is an important resource for physicians, who can direct their patients to urgent care when health services are needed outside of normal practice hours."
He adds, "Urgent care does not replace your regular physician appointments. It fits in, when needed, as one part of an accessible, convenient, and comprehensive network of medical care options."
Urgent Care in Fair Lawn is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Englewood Health accepts most insurance plans. The latest information is posted at englewoodhealth.org/urgent.
Patients can also call Englewood Health Urgent Care at 201-222-1234 with questions.
In addition to Urgent Care at Fair Lawn, Englewood Health has urgent care facilities in Cresskill, Englewood, and Jersey City. Walk-in appointments for primary care needs are also available at Englewood Health Physician Network Primary Care of Cliffside Park.
About Englewood Health
Englewood Health is one of New Jersey's leading hospitals and healthcare networks. Composed of Englewood Hospital, the Englewood Health Physician Network, and the Englewood Health Foundation, the health system delivers nationally recognized care in a community setting to residents of northern New Jersey, New York, and beyond. The hospital, founded in 1890, consistently earns high marks for clinical excellence and patient safety. Englewood Hospital holds the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade 'A' and is nationally recognized for nursing excellence, earning a fifth consecutive designation by the Magnet Recognition Program® in 2021. Areas of clinical excellence include cardiac surgery and cardiac care, cancer care, orthopedic surgery, spine surgery, vascular surgery, and women's health, as well as bloodless medicine and surgery. Englewood Health is an affiliate of Hackensack Meridian Health. The hospital offers an internal medicine residency program affiliated with Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, as well as a vascular surgery fellowship, pharmacy residency program, podiatry residency program, and a radiography training program. Englewood also serves as a training site for surgery, pathology, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and other medical and surgical subspecialties. Englewood Health is continually expanding services and enhancing access through the Englewood Health Physician Network, a coordinated network of more than 500 office-based and hospital-based providers at more than 100 locations in six counties in New Jersey and New York. Through the main acute-care facility, physician network, hospital outpatient departments offering imaging services in local communities, and a variety of community health and wellness programs, Englewood Health delivers a healthcare experience that puts patients at the center. For additional information, visit www.englewoodhealth.org
CONTACT: Office of Communications, 201-894-3499, communications@ehmchealth.org
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Recently Enacted Measure is a Victory for Working Families
RICHMOND, Va., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters are lauding Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney and the Richmond City Council for unanimously passing an ordinance that will extend collective bargaining rights to the city's municipal workers in response to mobilization by city workers, union members, and community allies. The ordinance is a major victory for working families in the city and represents the largest expansion of workplace rights in the city in nearly half a century.
"The Teamsters were there every step of the way working with the mayor and the council on crafting this ordinance, and it was an honor to do on behalf of these workers," said Brian Peyton, President of Teamsters Local 322 in Richmond. "Congratulations to these workers for securing collective bargaining rights. Throughout the pandemic and to this very day they made sure that the city where we live, work and play was able to stay safe, clean and healthy. They deserve the freedom to negotiate a union contract just as much as anyone in the private sector."
The new law gives city workers the freedom to join a union and negotiate with their employer over wages, benefits, and working conditions after 45 years of not being afforded that right. Under the ordinance, municipal workers will be divided into five different bargaining units – police, fire and emergency services, labor and trades, professional staff and administrative and technical employees.
"Having five separate bargaining units is the best outcome for city workers," Peyton said. "It will give them greater freedom of choice and more opportunities to address the issues that are specific to their crafts when they go to negotiate with the city. We look forward to continuing to have conversations with workers in order to address their issues."
Based in Richmond, Teamsters Local 322 represents workers in a wide variety of fields throughout the city and surrounding communities.
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Florida condo collapse settlement reached, tops $1 billion
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the families who lost relatives in last year’s collapse of a Florida condominium tower that killed 98 people reached a $1.02 billion settlement Friday, providing a speedy resolution to lawsuits that could have dragged on for years.
The agreement to end litigation over the Champlain Towers South tragedy awaits approval by Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman, but that should just be a formality.
Lawyers previously had announced in court a tentative agreement that almost $1 billion would be split by the families whose relatives died or were harmed in the collapse of the 12-story tower in Surfside, and parties on both sides of the lawsuit filed a motion Friday committing to a $1.02 billion settlement fund. Additionally, nearly $100 million will be split by those who lost their property in the collapse.
Families of victims will have to file claims, as the money will not be split evenly. The goal is to begin distributing money by September.
The money comes from several sources, including insurance companies, engineering companies and a luxury condominium that had recently been built next door. None of the parties are admitting wrongdoing. A billionaire developer from Dubai i s set to purchase the 1.8-acre (1-hectare) beachside site for $120 million, contributing to the settlement.
The judge will determine the attorneys fees, but it is expected to be a fraction of the third lawyers would normally earn. Cases like this typically take three years or more to reach a settlement, let alone get to trial.
In their motion for “preliminary approval of class action settlement,” attorneys for plaintiffs and defendants described the collapse in Surfside as a " ‘black swan’ event that devastated this community,” and said they were “proud to have met this Court’s challenge to provide relief to the class of victims before the one-year anniversary of the collapse.”
Most of Champlain Towers South collapsed suddenly around 1:20 a.m. last June 24 as most of its residents slept. Only three people survived the initial collapse.
No other survivors were found despite around-the-clock efforts by rescuers who dug through a 40-foot (12-meter) high pile of rubble for two weeks. Another three dozen people were able to escape from the portion of the building that remained standing. All 135 units were ultimately demolished, leaving a gaping hole along Surfside’s beachfront.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is investigating the cause of the collapse, a process expected to take years. Champlain South had a long history of maintenance problems and questions have been raised about the quality of its original construction and inspections in the early 1980s.
The collapse drew new scrutiny to high-rise safety statewide, especially in vulnerable coastal areas. At the time, Miami-Dade and neighboring Broward counties were the only ones of Florida’s 67 counties requiring buildings to recertify their safety after 40 years.
New legislation passed by the Legislature this week in a special session and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis will require those certifications statewide, significantly earlier in the building’s lifespan.
Recertification will be required after 30 years, or 25 years if the building is within 3 miles (5 kilometers) of the coast, and every 10 years thereafter. The Champlain Towers South was 40 years old and its condominium association had been struggling with compliance at the time of the collapse.
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NEW YORK, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Global's (NYSE: SPGI) second quarter 2022 results will be issued on Tuesday, August 2, 2022 via news release at approximately 7:15 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The news release will be available at www.spglobal.com.
Douglas L. Peterson, President and CEO; Ewout Steenbergen, Executive Vice President and CFO; and Mark Grant, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, will host a conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time on August 2, 2022 to discuss the Company's second quarter 2022 financial results. The presentation is open to all interested parties and may include forward-looking information.
Webcast Instructions: Live and Replay
The webcast (audio and slides) will be available live and as an archived replay through the Company's Investor Relations website at http://investor.spglobal.com/Quarterly-Earnings (please copy and paste URL into web browser). The archived replay will be available beginning two hours after the conclusion of the live call and will remain available for one year.
Telephone Access: Live and Replay
The call begins at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Please dial in by 8:20 a.m.
- For callers in the U.S.: (888) 603-9623
- For callers outside the U.S.: +1 (630) 395-0220 (long-distance charges will apply)
- The conference passcode is "S&P Global"
The recorded telephone replay will be available beginning two hours after the conclusion of the call and will remain available until Sep 2, 2022.
- For callers in the U.S.: (866) 363-4070
- For callers outside the U.S.: +1 (203) 369-0208 (long-distance charges will apply)
Presenters' Slides & Remarks
The presenters' slides will be made available for downloading at the conclusion of the call. The final remarks will be available for downloading the following day. Go to http://investor.spglobal.com/Quarterly-Earnings for these documents and any additional information provided during the presentation.
About S&P Global
S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) provides essential intelligence. We enable governments, businesses and individuals with the right data, expertise and connected technology so that they can make decisions with conviction. From helping our customers assess new investments to guiding them through ESG and energy transition across supply chains, we unlock new opportunities, solve challenges and accelerate progress for the world.
We are widely sought after by many of the world's leading organizations to provide credit ratings, benchmarks, analytics and workflow solutions in the global capital, commodity and automotive markets. With every one of our offerings, we help the world's leading organizations plan for tomorrow, today. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com.
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Services for Samuel Sauseda Amador Jr., 69, of Temple will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Harper-Talasek Funeral Home in Temple.
Mr. Amador died Saturday, July 9, in Temple.
He was born April 6, 1953, in Moody to Antonia Sauseda and Samuel Amador. He was a mechanic.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Annette Marie Amador.
Survivors include two sons, Alvin Amador and Jonathan Amador. | https://www.tdtnews.com/obituaries/article_6d851a94-02ef-11ed-ba78-0324be684630.html | 2022-07-14T09:19:14Z |
Which suncatchers are best?
Suncatchers are decorative pieces of stained glass designed to capture the sunlight. When placed indoors by a window, they can bring light into an otherwise dark room. And when they’re hung outdoors, they can distribute light and add a lovely aesthetic to the space. Whichever type you go with, these artistic pieces can invigorate any area.
Design
Since suncatchers are meant to glimmer and shine in the sunlight, they usually consist of materials that reflect light, such as:
- Crystals: Most crystals found in suncatchers are round or oval, but they can also come in other geometric shapes. Due to their design, they can capture the rays of the sun and reflect them for a rainbow effect.
- Glass: Another common material is stained glass, as it can add even more colors to the reflected light. These come in different shapes and sizes, such as squares, rhombuses or animals.
- Beads: Made from plastic, stone, metal, wood or glass, beads don’t necessarily reflect light. However, they can act as a nice aesthetic on a suncatcher.
- Metals: Certain metals, such as plated gold or silver, are reflective, making them another popular choice for light-catchers. Oftentimes, they’re used to make up the thin, lightweight frame of the artwork.
- Plastic: Often considered an affordable choice, plastic can be reflective, too. It’s also commonly used in the frame.
Some suncatchers are themed for specific occasions or events, such as holidays. Others implement words, exciting shapes or other designs to create a complete theme.
Hanging mechanism
Most suncatchers can be hung with one of the following:
- Hook: These usually require tools to install and can be placed on a wall or tree.
- Suction cup: These can be mounted on a window
- Looped cord: Made either from synthetic or leather materials, the cord can be looped around a branch or hook.
Placement
Most suncatchers are small and designed to incorporate into a larger design aesthetic. Typically, the best place to put one is where the sunlight frequently hits, since the natural light can scatter flecks of light and create rainbows directly around the art piece. Popular options include:
- Near wind chimes
- By stained glass windows overlooking a sunroom, living room or kitchen
- Near or in a garden
- On the patio
Besides lighting, choose the location based on the size of the piece. Larger suncatchers, for example, offer more light and can stand out better in a big area, such as a garden. Ultimately, as long as the light-catcher captures and reflects any nearby light, it can enhance the visual appeal of the space.
10 best suncatchers
Bits and Pieces Peacock Art Glass Suncatcher
At nearly 10 inches, this decorative suncatcher comes in two multicolored designs: a peacock and a butterfly. It has a metal chain and consists primarily of shatter-resistant glass, making this a sturdy art piece for any garden or window. With enough direct sunlight, it can radiate light.
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H and D Hyaline and Dora Hanging Chandelier Crystals Prisms for Window Suncatchers
This large decorative crystal collects the sun’s rays and reflects them onto a small surface. It is 3.4 inches tall and 2.4 inches wide. It also includes a sturdy string that’s perfect for hanging it either inside or outside.
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Crystal Suncatchers Hanging Wind Chime Style Garden Suncatcher
Shaped similar to a chandelier, this suncatcher contains many hanging crystals that make a lovely sound in the wind. It has gold-plated chains connecting the crystals. It’s perfect for indoor use, especially around a bay window or on a ceiling fan.
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August Grove Stained Glass Hoot’s Owl Window Panel
This stained glass owl is made from hand-cut glass pieces that give it a distinct shape. It comes with a durable hanging chain that’s resistant to the elements outside. The chain is 21 inches long, making it the perfect accessory for a large indoor window. It also looks great when hung from a tree branch.
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Bee Suncatcher Window Hanging Ornament With Suction Cup
This bee-shaped light-catcher has a semitransparent body and opaque wings. It comes with a durable nylon string and a suction cup that easily mounts to any window. Since it’s small, it makes for a great addition to a bedroom.
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Naturemama K9 Crystal Suncatcher Rainbow Maker Hanging Prism Ornament
This pack comes with six handmade decorative pieces, including moons, stars and suns. Each one has a shiny chain, crystals and a hook for easy hanging. It’s small and long, making it good for the back deck, patio or a small room.
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Charlton Home Birds in the Night Sky Round Stained Glass Window Panel
Large enough for gardens and other outdoor locations, this suncatcher features a giant panel and has four multicolored birds standing on a branch. When placed in direct sunlight, the whole thing illuminates.
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H and D Hyaline and Dora Suncatcher Crystal Tree of Life Rainbow Maker
Designed with a beautiful decorative tree and a glowing crystal bulb at the base, this suncatcher can not only reflect light but can also serve as a decorative ornament for indoor or outdoor use. It comes in four colors and is handmade.
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This flower-shaped suncatcher is made from genuine stained glass that easily captures and reflects the sun. It serves as a lovely complement to the garden or a kitchen window. It’s available in white, blue, yellow or pink and is 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide. It also comes with a sturdy hanging chain and a hook.
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These suncatchers come in six themes, including Santa Claus, a snowman and a wizard. They have vibrant colors and are semi-holographic. They’re also fade-resistant. They are a great addition to the bathroom or another small room.
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NEW YORK, May 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Boosting its support of the U.S. programs insurance market's fast-paced growth, AXA XL is investing more resources in its Americas Program insurance business with the appointment of David Brooks to the new role of Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO), Programs and Delegated Arrangements for the Americas. Mr. Brooks will report to Donna Nadeau, AXA XL's Chief Underwriting Officer for the Americas.
According to Ms. Nadeau, "The Program insurance market is a center for innovation, creativity, and specialization. It continues to mature and is becoming a home to some of the most experienced underwriting talent in the industry. With David's new role, we're putting some of our most experienced talent to work so that we can best support our program partners' growth strategies. David brings nearly 40 years of industry experience as an underwriter, broker and more recently as a risk manager to his new role."
The latest biennial market survey from Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) found that US program premium volume grew by 32.8 percent to $53.8bn from 2018 to 2020 with momentum expected to continue, making program business the fastest growing P&C sector.
Mr. Brooks steps into this new role from his most current role as AXA XL's Chief Risk Officer for the Americas, effective June 1. After 16 years working in the insurance brokerage community, David joined AXA XL in 1998 to help with the initial launch of its aerospace operation. Since then, he has held numerous roles in underwriting, management, and head of ceded re. In his more recent risk management role, he was instrumental in helping establishing AXA XL's North America Program due diligence protocol.
In his new role, Mr. Brooks will set strategy, direction and provide a heightened level of sophistication to our Program partners so they can benefit from AXA XL's deep insurance capabilities and underwriting expertise.
"AXA XL has a long history of supporting niche Program business with partnerships that go back decades. We're looking forward to boosting our support as growth and increasing demands of the sector become more sophisticated every day," said Mr. Brooks. "Under Chris Bressette's leadership, AXA XL has built a robust and growing Program business. With our financial strength, creativity of coverage, access to multiple coverage lines, actuarial experience, analytical data science capabilities, and knowledge of regulatory issues, we have a lot to offer our program partners. We're looking forward to extending our expertise, capacity and appetite to build more long-term Program partnerships."
Commenting on the appointment, Chris Bressette, Chief Underwriting Officer for North America P&C Programs, said: "I am excited to work with David as he aligns strategy and operational synergies across multiple delegated businesses. From his diverse experiences, I know he will add unique and valuable insights to our P&C space as we work together to execute profitable growth within this business model."
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NEW YORK , April 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of C3.ai, Inc. (NYSE: AI) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than Defendants that purchased or otherwise acquired: (a) C3.ai Class A common stock pursuant and/or traceable to the documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about December 9, 2020; and/or (b) C3.ai securities between December 9, 2020 and February 15, 2022, both dates inclusive.
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: May 3, 2022
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CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that C3.ai, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) C3.ai's partnership with Baker Hughes was deteriorating; (ii) C3.ai was employing a flawed accounting methodology to conceal the deterioration of its Baker Hughes partnership; (iii) C3.ai faced challenges in product adoption and significant salesforce turnover; (iv) the Company overstated, inter alia, the extent of its investment in technology, description of its customers, its total addressable market, the pace of its market growth, and the scale of alliances with its major business partners; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
WHAT THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in C3.ai, Inc. you have until May 3, 2022 to petition the court for lead plaintiff status. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
NO COST TO YOU: If you purchased C3.ai, Inc. securities during the relevant period, you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out-of-pocket fees.
HOW TO PROTECT YOUR FINANCIAL INTERESTS: For additional information about the AI lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/c3-ai-inc-loss-submission-form?id=26059&from=4.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Moomoo's parent company Futu Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: FUTU, "Futu"), a leading tech-driven online brokerage and wealth management platform, announced that its long-term issuer credit rating "BBB-" has been reaffirmed with a stable outlook by major global rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P). Meanwhile, S&P also maintained Futu's "bbb" GCP (group credit profile) rating.
Last year, Futu was granted a BBB- long-term issuer credit rating by S&P, marking the first Hong Kong brokerage to independently receive BBB- rating from S&P.
Being one of the three major global rating agencies, S&P offers third-party forward looking opinions about a company's relative creditworthiness ranging from AAA to D. Companies rated BBB- or higher by S&P are considered investment-grade, and are believed to have adequate capacity to meet financial commitments and relatively low credit risk.
In its recent report, S&P highlighted Futu's very strong capitalization, adequate risk controls and expansion strategy on international market, and it expected Futu to maintain the risk appetite, underwriting standards and good loan quality while expanding the business scope and international outreach over the next 24 months.
S&P also underscored Futu's satisfactory share of about 3% of Hong Kong's fragmented brokerage market, and its improvements on the diversification of its product offerings and geographic reach. S&P believed that Futu has started to diversify its funding structure and liquidity sources in recent years.
S&P commented in the report that internationalization will be the main strategy for Futu in the next two to three years, as the company is looking to expand the presence in Hong Kong SAR, the U.S., Singapore, Australia and potentially other new markets. As of the end of first quarter, Futu recorded more than 80% of its newly acquired paying clients from Hong Kong SAR, the United States, Singapore and other international markets in first quarter this year.
Having established its presence in Hong Kong in 2012, Futu has led the way in the local brokerage industry for almost ten years and its app Futubull is now a household name in Hong Kong. Futu's registered Hong Kong users number accounted for approximately one third of Hong Kong adults' population.
Since July 2020, Futu had become the first retail brokerage included in Category A Stock Exchange Participants by the Hong Kong Exchange, ranking among top 14 brokerage houses together with other top tier global investment banks, in terms of market shares in Hong Kong.
Since Futu made its debut in Singapore last year, its flagship app moomoo has quickly become a technology brokerage platform recognized by local investors. As of June 2022, the number of Futu's Singapore users accounted for more than 20% of the Singapore's population aged between 20 to 70. In June 2022, Moomoo Financial Singapore Pte. Ltd officially became the first digital brokerage to receive full memberships from Singapore Exchange, strengthening its leading position in the industry.
In the U.S. market, moomoo continues to gain interest from traders who seek better tools to trade like a pro. With strong technology supports, moomoo provides investors with seamless trading experience, timely financial information, and powerful investment analysis tools that used to be available only to institutional investors.
Moomoo also announced its official launch in Australia in March 2022, providing trading access of stocks and ETFs listed in the U.S. and Australia to Australian investors. Moomoo is rapidly expanding its presence in Australia by sharing investing knowledge and market insights in financial forums and events, putting responsible investing into practice.
Apart from brokerage business, Futu sharpens edges of its product diversification. In terms of enterprise service business, Futu had 258 IPO and IR clients as well as 459 ESOP clients by the end of first quarter, climbing up 69.7% and 129.5% YoY, respectively.
Additionally, Futu Money Plus has partnered with 64 world's well-known financial institutions to offer wealth management services, including five new partners - Wellington Investment, Fullerton Fund Management, Lion Global Investors, Nikko Asset Management and UOB Asset Management in first quarter. According to its first quarter earnings report, the total client assets amount reached HK$20.9 billion ($2.7 billion), an increase of 59.1% YoY.
About Futu Holdings Limited
Futu Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: FUTU) is an advanced technology company transforming the investing experience by offering a fully digitalized brokerage and wealth management platform. The Company primarily serves the emerging affluent population, pursuing a massive opportunity to facilitate a once-in-a-generation shift in the wealth management industry and build a digital gateway into broader financial services. The Company provides investing services through its proprietary digital platforms, Futubull and moomoo, each a highly integrated application accessible through any mobile device, tablet or desktop. The Company's primary fee-generating services include trade execution – which allows its clients to trade securities, such as stocks, ETFs, warrants, options and futures across different markets – as well as margin financing and securities lending. Futu has also embedded social media tools to create a network centered around its users and provide connectivity to users, investors, companies, analysts, media and key opinion leaders.
About moomoo
Moomoo is a next-generation one-stop digital financial service platform created by Moomoo Technologies Inc., a fintech company based in Palo Alto, California.
Moomoo integrates trading, market data, social networking with advanced features, such as AI-powered analytics and anomaly detection functions. It supports free online account-opening and provides access to the trading of stocks and ETFs in multiple global markets such as the United States, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, and Australia. Moomoo and its brand affiliates also offer rich investor education content and an interactive online community with 18 million users in more than 200 countries globally.
Moomoo's parent company is the Nasdaq-listed fintech company Futu Holdings Limited ("Futu"), which is headquartered in Hong Kong. Futu's subsidiary is also one of the largest brokerages in Hong Kong. On March 8, 2019, Futu was listed on the Nasdaq (symbol: FUTU).
For more information, please visit the moomoo official website at www.moomoo.com.
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Gunshot victim taken to hospital
One person injured in gunshot that happened overnight
Published: Aug. 18, 2022 at 2:40 AM CDT|Updated: 13 minutes ago
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -
One person has been taken to the hospital with what is believed to be non-life threatening injuries after suffering a gunshot wound.
Officers responded to the incident, which occurred near Southwest 10th Ave. & Southwest Oakley Ave. just before 1 a.m. Thursday Aug. 18.
The incident is still being investigated, and we will update as further details become available.
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2nd man sentenced in Vermont visa fraud case
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — The second of four men accused in a failed plan to build a biotechnology plant in Vermont using tens of millions of dollars in foreign investors’ money raised through a special visa program has been sentenced to 18 months in prison. Seventy-three-year-old William Kelly, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, also was sentenced Wednesday to three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $.8.3 million in restitution. He was an advisor to Ariel Quiros, the former owner of Jay Peak and Burke resorts, who faces sentencing later this month. Former Jay Peak ski resort president William Stenger was also sentenced last week to 18 months in prison in the case. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/04/20/2nd-man-sentenced-in-vermont-visa-fraud-case/ | 2022-04-20T19:40:18Z |
Branch Leaders Kim Arrington and Maui Parra Support the Next Generation
ATLANTA, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Top mortgage lender New American Funding has branches across the country. The roots go deeper than mortgages in those areas to nurture and support the communities they serve.
The company's team in Atlanta, led by Branch Managers Kim Arrington and Maui Parra, are shining examples of that. Together, the team is leading an effort to increase financial literacy in the Atlanta metro area, working closely in partnership with Meadowcreek High School in Norcross, Ga.
Through this partnership, students at Meadowcreek are offered financial literacy classes and learn about managing personal finances, setting them up for success after graduation. Included in the curriculum is information about saving money, budgeting, credit and debt, taxes, real estate, and investing.
Recently, Arrington and Parra presented a financial scholarship to a graduating senior to help with continuing education. A ceremony took place at Meadowcreek on May 17, 2022.
"We believe in educating, equipping, and empowering our community," Arrington said. "That's why we are so proud of our partnership with Meadowcreek. We believe so deeply in our mission and truly enjoy being able to help prepare these great students for their future. That's also why we were so thrilled to be able present this scholarship to a deserving student to help them on their way to greatness."
The student plans to apply the scholarship toward attending Gwinnett College in Georgia in the fall.
To learn more about New American Funding, visit our website: newamericanfunding.com.
New American Funding is an independent mortgage lender with a servicing portfolio of over 233,000 loans for approximately $61.9 billion, 167 nationwide locations, and about 4,200 employees. The company is a 2021 Mortgage Professional America 5-Star Retail Lender and has made Inc. 5000's list of Fastest-Growing Companies in America seven times. It offers state-of-the-art career training and provides its branch Loan Officers with innovative technologies to streamline the mortgage process.
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KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (KHON) — It was a wedding that Dillon and Riley Murphy will remember forever.
The Hawaii Island couple said they were initially concerned that Tropical Storm Darby would rain on their big day at Hulihe’e Palace in Kailua-Kona over the weekend. Darby fizzled out, but then the waves came crashing.
“And we were kind of right at the moment where we were going to start moving a couple things and, yeah, this big wall basically just showed up,” Dillon said. “And luckily there was no food in any of the containers, the cake luckily made it.”
The Murphys told KHON that everyone at the reception was also safe as well. Riley said seeing unity in the face of hardship taught her a life lesson after the water rushed in.
“And just the analogy of, you know, life and storms hit. And it’s just, it’s so important to come together and to have all of our family and our loved ones there and it just made it very special,” Riley said.
After a little cleanup and drying off, it was not the wedding the Murphys had dreamed of – they said it was even better.
“But we did end up getting some good pictures with like waves splashing up and the ceremony was beautiful,” Dillon said.
“We didn’t have our dance floor, but nobody seemed to mind, at the end of the night we were all like dancing in the mud and it was amazing,” Riley said.
“The show still went on and it was, it was a really, really fun night,” Riley said. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/waves-crash-hawaii-island-wedding-it-was-a-blast/ | 2022-07-18T17:47:32Z |
...HIGH .FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
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ATLANTA -- The Georgia Chamber of Commerce is pulling together local chambers from cities across Georgia outside of metro Atlanta to focus on issues of interest to those communities.
The new Hub Chamber Council will advocate on behalf of chambers of commerce in Albany, Athens, Augusta, Brunswick, Columbus, Dalton, Macon, Rome, Savannah, Valdosta and Warner Robins.
"This new council will help coordinate federal, state and local policy in these dynamic and growing economic centers," Chris Clark, president and CEO of the Georgia Chamber, said. "Our hope is that by galvanizing these communities together in one direction, it will produce outcomes greater than if their efforts were individualized."
The Hub Chamber Council is modeled after the Georgia Chamber Center for Rural Prosperity, which opened in Tifton five years ago to help raise the profiles of rural communities and improve coordination of efforts to boost their economies.
The new council will work to increase the influence of the member chambers at the Georgia Capitol and in Washington, D.C., and improve the economic prosperity of the larger cities and counties outside of metro Atlanta. Specifically, it will focus on work force housing, recruiting talent and building the infrastructure needed to foster economic development in those areas.
David Bradley, president and CEO of the Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, will serve as the council's inaugural chairman.
"I look forward to all this council will be able to achieve towards a better understanding of how these communities, like ours in Athens, can have their needs met through a coordinated statewide effort," he said. "The Georgia Chamber is uniquely positioned to host this newly formed Hub Chamber Council, which will have lasting impact for our Georgia metro communities."
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LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hollister Incorporated, a global medical device company, has been awarded a three-year group purchasing agreement for Urological products with vizient, Inc., the nation's largest member-driven health care performance improvement company.
The new agreement will allow vizient members increased access through negotiated pricing to the full portfolio of the Hollister Incorporated Urological products, including its VaPro™ hydrophilic catheters, which were designated by vizient as an Innovative Technology in 2019. Hollister Incorporated also offers a robust educational platform and ongoing patient support services.
"We are honored to be awarded a multi-year agreement for our Urological products with vizient, which will allow us the opportunity to serve their membership," said Casey Haan, Hollister Incorporated Managing Director, United States. "Aligning with vizient and its commitment to patient care will help us deliver on Our Mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for the people who use our products and services."
The agreement is effective for three years, beginning April 1st, 2022. Vizient's diverse membership and customer base includes academic medical centers, pediatric facilities, community hospitals, integrated health delivery networks and non-acute health care providers.
In addition to the product portfolio, Hollister Incorporated offers a service to support catheter and ostomy patients throughout the continuum of care.
"Hollister Secure Start℠ services provides a lifetime of personalized support and condition specific education to patients, to help them adjust to the physical and lifestyle changes they're navigating. Our consumer service advisors serve as product experts that are dedicated to helping patients with the tools and resources they need throughout their journey to get back to living their life, their way," said Jayme Schuler, Hollister Incorporated Director of Secure Start services.
Hollister Incorporated is an independent, employee-owned company that develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company develops and manufactures products for ostomy care, continence care and critical care, and also develops educational support materials for patients and healthcare professionals. Headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, it has manufacturing and distribution centers on three continents and sells in nearly 80 countries. Hollister is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Firm of John Dickinson Schneider Inc. (JDS Inc.), a 100-year-old company. Hollister is guided by the shared Mission of JDS Inc., to make life more rewarding and dignified for people who use its products and services. www.Hollister.com.
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Recognized for solving complex digital transformations for enterprise organizations across the globe
CHICAGO, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Spaulding Ridge, global cloud advisory and implementation firm, has been named an Anaplan Global Strategic Partner, the highest available Anaplan Partner status. The award-winning firm has also been named the recipient of Anaplan's 2022 AMER Partner of the Year, which is awarded to one Anaplan partner every year.
Jay Laabs, Spaulding Ridge CEO, says, "Our continued global expansion has enabled us to bring our multi-cloud strategy, solutions, and client-centric values to enterprise businesses, functioning as their trusted advisor for connected planning and value mapping. Together, we've been able to accelerate the business goals of hundreds of organizations across the globe. The Anaplan Global Strategic Partner tier accurately represents Spaulding Ridge's breadth and capabilities, and we are honored to have received this year's AMER Partner of the Year Award."
"Spaulding Ridge continues to deliver customer value through innovative solutions and a customer-first mindset," said Carla Moradi, SVP, Global Partner & Alliances Organization at Anaplan. "As Anaplan enters a new phase of hypergrowth, we are excited to collaborate with Spaulding Ridge as a Global Strategic Partner and together help our customers strengthen business agility and performance."
Spaulding Ridge has continued to scale, with the Anaplan practice growing to over 175 consultants and experiencing 521% revenue growth since 2018. The firm is known as a trusted advisor to global enterprise CFOs and CROs across all industries, including high-tech, retail, CPG, and utilities, delivering connected planning and sales performance management (SPM) solutions and implementations that enable data-driven decision making.
About Spaulding Ridge
Spaulding Ridge is an award-winning cloud advisory and implementation firm, deploying Best-in-Cloud solutions on a global scale. They enable organizations to accelerate operational efficiency, drive digital transformation, and increase competitive advantage.
Spaulding Ridge partners with digitally savvy companies to help:
- Finance gain control: Increase top-line revenue, gross margins, and profits through better insight. Connect financial planning to strategy and automate financial close processes.
- Sales increase productivity: Manage quota and territories more consistently and effectively, automate customer contracts and onboarding.
- Operations drive efficiency: Improve supply chain agility, automate strategic sourcing and purchasing, deliver superior customer service experiences.
To learn more, visit spauldingridge.com.
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Polk County couple charged after death of toddler
POLK COUNTY Fla. (WWSB) - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a couple on one county of Negligent Child Abuse resulting in the death of a 2-year-old.
PCSO Homicide detectives arrested 57-year-old Regis Johnson and 35-year-old Arhonda Tillman, both from Davenport. Detectives had been called the day before for an unresponsive child call. The little girl was located deceased in an inflatable pool that was being used as a makeshift playpen.
During interviews, Johnson, the toddler’s father, told detectives that when the child was born doctors believed she may share a muscular dystrophy gene with her mother. He also told detectives he took the child to a medical appointment July of 2021 to be tested, but the test came back inconclusive. Johnson further stated the most recent doctor’s appointment was August of 2021. According to Johnson, the victim hadn’t wanted to eat much for the past two days, and when he tried to feed her she would only take a few bites.
Johnson told detectives that he placed the child in the inflatable pool at around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday morning, and she began playing with her toys. He left for a short time, and when he returned, the victim was “cold to the touch and was not breathing.”
Tillman, the victim’s mother, told detectives that she attempted to feed the child a turkey sandwich Monday night before bed, but the victim did not want to eat. She stated that she didn’t know when the child had last seen a doctor, and added that the victim could crawl but not walk.
Detectives contacted the victim’s pediatrician. The doctor told detectives the child’s last doctor’s visit was in January of 2020, which was her 6-month check-up. The medical office attempted to make contact with the parents numerous times following the appointment as there was concern that the child may have Cystic Fibrosis.
During the investigation, detectives learned that on December 10, 2019, the Department of Children and Families (DCF) began a medical neglect investigation which revealed the victim was consistently losing weight and her parents were not following-up with doctor appointments. The DCF report indicated that after the parents complied with DCF instructions and following several positive weight checks, Johnson was instructed to follow-up with the victim’s primary care physician, and DCF then closed the investigation.
On May 11, the District 10 Medical Examiner’s Office conducted an autopsy on the victim which determined the victim had no food in her stomach and suffered from long term starvation. She only weighed 9.5 pounds at the time of death.
When detectives again spoke with Johnson following the autopsy, and he admitted the victim’s last doctor’s appointment was in January 2020 and not August of 2021 as he originally stated. He also told detectives that he knew his daughter was “not gaining weight and not developing as normal.” He further said that he “knew the victim was losing weight and was not thriving” and still did not seek medical attention.
Both Johnson and Tillman were arrested and transported to the Polk County Jail where they are being held without bond.
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Ayesha Curry named a Director of the Board of Back to the Roots and deepens her commitment to building the gardening brand for the next generation
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Back to the Roots, the world's fastest-growing organic garden brand, announced that Ayesha Curry will be joining the Back to the Roots Board of Directors.
7 years ago, Ayesha Curry, a self-prescribed "crazy garden lady", was introduced to the founders of Back to the Roots, Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez, by mutual friends who believed they shared the same passions for gardening, growing your own food and inspiring kids to connect with the environment. The friendship developed into a product collaboration with Back to the Roots and later Ayesha coming on as an investor in the company.
Now, as Back to the Roots closed its $15M Series D and sets its eyes on exciting growth ahead, Ayesha is joining as the 6th member of the company's Board of Directors, focusing on product & brand development as Back to the Roots aims to build the gardening brand for generations to come. This year alone, consumers are expected to spend $100M on Back to the Roots gardening products.
Ayesha Curry says, "I am so excited to join the board of Back to the Roots. Nikhil, Alejandro and I share a passion for educating families about the magic of growing their own food and creating excitement about making healthy food choices. As a mom, it is important for me to encourage my children to develop a healthy lifestyle while also being mindful of protecting the Earth. As a businesswoman, I love that I am able to combine my passions and help this impressive business continue to excel as the garden brand for the next generation."
"We are so honored to have Ayesha join the board. Her incredible entrepreneurial mindset and innate branding & community development expertise make her the perfect fit for our company as we scale into our next chapter," says Nikhil Arora, Back to the Roots Co-Founder and Co-CEO.
"It's a special opportunity to add Ayesha to our Board — aside from her tremendous business experience, she is also a passionate gardener and a mom who wants to grow with her family. I can't think of anyone else better to help guide this brand into every home & classroom in the country," adds Back to the Roots Co-Founder and Co-CEO Alejandro Velez.
Back to the Roots is building the garden brand of the future — focusing on creating gardening products that are not only easy to use & great for plants, but also for the planet. They also have a school giveback program tied into every one of their products - helping bring organic grow kits to over 55,000 elementary school students this past year. Their game-changing line of organic indoor grow kits, 100% USA grown seed packets, peat-free soil, plant food, live plants and raised beds are available nationwide in Walmart, The Home Depot, Target, Lowe's and on Amazon.
About Ayesha Curry
Ayesha Curry is a renowned restaurateur, chef, 2x New York Times bestselling author, producer, host, and was featured on the prestigious Forbes "30 Under 30" list. Her accessible approach to cooking has made her one of the most sought-after experts in food and lifestyle and has amassed over 9 million avid social media followers and subscribers. Ayesha has her own line of cookware, kitchen textiles, and ready-to-eat meals, sold at retailers nationwide. Ayesha, along with her husband Stephen, is the co-founder of their family-founded charity Eat. Learn. Play. with a mission to end childhood hunger, ensure universal access to quality education, and enable healthy, active lifestyles. Working with key partners such as Alameda County Community Food Bank and World Central Kitchen, Eat. Learn. Play. has served up more than 25 million meals to-date in the Bay Area. Additionally, she is an ambassador for No Kid Hungry, an organization fighting to end childhood hunger. In 2020, Ayesha released her own lifestyle magazine, SWEET JULY, in partnership with the Meredith Corporation. The magazine shares recipes, personal anecdotes, fashion, family-friendly ideas and features interviews with inspiring creatives, influencers, activists, professionals and entrepreneurs from all walks of life. Following the launch of the magazine, Ayesha opened a brick-and-mortar Sweet July storefront and café in Oakland, CA and its accompanying website. She also released her second New York Times national best-selling cookbook, The Full Plate: Flavor Filled Recipes for Families with No Time and A Lot To Do. On the entertainment side, Curry recently hosted and executive produced HBO Max's About Last Night. Ayesha lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her three kids, Riley, Ryan and Canon, and husband, Stephen.
About Back to the Roots
Back to the Roots is an organic gardening company that has evolved from an urban mushroom farm in Oakland, CA to a thriving national brand and the fastest-growing organic gardening company in the country. With a mission to reconnect everyone back to where food comes from, co-founders Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez are transforming the gardening industry by making it easy for anyone, anywhere to grow their own food. Their award-winning line of organic gardening kits, seeds, soils, plant food, and raised beds is currently distributed in over 10,000 retail locations nationwide, including The Home Depot, Lowes, Target, Walmart, Cost Plus, Whole Foods, Albertsons, Menards, Kohl's, Amazon, and Costco. Alejandro & Nikhil have also been featured as Forbes 30 Under 30, EY Entrepreneurs of the Year NorCal, President Obama's Champions of Change, and CNN 10 Next Gen Entrepreneurs to Watch. Please visit www.backtotheroots.com for more.
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PeopleScout recognized for Affinix's innovation in artificial intelligence and machine learning; also wins Platinum for best use of Instagram, Gold for recruitment marketing and chief marketing officer and senior vice president for TrueBlue brands receives Platinum distinction
CHICAGO, April 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PeopleScout has been named a Platinum award winner, the highest distinction, in the 2022 TITAN Business Awards for its industry-leading talent technology Affinix™ in the Business Technology Solutions—Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning category. In addition, the global talent leader also received recognition for its superior marketing efforts and leadership with a Platinum award for Best Use of Instagram, a Gold award in the Digital Campaign—Recruitment Marketing category and a Platinum distinction for Caroline Sabetti, chief marketing officer, PeopleReady and PeopleScout and senior vice president of TrueBlue communications as Marketing Executive of the Year.
"This recognition from TITAN is validation of our commitment to innovation and evolving our technology to stay ahead of our clients' needs," said Taryn Owen, President & COO of PeopleReady and PeopleScout. "As we continue to help our clients with their recruiting challenges, we also strive to create innovative recruitment marketing strategies and engagement techniques to help attract the best talent to PeopleScout and for our clients."
Embedded within PeopleScout's talent solutions, Affinix delivers speed and scalability while leveraging artificial intelligence, recruitment marketing, machine learning, predictive analytics and other emerging technologies. PeopleScout adds Affinix enhancements on a quarterly basis in order to provide the best-in-class experience for candidates and our clients. This flexible approach allows PeopleScout to leverage the latest technologies all within one seamless ecosystem in Affinix.
PeopleScout was also recently named a Gold winner in the Social Media category of the 2022 MUSE Creative Awards for its Instagram page and a Silver winner in the Strategic Program, Digital Marketing Campaign category for its recruitment marketing campaign.
The TITAN Business Awards program was formed with the sole mission of acknowledging the achievements of entrepreneurs and organizations worldwide. Over 800 nominated entries from across the globe were received this year, with participating countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, India, Ireland, New Zealand, Netherlands and Canada.
To see the full list of 2022 TITAN Business Award winners, visit the website.
Learn more about Affinix here.
About International Awards Associate (IAA)
IAA, established in 2015, is the organizer of MUSE Creative Awards, MUSE Design Awards, MUSE Photography Awards, MUSE Hotel Awards, Vega Digital Awards, Vega Students Awards, NYX Marcom Awards, NYX Game Awards, NYX Video Awards, TITAN Business Awards, TITAN Property Awards, LIT Talent Awards, NY Product Design Awards, New York Photography Awards, and iLuxury Awards. IAA's mission is to honor, promote and encourage professional excellence, from industry to industry, internationally and domestically, through award platforms that are industry appropriate. IAA assembled TITAN Business Awards to bring attention to the international business industry and promote their strategies, cultures, and teamwork to the world.
About PeopleScout
PeopleScout, a TrueBlue (NYSE:TBI) company, is a leading RPO provider managing talent solutions that span the global economy, with end-to-end MSP and talent advisory capabilities supporting total workforce needs. PeopleScout boasts 97% client retention managing the most complex programs in the industry. The company's thousands of forward-looking talent professionals provide clients with the edge in the people business by consistently delivering now while anticipating what's next. Affinix™, PeopleScout's proprietary talent acquisition platform, empowers faster engagement with the best talent through an AI-driven, consumer-like candidate experience and optimizes the talent process through data and actionable insights. Leveraging the power of data gleaned from engaging millions of candidates and contingent associates every year, PeopleScout has served clients in more than 70 countries with headquarters in Chicago, Sydney and London and global delivery centers in Toronto, Montreal, Bristol, Krakow, Gurgaon and Bangalore. For more information, please visit www.peoplescout.com.
Press Contact:
Caroline Sabetti
Chief Marketing Officer, PeopleReady and PeopleScout
& Senior Vice President of TrueBlue Communications
csabetti@trueblue.com
312.560.9173
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Touvlo is Designed to be Expressive, Offering Rhythm and Unexpected Textures, Suitable for Comfortable Reading and Creating New Voices
WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Monotype today introduced Touvlo™, a radiant, modern interpretation of a classic genre, skillfully capturing the spirit of early British grotesque typefaces through playful terminals and lively curves. Designed by Emilios Theofanous, Monotype Studio's Creative Type Director, Touvlo means 'brick' in Theofanous' native Greek language and is an homage to his current London home and the prominence of bricks in his city view. Suited for branding and publishing, Touvlo offers designers and creatives a new choice for a timeless and unique aesthetic.
Touvlo started with inspiration from historical sources, but quickly transformed into a personal interpretation of early grotesque designs from British foundries. Its origins can be found in "Specimens of Book and Jobbing Types; Borders, Initials, Ornaments, etc," by The Fann Street Foundry, Sir Charles Reed and Sons, Ltd., London: 1905. The grotesque italic designs in this book follow a more calligraphic style than the slanted versions we expect to see in contemporary sans serif designs. This inspired Theofanous, who extended the same design principles to the backslant styles of Touvlo. Theofanous took inspiration from the extraordinary archive of the St Bride Library, diving into more type specimens from other British foundries and exploring their graphic attitude and distinct qualities.
While Touvlo is inspired by Theofanous' research, it is not intended as a historical revival - rather Theofanous sees the typeface as a modern and playful interpretation of the early British grotesque style, and a lively conversation with that era's lasting legacy.
"Grotesque sans serifs have been a staple in printers' toolboxes and designers' font menus since their emergence," says Theofanous. "In a sense, they defy time and have been used widely across regions for decades. For brands looking for a unique tone, Touvlo's styles offer character, voice and energy that can perform across mediums and design genres, and span applications in contemporary publishing, packaging, fashion, tech, fintech and more."
With a total of 24 weights in three styles across three variable fonts, Touvlo's variety can perform in long text environments, display settings and can withstand complex typographic layouts. Touvlo's weights range from thin to black, giving it an expressive edge for headlines. It offers an array of styles, from clean uprights to characterful italics and exuberant backslants. Its lyrical drop caps are the finishing touch, featuring exquisite birds and creatures inspired from ornaments found in type specimen books.
"Touvlo encapsulates the memories of my journey, from my Cypriot heritage to my life in France before moving to London," says Theofanous. "Designed to be versatile and playful, it combines a variety of past experiences and archive influences, capturing a classic genre. Touvlo enables creatives to grasp the essence and cultural spirit of this classic genre reimagined for contemporary use."
Play with Touvlo here and download a free weight on Monotype Fonts.
The complete Touvlo family is available for US$499. Individual weights of the Touvlo typeface are also available.
Touvlo can be found in Monotype Fonts, and also for purchase through MyFonts.com, fonts.com, and Fontshop.com at an introductory 60 percent discount for the first 45 days from its launch.
Monotype creates brands that matter with type, technology, and expertise. The company partners with leading foundries to deliver the broadest inventory of high-quality typefaces in the world. Further information is available at www.monotype.com.
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Monotype is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
©2022 Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. All rights reserved.
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