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Thirteen GreenPower Vehicle Models Listed Under the iHMZEV Program
VANCOUVER, BC, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (NASDAQ: GP) (TSXV: GPV) ("GreenPower"), a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero-emission, electric-powered, medium and heavy-duty vehicles, today announced that its customers in Canada can now receive funding under Transport Canada's newly launched incentive program for Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles (iMHZEV). Thirteen of GreenPower's vehicle models are eligible for incentives from $75,000 up to $150,000 including the EV Star vehicle line up and shuttle buses.
On July 11, 2022, the Canadian government, through Transport Canada, announced nearly $550 million in funding for the purchase or lease of medium and heavy-duty vehicles through the iMHZEV Program. The incentives are available for up to 10 eligible vehicles per calendar year purchased or leased by Canadian organizations (for profit and non-profit), provinces, territories, and municipalities incentives at the point of sale.
Purchasers in British Columbia may also apply for the Specialty Use Vehicle Incentive (SUVI) for a rebate of up to $100,000. These can be combined or stacked with the iMHZEV incentives up to 75% of the purchase price for GreenPower vehicles.
Eligible GreenPower vehicles listed under the iMHZEV Program include the EV Star Cargo, EV Star Max seating, EV Star ADA, EV250 thirty-foot shuttle and EV350 forty-foot shuttle.
"GreenPower can assist customers now in applying for the incentives and navigating the application process," said Fraser Atkinson, CEO of GreenPower. "The iMHZEV Program opens up availability in the market for our EV Star Cargo and EV Star for shuttle operations. Our customers can also purchase the EV Star Cab and Chassis to build their own body specific to their needs and requirements. GreenPower has delivered hundreds of its proven EV Star to customers with more than 1,600 additional vehicles on order."
GreenPower and Media Contacts:
Fraser Atkinson
CEO
(604) 220-8048
Michael Perez
Vice President School Bus, Contracts and Grants
(909) 308-0960
Allie Potter
Skyya PR for GreenPower
(218) 766-8856
allie@skyya.com
About GreenPower Motor Company
GreenPower designs, builds and distributes a full suite of high-floor and low-floor all-electric medium and heavy-duty vehicles, including transit buses, school buses, shuttles, cargo van, and a cab and chassis. GreenPower employs a clean-sheet design to manufacture all-electric vehicles that are purpose built to be battery powered with zero emissions while integrating global suppliers for key components. This OEM platform allows GreenPower to meet the specifications of various operators while providing standard parts for ease of maintenance and accessibility for warranty requirements. GreenPower was founded in Vancouver, Canada with primary operational facilities in southern California. Listed on the Toronto exchange since November 2015, GreenPower completed its U.S. IPO and NASDAQ listing in August 2020. For further information go to www.greenpowermotor.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This document contains forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, GreenPower's business and operations and the environment in which it operates, which are based on GreenPower's operations, estimates, forecasts, and projections. Forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations and projections about future events, and are therefore subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as "upon", "may", "should", "will", "could", "intend", "estimate", "plan", "anticipate", "expect", "believe" or "continue", or the negative thereof or similar variations. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict or are beyond GreenPower's control. A number of important factors, including those set forth in other public filings (filed under the Company's profile on www.sedar.com), could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. Consequently, readers should not place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. In addition, these forward-looking statements relate to the date on which they are made. GreenPower disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. © 2022 GreenPower Motor Company Inc. All rights reserved.
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Reports: Twitter in talks with Musk over bid to buy platform
(AP) - Twitter’s board and Tesla CEO Elon Musk negotiated into the early hours of Monday over his bid to buy the social media platform, The New York Times reported.
Musk said last week that he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, putting pressure on the company’s board to negotiate a deal.
The Times, citing people with knowledge of the situation who it did not identify, said the two sides were discussing details including a timeline and fees if an agreement was signed and then fell apart. The people said the situation was fluid and fast-moving.
Twitter had enacted an anti-takeover measure known as a poison pill that could make a takeover attempt prohibitively expensive. But the board decided to negotiate after Musk updated his proposal to show he had secured financing, according to The Wall Street Journal, which was first to report the negotiations were underway.
On April 14, Musk announced an offer to buy the social media platform for $54.20 per share, or about $43 billion, but did not say at the time how he would finance the acquisition.
Last week, he said in documents filed with U.S. securities regulators that the money would come from Morgan Stanley and other banks, some of it secured by his huge stake in the electric car maker.
Twitter has not commented.
Musk has said he wants to buy Twitter because he doesn’t feel it’s living up to its potential as a platform for free speech.
In recent weeks, he has voiced a number of proposed changes for the company, from relaxing its content restrictions — such as the rules that suspended former President Donald Trump’s account — to ridding the platform of its problems with fake and automated accounts.
Musk is the world’s wealthiest person, according to Forbes, with a nearly $279 billion fortune. But much of his money is tied up in Tesla stock — he owns about 17% of the company, according to FactSet, which is valued at more than $1 trillion — and SpaceX, his privately held space company. It’s unclear how much cash Musk has.
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Industry Veterans Lynn Berger, Shawn O'Shaughnessy Join Firm
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., April 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Realto Inc., operator of the first fully-automated, web-based marketplace for the secondary trading of illiquid real estate and alternative securities, announces the hiring of two accomplished industry sales professionals, Lynn Berger and Shawn O'Shaughnessy.
Ms. Berger and Mr. O'Shaughnessy are Sales Directors, joining Jonathan Barlow, a member of the team since August 2021. They report to President and Co-Founder Jeff Kinney.
"We are excited to bring Lynn and Shawn aboard and are pleased that they've hit the ground running as Realto builds on its success to date," Mr. Kinney said. "They are well-respected industry veterans who understand the value of Realto's ability to provide liquidity and unlock value for investors in the secondary trading of real estate and other illiquid securities."
Ms. Berger, based in Pittsburgh, arrives after spending more than 20 years in the industry. This includes experience at Allianz, The Hartford and Cantor Fitzgerald, where she worked closely with Mr. Kinney and Mr. Barlow.
She can be reached at Lynn.Berger@realto.ai.
Mr. O'Shaughnessy, based in St. Louis, also brings two decades as a sales professional and financial advisor. This includes experience as a National Sales Manager and National Product Manager for large alternative investment distribution companies, such as SC Distributors.
He can be reached at Shawn@realto.ai.
Based in Overland Park, Kan., Realto Securities, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Realto, Inc., is a FINRA-registered broker-dealer that offers an innovative, customer-centric, and transparent market, dedicated to providing investors with the ability to trade traditionally illiquid real estate and alternative securities. For more information, please visit Realto and follow the company on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Realto Media Contact:
Randy Williams
randy@eph2comms.com
+1.917.213.5980
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North Canton school board approves roof work at Hoover High
The Repository
North Canton Board of Education
Wednesday meeting
KEY ACTION: Approved installations of new roof sections at Hoover High School.
DISCUSSION: The board approved installing 32,800 square feet of roof sections at the high school by Technique Roofing Systems from Helena, OH, for $220,900 with a mechanically fastened Duro-Last System, including membrane flashing and accessories.
OTHER ACTION:
- Deemed it impractical for transportation services to St. Thomas Aquinas High School because of the time required to provide the transportation, the number of pupils to be transported, cost equipment, maintenance, personnel and administration.
- Accepted numerous donations, including some for the Legacy campaign for the athletic facilities plan, $25,000 from the Rotary Club of North Canton; $100,000 from Stephen and Lisa Gregory; $10,000 from an anonymous donor; $25,000 from Ben Weston.
UP NEXT: Meet Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. in the Media Center at Hoover High School.
Patricia Faulhaber | https://www.cantonrep.com/story/news/local/north-canton/2022/09/15/north-canton-school-board-approves-roof-work-at-hoover-high/69496231007/ | 2022-09-15T18:10:38Z |
Recipients, who otherwise could not afford this opportunity, will receive access to a training course and industry-recognized certification
AUSTIN, Texas, June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- OPEN SOURCE SUMMIT -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, has announced the recipients of the 2022 Shubhra Kar Linux Foundation Training (LiFT) Scholarships. LiFT aims to increase diversity in open source technology by providing access to online and in-person training and certification exams for underserved demographics at no cost to the recipient. Since 2010, The Linux Foundation has awarded over 1,600 scholarships for millions of dollars worth of specialized, technical training to those who may not have the ability to afford this opportunity otherwise. The program has been renamed in honor of Shubhra Kar, the longtime CTO of The Linux Foundation who was tragically lost earlier this year.
For 2022, The Linux Foundation is awarding scholarships to 500 of the over 3,100 applicants – a record amount of applications – who vied to be selected in one of twelve categories.
This year's scholarship applicants reflect the diversity of open source, with ages of applicants ranging from 13 to 66 with the average age being 27 years old. Applications were received from 133 different countries. The open source novices and seasoned tech professionals selected to receive this year's scholarships serve as a reminder that interest in open source and technology generally crosses all demographics.
"Time and again we have seen so many promising individuals around the world benefit from professional open source training, which is why I am proud that we are able to once again offer this opportunity to 500 deserving individuals around the world," said Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin. "This group shows the promise that open source and collaborative development brings by opening doors to new careers, and also by bringing in new perspectives and worldviews that lead to better technology outcomes. We hope these recipients are also inspired by the memory of our friend and colleague Shubhra, who was an incredible technologist and human being, reflecting the best traits of the open source community."
Highlighted scholarship recipients for 2022 in each category are:
Blockchain Blockbusters
Aminat Atanda, 25, Nigeria
Aminat is a PhD student at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka where she studies computer science. She developed a Hyperledger Fabric application that records birth registration in Nigeria with verification from a hospital official, custodian of the child, and a registration official). She hopes further training in blockchain from the Linux Foundation will help her build and deploy this type of application commercially.
Kommireddy Hiranmai Sai Supriya, 19, India
Kommireddy is a computer science student and part of ETHWMN Fellowship of Devfolio, where she is learning about Web 3.0 and working on a basic NFT Minter Project. She is also building a game that utilizes NFTs for additional gaming perks. She previously explored Hyperledger and even helped create a project using it in the American Express Makeathon, but was never fully successful at implementing it. She hopes studying Hyperledger through this scholarship will improve her blockchain skills even further.
Cloud Captains
Josue Aquino, 25, El Salvador
Josue is completing his computer science degree at the University of El Salvador while also interning for a remote sensor company. He has been using Docker and Kubernetes in remote sensing research and helped build cloud native applications to maximize operations. He hopes to share what he learns from this scholarship to encourage more organizations in El Salvador to adopt cloud technologies.
Abdalla Elfateh Abdalla Bukhari, 22, Sudan
Abdalla volunteers as a sysadmin for the Sudanese Society of Neurosciences, where he is working to form a computational neuroscience research group. His goal is to utilize applied hybrid cloud to further studies and diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases which will support the healthcare system in Sudan. He hopes this scholarship will help him further improve his DevOps and container orchestration skills to accomplish this.
Cybersecurity Champions
Mukhtar Salim, 21, Kenya
Mukhtar helped start the Bsidesmombasa event, an independent, community-driven inclusive information security conference. He helps bring together women and youth in the community to learn about technology and how to safeguard themselves online, including how to avoid becoming spoofed or falling victim to phishing scams. He plans to share what he learns from this scholarship to improve what he is already teaching to the community.
Vicky Sy, 28, Philippines
Vicky is a Java developer who recently moved to the DevSecOps role. When she switched to a cybersecurity career, she saw the impact of open source and realized the necessity of gaining Linux expertise, which she hopes this scholarship will help with. She has already designed and implemented secure CI/CD pipelines that ensure that the deployment and maintenance of applications apply the principle of least privilege, hence preventing unauthorized access to pipelines and critical services.
Developer Do-Gooders
Dmytro Doroshenko, 31, Ukraine
Dmytro is a software developer who tries to give back in ways like updating documentation or contributing improvements to open source projects like the .NET Kafka Client. While like many in his country he is currently distracted by the ongoing war, he hopes to be able to use this scholarship to learn more about blockchain with the goal of becoming a Hyperledger developer.
Marsalis Weatherspoon, 33, United States
Marsalis is a public school music teacher in Arkansas who has become an open source evangelist since starting to use Linux a few years ago. He leverages Linux and open source software to champion community development in the areas of Black entrepreneurship and social justice work by steering organizations to programs like CiviCRM, LibreOffice Suite, Bitwarden and other open source technologies.
Hardware Heroes
Sarah Ouerghemmi, 27, Germany
Sarah is a PhD student studying wireless sensor networks at the Laboratory of Smart Diagnostics and Online Monitoring of The University of Applied Sciences Leipzig (HTWK). She is working on designing Low Noise Amplifiers that operate in different frequency ranges from simulation to hardware PCB implementation. She hopes this scholarship will help her pursue a career in embedded systems engineering.
Akhilesh Thorat, 27, India
Akhilesh works in the green energy sector, where he is involved in developing low cost energy efficient open source Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. These include the use of open source components such as Arduino based frameworks for use in water and energy management solutions. He hopes this scholarship will help him learn more about how Web 3.0 can help in the decentralization of data for IoT and big data with a focus on creating an open, connected, and intelligent website with improved user experience.
Linux Kernel Gurus
Kalyan Bhetwal, 27, United States
Kalyan is pursuing a masters degree in computer science and working as a graduate research assistant in the field of high performance computing. His research involves the use of low level kernel programming to get optimized performance in machines. This includes developing open source software, called Hydroframe, for hydrologists to simulate water flow models in the continental United States.
Marcelo Schmitt, 30, Brazil
Marcelo is a graduate student in computer science who started working with the Linux kernel community in 2018 by helping refactor staging IIO device drivers so that they could get added to the mainline tree. He conducts research into Linux kernel device driver testing and has helped improve the Kernel Testing Guide documentation page. He hopes this training will help improve his driver work and provide better mentoring to fellow kernel newbies.
Networking Notables
Jorge Miguel Campos Pelcastre, 31, Mexico
Jorge works in the telecommunications field, and helped create a system called NAS (Network Administrator System) with 100% open source technologies. The system supports different applications that configure, manage and operate one of the largest telecommunications networks in Latin America. It was built with microservices and is implemented with containers. He hopes this scholarship will help him learn technologies like Kubernetes to be able to implement it in the system and make it more stable and scalable.
Abderrahmen Errached Tlili, 22, France
Abderrahmen is a computer science student originally from Algeria. He is interested in learning more about RANs, which led to an internship at EURECOM where we works with OpenAirInterface, a platform to support mobile telecommunication systems like 4G and 5G based on open source. He hopes this scholarship will lead to more exposure to the ONF (Open Networking Foundation), so he can learn more about technologies like Kubernetes, gRPC, SDN, NFV, and protobuf.
Open Source Newbies
Hadiqa Khan, 21, Pakistan
Hadiqa is a computer science student with a passion for cybersecurity. She has been learning technologies like Linux, Node.js, React and others, even configuring her own kernel. She believes that Linux is a must-know technology to be effective in the cybersecurity field, so hopes this scholarship will give her the skills to start learning about and fixing actual bugs to reduce vulnerabilities.
Alexandra Shagzhina, 41, Hong Kong
Alexandra recently relocated from Russia to Hong Kong. She is hoping to transition from a career in recruitment to technology. She has already worked on a project at the Wikimedia Foundation, where she received a practical introduction to open source and the principles and tools of collaborative development. She hopes the training she receives from this scholarship will help her transition into a job in technology project management.
SysAdmin Super Stars
Maraiza Adami, 33, Brazil
Maraiza works with a feminist hackerspace called marialab, which serves several civil society organizations in Brazil. Some of the system administration tasks she engages in for marialab include Shell commands and text editors, as well as managing packages, processes, networks, users, NTP servers, and logs. She hopes the knowledge gained from this scholarship will help her break down more barriers to increase the representation of women in the Brazilian technology industry.
Patience Cheptoo, 29, Kenya
Patience holds a computer science degree and hopes to move into a sysadmin role from her current IT assistant position. She has used Linux and even managed to diagnose and troubleshoot the system with the help of internet forums. She hopes the training from this scholarship will help her to advance her sysadmin skills and be more marketable for a continuing IT career.
Teens-in-Training
Navtej Bhatti, 13, United States
Navtej is an 8th grader with big dreams of becoming an embedded developer, and is already off to a great start, having created a project that that allows you to boot Linux on the Depthcharge Coreboot payload used on Chromebooks (github.com/cb-linux/breath). Navtej hopes to learn more about the Linux kernel, specifically the embedded stack, through this scholarship.
Nikita Shrivastava, 18, India
Nikita has just begun studying computer science at university and is especially interested in artificial intelligence, deep learning, and machine learning. She is contributing to a natural language processing project with a professor, and also is actively involved in the GirlScript Summer of Code bootcamps. She hopes this scholarship will teach her more about Linux and git so she is able to contribute more to projects in the future.
Web Development Wiz
Ali Amer, 22, Iraq
Ali was studying information technology at a university in Russia but was forced to return home due to the current geopolitical situation. He has previously learned Java, and also completed an edX software development course but is now focused on website development, including front-end development such as HTML, JavaScript, and React, as well as diving into the backend with Node.js and MongoDB. His hope is that by pursuing the OpenJS Node.js Application Developer (JSNAD) through this scholarship he will be able to become a professional full-stack developer.
Orim Dominic, 27, Nigeria
Orim studied biochemistry in university but has since decided to pursue a career in web development. He has studied general programming and Node.js and even built @PickAtRandom, a Twitter bot that automates random winners for giveaways, which he has open sourced. He has been frustrated by documentation that is sometimes lacking, so hopes to use the knowledge gained through this scholarship to give back to the community by contributing new documentation and updating existing ones.
Women in Open Source
Ruth Charlotte, 22, Kenya
Ruth is at university studying telecommunications and information engineering, and also works on a community development project for school-age girls in remote areas of Kenya to reduce the spike in unwanted pregnancies by increasing awareness and providing skills training. She hopes to disseminate the knowledge she gains from this scholarship to these girls starting at a foundational level, and gradually building their abilities in Linux as a community.
Ernitia Paramasari, 41, Indonesia
Ernitia has a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering and a master's degree in sustainable energy systems. After years working in environmental science and a break to care for family, she recently began working as an entry-level data scientist. She spends her free time working with organizations like Women Who Code, Women in Tech, and AI Wonder Girls. She hopes to use the knowledge gained from this scholarship to find solutions to climate change and environmental issues through data science, while also continuing to share with other women.
Additional Resources
The full list of 2022 LiFT Scholarship recipients can be viewed here
Photographs of 2022 LiFT Scholarship recipients can be downloaded here
Founded in 2000, the Linux Foundation is supported by more than 1,000 members and is the world's leading home for collaboration on open source software, open standards, open data, and open hardware. Linux Foundation's projects are critical to the world's infrastructure including Linux, Kubernetes, Node.js, and more. The Linux Foundation's methodology focuses on leveraging best practices and addressing the needs of contributors, users and solution providers to create sustainable models for open collaboration. For more information, please visit us at linuxfoundation.org.
The Linux Foundation has registered trademarks and uses trademarks. For a list of trademarks of The Linux Foundation, please see its trademark usage page: www.linuxfoundation.org/trademark-usage. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Media Contact
Dan Brown
The Linux Foundation
dbrown@linuxfoundation.org
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NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ: SPWR) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: August 3, 2021 to January 20, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: April 18, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in SPWR:
https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/sunpower-corporation-loss-submission-form?id=25784&from=4
SunPower Corporation NEWS - SPWR NEWS
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that SunPower Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) certain connectors used by SunPower suffered from cracking issues; (2) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur costs to remediate the faulty connectors; (3) as a result of the foregoing, SunPower's financial results would be adversely impacted; 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 THIS MEANS TO YOU AS A SHAREHOLDER: If you have suffered a loss in SunPower you have until April 18, 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 SunPower 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 SPWR lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/sunpower-corporation-loss-submission-form?id=25784&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.
CONTACT:
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LUND, Sweden, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunovia will publish its second quarter 2022 results on August 24, 2022 at 8:30 am CET. Analysts, investors and media are invited to a webcast teleconference on the same day at 13:00 CET. The report together with the presentation slides will be available at www.immunovia.com
Philipp Mathieu, CEO and President, and Karin Almqvist Liwendahl, CFO, will present on Immunovia's development. The presentation will be held in English and be followed by a Q&A session. You are welcome to join via webcast or phone, see details below.
Telephone numbers and webcast
Call any of the numbers below to participate via telephone. Please dial in a few minutes before the presentation starts.
Sweden: +46 (0)8 5051 0031
United Kingdom: +44 (0) 207 107 06 13
United States: +1 (1) 631 570 56 13
Link to the webcast: https://link.edgepilot.com/s/9134565d/n4saifQXgEG99MipSw3ORw?u=http://creo-live.creomediamanager.com/6074dc43-43a2-4f11-9bff-9647548664fd
To ask questions, it is necessary to dial in. A recording of the presentation will be available on Immunovia's website.
For more information, please contact:
Karin Almqvist Liwendahl
CFO
kain.almqvist.liwendahl@immunovia.com
+46 70 911 56 08
The information was submitted for publication on August 22, 2022, at 13:30 am CET.
About Immunovia
Immunovia AB is a diagnostic company with the vision to revolutionize blood-based diagnostics and increase survival rates for patients with cancer.
Our first product, IMMray™ PanCan-d is the only blood test currently available for early detection of pancreatic cancer. The test has unmatched clinical performance. Commercialization of IMMray™ PanCan-d started in August 2021 in the USA and IMMray™ PanCan-d is offered as a laboratory developed test (LDT) exclusively through Immunovia, Inc. For more information see: www.immunoviainc.com.
Immunovia collaborates and engages with healthcare providers, leading experts and patient advocacy groups globally to make this test available to all high-risk pancreatic cancer groups.
The USA, the first market in which IMMray™ PanCan-d is commercially available, is the world's largest market for the detection of pancreatic cancer with an estimated value of more than USD 4 billion annually.
Immunovia's shares (IMMNOV) are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. For more information, please visit www.immunovia.com.
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Global retailer adds new and improved generation of JYM's award-winning pre-workout
PITTSBURGH, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. Jim Stoppani's classic Pre JYM pre-workout hit the market in 2013 and ushered in an era of transparency. Earning its reputation as the world's first high-performance pre-workout supplement, JYM has upheld that legacy as it continues to reinvent in the highly competitive and saturated pre-workout category time after time. Designed for the most ambitious and hard-charging athletes, the new Pre JYM X science-backed formula helps consumers take workouts to the next level by maximizing exercise performance, muscle pumps and energy, resulting in noticeable change. Now available at GNC, Pre JYM X is tailormade for the serious fitness enthusiast looking for the end-all-be-all pre-workout.
"We are excited to welcome Pre JYM X to GNC's portfolio of exclusive products," said Kevin Maloberti, VP, Merchandising, GNC. "Our goal at GNC is to deliver cutting-edge products with scientifically proven ingredients and formulas to help our customers Live Well. JYM has a proven history and a cult following for a reason and we are certain consumers will reap the benefits of this powerhouse pre-workout."
Nearly a decade since JYM's first pre-workout installment, Pre JYM X now represents the latest generation of the brand's iconic pre-workout formulation. 10 grams of actives have been added to the award-winning Pre JYM formula for a full 30.3 grams, making Pre JYM X the pinnacle of pre-workouts for the most serious of fitness fanatics. Other key ingredients include:
- Betaine Nitrate, Citrulline Nitrate, and Pine Bark Extract for improved muscle pumps
- Methylliberine from Dynamine™️, Theanine, and Theacrine™️ for extra nootropic benefits
- 6 grams of BCAAs per scoop which eliminates the need to purchase a separate BCAA supplement
- Increased doses of Creatine HCl, Beta Alanine, Alpha GPC and Citrulline Malate
"Our partnership with GNC is invaluable to us as innovators and product creators," said Stoppani. "They embrace our vision for the future of wellness and enable us to chase new endeavors in the pre-workout space. We're excited for GNC shoppers to try Pre JYM X and add to their workout routines."
Pre JYM X is available in three tasty and memorable flavors: Rise 'n Grind (Orange), Shockwave (Sweet & Tart Candy) and Tiger's Blood (Coconut, Watermelon and Strawberry).
Pre JYM X launched at GNC in March 2022. To learn more about GNC, visit www.gnc.com.
About GNC
GNC is a leading global health and wellness brand that provides high-quality, science-based products and solutions consumers need to live mighty, live fit and live well.
The brand touches consumers worldwide by providing its products and services through company-owned retail locations, domestic and international franchise locations, digital commerce and strong wholesale and retail partnerships across the globe. GNC's diversified, multi-channel business model has worldwide reach and a well-recognized, trusted brand. By combining exceptional innovation, product development capabilities and an extensive global distribution network, GNC manages a best-in-class product portfolio. www.gnc.com.
About JYM Supplement Science
JYM Supplement Science leads the industry with its principled stances on label transparency, quality ingredients, and effective ingredient amounts, leading competitors to abandon deceptive practices and establishing a new paradigm in sports nutrition and supplementation.
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BEIJING, March 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five years on, the China (Chongqing) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Chongqing FTZ) in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality has seen practical and innovative achievements of opening-up, according to Li Xunfu, an official with Chongqing Municipal Commission of Commerce at a press conference held on Thursday marking the five-year anniversary of the FTZ's establishment.
Focusing on the opening-up of its advantageous industries including electronic information, intelligent equipment, biological medicine and logistics services, the Chongqing FTZ has made continuous efforts to strengthen industrial chains development.
The Xiyong sector of the FTZ has attracted over 20 renowned chips manufacturers such as Intel, SK Hynix, United Microelectronics Center and China Resources Microelectronics Limited, striving to forge an important R&D and manufacturing base of semiconductor and integrated circuit.
Supported by five major car manufacturers including Changan Auto, Beijing Hyundai, Jinkang New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., Ruichi Automobiles and SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, the FTZ's Jiangbei sector has introduced over 80 world famous auto parts producers, with an integrated automobile industry chain taking shape.
The Jiulongpo sector of the Chongqing FTZ has developed full-stage aluminum deep processing service covering material preparation, processing, manufacturing and application. The Shapingba sector has formed three service systems each featuring global trade, railway logistics and supply chain finance.
In terms of building up R&D capacity, the FTZ's Liangjiang New Area sector has established 19 R&D platforms of national level and 378 of municipal level. The Xiyong sector is now home to a national-level manufacturing innovation center, 21 municipal-level laboratories and innovation centers, 128 enterprises featuring R&D, five new R&D institutions and 34 high-tech firms.
In addition, the Chongqing FTZ has been continuously optimizing business environment through promotion of online customs service and trade facilitation measures centering on building of single-window system. The FTZ has attracted over 35 percent of Chongqing's foreign direct investment in the past five years, contributing around 70 percent of the city's foreign trade volume.
Established on April 1, 2017, the Chongqing FTZ has a total land area of 119.98 square kilometers covering nine sectors of Liangjiang New Area, Yuzhong, Jiangbei, Shapingba, Jiulongpo, Nan'an, Beibei, Yubei and Xiyong.
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TORONTO, Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Hut 8 Mining Corp. (Nasdaq: HUT) (TSX: HUT) ("Hut 8" or "the Company"), one of North America's largest, innovation-focused digital asset mining pioneers and high performance computing infrastructure provider, will be releasing results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022 via a conference call on August 11, 2022.
Who: Analysts, media, and investors are invited to attend.
What: Hut 8 executives will review the company's second quarter financial results and comment on recent corporate developments.
When: Results will be shared via media release and on the Company's website at https://hut8mining.com/investors/ by 9:30 a.m. ET on August 11, 2022. The conference call and webinar will begin at 10 a.m. ET.
Where: Those joining via telephone should dial in 5 minutes early.
- Within Canada: 1-416-764-8659 access code: 62590720#
- Within the US: 1-888-664-6392 access code: 62590720#
Hut 8 is one of North America's largest innovation-focused digital asset miners, led by a team of business-building technologists, bullish on bitcoin, blockchain, Web 3.0 and bridging the nascent and traditional high performance computing worlds. With two digital asset mining sites located in Southern Alberta and a third site in North Bay, Ontario, all located in Canada, Hut 8 has one of the highest capacity rates in the industry and one of the highest inventories of self-mined Bitcoin of any crypto miner or publicly traded company globally. With 36,000 square feet of geo-diverse data centre space and cloud capacity connected to electrical grids powered by significant renewables and emission-free resources, Hut 8 is revolutionizing conventional assets to create the first hybrid data centre model that serves both the traditional high performance compute (Web 2.0) and nascent digital asset computing sectors, blockchain gaming, and Web 3.0. Hut 8 was the first Canadian digital asset miner to list on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Through innovation, imagination, and passion, Hut 8 is helping to define the digital asset revolution to create value and positive impacts for its shareholders and generations to come.
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MONTREAL, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL) will issue its financial results for the second quarter of Fiscal 2023, covering the period from May 2, 2022 to July 31, 2022, on Friday, September 9, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. (ET).
Management will hold a conference call on the same day to discuss the results. Financial analysts are invited to ask questions by using the dial-in number provided below. Other interested parties may participate in the call on a listen‑only basis via live audio webcast which will be available on Dollarama's website.
Dollarama is a recognized Canadian value retailer offering a broad assortment of consumable products, general merchandise and seasonal items both in-store and online. Our 1,431 locations across Canada provide customers with compelling value in convenient locations, including metropolitan areas, mid-sized cities and small towns. Select products are also available, by the full case only, through our online store at www.dollarama.com. Our quality merchandise is sold at select fixed price points up to $5.00.
Dollarama also owns a 50.1% interest in Dollarcity, a growing Latin American value retailer. Dollarcity offers a broad assortment of consumable products, general merchandise and seasonal items at select, fixed price points up to US$4.00 (or the equivalent in local currency) in 358 conveniently located stores in El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia and Peru.
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TOKYO, July 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KLab Inc., a leader in online mobile games, announced that its head-to-head football simulation game Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team will hold the worldwide Dream Championship 2022 tournament starting Friday, September 9th. Additionally, the official website (https://www.tsubasa-dreamteam.com/dcs/en/) is now open. See the original press release (https://www.klab.com/en/press/) for more information.
The Dream Championship is an official tournament for Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team hosted by KLab Inc. for players 18 years old and above. The tournament will use the mobile game Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team, which is available on the App Store, Google Play Store, and HUAWEI AppGallery.
The first Dream Championship was held in 2019 and this year marks its fourth installment which will be held exclusively online. The tournament was created as the ultimate chance for players to face off against strong opponents from all over the world to decide who is number one.
Dream Championship 2022 Overview
The Online Qualifiers will be held in-game from Friday, September 9th. After that, the Final Regional Qualifiers will be held online and will consist of 4 blocks representing different regions of the world.
The top 7 rated players as of November 2022 will advance to the Finals in addition to the top 8 players who win the Final Regional Qualifiers and the winner of Dream Championship 2021. There will be a total of 16 players who will compete in the Finals to decide this year's champion.
Overview of Captain Tsubasa: Dream Team
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App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1293738123
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.klab.captain283.global
AppGallery: https://appgallery.huawei.com/#/app/C105375049
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Jan. 6 committee subpoenas former White House counsel Pat Cipollone
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who is said to have stridently warned against former President Donald Trump’s efforts to try to overturn his election loss.
It’s the first public step the committee has taken since receiving the public testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson, the one-time junior aide who accused Trump of knowing his supporters were armed on Jan. 6 and demanding that he be taken to the U.S. Capitol that day.
Cipollone, who was Trump’s top White House lawyer, is said to have raised concerns about the former president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat and at one point threatened to resign. The committee said he could have information about several efforts by Trump allies to subvert the Electoral College, from organizing so-called alternate electors in states Biden won to trying to appoint as attorney general a loyalist who pushed false theories of voter fraud.
Cipollone has been placed in key moments after the election by Hutchinson as well as by former Justice Department lawyers who appeared for a hearing the week before.
Hutchinson said Cipollone warned prior to Jan. 6 that there would be “serious legal concerns” if Trump went to the Capitol with the protesters expected to rally outside.
The morning of Jan. 6, she testified, Cipollone restated his concerns that if Trump did go to the Capitol to try to intervene in the certification of the election, “we’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable.”
And as the insurrection went on, she says she heard Meadows tell Cipollone that Trump was sympathetic to rioters wanting to hang then-Vice President Mike Pence.
“You heard it,” Meadows told Cipollone, in her recollection. “He thinks Mike deserves it. He doesn’t think they’re doing anything wrong.”
Reps. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., the chairman and vice chairman of the committee, said in their letter to Cipollone that while he had previously given the committee an “informal interview” on April 13, his refusal to provide on-the-record testimony made their subpoena necessary.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., who sits on the committee, said last week that Cipollone told the committee he tried to intervene when he heard Trump was being advised by Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who wanted to push false claims of voter fraud. Federal agents recently seized Clark’s cell phone and conducted a search of his Virginia home.
Clark had drafted a letter for key swing states that was never sent but would have falsely claimed the department had discovered troubling irregularities in the election. Cipollone was quoted by one witness as having told Trump the letter was a “murder-suicide pact.”
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This version corrects Cipollone’s comment on Jan. 6 as having “serious legal concerns,” not “consequences.”
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Doctor accused of injecting drugs into IV bags, causing death
DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas anesthesiologist was arrested on charges alleging that he injected nerve-blocking agents and other drugs into bags of intravenous fluids at the surgical center where he works, which led to the death of a co-worker and caused cardiac emergencies for several patients, authorities announced Thursday.
Dr. Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr. was arrested Wednesday on a criminal complaint alleging that he tampered with a consumer product causing death and intentional drug adulteration, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office for the northern district of Texas. If convicted, he could be sentenced to life in prison.
Ortiz, 59, remained in the Dallas County jail without bond on Thursday. Records don’t list an attorney for him.
According to the criminal complaint, a 55-year-old female coworker of Ortiz experienced a medical emergency and died June 21 immediately after treating herself for dehydration with an IV bag of what she thought was saline taken from the surgical center. An autopsy found that she died from a lethal dose of bupivacaine, a nerve-blocking drug that is rarely abused but often is used when an anesthetic is given.
On Aug. 24, an 18-year-old male patient experienced a cardiac emergency during routine sinus surgery, was intubated and transferred to an intensive care unit. Chemical analysis of the fluid from a saline bag used during his surgery revealed the presence of bupivacaine, the stimulant epinephrine and the topical anesthetic lidocaine, drugs that could have caused the patient’s sudden symptoms, according to prosecutors.
The surgical center staff concluded that the incidents suggested a pattern of intentional adulteration of IV bags used at the center. They identified 10 additional unexpected cardiac emergencies that occurred during otherwise unremarkable surgeries between May and August, which was an exceptionally high rate of complications over such a short period, according to the complaint.
The incidents began two days after Ortiz was notified of a disciplinary inquiry of an incident during which he allegedly “deviated from the standard of care” during an anesthesia procedure when a patient experienced a medical emergency. Ortiz, who had a history of disciplinary actions against him, expressed concern to other physicians over the disciplinary action and complained that the center was trying to “crucify” him.
The complaint alleges that all of the incidents occurred around the time Ortiz performed services at the facility, but none happened while he was on vacation.
In one instance captured in the surveillance video, agents observed him walking quickly from an operating room to an IV bag warmer, placing a bag inside, visually scanning the empty hallway and walking quickly away. Just over an hour later, a 56-year-old woman suffered a cardiac emergency during a scheduled cosmetic surgery after a bag from the warmer was used during her procedure, according to the complaint.
In another instance recorded on video, agents saw Ortiz leave his operating room with an IV bag concealed in what appeared to be a paper folder, swap the bag with another from the warmer and walk away. Roughly half an hour later, a 54-year-old woman suffered a cardiac emergency during a scheduled cosmetic surgery after a bag from the warmer was used during her procedure.
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BETHESDA, Md., July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AGNC Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) ("AGNC" or the "Company") announced today it will report second quarter 2022 earnings after market close on July 25, 2022. AGNC will hold a stockholder call and audio webcast on July 26, 2022 at 8:30 am ET. Callers who do not plan on asking a question and have internet access are encouraged to utilize the free webcast at www.AGNC.com. Those who plan on participating in the Q&A or do not have internet available may access the call by dialing (877) 300-5922 (U.S. domestic) or (412) 902-6621 (international). Please advise the operator you are dialing in for the AGNC Investment Corp. stockholder call.
A slide presentation will accompany the call and will be available at www.AGNC.com. Select the Q2 2022 Earnings Presentation link to download and print the presentation in advance of the stockholder call.
An archived audio of the stockholder call combined with the slide presentation will be available on the AGNC website after the call on July 26, 2022. In addition, there will be a phone recording available one hour after the call on July 26, 2022 through August 2, 2022. Those who are interested in hearing the recording of the presentation can access it by dialing (877) 344-7529 (U.S. domestic) or (412) 317-0088 (international), passcode 4136711.
For further information or questions, please contact Investor Relations at (301) 968-9300 or IR@AGNC.com.
ABOUT AGNC INVESTMENT CORP.
AGNC Investment Corp. is an internally-managed real estate investment trust that invests primarily in residential mortgage-backed securities for which the principal and interest payments are guaranteed by a U.S. Government-sponsored enterprise or a U.S. Government agency. For further information, please refer to www.AGNC.com.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is telling senators to expect an initial vote as early as Tuesday on scaled-back legislation that would provide grants, tax credits and other financial incentives for companies that build semiconductor manufacturing plants in the U.S.
Both the House and Senate have passed sweeping bills that included numerous trade provisions, additional dollars for research and called for the development of regional technology hubs across the country. But lawmakers have struggled to reach a final compromise that could generate 60 votes in the Senate, the number needed to overcome procedural hurdles.
Lacking a larger agreement, Schumer, D-N.Y., will move to take up a “limited competition bill” that includes the $52 billion in financial incentives and research that was at the heart of the bills passed in the House and the Senate. It would also include a semiconductor investment tax credit, and additional pieces could be added if they’re ready.
Schumer’s plans were described by a person familiar with the private deliberations who was granted anonymity to discuss them.
The Biden administration has ramped up its advocacy for the semi-conductor bill in recent days, calling it essential that lawmakers take action before the August recess.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and other administration officials met behind closed doors with senators on Wednesday to discuss the national security ramifications of relying on foreign countries for computer chip production. She held a similar briefing Thursday with House lawmakers. When asked if the administration would push Congress to support the scaled-back package that Schumer plans to put before the Senate next week, she said, “yes.”
“We want a robust bill. This is core to national security. Having said that, all options are on the table, because we’re out of time,” Raimondo said. “This is about: What can we get the votes for? We cannot wait, and if that’s what the members in the both the House and Senate feel is possible, well, let’s get it done.”
Raimondo said chipmakers are making decisions now about how to meet future demand. They are being offered lucrative incentives from other countries such as South Korea, Japan, France, Germany and Singapore to locate plants there. She cited Monday’s announcement by STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries to build a semiconductor factory in France as an example of other countries moving faster than the U.S. on the issue.
“If we don’t pass this, we’re going to wake up, other countries will have these investments, and we will say, ‘why didn’t we do this?'” Raimondo said.
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks said she talked to lawmakers Thursday about the importance of a secure supply chain for national security. She noted that the Javelin missile systems the U.S. has provided to Ukraine relies on more than 200 semiconductor chips.
“Pretty much every major system that the Defense Department uses, just like most major components or systems you all use in daily life, rely on semiconductors and microelectronics,” Hicks said. “For the Defense Department, we want to make sure that supply is unfettered, that it doesn’t have a risk of being disrupted or denied in some way.”
The U.S. is increasingly reliant on foreign manufacturers for the semiconductors used in automobiles, smart phones, computers and other products. The U.S. share of global semiconductor production has fallen from 37% to 12% over the last 30 years. The pandemic has shown why that can be a problem as manufacturers scramble to get the chips they need to make their products.
It’s unclear if even the scaled-back measure could gain the Republican support needed to pass the Senate. Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has threatened to derail the semiconductor legislation if Democrats revive their stalled package of energy and economic initiatives and seek to pass them on a party-line basis. Some of the Republicans who voted for the earlier Senate bill have endorsed his approach.
Many Democrats will also be unhappy about leaving some of their priorities behind. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., however, said at the end of the day, lawmakers must do “what is possible to do.” | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/schumer-readies-vote-on-scaled-back-computer-chips-bill/ | 2022-07-15T19:00:10Z |
MCLEAN, Va., July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CakeBoxx Technologies, the global leader in specialized, high value, and high consequence cargo transportation platforms – and innovator of the first and only SAFETY Act Qualified intermodal container – today announced the appointment of Sean Tan as Chief Technical Officer (CTO). Tan will join CakeBoxx' corporate headquarters team in McLean and is tasked with leading the company's worldwide R&D, systems engineering, and ongoing product development initiatives. Reporting to Daine Eisold, the Chairman and CEO, and working closely with James Campbell, the Chief Operating Officer, Tan will be focused on scaling CakeBoxx Technologies' industrial manufacturing, high-value, and high-consequence cargo and platform solutions. His particular focus will be on automotive, energy, aerospace, and defense as these industries reimagine their supply chains, shipping, and transportation solutions.
Sean brings a tremendous breadth of knowledge and high-level design engineering expertise from more than 25 years of experience as a senior mechanical design engineer at Caterpillar, JRB, and Pratt & Whitney, among others. As CakeBoxx pioneers the transformation of transportation, freight forwarding, shipping, and 3PL networks into resilient, adaptive, and efficient supply chains that include the optimization of break bulk / ro-ro / intermodal and container shipping interoperability, Sean Tan's advanced supply chain systems engineering experience will be instrumental in expanding and continuing the company's distinguished trend of innovation in both engineered transport solutions and operational efficiency improvements.
"Good things are coming for high-value, high-consequence, and mission-critical intermodal cargo and BCOs," said Daine Eisold, CakeBoxx CEO. "Having collaborated with Sean on several projects over the past six years, we are now extremely pleased to welcome him as our CTO at CakeBoxx Technologies. Sean is a consummate innovator with an astounding breadth of experience and phenomenal design engineering skills, holding multiple patents. Drawing on his deep working knowledge of the heavy equipment sector at Caterpillar, Sean has a unique perspective on both containerization and efficiency of product design to incorporate into new container and platform concepts."
"I am thrilled to be joining the CakeBoxx team and leading the company's design engineering services," said Tan. "The CakeBoxx container is a great product with huge potential for many more applications across various industries. I look forward to helping the company continue to push the boundaries of container engineering and expand into more markets with innovative designs that meet customers' unique needs."
From his experience working with private sector companies and federal agencies in multiple countries, Tan understands the complexities of the business world and how great product and container design can help streamline supply chains and reduce customer costs.
He recalls a particularly challenging project during his time with Caterpillar that underscores the importance of designs like the CakeBoxx container.
"While at Caterpillar, I designed heavy equipment and was managing the design of a wheel loader from concept to production," Tan explained. "I was asked to work with the transportation team to design shipping configurations to fit large, oddly-shaped, heavy machinery onto shipping platforms and containers – while reducing costs, minimizing risk, and maximizing the efficient use of space. I then realized it's not enough just to design the equipment. One must also clearly understand how that equipment gets to customers and how it can best be moved from one place to another safely and cost-effectively. So when I saw CakeBoxx, I was immediately attracted to the concept, and I now eagerly anticipate leading many innovative container design projects to come!"
Today's announcement underscores CakeBoxx Technologies' rapid expansion and advancement of its supply chain and transportation engineering offerings. Over the past decade, the company has built a strong base of customers in the U.S. and worldwide in industries as varied as defense, aerospace, electric vehicles, wind turbines, and other renewable energy systems. Any industry or shipping need that requires specialized containers for high-security, high-value cargo, and that benefits from extreme sustainability, is a candidate CakeBoxx customer.
CakeBoxx Technologies products and advanced supply chain engineering services are available to companies, governments, NGOs, and other organizations worldwide seeking to enhance security, lower total cost of ownership, build resilience and improve sustainability in their supply chain operations.
For more information, visit cakeboxx.com.
CakeBoxx Technologies – Safe, Secure, and Efficient Cargo Solutions:
CakeBoxx Technologies is a global supply chain systems engineering and transportation systems integration solution provider. The company designs and builds cargo shipping containers and platforms to help organizations manage risk, increase resilience, lower total cost of ownership and increase velocity for cargo transportation and specialty manufacturing markets.
CakeBoxx "two-piece" containers with their deck and lid design, are the first innovation in the industry to offer truly safe, secure and efficient containerized transport for the top-loaded, side-loaded, break bulk and general project cargo markets. Advantages of CakeBoxx solutions include increased operational efficiency, reduced risk of cargo theft, and lower operating costs. Using CakeBoxx containers saves money. CakeBoxx Technologies offers these containers in a product line of sizes and specifications to meet individual customer needs.
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~58.3 square mile (~37,300 acre) heavy mineral sand position has potential to feed the Company's White Mesa Mill with rare earth element and uranium bearing natural monazite sand for decades
LAKEWOOD, Colo., May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Energy Fuels Inc. (NYSE American: UUUU) (TSX: EFR) ("Energy Fuels" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into binding agreements (the "Purchase Agreements") to acquire seventeen (17) mineral concessions (the "Transaction") between the towns of Prado and Caravelas in the State of Bahia, Brazil totaling 15,089.71 hectares (approximately 37,300 acres or 58.3 square miles) (the "Bahia Project").
Based on significant historical drilling performed to date, it is believed that the Bahia Project holds significant quantities of heavy minerals, including monazite, that will feed Energy Fuels' quickly emerging U.S.-based rare earth element ("REE") supply chain. The Bahia Project has seen no previous mining, but several of the concessions have valid exploration and mining permits with the Government of Brazil. Therefore, the Company believes there is a clear path to moving the Bahia Project to production.
The Bahia Project is a well-known heavy mineral sand ("HMS") deposit with over 3,300 vertical historic exploration auger holes drilled to date, indicating significant concentrations of titanium (ilmenite and rutile), zirconium (zircon), and rare earth elements (monazite). Importantly, the mineralization is at or near the surface, meaning the material is expected to be relatively easy to recover using standard, low-cost sand mining techniques, including the use of front-end loaders, excavators and/or dredges. Due to the drilling method used historically, drilling performed to date only averages 5.86 meters deep, or the average depth of the water table in the region. There is no reason to believe that mineralization stops at the water table. Therefore, the Company believes mineralization is open at depth. Energy Fuels' primary interest is in the monazite which contains both rare earth elements and uranium. Preliminary assay data indicates the monazite sand contained in the HMS concentrate ranges between 0.62% and 12.82%1, and the uranium contained in the monazite is expected to be comparable to typical Colorado Plateau uranium deposits.
Energy Fuels plans to perform extensive exploration work over the next six months to further define and quantify the HMS resource at the Bahia Project. This is expected to include a comprehensive sonic drilling and geophysical mapping program to define the HMS grades and depths for the various mineral products, including the REE resources associated with the Bahia Project. The Company plans to engage industry leaders in mineral processing to complete a Preliminary Economic Assessment under NI 43-101 (Canada) and an Initial Assessment under SK-1300 (US) during late Q1 or early Q2 2023.
Based on preliminary, historical resource estimates, the Company believes the Bahia Project has the potential to supply approximately 3,000 – 10,000 tonnes per year of monazite sand concentrate to the Mill (depending on production rates), containing approximately 1,500 – 5,000 tonnes of total rare earth oxides ("TREO") per year, potentially for decades. The Company expects to mine and produce an HMS concentrate at the site, which contains all the valuable minerals, including monazite. This HMS concentrate would then be shipped to an existing HMS facility for further refinement and separation of the monazite into a product Energy Fuels can process at the Mill. The Company is evaluating whether this further refinement and separation step could potentially be performed in Brazil. However at this time, the Company plans to ship lower concentrations of monazite sand for concentration at a U.S. facility. Preliminary internal projections indicate this latter option can be very cost-effective, despite the larger shipping quantities, as the less concentrated material will not require the more expensive Class 7 designation applicable to higher concentrated materials, and it can be shipped in bulk.
Mark S. Chalmers, President and CEO of Energy Fuels stated: "This is another very significant step in Energy Fuels' development as a major global rare earth element producer based in the United States. We are aggressively seeking to expand our monazite sand feeds. With guidance from our heavy mineral sand experts, the Company has been evaluating the acquisition of monazite-bearing projects. The Bahia deposit is well-known throughout the HMS industry as having excellent potential to produce high-quality ilmenite, rutile, and zircon products, in addition to monazite. We are very pleased to have secured this project, as it has the potential to provide Energy Fuels with our own low-cost source of monazite feed that we fully control. The Company expects to supplement its monazite supply in the future with open market purchases, arrangements with existing monazite producers, and/or additional acquisitions. Energy Fuels is in advanced discussions with other current and future monazite producers around the world to provide creative options on how to best build upon our momentum and add further scale.
"At Energy Fuels, we have proven our ability to process natural monazite sand concentrate into a high purity mixed rare earth carbonate, containing about 32% - 34% neodymium/praseodymium (NdPr). Our clear current priorities are to continue to build our book of monazite feed to a world scale and to leverage our existing solvent extraction experience and infrastructure at the Mill to produce both separated 'light' and 'heavy' rare earth oxides, and other products, by adding commercial separation capabilities to the Mill. To achieve these ambitious goals, we have assembled a team of rare earth heavy-weights, including Neo Performance Materials, Carester SAS, and other heavy mineral sand and rare earth experts, that we believe is unmatched anywhere in the world.
"In my view, this acquisition will provide significant credibility to investors, other monazite suppliers, and clean energy manufacturers, as we will clearly demonstrate that Energy Fuels is well on its way to becoming a large-scale producer of advanced rare earth materials in the U.S. We have already proven our processing capabilities. Now, we are proving that upon successful completion of this acquisition, we will own and control 'the elements' to supply EV, renewable energy and other technology manufacturers."
Under the Transaction, Energy Fuels has entered into Purchase Agreements with private mineral rights holders in Brazil to acquire seventeen (17) heavy mineral sand concessions comprising the Bahia Project, subject to a 90-day due diligence period. The total consideration for this acquisition is $27,500,000 in cash, with non-refundable deposits totaling $2,750,000 cash due on signing, and additional non-refundable deposits totaling $2,850,000 cash due at various benchmarks during the due diligence period, and the remaining $21,900,000 due at closing. Closing is expected to follow the 90-day due diligence period and is subject to Energy Fuels being satisfied with its due diligence investigations. The Purchase Agreements contain other customary terms and conditions for a transaction of this nature.
Energy Fuels is a leading U.S.-based uranium mining company, supplying U3O8 to major nuclear utilities. Energy Fuels also produces vanadium from certain of its projects, as market conditions warrant, and is ramping up commercial-scale production of REE carbonate. Its corporate offices are in Lakewood, Colorado, near Denver, and all its assets and employees are in the United States. Energy Fuels holds three of America's key uranium production centers: the White Mesa Mill in Utah, the Nichols Ranch in-situ recovery ("ISR") Project in Wyoming, and the Alta Mesa ISR Project in Texas. The White Mesa Mill is the only conventional uranium mill operating in the U.S. today, has a licensed capacity of over 8 million pounds of U3O8 per year, has the ability to produce vanadium when market conditions warrant, as well as REE carbonate from various uranium-bearing ores. The Nichols Ranch ISR Project is on standby and has a licensed capacity of 2 million pounds of U3O8 per year. The Alta Mesa ISR Project is also on standby and has a licensed capacity of 1.5 million pounds of U3O8 per year. In addition to the above production facilities, Energy Fuels also has one of the largest NI 43-101 compliant uranium resource portfolios in the U.S. and several uranium and uranium/vanadium mining projects on standby and in various stages of permitting and development. The primary trading market for Energy Fuels' common shares is the NYSE American under the trading symbol "UUUU," and the Company's common shares are also listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the trading symbol "EFR." Energy Fuels' website is www.energyfuels.com.
Daniel Kapostasy, P.G., Director of Technical Services for Energy Fuels, is a Qualified Person as defined by Canadian National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical disclosure contained in this news release, including sampling, analytical, and test data underlying such disclosure.
This news release contains "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws in the United States and Canada. Forward-looking information may relate to future events or future performance of Energy Fuels. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, with respect to Energy Fuels' objectives and goals, as well as statements with respect to its beliefs, plans, objectives, expectations, anticipations, estimates, and intentions, are forward-looking information. Specific forward-looking statements in this discussion include, but are not limited to, the following:; any expectation that the Transaction will close and that the Company will acquire the Bahia Project on the terms disclosed or at all; any expectation as to the concentrations or quantities of heavy minerals, including monazite contained in the Bahia Project; any expectation as to the potential annual supply of monazite sands from the Bahia Project to the Mill, the contained tonnes of TREO per year, or the number of years or decades of such potential supply; any expectation that monazite sands from the Bahia Project may be a low-cost source of monazite feed; any expectation that there may be a clear path to moving the Bahia Project into production; any expectation that the mineralization does not stop at the water table and is open at depth; any expectation as to the exploration or development work the Company plans to perform on the Bahia Project; any expectation that a Preliminary Economic Assessment under NI 43-101 or an Initial Assessment under SK-1300 will be performed and the timing of completion of any such assessments; any expectation as to how the Bahia Project may be mined, or the manner or location of any further refinement and separation of mined material; any expectation as to the cost-effectiveness of transporting various forms of HMS from the mine to a concentration facility; any expectation that the Company may become a major global rare earth element producer based in the United States; any expectation that the Company may be successful in expanding its monazite sand feeds; any expectation that the Company will or will continue to successfully process monazite sand concentrates into a high purity mixed rare earth carbonate; any expectation that the Company may be successful at developing a full scale separations facility at the Mill; and any expectation that the Company will continue to be a leading U.S. based uranium mining company. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as "plans", "expects", "is expected", "budget", "scheduled", "estimates", "continues", "forecasts", "projects", "predicts", "intends", "anticipates" or "believes", or variations of, or the negatives of, such words and phrases, or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. This information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking information. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements include risks associated with: technical difficulties; mining or processing difficulties and upsets; licensing, permitting and regulatory delays; litigation risks; competition from others; political actions or instability in foreign countries; and market factors, including future demand for and prices realized from the sale of uranium, vanadium and REEs. Forward-looking statements contained herein are made as of the date of this news release, and Energy Fuels disclaims, other than as required by law, any obligation to update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, results, future events, circumstances, or if management's estimates or opinions should change, or otherwise. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, the reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Energy Fuels assumes no obligation to update the information in this communication, except as otherwise required by law.
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1 This information comes from 16 different Exploration Reports filed with the Brazilian Government's National Agency of Minerals (ANM) over several years (2011-2019). These grades should be considered conceptual in nature since there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource. The data was obtained by sampling 1-meter intervals from a hand auger hole, separating out the heavy mineral fraction using heavy liquids, separating the heavy minerals by magnetic strength and then point counting the minerals under a microscope. Energy Fuels plans to initiate a sonic drill program to better define the exploration target and use industry best practices to determine an estimate of all the heavy minerals found within the project area. A qualified person has not done sufficient work to classify this historical estimate as current and Energy Fuels is not treating this historical estimate as current.
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Officer accidentally shoots partner during dog attack, officials say
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT/Gray News) - A Knox County officer was accidentally shot in the leg Tuesday night.
According to the Knox County Sheriff’s Office, officers were responding to a call at a residence when a pit bull came around a trailer and began attacking one of the officers.
Officials said the pit bull attacked Officer Lydia Driver while her partner, Jordan Hurst, tried to subdue the dog, but inadvertently shot her in the leg.
According to Sheriff Tom Spangler, Driver was taken to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and is recovering from emergency surgery, while Hurst was put on administrative leave, per procedure.
“Officers deal with people and situations the average person will never experience in their lifetime. This incident is unfortunate, but we will get through it together. We are blessed to serve a community that loves and appreciates our men and women. For that, I’m grateful,” Spangler said.
WVLT reports Driver has been with the agency since 2015 and recently graduated from the academy. According to officials, the pit bull involved in the incident was taken into animal control custody.
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NEW YORK, April 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deloitte and U.S. Soccer Federation announced today a multi-year sponsorship renewal continuing Deloitte's role as the Official Professional Services Provider of U.S. Soccer and Foundational Sponsor of SheBelieves. Deloitte's sponsorship supports all of U.S. Soccer's National Teams, including senior and youth Women's and Men's National Teams (listed below).
As part of the agreement, Deloitte will continue to be the presenting sponsor of the annual SheBelieves Summit which provides college-enrolled students the opportunity to engage in panel discussions, attend professional development workshops, and hear from women who are driving progress in sports, business and beyond.
"Our involvement with U.S. Soccer Federation is about advancing the sport — making it more inclusive and growing the next generation of players and fans," said Dan Helfrich, chairman and CEO, Deloitte Consulting LLP. "Our support of the SheBelieves Summit is one example of how with U.S. Soccer we are investing in that next generation, specifically supporting women as not only athletes, but also leaders on and off the field."
As part of the overall relationship with U.S. Soccer, Deloitte will continue to provide professional services to support the evolution of the Federation and its business needs to meet its 2030 goals and achieve its mission of becoming the preeminent sport in the United States. Deloitte will help support some of the Federation's most important business opportunities covering a range of strategic initiatives, such as developing U.S. Soccer's organization-wide sustainability strategy, defining a roadmap for the future of technology across the organization, and helping U.S. Soccer identify a world-class home for a National Training Center.
"We're thrilled to continue collaborating with Deloitte to make a lasting impact on many areas of our business on and off the field," said U.S. Soccer President Cindy Parlow Cone. "Their commitment to support women's empowerment through the SheBelieves Summit and to help us continue advancing our diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts is crucial as we look to optimize resources to help grow the game."
A sponsor of U.S. Soccer since 2019, the sponsorship renewal will help support U.S. Soccer's mission of continuing to develop soccer at all recreational and competitive levels.
Official list of teams supported by Deloitte:
Senior National Teams (Women + Men)
Under-23 (Women + Men)
Under-20 (Women + Men)
Under-19 (Women + Men)
Under-18 (Women + Men)
Under-17 (Women + Men)
Under-16 (Women + Men)
Under-15 (Women + Men)
Beach Soccer (Women + Men)
Para 7 (Women + Men)
Futsal (Men)
About U.S. Soccer
Founded in 1913, the U.S. Soccer Federation has been the official governing body of the sport in the United States for more than 100 years. During that time, the growth of the sport has grown tremendously at all levels. As U.S. Soccer looks towards the future, its mission is to make soccer the preeminent sport in the United States. With a long-term and strategic approach, U.S. Soccer aims to accomplish its mission by supporting its members to increase participation at the youth and adult levels, develop world class players, coaches, and referees to consistently win at the highest levels on the international stage and serve the fans by engaging with them in deeper and more meaningful ways. For more information, visit ussoccer.com.
About SheBelieves
SheBelieves is a platform that encourages girls and women of all ages to accomplish their goals and dreams, in sports and beyond. SheBelieves was originally launched in the run-up to the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and has since evolved into a special series of events and programming that bring a powerful message of empowerment and that of believing in yourself into communities across the nation.
About Deloitte
Deloitte provides industry-leading audit, consulting, tax and advisory services to many of the world's most admired brands, including nearly 90% of the Fortune 500® and more than 7,000 private companies. Our people come together for the greater good and work across the industry sectors that drive and shape today's marketplace — delivering measurable and lasting results that help reinforce public trust in our capital markets, inspire clients to see challenges as opportunities to transform and thrive, and help lead the way toward a stronger economy and a healthier society. Deloitte is proud to be part of the largest global professional services network serving our clients in the markets that are most important to them. Building on more than 175 years of service, our network of member firms spans more than 150 countries and territories. Learn how Deloitte's more than 345,000 people worldwide connect for impact at www.deloitte.com.
Deloitte refers to one or more of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, a UK private company limited by guarantee ("DTTL"), its network of member firms, and their related entities. DTTL and each of its member firms are legally separate and independent entities. DTTL (also referred to as "Deloitte Global") does not provide services to clients. In the United States, Deloitte refers to one or more of the US member firms of DTTL, their related entities that operate using the "Deloitte" name in the United States and their respective affiliates. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting. Please see www.deloitte.com/about to learn more about our global network of member firms.
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GLASTONBURY, Conn., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The principles of music education are immense and highly beneficial to students. Music positively impacts a child's academic performance, assists in developing social skills, and provides an outlet for creativity that is crucial to a child's development. Music education catapults a child's learning to new heights, and because of this, it should always be considered a pivotal part of a child's educational process.
In 1991, James A. Norkawich was introduced to a program called Regional Center for the arts (RCA). RCA was a multicultural program in southwestern Connecticut that was comprised of five towns in Fairfield County. As part of the normal high school day, students attended the University of Bridgeport where they experienced working with industry professionals, professors and choreographers from NYC. The program provided high school students the opportunity to earn college credits while learning more about their craft in either Music or Dance.
The RCA was led by its Director, Kevin Mack, who served the musical community as a conductor, singer, and player of historical keyboard and woodwind instruments. A native San Franciscan, Kevin earned degrees in Conducting, Vocal Performance and English-Philosophy from University of the Pacific, Yale University, the Juilliard School, and the Hartt School. He has been a pupil of Robert Shaw, Roger Wagner, Arthur Weisberg, Allen Forte, Claude Palisca, and David Diamond. To further compliment his teaching effectiveness, Kevin completed a certification program in Music given by the Connecticut Department of Education at Wesleyan University. Kevin Mack was the individual that made RCA happen.
James was part of the Music department which was led by Brian Q. Torff, American jazz double-bassist, songwriter, and composer as well as professor of music at Fairfield University in Fairfield Connecticut. James also studied under Joseph Mennona, multi-instrumentalist, and director of MIDI composition at RCA at that time.
In 1992, James worked with his fellow students from different backgrounds, styles and ideas. The beauty of the RCA was that it provided a safe place for students to come together from different backgrounds, learn about one another, learn each other's own story, which eventually propelled them to create one sound.
The RCA provided James with a real-world taste of what a musical craft could offer. He gained invaluable experience attending and performing in numerous concerts, musical performances, and television performances. In 1992, at the age of 16, James and his fellow band mates opened up for Milli Bermejo at the Quick Center for the arts theatre. It was that pivotal performance which resulted in future funding for the RCA program and ultimately transformed James from a student of Jazz to a Jazz artist.
In 2022, James released the original re-mastered recording to show where his roots began, and also to convey what a program such as the RCA can do for students in today's educational system. Norkawich says "Music has taken a back seat to sports programs and other programs of specialized interest, therefore not giving a voice to those who are trained and proficient in their instrument." He goes on further to say that programs like the RCA model work and he is taking his brand of Jazz and Classical Crossover music with the hope of getting it in the schools in his community, just as he had it available to him over 30 years ago.
Music is the soundtrack of our lives – this is the mantra that James lives by. Now that we are post-pandemic, people create music which is original, and they need to be heard. Their voices can make an impact on this world in a musical culture which is stagnant or run by management or labels. People now have to ability for the first time ever to produce things organically and market their creations on social media.
Norkawich is currently in talks with people in his hometown and state representatives to explore whether a program like RCA could be re-branded and expanded elsewhere in Connecticut in 2022/2023.
The Regional Center is now a part of Cooperative Education Services in Trumbull Connecticut and boasts a full-on campus for students, staff and faculty. As James looks back upon his early introduction to music, he is grateful for the opportunity to attend RCA and is proud to be an inaugural member of the class of 1993.
To view the 1992 RCA Concert on Spotify, click here.
Website- www.jamesanorkawich.com
Instagram – www.instagram.com/jamesanorkawich
TikToc- https://www.tiktok.com/@jamesanorkawich
Twitter - @JNorkawichMusic
Spoitfy - https://open.spotify.com/artist/6qi5IQRl3iahaR75zA6LuD?si=9gqxCKceR6ySkslo8U5TKQ
YouTube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCruW2ckvS-OYoNRqIQsSJGA
Email – JamesANorkawich@gmail.com
Management - DENEAN LLC
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BEIJING, July 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fang Holdings Limited (OTC: SFUNY) ("Fang" or the "Company"), a leading real estate Internet portal in China, today announced the appointment of Shandong Haoxin Certified Public Accountants Co., Ltd ("Shandong Haoxin"), an independent accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board,as the Company's auditor, effective July 14, 2022.
Shandong Haoxin succeeds MaloneBailey, LLP ("MaloneBailey"), the Company's previous independent auditor. The Company and MaloneBailey have no disagreements on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures.
The change of the Company's independent auditor was made after careful consideration and evaluation process and was approved by the board of directors of the Company (the "Board") and the audit committee of the Board. The Company is working closely with Shandong Haoxin and MaloneBailey to ensure a seamless transition and intends to work expeditiously with Shandong Haoxin to file its annual reports for the periods ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2021 as soon as possible.
About Fang
Fang operates a leading real estate Internet portal in China in terms of the number of page views and visitors to its websites. Through its websites, Fang provides primarily marketing, listing, leads generation and financial services for China's fast-growing real estate and home furnishing and improvement sectors. Its user-friendly websites support active online communities and networks of users seeking information on, and value-added services for, the real estate and home furnishing and improvement sectors in China. Fang currently maintains approximately 70 offices to focus on local market needs and its website and database contains real estate related content covering 658 cities in China. For more information about Fang, please visit http://ir.fang.com.
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, the results of the winding-up petition and application for appointment of provisional liquidators. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "is expected to," "anticipates," "aim," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "are likely to," "estimates," "may," "should" and similar expressions, and include, without limitation, statements regarding Fang's future financial performance, revenue guidance, growth and growth rates, market position and continued business transformation. Such statements are based upon management's current expectations and current market and operating conditions, and relate to events that involve known or unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond Fang's control, which may cause its actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, the outcome of the appeal (to the extent lodged by Fang) of the NYSE Regulation staff's delisting decision, the impact of Fang's business development strategies, the Fang's ability to continue as a going concern in the future, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of current and future government policies affecting China's real estate market. Further information regarding these and other risks, uncertainties or factors is included in Fang's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Levi & Korsinsky, LLP notifies investors in Apyx Medical Corporation ("Apyx" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: APYX) of a class action securities lawsuit.
CLASS DEFINITION: The lawsuit seeks to recover losses on behalf of Apyx investors who were adversely affected by alleged securities fraud between May 12, 2021 and March 11, 2022. Follow the link below to get more information and be contacted by a member of our team:
APYX 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) a significant number of Apyx's Advanced Energy products were used for off-label indications; (2) such off-label uses led to an increase in the number of medical device reports filed by Apyx reporting serious adverse events; (3) as a result, the Company was reasonably likely to incur regulatory scrutiny; (4) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial results would be adversely impacted; and (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
WHAT'S NEXT? If you suffered a loss in Apyx 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.
CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
Ed Korsinsky, Esq.
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New York, NY 10006
jlevi@levikorsinsky.com
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- Binge top content from a wide range of standalone streaming services every weekend through August
- "Freeview" experience kicks off with SHOWTIME® right in time for the season five premiere of "The Chi" and Bellator MMA 282: Mousasi vs. Eblen, both airing Friday, June 24
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SLING TV announced today its new "Freeview Weekends" experience, providing paid subscribers FREE access to select standalone streaming services every weekend through August 2022. The experience starts with the full suite of SHOWTIME® content, beginning this Friday, June 24, right in time for the season five premiere of "The Chi," and runs until Monday, June 27.
"SLING launched in 2015 with one goal in mind: provide people easy access to their favorite shows and content, without a bloated monthly bill," said Gary Schanman, executive vice president and group president of SLING TV. "This sentiment holds true today - if a user wants to subscribe to any of our nearly 50 premium standalone services à la carte, they can do it. And now with Freeview Weekends, our current subscribers can 'try before they buy' every Summer weekend with no strings attached by simply turning on SLING to ensure they pay only for what they want to watch."
During Freeview Weekends, customers have access to standalone streaming services' live schedule and on-demand content library. Most Freeview offerings will start Friday and run through Monday. Premium streaming services currently slated in the preview lineup include EPIX, Hallmark Movies Now, Curiosity Stream, Sundance Now, AMC+ and more.
Current SLING subscribers can effortlessly access the Freeview experience; the select weekly Freeview service will be automatically available on users' home page and within the guide through the duration of the Freeview with no strings attached.
Following a Freeview Weekend, SLING makes it easy for anyone to continue watching their favorite entertainment by subscribing to the streaming service as a standalone subscription. With nearly 50 standalone streaming services, including SHOWTIME®, EPIX and Starz, available without a base SLING subscription, SLING provides the best à la carte streaming experience on the market.
In addition to the Freeview content, SLING offers a variety of today's most popular channels, including CNN, ESPN, Bravo and AMC, through its base services, SLING Orange and SLING Blue, starting at $35 per month. Plus, new subscribers currently receive HALF OFF base services their first month at Sling.com. For more information on the Freeview experience, including which standalone channels will be offered each week, visit the What's On Sling blog.
About SLING TV
SLING TV is an Emmy® Award-winning live streaming TV service that provides more than 700 channels from today's most popular networks across its general market, Latino and international services. It is available on all major streaming devices, smart televisions, tablets, game consoles, computers and smartphones. SLING offers two general market streaming services, SLING Orange and SLING Blue, that collectively feature content from Disney/ESPN, Fox, NBC, AMC, A&E, AXS, Discovery, Scripps, Turner, Viacom, NBA TV, NFL Network, NHL Network, Pac-12 Networks, GSN, Hallmark, SHOWTIME, STARZ and EPIX. On select devices, SLING offers customers access to free content, à la carte channels and services, plus Pay-Per-View events and movies on-demand. SLING provides a suite of stand-alone and add-on Spanish-language services and packages tailored to English-dominant, bilingual and Spanish-dominant U.S. households. SLING is the leading U.S. provider of foreign-language programming, with more than 400 channels in over 20 languages. Additionally, SLING offers a variety of local channel solutions through the AirTV brand, which provides products and services that simplify the modern over-the-air (OTA) entertainment experience. Visit sling.com and AirTV.net for more information. SLING TV L.L.C. and AirTV L.L.C. are wholly owned subsidiaries of DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH).
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(The Hill) – Rudy Giuliani is slamming several campaign aides of former President Trump who, in testimony to the House Jan. 6 panel, described Giuliani as intoxicated on election night and part of an internal campaign team after the election that was dishonest and unprofessional.
The remarks, shown in videos by the select committee investigating the 2021 Capitol riot during a Monday hearing, included criticism of the former New York City mayor and Trump adviser from Trump’s former campaign manager Bill Stepien and former campaign adviser Jason Miller.
Miller was shown on tape responding to a question from the committee about whether anyone on the campaign team who spoke to Trump had drank too much that night. He responded by mentioning Giuliani.
“I am disgusted and outraged at the out right lie by Jason Miller and Bill Steppien,” Giuliani tweeted, misspelling the former campaign manager’s last name.
“I was upset that they were not prepared for the massive cheating (as well as other lawyers around the President) I REFUSED all alcohol that evening. My favorite drink..Diet Pepsi,” Giuliani wrote on Twitter.
“Is the false testimony from Miller and Steppien because I yelled at them? Are they being paid to lie?” he added in a follow-up tweet.
Stepien in his testimony characterized himself as being a part of a “team normal” on the Trump campaign that recognized the Republican had lost the presidential election based on the data at hand.
“There were two groups … we call them kind of my team and Rudy’s team. I didn’t mind being characterized as being part of ‘Team Normal,’” the former campaign manager, who was unable to appear in person after his wife went into labor on Monday, said on videotape.
“I didn’t think what was happening was necessarily honest or professional at that time,” he said of the other group.
Miller testified that he had offered advice not to declare victory prematurely while votes were being counted.
“There were suggestions by, I believe it was Mayor Giuliani, to go and declare victory and say that we’d won it outright,” Miller said. “I remember saying that … we should not go and declare victory until we had a better sense of the numbers.”
He also said that he believed Giuliani appeared to be intoxicated on election night while he spoke to officials from the White House and campaign.
“I think the mayor was definitely intoxicated, but I do not know his level of intoxication when he spoke with the president, for example,” Miller said.
Stepien told the committee he had expressed concerns about Giuliani and Trump lawyer Sidney Powell’s statements following 2020 election, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said during the Monday hearing.
Giuliani made headlines in the months after the election by repeatedly pushing false theories to push back at Trump’s loss in the election.
The Jan. 6 panel is setting out a narrative that argues Trump’s false statements about the election eventually led to the attack by a mob of his supporters on the Capitol on Jan. 6. Lawmakers at the time were in the process of certifying the results of the election. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/giuliani-slams-out-right-lie-by-trump-campaign-aides/ | 2022-06-14T17:21:32Z |
Leading Massage Franchise Welcomes Tyra Dungan as VP of Marketing and Elena Villaseñor Sullivan as General Counsel
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Massage Heights, a U.S. and Canadian spa franchise brand, offering high-quality massage, skincare and wellness services, announced two new appointments to its growing executive team, including Tyra Dungan as Vice President of Marketing and Elena Villaseñor Sullivan, J.D. and CCEP as General Counsel. With extensive experience in their respective fields, both women aim to further support the brand's mission to help others achieve a life of wellness that inspires, transforms, and renews.
Dungan, who holds more than 25 years of experience within the spa, salon, beauty, and hospitality industries, previously served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the technology application Spa Space. Her career also includes roles such as Senior Director of Brand Management as XpresSpa, Assistant Vice President of L'OREAL, and Vice President of Operations at Premier Salons Inc. Dungan is credited with creating Hilton's first branded spa concept and served as sales lead of Hilton Spa's franchise business.
"While attending college, I became inspired by the beauty category, and earned my esthetician and massage therapist licenses," Dungan said. "I soon realized I could make a larger impact by being on the business leadership side of the industry. For over 20 years, I built my career on advocating for global wellness. I am looking forward to applying my skills and industry expertise to further the Massage Heights mission."
Sullivan, who comes to Massage Heights with nearly 20 years' experience as an attorney, has provided legal guidance to executive leadership teams on all aspects of business. Before joining Massage Heights, she served as Senior Attorney and Executive Director of Compliance at USAA, advising the company on the legal and regulatory risks associated with its business and led a team through transformational change to enhance its compliance risk management programs. Sullivan also was a partner at a large regional law firm where she handled commercial litigation cases primarily involving contractual disputes, real estate, intellectual property and environmental cases. As General Counsel of Massage Heights, Sullivan oversees the Legal Department, providing legal advice on all aspects of the business, including corporate governance, franchise development and administration, compliance risk management, litigation, and third-party vendor relationships. With extensive experience serving nonprofits, Sullivan also manages the internal charitable arm of Massage Heights.
"By protecting the company's interests and mitigating its risks, I will help Massage Heights fulfill its vision of encouraging people to live a culture of elevated wellness that inspires, transforms, and renews lives," Sullivan said.
Susan Boresow, President and CEO of Massage Heights, said the addition of Dungan and Sullivan will further strengthen the support for franchisees, ultimately setting up all Massage Heights stakeholders for success.
"I am proud to add two strong female leaders to our corporate support team who both have a proven track record of creating positive change throughout their careers," Boresow added. "I am confident our franchisees and existing leadership team will appreciate and benefit from their guidance and expertise."
The massage franchise started in 2004 and has grown to more than 120 Retreats throughout North America by providing personalized wellness treatment options through therapeutic massage and skincare services. Massage Heights is a family-owned massage and wellness franchise dedicated to elevating the lives of others by providing Members and Guests with professional, affordable and resort-quality massage, skincare and wellness services. For more information about Massage Heights and its franchise opportunities, please visit MassageHeightsFranchise.com.
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PITTSBURGH, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: PNC) today announced the redemption on June 28, 2022, of all of the outstanding Senior Notes due July 28, 2022, issued by PNC Bank, National Association in the amount of $750,000,000 (CUSIP 69353RFE3). The securities have a distribution rate of 2.450% and an original scheduled maturity date of July 28, 2022. The redemption price will be equal to $1,000 per $1,000 in principal amount, plus any accrued and unpaid distributions to the redemption date of June 28, 2022.
Payment of the redemption price will be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company.
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the largest diversified financial services institutions in the United States, organized around its customers and communities for strong relationships and local delivery of retail and business banking including a full range of lending products; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. For information about PNC, visit www.pnc.com.
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PITTSBURGH, July 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I thought there could be a safer way to sit in or move about a ladder-style tree stand," said an inventor, from Shelbyville, Ind., "so I invented the J R SAFETY RAIL. My design could increase safety and security for hunters."
The patent-pending invention provides an effective safety accessory for ladder-style tree stands. In doing so, it offers added support. As a result, it could help to reduce falls and related injuries and it provides added peace of mind. The invention features a practical design that is easy to install and use so it is ideal for hunters/sportsmen. Additionally, it is producible in design variations and a prototype is available.
The original design was submitted to the National sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-SGM-108, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Buzz Aldrin’s moon landing jacket sold for more than $2 million at auction
Published: Jul. 27, 2022 at 7:57 AM CDT|Updated: 59 minutes ago
(CNN) - The space jacket worn by Buzz Aldrin while stepping on the moon has sold for a record-breaking $2.7 million.
The auction happened in New York Tuesday at Sotheby’s.
The in-flight coverall jacket is made of a fireproof, tightly-woven silica fiber called “Beta cloth” used in the production of Apollo spaceflight suits.
Other items sold included Apollo 11 flight plans, with a complete summary of the mission, which sold for $819,000.
Aldrin, who is now 92 years old, was the second person to ever set foot on the moon in 1969.
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New MTN DEW® NBA® 2K23 Player's Pack Bundle will be available to fans who order Papa Johns pizza and MTN DEW providing the chance to unlock in-game perks
PURCHASE, N.Y., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MTN DEW® and NBA® 2K23 are dropping a gaming-ready bundle at Papa Johns just in time for the release of NBA® 2K23 on September 9. With an assist from basketball legend Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal, MTN DEW and NBA® 2K23 are tipping off a next-level unboxing experience at Papa Johns, with a limited-edition MTN DEW NBA® 2K23 Player's Pack Bundle that will treat fans with a chance to unlock up to a million dollars' worth of in-game swag.
"I'm so excited to team up with MTN DEW and NBA® 2K23 to create the ultimate gaming bundle at Papa Johns," said Shaq, sports analyst and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer. "Fans can earn amazing in-game perks in the new NBA® 2K23 by pairing their favorite pizza with a refreshing MTN DEW – what's better than that?!"
Fans who purchase the MTN DEW NBA® 2K23 Player's Pack Bundle will be eligible to "ball with the best" and level up their in-game experience with every purchase of a large 3-topping pizza and (2) 20 oz. MTN DEW bundle. Upon purchase, fans can visit DEWxPapaJohns.com to upload their receipt and unlock the chance to redeem exclusive NBA® 2K23 swag while supplies last.
Bundle swag is a collection of 200,000 unique locker codes, which includes:
- Locker code Team Packs with Shaquille "Shaq" O'Neal, Klay Thompson, Zach LaVine and Zion Williamson (players can choose 2x)
- Emerald Tier Cards
- 1-hour 2XP Coin
- 30 total MyPLAYER Skill Boosts (five each of the six categories)
Fans following MTN DEW on social media will also get a first look at the MTN DEW NBA® 2K23 Player's Pack Bundle video content featuring Shaq. While both Papa Johns and PepsiCo have longstanding relationships with Shaq, this digital content marks a first for the partnership.
"MTN DEW has a long history in the gaming space and it's also the official soft drink of the NBA," said Scott Finlow, CMO of PepsiCo Global Foodservice. "We are excited to deliver this unique offering at Papa Johns, giving fans a first-of-its-kind unboxing experience."
The MTN DEW NBA® 2K23 Player's Pack Bundle, which includes a large 3-topping Papa Johns pizza and (2) 20 oz. MTN DEW bundle, starts at $17.99 and will be available for retail sale until October 14, 2022. To unlock the million dollars' worth of swag, eligible fans must be 18 years of age or older and U.S. residents to participate. There is a limit of five codes per person throughout the giveaway period.
As the official soft drink of the NBA, MTN DEW will level-up the game with the addition of new half court designs in The City featuring the brand's lineup of bold flavors, big-name NPCs, challenges on social media for real-life prizes, and much more. Players can even earn in-game endorsements from MTN DEW for their MyPLAYER upon completing challenges tied to DEW-branded NPCs. The MTN DEW 3-Point Contest will return for the second consecutive year, along with The DEW Zone and everyone's favorite DEW Zone Balls.
For Official Offer Terms & Conditions, including how to participate, prize details, and restrictions, visit DEWxPapaJohns.com and follow @MountainDew on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment for video game consoles, personal computers, and mobile devices, with product availability including physical retail and digital download. The Company is home to many talented development studios, including Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber and HB Studios. 2K's portfolio currently includes several AAA, sports and entertainment brands, including global powerhouse NBA®️ 2K; renowned BioShock®️, Borderlands®️, Mafia, Sid Meier's Civilization®️ and XCOM®️ brands; popular WWE®️ 2K and WWE®️ SuperCard franchises; as well as the critically and commercially acclaimed PGA TOUR®️ 2K. Additional information about 2K and its products may be found at 2K.com and on the Company's official social media channels. 2K is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).
MOUNTAIN DEW®, a product of PepsiCo North America Beverages, is the No. 1 flavored carbonated soft drink in the U.S. With its one-of-a-kind citrus taste, MOUNTAIN DEW exhilarates and quenches with every sip. In addition to the original MOUNTAIN DEW and DIET MOUNTAIN DEW®, the permanent DEW® product line includes MTN DEW® KICKSTART™, MOUNTAIN DEW® CODE RED®, MOUNTAIN DEW VOLTAGE®, MTN DEW® Zero Sugar, MTN DEW MAJOR MELON®, MTN DEW MAJOR MELON Zero Sugar, MTN DEW SPARK™ and MTN DEW SPARK Zero Sugar. For more information, check out www.mountaindew.com, www.facebook.com/mountaindew or follow on Twitter @mountaindew.
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $79 billion in net revenue in 2021, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with PepsiCo Positive (pep+). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn @PepsiCo.
Papa John's International, Inc. (NASDAQ: PZZA) ("Papa Johns") opened its doors in 1984 with one goal in mind: BETTER INGREDIENTS. BETTER PIZZA.® Papa Johns believes that using high quality ingredients leads to superior quality pizzas. Its original dough is made of only six ingredients and is fresh, never-frozen. Papa Johns tops its pizzas with real cheese made from mozzarella, pizza sauce made with vine-ripened tomatoes that go from vine to can in the same day and meat free of fillers. It was the first national pizza delivery chain to announce the removal of artificial flavors and synthetic colors from its entire food menu. Papa Johns is co-headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. and Louisville, Ky. and is the world's third-largest pizza delivery company with more than 5,500 restaurants in 49 countries and territories as of Dec. 26, 2021. For more information about the Company or to order pizza online, visit www.PapaJohns.com or download the Papa Johns mobile app for iOS or Android.
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Global economy faces ‘its biggest test’ since WWII
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business
The global economy is being brought to the edge of a precipice by crisis upon crisis.
As the first World Economic Forum to be held in person since 2020 opened in Davos, Switzerland on Monday, the International Monetary Fund said the economy faces “perhaps its biggest test since the Second World War.”
“We face a potential confluence of calamities,” IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a statement.
She warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “compounded” the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, weighing on the economic recovery and fanning inflation as the cost of food and fuel jumps.
Rising interest rates are adding to pressure on countries, companies and households with big piles of debt. Market turbulence and ongoing supply chain constraints also pose a risk.
And then there’s climate change.
The head of the International Energy Agency urged countries to make the right investment choices in response to the fossil fuel shortages triggered by Russia’s attack on Ukraine.
“Some people may well use Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as an excuse for … a new wave of fossil fuel investments,” IEA chief Fatih Birol said during a discussion in Davos. “It will forever close the door to reaching our climate targets.”
The scale of the economic challenge was underscored by a new report from the OECD on Monday, showing that the combined GDP of the G7 countries shrank by 0.1% in the first quarter of the year, compared with the previous three-month period.
To limit economic stress, the IMF is calling for government officials and business leaders meeting in Davos to discuss lowering trade barriers.
But as countries battle growing dismay about the cost-of-living crisis at home, some are heading in the opposite direction, implementing restrictions on trade in food and agricultural products that can exacerbate shortages and push up prices globally.
Earlier this month, India’s decision to ban the export of wheat sent the price of the grain soaring, even though it’s a relatively small exporter. Indonesia banned most exports of palm oil in April to protect domestic supplies, but will lift the ban this week.
Speaking during a visit to Tokyo, President Joe Biden said Monday that a recession was not inevitable and he reiterated that the White House was considering removing some Trump-era tariffs on Chinese goods, which Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said do more harm than good for American consumers and businesses.
Meanwhile, China could see its economy shrink this quarter because of the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns in Shanghai, Bejiing and dozens of other cities, and the fallout of a real estate crisis. The country’s central bank delivered the biggest cut on record on Friday to a key interest rate after housing sales collapsed.
Zhu Ning, a professor at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance, said he believed that authorities still had ample options to tackle the series of challenges facing the world’s second biggest economy.
“China still has a lot of room if it wants to — to lower interest rate, to give monetary stimulus to the economy,” he said.
— Anna Cooban, Michelle Toh, Mark Thompson and Allie Malloy contributed to this article.
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Nurses worry conviction for dosing mistake could cost lives
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The moment nurse RaDonda Vaught realized she had given a patient the wrong medication, she rushed to the doctors working to revive 75-year-old Charlene Murphey and told them what she had done. Within hours, she made a full report of her mistake to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
Murphey died the next day, on Dec. 27, 2017. On Friday, a jury found Vaught guilty of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect.
That verdict — and the fact that Vaught was charged at all — worries patient safety and nursing groups that have worked for years to move hospital culture away from cover-ups, blame and punishment, and toward the honest reporting of mistakes.
The move to a “Just Culture” seeks to improve safety by analyzing human errors and making systemic changes to prevent their recurrence. And that can’t happen if providers think they could go to prison, they say.
“The criminalization of medical errors is unnerving, and this verdict sets into motion a dangerous precedent,” the American Nurses Association said. “Health care delivery is highly complex. It is inevitable that mistakes will happen. ... It is completely unrealistic to think otherwise.”
Just Culture has been widely adopted in hospitals since a 1999 report by the National Academy of Medicine estimated at least 98,000 people may die each year due to medical errors.
But such bad outcomes remain stubbornly common, with too many hospital staffers convinced that owning up to mistakes will expose them to punishment, according to a 2018 study published in the American Journal of Medical Quality.
More than 46,000 death certificates listed complications of medical and surgical care — a category that includes medical errors — among the causes of death in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics.
“Best estimates are 7,000-10,000 fatal medication errors a year. Are we going to lock them up? Who is going to replace them?” said Bruce Lambert, patient safety expert and director of the Center for Communication and Health at Northwestern University.
“If you think RaDonda Vaught is criminally negligent, you just don’t know how health care works,” Lambert said.
Murphey was admitted to the neurological intensive care unit on Dec. 24, 2017, after suffering from a brain bleed. Two days later, doctors ordered a PET scan. Murphey was claustrophobic and was prescribed Versed for her anxiety, according to testimony. When Vaught could not find Versed in an automatic drug dispensing cabinet, she used an override and accidentally grabbed the paralyzing drug vecuronium instead.
Such mistakes often end up in malpractice lawsuits, but criminal prosecutions are rare. After Vaught was charged in 2019, the Institute for Safe Medical Practices issued a statement saying it had “worrisome implications for safety.”
“In an era when we need more transparency, cover-ups will reign due to fear,” the statement read. “Even if errors are reported, effective event investigation and learning cannot occur in a culture of fear or blame.”
Many nurses are “already at their breaking point ... after a physically, mentally and emotionally exhausting two years caring for patients with COVID,” said Liz Stokes, director of the American Nurses Association’s Center for Ethics and Human Rights. Vaught’s prosecution gives them one more reason to quit, she said.
“This could be me. I’m an RN as well,” she said. “This could be any of us.”
Vaught was steeped in the idea of Just Culture and says she has “zero regrets” about telling the truth, but her candor was used against her at trial. Assistant District Attorney Brittani Flatt quoted from her interview with a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation agent in closing arguments: “I definitely should have paid more attention. I should have called the pharmacy. I shouldn’t have overridden, because it wasn’t an emergency.”
It is easy to judge Vaught’s actions in retrospect, Lambert said, but overrides and workarounds are an extremely common part of healthcare, he said: “This is typical, not aberrant or bizarre, behavior.”
Meanwhile, Vaught’s honesty about her mistake has already brought about safety improvements, and not just at Vanderbilt. Because vecuronium should only be used on patients who have a breathing tube inserted, some hospitals have moved it and other paralytic drugs out of automatic dispensing cabinets.
“At my hospital, they’ve changed their policy and put paralytics into a rapid intubation kit because of this,” said Janie Harvey Garner, who founded the nurse advocacy organization Show Me Your Stethoscope. She said that because Vaught owned up to the mistake, Murphey’s death “has probably saved lives.”
While Murphey’s death may serve as a cautionary tale for other nurses, Vaught, now awaiting a sentence of up to eight years, told The Associated Press in an interview that she thinks about her patient every day.
Vaught, 37, discovered that she and Murphey lived in the same small community of Bethpage, about an hour northeast of Nashville, and that she and members of Murphey’s family have mutual friends. It would only be a matter of time before she met one of them in person.
“I’ve imagined so many times how I would feel if this were my grandma, my family member, my husband,” she said.
Recently, while buying farm supplies, she was talking with the young man behind the counter when he recognized her, and told her he was Murphey’s grandson. Instead of reproaching her, he ended up comforting her and patting her on the shoulder, she said.
“He was so kind. He was so incredibly kind,” Vaught said. “I took his grandma away, and he just kept telling me to take care of myself. There are good people in this world.”
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NEW YORK, July 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Explain Everything today announced that Panopto, the leading video management system for higher education, is now fully integrated with the recordable digital whiteboard Explain Everything. Explain Everything Whiteboard allows educators to record multimedia explainer videos for pre-training purposes, short lecture summaries and clarifications of key concepts. They can also record entire lectures. Thanks to this new integration, educators can now export their videos to Panopto directly from within Explain Everything, via the Explain Drive cloud, without the need to render them on-device.
"It used to take much longer for teachers using Panopto to share their videos with their students," said Wojciech Hajduk, Head of Platform at Explain Everything. "Videos created using Explain Everything needed to be rendered on the user's device first, and then uploaded, which can take a while. Now, the whole process of rendering and sharing takes just a few moments."
Educators wishing to use this integration have to simply select the video they have stored in the Explain Drive cloud and tap the three dots menu. By next tapping Upload to Panopto, they open a new tab where they can sign in and select the appropriate destination folder. The video is uploaded to Panopto immediately, making it easier than ever for students to access the material their teacher has created.
The necessity for a smooth integration between the two technologies was prompted by observed usage. Some higher education institutions use Panopto and Explain Everything in tandem to create audiovisual materials for students and video resource libraries for teachers. Others also use Explain Everything's synchronous and asynchronous collaboration capabilities for group work.
"Explain Everything is part of a growing number of solutions supporting Export to Panopto, giving content creators a great experience and the flexibility they need," said Mike Rich, vp of strategic alliances and business development. "We're excited to partner with Explain Everything and deliver continued innovation to higher education."
Both the Panopto and Explain Everything teams are very excited about all of the new possibilities this integration will afford higher education institutions.
Released in 2011, Explain Everything is now used by millions of people around the world. In December 2020, Apple awarded Explain Everything the App Store Trend of the Year Award1 for leading the classroom. The app is available on iOS, iPadOS, Android, Chromebooks, and the web.
1 https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2020/12/apple-presents-app-store-best-of-2020-winners/
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New Zealand hands out extra cash to fight ‘inflation storm’
By NICK PERRY
Associated Press
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government says it will hand out an extra few hundred dollars to more than 2 million lower-income adults to help them navigate what it describes as “the peak of the global inflation storm.” The payments are part of a package of new measures announced in the government’s annual budget. Other plans include increasing health spending by a record amount, putting more money into reducing greenhouse gas emissions and boosting defense spending. A report by Treasury painted a rosy picture of the nation’s economy through next year but warned growth would slow markedly from 2024 due to rising interest rates, a reduction in the government’s pandemic spending, and supply issues made worse by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. | https://localnews8.com/news/ap-national-business/2022/05/18/new-zealand-hands-out-extra-cash-to-fight-inflation-storm/ | 2022-05-19T04:43:11Z |
Largest Ketamine Provider in the U.S. Now Offering FDA-Approved Esketamine Nasal Spray Offering for Adults in Six Cities
GILBERT, Ariz., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ketamine Wellness Centers (KWC), the largest ketamine therapy provider in the U.S. and a subsidiary of Delic Holdings Corp ("Delic" or the "Company") (CSE: DELC) (OTCQB: DELCF) (FRA: 6X0), has expanded the availability of SPRAVATO® to three new cities and increased the total number of clinics offering the FDA-approved esketamine nasal spray to six. Starting June 1, the KWC clinics in Minneapolis, Salt Lake City and Dallas will join the Houston, Las Vegas and Seattle locations in offering SPRAVATO to their patient base.
Taken with an oral supplement, SPRAVATO is an FDA-approved treatment for adults experiencing treatment-resistant depression (TRD) or depressive symptoms associated with major depressive disorder (MDD). Patients interested in pursuing this treatment option will work with the company's experienced intake and screening teams to ensure that SPRAVATO is the most positive choice for them. KWC providers are trained to administer SPRAVATO treatments in the right care and patient safety settings.
Many of the nation's largest insurers have included SPRAVATO in their coverage. Insurance experts at KWC are available to help patients navigate the complexities of healthcare coverage and assist in determining coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.
"KWC aims to provide a diverse range of accessible and clinically-supported mental healthcare options to our national patient community," said Kevin Nicholson, CEO of KWC and Chief Operating Officer of Delic. "We're excited to continue growing the availability of SPRAVATO, the first treatment of its kind, and we look forward to helping more patients across our network of clinics understand how it can benefit their mental health as we expand into new states."
For more information about Ketamine Wellness Centers' locations, services and hours of operation, please visit https://www.ketaminewellnesscenters.com/locations/.
Ketamine Wellness Centers (KWC) is the largest ketamine therapy provider in the United States with 13 clinic locations serving communities across nine states. Since 2011 KWC has been a trusted leader in bringing IV ketamine therapy into mainstream health care. KWC has provided over 60,000 treatments to clinically eligible patients, from young adults to seniors, in addition to developing specialized programs for veterans and first responders. The KWC team, including a core group of physicians, psychologists, clinicians, and executives, is dedicated to providing value-based, personalized, clinically controlled ketamine infusion care for people suffering from treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD and chronic pain. KWC's scalable business and treatment model is designed for further rapid expansion along with breakthrough innovations in effective therapies and services.
Delic is a leader in new medicines and treatments for a modern world, improving access to health benefits across the country and reframing the conversation on psychedelics. The Company owns and operates an umbrella of related businesses, including the largest chain of psychedelic wellness clinics in the country, including Ketamine Infusion Centers and Ketamine Wellness Centers; the only licensed entity by Health Canada to exclusively focus on research and development of psilocybin vaporization technology, Delic Labs; the premier psychedelic wellness event, Meet Delic; and trusted media and e-commerce platforms Reality Sandwich and Delic Radio. Delic is backed by a team of industry and cannabis veterans and a diverse network, whose mission is to provide education, research, high-quality products, and effective treatment options to the masses.
SPRAVATO® (esketamine) CIII nasal spray is a nonselective, noncompetitive antagonist of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor – an ionotropic glutamate receptor. It is a first-of-its kind medicine approved by the FDA in two major depressive disorder (MDD) subpopulations with high unmet need.1
SPRAVATO® is approved in the United States, in conjunction with an oral antidepressant, to treat adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD) and to treat depressive symptoms in adults with MDD with acute suicidal ideation or behavior.
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By identifying such information and statements in this manner, Delic is alerting the reader that such information and statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements of Delic to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such information and statements. Such risks and other factors may include, but are not limited to: risks and uncertainties relating to the Transaction not closing as planned or at all or on terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement; incorrect assessment of the value and potential benefits of the Transaction; direct and indirect material adverse effects from the COVID-19 pandemic; inability to obtain future financing on suitable terms; failure to obtain required regulatory and other approvals; risks inherent in the psychedelic treatment sector; changes in applicable laws and regulations; and failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations.
In addition, in connection with the forward-looking information and forward-looking statements contained in this press release, Delic has made certain assumptions. These assumptions include, but are not limited to: assumptions as to the time required to negotiate a definite agreement and complete matters related to the Transaction; the ability to consummate the Transaction; the ability of the parties to obtain, in a timely manner, the requisite regulatory, corporate and other third party approvals and the satisfaction of other conditions to the consummation of the Transaction on the proposed terms; the potential impact of the announcement or consummation of the Transaction on relationships, including with regulatory bodies, employees, suppliers, customers and competitors; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; changes in applicable laws; compliance with extensive government regulation; and the diversion of management time on the Transaction.
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PARIS (AP) — The Latest on the French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament (all times local):
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8:30 p.m.
Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands won the French Open men’s doubles championship by beating Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Austin Krajicek of the U.S. 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final.
The 40-year-old Rojer is the oldest Grand Slam men’s doubles champion in the Open era. He won the 2017 U.S. Open title with Horia Tecau.
According to the International Tennis Federation, Arevalo is the first man from Central America to win a Grand Slam title.
Arevalo and Rojer were seeded 12th. Dodig and Krajicek were not seeded.
Dodig and Krajicek held three championship points at 6-5 in the second set but were unable to convert any.
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5:30 p.m.
Lucie Havlickova and Gabriel Debru have won the French Open junior singles titles.
The 17-year-old Havlickova is the second Czech player in a row to be the female junior champion at Roland Garros. She beat Solana Sierra of Argentina 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday.
The 16-year-old Debru, who is French, defeated Gilles Arnaud Bailly of Belgium 7-6 (5), 6-3 for the boys’ title.
Debru joins 2021 winner Luca van Assche to give the host country consecutive French Open boys’ singles champions for the first time since 1974-75.
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4:20
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has beaten 18-year-old American Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the French Open final to collect her second title at Roland Garros and stretch her winning streak to 35 matches.
Swiatek’s unbeaten run equals one by Venus Williams in 2000 as the longest this century.
Swiatek’s victory over Gauff on Saturday allowed her to add to the 2020 trophy she won in Paris. That made her the first player from Poland to win a Grand Slam singles title.
Swiatek has now won her past six tournaments and is 42-3 this season.
Swiatek’s last loss came in February to 2017 Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko.
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3:45 p.m.
Iga Swiatek has taken the opening set of the French Open women’s final against Coco Gauff by a 6-1 score.
Swiatek raced to a 4-0 lead as Gauff had trouble getting her shots to land where she wanted them.
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3:10 p.m.
The French Open women’s final between No. 1 Iga Swiatek and 18-year-old American Coco Gauff has started under a partly cloudy sky with a temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit (28 Celsius).
Swiatek enters Saturday on a 34-match winning streak as she seeks her second title at Roland Garros. She won the tournament in 2020.
Gauff is appearing in a Grand Slam final for the first time.
The chair umpire is Damien Dumusois.
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1 p.m.
Coco Gauff is getting ready to face Iga Swiatek in the French Open women’s singles final.
Gauff is an 18-year-old from Florida who is ranked No. 23 and participating in her first Grand Slam title match.
Swiatek is a 21-year-old from Poland who is ranked No. 1. She won the 2020 French Open and enters Saturday on a 34-match winning streak.
That is the longest in women’s tennis since a 35-match run by Venus Williams in 2000.
Gauff and Swiatek have played each other twice before. Both matches were won by Swiatek in straight sets — last year on clay in Rome and this year on a hard court in Miami.
Gauff can extend a recent trend at Roland Garros: The past six women’s title winners at the clay-court tournament were first-time Grand Slam champions.
The final is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. local time.
The men’s singles final is Sunday, with 13-time champion Rafael Nadal playing 23-year-old Casper Ruud of Norway.
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NEWARK, Calif., June 21st, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT), a leading provider of data capture and delivery solutions designed to enhance workplace productivity, is excited to announce that the SocketScan S550 is a finalist in the 2022 NFC Forum Innovation Awards.
The SocketScan S550 combines the latest 13.56 MHz contactless technology with Bluetooth LE connectivity and is built for easy and painless integration into apps using Socket's CaptureSDK. The S550 is NFC Forum, Apple VAS, Google Pay Smart Tap, and Bluetooth SIG certified. It's the ideal reader for numerous loyalty programs, closed-loop payments, age verification via mobile driver's licenses (mDL), vaccine passport verification systems, ticket validation, and countless other applications. The S550 provides leading-edge tap-and-go technology that breaks new ground in the NFC industry and delivers an effortless data capture experience for application developers and their clients.
Every year, the NFC Forum Innovation Awards recognize the development and deployment of breakthrough products that successfully implement NFC technology. Submissions are scored using criteria ranging from innovation, benefits, competition, user experience, and NFC impact. Socket Mobile submitted its mobile wallet and contactless card reader/writer, SocketScan S550, to be considered for the award. It landed in the finalists round amongst other NFC products in the industry.
"Socket Mobile is truly proud and honored to be recognized by NFC Forum Innovation Awards judges. Innovation is a key element of Socket Mobile's business model, as hardware needs to be fully developed before our many app partners can begin the process of integrating it into their solutions. The SocketScan S550 is a great example of how this process works. Socket Mobile delivers state-of-the-art hardware and software tools so that Apps can better support the ever-changing mobile environment, just as we are doing with NFC. App partners that have integrated S550 into their solutions have raved about its performance. We included unique visual and audio feedback features to enhance the user experience and are taking steps to advance consumer education to help move contactless technology adoption forward beyond payments. With digital IDs and mobile wallet usage at an all-time high, app providers are looking for NFC readers that can be relied upon to read these credentials, deliver the relevant data to their apps, and provide an effortless customer experience. This acknowledgment helps demonstrate the S550 as an excellent choice for app providers that want an innovative NFC reader as part of their solution," said Dave Holmes, Chief Business Officer at Socket Mobile.
S550 is also the first cordless reader to achieve CR12 certification from the NFC Forum Certification Program. NFC Forum certification ensures the S550 can read all NFC Forum compliant tags, which number in the billions. The certification helps give Socket Mobile's global customers solace in the S550's ability to be interoperable with myriad mobile wallets and contactless credentials.
As with any Socket Mobile product, the best way for app partners to leverage the S550 is through CaptureSDK. It provides the most reliable and consistent data capture performance, enabling the application to maximize the efficiency of their solution and increase the overall productivity and happiness of their end-users. Implementing CaptureSDK allows application providers to utilize any of Socket Mobile's family of data capture devices (barcode scanners or NFC reader/writers) interchangeably and select the right device for each customer's requirements.
The NFC Forum Innovation Awards will announce the winner at their awards ceremony on Wednesday, June 22nd.
CONTACT: David Holmes, David.holmes@socketmobile.com
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Ricky Lynn Winnett, Sr.
Ricky Lynn Winnett, Sr. passed away in Trinity, Texas on April 21, 2022. He was born on October 5, 1949, in Troy, Texas to Homer Sanford and Mary Lloyd (McKelroy) Winnett.
He is preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Brittanny Nicole McWilliams; and brother, Timothy Winnett.
Rick is survived by special friend and longtime companion Patty DeWalt; his children, Carl Alexander McWilliams, III, Ricky Lynn Winnett and wife Felicity, Regina Lynn McWilliams, Russell Lee Winnett and wife Tisha, Misty Beonkia Cooper and husband Chris, Harold DeWalt, II., Katelyn DeWalt Garcia and husband Jose; grandchildren, Lamar Wayne McWilliams, Chaise Winnett and wife Jenna, Colby Winnett and wife Taylor, Callen Winnett and wife Kylie, Madison Winnett and wife Trinity, Mason Morgan, Ashton Woods, Aiden Cooper, Cullan Cooper, Marcilynn Nicole Rodriguez, Harlow DeWalt, Trey DeWalt, Grayson Garcia, Coal McWilliams and Marissa McWilliams; great-grandchildren, Elissa McWilliams, Rilyn McWilliams, Isaac Price, and Logan Winnett; brothers and sisters Darann Tetreault and wife Fran, Sandy Winnett and wife Cynthia, Starky Winnett and wife Carolyn, Marcy Eaton and husband Mike, Shelly Bukes and husband Jim; numerous nieces and nephews and other relatives also survive.
Rick was the owner operator of a long-time business in Trinity, Texas, Rick’s Auto Service, he was an expert in the auto mechanics of any vehicle. He would spend his free time on the golf course, he enjoyed the outdoors and being with his teammates. Rick was a family man, he was kind, loving, and an amazing dad and grandfather. When his children and grandchildren would come to the home, he had nothing but time for them, lots of food and games to play. His grandchildren were the apple of his eye. Rick was a quiet man, he never spoke of anyone in a negative manner and made many good friends along his journey here on earth. Well done thy good and faithful servant. He has left a beautiful legacy and many treasured memories that we will hold in our hearts forever. Stay faithful and true until we meet again.
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ALPHARETTA, Ga., June 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Alithya Group inc. (NASDAQ: ALYA) (TSX: ALYA) ("Alithya") today announced details of its Alithya 365 Power Apps for Healthcare which further strengthen Alithya's position as a go-to partner for the Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare.
Microsoft Cloud for Healthcare provides a holistic technology approach to help healthcare organizations have easy and secure access today to data to improve patient experience, patient care, and operational efficiencies.
Alithya 365 Power Apps for Healthcare work with Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE for sales, marketing, field service, and customer service, and address several areas along the patient care and community health tracking continuum:
- Alithya 365 PRM - Gives improved visibility into physician relationship management processes.
- Alithya 365 Patient Outreach - Tracks patient progress throughout the entire care continuum and provides data to show trends and patterns in patient health outcomes and overall community improvements.
- Alithya 365 Marketing Analytics - Connects inbound patient phone calls to outbound marketing campaigns to improve campaign insights, track KPIs, and measures return on investment.
- Alithya 365 Facilities Management – Provides better insights into warranty coverages, work order histories, and claims processing and returns for hospital equipment.
Quote from Ryan Casey, Vice President, Customer Experience, Alithya Microsoft Practice:
"Our Alithya 365 Power Apps for Healthcare extend the power of the Microsoft platform and give hospitals and doctors a way to use technology to stay in control of patient and community health populations. We are excited to bring this Microsoft-driven functionality to the healthcare market in a way that supports security, compliance, and interoperability data for every step of the patient journey."
Learn how Alithya 365 Power Apps for Healthcare can transform your practice: https://www.alithya.com/en/technology-partners/microsoft-solutions/power-apps/alithya-365-healthcare.
Alithya is a North American leader in strategy and digital transformation, employing a dedicated and highly skilled workforce of 3,600 professionals in Canada, the United States and internationally. Alithya's strategy is based on a plan of accelerated organic growth and complementary acquisitions to create a global leader. The company's integrated offer is based on four pillars of expertise: business strategies, enterprise cloud solutions, application services, and data and analytics. To learn more about Alithya, visit www.alithya.com.
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LAS VEGAS , April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NAB Booth W10113 -- Synamedia, the world's largest independent video software provider, today unveiled a new set of Artificial Intelligence-based (AI) traffic management features for its Edge CDN solution. These advanced capabilities will transform the way video streams are delivered and will enable a plethora of new consumption experiences by simplifying the process of onboarding new services, all while delivering a fast return on investment (ROI).
Synamedia's Edge CDN is an agile content delivery solution that enables full visibility and control over streaming video traffic including the ability to scale up from 500Gbps to 5+ Tbps, and back. Scaling at this range in a matter of minutes is crucial during major events such as sports. Synamedia's Edge CDN recently enabled such scaling during a popular European football match where 700,000 subscribers joined the streaming service in less than 40 minutes and moved on from the service in less than 20 minutes. The solution can intuitively address these rapid fluctuations due to its advanced AI-based traffic prediction mechanism. This allows service providers to provision the network to meet actual demand in real-time, not wasting resources while idle.
Synamedia's Edge CDN now features an AI module to predict the main CDN metrics in the next hour. By predicting traffic load, Edge CDN can scale on-demand to address viewers' video quality expectations as demand fluctuates. The elasticity of Synamedia's offering makes the delivery process more cost-effective and efficient as the predictions direct servers to rev-up or slow down to adjust to the expected traffic volume. With Edge CDN's real-time analytics and monitoring system, any gap between the actual and expected performance can be analyzed and presented via preconfigured dashboards with report metrics for troubleshooting network anomalies.
"With continued global demand growth for streaming services for live and on demand content, now is the time to focus on more innovative, efficient and high-quality delivery capabilities," said Elke Hungenaert, Vice President, Product Management, Synamedia. "While there are many CDNs on the market, they are certainly not all created equal. Our Edge CDN is designed exclusively for video delivery. We bring content as close to the viewer as possible, helping simplify the process and more effectively manage network bandwidth and resources resulting in ROI streams that are plentiful and long-term."
From mobile 5G networks to fiber high-speed Internet, the flexibility and the extensibility of the Edge CDN solution makes it easy to deploy across many network configurations. It also supports both retail and wholesale business models, so service providers can deliver their own streaming service or monetize the delivery of third-party OTT streaming.
Synamedia has a rich portfolio of products that take advantage of the large-scale distributed infrastructure of Edge CDN that can ingest millions of logs per second. As a data-intensive platform, Edge CDN is optimized to deliver services such as anti-piracy, credential sharing fraud detection, advertising monetization platform, and business and market insights.
For more information about Edge CDN, click here.
About Synamedia
We're trusted by over 200 video service providers to deliver, protect and monetize video content in an increasingly IP world. Synamedia's flexible incremental architecture provides a rapid, friction-free way to add, build and deploy cloud-based video services. Our award-winning portfolio also includes intelligence-led anti-piracy, advanced advertising, business analytics, broadband, and video network solutions and services. Synamedia's technology is in 320 million active devices and protects $70 billion in revenue annually. Synamedia is backed by the Permira funds and Sky.
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Billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said.
The outspoken Tesla CEO, the world's wealthiest person, has said he wants to buy Twitter because he thinks it's not living up to its potential as a platform for "free speech." He says it needs to be transformed as a private company in order to build trust with users and do better at serving what he calls the "societal imperative" of free speech.
Twitter said it will become a privately held company after the sale is closed.
"Twitter has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world," its CEO Parag Agrawal said in a tweet. "Deeply proud of our teams and inspired by the work that has never been more important."
Musk describes himself as a "free-speech absolutist," although he hasn't been exactly clear what he means by that. In a recent TED interview, the billionaire said he'd like to see Twitter err on the side of allowing speech instead of moderating it. He said he'd be "very reluctant" to delete tweets and would generally be cautious about permanent bans. He also acknowledged that Twitter would have to abide by national laws governing speech in markets around the world.
Musk himself, though, regularly blocks social media users who have criticized him or his company and has used the platform to bully reporters who have written critical articles about him or his company.
Twitter's board at first enacted an anti-takeover measure known as a poison pill that could have made a takeover attempt prohibitively expensive. But when Musk outlined the financial commitments he'd lined up to back his offer of $46.5 billion — and no other bidders emerged — the board opened negotiations with him.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below.
Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter is gaining steam and could be announced as early as Monday, according to media reports about the social media company's late-stage negotiations with the Tesla CEO, who has offered more than $40 billion to privatize the platform and pledged to be more lenient when it comes to policing users' speech.
Twitter and Musk spoke Sunday and into the early hours Monday, The New York Times reported, less than two weeks after the billionaire first revealed a 9 percent stake in the platform that he uses to promote his interests, attack critics and opine on social and economic issues to his more than 83 million followers.
Musk said last week that he had lined up $46.5 billion in financing to buy Twitter, putting pressure on the company's board to negotiate a deal. Musk hasn't commented on the negotiations but on Monday waded into the buzz about them on Twitter, where some users are promising to quit the platform if he takes over.
"I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means," he tweeted.
Musk has described himself as a "free-speech absolutist" but is also known for blocking or disparaging other Twitter users who question or disagree with him.
In recent weeks, he has voiced a number of proposed changes for the company, from relaxing its content restrictions — such as the rules that suspended former President Donald Trump's account — to ridding the platform of fake and automated accounts, and shifting away from its advertising-based revenue model.
Twitter's board has flexibility in judging Musk's proposal not just on the finances but also the specifics of his business plan and how it could affect users, advertisers and employees — some of whom might leave, said Kevin Kaiser, a finance professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
"What's critical for the board is whether they think it's in the best interest of the company," Kaiser said. "That can come from many, many factors."
Kaiser said the board could decide that Musk's plan has "too many negative impacts," but that would be a hard case to make given how much Musk is offering to pay.
Asked during a recent TED talk if there are any limits to his notion of "free speech," Musk said Twitter or any forum is "obviously bound by the laws of the country that it operates in. So obviously there are some limitations on free speech in the US, and, of course, Twitter would have to abide by those rules."
Beyond that, though, he said he'd be "very reluctant" to delete things and in general be cautious about permanent bans.
It won't be perfect, Musk added, "but I think we want it to really have the perception and reality that speech is as free as reasonably possible."
Twitter had initially enacted an anti-takeover measure known as a poison pill that could make a takeover attempt prohibitively expensive. But the board decided to negotiate after Musk updated his proposal last week to show he had secured financing, according to The Wall Street Journal, which was first to report the negotiations were underway.
A rival bidder to Musk may not be stepping up any time soon, fearful of the byzantine task of moderating content on the platform, something that Musk has vowed to do less of.
"The Twitter Board could not find a white knight and with Musk's financing detailed the clock has essentially struck midnight for the board which is why negotiations have begun to get a deal done," said Dan Ives, who follows Twitter for Wedbush Securities.
The Times, citing people with knowledge of the situation who it did not identify, said the two sides were discussing details including a timeline and fees if an agreement was signed and then fell apart. The people said the situation was fluid and fast-moving.
While Twitter's user base of more than 200 million remains much smaller than those of rivals such as Facebook and TikTok, the service is popular with celebrities, world leaders, journalists and intellectuals. Musk himself is a prolific tweeter with a following that rivals several pop stars in the ranks of the most popular accounts.
Shares of Twitter Inc. rose 5% Monday to $51.50 per share. On April 14, Musk announced an offer to buy the social media platform for $54.20 per share, or about $43 billion, but did not say at the time how he would finance the acquisition.
Last week, he said in documents filed with U.S. securities regulators that the money would come from Morgan Stanley and other banks, some of it secured by his huge stake in Tesla.
Twitter has not commented.
Musk is the world's wealthiest person, according to Forbes, with a nearly $279 billion fortune. But much of his money is tied up in Tesla stock — he owns about 17% of the electric car company, according to FactSet, which is valued at more than $1 trillion — and SpaceX, his privately held space company. It's unclear how much cash Musk has.
Musk began making his fortune in 1999 when he sold Zip2, an online mapping and business directory, to Compaq for $307 million. He used his share to create what would become PayPal, an internet service that bypassed banks and allowed consumers to pay businesses directly. It was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002.
That same year, Musk founded Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, after finding that cost constraints were limiting NASA's interplanetary travel. The company eventually developed cost-effective reusable rockets.
In 2004, Musk was courted to invest in Tesla, then a startup trying to build an electric car. Eventually he became CEO and led the company to astronomical success as the world's most valuable automaker and largest seller of electric vehicles. | https://www.tdtnews.com/news/article_d937c730-c4cb-11ec-8c18-efeafb9b098e.html | 2022-04-25T21:33:53Z |
Creating More Options in Insulated Workwear for the Cold Chain
DAHLONEGA, Ga., May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- RefrigiWear, the largest supplier of insulated work apparel for the cold chain, today announced its acquisition of Samco Freezerwear Co ("Samco"). Founded in 1968, Samco is a leading provider of freezerwear, insulated industrial workwear, and other insulated industrial apparel and accessories for workers in the food-related cold chain.
"We are excited to welcome Samco to the RefrigiWear family. This acquisition will help us serve our customers with a broader range of choices," explains Ryan Silberman, CEO at RefrigiWear. "For us, it's all about the customer and gaining capabilities to serve the ever-changing and demanding environments they face in the cold chain.This acquisition is a strong statement of our continued support of the workers and companies that help bring food to our kitchen tables."
Both companies offer a selection of products that keep workers warm and safe in temperature-controlled distribution and production facilities,which can sometimes operate in temperatures well-below freezing. RefrigiWear and Samco will continue to operate under separate brand names with diverse product offerings for customers both small and large.
About RefrigiWear
RefrigiWear, Inc. is the leading manufacturer of insulated industrial work wear, accessories and personal protective equipment for use in sub-freezing temperatures, inclement weather and low-visibility environments. For over 68 years, RefrigiWear has supplied the most demanding industries and climates with insulated garments and accessories to keep people warm, safe and productive. RefrigiWear is located in Dahlonega, Georgia.
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Sobriety checkpoints being conducted today in Canton
The Repository
CANTON – Sobriety checkpoints will be in the 200 block of Tuscarawas E and the 600 block of Raff Road SW today, according to the Stark County Sheriff's Office.
Officers will conduct a roadside check of drivers for alcohol and drug impairment.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Klein Law Firm announces that a class action complaint has been filed on behalf of shareholders of Kohl's Corporation (NYSE: KSS) alleging that the Company violated federal securities laws.
Class Period: October 20, 2020 to May 19, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: November 1, 2022
No obligation or cost to you.
Learn more about your recoverable losses in KSS:
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Kohl's Corporation NEWS - KSS NEWS
CLASS ACTION CASE DETAILS: The filed complaint alleges that Kohl's Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Kohl's new strategic framework to "drive top-line growth," "expand operating margin," and become "the most trusted retailer of choice for the active and casual lifestyle" (the "Strategic Plan") was not well tailored to achieving the Company's stated goals; (ii) the defendants had likewise overstated the Company's success in executing its Strategic Plan; (iii) Kohl's had deficient disclosure controls and procedures, internal control over financial reporting, and corporate governance mechanisms; (iv) as a result, the Company's board of directors was able to and did withhold material information from shareholders about the state of Kohl's in the lead-up to the Company's annual meeting; (v) all the foregoing, once revealed, was likely to have a material negative impact on Kohl's financial condition and reputation; and (vi) 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 Kohl's you have until November 1, 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 Kohl's 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 KSS lawsuit, please contact J. Klein, Esq. by telephone at 212-616-4899 or click this link: https://www.kleinstocklaw.com/pslra-1/kohls-class-action-loss-submission-form?id=31582&from=4.
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SAN RAMON, Calif., May 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumin Digital announced today that Tennessee-based Ascend Federal Credit Union (Ascend) has signed a multi-year agreement for Lumin Digital's cloud-native platform for online and mobile digital banking solutions. Lumin Digital will support Ascend's more than 244,000 members and more than $3.7 billion in assets once the credit union goes live on the platform in June 2022.
Ascend Federal Credit Union, the largest credit union in Middle Tennessee, is focused on helping its members become the best financial stewards they can be. From providing basic financial education to more comprehensive tools like videos, interactive lessons and calculators, Ascend has been a trusted financial partner in Tennessee for more than 70 years.
Lumin Digital, a cloud-native digital banking platform, provides credit union members with a tightly integrated and customized experience that matches larger financial institutions' offerings. Focusing on service, user experience, safety, and security through sophisticated automation, Lumin Digital helps credit unions and financial institutions drive better engagement with their users through personalized recommendations and communication in the areas of spending insights, financial advice, fraud alerts, and savings goals. Lumin enables credit unions to provide users with real-time updates and new features that add value and simplify everyday banking.
"Since day one, Ascend Federal Credit Union has been committed to providing our members with the financial tools and offerings that help create high level financial literacy and we believe everything offered as part of Lumin Digital's platform does just that," said Caren Gabriel, President and CEO of Ascend Federal Credit Union.
"Lumin and Ascend share a vision that community-based credit unions need to be responsive to the individual needs of members to foster loyalty and provide effortless experiences in today's constantly disruptive, digital-first world," said Jeff Chambers, founder and CEO of Lumin Digital. "It's exciting to partner with such a forward-thinking credit union. Our proprietary financial tools and unique technology stack will help create a more secure, comprehensive and superior digital experience for Ascend and its members now and well into the future."
Lumin Digital continues to drive innovation in the digital banking space, differentiating itself through technology built for human connection. Lumin Digital's offering provides seamless integration to a wide array of tools and capabilities, including card services, rewards management, and data analytics to provide a member-centric experience.
About Lumin Digital
Lumin Digital is a PSCU-majority-owned fintech company specializing in digital banking solutions. Through a fundamentally different approach to technology, service, and people, we're creating the next generation of financial solutions each and every day. Lumin helps credit unions and financial institutions build and deploy next-gen digital experiences that help to continually serve, engage, and grow their membership base. While other platforms are partially adapted or retrofitted for the cloud, Lumin is 100% cloud-native. It was built specifically for the cloud environment, allowing us to more fully realize the advantages it offers. It's a difference that financial institutions and their users will see and feel almost immediately. For more information, visit lumindigital.com.
About Ascend Federal Credit Union
With more than 244,000 members and more than $3.7 billion in assets, Ascend Federal Credit Union is the largest credit union in Middle Tennessee and one of the largest federally chartered credit unions in the United States. Based in Tullahoma, Tenn., the member-owned financial institution offers banking, loan, retirement and investment services from its 27 branches, more than 55,000 free ATMs worldwide, online banking portal and mobile app. The credit union's mission is to serve by offering financial literacy education and giving back to its community in a variety of ways — including being the naming rights sponsor of Ascend Amphitheater, downtown Nashville's premier open-air live music venue at Metro Riverfront Park. Ascend is federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration. For more information, visit ascend.org.
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Experts concerned about monkeypox as college students return to campuses
(KARE) - Some are worried the spread of monkeypox could get worse when students return to college this fall.
With more than 9,000 cases nationwide, concerns linger ahead of the new school year.
“The fact that it’s spreading this much and this quickly is a bit of a surprise,” said Joseph Kurland, a vaccine specialist and infection preventionist at Children’s Minnesota.
He said in a typical monkeypox case, it could take up to four weeks for lesions to heal.
“For most individuals, I think that’s going to be pretty hard when it comes to your time off, schedules,” Kurland said.
That’s especially true in school or college settings.
“We may be at risk of seeing additional outbreaks and cases,” he said.
Cornell University in New York and Northwestern University in Illinois have already put out guidance for monitoring campus monkeypox cases online.
In Minnesota, others are following suit.
In a statement, the University of Minnesota confirmed they’re responding to potential cases by educating on-campus clinicians to spot the signs and symptoms, and assembling testing kits for use by clinicians.
“McAllister’s health and wellness center and our infectious disease task force continue to monitor emerging data and guidelines related to monkeypox and will message and respond accordingly,” said Jen Jacobson, the co-chair of McAllister College’s infectious disease task force.
“But when you’re in the dorm situations, the other factor that becomes a concern is infectious materials on bedding and linens, and it could be difficult to trace back where you became sick because not everybody might be thinking about, ‘Oh, I sat on so and so’s bed,’” Kurland said.
He said it’s important to stay informed about potential risk “and then also being aware of kind of how others around you are acting or feeling and not putting yourself in a situation that might result in you getting sick from others.”
The American College Health Association is working in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to identify the needs of college and university campuses.
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ATHENS, Ga. and LOS GATOS, Calif., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CyanVac LLC, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing intranasal vaccines using a proprietary transformational parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-based vector, announced that Dr. Biao He, founder and CEO of CyanVac, participated yesterday as a panelist at the White House Summit on the Future of COVID-19 Vaccines. The event was held on the White House campus in Washington DC on July 26, and featured US scientists from academic institutes, organizations, and companies on the cutting edge of innovative next-generation COVID-19 vaccines. Dr. He spoke on a panel entitled "Innovation in Vaccine Delivery", moderated by Dr. Francis Collins, Acting Science Advisor to the President and Acting Co-Chair of the President's council of Advisors on Science and Technology and former director of the National Institutes of Health.
"We were truly honored to be invited by the White House to speak at this summit," said Dr. He. "COVID-19 is an ongoing challenge for the world, and as Dr. Fauci pointed out in his opening remarks yesterday, there is a need for a vaccine that generates mucosal immunity to help break the cycle of viral transmission. It is encouraging that the Administration and its scientific advisors have recognized that our intranasal COVID vaccine may be part of the solution."
The panel discussed innovative vaccines that use alternative delivery routes and elicit broad and durable immune responses, and the need for manufacturing infrastructure and funding for clinical trials to support the development of these vaccines. Intranasal vaccines were highlighted as perhaps the best way to generate mucosal immunity which could block transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and thereby help end the pandemic. CyanVac has previously shown that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVXGA1, generates mucosal immunity and reduces SARS-CoV-2 transmission between animals in a ferret cohabitation model (data which were peer-reviewed and published in Science Advances in July 2021).
CyanVac is currently conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial of CVXGA1, its PIV5-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate. Its subsidiary, Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., is currently conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial of BLB-201, a PIV5-based RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaccine candidate.
CVXGA1 is a clinical-stage COVID-19 vaccine candidate that encodes the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2. The PIV5 vector itself is a respiratory virus that is not known to cause disease in humans, although it has been commonly administered to dogs as part of combination distemper / kennel cough vaccines for decades. CyanVac and its subsidiary, Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., are developing CVXGA1 as a single dose, intranasal vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and serious complications associated with COVID-19. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that CVXGA1 is immunogenic, protective, and prevents transmission of SARS-CoV-2. CVXGA1 is currently being studied in a multi-center Phase 1 clinical trial in adults and adolescents led by Dr. Paul Spearman, Director of Infectious Diseases at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, with additional clinical trial sites in Rochester NY, Bardstown KY and Plano TX. Learn more about the trial at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05281263
BLB-201 is a clinical stage RSV vaccine candidate that has received Fast Track designation from the Food and Drug Administration for prevention of RSV-associated acute disease in adults older than 60 years and children under 2 years. BLB-201 encodes a full-length RSV F protein and uses a proprietary PIV5 vector which is not known to cause disease in humans, although it has been commonly administered to dogs as part of combination distemper / kennel cough vaccines for decades. Blue Lake Biotechnology and CyanVac LLC are developing BLB-201 as a single dose, intranasal vaccine to prevent acute and severe disease associated with RSV infection. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that BLB-201 is immunogenic and prevents RSV infection in animal challenge studies. BLB-201 is currently being studied in a Phase 1 clinical trial also led by Dr. Spearman at Cincinnati Children's Hospital and Medical Center, with an additional clinical trial site in Charleston SC. Learn more about the trial at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05281263.
CyanVac LLC and its subsidiary, Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., are technology-driven companies developing lifesaving intranasal vaccines based on a proprietary PIV5-based vaccine platform licensed from the University of Georgia. Our COVID-19 and RSV vaccine programs are in Phase 1 clinical trials. In addition, the companies have early-stage proof of concept vaccine programs targeting norovirus and Lyme disease. CyanVac and Blue Lake Biotechnology are headquartered in Athens, Georgia, with a second site in Los Gatos, California.
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HOUSTON and LONDON, May 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced its board of directors has declared a special dividend of $5.20 per share and a quarterly dividend of $1.19 per share. The quarterly dividend represents a 5 percent increase over the company's first quarter 2022 dividend. The special and quarterly dividends will both be paid on June 13, 2022 to shareholders of record as of June 6, 2022, with an ex-dividend date of June 3, 2022.
"LyondellBasell established new records for cash generation in 2021 and we have a strong outlook for our company. Capital returns have always been an important component of LyondellBasell's value proposition for shareholders. 2022 will mark our 12th consecutive year of regular dividend growth. The combination of today's special and quarterly dividends returns $2.1 billion to shareholders. As the incoming CEO, I would like to make it very clear that I support the continuation of our balanced and disciplined capital allocation strategy with both dividends and share repurchases playing a central role," said Peter Vanacker, CEO of LyondellBasell.
"As a management team, we are confident that strong markets for our products and accretive growth underway from investments in our asset base will continue to provide significant cash generation. Our investment-grade balance sheet, disciplined approach to growth and focus on safety, sustainability and circularity provide a powerful foundation for advancing LyondellBasell's leading positions over the coming years," said Vanacker.
As a leader in the global chemical industry, LyondellBasell strives every day to be the safest, best operated and most valued company in our industry. The company's products, materials and technologies are advancing sustainable solutions for food safety, access to clean water, healthcare and fuel efficiency in more than 100 international markets. LyondellBasell places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. The company takes great pride in its world-class technology and customer focus. LyondellBasell has stepped up its circularity and climate ambitions and actions to address the global challenges of plastic waste and decarbonization. In 2022, LyondellBasell was named as one of FORTUNE Magazine's "World's Most Admired Companies" for the fifth consecutive year. For more information, please visit www.LyondellBasell.com or follow @LyondellBasell on LinkedIn.
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SANTA MONICA,Calif., July 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cypress Creek Renewables has added 400MW/600MWh to its storage portfolio after acquiring four Texas standalone energy storage projects from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES). The projects, each 100MW, are located throughout the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) market and are currently under development.
Cypress Creek will continue project development, entitlement, engineering, procurement, financing, construction, and will operate the 400MW/600MWh portfolio once complete. The four projects are expected to be placed in service in 2024.
Nationally, Cypress Creek has developed more than 11GW of solar to date and has a 15GW solar and storage pipeline. In the ERCOT market, Cypress Creek has developed 5GW of solar and storage assets, bringing resiliency and flexibility to the grid.
"ERCOT is an incredibly dynamic power market, and standalone storage assets will continue to provide opportunities to increase grid reliability through flexible and dispatchable resources," said Jack Murray, Director of M&A at Cypress Creek. "Black Mountain has been an exceptional partner to work with and we are excited to throw our development, EPC and financing expertise behind these assets to move them across the finish line, affirming our commitment to developing resilient renewable energy resources throughout Texas."
"It was a pleasure working with the Cypress Creek team, and we are pleased to have assisted them on their journey to be one of the most significant renewables developers in the U.S.," says Rhett Bennett, Chief Executive Officer of BMES. "Cypress not only understands the power market, but also the critical importance of energy storage. They are committed to renewable energy, and we are excited about the potential of these projects and the immense positive impact they will bring to the grid."
The transaction was facilitated through the LevelTen Energy Asset Marketplace, connecting renewable energy projects and buyers towards deal execution.
"It was an honor to support this transaction via the LevelTen Asset Marketplace, which brings together project developers and investors, and delivers the online tools they need to complete asset sales," said Patrick Worrall, vice president of Asset Marketplace, LevelTen Energy. "Black Mountain Energy Storage and Cypress Creek Renewables are leaders in the industry, and we look forward to watching development on this portfolio of storage projects progress."
Cypress Creek Renewables is a leading renewables developer and independent power producer. It develops, finances, owns, and operates utility-scale and distributed solar and energy storage projects across the United States with a mission to power a sustainable future, one project at a time. Since inception, Cypress Creek has developed more than 11GW of solar projects. Today it owns 2GW of solar and has a 15GW pipeline. Cypress Creek's leading O&M services business operates and maintains 4GW of solar projects for customers across 19 states. For more information about Cypress Creek, please visit www.ccrenew.com.
Black Mountain Energy Storage is a team of energy experts who develop and operate battery energy storage facilities. Founded in 2021, BMES was established to bring reliable, emissions-free energy storage capacity to the electric grid to enhance system reliability and enable greater reliance on renewable generation. It focuses on investing in communities and markets where energy storage will provide long-term value to stakeholders.
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clubhouse Media Group, Inc. (OTCMKTS: CMGR) ("CMGR"), an influencer-based social media firm and digital talent management agency, announced that they have finalized a brand promotional deal with Josh Altman, through their majority owned Reiman Agency. Altman is a real estate investor and a reality television personality, appearing on Bravo!'s hit series, Million Dollar Listing. He has also appeared on Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
"Josh's representatives were such a pleasure to work with and we are excited to do more with him in the future," said Julia Salmon, Sales Executive at The Reiman Agency.
CMGR offers management, production, and deal-making services to its handpicked influencers, a management division for individual influencer clients, and an investment arm for joint ventures and acquisitions for companies in the social media influencer space.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The partner of a man suspected of trying to assassinate Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been arrested by police as investigators tried Monday to determine if the attacker was part of a wider plot.
Brenda Uliarte, the 23-year-old partner of Brazilian suspect Fernando André Sabag Montiel, was arrested Sunday night by Federal Police at a train station in the capital, Buenos Aires, according to images circulated by authorities.
She has not been charged, but officials were trying to determine if she had any role in the Sept. 1 incident in which a man pointed a Bersa 380 pistol at Fernández and pulled the trigger — though the loaded gun did not fire.
Officials also were trying to determine how and why data apparently had been wiped from a cellphone seized from Sabag Montiel when he was caught at the scene.
The apparent assassination attempt has shaken a nation where Fernández has been a central political figure for decades, serving as president from 2007 to 2015 following the term of her late husband, Nestor Kirchner, who took office in 2003.
A judicial source said Uliarte had been present in the area where the foiled attack took place, mixed among hundreds of Fernández’s sympathizers who had come to show support at a time she faces trial on corruption allegations. The source spoke on condition of anonymity due to rules governing case secrecy.
Sabag, 35, had lived in Argentina for more than two decades. Local news media have published images from his now-inactivated social media accounts showing him with arms tattooed with Nazi-like symbols.
Investigators say they are trying to determine why the gun did not fire and also to extract information from Sabag Montiel’s cellphone. Authorities say it came to Airport Security Police, who are in charge of trying to inspect it, reformatted, as if it had come from the factory.
An informatics investigator, Pablo Rodríguez told the Todo Noticias television channel that when a cellphone is confiscated, police should ensure it can’t be accessed externally by turning it off, removing the chip, putting it in airplane mode and leaving it in a bag that protects against external radiati9on.
“But if they didn’t do all that, the phone was active and it’s possible it could have been reset remotely.”
Security Minister Aníbal Fernández told reporters that police “did not manipulate” the phone. “What they did was collect it, put it in a (protective) Faraday bag and sent it to the court.” | https://cw33.com/news/international/ap-international/ap-police-detain-partner-of-argentina-attack-suspect/ | 2022-09-06T17:38:37Z |
Game Over: Hackers targeting online gamers and taking over accounts to access financial information
Online chats act as one gateway for attacks against children
Byline: Rachel DePompa & Daniela Molina
InvestigateTV –Video games offer users the opportunity to escape from reality and enter a virtual world where nearly anything is possible.
From mobile, to console to desktop, the multi-platform options are plentiful for the more than 215 million Americans playing video games, according to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), an industry lobbying group.
And it’s not just children picking up controllers. That same ESA report showed that while 71 % of kids under 18 are gamers, nearly two-thirds of all video game players are adults.
The $60 billion gaming industry has increasingly come under attack from hackers. In a 2020 report, cybersecurity company Akamai tracked more than 246 million web attacks against the gaming industry, often through mobile or web-based games. Those numbers indicate an increase of 340% from 2019.
Cybersecurity expert Alex Nette, CEO of Hive Systems, said the direct cost to consumers is often difficult to identify.
“There’s not a lot of information about all of this and more importantly, how much it’s costing consumers at the end of the day,” Nette said.
Losing Control
Chris Stephens began gaming as a child and hasn’t stopped.
“I grew up in the age of where online gaming and computer gaming was just coming about,” Stephens said.
The 36 -year-old Stephens said his first game was “Super Mario Bros.” on the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Stephens’ tastes evolved along with video game technology. Now, the 8-bit world of Mario is gone, and he’s a regular on the streaming gaming platform Twitch.
“It’s definitely gotten a lot more complex,” Stephens said.
Stephens said he uses video games to connect with gamers across the country, but those same systems opened him up to something he said he never expected to happen while playing games – getting hacked.
In 2017 Stephens said he got an email from video game company Electronic Arts (EA) about a questionable login attempt. However, Stephens said the hackers had apparently changed his language preferences on his account, and the email was sent in Russian.
“I got an email, it was in complete Russian. Luckily Google Translate exists, so I was able to decode what it said,” Stephens said. “Essentially it said that my password had been reset and if I wasn’t the one who initiated it, I should reach out and refresh my password.”
Stephens said he had no idea how the hacker got access to his account. He said he was immediately concerned about what other information the hacker might have stolen.
“Once I got that first email in Russian and I’m looking through it and wondering what exactly happened here, you kind of stop and wonder what else has been compromised,” Stephens said.
The next attack came three years later. In 2020, Stephens said he was playing Fortnite, a popular online video game by Epic Games, when an intruder hacked his account and changed his username. He said he did some investigating and the IP address pinged someone in India.
Stephens said he was eventually able to recover his account, but he’s not alone when it comes to getting hacked.
Norton LifeLock, a software company that provides tools to prevent hacks, said in a 2021 report that almost half of users experienced some form of a cyberattack on their gaming account or device.
Hackers Attack
Alex Nette said most people fall victim to hackers without knowing until it’s too late. One of the main targets: usernames and passwords.
“Videogames are just like many other online accounts for kids and adults. There are passwords and usernames usually associated with those accounts,” Nette said. “So, for hackers and scammers, they may want access to those accounts, especially if for kids and adults who’ve spent a lot of time invested in those videogames that’s all their achievements in one place.”
Akamai’s “State of the Internet” report highlighted “credential stuffing” as a popular tactic used by hackers. Credential stuffing starts with a hacked account. Once that victim’s username and password is compromised, it’s then potentially sold on the black market. Because players often use recycled or easily guessed usernames and passwords, hackers could then gain access to multiple accounts with those same credentials.
In 2018, the BBC reported that hackers admitted to selling player accounts for as little as £25, which is the equivalent of $30 US. Nette said not only are video game accounts worth a lot of money because of in-game purchases and software, but the accounts are often linked to credit cards.
“For those hackers and scammers, that makes kids and adults alike a really great target for them,” he said. “Whether you’re on a PC, or a console like a PlayStation or an Xbox, you’re at the same amount of risk.”
Nette said another popular method of access for hackers is in-game chat features, especially when it comes to targeting children.
Games will offer methods to communicate via text chat or mics while playing online. He said anyone could be on the other end of that conversation.
“For kids and adults alike, be aware of who you’re talking to,” Nette said. “Understand and expect what they might be chatting about and keep an eye out for those links that might look malicious or dangerous.”
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) lobbies on behalf of some of the largest gaming companies, provides guidance to manufacturers and encourages regulation to protect gamers across the country.
In 1994, the ESA created a self-regulatory body, the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). The group provides guidance to consumers – especially parents – on safety concerns. The ESRB also developed a rating system to identify a game’s age appropriateness.
The ESA and other agencies like the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have pushed to create codes that protect children’s privacy and information.
The FTC stated on its site, “The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) gives parents control over what information websites can collect from their kids. The COPPA Rule puts additional protections in place and streamlines other procedures that companies covered by the rule need to follow.”
In the ESA’s trust and safety policy, the agency said that “the video game industry has a strong commitment to online safety, especially when it comes to children.” The ESA also has a walkthrough on how to navigate the settings and restrict communications in its Parental Controls section.
Getting Involved
Marcy Thornhill is a mom and a youth advocate for Kollege and Kareer for Youth, a nonprofit based in Richmond, VA designed to help young people prepare for college and choose a career.
Thornhill raised two daughters who, while not avid gamers, grew up playing video games. Her kids never got into online gaming, but in her current role Thornhill teaches safe gaming practices to parents and kids. “I hear a lot of concern from parents about gaming and just the need for young people to feel plugged in,” Thornhill said.
During her work at the nonprofit, she said she noticed kids playing video games more often, especially during the summer months.
“For so many, youth gaming is a huge part of their lives and just their desire and drive every day,” Thornhill said. “The game is the motivation for so many youths in our communities.”
Like Nette, she cautioned against who could be on the other side of online communications.
“As we continue in this new age of Zoom and videogames and apps, we have to continue as parents, as educators, as community leaders to be diligent in ensuring the safety of our children and our family,” Thornhill said.
She said she recognizes videogames are part of the bond between children in the classroom, in their personal life and at home, but she said parents need to take an active role.
Thornhill suggested a few things parents can do:
- Watch the games that kids are playing – check their ratings to see if they are in the proper age group to play it
- Walk through the process and security controls with them, and talk to them about why it’s important.
- Turn on all security protocols on their devices
“It is our responsibility to ensure [children] are well informed and not make assumptions because they know how to turn it on and operate it,” Thornhill said.
Chris Stephens, the gamer, also encouraged parents to talk with their kids about protocols and safety measures while playing online games, especially if money is involved.
Stephens said his own nephew plays online games and uses his Christmas gifts of virtual currency to buy skins (add-ons of attire for characters) for his online games.
“Without having those conversations, those accounts can be lost and potentially lost completely,” Stephens said.
As for his own accounts, Stephens said he’s learned from his experiences.
“I knew that there was a security risk there, but I really didn’t think that anybody would do anything,” Stephens said. “And lo and behold, both of my accounts got broken into. I’ve gotten better about it over time. But it’s one of those things where you don’t think it will happen to you until it does.”
Stephens said he now turns on two-factor authentication on his gaming devices to avoid getting hacked.
Experts and victims tell InvestigateTV there are other ways to protect yourself before it’s “Game Over”:
- If you’ve attached a credit card to you or your child’s account, regularly monitor purchases made from that account.
- Check to see if the gaming companies offer “scrubbing” for the chat function. It allows companies to censor certain language and prevents links from being posted.
- Report any strange activity to the company, especially if you know something seems like a scam.
To get more access to ways parents can protect their children on specific devices, ESRB has provided additional tips in its blog post.
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The digital program provides nurse educators with 16 weeks of content that perfectly align with community health course curriculum standards, eliminating the need for textbooks.
WATERBURY, Conn., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sentinel U®, a provider of web-based simulation education technology solutions for nursing schools, hospital systems and healthcare professionals, has introduced ALIGN℠ Community Health Course Digital Teaching Resources, its first academic course for community health nursing.
Available this fall as an add-on bonus to the award-winning Sentinel City® v.5 and Sentinel Town® virtual simulations, two top resources in the industry for community and population health, ALIGN provides nurse educators with a continuously updated, complete course curriculum featuring 16 topical areas. Content areas include disaster management and preparedness, mental health and substance abuse, environmental health and safety, vulnerable populations, and global health, among others. Course exercises utilize best practices from organizations such as the American Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) as pre-brief resources.
The ready-made and easily adoptable community health course alleviates the stress and time involved with curriculum planning. Each content area features objectives, intros, assessments, summary recaps and recommendations for activities within Sentinel City® v.5 and Sentinel Town®, available to users through a searchable e-catalog. Each activity is aligned with industry standards with objectives, prebrief and Sentinel U's EMPOWER™ debrief.
"We designed this program as a valuable resource and time saver for nurse educators," said Jeffrey Caplan, president of Sentinel U. "Building or refreshing a curriculum can take months, but Sentinel U's ALIGN Community Health resource does the heavy lifting for nurse educators with the added benefit of being easily adapted to reflect major changes to the continuously evolving healthcare landscape."
Developed in Sentinel U's signature style utilizing robust experiential scenarios, the community health course will appeal to the next generation of learners accustomed to using technology to augment learning. The digital course eliminates the need for a textbook, making it a more convenient solution for students and faculty.
"Today's students are digital natives who learn best when immersed in a scenario and actively participating in their education, not reading core competencies from a textbook. We are excited to elevate learning to the next level with our new enhancement," said Dr. Laura Gonzalez, vice president of clinical learning resources at Sentinel U.
Webinar training is available for faculty. For more information about Sentinel U, please visit https://www.sentinelu.com/.
About Sentinel U®
Sentinel U® is a leading provider of health care simulations and learning innovations for nursing students and healthcare professionals. Its authentic virtual simulations and clinical experiences are the best practice in engaging learners in real-world scenarios to gain unparalleled clinical judgement and critical thinking experience. A division of American Sentinel College of Nursing & Health Sciences at Post University, Sentinel U is an industry leader in virtual simulation education for more than 130,000 learner experiences worldwide. To learn more about Sentinel U and its full portfolio of virtual simulation products, visit www.sentinelu.com.
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Wind Advisory issued May 6 at 2:00PM MDT until May 7 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Pocatello ID
* WHAT…Southwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph
expected.
* WHERE…Mud Lake, INL, Craters of the Moon, Idaho Falls,
Rexburg, St. Anthony, Pocatello, Blackfoot, American Falls,
Shelley, and Fort Hall.
* WHEN…From 3 AM to 9 PM MDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS…Gusty winds could make driving difficult, especially
for high profile vehicles. Unsecured objects may be blown
around.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Rough chop is likely on American Falls
Reservoir.
Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
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Cloud-connected Food Lockers Streamlines Food Deliveries While Elevating the Delivery Experience for Residents
SEATTLE, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Minnow Technologies ("Minnow"), a Seattle-based IoT startup, and Westdale Real Estate Investment and Management ("Westdale"), a national real estate investment and management company headquartered in Dallas, announced today that Westdale has deployed Minnow's contactless food lockers (called "Pickup Pods") at five of its multifamily properties in Florida, Georgia, and Texas.
"We're excited to partner with Westdale to provide their residents with a world-class food delivery experience. Having a Top 50 NMHC Owner/Manager install Pickup Pods across an entire region of the country will help create awareness of Minnow and our mission to make food delivery as efficient, reliable, and convenient as package delivery," said Steven Sperry, Co-Founder, and CEO of Minnow.
Westdale partners with renowned designers and contractors to build and deliver exceptional assets that positively contribute to the lives of their residents. The company continuously strives to make its properties stand out from the competition. Adding a contactless food delivery amenity like the Pickup Pod will further differentiate Westdale's properties by making residents' food deliveries safer, more secure, and more convenient.
Minnow's intelligent food lockers make food delivery and pickup consistent and reliable, every time. Instead of waiting in the lobby or searching for residents' units, food delivery workers drop off orders at the Pickup Pod. This enables them to complete the delivery faster while reducing delivery traffic throughout the property. And residents can pick up at their convenience, knowing their food is kept in a secure, insulated cubby. To help ensure food safety, the Pickup Pod tracks and monitors every delivery, alerting building staff when food isn't picked up within a specified time.
"We're excited to utilize Minnow Pickup Pods in our mid-rise buildings. We expect this to be very popular with residents and to solve food delivery issues. It will also help minimize traffic in our resident corridors and common areas," said Elizabeth Heller, Vice President, Regional Director at Westdale Asset Management. Unlike drop-off tables or leaving deliveries with a concierge, the Pickup Pod tracks and monitors every food delivery while enhancing building security, reducing demands on building staff, and eliminating lobby clutter.
And unlike package lockers, the Pickup Pod is designed for short-term food storage. The Pickup Pod is UL-certified for food safety and comes with insulated cubbies, anti-microbial surfaces, and 24x7 monitoring to help ensure food freshness and safety. It takes up less than four square feet of floor space and can be installed in under 30 minutes. Pickup Pod can go almost anywhere and requires only a standard 120V electrical outlet and a WiFi or cellular connection. And it can accept deliveries from any food delivery service, ghost kitchen, restaurant, or catering company. Today, Pickup Pods streamlines food deliveries in multifamily properties, office buildings, hospitals, universities, corporate campuses, and other places where food is delivered.
Westdale owns a stellar reputation in all disciplines of the multifamily and commercial real estate sectors. Founded in 1991, the privately held company fosters an entrepreneurial spirit with flexible and responsive capital resources enabling adaptive, creative, and opportunistic acquisitions, value-add, core-plus, and suburban in any phase of the economic cycle.
Founded in 2017, Minnow's contactless food lockers (called "Pickup Pods") provide a better way to manage food deliveries. With a sleek, modern design and a small footprint, Pickup Pods are perfect for office buildings, multifamily properties, universities, hospitals, and other places where food is delivered.
To learn more about Minnow, go to https://www.minnowpod.com/ or on social media at linkedin.com/company/minnow, facebook.com/minnowpod, Instagram.com/minnowpod, and twitter.com/minnowpod.
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hilco Real Estate, LLC announces a sealed bid deadline of September 1, 2022, for the sale of a 131.5± acre stone quarry in Tolland, Conn., with six acres of land partially mined.
There is approximately 14 million tons of aggregate present on site at this Connecticut stone quarry according to a January 2022 Continental Placer report. The aggregate in the ground consists of two basic rock types: Muscovite Quartzite and the heavier Biotite-Amphibole gneiss. Commercial stone was the previous use for the mined aggregate. Additional value in this aggregate is seen in both building and construction use. There is currently an active mining permit issued by the Town of Tolland, which allows 10 acres to be permitted for mining at a time.
The site is located off the east side of Mountain Spring Road, two miles north of I-84, with access to the interstate from exit 67, making logistics and transportation to other areas quick and easy. The city of Hartford is approximately 20 minutes west from the quarry site in Tolland. The Tolland, Connecticut region has a unique country feel. However, the area's appearance does not reflect the economic activity surging throughout. With convenient access points and a centralized location, the property is near other towns including Coventry, Ellington, Mansfield, Stafford, Vernon, and Willington.
Jonathan Cuticelli, vice president at Hilco Real Estate, stated, "This sale represents an outstanding opportunity as it contains a significant amount of usable aggregate and a wide variety of future usage options as it sits near several major interstates and roadways in the Tolland and North Central Connecticut area. It presents a great option for operators looking to expand or relocate and capitalize on an established, yet growing market." He added, "There's huge upside for investors to buy and add value through both continued and new efforts."
On-site inspection dates are set for August 11 and 25 at 11 a.m. ET. Both dates are by appointment only. For more information on the sale and on-site tours, please contact Jonathan Cuticelli at (203) 561-8737 or jcuticelli@hilcoglobal.com.
For further information on the property, an explanation of the sale process, bidding procedures or to obtain access to property due diligence documents, please visit HilcoRealEstate.com or call (855) 755-2300.
Hilco Real Estate ("HRE"), a Hilco Global company (HilcoGlobal.com), is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois (USA). HRE is a national provider of strategic real estate disposition services. Acting as an agent or principal, HRE uses its experience to advise and execute strategies to assist clients in deriving the maximum value from their real estate assets. By leveraging multi-faceted sales strategies and techniques, aggressive repositioning and restructuring experience, a vast and motivated network of buyers and sellers, and substantial access to capital, HRE exceeds expectations even in the most complex transactions.
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How a crowded GOP field could help Trump in 2024 campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — As he considers another White House run, polls show former President Donald Trump is the most popular figure in the Republican Party. But it wasn’t always that way.
Competing at one point against a dozen rivals for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016, Trump won only about a third of the vote in key early states. He even lost the Iowa caucuses, which kick off the nomination process.
But he was able to prevail nonetheless because those in the party who opposed his brand of divisive politics were never able to coalesce around a single rival to confront him. And with Trump mulling another White House bid as soon as this summer, the same dynamic could repeat.
With a growing list of candidates gearing up for their own presidential runs, even a Trump diminished by two impeachments and mounting legal vulnerabilities could hold a commanding position in a fractured, multi-candidate GOP primary.
“I fear it could end up the same way as 2016, which basically was everyone thought everyone else should get out,” said Republican strategist Mike DuHaime, who advised former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s campaign that year. “I think every major candidate realized that he or she would have a better shot against Trump one-on-one. But of course each person thought he or she should be the one to get that shot and nobody got out of the way. ... And then it was too late.”
The anxiety is mounting as a growing list of potential rivals take increasingly brazen steps, delivering high-profile speeches, running ads, courting donors and making repeat visits to early voting states.
That group now includes upward of a dozen could-be-candidates, including Trump’s former Vice President, Mike Pence, his former Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and Sens. Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Rick Scot, and Tim Scott, all of whom could run on the former president’s policies. In the anti-Trump lane, figures like Rep. Liz Cheney and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan are raising their profiles.
Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is increasingly seen as Trump’s heir apparent, even by the former president’s most loyal supporters, and viewed by Trump allies as his most formidable potential challenger.
While some, like former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, have said they will not challenge Trump if he does go forward with a run, others, like Christie, seem to be gunning for the fight, even if they seem to be longshot contenders.
“I’m definitely giving it serious thought. I’m not gonna make any decision probably until the end of the year,” Christie said in a recent interview.
“For me, it’s about the party needing to go in in a new direction from a personality perspective, and to continue to have someone who can bring strong leadership, tough leadership, that the country needs, but doesn’t have all of the other drama that goes along with it,” he said. “I’m hearing the same things from donors that I’m hearing from voters — that they’re very concerned that we can’t put ourselves in a position to have 2024 be about anything but the good of the country.”
Pompeo, who has had a busy travel schedule and plans to return to Iowa this summer, said in a recent interview that he has been spending time reading and listening to former President Ronald Reagan’s speeches as he prepares for a possible run.
“We’re getting ready to stay in the fight,” he said in an interview last month as he courted evangelical Christians at a gathering in Nashville, Tennessee.
He said he and his wife would sit down after the midterm elections and “think our way through it, pray our way through it, and decide where’s best to serve. It could be presenting ourselves for elected office again. We may choose a different path. But we’re not gonna walk away from these things that I’ve been working on for 30 years now. They matter too much.”
In the meantime, he sketched out a possible lane in much the same mold as Trump.
“He was a disruptor that was most necessary in 2016, there’s no doubt about that,” Pompeo said. And now the task is to take those set of understandings, those set of principles, and defend them and build upon them. And it’s gonna take a lot of work to do that, leaders of real fortitude and character to do that.”
The increasingly open talk comes as Trump faces a cascade of escalating legal troubles.
The congressional committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection has revealed increasingly damaging information about Trump’s final weeks in office, while the Department of Justice has launched its own sprawling probe. In Georgia, the prosecutor investigating Trump’s potentially illegal meddling in the state’s 2020 election last week ramped up her efforts by subpoenaing members of Trump’s inner circle. And in New York, Trump, his namesake son and his daughter Ivanka have agreed to answer questions under oath beginning next week in the New York attorney general’s civil investigation into his business practices.
Mick Mulvaney, a former South Carolina congressman who served as Trump’s acting White House chief of staff, said the moves suggested potential candidates “might see an opening where none existed two months ago.”
“Trump fatigue might be a real thing,” he said, with voters asking themselves whether, if they vote for another candidate, they “can get the same policies without all the baggage.”
At the same time, Trump has seen some of his endorsed primary candidates falter. Those who have won, including Ohio GOP Senate nominee JD Vance and Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee Mehmet Oz, have done so with about 30% of the vote, meaning that two-thirds of party voters went against Trump’s picks.
“I don’t think anybody underestimates Trump. There’s a reason he’s the most sought-after endorsement in every single Republican primary,” said GOP strategist Alex Conant. “That said, I think there’s a recognition that a lot of Republican voters are looking to the future and ready for what’s next.”
To what extent remains an open question. During a trip to Iowa this week, Arkansas Sen. Cotton declined to weigh in on Trump’s standing. But he said he hoped to be “an effective national leader, not only for my party but for the American people in my role in the Senate and any other future role I might serve.”
Still, he argued, candidates should embrace Trump’s legacy.
“I know that Donald Trump is very popular among our voters who appreciate the successes he delivered for four years in a very hostile environment. They don’t want Republicans who are running against that legacy, because they view that legacy as a great success,” he said Thursday in Cambridge, Iowa.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to move forward with his own events.
On Friday night, he campaigned in Las Vegas alongside Adam Laxalt, his pick for Nevada Senate. And on Saturday night, he will hold a rally in Anchorage, Alaska, to campaign with Republican Kelly Tshibaka, whom he has endorsed in her race against U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and others, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is now running for Congress.
Conant said it made sense for candidates to continue testing the waters for now.
“A lot of potential candidates are realizing that 2024 may be their last best chance, regardless of what Trump does,” he said. “There’s a very vulnerable Democrat in the White House, Republicans seem likely to win, and if it’s not Trump, they’re basically sidelined for the next 10 years.”
Still, Conant, who served as communications director to Florida Sen. Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential bid, noted the similarities.
“It looks like it’s increasingly clear there’s going to be a lot of people running for president. And while I think there’s an appetite for something different, the alternative to Trump needs to coalesce around one candidate,” he said. “That never happened in 2016. And it might not happen in 2024.”
__ Associated Press writers Steve Peoples in New York and Tom Beaumont in Des Moines, Iowa, contributed to this report.
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NEW YORK, April 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard Motor Products, Inc. (SMP) continues to expand its aftermarket leading Electronic Throttle Body (ETB) offering. ETBs have been an integral part helping automakers improve fuel economy while reducing emissions on today's advanced engines. However, high OE failure rates have made ETBs one of the fastest growing categories in the aftermarket.
The most recent expansion to Standard's ETB offering features applications for popular import nameplates including Toyota, Nissan, Mazda, Hyundai and Kia. Standard's ETB line-up now includes more than 200 part numbers, and covers 190 million vehicles. Providing industry-leading, late model coverage for domestic and import vehicles, Standard® offers ETBs for 2021 and 2022 model years.
Standard® ETBs are all new, not remanufactured, so there is never a core charge. Precision calibrated components and validated voltage outputs ensure Standard ETBs perform correctly on the vehicle. To aid in installation, Standard® ETBs also include a new gasket (when required), and all SMP-manufactured ETBs are made in the company's North American IATF 16949-certified facility.
Commenting on the news, John Herc, Vice President Engine Management Marketing, SMP, stated, "The expansion of this category demonstrates our commitment to provide our channel partners with complete solutions for late-model vehicles."
All new Standard® ETB applications are listed in the eCatalog found at StandardBrand.com, and in electronic catalog providers.
About Standard:
Standard® offers a full line of premium automotive products for ignition, electrical, emissions, fuel and safety-related systems including diesel, turbochargers, TPMS, VVT, ADAS and Blue Streak® heavier-duty ignition coils. The Standard® line provides unmatched coverage for all import and domestic vehicle applications. For additional information, contact an SMP® sales representative or visit StandardBrand.com.
About SMP
With over 100 years in business, Standard Motor Products, Inc. is a leading independent manufacturer and distributor of premium automotive replacement parts. SMP supplies independent professional technicians and do-it-yourselfers with high quality replacement parts for engine management, ignition, emissions, fuel and safety-related systems, as well as temperature control products for domestic and import cars and light trucks. SMP® products are sold worldwide through both traditional and non-traditional distribution channels. For more information, download the SMP® Parts App or visit smpcorp.com.
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Mr. Gavrilis Will Lead High Point's Efforts in Establishing a Platform in the Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems ("C-UAS") Market
DALLAS, May 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlander Partners, a leading private investment firm with over $2 billion of assets under management, today announced the founding of High Point Aerotechnologies LLC ("High Point" or "High Point Aerotech"). High Point is a holding company formed to pursue the rapidly evolving C-UAS industry through the acquisition and development of established operating companies, emerging technologies, and industry experts. Jim Gavrilis has been recruited to lead High Point as President and CEO. He brings a diverse and distinguished background from military, business, and academia, with extensive expertise in electronic warfare and UAS technology.
Jim is a former U.S. Army officer with over 24 years of experience in command and staff. He has served overseas in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East in training, peacekeeping, and combat operations, including two tours in Iraq commanding and directing joint, interagency, and multinational counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations. Throughout his career, Jim served in the 25th Infantry Division, the 3rd and 5th Special Forces Groups, USASOC, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Army Staff's Special Operations Division.
After retiring from the Army, Jim held senior level positions with several private sector defense contractors. He has served as Vice President for Special Operations Programs, Chief of Staff, and Director of Strategic Initiatives in a variety of Defense and Intelligence companies. He has also served as Senior Advisor to the Center for Naval Analyses, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and USSOCOM. In academia, Jim has taught graduate courses at Georgetown University and George Washington University, and has taught at the State Department's Foreign Service Institute.
Jim Gavrilis remarked: "I am extremely excited to take the helm at High Point and work alongside Highlander. We are committed to supporting the defense of our nation against this evolving threat and will remain mission focused on developing needed capabilities for the U.S. and our Allies. With the right team and targeted acquisitions, we have a significant opportunity to create a leadership position in the dynamic C-UAS market. We are in the process of recruiting subject matter experts to join the High Point team, and we intend to analyze both mature businesses and developing technologies for potential acquisition."
"We have been highly focused on exploring the C-UAS arena," commented Ben Slater, Partner at Highlander. "The industry is young, fragmented and has remarkable growth potential. Our objective is to build a substantial C-UAS platform, and the establishment of High Point demonstrates Highlander's dedication to this effort. In this nascent industry built on emerging technology, deep and practical expertise is a requisite and Jim is the perfect leader for this undertaking."
Larry Hirsch, Chairman of Highlander Partners, added, "Under Jim's experienced leadership, we intend to deploy Highlander's creative approach to company-building to become a significant factor in the emerging C-UAS industry, which is of critical importance to our national security."
About Highlander Partners, L.P.
Highlander Partners, L.P. is a Dallas-based private investment firm with over $2 billion of assets under management. The firm focuses on making investments in businesses in targeted industries in which the principals of the firm have significant operating and investing experience. Highlander Partners employs a buy and build investment approach, creating value by helping companies grow both organically and through acquisitions. For more information, visit www.highlander-partners.com.
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InnerClean Quick Detailer Car Wipes and Total Interior Car Cleaning Wipes Make it Fast, Fun and Effortless to Restore Auto Interiors to That Factory-Fresh Shine in Seconds
LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Top car care enthusiast brand Chemical Guys makes interior detailing effortless and enjoyable with the debut of its latest innovations, InnerClean Quick Detailer Car Wipes and Total Interior Car Cleaning Wipes. Engineered using the same fan-favorite formulas Chemical Guys customers know and love in 50-count resealable packs, these disposable wipes are designed to make maintenance in-between deep cleans easier than ever.
InnerClean Interior Quick Detailer Car Wipes are convenient and versatile, made to wipe away dirt, light grime, debris, fingerprints, grease, and oils from your vehicle's interior surface in seconds. They can be used on anything from dashboards to door panels, steering wheels to shift knobs, seats, glass, LCD screens and even center consoles to quickly restore that OEM sheen. Like Chemical Guys' best-selling InnerClean Quick Detailer bottled spray, InnerClean Wipes feature an anti-static and zero-residue formula that repels light dust and dirt to maintain a crisp, clean feel across surfaces, keeping interiors cleaner for longer.
Total Interior Car Cleaning Wipes are the perfect all-in-one solution to clean, maintain and protect virtually all surfaces inside your car. They finish streak-free, leaving no greasy or oily look behind. The unique formula is also blended with durable UV blockers that help shield interior car parts from harsh sunlight, preventing cracking and fading on dashboard plastics, door panels, cup holders, center consoles and sun visors. Like InnerClean Wipes, Total Interior Wipes are easily transportable for unexpected messes on-the-go, made to fit in your glove box or center console, with each package containing 50 ready-to-use wipes.
"One of the great strengths at Chemical Guys is the direct connection we have with the enthusiasts and professionals using our products to help keep their rides shining. Through that connection we are constantly listening, brainstorming, and developing solutions to meet their needs," said John Mansfield, Chemical Guys' Chief Revenue Officer. "The launch of our new wipes product line is a result of that connection, as one of the most frequent requests we've received is for on-the-go adaptations of our most popular bottled formulations."
InnerClean Interior Quick Detailer and Total Interior Car Cleaning Wipes are available starting today on ChemicalGuys.com and at Detail Garage locations nationwide. Both products will also be available on Amazon Friday, July 8.
Chemical Guys is a worldwide leader in automotive detailing products for car care enthusiasts and professionals. From exclusive small-batch waxes to cutting edge ceramic coatings, and specialty cleaners for exteriors and interiors, Chemical Guys sets the industry standard when it comes to product innovation, technological advancement and education. Based in Southern California, Chemical Guys has evolved from a handful of passionate car fanatics to a global lifestyle brand with the largest digital library of automotive detailing "how to" content available. Learn more and join the Chemical Guys family at ChemicalGuys.com.
Detail Garage is the country's fastest-growing car care superstore. The nationwide retail franchise is the ultimate destination for auto detailing supplies, equipment, car care accessories and training. By combining the highest-quality products with educational detailing classes, Detail Garage has become the country's go-to retail store for car care enthusiasts, passionate car owners, and detailing professionals. After launching its initial location in Southern California, the brand has quickly expanded to over 90 locations over the last 6 years throughout the US, UK and Canada. To find a Detail Garage near you or for more information on products, training or franchising opportunities visit www.detailgarage.com.
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New SuiteApp for retail planning and merchandising meets Oracle NetSuite SuiteCloud Platform development standards and best practices
NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Toolio, a cloud-based planning and merchandising platform provider for the next generation of retailers, today announced that its SuiteApp achieved 'Built for NetSuite' status. The new Toolio SuiteApp, built using the Oracle NetSuite SuiteCloud Platform, helps organizations seamlessly leverage critical business information in NetSuite to manage end-to-end planning and merchandising processes.
"Our partnership with NetSuite provides our customers with an integrated solution and streamlined workflow to manage and execute on inventory planning and management processes. Working with NetSuite is a natural fit given our mutual customers, which include leading retailers like Chubbies, Outdoor Voices and MeUndies," said Eytan Daniyalzade, co-founder and CEO of Toolio. "The Toolio SuiteApp enables companies to stop relying on manual, error-prone spreadsheets to make million-dollar inventory decisions, automate planning workflows, and make faster, data-driven decisions."
Toolio integrates directly with NetSuite, leveraging real-time data to build merchandise financial plans and determine new product assortment and SKU-level demand in a single platform. These plans are synced with NetSuite to help automate purchase order and replenishment processes. By automating processes, providing real-time visibility, and improving collaboration within the inventory planning process, Toolio enables retailers to save time, increase forecasting accuracy, and make inventory decisions that drive real change for the business.
"Historically, the retail industry has struggled with managing merchandise planning," said Guido Haarmans, GVP, SuiteCloud Developer Network and Partner Programs, Oracle NetSuite. "This new SuiteApp extends our robust solution for retail ERP and can help NetSuite customers make faster, data-driven decisions about inventory, their most important and expensive asset."
Built for NetSuite is a program for NetSuite SuiteCloud Developer Network (SDN) partners that provides partners with the information, resources, and methodology required to help them verify that their applications and integrations meet NetSuite standards and best practices. The Built for NetSuite program is designed to give NetSuite customers additional confidence that SuiteApps, like Toolio, have been built to meet these standards.
For information about Built for NetSuite SuiteApps, please visit www.netsuite.com/BuiltforNetSuite. For more information about Toolio, please visit https://www.suiteapp.com/Toolio.
Oracle NetSuite's SuiteCloud platform is a comprehensive offering of cloud-based products, development tools, and services designed to help customers and commercial software developers take advantage of the significant economic benefits of cloud computing. Based on NetSuite, the industry's leading cloud-based financials / ERP software suite, SuiteCloud enables customers to run their core business operations in the cloud, and software developers to target new markets quickly with newly created mission-critical applications built to extend the power of NetSuite.
The SuiteCloud Developer Network (SDN) is a comprehensive developer program for independent software vendors (ISVs) that build apps for SuiteCloud. All available and approved SuiteApps are listed on SuiteApp.com, a single-source online marketplace where NetSuite customers can find applications to meet specific business process or industry-specific needs. For more information on SuiteCloud and the SDN program, please visit https://www.netsuite.com/portal/developers/overview.shtml
Toolio is a cloud-based merchandising platform that automates critical workflows, provides real-time insights, and enables remote collaboration, empowering retailers to make faster, data-driven decisions about their most important (and expensive) asset—inventory. Toolio is a global operation with headquarters in New York City and offices in Istanbul, built by an ex-Walmart team of second-time entrepreneurs and backed by top VCs and apparel industry executives. To learn more, please visit https://www.toolio.com/.
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(The Hill) – The new BA.5 COVID-19 variant has quickly become the most prominent strain of the virus in the U.S., accounting for almost 86% of cases, according to figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The BA.5 omicron subvariant, first detected in South Africa, now dominates COVID-19 cases in every region of the country after initially spiking in the U.S. in June. BA.5 made up 85.5% of cases for the week ending on July 30, the CDC noted.
BA.5 infections are associated with many familiar symptoms, notably a lingering cough, nasal congestion and sore throat.
A prominent symptom, especially in younger populations, is extreme fatigue. This fatigue, which can often leave the patient feeling as though they can’t get out of bed or climb a flight of stairs, lasts as long as two weeks, said Dr. Sergio Segarra, chief medical officer at Baptist Hospital in Miami.
Loss of taste or smell, previously tell-tale symptoms of a COVID infection, have become less prevalent with the newer variants.
Reports from current infections have echoed early reports from South Africa which suggested that many patients experienced “severe fatigue, but no loss of taste or smell,” said Dr. Lauren Ferrante, a Yale Medicine pulmonologist.
In the pediatric population, cases also tend to present with gastrointestinal symptoms.
Health care workers are seeing fewer hospitalizations with BA.5, and fewer cases involving severe lung damage and reactive pneumonia as the disease mutates.
“In general, this BA.5 is milder,” Segarra said.
The BA.5 variant has demonstrated an unmatched ability to infect those who are vaccinated or who have immunity from previous infections, however.
“BA.5 is much more contagious than prior strains,” Segarra said. “We went from contact precautions to airborne in a relatively short period of time.”
Natural immunity from other variants, including previous omicron subvariants, is diminishing more quickly as the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate, and vaccine immunity is preferred, Segarra said.
Experts are urging the public to get booster doses until vaccines specifically developed to target BA.5 are available.
“If you’re in an eligible population, I would not wait to get that boost,” Segarra said. “That will be what could potentially keep you from dying.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/ba-5-becomes-most-prominent-covid-strain-in-the-america-heres-how-its-symptoms-differ/ | 2022-08-06T16:34:43Z |
AMITYVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: NSSC), one of the leading designers and manufacturers of high-tech electronic security devices, wireless recurring communication services for intrusion, fire alarm, access control and locking systems as well as a leading provider of school safety solutions today announced that management will be presenting and hosting one on one meetings with investors at the 42nd Annual Canaccord Genuity Growth Conference on August 10, 2022 in Boston, MA.
NAPCO management is scheduled to present at 2PM ET on Wednesday August 10. The topics to be highlighted during the conference will include the business mix shift to recurring revenues with higher margins from the highly successful Starlink alarm communicator family of products and its brand new AirAccess line of access control and locking systems. In addition, we will be discussing our line of school security and safety products that address the urgent need for securing the schools in the US. NAPCO has a product portfolio for school security that fits the needs of K-12's and large universities.
The presentation will be webcast live and interested parties can find a link to the webcast on the Investor Relations section of NAPCO's website (www.napcosecurity.com). To receive additional information, request an invitation or to schedule a one-on-one meeting, please contact your Canaccord Genuity sales representative or Patrick McKillop, Director IR for NAPCO at pmckillop@napcosecurity.com.
NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc., is one of the world's leading manufacturers and service providers of high-tech electronic security devices as well as a leading provider of school safety solutions. The Company consists of four Divisions: NAPCO, plus three wholly-owned subsidiaries: Alarm Lock, Continental Instruments, and Marks USA. Headquartered in Amityville, New York, its products are installed by tens of thousands of security professionals worldwide in commercial, industrial, institutional, residential and government applications. NAPCO products have earned a reputation for innovation, technical excellence and reliability, positioning the Company for growth in the multi-billion dollar and rapidly expanding electronic security market. For additional information on NAPCO, please visit the Company's web site at http://www.napcosecurity.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections of future performance based on management's judgment, beliefs, current trends, and anticipated product performance. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic; the growth of recurring service revenue and annual run rate; the introduction of new access control and locking products; the opportunities for fire alarm products; and our ability to execute our business strategies. Actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including those risk factors set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such as our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Other unknown or unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, or achievements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. All information provided in this press release is as of today's date, unless otherwise stated, and the Company undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.
Contacts:
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Director of Investor Relations
NAPCO Security Technologies, Inc.
800-645-9445 x 374
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Teen shot and killed by friend in ‘prank gone wrong,’ police say
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) – A 15-year-old was killed in a shooting Mississippi police are describing as a “prank gone wrong.”
According to police, three teenagers pulled up to a friend’s house wearing ski masks and holding splat (water) guns that looked real.
Police say the teens’ friend pointed a real gun at them, shooting a 15-year-old in the chest.
The Jackson Police Department said the shooting was justified, according to WLBT.
According to police, two toy assault rifles and one real handgun was recovered from the vehicle.
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes said kids make mistakes but believes these teens should have known better.
“Playing with a gun is not a practical joke. It’s similar to you pulling a BB gun on a police officer and thinking that police officer knows it’s a BB gun or a toy,” he told WLBT.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The owner of a New York-based hedge fund that collapsed when it defaulted on margin calls was arrested Wednesday on charges alleging he defrauded leading global investment banks and brokerages of billions of dollars by telling them lies so his private investment firm could grow its portfolio from $10 billion to $160 billion.
The charges unsealed in an indictment in Manhattan federal court named Bill Hwang, the founder of Archegos Capital Management, and his former chief financial officer, Patrick Halligan. Both were expected to appear later in the day in court. They face racketeering conspiracy and fraud charges.
Hwang carried out the fraud from March 2020 to March 2021 by originally investing his personal fortune, which grew from $1.5 billion to over $35 billion, and later the investments he borrowed from major banks and brokerages, which grew from about $10 billion to over $160 billion, the indictment said.
He hid the extent of his market prowess from investors by using derivative securities that had no public disclosure requirement, it said.
“As a result, despite the size of Archegos’s positions, the investing public did not know that Archegos had come to dominate the trading and stock ownership of multiple companies,” the indictment said.
The risky maneuvers made the firm’s portfolio highly vulnerable to price fluctuations in a handful of stocks, causing a flurry of margin calls in late March 2021 that had a destructive domino effect. Over $100 billion in market value disappeared in days for nearly a dozen companies and banks and prime brokers duped by Archegos lost billions, the indictment said.
It said the schemes also caused millions of dollars in losses for innocent Archegos employees who had been required to allocate to the firm a substantial amount of their pay as deferred compensation.
Separate civil charges against Hwang and Halligan were brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In a release, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said: “The collapse of Archegos last spring demonstrated how activities by one firm can have far-reaching implications for investors and market participants.”
“We allege that Hwang and Archegos propped up a $36 billion house of cards by engaging in a constant cycle of manipulative trading, lying to banks to obtain additional capacity, and then using that capacity to engage in still more manipulative trading,” said Gurbir S. Grewal, director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement.
“But the house of cards could only be sustained if that cycle of deceptive trading, lies and buying power continued uninterrupted, and once Archegos’s buying power was exhausted and stock prices fell, the entire structure collapsed, allegedly leaving Archegos’s counterparties billions in trading losses,” Grewal said.
Hwang’s attorney, Lawrence Lustberg, said lawyers were “extremely disappointed” with a prosecution that they believe has “absolutely no factual or legal basis.”
“A prosecution of this type, for open-market transactions, is unprecedented and threatens all investors,” he said in a written statement. “As you will see when the facts unfold, Bill Hwang is entirely innocent of any wrongdoing; there is no evidence whatsoever that he committed any kind of crime, let alone the overblown allegations that pervade this indictment.”
Lustberg said it was also disappointing that Hwang was arrested without notice even though he “has made himself available and fully cooperated with the Government’s investigation.”
“We vehemently dispute the charges as a matter of law and fact and are confident that we will prevail in Court, but in no event was an arrest necessary in this case, in the midst of an investigation that has gone on for more than a year and apparently remains ongoing,” he wrote.
Attorney Mary Mulligan, representing Halligan, said: “Pat Halligan is innocent and will be exonerated.”
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Associated Press Writer Karen Matthews contributed to this report. | https://cw33.com/business/ap-business/archegos-capital-owner-bill-hwang-indicted-in-fraud-case/ | 2022-04-27T18:55:26Z |
Which whiskey barrel planter is best?
A whiskey barrel planter is spacious, sturdy and features rich natural tones that look beautiful in any garden. It brings a refined yet rustic look to any outdoor space and is particularly suited to plants that require more room to grow.
The Best Choice Products Set of Three Rustic Barrel Planters is a full planter set that features stunning matching wood barrels in different sizes.
What to know before you buy a whiskey barrel planter
Wood vs. resin
Most solid wood whiskey barrel planters are made from oak, acacia, walnut or maple. These barrels are water-resistant and hold up well. If you’re looking for a barrel that’s fully waterproof, then a resin barrel designed to mimic wood is your best option. Resin is lightweight and very durable, though you will forego natural wood tones.
What to plant
Whiskey barrels are great for planting a wide variety of plants based on your climate and sunlight exposure.
- Annuals: You have to replant these each year, but they tend to last well through the season. They are also easy to swap out. Since whiskey barrels are large garden focal points, you don’t want to get stuck with wilting flowers halfway through the planting season.
- Water plants: If you’re willing to set your barrel up with a water pump, you can grow a water garden. This will require sealing the inside, creating drainage, and lining the base to prevent rot. Water plants that grow well in a barrel planter include water lilies, papyrus, Japanese sweet flag, elephant ears, pickerel weed and parrot feather.
- Vegetables: Barrels are well-suited for growing vegetables. They are great for little patio gardens. Some vegetables that grow well in a barrel are lettuce, onion, spinach, tomatoes, peppers, carrots and peas.
- Dwarf trees: Small fruit trees don’t require a lot of space, and many are self-pollinating. Dwarf apple, pear, key lime, fig and pomegranate trees are all excellent choices.
Whiskey barrel sets
Since different whiskey barrels have different wood tones and grain, it’s a good idea to buy a full set of planters to ensure a few of them match. Sets come with two to five barrels and cost less than if you purchased five single barrels separately. Sets can come in one size or assorted sizes.
What to look for in a quality whiskey barrel planter
Protective coating
While whiskey barrels are naturally durable, a protective coating will make them last longer. A polyurethane coating or sealer prevents water damage and rot. Keep in mind that a coated barrel won’t have that rough, unfinished look of natural wood and might have more of a shine to it.
Drainage
Proper drainage is key when it comes to planters. Drain holes release excess water and promote healthy soil to help your plants thrive. Depending on the size of the barrel, you’ll likely want four to six evenly spaced holes. Each hole should be a 1/2-inch to 1 inch in diameter.
Handles
Handles aren’t just decorative on a whiskey barrel planter. They make moving the barrel much easier. Plenty of wood barrels feature metal handles that match the barrel’s hammered metal hoops. Resin and plastic planters are less likely to have handles.
How much you can expect to spend on a whiskey barrel planter
A single whiskey barrel usually costs $20-$100. This varies based on material, size and quantity. A set of two to five barrels costs around $50-$350.
Whiskey barrel planter FAQ
How big is a whiskey barrel planter?
A. A standard barrel planter is about 10-25 inches in width and height. Larger and smaller sizes are available if you have different planting needs, but you usually won’t see a barrel planter larger than 35-inches wide.
Does a whiskey barrel planter need to be lined?
A. You do not need to line a solid oak barrel on the inside, but it’s very helpful to prevent rot. A lining also helps the soil retain moisture, which some plants need. Consider what plants you’re putting in the planter before deciding on adding a liner.
What’s the best whiskey barrel planter to buy?
Top whiskey barrel planter
Best Choice Products Set of Three Rustic Barrel Planters
What you need to know: The set comes with three stained wooden planters featuring metal hardware. The large barrel is 18 inches by 14 inches, the medium barrel is 15 inches by 11.5 inches, and the small barrel is 11.5 inches by 10 inches.
What you’ll love: These are made from real wood that looks beautiful with a stain finish. Each well-made barrel is durable and has built-in drainage holes.
What you should consider: These barrels only come as a set, and you can’t get three of the same size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top whiskey barrel planter for the money
Fox Valley Traders Realistic Wood-Look Barrel Planters
What you need to know: This set comes with four round matching plastic planters. Each measures 8 inches by 13 inches.
What you’ll love: These are lightweight but durable. Each barrel is weather-resistant and features built-in drain holes. It’s a great price for a four-piece set.
What you should consider: The faux wood is a nice touch, but it lacks the visual appeal of real wood.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Southern Patio Kentucky Medium Resin Whiskey Barrel Planter
What you need to know: This high-density resin planter comes in four colors and two sizes. It measures 22.24 inches by 13 inches or 15.5 inches by 9.1 inches, depending on the size you select.
What you’ll love: It’s attractive, durable and lightweight. It even has woodgrain detailing mimicked in the resin. It’s weather-resistant and UV-resistant.
What you should consider: There is a central plug but no additional drainage at the bottom.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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NEW YORK, May 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Gross Law Firm issues the following notice to shareholders of Playstudios, Inc..
Shareholders who purchased shares of MYPS during the class period listed are encouraged to contact the firm regarding possible lead plaintiff appointment. Appointment as lead plaintiff is not required to partake in any recovery.
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CLASS PERIOD: This lawsuit is on behalf of a class consisting of all persons and entities other than defendants who: (a) purchased, or otherwise acquired securities of Playstudios between June 22, 2021 and March 1, 2022, both dates inclusive, including, but not limited to, those who purchased or acquired Playstudios securities pursuant to the offering of the private investment in public equity; (b) held common stock of Acies as of May 25, 2021, and were eligible to vote at Acies' June 16, 2021 special meeting who exchanged their shares of Acies stock for shares of Playstudios stock pursuant to the merger of Acies and Old Playstudios; and/or (c) purchased or otherwise acquired Playstudios common stock pursuant to or traceable to Acies' documents issued in connection with the June 2021 merger.
ALLEGATIONS: The complaint alleges that during the class period, Defendants issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Playstudios was having significant problems with its flagship game, Kingdom Boss; (ii) Playstudios would not be releasing Kingdom Boss as expected; and (iii) Playstudios had not revised its financial projections to account for the problems it had encountered with Kingdom Boss. As a result of defendants' wrongful conduct, Class members paid artificially inflated prices for their Playstudios securities and suffered substantial losses and damages.
DEADLINE: June 6, 2022 Shareholders should not delay in registering for this class action. Register your information here: https://securitiesclasslaw.com/securities/playstudios-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=27339&from=4
NEXT STEPS FOR SHAREHOLDERS: Once you register as a shareholder who purchased shares of MYPS during the timeframe listed above, you will be enrolled in a portfolio monitoring software to provide you with status updates throughout the lifecycle of the case. The deadline to seek to be a lead plaintiff is June 6, 2022. There is no cost or obligation to you to participate in this case.
WHY GROSS LAW FIRM? The Gross Law Firm is nationally recognized class action law firm, and our mission is to protect the rights of all investors who have suffered as a result of deceit, fraud, and illegal business practices. The Gross Law Firm is committed to ensuring that companies adhere to responsible business practices and engage in good corporate citizenship. The firm seeks recovery on behalf of investors who incurred losses when false and/or misleading statements or the omission of material information by a company lead to artificial inflation of the company's stock. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
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DALLAS (KDAF) — Father’s Day is coming up and North Texas has plenty of opportunities for you to have a great day with your dad.
Here are just a few suggestions:
Al Biernat’s
- Dry-Aged Local Yocal Wagyu Ribeye – $99. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and green beans.
- Wet-Aged New York Strip – $89. Served with garlic mashed potatoes and topped with panko-crusted, pan-seared, soft-shell crab and a Dijon mustard beurre blanc.
- 12 Oz. Filet Mignon – $79. Served with sauteed asparagus, garlic mashed potatoes and marsala sauce.
- Weller Bourbon Flight- $49. Includes three, half-ounce pours of Weller Antique 107, Weller 12 year, and Weller Single Barrel.
- Al Biernat’s is gifting custom Al Biernat’s golf hats to all the fathers that will be dining.
Bulla Gastrobar
On Sunday, June 19, celebrate Father’s Day with a taste of Spain at Bulla Gastrobar! The tapas-style restaurant located in Legacy West will open its doors early at 10 a.m., where dad will receive a $20 bounce-back credit to use during his next visit and will also be gifted Bulla’s special box of chocolate clusters during dinner.
Terry Black’s Barbecue
The Black family has been cooking BBQ for generations out of Lockhart, Texas. When it came to learning the tricks of the trade Terry Black passed down his expertise to his twin sons Mike and Mark Black. Pretty soon, the twins were ready to carry on the legacy serving Central Texas barbecue to the Austin, Dallas and soon the Lockhart communities.
Mi Dia From Scratch Grapevine
This Father’s Day, take the dad in your life on a culinary fiesta at Mi Dia From Scratch in the heart of downtown Grapevine.
Chef DeLeon has crafted up an exquisite dish that is guaranteed to impress dad. On June 19, taste the glory of Chef DeLeon’s Norteno Tacos, made with chefs’ cut 28-day-aged skirt wood-grilled on house-made flour tortillas, topped with fried queso panela, frijoles, avocado puree, micro cilantro and served with baja red sauce, Oaxacan black beans, and poblano rice.
Only available at their Grapevine location, the Norteno Tacos will tell you its momentous story with each bite. | https://cw33.com/news/local/fathers-day-ideas-in-dfw/ | 2022-06-09T22:11:00Z |
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Truist Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC) declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.52 per common share, payable on Sept. 1, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Aug. 12, 2022.
The Board also declared regular cash dividends on the following series of preferred stock:
Notes:
(1) In the table, dividends per share and dividends per depositary share for Series I, Series J, and Series L are rounded to the hundred-thousandths position for the convenience of the reader. Rounded to the fourteenth decimal place, the dividend per share and dividend per depositary share for Series I are $1,022.22222222222222 and $0.25555555555556, respectively. Rounded to the fourteenth decimal place, the dividend per share and dividend per depositary share for Series J are $1,022.22222222222222 and $10.22222222222222, respectively. Rounded to the fourteenth decimal place, the dividend per share and dividend per depositary share for Series L are $1,260.10866666666667 and $12.60108666666667, respectively.
(2) In accordance with the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of SunTrust Preferred Capital I, the record date for the Preferred Purchase Securities representing fractional interests in shares of Series J preferred stock will be Aug. 31, 2022.
(3) Dividends per share and dividends per depositary share for Series N and Series Q are declared and paid semiannually.
About Truist
Truist Financial Corporation is a purpose-driven financial services company committed to inspiring and building better lives and communities. Truist has leading market share in many high-growth markets in the country. The company offers a wide range of services including retail, small business and commercial banking; asset management; capital markets; commercial real estate; corporate and institutional banking; insurance; mortgage; payments; specialized lending; and wealth management. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Truist is a top 10 U.S. commercial bank with total assets of $545 billion as of June 30, 2022. Truist Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at Truist.com.
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CANTON, Ohio, July 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- TimkenSteel Corp. (NYSE: TMST), a leader in high-quality specialty steel, manufactured components, and supply chain solutions, will release its 2022 second-quarter financial results on Thursday, August 4, after the market closes on the New York Stock Exchange.
The company will provide live Internet listening access to its conference call with the financial community scheduled for Friday, August 5, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. EDT. The live conference call will be broadcast at investors.timkensteel.com. A replay of the conference call will also be available at investors.timkensteel.com.
TimkenSteel (NYSE: TMST) manufactures high-performance carbon and alloy steel products from recycled scrap metal in Canton, OH, serving demanding applications in mobile, energy and a variety of industrial end markets. The company is a premier U.S. producer of alloy steel bars (up to 16 inches in diameter), seamless mechanical tubing and manufactured components. In the business of making high-quality steel for more than 100 years, TimkenSteel's proven expertise contributes to the performance of our customers' products. The company employs approximately 1,800 people and had sales of
$1.3 billion in 2021. For more information, please visit us at www.timkensteel.com.
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Watch: New video emerges of tornado hitting Manatee mobile home park
BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - New video captured by a Manatee County ambulance dash camera shows the moment a tornado touched down Sept. 2 inside a mobile home park.
The video shows aluminum siding being blown across a street while EMTs watch in disbelief. “My God, is that a tornado? It IS a tornado,” one EMT is heard saying.
In a Twitter post, Manatee County officials say the National Weather Service confirmed it was a small EF-0 tornado. It hits parts of the Swan Lake Village development as well as homes on Colleen Drive in Chateau Village. County officials have determined 31 homes were damaged.
ABC7 Chief Meteorologist Bob Harrigan getting video and reaction from neighbors shortly after it happened.
“I heard a loud boom, an electrical sound and then it went boom,” said Juan Lauriano, a Chateau Village resident who had damage to his home. “I saw something fly right by my window, I said what the heck.”
Roofs of homes and carports turning into mangled metal. Another Chateau Village resident says it felt like the winds were 80 miles an hour.
“I heard the noise, I heard the winds coming in over the top of the palm trees,” said John Wall. “Caught this first house over across the road, sheet metal was flying everywhere and I decided to take cover.”
What neighbors say is they saw a microburst causing all the damage. Fortunately no one was injured.
“It was scary because I had never experienced anything like this before, since I’ve been down here,” said George Vomvoris, a Chateau Village resident.
Here’s another view of Friday’s weather event from a Manatee County EMS ambulance. Thankfully, no one reported injuries. Assessment by Code Enhancement and Code Enforcement determined that 31 homes were damaged. @NWSTampaBay says that it was "a very brief, very weak EF0 tornado.” pic.twitter.com/w4Mh4eHHpQ
— Manatee County Government Public Safety Department (@MCGPublicSafety) September 6, 2022
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Fertilizer company complains about railroad shipment limits
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A major fertilizer company says the limits Union Pacific is putting on rail traffic to clear up congestion will delay shipments that farmers need during the spring planting season.
CF Industries said Thursday that the railroad ordered it to cut its shipments nearly 20%. Union Pacific has said it is limiting rail traffic and hiring aggressively as part of a plan to improve service after grain and ethanol shippers complained about shortcomings.
Federal regulators have announced plans to hold a hearing later this month about the service problems along Union Pacific and other major U.S. railroads that have forced some grain mills and ethanol plants to curtail production while waiting on trains and left farmers without a place to sell their crops because grain elevators are having trouble shipping grain.
“The timing of this action by Union Pacific could not come at a worse time for farmers,” said CF Industries CEO Tony Will. “Not only will fertilizer be delayed by these shipping restrictions, but additional fertilizer needed to complete spring applications may be unable to reach farmers at all.
CF Industries said the limits will affect fertilizer deliveries to Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and California from its plants in Louisiana and Iowa. The company said it believes it is one of just 30 companies Union Pacific imposed restrictions on.
Union Pacific spokeswoman Kristen South said the measures the Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad is taking are designed to address problems in the supply chain that have clogged rail shipments. The railroad has also brought 100 locomotives out of storage and shifted roughly 80 crew members to high-demand locations.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuberger Berman High Yield Strategies Fund Inc. (NYSE American: NHS) (the "Fund") has announced a distribution declaration of $0.0905 per share of common stock. The distribution announced today is payable on September 30, 2022, has a record date of September 15, 2022 and has an ex-date of September 14, 2022.
Under its level distribution policy, the Fund anticipates that it will make regular monthly distributions, subject to market conditions, of $0.0905 per share of common stock, unless further action is taken to determine another amount. The Fund's ability to maintain its current distribution rate will depend on a number of factors, including the amount and stability of income received from its investments, the cost of leverage and the level of other Fund fees and expenses. There is no assurance that the Fund will always be able to pay a distribution of any particular amount or that a distribution will consist only of net investment income.
Due to an effort to maintain a stable distribution amount, the distribution announced today, as well as future distributions, may consist of net investment income, net realized capital gains and return of capital. In compliance with Section 19 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, a notice would be provided for any distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income. The notice would be for informational purposes and not for tax reporting purposes, and would disclose, among other things, estimated portions of the distribution, if any, consisting of net investment income, capital gains and return of capital. The final determination of the source and tax characteristics of all distributions paid in 2022 will be made after the end of the year.
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GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Imagine Clayton Kershaw on the mound in Game 7 of the World Series, peering in at his catcher at a big moment. And his catcher flashes … no sign at all.
That day could be coming very soon.
Major League Baseball is stepping up its experimentation with an electronic communication channel for pitchers and catchers. After trying out the PitchCom system at Low-A West in the second half of last season, big league clubs are tinkering with the technology during spring training.
If the development is met with widespread acclaim, the system could be used in the majors this year. But the current plan is to work it in at the Double-A level this summer.
“Very much in favor. I think it speeds the game up,” said Tony La Russa, the 77-year-old Hall of Fame manager of the Chicago White Sox. “Wondering, hoping they make it official. But our experience has been a good one.”
With the PitchCom system, the catcher wears a wristband with nine buttons for calling the pitch and location. There is a receiver in the pitcher’s cap, and another one in the catcher’s helmet. Multiple languages are available for the encrypted channel.
No need for traditional signs — forget the wiggling fingers.
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone even tried a little experiment with the experiment. An hour before Saturday’s game against Atlanta, he told starting pitcher Luis Severino they would try the system with catcher Kyle Higashioka.
“We sprung it on Sevie at 12:15 before he was going out. He was game for it but we sprung it on him, no hiccups. No problems, and that’s our first game doing it, so that’s good thing. Hopefully it’s something that we can get better at doing,” Boone said.
Severino seemed fine, too, pitching four innings of one-hit ball.
As far as using it someday in the regular season, “I want to keep flushing that out the best we can. But my first impression of it, I feel like we’re on to something. I thought it was really good,” Boone said.
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Bruce Zimmermann concurred.
“It was not as awkward as I thought it was going to be, and actually I think it’s really nice because you can speed up the game at your own will,” Zimmermann said.
“I don’t think it will be too much of a learning curve for a lot of the guys. I was initially against it until I actually used it,” he said.
Orioles catcher Anthony Bemboom also offered a positive report, with a few concerns.
“It’s just a little bit bulky on your wristband. It didn’t happen the other day, but the ball could hit the wristband on a block. It could bounce one way or the other,” he said.
“There was a couple of times when I hit it on my shin guard giving regular signs with no one on. … It said ‘knuckleball’ and he’s throwing a fastball, but other than that, everything was fine.”
The PitchCom system is one of several potential changes MLB is exploring this year. There will be bigger bases, pitch clocks and limits on pickoff attempts for every full-season affiliate in the minors. Defensive shifts have been banned for each Class A level and Double-A.
College baseball is already using an electronic system for calling pitches. With Game Day Signals, the calls are relayed from the dugout to a receiver on the pitcher’s wrist.
“Shaving time off the college game is, I would think, a good thing for everyone, especially the consumer, and especially when it’s 25 degrees on a Friday night in Nashville,” Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin said.
MLB also wants to speed up play. The average time of a nine-inning game during the 2021 regular season was a record 3 hours, 10 minutes, 7 seconds, up from 3:07:46 for the pandemic-shortened 2020 season and 3:05:35 in 2019.
When players are on base, especially at second, the game can bog down as pitchers and catchers switch up signs in an effort to shield the calls from their opponent. With an electronic channel, that would no longer be an issue.
“I like it. It’s nice. … It gives the hitters zero chance of knowing what’s coming,” White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease said.
The system also could eliminate sign-stealing altogether, a major perk for MLB after the Houston Astros’ 2017 championship was tainted by a sign-stealing scandal.
MLB’s investigation found Houston used a video feed from a center-field camera to see and decode the opposing catcher’s signs during home games. Players banged on a trash can to signal to batters what was coming, believing it would improve the batter’s odds of getting a hit.
Cease said sign-stealing has been a concern for him for the past couple of years, especially with a runner on second.
With PitchCom, “it’s basically I only have to worry about what I’m doing in terms of if I’m giving away anything with tipping, as opposed to ‘Are they breaking the code?’ like it’s war,” Cease said.
Any chance of using the system in the majors this year could be hurt by the abbreviated spring training after the 99-day lockout. Teams don’t have as much time to try it out as they would normally.
Chicago Cubs manager David Ross, a former big league catcher, said he isn’t sure it will speed up the pace of the game.
“I think next spring training we got a chance to work on it a little bit more and see what you do when you shake off,” he said. “How often do you use it? Do you use it with nobody on? Do you use it with a guy on first or just with a guy on second?
“Making sure everybody’s comfortable and in rhythm and feel like that’s a norm for them is important to me.”
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These drone operators used to make ‘nice’ YouTube videos. Now they record alleged Russian war crimes
By Vasco Cotovio and Frederik Pleitgen, Byron Blunt and Daria Markina, CNN
A gray car speeds on a highway near Kyiv, heading towards the Ukrainian capital. As it approaches a Russian position, it does a sharp U-turn, stopping shortly after.
A man then opens the door. A second later, he is on the ground.
“He raised his hands above his head — and in this moment, he was shot,” Oleksandr Radzikhovskiy of Ukraine’s Territorial Defense forces told CNN.
Radzikhovskiy is a member of the Bugatti company, a special intelligence gathering unit operating on the outskirts of Kyiv.
The unit filmed the March 7 incident on the E-40 — a key highway connecting the western city of Lviv to Kyiv — with a drone, as Russian forces held the area.
In the footage, Russian tanks are seen facing east towards Kyiv — the direction Russian forces were pushing towards in early March — as civilians tried to flee a nearby town.
“A group of cars was fleeing from a small town, just outside Irpin, where they’d been sitting for about 10 days, without food, water or warm clothes,” Radzikhovskiy said. “They didn’t know what’s happening, they didn’t know that Russian forces had advanced and taken this position.”
“There was an ambush by a Russian tank and Russian personnel,” Radzikhovskiy said. “They opened fire.”
In the video, after the man falls to the ground, Russian troops approach the vehicle.
Two people — who CNN later confirmed with their families were six-year-old Gordey Iovenko and a female family friend — emerge from the car.
The woman wraps her arm around Iovenko, trying to shield him from the death that surrounds them.
Iovenko had just lost his parents, 32-year-old Maksim, who was motionless on the ground, and his mother, Ksenia, 37, who was killed by Russian gunfire inside the car.
Iovenko and the woman are then led into a forested area by Russian forces. Meanwhile, other troops search the car and inspect Maksim Iovenko’s body before dragging him to the side of the road.
The BBC first reported the Iovenko’s deaths.
Radzikhovskiy’s drone unit, who were just 500 meters (0.3 miles) away, filmed the entire scene.
“…We captured everything, every single moment and detail of that killing,” he said. “Since then we have had to live with that picture in our heads,” he added.
Nearly a month after the incident, CNN visited the scene on the E-40 highway near Myla, where the destruction Russian forces left behind in their retreat was on full display.
Decomposing corpses were scattered along the road, charred bodies were still leaning against the vehicles they had been driving and the same car seen in the drone footage –which was burned out entirely — was in the same spot where it stopped on March 7.
“You can see this is like a shooting zone…The cars are in line,” said Radzikhovskiy, who showed CNN around the site of the incident.
“There are no cars (beyond a certain point) because they didn’t let them come. They just shot as soon as they approached,” he added.
The Kremlin has rejected accusations that it has targeted civilians or civilian infrastructure in what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine. It has also played down allegations of killings in towns like Bucha, Irpin or Borodianka as fake news, and announced its own investigation into them.
However, CNN saw the remnants of an encampment used by the Russian army in the forested area where Iovenko and the woman were taken. It was littered with Russian military rations, currency and abandoned equipment — some with “V” symbols painted on them — proof that their soldiers held that position for around three weeks.
Iovenko and the family friend were later released by the Russians, his family members told CNN.
Radzikhovskiy’s team sent footage of the incident to the Ukrainian Prosecutor for investigation and has also submitted it to the UK Metropolitan Police’s war crimes unit, which has been compiling evidence of war crimes in Ukraine for a potential future trial.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova told CNN, “When we see such cases when our cars are burnt and people inside the cars were shot at and burnt, and we see it’s systemic, it’s not only war crimes, it is crimes against humanity and we will do everything to prove it.”
The grim episode has further fueled Radzikhovskiy’s unit to continue helping the Ukrainian military with their drones.
Radzikhovskiy, a Ukrainian senior software engineer who was living in St. Albans, England, before the war, said he couldn’t sit idle as his country was attacked. He moved back to Ukraine to try and help fight the Russian invasion the best way he could.
“In normal life, before the war, we were civilians who liked to fly drones casually and just make nice YouTube videos,” he said. “But when the war began, we actually became a vital part of the of the resistance.”
His unit flies their drones regularly, documenting Russian positions and communicating them to the Ukrainian military.
“They call us the eyes, because we are eyes, we can see. And if you can see and you can report, you can conduct artillery strikes,” he said, adding, “In good times it’s a matter of minutes between spotting and striking.”
Radzikhovskiy’s unit has shared hours of drone footage showing Russian tanks operating through the woods around Kyiv. In one video, moments after the tanks are seen, they are struck by Ukrainian artillery.
The unit is a grassroots operation, using store bought civilian drones, but their method is how Radzikhovskiy feels most comfortable. And he is compelled to continue the work.
“There’s no other way, we cannot retreat — because if we do, Ukraine would not exist.”
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New, high-performance, multipurpose concentrate is designed for industrial emergency response to fight Class B and deep-seated Class A fires
CLAYTON, Mo., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), a leading global manufacturer of high-quality firefighting products and lubricant additives, announced today the launch of SOLBERG® VERSAGARD™ 1x3 Multipurpose Fluorine-Free Foam Concentrate. This is Perimeter Solutions' first 1x3 fluorine-free foam concentrate available on the market, and the newest addition to the SOLBERG VERSAGARD line of fluorine-free firefighting foam concentrates.
SOLBERG VERSAGARD 1x3 is a state-of-the-art alcohol resistant, fluorine-free pseudoplastic foam technology. It is non-persistent, siloxane-free, and contains no intentionally added per- or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The foam concentrate is designed for extinguishing and securing both Class B (hydrocarbon fuel and polar solvent fuel) and deep-seated Class A Fires. It is ideal for industrial emergency response and is expected to be used extensively at facilities that store crude oil on site.
"The fire safety industry has been seeking non-fluorinated firefighting foams capable of meeting the most demanding emergency response applications. This is exactly what Perimeter Solutions has delivered, with our new SOLBERG VERSAGARD 1x3 Multipurpose Fluorine-Free Foam Concentrate. At Perimeter Solutions, we continually innovate to develop new products that are more environmentally responsible, and that help firefighters in their efforts to protect property and save lives," says Jeff Emery, President of Global Fire Safety at Perimeter Solutions.
SOLBERG VERSAGARD biodegradable and non-persistent fluorine-free foam concentrate is a combination of hydrocarbon surfactants and additives that delivers excellent foaming, vapor sealing, drain time, extinguishment and burnback properties for attacking and securing both shallow and fuel in-depth fires, using fresh, sea or brackish water. It is designed to generate stable foams with high fluidity and slow drainage. It is fully compatible with standard firefighting equipment, including in-line inductors, self-inducting nozzles, fire truck pumps, bladder tanks, pump skids, balanced pressure systems and more.
SOLBERG VERSAGARD enters the market having earned multiple international certifications, including EN-1568:2018, International Marine Organization and LASTFIRE batch testing.
In addition to its excellent foamability and bubble stability, SOLBERG VERSAGARD has excellent wetting ability, making it an effective tool for the extinguishment of Class A fuel fires. SOLBERG VERSAGARD 1x3 maintains viscosity levels similar to the viscosity of traditional 1x3 alcohol-resistant aqueous film-forming foam (AR-AFFF) concentrates, improving its storage, handling and long-term stability.
"This is a game-changing product for the fire safety industry and demonstrates how Perimeter Solutions continues to innovate to develop new solutions that will help advance the fire safety industry," says Javier Castro, General Manager of the EMEA Region for Perimeter Solutions. "Product testing has shown that our 1x3 foam concentrate performs similarly to AR-FFF products that are currently on the market, and several major multinationals oil companies have already signed on to consider SOLBERG VERSAGARD 1x3 in their transition programs to fluorine-free foam concentrates."
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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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NEW YORK, July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As talent shortages persist, a new survey reveals that professional development opportunities are one tool for retaining employees. Indeed, 58 percent say they are likely to leave their company without professional development—or continuing education and career training to help develop new skills, stay up to date on current trends, and drive career advancement. This likelihood to leave holds especially true among women, people of color, and Millennials.
But for people of color, there may be a gap in access to these opportunities. Conducted by The Conference Board, the survey reveals that more people of color report a lack of opportunities and resources for professional development than do their White counterparts.
The latest workforce survey from The Conference Board captured the thoughts of more than 1,200 individuals—predominantly professional/office workers—from May 16-31. Respondents weighed in on the importance, access, reasons, and barriers to professional development.
Key findings include:
Development opportunities are key to retaining employees—especially women, people of color, and Millennials.
How likely are you to leave your company for another if you do not receive the development opportunities you believe you need?
- Women, people of color, and Millennials are more likely to leave their organization if they don't receive development opportunities.
- Women: 61 percent would leave
- Men: 55 percent
- Black: 68 percent
- Hispanic and Latino: 70 percent
- Asian: 80 percent
- White: 53 percent
- Millennials: 66 percent
- Gen X: 63 percent
- Baby Boomers: 47 percent
- The disparities are even more striking among women of color:
- Black women: 71 percent
- Hispanic women: 70 percent
- Asian women: 70 percent
- White women: 56 percent
- Overall, 58 percent of workers are likely to leave their company if they don't receive professional development opportunities.
"These survey results reveal that, in the midst of a talent shortage, providing and promoting opportunities for career and skills development can be a critical way to attract candidates," said Rebecca Ray, Executive Vice President of Human Capital, The Conference Board. "In order to retain and grow the diversity of thought and experience within your organization, it is critical to ensure that all employees have access to rich professional development opportunities."
Most employees highly value the opportunity to develop work-related skills.
How important is it to you to continuously develop your work-related skills?
- 96 percent of respondents say it is important or very important for them to continuously develop their work-related skills.
- More people of color say continuously developing skills is very important:
- More women say it is very important than men:
Despite the high value placed on professional development opportunities, people of color report a greater lack of access to these opportunities and resources.
What barriers/challenges do you experience in developing your skills?
- More people of color report a lack of opportunities and resources for professional development than do their White counterparts.
- Black: 38 percent
- Hispanic and Latino: 35 percent
- Asian: 40 percent
- White: 28 percent
- Black: 37 percent
- Hispanic and Latino: 37 percent
- Asian: 36 percent
- White: 27 percent
A lack of time is the greatest barrier to developing skills overall.
What barriers/challenges do you experience in developing your skills?
- The biggest barrier to developing skills is a lack of time, with nearly 80 percent saying that prevents them from doing so.
- 31 percent said a lack of resources and 29 percent said a lack of opportunities were their greatest barriers.
- Time off for training and development (54 percent) and improved access to career development opportunities (54 percent) were the top two ways that employees feel their employers can support their development.
- Less than a quarter (22 percent) thought that an internal career center/job board for job openings and opportunities would be helpful.
Are there enough opportunities for development? The C-suite and individual contributors disagree.
What barriers/challenges do you experience in developing your skills?
- Only 10 percent of CEOs and the C-suite consider a lack of opportunities a barrier, compared to 40 percent of individual contributors.
One in ten worry their skills won't keep up.
How confident are you that you have the skills you need to perform well in your job now? For the next 1-2 years?
- More than one in ten (13 percent) are not confident they have the skills to continue to perform well in their current role for the next 1-2 years.
- 97 percent of survey respondents are confident that they have the skills needed to perform well in their current jobs, but fewer (87 percent) are confident they have the skills to perform well in the next 1-2 years.
- Baby Boomers are more confident in their skills than younger generations:
Personal growth is the top driver of developing work-related skills.
What are the top reasons why you want to develop your work-related skills?
- Workers want to develop their work-related skills to expand their personal growth and development (70 percent) and to perform at a higher level in their current role (60 percent).
- Only 31 percent wanted to do so to get a promotion.
Many employees take their learning and development into their own hands.
How do you communicate your need to develop skills and capabilities with your current employer?
- While managers still play a key role in development for employees (58 percent share their development needs with their manager), 57 percent of employees design their own learning and development plans.
- Only 20 percent update an online employee profile and development plan.
Employees are learning from free online resources.
What resources do you use most often to develop work-related knowledge and skills? Which are most effective?
- Free external resources (TED Talks, YouTube, LinkedIn Learning) are used most often (65 percent), but only 44 percent of respondents find them effective.
- 58 percent use employer provided training resources (courses, simulations, materials), but only 46 percent find them effective.
- Less than a quarter (23 percent) use employer-provided experiential development (gigs, projects, rotations), but 35 percent find them effective.
Senior-level staff are less likely to use employer-provided resources, and less likely to find them effective.
What resources do you use most often to develop work-related knowledge and skills? Which are most effective?
- The higher you are in an organization, the less likely you are to use employer-provided resources.
- The perceived effectiveness of employer-provided resources decreases dramatically as you move up in the organization:
Employees think leadership, critical thinking, and adaptability will be the most important skills for the future.
Which of the following non-technical, personal skills will be important for your future job opportunities and career success?
- Top three skills overall:
- Bottom 3 skills overall:
- Women think adaptability and agility will be more important (39 percent) than do men (30 percent).
"Employees have made clear their desire to keep learning and growing both within and beyond their current roles," said Jennifer Burnett, Principal of Human Capital, The Conference Board. "It is in the best interest of employers to provide all employees across their business with learning and development opportunities related to business priorities and overall personal growth, whether it's ensuring there are appropriate resources for front-line workers or highlighting the importance of empathy for managers in a hybrid world of work. Creating a culture of learning will not only help your employees flourish but will help your company stay ahead of the rapidly changing business environment."
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Choosing the best Eve Lom skin care solution
Established in 1985, Eve Lom is an established brand that emphasizes performance and natural solutions to boost skin hydration and health. It blends the British spa experience and tradition with nature and scientific research for an innovative approach to skin care. On Dermstore, there is an assortment of Eve Lom products like moisturizers and face masks specially formulated to rejuvenate and renew skin.
Type
Eve Lom first launched with its iconic cleanser, used by celebrities and beauty gurus. Since then, the brand has branched out into the following options, which can be found on Dermstore:
- Facial cleansers: These can clear the skin of any impurities, as well as remove excess oil, waterproof makeup and dirt. They can also exfoliate and tone the skin, leaving it smooth, soft and with a healthy glow.
- Moisturizers: Designed for overnight and daytime use, Eve Lom’s moisturizers use high-grade ingredients to bring back your skin’s natural glow. They also leave the skin feeling rejuvenated and hydrated.
- Face masks: The face masks give you a spa-like experience that strengthens the skin’s natural barrier and promotes an even complexion. They can even help with overstressed or dull skin.
- Peels: Exfoliating peel pads leave the skin refreshed, clean and healthy.
- Serums: Made for the sensitive skin of the face, particularly around the eyes and mouth, Eve Lom’s serums can revitalize the skin and leave it looking youthful.
- Other skin care treatments: On Dermstore, there are also special treatments for the eyes, lips and neck.
Form factor
Similar to other skin care companies, Eve Lom utilizes a myriad of formats for its solutions and treatments. These include:
- Balms and creams — lotions and other moisturizers for the lips, face and eyes.
- Ampoules — small glass capsules with liquid in them.
- Clays — thicker treatments to tone the skin.
- Fluids — this includes oil- and water-based balms, serums and other moisturizers.
- Foams and gels — foaming skin care solutions and gel for the face.
- Mists — gentle spray-on moisturizers.
- Pads and wipes — hydrating, toning pads and wipes for the face.
- Cloths — Muslin cloths to clean the face and remove makeup.
Skin type
Eve Lom has options for all different skin types on Dermstore, including:
- Normal
- Oily
- Combination
- Dry
- Mature
- Sensitive
Many of the brand’s moisturizers, toners and other skin care formats are suitable for one or more skin types. For best results, choose one that specifically indicates your skin type.
Targeted areas
Depending on what you need, chances are Eve Lom on Dermstore has a skin care treatment or solution for you. The brand has collections called:
- Moisture and Radiance
- Cleanse
- Brightening
- Rescue
- Time Retreat
These collections can help with the following:
- Visible pores, acne, breakouts and blemishes
- Dry, peeling or dehydrated skin
- Dull, uneven skin tone or pigmentation
- Oil control
- Wrinkles and fine lines
- Sensitivity or redness
SPF content
Many of Eve Lom’s moisturizers, toners and facial treatments contain SPF content. Dermstore puts organizes the brand’s skin care into the following SPF categories:
- SPF 50+
- SPF 30+
- SPF 15+
- Low SPF
According to MedlinePlus, anything with SPF 30 or higher can provide some protection from the sun. Skin care solutions that have SPF content help to reduce the risk of skin cancer. They also fight premature lines, wrinkles and sunspots and help prevent discoloration, redness or other blemishes while ensuring an even skin tone.
Generally, the higher the SPF content, the more protection it can provide. On their own, skin care products don’t necessarily provide enough protection. But when combined with sunscreen and avoiding direct sun exposure, it can help.
Formula
Eve Lom uses a unique blend of high-quality natural ingredients that nourish and hydrate the skin. This includes:
- Chamomile
- Eucalyptus
- Clove oil
- Cocoa butter
- Mineral oil
- Algae extract
- Amino acids
- Beeswax
- Lactic acid
- Honey
- Retinol
- Olive oil
- Other herbal or floral extracts
Many of the brand’s skin care items are free from harmful additives. This includes sulfates, phthalates, sulfates and artificial fragrances.
8 best Eve Lom products on Dermstore
Safe for any skin type, this facial cleanser can hydrate the skin for up to 12 hours after application. It also leaves the skin looking and feeling healthier and smoother within a week.
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Eve Lom Time Retreat Intensive Night Cream
Formulated for nighttime use, this soothing cream can protect the face and hands against free radicals, as well as strengthen the skin barrier. It contains ingredients such as aloe vera and retinol to replenish moisture and fight premature signs of aging.
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This face mask leaves the skin feeling rejuvenated, improves complexion and brings about a healthy glow. It’s also great for alleviating stressed or inflamed skin.
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Eve Lom Daily Protection Broad Spectrum Sunscreen SPF Plus 50
Available in a 1.6 fluid ounce container, this sunscreen is gentle enough for sensitive skin. It contains SPF 50+, which can help prevent wrinkles and redness caused by the sun. It can also protect the skin against harmful pollutants and free radicals.
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Eve Lom Foaming Cream Cleanser
This foaming cleanser hydrates the skin for up to 12 hours and can leave it feeling smoother and rejuvenated within a week.
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Eve Lom Time Retreat Face Treatment
This face treatment contains ingredients such as retinol which can stimulate the production of collagen. It also has microalgae and niacinamide, which lessen the appearance of fine lines and improve the skin’s natural elasticity.
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This four-piece set includes a face cleanser, moisture cream, radiance essence and muslin cloth. As a whole, it’s safe for any skin type and can hydrate, smooth, cleanse, tone and rejuvenate the skin. The moisture cream and essence leave the skin feeling hydrated for up to 72 hours.
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Each of these high-quality muslin cloths gently exfoliates the skin to cleanse it, remove makeup and even improve blood circulation. They work well with everything from moisturizers to serums.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. , May 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, May 13, 2022, a Morgan County Circuit Court jury returned a verdict awarding $25,000,000.00 in damages to local resident Anthony Bearden, Jr., represented by Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys, who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when he was struck by a vehicle driven by Floyd Young, another local resident.
The case was tried for four days by attorneys Brandon Bishop and Andrew Moak of Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys, P.C.
"We are extremely proud of our incredible attorneys, Andrew Moak and Brandon Bishop, and their stellar execution to obtain the recent verdict on behalf of our client, Anthony Bearden," states Alexander Shunnarah, Founder and CEO of Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys. "We are thankful for the citizens and jury that understood the facts of this tragic case and did the right thing by awarding our client what he deserved."
At approximately 8:15 P.M. on July 31, 2019, Anthony Bearden was walking to a nearby store in his neighborhood when he was struck by Floyd Young's vehicle, causing brain hemorrhages that left Bearden with serious and permanent physical and mental deficits.
At the time of the crash, Young was driving distracted and at an unsafe speed. The defense attorneys argued that Bearden was not visible and caused his own injuries.
Attorney Brandon Bishop states, "We gave Farmers Insurance Company a full opportunity to settle Anthony's case before we filed a lawsuit against their insured, Floyd Young. Instead, Farmers chose to refuse to pay Anthony's claim. Clearly, the jury agreed with us that distracted driving is not to be tolerated, and we are grateful that they did."
"Nobody deserved this verdict more than Anthony Bearden, whose injuries have devastated his entire family," states Attorney Andrew Moak.
The jury deliberated for approximately three hours before returning their unanimous verdict for $25,000,000.00, finding that Floyd Young was responsible for Anthony Bearden's medical bills, his permanent injuries, his physical pain and suffering and mental anguish that were consequences of his injuries. Young was insured by Farmers Insurance Company and defended at trial by Ronald Gault of the Birmingham law firm Gaines, Gault, Hendrix.
For more information about this awarded verdict, please contact Krista Conlin at krista@kcprojects.net.
About Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys is committed to protecting the legal right to be compensated for individuals who have suffered loss, accidents, or injuries the chance to rebuild their lives after misfortune. The practice was founded on the belief that the civil jury system is the best means to provide compensation and deter wrongdoers from injuring others in the future. With over 500 attorneys and staff, the firm has a vast knowledge and experience in handling all types of claims for clients who have been injured. The firm consistently recovers substantial settlements in lawsuits involving personal injury, auto accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, wrongful death, social security disability, pharmaceutical litigation, drug recalls, medical devices, and mass torts throughout the United States. The premier, award-winning, and nationally recognized firm has represented over 60,000 clients and recovered over $1 billion for them to date. The firm prides itself on providing outstanding legal advice and excellent representation for their clients.
For more information, contact:
Krista@KCProjects.net
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., June 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Business Intelligence Group announced today that BHG Financial Information Security Department has won the 2022 Fortress Cyber Security Awards in the organizational excellence category. This global community of cyber security experts created the awards program to focus on identifying and rewarding the world's leading companies working to keep data and electronic assets safe amid a growing threat from hackers.
BHG Financial is the leader in unsecured business and personal loans, and the creator of one of the largest community bank loan and product networks in the country. Powered by data, analytics, and technology, BHG Financial is constantly pushing the limits of innovation to help its clients succeed.
"Data security is at the forefront of everything we do," said Fred Hamilton, CISO of BHG Financial. "For that reason, BHG Financial's Information Security Program has grown exponentially within the past year. We are honored to be recognized for this award, for us it further reinforces our dedication to keeping the data of our employees and customers safe."
BHG's Information Security Department is continuously evolving to meet the needs of a rapidly growing organization. Through a significant investment in people and resources, BHG Financial remains committed to data security as the company's top priority.
"We are so proud to name BHG Financial Information Security Team as a winner in the 2021 Fortress Cyber Security Awards program," said Maria Jimenez, Chief Nominations Officer, Business Intelligence Group. "As our society continues to evolve and become more reliant on networks and data, companies like BHG Financial are critical at providing the protection and trust consumers demand."
For information about the BHG Financial please visit bhgfinancial.com. For information about the annual Fortress Cyber Security Awards, please visit https://www.bintelligence.com/fortress-cyber-security-awards.
About BHG Financial
BHG Financial is transforming the financial industry, leveraging the power of data, analytics, and cutting-edge technology to become not only one of the best sources for high-performing loans, but the creator of one of the largest community bank loan and product networks in the country.
Since 2001, BHG has originated more than $11 billion in loan solutions to top-quality borrowers, which community and midsize banks can access via a state-of-the-art loan delivery platform.
BHG Financials' dedication to providing services that meet the needs of its clients has led to the creation of a full family of brands that range from business, consumer, and SBA 7(a) loans to credit cards, collection services, risk management services, and point-of-sale financing.
With record growth year after year, BHG continues to be recognized regionally and nationally: earning a spot on the Inc. 5000 for 14 years running and receiving accolades from Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine, among others.
BHG Financial is partially owned by Pinnacle Bank (PNFP) and has headquarters in Davie, FL and Syracuse, NY. To represent the company's growth and dedication to continuously expanding their services, Bankers Healthcare Group became BHG Financial in 2021.
Find out more about the company's financial solutions on https://bhgfinancial.com. For more information about the BHG Bank Network, click here. Follow BHG on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
About Business Intelligence Group www.bintelligence.com
The Business Intelligence Group was founded with the mission of recognizing true talent and superior performance in the business world. Unlike other industry award programs, these programs are judged by business executives having experience and knowledge. The organization's proprietary and unique scoring system selectively measures performance across multiple business domains and rewards those companies whose achievements stand above those of their peers.
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Business Intelligence Group
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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) reported revenue totaling $4.21 billion for the quarter ending June 30, 2022, compared to $4.49 billion for the corresponding period in 2021.
Net income attributable to DISH Network totaled $523 million for the second quarter 2022, compared to $671 million for the year-ago quarter.
Diluted earnings per share were $0.82 for the second quarter, compared to $1.06 per share during the same period in 2021.
Pay-TV
Net pay-TV subscribers decreased approximately 257,000 in the second quarter, compared to a net decrease of approximately 67,000 in the year-ago quarter.
The company closed the quarter with 9.99 million pay-TV subscribers, including 7.79 million DISH TV subscribers and 2.20 million SLING TV subscribers.
Wireless
Retail wireless net subscribers decreased by approximately 210,000 in the second quarter, compared to a net decrease of 201,000 in the year-ago quarter.
The company closed the quarter with 7.87 million retail wireless subscribers.
Additional Details
Detailed financial data and other information are available in DISH Network's Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2022, filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. DISH Network will host its second quarter 2022 financial results conference call today at noon ET.
Participant conference numbers: (800) 289-0720 (U.S.) and (323) 701-0160; Conference ID: 4146227.
A webcast replay will be available on DISH's Investor Relations website at http://ir.dish.com, and will remain available for 48 hours.
About DISH
DISH Network Corporation is a connectivity company. Since 1980, it has served as a disruptive force, driving innovation and value on behalf of consumers. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides television entertainment and award-winning technology to millions of customers with its satellite DISH TV and streaming SLING TV services. In 2020, the company became a nationwide U.S. wireless carrier through the acquisition of Boost Mobile. DISH continues to innovate in wireless, building the nation's first virtualized, O-RAN 5G broadband network. DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) is a Fortune 200 company.
For company information, visit about.dish.com
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ATHENS, Ga. and LOS GATOS, Calif., June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CyanVac LLC, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing intranasal vaccines using a proprietary transformational parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5)-based vector, today announced preclinical data in a hamster model using CVXGA1, a COVID-19 vaccine candidate currently in Phase 1 clinical trials. The data show that CVXGA1, which expresses the Spike protein from the original strain (WA1) of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19 disease), provides broad protection against other SARS-CoV-2 strains including alpha, delta and omicron variants. In the hamster model, a single intranasal dose of CVXGA1 induced broad serum neutralizing antibodies against, and protected animals against disease challenge by, the WA1 and other strains. In addition, hamsters that received CVXGA1 as a single intranasal booster dose after two doses of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine had higher levels of neutralizing antibodies against multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains than hamsters who were boosted with a third mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine dose, and were also better protected against viral challenge.
The manuscript describing these data, entitled "Efficacy of Parainfluenza Virus 5 (PIV5)-vectored Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine as a Single Dose Vaccine and as a Booster against SARS-CoV-2 Variants," is available on a preprint server at https://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.06.07.495215v1 and has been submitted for potential publication in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
"We are excited to see that our intranasal vaccine candidate, though based on the ancestral strain, can provide broad protection against different SARS-CoV-2 variants," said Dr. Biao He, founder and CEO of CyanVac. "What's more, it provides robust protection when used as a single dose booster for previously vaccinated hamsters. If similar effects are seen in humans, it could make our PIV5-based intranasal COVID-19 vaccine a compelling alternative to injectable vaccines."
"This work also highlights the 'plug and play' capabilities of our proprietary PIV5 platform," said Hong Jin, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of CyanVac. "We have successfully generated and tested additional candidate vaccines encoding the Spike protein from variants like delta and omicron, and also a candidate vaccine that encodes both the COVID Spike and nucleocapsid proteins. This demonstrates that we can rapidly respond to emerging variants."
In the preclinical studies, hamsters were immunized with a single intranasal dose of CVXGA1, and levels of serum neutralizing antibodies against WA1, delta, and omicron were measured at 36 days and 108 days after immunization. Robust neutralizing antibody responses against all three strains were observed at both time points. Additional hamsters were immunized with CVXGA1 followed by challenge with the WA1, alpha, or delta strain. CVXGA1 protected against disease from all three strains, as assessed by change in body weight during the first 5 days after challenge, and by measurement of viral load in the lungs at day 5 by quantitative PCR and plaque assay for infectious virus. (Note that challenge infection using an omicron strain was not performed because omicron is less virulent than the other strains in hamsters.)
In addition, the ability of CVXGA1 to serve as a booster for mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines was investigated. Hamsters were immunized with two doses of an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine 28 days apart. On day 91 after the initial immunization, the animals received a booster dose of either the same mRNA-based vaccine, a placebo, or an intranasal PIV5-based COVID-19 vaccine (CVXGA1 or other experimental vaccine). Serum neutralizing antibody responses against WA1, delta, and omicron (assessed at day 108) were more than seven-fold greater in the CVXGA1-boosted animals than in those that were boosted with the mRNA-based vaccine. When challenged with a SARS-CoV-2 delta variant on day 116, the CVXGA1-immunized animals were better protected against COVID-19 disease than animals that had been boosted with the mRNA-based vaccine, as assessed by change in body weight over 5 days post-challenge and viral load in lung homogenate by quantitative PCR.
CVXGA1 is currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of a single intranasal dose. The trial is led by principal investigator Paul Spearman, MD, Albert B. Sabin Professor and Director of Infectious Diseases at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
CVXGA1 is a clinical-stage COVID-19 vaccine candidate based on CyanVac's proprietary parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5) vector that encodes the spike (S) protein of SARS-CoV-2. The PIV5 vector itself is a respiratory virus that is not known to cause disease in humans, although it has been commonly administered to dogs as part of combination distemper / kennel cough vaccines for decades. CyanVac and its subsidiary, Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., are developing CVXGA1 as a single dose, intranasal vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection and serious complications associated with COVID-19. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that CVXGA1 is immunogenic, protective, and prevents contact transmission of SARS-CoV-2.
Learn more about the ongoing Phase 1 clinical trial of CVXGA1 at https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05281263
CyanVac LLC and its subsidiary, Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc., are technology-driven companies developing lifesaving vaccines based on a proprietary PIV5 vaccine platform licensed from the University of Georgia. Our lead COVID-19 vaccine program is in Phase 1 clinical trials. Our second program targeting respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) will soon initiate a first-in-man Phase 1 study and has been granted Fast Track designation by FDA. In addition, the companies have early-stage proof of concept vaccine programs targeting norovirus and Lyme disease. CyanVac and Blue Lake Biotechnology are headquartered in Athens, Georgia, with a second site in Los Gatos, California.
Learn more at https://www.cyanvacllc.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including with respect to the clinical development of CVXGA1 for COVID-19, a prophylactic vaccine to prevent COVID-19, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, but not limited to the timing and success of clinical trials and potential complications thereof; the ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval; the labeling for any approved product; the scope, progress and expansion of developing and commercializing a product candidate; the size and growth of the market(s) and the rate and degree of market acceptance thereof vis-à-vis alternative therapies; the establishment and maintenance of any applicable collaborations; and the ability to achieve business development transactions on favorable terms to the Company, if at all. In light of these risks and uncertainties, the events and circumstances discussed in such forward-looking statements or which are other made by or on behalf of CyanVac and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology may not occur, and CyanVac's and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology's actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied thereby. Factors which may affect CyanVac's and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology's results include, but are not limited to, uncertainties and/or unexpected results related to research and development and clinical testing, the timing, costs and uncertainty of obtaining any required regulatory approvals, changes in the regulatory landscape, uncertainties related to obtaining additional capital as needed to meet CyanVac's and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology's needs on acceptable terms, or at all, the absence of any guarantee of product demand, market acceptance or competitive advantage for any of CyanVac's and/or Blue Lake Biotechnology's product candidates, if approved, and certain trade, legal, social and economic risks. Any forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date of this press release and are based on information available to CyanVac as of the date of this release, and neither CyanVac nor Blue Lake Biotechnology has any obligation to update or revise any such forward-looking statement.
CONTACTS:
CyanVac LLC and Blue Lake Biotechnology, Inc.
Gary Titus
Chief Financial Officer
gtitus@cyanvacllc.com
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(WGN) – Players and fans will soon be dealing with a few new rules at Major League Baseball games.
MLB announced three major rule changes for the 2023 season, each of which was approved by a majority vote of the league’s competition committee on Friday.
The changes, according to MLB, are designed to improve safety and the pace of games. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said each new rule had been “thoroughly tested and refined” in the minor leagues for years.
“We’ve conducted thorough and ongoing research with our fans, and certain things are really clear,” said Manfred at a press conference on Friday. “Number 1, fans want games with better pace. Two, fans want more action, more balls in play. And three, fans want to see more of the athleticism of our great players.”
To achieve this, MLB officials voted in favor of three rule changes:
- Pitch Clock
The league will now time pitchers on the mound, requiring that they start the throwing motion to the plate within 15 seconds of each pitch when the bases are empty and 20 seconds when there are runners on-base. A pitcher can disengage with the rubber twice during an at-bat — any more than that will result in a balk. Hitters have to be in the batter’s box within 8 seconds of the start of the clock, and are allowed one timeout per at-bat.
- Shift Ban
Two infielders must be on each side of second base when a pitch is thrown, and each infielder must have both feet on the outer boundary of the infield when the pitcher is on the rubber. Also, infielders can’t switch sides unless there is a substitution.
- Bigger Bases
Starting in 2023, the size of first, second, and third base will increase from 15 inches to 18 inches in what the league says is a move for player safety.
A full explanation of the new rules for 2023 can be viewed at MLB.com.
Not everyone in the Major League is a fan the new rules, however. The Major League Baseball Player’s Association, the collective bargaining group for MLB players, released a statement shortly after the new rules were passed, saying that the players on the competition committee voted against both the pitch clock and the shift ban. | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/pitch-clocks-and-bigger-bases-mlb-announces-major-rule-changes-for-2023-season/ | 2022-09-10T14:47:52Z |
HARTFORD, Conn., June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II (NYSE: NCZ), announced today that it has declared a $0.34375 per share cash distribution payable on June 30, 2022 to Series A cumulative preferred shareholders of record on June 13, 2022.
The Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NCZ PR A, are rated "A" by Fitch Ratings and have an annual dividend rate of $1.375 per share. The 4,360,000 Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares were issued September 11, 2018 at $25.00 per share and pay distributions quarterly. This distribution represents the accrual period from April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022. The Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares will be callable at any time at the liquidation value of $25.00 per share plus accrued dividends from and after the expiration of a five-year non-call period on September 11, 2023.
About the Fund
Virtus AllianzGI Convertible & Income Fund II has an investment objective to provide total return through a combination of capital appreciation and high current income. Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. has been the investment adviser of the fund since February 1, 2021 and Allianz Global Investors manages the fund in a subadvisory capacity. For more information on this fund, contact shareholder services at 800-254-5197, by email at closedendfunds@virtus.com, or through the closed-end fund section on the web at www.virtus.com.
Fund Risks
An investment in a fund is subject to risk, including the risk of possible loss of principal. A fund's shares may be worth less upon their sale than what an investor paid for them. Shares of closed-end funds may trade at a premium or discount to their net asset value. For more information about each fund's investment objective and risks, please see the fund's annual report. A copy of the fund's most recent annual report may be obtained free of charge by contacting "Shareholder Services" as set forth at the end of this press release.
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‘The Office’ and ‘Anchorman’ actor arrested during drive to Comic Con event
LAWRENCE COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) – Actor David Koechner was arrested in Ohio earlier this month on his way to a Comic Con event. He’s accused of driving while impaired, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Koechner is known for his role as sportscaster Champ Kind in the “Anchorman” franchise and also as Todd Packer in “The Office.”
Bodycam video from the night of the arrest shows a deputy explaining to a trooper he pulled over the vehicle for lane violations, WXIX reports.
The deputy told the trooper the driver said he was going to a Comic Con event in Huntington, West Virginia.
In the video, you can see the trooper go up to the driver’s side window and begin talking to the actor.
It didn’t take the trooper long to ask the driver what his last name is. The man said, “Koechner,” to which the trooper replies, “I know who you are.”
The actor told the deputy he was coming from the airport and only had one beer before driving.
Koechner is seen in the video released by OSHP going through several field sobriety attests.
The California native told the trooper this is his second operating a motor vehicle while impaired charge in the past six months.
Koechner could face a mandatory jail term of three consecutive days, with a maximum prison sentence of six months if he is found guilty, under Ohio law.
Someone who is convicted of operating a vehicle while impaired also faces a fine of up to $1,000 and undergoes 500 hours of community service and go through a drivers’ intervention program.
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More US lawmakers visiting Taiwan 12 days after Pelosi trip
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A delegation of American lawmakers is visiting Taiwan just 12 days after a visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that angered China.
The five-member delegation, led by Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, will meet senior leaders to discuss U.S.-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade, investment and other issues, the American Institute in Taiwan said. The institute represents the U.S. government, which does not have official ties with Taiwan.
China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its territory, responded to Pelosi’s Aug. 2 visit by sending missiles, warships and warplanes into the seas and skies around Taiwan for several days afterward. The Chinese government objects to Taiwan having any official contact with foreign governments, particularly with a high-ranking congressional leader like Pelosi.
A Taiwanese broadcaster showed video of a U.S. government plane landing about 7 p.m. Sunday at Songshan Airport in Taipei, the Taiwanese capital. While it wasn’t confirmed who was on board, the American Institute issued a brief statement soon after announcing the delegation would be in Taiwan on Sunday and Monday as part of a trip to Asia.
The other members of the delegation are Republican Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a delegate from American Samoa, and Democratic House members John Garamendi and Alan Lowenthal from California and Don Beyer from Virginia.
Chinese warplanes have been crossing the midpoint of the Taiwan Strait on a daily basis even after the conclusion of the military exercises, with at least 10 doing so on Sunday, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said.
The 10 fighter jets were among 22 Chinese military aircraft and six naval ships detected in the area around Taiwan by 5 p.m. on Sunday, the ministry said on its Twitter account.
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Upgrade to Calyx RIM on Microsoft Azure drives efficiencies and patient safety
NOTTINGHAM, England and MORRISVILLE, N.C., Aug. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Calyx, the eClinical and Regulatory solutions and services provider relied on for solving complex data challenges in clinical research, today announced that long-term client, Krka – one of the world's leading generic pharmaceutical companies – is expanding its investment in the Calyx Regulatory Information Management (RIM) system for an additional five years.
"We chose to continue our relationship with Calyx based on our successful experience working with their regulatory experts over the past decade, and our trust in the robustness of the Calyx RIM system," said Krka. "We're excited about the investment Calyx has made in innovating the system with reliable cloud technology, which will help us to ensure patient safety, even during system updates."
Since 2011, Krka has relied on Calyx RIM to comply with increasingly complex global publishing requirements and for the management and tracking of detailed product information, registrations, and authorizations. Krka's contract extension includes an upgrade to Calyx RIM on Microsoft Azure for increased efficiencies, including simplified activities and tailored, direct delivery of system updates to minimize operational disruptions.
"We value the trust that Krka continues to place in Calyx RIM and are delighted to extend our relationship as they strive to comply with evolving worldwide regulations and ensure patient access to much needed medical treatments," said Jo English, Vice President, Regulatory Information Management, Calyx
More than 20 million regulatory records have been seamlessly migrated into the Calyx RIM system, representing over 1 million global submissions to date. Notably, over 100 COVID-19 vaccine authorizations have been granted by worldwide regulatory bodies based on clinical trial data submitted via Calyx RIM.
Click here for more information on the benefits of Calyx RIM.
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Through innovative eClinical and Regulatory solutions and services, Calyx turns the uncertain into the reliable, helping bring new medical treatments to market reliably. With deep expertise in clinical development and 30 years supporting trial sponsors and clinical research organizations, Calyx harnesses its intelligence and experience to solve complex problems, deliver fast insights, and get new drugs to market every day.
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About Krka
Krka (LJSE: KRKG) was established in 1954 and has developed into one of the leading generic pharmaceutical companies in wider Europe. Globally, it ranks among the top 20 generic companies, and is present in overseas markets and Asia. Krka has a broad portfolio of effective and innovative medicines and a strong development pipeline of 170 products. Krka's medicines are available in unique strengths and combinations, innovative dosage forms, including sustained release dosage forms, and are manufactured in advanced and patented technological processes. Our flexibility allows us to be agile and first to market. Krka has grown to become an international company with 12 thousand employees and global presence in more than 70 markets around the world. In addition to the 47 subsidiaries and representative offices abroad, the company's international presence is consolidated through its own production plants in Slovenia, Poland, the Russian Federation, Croatia, Germany, and now in China. Krka's products are marketed under our own brand names, ensuring market recognition. New products are constantly being added to the wide Krka product range, reinforcing the company's ability to enter new therapeutic areas. Krka's group business model is based on a high degree of vertical integration at all levels of its operation.
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Tapping into a new hospitality movement, diners can order and pay faster with me&u's cutting-edge technology
NEW YORK, July 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global hospitality technology scale-up me&u doubles down on its presence in the U.S. market. Spearheading the digital evolution of the hospitality industry, Australian-founded me&u is the leader in at-table ordering, with personalization and A.I. driving adoption and usage across more than 15 million customers globally.
Since its inception over four years ago, me&u has been delivering world-class experiences in hospitality transformation and innovation. Already providing close to 30 percent revenue growth for venue operators around the world, the order and pay company has received strong investor backing from senior executives at Meta, Afterpay, Uber, Google and LinkedIn.
Creating waves in the U.S., current venues partnering with the hospitality disruptor are seeing up to 15 percent increase in tips for their staff through the platform's enhanced tipping feature and faster table turnover. Notable restaurant groups and bars across the U.S. that have signed on with me&u platform, integrating with their existing Point Of Sales (P.O.S) systems, include Texas-based Truck Yard, Treaty Oak Distilling, Hat Creek Burger Company and Chicken N Pickle.
me&u is committed to tackling some of the biggest issues the hospitality industry faces. With its growing presence in the U.S., it counts itself as a trusted partner to leading industry associations and guilds, including MVP partner of The Texas Restaurant Association (TRA).
To drive this momentum forward, the at-table ordering leader has also bolstered its leadership team on the ground with two key hires, including Brian Duncan as VP of sales and Eric Seymour as head of business development.
Established in 2017 by Australian hospitality entrepreneur Stevan Premutico, me&u was born out of the belief that through innovation and investment in the right technology, hospitality workers can be supported to deliver a higher level of service and customer satisfaction.
"Having witnessed rapid growth and success in the Australian market, I am thrilled to grow our offering across North America," said Premutico. "With the sector being one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, many forces have been at play to accelerate change within the restaurant industry. Convenience, driven by a digital first approach has found a permanent seat at the table across the global hospitality landscape."
The web-based platform gives diners the flexibility to order what they want, when they want, and with contactless payment via their smartphones. For operators, it takes care of the basics like ordering and payment, allowing staff to spend more quality time getting to know their customers. As part of its comprehensive onboarding process for partners, me&u helps with creating digital versions of menus, offers professional food photography services, and hosts training sessions.
"We have seen firsthand that great technology can co-exist alongside magical customer experiences," says Premutico. "I am delighted to be able to play a part in converging great tech with great human experiences to co-exist and create space for the moments and memories that matter most."
With over 125 team members based all over the world, thousands of partners, and more than two million magical moments created each month, me&u is committed to building a better future for hospitality.
Leading hospitality technology scale-up, me&u is on a mission to transform the global hospitality industry for the better. Founded in 2017, me&u was conceptualized by Founder Stevan Premutico, to transform the traditional ordering experience in a bid to solve the deep rooted structural issues that have been the Achilles heel of the hospitality industry for decades. me&u's smart technology and human-led value systems are at the core of driving this transformation by offering highly personalized ordering experiences and payment options for both customers and venues around the world.
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Gas prices still dropping in Florida
TAMPA, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida gas prices continues to drop through the Fourth of July holiday weekend, even as a record number of Americans were expected to take a road trip.
The average price for gasoline in Florida was $4.54 per gallon on Tuesday. The state average has declined nearly 10 cents since last week and has dropped a total of 35 cents through the past three weeks.
“Gas prices are being dragged lower by falling crude oil prices, which suffered steep losses Tuesday, on worries of a global economic slowdown,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA - The Auto Club Group. “If these futures price drops hold, drivers could see Florida gas prices drift back below $4.10 per gallon.”
But there are no guarantees. “This is still an extremely volatile fuel market, and we’ve seen oil prices rebound so many times in the past several months,” he said.
Over the holiday weekend, drivers found the most expensive Independence Day gas prices on record. The average price on July 4 was $4.55 per gallon. That’s $1.54 per gallon more than last year’s holiday, and 49 cents per gallon more than the previous record-high of $4.06 per gallon - set back on July 4, 2008.
Regional Prices
Most expensive metro markets – West Palm Beach-Boca Raton ($4.72), Naples ($4.64), Miami ($4.63)
Least expensive metro markets – Crestview-Fort Walton Beach ($4.38), Panama City ($4.43), Melbourne-Titusville ($4.44)
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SOFIA, Bulgaria, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- StorPool Storage today announced that Namecheap, the world's second-largest domain retailer and global hosting provider, selected its software-defined storage solution as part of a new hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform that increases the speed and reliability of Namecheap's services to better retain and attract customers.
With more than 13 million domains managed and a robust roster of services, Namecheap is a trusted partner for businesses worldwide. The company's legacy architecture consisted of a fleet of bare-metal servers with local storage, which occasionally resulted in "noisy neighbor" issues where some users' workloads consumed too much server resources. This led to the potential of service disruptions for other users and additional problems like single points of failure and downtimes during server upgrades.
Wanting to build a next-generation hosting service with improved availability and reliability, Namecheap chose to go with an HCI deployment with StorPool's software running together with compute workloads on Supermicro servers with 64-core AMD EPYC™ 7742 processors and NVMe SSDs.
"Our highest priority is keeping our customers' data safe and secure," said Max Semenyaka, Technical Operations Manager at Namecheap. "That is why we chose the StorPool solution, based on AMD processors, providing high performance combined with impressive fault tolerance and data availability rates."
The new StorPool-powered solution provides a significant boost in performance and accomplishes positive results in key metrics Namecheap was looking for. The solution delivers exceptional IOPS at low latency while consuming very few CPU cores and memory, enabling effective utilization of the hardware resources.
The new cloud infrastructure delivers the reliability and availability crucial for Namecheap to retain its customers and attract new users. StorPool allows Namecheap to perform planned hardware maintenance with no downtime, speeds up new virtual machine deployments, and ensures maximum performance at scale. Additionally, StorPool's operations team provides timely assistance for all aspects of the storage layer at Namecheap so that its technical team no longer has to maintain the storage system.
"We are pleased that one of the world's largest hosting providers chose us to help them achieve fast and reliable primary storage deployed concurrently with shared hosting workloads," said Boyan Ivanov, CEO and co-founder of StorPool Storage. "Namecheap's decision to move to an advanced HCI architecture based on AMD EPYC™ processors and StorPool's agile storage platform enabled them to achieve a plethora of benefits for their customers."
To learn more about how StorPool helped Namecheap adopt the latest technologies to guarantee better performance and user experience, visit storpool.com/case-studies/Namecheap-AMD
About StorPool Storage
StorPool is a primary storage platform for large-scale cloud infrastructure. It is the easiest way to convert standard servers into primary storage systems. Their team has experience working with various clients - Managed Service Providers, Hosting Service Providers, Cloud Service Providers, enterprises and SaaS vendors. StorPool comes as software, plus a fully managed service that transforms standard hardware into fast, highly available and scalable storage systems.
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Honoring cultural heritage worldwide
LOS ANGELES, April 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Major fair trade handcrafts website NOVICA.com is spearheading a growing global movement to officially establish April 18 as World Artisan Day on calendars worldwide.
"Artisans are uniquely essential to every culture – they are the keepers of our arts," said Roberto Milk, CEO and cofounder of NOVICA.com, adding, "Although international calendars are filled with annual recognition days for many diverse professions, somehow, until now, artisans – the visionaries so central to our cultural identities – have been overlooked."
Today NOVICA launched WorldArtisanDay.org as a permanent global sharing platform where artisans, organizations and the public are invited to create, calendar, post, and share information about events, fairs, and festivals honoring artisans.
NOVICA's eight Artisan Empowerment Hubs around the world will host World Artisan Day events this year – in West Africa, Thailand, Indonesia, Guatemala, Brazil, Peru, Mexico, and India. NOVICA is encouraging others to plan April 18th World Artisan Day events in their towns and cities as well.
"We are thankful NOVICA is pursuing a calendar initiative to create a global World Artisan Day, specifically recognizing and celebrating artisans for their contributions to humanity," said Sabrina Lynn Motley, director of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
Since 1967, Smithsonian has hosted the internationally recognized Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington D.C., a global outdoor festival of "living cultural heritage" attracting approximately one million visitors each summer.
Speaking from Indonesia, jewelry artisan Made Wardika said he plans to attend the World Artisan Day showcase hosted by NOVICA in Bali.
"It is important to establish an official day recognizing artisans for our legacy as historical keepers of culture, ensuring that diverse cultural heritages continue to be handed down and enjoyed through the generations."
In Oaxaca, Mexico, alebrije sculptor Teresa Ojeda concurred. "Establishing World Artisan Day will help ensure the survival of our arts, our family traditions, and our cultural inheritance," the artisan said.
NOVICA.com is the leading online platform for remote artisans around the world to sell handmade fair trade jewelry, apparel, unique gifts and home decor. Founded in 1999 to empower artisans and preserve cultures worldwide, NOVICA is headquartered in Los Angeles with eight Artisan Empowerment Hubs around the world.
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Man exonerated in Malcolm X killing sues NYC for $40 million
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who was exonerated last year in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X has filed a $40 million lawsuit against New York City for the two decades he spent in prison for a notorious crime he did not commit.
Lawyers for 84-year-old Muhammad Aziz filed the lawsuit Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn over Aziz’s wrongful conviction in the murder of Malcolm X, the civil rights leader who urged Black people to seek justice “by any means necessary.”
An additional complaint was filed on behalf of the estate of Khalil Islam, a second man who was wrongly convicted in the assassination.
Malcolm X was shot to death Feb. 21, 1965 at the Audubon Ballroom in upper Manhattan. Aziz and Islam, then known as Norman 3X Butler and Thomas 15X Johnson, and a third man were convicted of murder in March 1966 and sentenced to life in prison.
The third man, Mujahid Abdul Halim, admitted to shooting Malcolm X but said neither Aziz nor Islam was involved. Halim was paroled in 2010.
A Manhattan judge dismissed the convictions of Aziz and Islam in November 2021 after prosecutors said new evidence of witness intimidation and suppression of exculpatory evidence had undermined the case against them. Then-District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. apologized for law enforcement’s “serious, unacceptable violations of law and the public trust.”
Attorneys David Shanies and Deborah Francois said in complaints filed Thursday that both Aziz and Islam were at their homes in the Bronx when Malcolm X was killed.
They said Aziz “spent 20 years in prison for a crime he did not commit and more than 55 years living with the hardship and indignity attendant to being unjustly branded as a convicted murderer of one of the most important civil rights leaders in history.”
Islam spent 22 years in prison and died still hoping to clear his name. “The damage done to Mr. Islam and his family was immense and irreparable,” the lawyers wrote.
A spokesperson for New York City’s law department referred a request for comment to Mayor Eric Adams, who said in a statement, “As someone who has fought for a fairer criminal justice system for my entire career, I believe the overturning of Mr. Aziz and Mr. Islam’s convictions was the just outcome. We are reviewing this lawsuit.”
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STUART, Fla., July 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Stuart Therapeutics, Inc. (Stuart), a clinical stage company headquartered in Stuart, Florida that is developing advanced ophthalmic therapeutics, announced today the results of its Type C Guidance meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the continued development plan for ST-100, Stuart's first drug candidate for the treatment of Dry Eye Disease (DED) in humans. Stuart provided the FDA with the results of the ST-100 Phase 2 clinical trial, completed late last year, and asked for the agency's guidance relating to the company's proposed next steps, including a Phase 3 clinical trial and associated endpoints for ST-100. The FDA provided Stuart with its acceptance of the company's plan to conduct a Phase 3 trial for ST-100, along with approval of the proposed endpoints which include a single primary endpoint (Schirmer's Responder Rate) and a series of secondary endpoints proposed by the company. In addition, the FDA accepted the overall development plan proposed by Stuart.
Based on the FDA's positive response to Stuart's Type C meeting submittal, the company anticipates proceeding with a Phase 3 clinical trial on ST-100 in early 2023.
"The FDA feedback we received is welcome and allows us to proceed as planned to a Phase 3 clinical trial for ST-100 in the first quarter of 2023. The clarity of the results we achieved in a small population (160 patients) Phase 2 trial late last year puts us in a strong position. The rapid, systematic Schirmer's test results, achieved in 28 days, coupled with strong symptom relief at day 14, position ST-100 as a potential leader in the treatment of ocular surface disease," said Bob Baratta, MD, Chairman and Chief Medical Officer of Stuart.
ST-100 is an eyedrop formulation that is based on Stuart's patented Collagen Mimetic Peptide platform, PolyCol™ (PolyCol). Pre-clinical animal testing has demonstrated that ST-100 provides rapid repair of damaged corneal epithelial and sub-epithelial tissues in the eye, coupled with restoration and protection of corneal nerve structures, making it an ideal therapeutic candidate for DED and possibly for other ocular surface indications. Stuart believes that ST-100 should be broadly applicable to the estimated 30 million sufferers of dry eye disease in the United States, due to ST-100's apparent ability to alleviate painful eye surface damage that is a hallmark of DED. "The result of this meeting with the FDA is that Stuart can move quickly into a larger (300+ patients) Phase 3 clinical trial to further demonstrate the safety and efficacy of ST-100 for the treatment of dry eye disease. This outcome represents continued confirmation of the success of our strategy to move ST-100 through the clinical trial process, and we thank the Stuart development team and our outside partners and advisors for the part they played in bringing us to this point," said Eric Schlumpf, President & CEO of Stuart Therapeutics.
About Stuart Therapeutics:
Stuart Therapeutics is a clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of PolyCol, a collagen mimetic peptide therapeutic platform. The company is developing a variety of anterior and posterior segment ophthalmologic applications based on the PolyCol technology.
ST-100 is a candidate therapeutic that is in pre-clinical evaluation and has not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in treating, preventing, curing or diagnosing any disease or disorder. Similarly, the statements contained in this Announcement have not been evaluated by the FDA and may be considered "forward-looking statements" under applicable securities laws. Such forward-looking statements necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which may cause actual performance and financial results in future periods to differ materially from any projections of future performance or result expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although forward-looking statements contained in this presentation are based upon what management of Stuart Therapeutics believes are reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Stuart Therapeutics undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change except as required by applicable securities laws. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
Contact: Eric Schlumpf, eric@stuarttherapeutics.com
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Asurion® Repair Experts Provide Fast Fixes on Phones, Tablets, Laptops, and More
SAUGUS, Mass., June 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A new electronics repair shop, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, has opened in Saugus at 855 Broadway #3. The store offers professional fixes for most consumer electronics, from smartphones, tablets, and computers to game consoles, smart speakers, drones, and more. The store will host a grand opening celebration on June 25 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., featuring discounts, giveaways, refreshments, and more.
While common repairs include cracked screens, battery issues, and water damage, the company's repair experts have fixed millions of devices and can help with most any tech mishap, and many basic repairs can be completed in two hours or less.
"Technology services can be frustrating and highly inconvenient for customers, so we're aiming to make a difference in the device repair industry through Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions," said Will Chin, Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions District Manager. "I look forward to offering top-notch service to customers in this community and hope to become their go-to when electronics break."
The store's expert repair technicians fix all kinds of technology, regardless of make or model, and the store is an authorized repair provider for Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel smartphones. Customers can book a repair appointment online or stop by the store for walk-in service. The store offers free, no-obligation diagnostics on all gadgets, as well as a 1-year limited warranty on all repairs. It even offers a price match guarantee on any local competitor's regularly published price for the same repair.
The new Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions store brings the company's retail footprint to more than 800 locations across the U.S. Formerly known as uBreakiFix®, all U.S. locations will rebrand as Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions throughout 2022.
"We are excited to serve people in Saugus with fast and affordable tech repair," said Dave Barbuto, CEO of Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions. "We all rely on our phones and laptops more than ever before, and our mission is bigger than repairing shattered screens and broken charge ports. We fix tech because people depend on it to stay connected to things that are important to them. I look forward to serving this community through our new location."
The new store is located at:
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions
855 Broadway #3, Saugus, MA 01906
(781) 417-1084
Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions™, formerly known as uBreakiFix®, is the retail brand operated and franchised by a subsidiary of tech care company Asurion®. As the world's leading tech care company, Asurion eliminates the fears and frustrations associated with technology to ensure its 300 million customers get the most out of their devices, appliances, and connections. Asurion Tech Repair & Solutions stores specialize in the repair of consumer technology, including smartphones, game consoles, tablets, computers, and nearly everything in between. Asurion Tech Repair and Solutions repair experts fix cracked screens, software issues, camera issues, and most other tech mishaps at more than 700 stores across the U.S. The stores provide fast, affordable fixes for nearly any device type, regardless of make or model, including authorized repairs for Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones.
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Milestone Year Continues for Mobile Leather, Plastic, Vinyl, Fabric and Upholstery Repair Franchise
BLACK DIAMOND, AB, Sept. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fibrenew, the world's largest leather, plastic and vinyl restoration franchise, is proud to announce today the brand has surpassed a milestone 300 locations. With its latest training class graduation in August, Fibrenew now has 301 locations across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia. The brand continues to eclipse other franchise concepts through sustained, thoughtful growth - further anchoring itself among franchising elites.
In its nearly four decades of existence, Fibrenew has seen substantial growth despite a variety of economic challenges which has cemented its legacy as a sustainable brand. With these newest additions, Fibrenew joins an elite group of brands that have more than 300 franchise locations, as Franchise Performance Group reports just 10% of existing franchise brands reach this mark.
"Reaching and exceeding the 300 locations mark is an exciting and humbling accomplishment," said Fibrenew's President Jesse Johnstone. "This was truly a team effort that wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for our hard-working franchise partners who put their trust in us, along with our dedicated head office team, talented franchise consultants, and of course our loyal customers to welcome our technicians into their homes and businesses."
This milestone comes on the heels of an impressive second quarter which brought the brand a total of 13 franchises across 9 states and 2 Canadian provinces. The brand was also named among the list of "Top 100 Recession-Proof Businesses" by Franchise Business Review thanks to its exceptional satisfaction of training and support, products and services, and overall enjoyment of its franchisees.
Fibrenew will celebrate this milestone moment with its franchisees as it hosts its international convention in Nashville this month. During the conference, the brand will also take the time to recognize its standout franchisees who have shown stellar performance in their locations. As franchisees look to continue to develop their businesses, they can turn to Fibrenew's latest podcast Fibrenew Business Models. The mini-series showcases the various types of business models within Fibrenew, featuring the advice and business insights of franchisees who have grown their location's annual revenue at exponential rates.
Fibrenew is a leading mobile service franchise that specializes in the repair, restoration, and renewal of leather, plastic, vinyl, fabric, and upholstery. With a rich history that dates back to 1985, Fibrenew manufactures a highly-specialized proprietary product line and has pioneered the repair techniques and exclusive color matching technology used by its technicians every day. With 301 franchise locations and 350+ technicians across the USA, Canada, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand and Saudi Arabia, the company's eco-friendly restoration services save customers time and money by offering an alternative to replacing their damaged couches and chairs, car and marine components, commercial furniture and more. For more information about Fibrenew franchise opportunities, visit https://www.fibrenew.com/franchising/.
Media Contact: Meg Ryan, Fishman Public Relations: (847) 945-1300 ext. 264, mryan@fishmanpr.com.
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DENVER, July 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Edison Interactive, a leading content management system for connected devices, was named a winner of the 2022 Colorado Companies to Watch (CCTW), making the prestigious list for the first time since the company's 2016 founding. With 2,863 percent revenue growth over a recent three year period, this honor acknowledges Edison's drive, excellence and success within the technology industry. CCTW recognizes high-performing second-stage companies across Colorado for their performance in the marketplace, innovative products, unique processes and philanthropic actions. CCTW winners collectively make a $5.8 billion economic impact on Colorado's economy, driving monumental revenue and providing high-quality jobs.
"We are proud to be a Colorado-based company and are thankful CCTW celebrates innovative companies in this beautiful state. As a Colorado native, I can't imagine a better place to call home and really value the work-life balance that Colorado has to offer," said Edison Interactive CEO and CoFounder Jeremy Ostermiller.
More than 1,000 Colorado companies are nominated for the CCTW honor annually and just 50 make the final roster. It is among Edison's rapidly growing list of accomplishments, including having been named #144 on the 2021 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
"CCTW's time-honored and rigorous judging process has revealed Colorado's most visionary, innovative and successful second-stage companies. These companies employ approximately 30% of our state's talent and have made a $595M impact on Colorado's economy," remarked Kim Woodworth, Executive Director of the Economic Development Council of Colorado and CCTW's 2022 Board Chair. "A more resounding impact is the amount of investment they've given back to Colorado's non-profits serving our local communities."
Edison Interactive is a leading out-of-home (OOH) content management system (CMS) for connected devices in hotels and beyond. For more information, visit EdisonInteractive.com.
Edison Interactive is a leading out-of-home (OOH) content management system (CMS) for connected devices in golf cars, rental vehicles, hotel rooms and beyond. Focused on digitally transforming the customer experience, Edison is known for its vast network of premium displays, digital signage and infotainment solutions. The Edison platform delivers valuable back-end insights and management capabilities for businesses while providing end-users with meaningful content and features that can be monetized. With a predominantly Fortune 500 client base, including Verizon Wireless, Avis Budget Group and Yahoo!, EI was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. For more, visit www.edisoninteractive.com.
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AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — There are times in a performer’s career when the roles that come along may lack substance or intrigue. That’s when the fascinating stories they’ve lived or seen may just be a ticket to success.
Check out this list of actors who decided to take matters into their own hands and create and star in their own shows:
Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary”
Comedian, actress and writer Quinta Brunson had her freshman comedy series “Abbott Elementary” premiere in 2021, resulting in multiple Emmy nominations for Brunson and the show. “Abbott Elementary” follows a group of teachers at a public elementary school in Philadelphia while a documentary crew films them. A comedic approach is taken on hard issues such as the lack of funding for teachers and supplies in the public school system. Brunson detailed that she took inspiration from her own life when creating characters and stories.
Tina Fey – “30 Rock”
Multi-talented comedian, actress, writer, and producer Tina Fey created and starred in the hit NBC comedy “30 Rock” from 2006-2013. The show, which also starred Alec Baldwin, told the story of a head writer of an NBC sketch show and the comedic hijinks that the cast of the show often displayed. With guest stars that included Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Aniston, Salma Hayek, and Oprah, this show had a satirical feel that everyone welcomed and embodied.
Lena Dunham – “Girls”
Actress Lena Dunham created an impressionable piece of art with her HBO show “Girls.” The show follows a 24-year-old aspiring writer in New York, along with her circle of friends, as they navigate the major mistakes they make in their young adult lives. With a cast that included Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, and Adam Driver, “Girls” proved that Dunham is not afraid to jump off the deep end with characters that can be seen as neurotic and unlikeable.
Jerry Seinfeld – “Seinfeld”
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, with Larry David, co-created the NBC comedy “Seinfeld,” which aired from 1989-1998. The show followed a fictionalized version of himself, along with his three friends, and centers around Seinfeld’s apartment. Often described as “a show about nothing,” Seinfeld presents a unique format that features bookend cuts of Jerry performing stand-up at a comedy club. “Seinfeld” has been featured in multiple entertainment lists as one of the greatest sitcoms of all time and continues to run in syndication.
Larry David – “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
The co-creator of “Seinfeld,” comedian Larry David, truly puts his tonal stamp on every project he creates, including his HBO show “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” In the show, David plays himself as he deals with everyday annoyances that push his buttons to the point of awkward, cringe-worthy exchanges. David is famous for providing an episode guideline while allowing actors to improvise full episodes. The series, which co-stars Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, and Susie Essman, has received a whopping 51 Emmy nominations.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – “Fleabag”
The British comedy-drama series “Fleabag” was created and written by actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge and is adapted from her 2013 one-woman play. The show follows Fleabag, a woman who navigates her life and relationships in London. Waller-Bridge took home the Emmy for writing and acting in the series, which also starred Olivia Coleman and guest-starred Fiona Shaw and Kristin Scott Thomas.
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson – “Broad City”
Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson came together to create the hilarious Comedy Central show “Broad City.” The show is adapted from a web series that Glazer and Jacobson created at the Upright Citizens Brigade about two Jewish independent young women and their misadventures in New York City. The dynamic duo produced five seasons of the show, which has received critical acclaim, with Karen Valby from Entertainment Weekly calling the show “weird, weirdly sweet, and completely hilarious…”
Martin Lawrence – “Martin”
Comedian and actor Martin Lawrence co-created “Martin” from 1992-1997. The show centered on a disc jockey (Lawrence), and his girlfriend (Tisha Campbell), as they worked at a radio station. “Martin” also featured appearances from Snoop Dogg, the Notorious B.I.G, and OutKast, with Snoop stating on the 30th anniversary of the show in 2022, “We would watch the show more than we would make music.” Lawrence’s physical comedy, along with an array of catchphrases, made this show a ’90s hit.
Mindy Kaling – “The Mindy Project”
Actress Mindy Kaling created the romantic comedy series “The Mindy Project,” which starred Kaling as an obstetrician/gynecologist as she developed relationships in her personal and professional life. The show featured a gang of quirky characters who worked at a small medical practice in New York and found themselves in extreme comedic situations. Kaling told the Daily Beast, “It’s always exactly the same to be the boss of my own show, which is a mix of incredibly rewarding with its frustrations, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.” | https://cw33.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/these-actors-created-and-starred-in-their-own-tv-shows/ | 2022-09-18T14:36:28Z |
SHELTON, Conn., Sept. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Logicbroker, a cloud-based curated marketplace and automated drop ship eCommerce platform provider, is proud to announce the official release of its business-to-business (B2B) product suite. Logicbroker's B2B offerings center around Supply Chain Visibility and B2B marketplace and drop ship capabilities.
Over the last three years, Logicbroker listened closely to its clients, partners, vendors, and industry colleagues on what they'd expect from a comprehensive B2B solution. Logicbroker began piloting new ways to help its B2B customers get products to their warehouses or stores quicker than ever before. After a year of successful execution of this new business model, Logicbroker's B2B offerings are available to the public.
"Logicbroker exists to empower our customers to continue to be innovative. We want to help them develop new business models, generate significant revenue, and continually increase the profitability of their eCommerce solutions. The official release of our B2B drop ship and marketplace solutions is one of the thousands of next steps we will take to help our customers," Peyman Zamani, Logicbroker's CEO, said.
"The Logicbroker platform has been about innovation and bringing automation to the forefront of the industry. With customer experience and business insight as our guiding lights, Logicbroker's new B2B offerings ensure our customers evolve, adapt, and overcome any supply chain, marketplace, or drop ship challenge," Chip Sockwell, Logicbroker's VP of Product Offerings, added.
Digital Commerce 360 predicts B2B eCommerce will more than double by next year and already over 49% of all B2B sales are done online. Logicbroker's B2B Supply Chain Visibility product allows retailers to have visibility across the entire order lifecycle for wholesale orders. Accommodating orders made by all suppliers, regardless of technical capabilities, Logicbroker takes on the burden of acting as the premier connection broker for retailers looking to not only automate their supply chain but also identify supply disruptions before they impact the customer experience.
"Your supply chain is really only as good as your weakest link. Not everyone has the same technical capabilities and the ability to connect to suppliers without EDI capabilities through API's, other file-based exchanges, or through our portal is huge. We can handle these large purchase orders and bring more clarity across transactions with long shipping windows ," Steve Norris, Logicbroker's Director of Sales Engineering, stated during Logicbroker's annual conference, Connected Commerce 2022: Evolution.
To continue providing the ultimate "one-stop-shop" for brands and retailers looking to drop ship, build their own marketplace, or both, Logicbroker's B2B Marketplace and Drop Ship product focuses on the frontend order tracking automation. Insights into inventory availability, price stratification, shipments, vendor performance, and more are handled through Logicbroker's advanced, cloud-based platform.
"We are so excited to officially release our B2B offerings to the world. Internally, we've already begun work with incredible partners like Babylist and Zageno to build and expand their B2B capabilities utilizing our platform. The team at Logicbroker believes no problem is too big to overcome so we've developed a platform that can connect to any platform in the world giving our customers a much-needed reprieve in an ever-expanding eCommerce space," Peyman Zamani, Logicbroker's CEO, said.
For more information about how Logicbroker remains the only provider of both drop ship and marketplace solutions for both D2C and B2B customers, visit our website at www.logicbroker.com.
Logicbroker helps companies launch profitable online drop ship and marketplace programs. Combining the most modern multi-tenant technology with an obsession for stellar customer experience, Logicbroker's powerful platform connects retailers, brands, and suppliers at record speed, empowering them to sell more products, reach more customers, and maintain their edge in an ever-evolving eCommerce universe. With a global footprint and headquartered in the United States, over 4,000 brands including Hasbro, Rite Aid, Verizon, Toys "R" Us, Samsung, M&M Mars, Coca-Cola, Kroger, and Walgreens rely on Logicbroker to manage $6 Billion in Gross Merchandise Value annually. Logicbroker recently received $135M from K1 Investment Management to continue fueling Logicbroker's position as a global category leader.
Contact:
Becca McCarthy
+1-203-929-7633
bmccarthy@logicbroker.com
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180g VINYL REISSUES TO BE RELEASED ON AUGUST 12
LOS ANGELES, June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The first six albums from the catalog of Japan's top singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada will be released on LP format in the U.S. via UMe on August 12. Albums include First Love (1999), Distance (2001), DEEP RIVER (2002), ULTRA BLUE (2006), HEART STATION (2008) and Fantôme (2016) and can be pre-ordered, HERE.
Following the sensational debut with the single "Automatic/time will tell," Hikaru Utada's first album First Love (released in 1999) established the new record as the top selling album in Japan's history, and the record has not been broken since.
Of the eight studio albums that Hikaru Utada has released to date and were released on LP recently in Japan, the first six will be released in the U.S. on August 12. It marks the first vinyl release ever for three of the albums, ULTRA BLUE, HEART STATION, and Fantôme.
Each of the six albums will be a 180g double-LP set, and the first five albums come with a bonus track.
First Love
180g 2LP
2014 Remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY
96kHz/24-bit master
Disc 1 / Side A
- Automatic
- Movin' on without you
- In My Room
- First Love
Disc 1 / Side B
- Amai Wana - Paint It, Black
- time will tell
- Never Let Go
Disc 2 / Side A
- B&C -Album Version-
- Another Chance
- Interlude
- Give Me A Reason
Disc 2 / Side B
- Automatic -Johnny Vicious Remix-
- First Love -John Luongo Remix- [bonus track]
Distance
180g 2LP
2018 Remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY
96kHz/24-bit master
Disc 1 / Side A
- Wait & See -Risk-
- Can You Keep A Secret?
- DISTANCE
Disc 1 / Side B
- Sunglasses
- Drama
- Eternally
Disc 2 / Side A
- Addicted To You [UP-IN-HEAVEN MIX]
- For You
- Kettobase!
- Parody
Disc 2 / Side B
- Time Limit
- Kotoba ni Naranai Kimochi
- HAYATOCHI-REMIX
- Hayatochiri [bonus track]
DEEP RIVER
180g 2LP
2018 Remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY
96kHz/24-bit master
Disc 1 / Side A
- SAKURA DROPS
- traveling
- Shiawase ni Narou
Disc 1 / Side B
- Deep River
- Letters
- Play Ball
Disc 2 / Side A
- TOKYO NIGHTS
- A.S.A.P.
- Usomitai na I Love You
Disc 2 / Side B
- FINAL DISTANCE
- Bridge (Interlude)
- Hikari
- Simple And Clean [bonus track]
ULTRA BLUE
180g 2LP (first time on LP)
2018 Remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY
96kHz/24-bit master
Disc 1 / Side A
- This Is Love
- Keep Tryin'
- BLUE
Disc 1 / Side B
- Nichiyou no Asa
- Making Love
- Darekano Negaiga Kanaukoro
Disc 2 / Side A
- COLORS
- One Night Magic feat. Yamada Masashi
- Kairo
- WINGS
Disc 2 / Side B
- Be My Last
- Eclipse (Interlude)
- Passion
- Sanctuary (Opening) [bonus track]
HEART STATION
180g 2LP (first time on LP)
2018 Remastered by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound, NY
96kHz/24-bit master
Disc 1 / Side A
- Fight The Blues
- HEART STATION
- Beautiful World
Disc 1 / Side B
- Flavor Of Life -Ballad Version-
- Stay Gold
- Kiss & Cry
Disc 2 / Side A
- Gentle Beast Interlude
- Celebrate
- Prisoner Of Love
- Take 5
Disc 2 / Side B
- Boku Wa Kuma
- Nijiiro Bus
- Flavor Of Life
- Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words) – 2007 MIX [bonus track]
Fantôme
180g 2LP (first time on LP)
Mastered by Tom Coyne at Sterling Sound, NY
96kHz/24-bit master
Disc 1 / Side A
- Michi
- Ore no Kanojo
- Hanataba Wo Kimini
Disc 1 / Side B
- Nijikan dake no Vacance
- Ningyo
- Tomodachi
Disc 2 / Side A
- Manatsu No Tooriame
- Kouya No Ookami
Disc 2 / Side B
- Boukyaku featuring KOHH
- Jinsei Saikou no Hi
- Sakura Nagashi
Hikaru Utada's debut single "Automatic/time will tell" released on December 9, 1998 and sold over two million copies, catapulting them to top-artist-status at age 15. Their first album, First Love, released a few months later and marked the highest number of CDs sold in Japan, a record that remains unbroken to this day. All of their albums that followed have topped the charts. The 2007 single "Flavor Of Life" set a world record for the most digital downloads. They announced a hiatus from their music career in 2010 to focus on their "人間活動/ningen katsudo/career as a person," or personal growth, returning to their career of music in April 2016 with singles "Hanataba Wo Kimini" and "Manatsu No Tooriame." Their sixth studio album Fantôme followed in September 2016 to great success in both Japan and abroad with a #1 on the Oricon charts stretching four consecutive weeks for the first time, a #3 on the US iTunes chart, and over a million units total in sales of CD and digital downloads. Since March 2017, they have been with Epic Records Japan, a division of Sony Music Labels Inc. The year 2018 saw the release of their 7th album Hatsukoi on June 27, marked their twenty-year anniversary from debut, and their first Japan-wide tour since recommencing their music career. Footage from the tour is available as a video release under the title "Hikaru Utada Laughter in the Dark Tour 2018." The theme song for video game "KINGDOM HEARTS Ⅲ," "Face My Fears" was released as a single in 2019. The track was co-created with Skrillex and marked Utada's first Billboard Top 100 in the US. An EP of the A.G. Cook co-produced single "One Last Kiss" and their first self-cover "Beautiful World (Da Capo Version)" released March 10, 2021, and the former counted the artist's first time reaching 100 million streams. The two tracks are both themes appearing in the feature film "EVANGELION:3.0+1.0 THRICE UPON A TIME (SHIN EVANGELION)." Later in the year, digital single "Kimini Muchuu," main theme for TBS Friday night drama "Saiai," released November 26, ranking in various streaming and digital charts around the globe. Their highly anticipated 8th studio album BAD MODE released digitally on January 19, 2022, as well as their first online concert "Hikaru Utada Live Sessions from Air Studios." The latest album was released on CD February 23 and on vinyl April 27.
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SOURCE Universal Music Enterprises | https://www.mysuncoast.com/prnewswire/2022/06/17/hikaru-utada-six-catalog-titles-first-love-distance-deep-river-ultra-blue-heart-station-fantme/ | 2022-06-17T14:39:03Z |
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